UX & product strategy for a more humane gov. co-leading @GSA_TTS’s Public Benefits Studio. prvsly: @18F; govtech founder; @codeforamerica fellow. views = mine.
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Alex Pandel retweeted
Going into the holiday weekend let’s honor the history - the intentionally less told history - of Memorial Day and how it was first organized by freed slaves in Charleston, SC.
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It's rare an agency is willing to release an 18F assessment - major kudos to the Administrative Office of the Courts for taking an open stance!
This bodes well for the program. ☀️
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Alex Pandel retweeted
Great job alert.
We’re hiring our next Product Manager! Join our small, passionate, and diverse team to collaborate on projects like helping to shape the new Paid Family Leave program or to secure essential services used across the state. #civictech #COJobs
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Alex Pandel retweeted
Hello, not your project manager here to remind you Q2/Q3 planning sweeties that the US is going to be mostly vaccinated in the next few months. Folks need vacations, prepare for all your project deadlines to get pushed okay love you bye.
Alex Pandel retweeted
We call it senseless violence but that’s wrong. The sense of the violence is crystal clear: it’s white supremacy. It’s that white men can’t control themselves so they try to control others.
Alex Pandel retweeted
Might be more useful at this point for us to talk about democracy as something that needs to be created than as something that needs saving.
Just a thought.
Alex Pandel retweeted
A benefit of this plan is that it would *massively* simplify the amount of tech work that would need to happen behind the scenes. nitter.gq/thebestsophist/status/…
Alex Pandel retweeted
Never forget that the IRS does this because Intuit heavily lobbies Congress to keep the IRS from making this an easier process. nitter.gq/ImTaylorCox/status/135…
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Alex Pandel retweeted
deleting specific individuals' content & accounts is good, but feels like a one-off, post-facto course correction
what systemic changes are social media platforms making to help us build & sustain a shared view of reality? can they do this without changing their business model?
Alex Pandel retweeted
And also a special shout-out to the service mentality, grit, and humility of so many who joined in the last 4 years.
Alex Pandel retweeted
I’m convinced the world needs 3 days weekends. Two days just isn’t enough.
One day for household work, errands, etc.
One day for social interaction.
One day for legitimate rest.
Alex Pandel retweeted
One thing I hope for with new leadership overseeing safety net programs like SNAP at the federal level is that focus is given not just to expanding eligibility (a common advocacy target) but also on reducing the clear empirical barriers that ALREADY eligible folks applying face.
Alex Pandel retweeted
When this is over, I want a parade. Where all the nurses & doctors go by on floats. Where USPS workers ride by on postal trucks. Followed by UPS & FedEx drivers piled on floats. A parade of food delivery workers on bicycles. Utility workers & trash truck drivers. Grocery store…