To hear more about how USDS worked and Itir Cole's helping to make infectious disease outbreaks discoverable, you can listen to this 30-minute interview conducted by Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social and Noah Kunin @noahkunin.bsky.social @altusds.altgov.info

here's today's DOGE IS FOUR LETTERS. it concerns record keeping, why record keeping matters, what's difficult about it, and what you need to do to ensure our records are all kept.


You might know us from the guides we have put together, like the de-risking guide and the UX guide. Governments all around the world have used them to make services more accessible and add more value to the public — all while saving millions of dollars. You can still find them here: 18f.org/guides/

Trump Orders Permanent Govt Shutdown – No, Really … talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...

Right, so, let’s be clear what’s going on here. A handful of shameless hacks are hoping to cozy up to power by putting an academic gloss on Trump’s crackpot notions. This allows political actors to pretend the plain meaning of the Birthright Citizenship Clause is fiercely contested by legal scholars

A new paper: The Presidency After Trump v. United States. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers..... Forthcoming, Supreme Court Review. Comments welcome.

Why I know 18F had to die medium.com/@noahkunin/w...

Wiped out or fired up? ❤️‍🔥Thank you so much to @matteowong.bsky.social for writing about us!

This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.

The administration got rid of 18F under the cover of night. People who own skyscrapers are afraid of 100 people who make websites. Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.

Me live with @normative.bsky.social and @noahkunin.bsky.social talking about DOGE and the weaponization of the US government. watchcats.transistor.fm/episodes/hen... I am really glad to see Julian and Noah put together a podcast on watching DOGE - it's going to be an essential listen.

Once power forms, it rarely concedes. Moved our schedule around in order to meet the moment that DOGE is creating. watchcats.transistor.fm/episodes/hen...

@austinwalker.bsky.social yo have you been tracking the NRx crowd at Praxis? This is basically straight out of @friends-table.bsky.social material, specifically I'm guessing the setup for what is to come in the sequel to Palisade. www.praxisnation.com/news/declara...

Heyo! My new DOGE tracking podcast @WatchCatsShow is live on YouTube! Come join up if you want to to chat about the DOGE news of the day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzy0...

People of the Internet! A thing I am doing! The indefatigable @noahkunin.bsky.social and I have launched an occasional podcast called WatchCats to keep track of the inscrutable doings of the newly-christened DOGE. watchcats.transistor.fm/episodes/noa...

I spoke with @fedscoop.bsky.social's @carolinenihill.bsky.social about my immediate reactions to the USDS DOGE Executive Order. Key takeaway: What data is going to be data is going to be collected from the agencies and where is it going? 🤔 fedscoop.com/federal-it-e...

Me: "New political identity dropping: Scientist!" You: "Does that mean you're now a Scientologist?" Me: "😑".

𝗠ake the 𝗘fficiency 𝗢ffice 𝗪ork. 𝗠𝗘𝗢𝗪!

Zomg. OpenAI o3 beat the human threshold on ARC.

Let’s build a stronger Democratic Party that delivers for working people—across all our communities. Let's organize year-round, communicate everywhere, and remind everyone what we really stand for.

Genuinely curious how many people are grok-ing the AI subplot in Arcane. IMHO it’s a borderline masterful way of addressing it without being overly didactic.

One thing they're absolutely right about, and it is the tip of the iceberg. You actually look under the hood, it will immediately radicalize you that we should either have single-payer / UHC or get rid of insurance all together and replace it w/direct payments. www.startribune.com/rfk-jr-weigh...

Back on Twitter, Kelsey Hightower is spitting some extreme truth about infrastructure and platforms - highly recommend you take a listen to the recorded version when it's done: https://twitter.com/kelseyhightower/status/1676271835896504320