Angela Colter
@angelacolter.bsky.social
civic technician / former fed @18F / punish the villains
Pinned
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 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.
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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.