Dan Brown is a fucking million copy performance poet. Look at the sheer effrontery here: The Secret of Secrets. You can read the name in various ways; it means nothing; it promises revelation below the fold; it is perfect titular clickbait.

“How can I give my child more exposure to our home language?” A question every multilingual parent asks. Here are 6 simple ways 🧵

@marcbelzunces.bsky.social acaba d'arribar

There two new posts (short, previously published articles) on my website. One about arriving in Barcelona 40 years ago and another about a recent visit to five death camps.https://matthewtree.net/blog/

“At home we speak our language… but outside, my child switches to the community language.” Sounds familiar? Here’s why it happens and how to handle it. 🧵

“My child mixes two languages in the same sentence. Are they confused?” This is one of the biggest fears multilingual parents have. 🧵

“My child understands me perfectly… but always answers in the other language.” Sound familiar? You’re not alone. 👇

Parents raising multilingual kids often worry: ❌ “Bilingualism causes speech delay” ❌ “Mixing languages = confusion” ❌ “My child refuses the minority language” ✅ Reality: Kids are wired for languages. The challenge isn’t them. It’s creating the right environment. 🌍💬

Three years ago, I shared my lessons about raising a multilingual child in a non-native environment. It went viral. 🚀 Now, I want to help other families that have: 🧒 children (or planning to) 🇳🇴🇰🇿 different origins/heritage ✈️ been living 'abroad' (expats, immigrants, NGO)

Hay empresas que buscan juniors con 3 años de experiencia, que lleguen resolviendo, que “aporten desde el día uno”. Pero eso no es un perfil junior. 🧵 👇

Is this a cruel joke or a software glitch? A news piece clearly from February 2022 published as today's news, where "Russian troops are entering Donbass, will they invade?". asiaone.news/tensions-soa...

There's nothing like bonding with my son over a board game, killing some zombies!

Si no us va agradar RÀDIO FREE CAMACO, odiareu la segona novel·la del Cegador de Verri, GANGSTA MAJOR. L'home del Lancia Delta torna al poble per resoldre un assassinat impossible el dia del patró. Més acció, més sàtira i més crims contra el català ortodox. Tota la info a punkahoy.blogspot.com

Book that made me realize I actually REALLY like horror Just not slasher horror: three way tie between- Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson [this is my post, I make the rules 😈😈😈]

I always enjoyed @scott.hanselman.com‘s work, but this one is a masterpiece. Please invest 20 minutes of your life watching this. 👇

So here commences an ongoing follow-up thread on a particular bizarre rabbit hole of Bosnian diplomatic history that continues to confound the hell out of me. 1/

Vols conèixer abans que ningú les novetats d'Eumo? Vols rebre informació relacionada amb els llibres que publiquem? Apunta't a la nostra newsletter! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

He començat a llegir "Ràdio Free Camaco" de @punkahoy.bsky.social Comença molt bé. Veurem...

Tagging all my readers—whatever platform I lost them on: THIS IS MY NEW (AUDIO)BOOK. It's out. You can buy it. NOW. I know—this is so sudden! It is for me too. I explain it all in this post: punkahoy.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-... And I also say, thanks for staying around. Reposts appreciated.

Deliciosa entrevista, ni curta ni massa llarga.

🌤Day 2 at #InfoQDevSummit Boston! We’re back for another day of insightful talks, hands-on learning, and connecting with fellow architects, engineers & tech leaders. Today’s sessions dive into everything from resilient systems to emerging AI practices. #InfoQBoston #InfoQSummit

Would it be possible to transfer the test-driven development paradigm over to writing fiction? Test-driven novel writing? I think so! Here’s my pecha kucha talk on the topic from @OOP Munich: youtu.be/s9rPI1lPWfc #CSudberyRecordings #PechaKucha #TestDrivenDevelopment #TDD

Quanta raó

Un #EtFelicitoFill en tota regla. Pasta Nero di Seppia = Spaguetti al Nero VAIG DONAR sèpia. 🤦‍♂️ Sublim. Poètic. Haiku. Per a la col·lecció, @etfelicitofill.bsky.social

Respeto absoluto por el esfuerzo artesanal que ha implicado añadirle veinte JPEGs de PÍXEL ROSA, en teoría representando trocitos de jamón york, a la misma foto del bocata de tortilla que aparece intacta justo debajo. Muerte a la IA, viva el arte.

Communities of Practice have so many great benefits. These are the five I like to use to describe them. To learn more, including how to grow, supercharge, and measure communities of practice in or across organisations, sign up for the new online self-paced course at tacit.pub/learnCoPs

After a week full of conference talks, one thing is clear: 💻 DEMO TIME is ready for the stage. Used live at #CollabSummit, #Techorama and more — helping devs script their demos, show code, and stay on track. You next? 👉 demotime.elio.dev #VSCode #LiveCoding #DevTools #ConferenceSpeaker

Y luego está Murtop de ‪@hiulit.bsky.social ‬, que es un genial homenaje a Dig Dug y a... ¿bomberman? Acción directa a la vieja usanza, un arcade nuevo con alma clásica. Recomendadísimo www.youtube.com/shorts/BsG1-...

A few years ago someone in marketing said "No one comes to the conference to see highly technical talks" so I trolled them by naming my next talk with Stephen Toub "Highly Technical Talk." This year's talk is ALL code and zero AI as Stephen implements Channels from scratch youtu.be/J3IQBI5HVOw?...

Joining @edinkapic.com session about #SPFx and maintainable #React components. #collabsummit #ecs25

Thanks @edinkapic.com for using #DemoTime in your session! Highlighting code is one of the best features to walk through code while presenting. #CollabSummit #ECS25

Badge pick up done ✅ Already hugged many friends and I look forward to hug many more! #CollabSummit #CloudSummit

My good friend @jussiroine.com rocking his workshop and challenging the room to secure an environment with 1000s of Windows10 machines, 100s of Linux servers and a custom identity solution ☺️ #CollabSummit #CloudSummit

How @KentBeck thinks about AI coding tools and agents: "They're like a genie. They grant your wishes... but not quite how you expect it. Then you tell it that it's not what you wanted. 'Oh, I'm sorry...' The genie is good at apologizing. But it's not good at meaning it."

i ovog 4.maja setimo se najveceg! Jedi Master #Tito May the force be with You!

New Murtop World Record! 🏆 🎉 A whopping 6,724,700 points on the kill screen!

Secessionist Dodik's language here, directly invoking a quasi-blood libel vs the Bosniak people, is his most overt call to resume the violence of the Bosnian Genocide. Despite an outstanding arrest warrant, he remains free. Scandalous, a direct violation of the DPA. www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/...

How sad that there are people scared of someone speaking their language.

Quina entrevista més xula i pedagògica sobre aviació que li han fet a @a320cat.bsky.social divulgació en estat pur

oh wow... it took some time... but... we released PnP PowerShell 3.0!!! It's a huge release and notice: it's a -breaking- release. Do not blindly upgrade but read the article: pnp.github.io/blog/pnp-pow...

🚀 Just published a curated index of practical articles on Lean Software Development — blending XP practices with real-world insights. 👉 www.eferro.net/p/lean-softw... If you're into sustainable, high-impact software delivery, check it out! 🔁 Reposts appreciated to spread the word!

Also... medium.com/@aletheisthe...

5️⃣0️⃣ years ago, I was but a glimmer in Bill Gates and Paul Allen's eyes. 👀 2️⃣5️⃣ years later, Jeff Teper brought that glimmer to life. 🙌 What a ride into @microsoft365.microsoft.com! ☁️ 🟥🟩 🟦🟨 #ThankYou, @microsoft.com 💚 #Microsoft50 🥳 #SharePointAlmost25 🎂

Given that Catalonia's Sant Jordi's Day akaWorld Book Day, is coming up, I thought I'd shamelessly promote all five of my English language novels, one by one, starting with 'SNUG', in which many Africans colonise a small English village to show the English what it's like. matthewtree.net/snug/

Need to print this out and frame it near my desk

Ha muerto Svetlana Broz, nieta del mariscal Tito. Era belgradense y sarajevita de adopción. Cardióloga y mujer comprometida con el multietnicismo yugoslavista, fue una activista humanitaria durante la guerra y después. DEP. face.ba/vijesti/bih/...

🟤 El #videojoc «Murtop», desenvolupat pel @hiulit.bsky.social i publicat per @flynnsarcade.bsky.social, es converteix en el primer joc en #català que s'ha llançat en format físic a la plataforma #Evercade (inclòs en el cartutx «Indie Heroes 4»). Una grandíssima fita! 👉 evercade.co.uk/cartridges/i...

Clear thinking as always from @timothysnyder.bsky.social: ”[C]olonized Canadians are not going to have the right the vote. Their country would be treated as a hostile military zone, to be exploited for its resources” substack.com/home/post/p-...

Fun fact: The show that JD Vance went to see at the Kennedy Center where he was loudly booed by the audience was a performance of Stravinsky's Petrushka, a ballet about three Russian puppets who are brought to life by a magician who can make them dance under his spell.