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Patrick Kigongo
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A New Yorker in LA. Skateboarding. (Casual) football. Fitchecks. ex-18F. #CivicTech. This is a personal account. R/T’s ≠ endorsements
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]
November 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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
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...
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
TOP OF THE LEAGUE, YOU COWARDS!!!
November 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
NOT MANI FROM THE STONE ROSES AND PRIMAL SCREAM! Ugh, this year is relentless
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Tired: 6…7
Wired: 3/4 zip and a matcha
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 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.
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.
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I heard “6,7” in a FOIA-able federal government meeting. That phrase is officially cooked.
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 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.
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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
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
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
Max’s outerwear game remains unmatched. Saw this coat IRL!
Happy “big ass coat season” to all who celebrate.
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A comprehensive high-speed rail system sure would come in handy right now…
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
They are fencing off the Vaillancourt Fountain at EMB 😢
November 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
An interesting day to be a Ugandan-American from NY
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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...
November 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Reposted by Patrick Kigongo
AQI in Los Angeles is about to be terrible. God bless them.
November 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
ABSOLUTE SCENES CHEZ KIGONGO
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Using Sylvester in a pumpkin spice latte commercial is absolutely criminal. Straight up Geneva Convention
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake uppppp. The government’s been shutdown for a month”
a man wearing sunglasses is sitting in the back of a car with two other men
ALT: a man wearing sunglasses is sitting in the back of a car with two other men
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Dodgers y’all
November 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
A Simple Minds deep cut in a ChatGPT commercial? Just no…
November 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Happy Halloween 🐈‍⬛🍫
October 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM