Angela Colter
@angelacolter.bsky.social
civic technician / former fed @18F / i have friends everywhere
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Name a band but make it dogs:
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Drool
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Drool
I wasn’t expecting to like Predator: Badlands as much as Prey, but I did.
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I wasn’t expecting to like Predator: Badlands as much as Prey, but I did.
HAVE THE VIRUSES DO THE EDUCATION
2/ so many gutting moment but this was among the first, from one of the world’s leading scientists on vaccines and immunology:
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
HAVE THE VIRUSES DO THE EDUCATION
This is going to come as a surprise to current federal employees who were, as of Friday, interviewing people DOGE sent them.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is going to come as a surprise to current federal employees who were, as of Friday, interviewing people DOGE sent them.
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What in the Keyser Söze?
Also, isn't this an area for Senate nerds like Wyden or Warren to take leadership and to document the who, what, when of DOGE for future accountability? Is this already happening?
Also, isn't this an area for Senate nerds like Wyden or Warren to take leadership and to document the who, what, when of DOGE for future accountability? Is this already happening?
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter reut.rs/4abeTdx
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
The Department of Government Efficiency claimed to have slashed tens of billions of dollars in expenditures, but it was impossible for outside financial experts to verify that because the unit did not provide detailed public accounting of its work.
reut.rs
November 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
What in the Keyser Söze?
Also, isn't this an area for Senate nerds like Wyden or Warren to take leadership and to document the who, what, when of DOGE for future accountability? Is this already happening?
Also, isn't this an area for Senate nerds like Wyden or Warren to take leadership and to document the who, what, when of DOGE for future accountability? Is this already happening?
Good. May they never know a moment’s peace for the rest of their miserable lives.
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
www.rawstory.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Good. May they never know a moment’s peace for the rest of their miserable lives.
Nope. Nope. Nope.
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Nope. Nope. Nope.
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
I am at a high school production of Rock of Ages to see some of our neighbors’ kids perform.
I am wearing a period-appropriate, satin, Shout-era Mötley Crüe jacket for the occasion.
I am wearing a period-appropriate, satin, Shout-era Mötley Crüe jacket for the occasion.
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I am at a high school production of Rock of Ages to see some of our neighbors’ kids perform.
I am wearing a period-appropriate, satin, Shout-era Mötley Crüe jacket for the occasion.
I am wearing a period-appropriate, satin, Shout-era Mötley Crüe jacket for the occasion.
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
I’d prefer “got kicked to the curb” rather than “decided to go on leave” but it’s a win nonetheless.
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I’d prefer “got kicked to the curb” rather than “decided to go on leave” but it’s a win nonetheless.
They may be fascists, but they are also profoundly incompetent.
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
They may be fascists, but they are also profoundly incompetent.
This is the way
Bluesky hasn't noticed the contrast yet! Yesterday White House journalists sat meekly while Trump humiliated one of them ("Quiet Piggy"). A week ago the Miss Universe beauty queens, tougher and savvier, responded to a similar humiliation by walking out in solidarity - and got the official fired. 1/
Miss Universe Contestants Stage Mass Walkout After Beauty Queen Humiliated by Boss
Beauty queens stood in solidarity with Miss Mexico after she was called “dumb” by organizers during a livestream.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is the way
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I do desire it with all my heart; and I hope it is no dishonest desire to desire to be a woman of the world.
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I do desire it with all my heart; and I hope it is no dishonest desire to desire to be a woman of the world.
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I do want to note Mamdani's transition specifically calling attention to like, people applying for city jobs and how many CVs they got in the mail, etc, because when was the last time you saw a politician actually talk about expanding state capacity other than hiring more cops?
November 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I do want to note Mamdani's transition specifically calling attention to like, people applying for city jobs and how many CVs they got in the mail, etc, because when was the last time you saw a politician actually talk about expanding state capacity other than hiring more cops?
I don't know if my kid is actually learning anything at college, but apparently he's now able to solve a Rubik's Cube in under nine seconds.
November 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I don't know if my kid is actually learning anything at college, but apparently he's now able to solve a Rubik's Cube in under nine seconds.
OMG, y'all ... is ... is today the day it finally happens?
a pink starfish with the words today 's the daaaay
Alt: The pink starfish from Finding Nemo sings with abandon, "Today's the daaaaay!"
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
OMG, y'all ... is ... is today the day it finally happens?
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THE GOOD THINGS CAN HAPPEN CAUCUS IS BACK, MOTHERFUCKERS
I think it’s now safe to call this race.
Progressive urban planner Katie Wilson defeats centrist incumbent Bruce Harrell and will become Seattle’s next mayor.
Progressive urban planner Katie Wilson defeats centrist incumbent Bruce Harrell and will become Seattle’s next mayor.
Seattle's mayor race update:
Katie Wilson's lead grows to 1,346 votes over and incumbent corporate-Democrat Bruce Harrell.
Kate Wilson won 61.23% of the 6,121 ballots counted today.
Overall total:
Katie Wilson 50.08% 137,217
Bruce Harrell 49.59% 135,871
Write-in 0.33% 908
Katie Wilson's lead grows to 1,346 votes over and incumbent corporate-Democrat Bruce Harrell.
Kate Wilson won 61.23% of the 6,121 ballots counted today.
Overall total:
Katie Wilson 50.08% 137,217
Bruce Harrell 49.59% 135,871
Write-in 0.33% 908
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
THE GOOD THINGS CAN HAPPEN CAUCUS IS BACK, MOTHERFUCKERS
I stole ur sock come and get it
November 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I stole ur sock come and get it
More former feds running for office, please!
EXCLUSIVE: DOGE whistleblower and former SSA Chief Data Officer Chuck Borges is running for office.
In his first interview since announcing his campaign for Maryland State Senate, he describes being sidelined at SSA + why government needs more technologists.
www.wired.com/story/doge-w...
In his first interview since announcing his campaign for Maryland State Senate, he describes being sidelined at SSA + why government needs more technologists.
www.wired.com/story/doge-w...
This DOGE Whistleblower Is Running for Office
WIRED spoke with Chuck Borges, the former SSA data chief turned DOGE whistleblower, who is running to represent southern Maryland in the state’s senate.
www.wired.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
More former feds running for office, please!
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do these people not realize how goddamn fucking stupid they sound. oh you looked him in the eyes? did you kiss? did you make out a little? for fuck's sake.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
do these people not realize how goddamn fucking stupid they sound. oh you looked him in the eyes? did you kiss? did you make out a little? for fuck's sake.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
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Dems “stayed strong” for 40 days of Trump dicking over SNAP recipients and federal employees.
They didn’t even last a weekend of Trump dicking over the airline industry.
They didn’t even last a weekend of Trump dicking over the airline industry.
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Dems “stayed strong” for 40 days of Trump dicking over SNAP recipients and federal employees.
They didn’t even last a weekend of Trump dicking over the airline industry.
They didn’t even last a weekend of Trump dicking over the airline industry.
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Want a party that actually fights back? Run for office. We’ll help you. runforwhat.net
Run for Something
Find offices you can run for
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November 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Want a party that actually fights back? Run for office. We’ll help you. runforwhat.net
Goddamn, Vince Gilligan writes a good show.
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Goddamn, Vince Gilligan writes a good show.
A crow heralding our arrival.
November 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A crow heralding our arrival.