Patrick Kigongo
@kigongo.bsky.social
A New Yorker in LA. Skateboarding. (Casual) football. Fitchecks. ex-18F. #CivicTech. This is a personal account. R/T’s ≠ endorsements
If any of your relatives is defending DOGE at the dinner table this weekend, take out your phone and read every portion of this thread.
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 AM
If any of your relatives is defending DOGE at the dinner table this weekend, take out your phone and read every portion of this thread.
Spotted on recent walks: spent Galaxy Gas canisters. Nobody is looking out for these kids…
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Spotted on recent walks: spent Galaxy Gas canisters. Nobody is looking out for these kids…
Tired: Vaporware
Wired: Vaporwave
Wired: Vaporwave
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Tired: Vaporware
Wired: Vaporwave
Wired: Vaporwave
My friend, the DOGE lads didn’t undergo background checks or security clearances. They were allegedly being badged in by whoever. You really think anyone was pausing at 1800 F St NW to sign in before destroying careers, looting government data, or sleeping on expensive mattresses on the 6th floor?
Have any of you ever FOIAed visitor logs at an agency? I realized I should have FOIAed OPM and GSA, given the reports of DOGE workers from other agencies working there, but is that going to be fruitful at any point soon?
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
My friend, the DOGE lads didn’t undergo background checks or security clearances. They were allegedly being badged in by whoever. You really think anyone was pausing at 1800 F St NW to sign in before destroying careers, looting government data, or sleeping on expensive mattresses on the 6th floor?
DOGE isn’t dead, sir. Furthermore there hasn’t been a single Congressional oversight committee hearing or interrogation of DOGE members. Our elected officials have failed to protect government workers. This is betrayal of the Oath of Office and an ongoing insult to the public, whom we all work for 🤦🏿♂️
The "Department of Government Efficiency" has disbanded eight months early.
DOGE sowed chaos throughout the government and disrupted services relied upon by millions, while finding hardly any savings.
Here's what you should know about damage that DOGE leaves behind.
DOGE sowed chaos throughout the government and disrupted services relied upon by millions, while finding hardly any savings.
Here's what you should know about damage that DOGE leaves behind.
The DOGE Damage Elon is Leaving Behind
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
DOGE isn’t dead, sir. Furthermore there hasn’t been a single Congressional oversight committee hearing or interrogation of DOGE members. Our elected officials have failed to protect government workers. This is betrayal of the Oath of Office and an ongoing insult to the public, whom we all work for 🤦🏿♂️
Next week’s episode of the @mostlyskate.bsky.social podcast is the "Stoked On" episode. Please record a voice note with your name, location, and something you're stoked on / thankful for /grateful for.
When you’re done, send it to: [email protected]
When you’re done, send it to: [email protected]
November 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Next week’s episode of the @mostlyskate.bsky.social podcast is the "Stoked On" episode. Please record a voice note with your name, location, and something you're stoked on / thankful for /grateful for.
When you’re done, send it to: [email protected]
When you’re done, send it to: [email protected]
Ask and ye shall receive. Courtesy of the @mostlyskate.bsky.social podcast
A Jacob Rosenberg/Ted Barrow hosted podcast about EMB? I thought Christmas was in December?
November 24, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Ask and ye shall receive. Courtesy of the @mostlyskate.bsky.social podcast
Reposted by Patrick Kigongo
Jacob Rosenberg and Ted Barrow are on the podcast this week talking about Epicenter with @frozenincarbonite.bsky.social and me. It’s a banger.
www.mostlyskateboarding.net/2025/11/epic...
www.mostlyskateboarding.net/2025/11/epic...
Epicenter with Jacob Rosenberg & Ted Barrow. November 23, 2025. Mostly Skateboarding Podcast.
This week, Templeton Elliott and Jason From Frozen in Carbonite are talking to Jacob Rosenberg and Ted Barrow about Epicenter . Listen here...
www.mostlyskateboarding.net
November 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Jacob Rosenberg and Ted Barrow are on the podcast this week talking about Epicenter with @frozenincarbonite.bsky.social and me. It’s a banger.
www.mostlyskateboarding.net/2025/11/epic...
www.mostlyskateboarding.net/2025/11/epic...
TOP OF THE LEAGUE, YOU COWARDS!!!
November 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
TOP OF THE LEAGUE, YOU COWARDS!!!
OK, can we have our jobs back?
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 3:28 PM
OK, can we have our jobs back?
NOT MANI FROM THE STONE ROSES AND PRIMAL SCREAM! Ugh, this year is relentless
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
NOT MANI FROM THE STONE ROSES AND PRIMAL SCREAM! Ugh, this year is relentless
Tired: 6…7
Wired: 3/4 zip and a matcha
Wired: 3/4 zip and a matcha
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Tired: 6…7
Wired: 3/4 zip and a matcha
Wired: 3/4 zip and a matcha
Since 2012, just three major labels control 85% of the sale and distribution of music in the US: Sony, Universal, and Warner. Marinate on that.
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Since 2012, just three major labels control 85% of the sale and distribution of music in the US: Sony, Universal, and Warner. Marinate on that.
I heard “6,7” in a FOIA-able federal government meeting. That phrase is officially cooked.
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I heard “6,7” in a FOIA-able federal government meeting. That phrase is officially cooked.
Being in a hardcore band is 100x cooler than being a tech bro. Teenage bros: just grab a guitar or some drums, turn it up to 10, scream about your problems. Repeat as needed.
PS “Crisis of Masculinity” sounds like the name of the debut album by the a band heavily influenced by Judge.
PS “Crisis of Masculinity” sounds like the name of the debut album by the a band heavily influenced by Judge.
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Being in a hardcore band is 100x cooler than being a tech bro. Teenage bros: just grab a guitar or some drums, turn it up to 10, scream about your problems. Repeat as needed.
PS “Crisis of Masculinity” sounds like the name of the debut album by the a band heavily influenced by Judge.
PS “Crisis of Masculinity” sounds like the name of the debut album by the a band heavily influenced by Judge.
Plain language suggestion #1: ditch the cumbersome “Emoluments” and replace it with “Corruption.”
No single reform can eliminate corruption or fully repair the public’s faith in government. But codifying the Constitution’s Emoluments Clauses would be a powerful start. bit.ly/43MmpHM
How Congress Can Rein in Surging Political Corruption
Federal lawmakers can protect the American public by passing a new law to fully implement the Constitution’s oldest anticorruption safeguards.
www.brennancenter.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Plain language suggestion #1: ditch the cumbersome “Emoluments” and replace it with “Corruption.”
Might have to screen up some “I survived a 43-day government shutdown and all I got was this lousy t-shirt” shirts for my fellow Federal employees
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Might have to screen up some “I survived a 43-day government shutdown and all I got was this lousy t-shirt” shirts for my fellow Federal employees
Hi from 50 UN Plaza, a federal building where many of my 18F colleagues used to report. Day 40 of the shutdown. 2 missed paychecks, part of a third. Federal employees (including my colleagues @ Dept of Ed) continue working without knowing when they’ll be paid, or are furloughed. #Shutdown2025
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Hi from 50 UN Plaza, a federal building where many of my 18F colleagues used to report. Day 40 of the shutdown. 2 missed paychecks, part of a third. Federal employees (including my colleagues @ Dept of Ed) continue working without knowing when they’ll be paid, or are furloughed. #Shutdown2025
Max’s outerwear game remains unmatched. Saw this coat IRL!
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Max’s outerwear game remains unmatched. Saw this coat IRL!
A comprehensive high-speed rail system sure would come in handy right now…
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A comprehensive high-speed rail system sure would come in handy right now…
They are fencing off the Vaillancourt Fountain at EMB 😢
November 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
They are fencing off the Vaillancourt Fountain at EMB 😢
An interesting day to be a Ugandan-American from NY
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
An interesting day to be a Ugandan-American from NY
Anyone who thinks generative AI will one day overtake humans has never read a poem, novel, or an essay about sports (in this case, baseball) penned by an Irish author.
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Anyone who thinks generative AI will one day overtake humans has never read a poem, novel, or an essay about sports (in this case, baseball) penned by an Irish author.
Reposted by Patrick Kigongo
AQI in Los Angeles is about to be terrible. God bless them.
November 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
AQI in Los Angeles is about to be terrible. God bless them.
ABSOLUTE SCENES CHEZ KIGONGO
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
ABSOLUTE SCENES CHEZ KIGONGO