Angel Brownawell
@brownawell.bsky.social
PR/publicaffairs pro in Northern Virginia. Previous work: international development, psychology. Loves voting, local journalism, dogs, Bangtan and Sebong. opinions = only mine.
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Angel Brownawell
@brownawell.bsky.social
· Jan 28
My heart aches for all the good people I worked for and with at #USAID and all the people around the world who have benefited from USAID’s funding and assistance.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Thanks to the IRS MATH Act, the IRS must now explain mistakes in plain English, show any adjustments, and put your 60-day appeal deadline front and center. It will be a major upgrade from previously confusing notices.
IRS Must Make Those Confusing Math-Error Notices Easier To Understand
Thanks to the IRS MATH Act, the IRS must now explain mistakes in plain English, show any adjustments, and put your 60-day appeal deadline front and center.
www.forbes.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Thanks to the IRS MATH Act, the IRS must now explain mistakes in plain English, show any adjustments, and put your 60-day appeal deadline front and center. It will be a major upgrade from previously confusing notices.
I haven’t been to the Regal in Springfield Town Center since at least 2018 and wow it has really gone down hill. The recliners used to be luxury and now they are falling apart and patchy. So sad. I miss my AMC A List subscription.
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I haven’t been to the Regal in Springfield Town Center since at least 2018 and wow it has really gone down hill. The recliners used to be luxury and now they are falling apart and patchy. So sad. I miss my AMC A List subscription.
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All of communication is about trust. If you don't realize that, you're playing the game wrong
AI generated content of any kind undermines the credibility of whatever is being communicated
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
All of communication is about trust. If you don't realize that, you're playing the game wrong
The Berlin, Germany, train from the airport to central station is so, so quiet and smooth. No track noise at all.
November 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The Berlin, Germany, train from the airport to central station is so, so quiet and smooth. No track noise at all.
Posted for no reason
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Posted for no reason
This is so funny
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This is so funny
Election officers have been working at least 12 hours (set up begins at 5 am to open polls at 6 am).
Two more hours of voting, and then at least 2 hours of more closing the polls until we then leave.
I have one Diet Coke and one Red Bull left.
Two more hours of voting, and then at least 2 hours of more closing the polls until we then leave.
I have one Diet Coke and one Red Bull left.
November 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Election officers have been working at least 12 hours (set up begins at 5 am to open polls at 6 am).
Two more hours of voting, and then at least 2 hours of more closing the polls until we then leave.
I have one Diet Coke and one Red Bull left.
Two more hours of voting, and then at least 2 hours of more closing the polls until we then leave.
I have one Diet Coke and one Red Bull left.
So far today I have helped 4 first-time teen voters with their same-day voter registration!
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
So far today I have helped 4 first-time teen voters with their same-day voter registration!
After many years as doing this, I finally remembered to bring a seat cushion for the many hours of sitting on the metal folding chairs during Election Day poll working
November 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
After many years as doing this, I finally remembered to bring a seat cushion for the many hours of sitting on the metal folding chairs during Election Day poll working
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Happy Election Day! Polls are now open at 250+ locations until 7 p.m.
NOTE: You may only vote at your assigned polling place.
Details, including how to look up your polling place: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news/guide-to-election-day-2025
NOTE: You may only vote at your assigned polling place.
Details, including how to look up your polling place: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news/guide-to-election-day-2025
November 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Happy Election Day! Polls are now open at 250+ locations until 7 p.m.
NOTE: You may only vote at your assigned polling place.
Details, including how to look up your polling place: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news/guide-to-election-day-2025
NOTE: You may only vote at your assigned polling place.
Details, including how to look up your polling place: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news/guide-to-election-day-2025
Election Day! Excited to once again serve as an election officer / provisional ballot specialist for @elections.fairfaxcounty.gov
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Election Day! Excited to once again serve as an election officer / provisional ballot specialist for @elections.fairfaxcounty.gov
Bonding with the kids (boys and girls) who visited about their favorite Saja Boy or if they were more a Mira, Rumi or Zoe was better than giving out the candy. It’s not my IRL kpop faves but still fun.
November 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Bonding with the kids (boys and girls) who visited about their favorite Saja Boy or if they were more a Mira, Rumi or Zoe was better than giving out the candy. It’s not my IRL kpop faves but still fun.
Me playing “golden” and “your idol” while handing out candy and telling the kids, yes I like these songs too.
a man wearing a music band shirt is holding a skateboard over his shoulder
ALT: a man wearing a music band shirt is holding a skateboard over his shoulder
media.tenor.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Me playing “golden” and “your idol” while handing out candy and telling the kids, yes I like these songs too.
Offended to see beer and wine sold in a Pennsylvania gas station because back in my day this was not a thing!
October 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Offended to see beer and wine sold in a Pennsylvania gas station because back in my day this was not a thing!
I’m a native Pennsylvanian, but it was only after 20+ years of living in DCish, mostly Northern Virginia, that I finally made it Gettysburg.
October 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I’m a native Pennsylvanian, but it was only after 20+ years of living in DCish, mostly Northern Virginia, that I finally made it Gettysburg.
How long can I skim past the headlines and photos and live in denial about what happened to the WH?
October 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
How long can I skim past the headlines and photos and live in denial about what happened to the WH?
I love preparing for any kpop concert in my near future, but I’m locked in when it’s time to focus on Seventeen.
October 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I love preparing for any kpop concert in my near future, but I’m locked in when it’s time to focus on Seventeen.
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
My dog’s only worry is that his beloved soccer ball broke. If only we could swap lives.
September 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
My dog’s only worry is that his beloved soccer ball broke. If only we could swap lives.
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Related: A new study shows integrating AI in the workplace is hurting productivity, as workers need to fix AI slop before they're embarrassed by it.
www.404media.co/ai-workslop-...
www.404media.co/ai-workslop-...
September 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Related: A new study shows integrating AI in the workplace is hurting productivity, as workers need to fix AI slop before they're embarrassed by it.
www.404media.co/ai-workslop-...
www.404media.co/ai-workslop-...
Today I did a FEMA workshop on sending out emergency alerts, and it was so nice to hear how everyone feels a sense of dread when pushing “send,” worried about a misspelled word or wrong number.
September 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Today I did a FEMA workshop on sending out emergency alerts, and it was so nice to hear how everyone feels a sense of dread when pushing “send,” worried about a misspelled word or wrong number.
Perhaps one of them found the debit card that fell out of my pocket during an architectural tour boat ride in 2019.
On Sunday morning, some of the first people to swim in the Chicago River again after almost a century helped raise $100,000 for research into ALS, a fatal neurological disorder known also as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Swimmers compete in first official Chicago River race in nearly a century
The river swim Sunday morning raised money for ALS and celebrated the river’s recovery from its polluted past.
www.chicagotribune.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Perhaps one of them found the debit card that fell out of my pocket during an architectural tour boat ride in 2019.
“In Bed With the Right” is one of my go-to podcasts to help make sense of the many voices and views. But their Project 1933 episodes are so good and could be a podcast on its own. Chilling how history and the consolidation of power recycles.
This is good advice. For instance, you can look up Horst Wessel here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
September 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
“In Bed With the Right” is one of my go-to podcasts to help make sense of the many voices and views. But their Project 1933 episodes are so good and could be a podcast on its own. Chilling how history and the consolidation of power recycles.
Seen at the entrance of my local library
September 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Seen at the entrance of my local library