Angela Colter
@angelacolter.bsky.social
civic technician / former fed @18F / punish the villains
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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
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
A friendly reminder that TYPEFACE refers to a style of lettering (e.g., Calibri) while FONT refers to a specific weight and size of a typeface (e.g., Calibri Bold 12 pt)
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
A friendly reminder that TYPEFACE refers to a style of lettering (e.g., Calibri) while FONT refers to a specific weight and size of a typeface (e.g., Calibri Bold 12 pt)
This year I’ve been working on building up the strength to do an unassisted pull-up and if I had just used my legs like this twat I would’ve gotten there six months ago.
December 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This year I’ve been working on building up the strength to do an unassisted pull-up and if I had just used my legs like this twat I would’ve gotten there six months ago.
Become ungovernable. TRY EVERY COOKIE.
NEW: Dr. Oz is quite literally telling his federal employees to eat less.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
www.wired.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Become ungovernable. TRY EVERY COOKIE.
My dog has decided she does not fuck with the elevators in this hotel, so four floors up the stairwell it is!
December 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My dog has decided she does not fuck with the elevators in this hotel, so four floors up the stairwell it is!
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I am brimming with holiday spirit
December 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I am brimming with holiday spirit
I am in North Carolina to take care of some family stuff and the weather forecast is calling for an inch of snow. This means there is a non-zero chance things are gonna turn into the first episode of The Last of Us pretty quickly.
December 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I am in North Carolina to take care of some family stuff and the weather forecast is calling for an inch of snow. This means there is a non-zero chance things are gonna turn into the first episode of The Last of Us pretty quickly.
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I recently saw a TikTok where someone said "corporations these days are so resentful and angry that they still have to go through us to get to our money" and I think about it all the time
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I recently saw a TikTok where someone said "corporations these days are so resentful and angry that they still have to go through us to get to our money" and I think about it all the time
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I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
As I suspected …
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
As I suspected …
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Bad news for Hegseth, it turns out the Pentagon is a big bureaucracy filled with people who got there because they know how to fight bureaucratic battles and they will wait for you to lie about something then leak details about it. Who knew?
A most important question on the Sept. 2 double-tap strike is who had "target engagement authority" (TEA).
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
December 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Bad news for Hegseth, it turns out the Pentagon is a big bureaucracy filled with people who got there because they know how to fight bureaucratic battles and they will wait for you to lie about something then leak details about it. Who knew?
[My Favorite Things plays in the background]
Him: “What are “whispers on kittens”?
Me: …
Me: “Whiskers”
Both of us: [Burst out laughing]
Him: “What are “whispers on kittens”?
Me: …
Me: “Whiskers”
Both of us: [Burst out laughing]
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
[My Favorite Things plays in the background]
Him: “What are “whispers on kittens”?
Me: …
Me: “Whiskers”
Both of us: [Burst out laughing]
Him: “What are “whispers on kittens”?
Me: …
Me: “Whiskers”
Both of us: [Burst out laughing]
“I don’t think the president knew.”
LOL
LOL
I remember Joe Manchin being absolutely effusive that the Inflation Reduction Act would bring millions of dollars to create jobs for renewable energy in West Virginia.... now Trump is killing these opportunities.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
“I don’t think the president knew.”
LOL
LOL
WAIT. He did WHAT?
RIP Tom Stoppard.
Hardly his most important work, but I remember having my mind blown by learning he had rewritten most of the dialogue on INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, one of the funniest movies ever made
Hardly his most important work, but I remember having my mind blown by learning he had rewritten most of the dialogue on INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, one of the funniest movies ever made
November 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
WAIT. He did WHAT?
Being in a metal band should be a prerequisite for any country’s ambassador to Finland.
Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Being in a metal band should be a prerequisite for any country’s ambassador to Finland.
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It was Iron Circus that singlehandedly triggered the Small Press Comics Anthology Renaissance, all those years ago!
And now, ALL our collections are 50% OFF!
Some are in short supply! Grab 'em while you can!
store.ironcircus.com/collections/...
And now, ALL our collections are 50% OFF!
Some are in short supply! Grab 'em while you can!
store.ironcircus.com/collections/...
November 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It was Iron Circus that singlehandedly triggered the Small Press Comics Anthology Renaissance, all those years ago!
And now, ALL our collections are 50% OFF!
Some are in short supply! Grab 'em while you can!
store.ironcircus.com/collections/...
And now, ALL our collections are 50% OFF!
Some are in short supply! Grab 'em while you can!
store.ironcircus.com/collections/...
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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.