Merici
@merici.bsky.social
there’s no rule that says you can’t rewrite all the rules
Currently: Fellow. Ex: US Digital Service, CFPB, Ideo. co-founder Ada’s List
DC via London, Boulder, and the Sandhills of Nebraska
Direct File fan account
Currently: Fellow. Ex: US Digital Service, CFPB, Ideo. co-founder Ada’s List
DC via London, Boulder, and the Sandhills of Nebraska
Direct File fan account
Good read, thanks for sharing.
October 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Good read, thanks for sharing.
The real work: building a gov that operates with the same user-centric, technology-strategic approach that made DF successful, but at an agency-wide scale.
The first rule of gov transformation: there are a lot of rules. And there should be-ish. We don't need to wait for permission to rewrite them.
The first rule of gov transformation: there are a lot of rules. And there should be-ish. We don't need to wait for permission to rewrite them.
August 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The real work: building a gov that operates with the same user-centric, technology-strategic approach that made DF successful, but at an agency-wide scale.
The first rule of gov transformation: there are a lot of rules. And there should be-ish. We don't need to wait for permission to rewrite them.
The first rule of gov transformation: there are a lot of rules. And there should be-ish. We don't need to wait for permission to rewrite them.
While Direct File accomplished a lot of things, it didn't change the institutions it touched.
Yes, we proved excellent digital experiences are possible. Yes, we achieved satisfaction rates higher than Netflix. But we also learned that brilliant products alone don't change institutions.
Yes, we proved excellent digital experiences are possible. Yes, we achieved satisfaction rates higher than Netflix. But we also learned that brilliant products alone don't change institutions.
August 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
While Direct File accomplished a lot of things, it didn't change the institutions it touched.
Yes, we proved excellent digital experiences are possible. Yes, we achieved satisfaction rates higher than Netflix. But we also learned that brilliant products alone don't change institutions.
Yes, we proved excellent digital experiences are possible. Yes, we achieved satisfaction rates higher than Netflix. But we also learned that brilliant products alone don't change institutions.
The pro cancer lobby has gotta be 🥰
August 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The pro cancer lobby has gotta be 🥰
WIRED reported that DOGE decided to kill Direct File after a single meeting with lobbyists.
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
DOGE Put Free Tax Filing Tool on Chopping Block After One Meeting With Lobbyists
A key operative from DOGE initiated plans to potentially kill Direct File, the free tax filing tool developed by the IRS, after offering assurances it would be spared from cuts.
www.wired.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
WIRED reported that DOGE decided to kill Direct File after a single meeting with lobbyists.
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
6000 trucks are loaded and ready to deliver food. But are blocked by Israel, with the US and UK watching passively on the sidelines
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0k77xm651jt
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0k77xm651jt
July 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
6000 trucks are loaded and ready to deliver food. But are blocked by Israel, with the US and UK watching passively on the sidelines
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0k77xm651jt
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0k77xm651jt
A fifth of the children in Gaza City are malnourished and 100 people, most of them youngsters, have died of hunger the UN reports
news.sky.com/story/people...
news.sky.com/story/people...
People in Gaza are 'walking corpses' - with one in five children malnourished, says UN
Most of the youngsters the UN sees are "emaciated, weak and at high risk of dying if they don't get the treatment they urgently need", while the UNRWA's frontline health workers are surviving on "one ...
news.sky.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A fifth of the children in Gaza City are malnourished and 100 people, most of them youngsters, have died of hunger the UN reports
news.sky.com/story/people...
news.sky.com/story/people...