Edward Coristine, whose nickname “Big Balls” made him one of the most publicized members of Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), resigned from the US government this week. The 19-year-old technologist had worked at multiple agencies, most recently the Social Security Administration.
Coristine became a source of public fascination and mockery earlier this year after Wired identified him as one of Doge’s young engineers and revealed he had gone by the online handle “Big Balls”. Musk and his supporters embraced Coristine, with the Tesla CEO bringing him on Fox News last month and promoting “Big Balls” memes on X.
Despite only briefly working at Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink before joining Doge, Coristine parachuted into major government agencies. Last month, Reuters reported that Coristine was one of two Doge associates promoting the use of AI across the federal bureaucracy.
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