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Shimona Carvalho

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software engineer, photographer, traveler, immigrant. ex US Digital Service, ex-fitbit.

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For the love of god, and brown people and women, don't use ring camera.

10.02.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Children. In jails.

07.02.2026 08:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you have friends that are immigrants... send them some love. We are all silently falling apart inside.

07.02.2026 07:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jessica Yellin on Instagram: "Immigration attorney Eric Lee says two 5-year-old twins are being held inside the Dilley family detention center in Texas after an immigration judge denied their family b... 12K likes, 322 comments - jessicayellin on February 6, 2026: "Immigration attorney Eric Lee says two 5-year-old twins are being held inside the Dilley family detention center in Texas after an immigra...

Children are in prison. CHILDREN ARE IN PRISON.
www.instagram.com/reel/DUbyUQG...

07.02.2026 07:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Holy crap. The J. Peterman catalog of Seinfeld fame is a real thing?!!

04.01.2026 07:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The agency also wants to do more surveys on taxpayer preferences. It ran a survey in August and received over 50,000 responses, although those results β€œare not statistically representative” and therefore aren’t included in the report, the IRS said.

The agency also wants to do more surveys on taxpayer preferences. It ran a survey in August and received over 50,000 responses, although those results β€œare not statistically representative” and therefore aren’t included in the report, the IRS said.

The IRS surveyed people about Direct File, and the results must have been absolutely *glowing* because they're now refusing to release the results. www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...

07.11.2025 16:18 πŸ‘ 129 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I couldn't bear eat pray love, but I was shocked to realize she wrote The Signature of All Things, which was fantastic.

30.08.2025 13:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing. Yeah you'd see these pockets of "holy shit that was easy and just worked?!" services within govt. And most of that was USDS, 18f, and the various other "digital services" within agencies. It's just, the govt is huuuge and there was still plenty of work to do.

26.08.2025 16:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Moving the U.S. Passport Renewal Experience Online By Annie Nguyen

medium.com/the-u-s-digi...

26.08.2025 15:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Apple's, by the way, is 72.

26.08.2025 15:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hilarious because Airbnb has a net promoter score of 38!, and Direct File, built by US Digital Service which DOGE destroyed, has a net promoter score of 80+.

26.08.2025 15:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

08.07.2025 22:45 πŸ‘ 13119 πŸ” 3701 πŸ’¬ 329 πŸ“Œ 132

His level of discombobulation does make it seem like a genuine mistake. I called someone honey the other day accidentally lol, but I am not a lawyer and she was not the judge.

19.06.2025 07:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is your daily reminder that Republicans are planning to gut Medicaid, Medicare and SNAP to hand tax breaks to billionaires. Don’t get distracted. Help me spread the word.

18.06.2025 01:18 πŸ‘ 328 πŸ” 135 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 5

I guess I am "who the hell is Sabrina Carpenter" years old. 🀷🏽

18.06.2025 01:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There is not enough popcorn on this planet.

05.06.2025 20:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's a good metaphor because it definitely felt like drowning some times πŸ˜‚

04.06.2025 21:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was on the team. We knew the commissioner, Chris and Bridget and many others were protecting the work. It was tough work and an insane timeline but the team was fantastic and morale was sky high until the DOGE months.

04.06.2025 19:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us this Saturday, April 19, at Waterfront Park at 10AM for a day of conversation, community and resistance!

Around noon we will march to the Gaslamp District for a flyering action to raise awareness and foster community conversation.

#sandiego #fdt #protest #resistance #mobilize #SD

15.04.2025 19:15 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 11
We're not done yet | 18F

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

01.03.2025 22:38 πŸ‘ 93148 πŸ” 31039 πŸ’¬ 3190 πŸ“Œ 1401
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Inside the Collapse at NIH Administration officials pressured NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.

By @katherinejwu.com

"The NIH... supported 99 percent of the drugs approved in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019. The agency has had a hand in β€œnearly all of our major medical breakthroughs over the past several decades,”

The NIH is in a struggle for its (and our) lives. This is existential to America:

27.02.2025 17:29 πŸ‘ 814 πŸ” 490 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 28

Has anyone seen free mental health resources for feds? Other than EAP? I'm thinking like guidance on preserving your mental health through this traumatic time, maybe audio/video for stress mgmt.

I see my colleagues cracking under the strain and would love to share some resources.

26.02.2025 04:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a black background with the words welcome to the sistar ALT: a black background with the words welcome to the sistar

For all of my fellow feds: I know you are exhausted, anxious, scared, confused, stressed and sad. Remember that you are the rock stars that keep our country running. All of this BA is by design & we CANNOT let them win. Hold the line. Step away when needed, but stay the course. πŸ’—πŸ’—

25.02.2025 03:20 πŸ‘ 1125 πŸ” 116 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 2

Jeff bezos is salivating.

21.02.2025 01:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thousands fired as Trump, Musk take ax to US government offices Anxious U.S. federal workers are expected to see another round of pink slips on Friday as President Donald Trump and top adviser Elon Musk pursue a wholesale downsizing of the government.

Nearly 10000 American citizens and veterans fired today.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tho...

15.02.2025 06:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like. There's loads of them out there identical to that.

12.02.2025 05:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah the "DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY FUNDS" over a post about IRC is really confusing.

09.02.2025 16:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You might want to make it clearer that you don't mean the IRC is not legitimate.

09.02.2025 15:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Direct File is live and processing tax returns!

One of the most rewarding things I have delivered. And some incredible updates this year - half the states in the nation are eligible, and we support some data import of information IRS already has!

04.02.2025 21:45 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

you can also try 5calls, which will get you your reps information and also provide you with information you can use to talk to them
5calls.org

04.02.2025 13:51 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1