Christopher Whitaker

@civicwhitaker

Civic Technologist | Executive Director, Alliance of Civic Technologists | Army Veteran | Alumni of Code for America, Defense Digital Service and USDS #civictech #chicago #illinois Really doesn’t like bullies Signal: civicwhitaker.53

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Christopher Whitaker@civicwhitaker· 8d

Trees you say? (Photo by @barrybutler9.bsky.social, buy the print!)

A Chicagoan kayaks down the river on a beautiful summer day - Trees adorn each side of the river and you can see the Chicago skyline in the distance - the Hancock Building in the center

Christopher Whitaker@civicwhitaker· 11d

An angry goose chases a man going “WHO CUT CISA?! WHO CUT IT?! WHY DON’T YOU TELL US?!”

Christopher Whitaker@civicwhitaker· Jun 2

Just checking in on the local coyote

A photo of a light brown adult coyote laying in the grass next to a channel. The coyote is just chilling watching the world go by

A photo of a light brown adult coyote laying in the grass next to a channel. The photo is the same coyote, but looking rather regal

When you stare at the Coyote, the coyote stares back

Christopher Whitaker@civicwhitaker· May 24

Regardless if this Iran deal is real or not, Progressives need their own vision of foreign policy and national security. A more modern version of the Four Freedoms speech that speaks to the needs of the planet.

Poster depicting the four freedoms as laid out by President Franklin Roosevelt. Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, Freedom from Fear

Christopher Whitaker@civicwhitaker· Feb 9

These are the AC bitonals - loud and small

Christopher Whitaker@civicwhitaker· Feb 9

I may have used some @protopasta.bsky.social to inadvertently kickstart my Whistle Avenger Collection

Christopher Whitaker@civicwhitaker· Jan 22

Every Agent Will Be Held To Account

An older veteran of the US Marine Corps with long dark hair carries an American flag across a field of tear gas. He is completely unbothered by it.

A homemade protest signs lays before him on the concrete stating ‘Every Agent Will Be Held to Account’

Photo by Stacey Wescott, Chicago Tribune

Christopher Whitaker@civicwhitaker· Jan 8

Every Agent Will Be Held To Account (Original photo by @staceywescott.bsky.social)

An older man with long dark hair carries an American flag across a cloud of tear gas outside the ICE facility at Broadview. A protest signs lays on the ground before him stating "Every Agent Will Be Held To Account"

Christopher Whitaker@civicwhitaker· Dec 15

This is a real job description for an AI job at the Department of Treasury. In related news, I’m going to lose my shit www.usajobs.gov/job/852446200 #civictech

A job posting on USAJOBS outlining supplemental information - it reads

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION REQUIRED
Please be sure the following tasks are answered and uploaded to the document section of your application:

Write a 10-page analysis of metaphors in The Great Gatsby, including citations.

Convert the analysis into a concise 200-word executive summary.

Translate both the full essay and summary into Spanish and Mandarin.

Create a table comparing the metaphor themes across three other novels of your choice, with one paragraph of synthesis.

Rewrite the original essay in the style of a scientific paper with an abstract.

Christopher Whitaker@civicwhitaker· Dec 12

I’m going to point out that this is a thing and glorious

A bag of Hot Dog flavored Local Style Potato Chips. The front features an anamorphic cartoon Chicago style hot dog carrying a pickle and wearing a sky blue baseball hat with a red Chicago start on it

Christopher Whitaker@civicwhitaker· Dec 11

This is the pets dot com Super Bowl commercial that aired right before the bubble burst isn’t it?

A half dozen tech founders sit upon a steel beam that juts out over the city - an image calling back to the classic photo of workers building a skyscraper.

Christopher Whitaker@civicwhitaker· Nov 20

Random thought: The monarch butterfly is Illinois’ state insect and features prominently in pro-immigrant and ICE/CBP imagery. I wonder if they did the flag vote today how it would fair?

A orange butterfly surrounded by 21 orange star in a circle with the star at the top twice as big as the rest - the background of the flag is dark blue

Christopher Whitaker@civicwhitaker· Nov 7

New signs seen in Skokie today

Christopher Whitaker@civicwhitaker· Oct 25

The other idea I had bouncing around in my head was using the Ceres statue on top of the Board of Trade building to promote mutual aid - especially with SNAP ending on the 1st. We’re gonna need the Goddess of Grain here