Happy No Kings Day! Today we stand together against fear, corruption and war. It is easier to be brave when we do it together.

"I grant you one wish," the magic fish said. "To eat my mother's pancakes again, just like when I was a child." "Are you sure?" "You think it frivolous?" "No. But to grand it I must send you back to the child you were, with no adult memories." "Would my life change?" "You ask that every time."

But some people are staying ahead instead of catching up. 🎧 Still Burning ep. 1 — open.spotify.com/show/2b2O6Wi...

10 years from now, who even knows what part of software development will still be a human activity? Nobody Knows.

The government should protect American consumers from unsafe technologies no matter where they are produced.

the girl guides in the UK just kicked out all their trans members specifically bc they were threatened with a lawsuit from a rowling-funded group

I sure am! This is exactly why I stepped up to challenge Seth Moulton. We can’t move forward without justice.

'Never ascribe to malice what can be explained by incompetence.' Many big companies adopted gitflow because it had a cool poster and tons of Microsoft/GitHub marketing dollars. The rest followed suit because 'best practice' and Gartner quadrants. They don't mistrust us, they don't even know us!

Yes. And. Realise that organisations have adopted this approach because they see you, the developer employee, as a untrusted, unsupported individual working in isolation, and treat you as such.

I am holding the people of Oahu in the light today. The devastating flooding is another example of the extreme weather caused by climate change. The Green New Deal can’t wait.

"Excuse me, your highness" the frog said. "May I implore you to give me a peck on the cheek?" "Not a kiss?" the princess asked. "I would not presume. A peck will turn me back into a prince for a day, so I can find a bow and arrows." "Whatever for?" "I'll kill the heron who's eating my friends!"

Helping without listening isn't helping, it's rude.

Tickets still available!

I would be honored to share title of “first nonbinary member of Congress” with @jamestalarico.bsky.social

“For Orbán in Hungary, it took about four years, for Vučić in Serbia, it took eight years, and for Erdoğan in Turkey and Modi in India, it took about 10 years to accomplish the suppression of democratic institutions that Trump has achieved in only one year,” www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

Shatner is incredibly eloquent when he wants to be.

"To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now." - Fred Rogers In loving memory of the beloved and forever impactful Emmy/Grammy-winning television icon, minister, advocate, and pillar of true human decency on his 98th birthday.

A spring cartoon for @newscientist.com

Come canvass with us this weekend! Saturday and Sunday, 1:00pm. If you haven’t canvassed before, our organizers will teach you how to talk to your neighbors! Saturday: actionnetwork.org/events/salem... Sunday: actionnetwork.org/events/salem...

Eid Mubarak to all those who celebrate. I wish everyone good food and good company on this blessed day.

We regulate financial data brokers. We need to regulate digital data brokers. In Congress, I will stand up for our privacy: bethfordemocracy.com

It's a little odd to me how influenced I am when a company's giveaway pens are really high quality. I end up thinking they must do everything well. Which has so far been true.

These four prints all have only a handful of copies left and will not be reprinted. So if you'd like one, don't wait: www.tomgauld.com/shop?category=Prints

Old @pawelbrodzinski.bsky.social together with young Pawel :- }

Lovely turn of a phrase

Some Congress members want to pay Big Tech to put AI text generation tools in American schools. I’m just not sure buying children chainsaws haunted by the ghost of 4chan is a good use of taxpayer money.

Now THIS is how it's done!

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

This is how I earned Progressive Victory's endorsement. A bunch of candidates are trying to look progressive right now. I actually am. I've never been afraid to say so. I am progressive because I want a better world. And I know the only way that happens is when we build it together.

It was so great to see people at Beverly's caucus yesterday. It's amazing to see so many members of the community, across every town and city I've been to, show up and get involved.

Knocking on doors yesterday, I met a six year old. She asked me what Congress was. I told her, "it's the people who make the rules for grownups." I didn't tell her that right now some grownups aren't following the rules. Congress should do its job and put them in timeout.

@pawelbrodzinski.bsky.social You are so annoying... You wrote the post about people's linked-in posts of "horrible personal experience, I learned something, and realised that this is true in work life as well"... AND NOW I CAN'T UNSEE IT !!

Happy Mothering Sunday!

If I took over an engineering org where developers were being sacked for not producing enough code, or commits, or PRs, I'd sack the management. They evidently don't understand what they're managing.

These fuckers are psychotic. They are both ignorant and stupid. They are cruel. They are greedy. They are jailing innocent people. They are killing innocent people. They are destroying our nation, the world, our society. There is no good in them. They must be removed.

My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com

Interesting (and a bit long) blog post by Ian Copper on the use of AI: “Coding is dead, long live programming” ian-cooper.writeas.com/coding-is-de...

The radical anti-tax activists have driven up our national debt to make themselves richer. It's the same playbook private equity has used to get rich killing companies. It is time to build our future instead of looting it: bethfordemocracy.com

Picard individuality tip: Do something fascinating that no one else in your collective would ever do.

The attack on Temple Israel in West Bloomfield is horrific. Jewish people deserve to pray, study and live without fear. I stand in full defense of my Jewish neighbors, and I am holding everyone feeling the weight of this in my thoughts tonight. Guns are a public health crisis.

"I will grant you three wishes," the genie said. "I want you to agree with me," the man said. "Very clever!" "I want you to stay with me." "Gladly!" "Give me what I ask for." "I already have!" The man asked for many things, and while he didn't get any of them, he had company and validation.

I'm proud to be endorsed by @progressivevictory.win and take the PV Pledge! #PVPledge

“You look sad. Everything OK?” “I read a book about physics and now I’m convinced time is an illusion.” “No time at all?” “There’s no past or future, just infinite nows, all touching.” “That’s beautiful.” “It really is.” “So why are you sad?” “If time isn’t real, how am I still late for everything?”

Time to support trans Dems like @beth4ma.bsky.social

In Congress I will support the Sunshine Protection Act to eliminate daylight savings time. Aramis thinks it should be called the Predictable Dinnertime For Pets Act.

Anyone know which Democratic strategist is telling their candidates not to put policy positions on their website? When I said Democrats should try to act less like elitist Harvard academics, I didn’t mean they shouldn’t say anything at all 🤦

To abolish ICE, we need a progressive left. We are building exactly that in the Massachusetts 6th District! bethfordemocracy.com