Colin Wood
@colinwood.me
Government IT reporter/editor at Scoop News Group. Award-winning writer, though the award was not for writing. It was the Medal of Honor. For my heroics. Signal: cwood.64
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Colin Wood
@colinwood.me
· Apr 22
I know things seem bad now, but when we're all in the gulag we'll look back on these days and laugh
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UPDATE: Person infected with bird flu in Washington state has H5N5. It's the first time H5N5 has been found in a human
November 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
UPDATE: Person infected with bird flu in Washington state has H5N5. It's the first time H5N5 has been found in a human
Bradley Tusk’s Mobile Voting Foundation has announced an open-source software development kit that, its creators claim, can be used to develop smartphone apps that allow fully secure and verifiable online elections.
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Creators of the new and open-source VoteSecure say mobile voting is finally ready | StateScoop
After years of testing internet voting in minor elections, Bradley Tusk's Mobile Voting Foundation has funded the development of a protocol that he hopes will, finally, reinvigorate American democracy...
statescoop.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Bradley Tusk’s Mobile Voting Foundation has announced an open-source software development kit that, its creators claim, can be used to develop smartphone apps that allow fully secure and verifiable online elections.
statescoop.com/votesecure-b...
statescoop.com/votesecure-b...
This is legal permission for someone to assassinate me if I ever unironically utter aloud the words "I'm a grok guy."
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This is legal permission for someone to assassinate me if I ever unironically utter aloud the words "I'm a grok guy."
big news
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
big news
This is a greatly written article containing horrible things. That people are allowed to get away with treating animals this way is maddening.
The rural town of Yemassee, South Carolina (population 1,080), is home to four times as many monkeys as humans. Last year, 43 rhesus macaques escaped from a breeding and research facility. Then things got political.
The Runaway Monkeys Upending the Animal-Rights Movement
“I wasn’t fooled by these walls of my body / but loved them touched.”
www.newyorker.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This is a greatly written article containing horrible things. That people are allowed to get away with treating animals this way is maddening.
A sad day for justice. Sure, today it's just sandwiches, but what will be thrown next, quesadillas? Gyros?
November 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A sad day for justice. Sure, today it's just sandwiches, but what will be thrown next, quesadillas? Gyros?
What is this country becoming when it will elect a man who doesn't even do crypto scams?
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
What is this country becoming when it will elect a man who doesn't even do crypto scams?
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
There's growing activity in the state govt IT ecosystem to scale up and mature AI efforts. Today, the AI Readiness Project, joins that trend with support from The Rockefeller Foundation and the nonprofit Center for Civic Futures:
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AI Readiness Project opens doors to state governments | StateScoop
The project's organizer called it a way for states to “move from curiosity to capability” and gain “a trusted place to learn, experiment and lead.”
statescoop.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
There's growing activity in the state govt IT ecosystem to scale up and mature AI efforts. Today, the AI Readiness Project, joins that trend with support from The Rockefeller Foundation and the nonprofit Center for Civic Futures:
statescoop.com/ai-readiness...
statescoop.com/ai-readiness...
wait, aren't they supposed to be harassing day laborers?
November 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
wait, aren't they supposed to be harassing day laborers?
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The Beeck Center has a new fellow who will focus on helping state and local govts with AI. The timing is interesting — some say agencies are entering a new phase of their AI work, which will require (even more) careful thinking to get the best results.
New story:
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New story:
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AI is catching on in government. The Beeck Center wants to help | StateScoop
After years of crafting policies and surveying risks, many state and local agencies are carefully experimenting with wider deployments of generative AI tools.
statescoop.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The Beeck Center has a new fellow who will focus on helping state and local govts with AI. The timing is interesting — some say agencies are entering a new phase of their AI work, which will require (even more) careful thinking to get the best results.
New story:
statescoop.com/state-local-...
New story:
statescoop.com/state-local-...
Jeez that sounds familiar (Source: Grokipedia — wanted to see what it had to say this fella)
October 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Jeez that sounds familiar (Source: Grokipedia — wanted to see what it had to say this fella)
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New from me and @colinwood.me⬇️
The Recoding America Fund, led in part by Jennifer Pahlka, is looking to build government “radically better — not incrementally better." via @madialder.bsky.social + @colinwood.me fedscoop.com/in-the-age-o...
In the age of DOGE, new venture aims war chest at government efficacy
The Recoding America Fund, led in part by Jennifer Pahlka, is looking to build government “radically better — not incrementally better.”
fedscoop.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
New from me and @colinwood.me⬇️
@katie-drummond.bsky.social truly doing God's work by writing this. I've been talk-shouting this at people for three years. And no one ever listens.
www.wired.com/story/ai-jou...
www.wired.com/story/ai-jou...
October 28, 2025 at 4:13 AM
@katie-drummond.bsky.social truly doing God's work by writing this. I've been talk-shouting this at people for three years. And no one ever listens.
www.wired.com/story/ai-jou...
www.wired.com/story/ai-jou...
If this the future, then I don't like the future
Virginia GOP candidate stages ‘debate’ against AI-generated opponent
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Virginia GOP candidate stages ‘debate’ against AI-generated opponent
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
October 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If this the future, then I don't like the future
Virginia GOP candidate stages ‘debate’ against AI-generated opponent
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Virginia GOP candidate stages ‘debate’ against AI-generated opponent
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Hegseth doesn't dispute the existence of a memo planning for the establishment of a "National Guard response force that's gonna be trained in crowd control and civil unrest and deployed in all 50 states by April 2026."
October 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Hegseth doesn't dispute the existence of a memo planning for the establishment of a "National Guard response force that's gonna be trained in crowd control and civil unrest and deployed in all 50 states by April 2026."
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New: The recent layoffs in CISA's Stakeholder Engagement Division have virtually shuttered SED, eliminating teams focused on critical infrastructure support, nationwide partnerships, and international coordination.
My story with details cuts and impacts: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-st...
My story with details cuts and impacts: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-st...
October 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
New: The recent layoffs in CISA's Stakeholder Engagement Division have virtually shuttered SED, eliminating teams focused on critical infrastructure support, nationwide partnerships, and international coordination.
My story with details cuts and impacts: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-st...
My story with details cuts and impacts: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-st...
Can't afford that expensive IT upgrade for your state? Why not find a "sugar daddy," suggests North Dakota's CIO:
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Financial uncertainty has state IT leaders searching for 'creative' solutions | StateScoop
Finding a "sugar daddy" is one option for state technology offices short on funds, suggested North Dakota's IT chief.
statescoop.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Can't afford that expensive IT upgrade for your state? Why not find a "sugar daddy," suggests North Dakota's CIO:
statescoop.com/state-govern...
statescoop.com/state-govern...
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NASCIO has published its annual survey. Read my story about it. I included Ferris Bueller references, nine times
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State IT work ‘moves pretty fast,’ NASCIO 2025 survey shows | StateScoop
“If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
statescoop.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
NASCIO has published its annual survey. Read my story about it. I included Ferris Bueller references, nine times
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shucks. wish I could invent an invention
October 12, 2025 at 7:19 AM
shucks. wish I could invent an invention
Another state has a stablecoin. This one is named after Roosevelt's Rough Riders:
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North Dakota introduces Roughrider stablecoin, a digital currency for bank-to-bank transfers | StateScoop
North Dakota's state-run bank has begun supporting a digital currency named after Teddy Roosevelt's volunteer cavalry.
statescoop.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Another state has a stablecoin. This one is named after Roosevelt's Rough Riders:
statescoop.com/north-dakota...
statescoop.com/north-dakota...
I don't know what happened to the Sac Bee, but I swear it used to be a real newspaper. I was just fed an article about how someone (not from Sacramento, not that it matters) visiting Vegas hit a straight flush. This isn't news. That's poker.
www.sacbee.com/news/nation-...
www.sacbee.com/news/nation-...
Poker player on Vegas vacation gets rare hand in 35 minutes and wins big jackpot
He was at an iconic casino on the Strip.
www.sacbee.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I don't know what happened to the Sac Bee, but I swear it used to be a real newspaper. I was just fed an article about how someone (not from Sacramento, not that it matters) visiting Vegas hit a straight flush. This isn't news. That's poker.
www.sacbee.com/news/nation-...
www.sacbee.com/news/nation-...