Beth

Software Engineer. Queer. Unitarian-Universalist. Candidate for Congress in MA-06. any/all

[Beth @bethcodes]

@Rando8715401 @hopecorefan @AnthonyMEmerson And I know it’s odd, because almost no one does.

It’s just that online, everyone sees the comments from folks who do.

[Beth @bethcodes]

@Rando8715401 @hopecorefan @AnthonyMEmerson Sure!

When I meet someone, sometimes they learn something new about the world. That’s normal: we are all learning new things all the time.

It’s odd, though, to decide the problem is that the world is wrong.

[Beth @bethcodes]

@Rando8715401 @hopecorefan @AnthonyMEmerson It’s also odd to make a big deal out of “societal expectations” that contradict biology.

I’m from one of the reddest towns in the district. People are briefly surprised. We talk about data centers paying for cheap green energy or whatever. They forget it was odd & remember me.

[Beth @bethcodes]

@Rando8715401 @hopecorefan @AnthonyMEmerson This is so interesting to me.

My parents named me Bethany. I never changed it. This is what I look like. So obviously, this is what one Beth looks like.

So I’m not sure exactly what your claim is. Some people want their politicians to pretend people like me don’t exist?

[Beth @bethcodes]

@Rando8715401 @hopecorefan @AnthonyMEmerson You are of course right. That is exactly why having an X on my passport makes traveling easier.

But my name is not particularly important to voters. In a recent poll of likely primary voters, zero people cited “Beth’s goatee” as the most important issue facing the North Shore.

[Beth @bethcodes]

@sara69675041 @StratPolitics People have underestimated how progressive this district is for years.

For example, *I* am from one of the reddest towns.

Which makes it all the weirder that we’ve been represented by a New Democrat focused on his national profile. We deserve actual representation.

[Beth @bethcodes]

Inviting English hate monger Graham Linehan to Congress is bullshit.

Actual parents are terrified their actual children will lose access to medical care. Republicans respond by importing lying bigots to lie.

I am running for Congress so they have to say this shit to my face.

[Beth @bethcodes]

The #NoKings protests across the 6th District were inspiring ❤️

From music and dance parties to frogs and Antz quotes, the #NorthShore showed up!

[Beth @bethcodes]

This is accurate🤣

I am pretty normal: I hate fascists, think healthcare shouldn’t bankrupt us & don’t want my tax dollars building concentration camps. But I also understand technology and know AI is going to be a cosmic shift for society.

Learn more at https://t.co/yjiXxAXa83

[Opno @Opno579942]

@austinahlman "nonbinary agender queer" and it's the most normal looking dude you've ever seen in your life

[Beth @bethcodes]

I’m running for Congress!

I waited tables and served as a health care administrator before I worked my way into software development.

I’ve spent the last twenty years building software that works for users. It is time to build a government that works for us.

[Beth @bethcodes]

@partisanshrimp @TrackAIPAC @sethmoulton They might have assumed their audience wouldn’t recognize “Occupy Boston” 🤷

I’m pragmatic, but I’m still a socialist. You can check out what I intend to do at: https://t.co/pEUYberzGk

[Beth @bethcodes]

@CardioNP @varadmehta It turns out it isn’t especially hard to remove hair. I started shaving when I was a teenager & stayed clean-shaven for years.

When I let my goatee grow, I discovered I like having a goatee more than I care about helping people pretend the world is simpler than it is.

[Beth @bethcodes]

@varadmehta Neither🙂

I’m a software engineer, a Unitarian-Universalist and someone who thinks legislators ought to understand the technologies they are regulating.

[Beth @bethcodes]

@AClyde_Nat @TheCalvinCooli1 Yep, that’s me!

I have the name I have, look the way I look, sound the way I sound, and think Congress people shouldn’t take money from the companies they regulate.

[Beth @bethcodes]

@DumpTrump_45 @BeshearCentrist I have some good news! https://t.co/CnOohrKm1E

[Beth @bethcodes]

The blue check spam problem on here is out of control. I’m closing my DMs, but there are lots of other platforms where you can reach me that don’t take money from spammers.

[Beth @bethcodes]

@unclebobmartin I don’t think Trust No Programmers But Me is workable either though.

I trust some programmers, especially the ones I’ve personally worked with & know the integrity of. I purposefully build my community, because community is what serves us.

[Beth @bethcodes]

It is interesting to me how fascism requires people to betray their most deeply-held & deeply-professed values.

One can build a whole brand around “software craftsmanship” & still end up stanning for private equity that actively forbids engineers from building software well.

[Uncle Bob Martin @unclebobmartin]

I love the fact that people attack @elonmusk based on their silly ideologies, while he wields reality with such relentless determination. I mean the guy is building F-ing Space Ships! Deal with it!

[Beth @bethcodes]

@unclebobmartin Maybe code quality doesn’t matter after all🤷(though the empty timelines suggest otherwise)

But if you don’t trust or respect programmers, I don’t see why they should trust that your advice would be good for them to follow.

[Beth @bethcodes]

@TaliaRinger there are so many books to read, though

[Beth @bethcodes]

@unclebobmartin Engineers were asked to accomplish something that it wasn't clear was possible, and they succeeded by doing exactly what we know produces good software we can be proud of.

[Beth @bethcodes]

@unclebobmartin This was the era when we were able to retire the Fail Whale because the stability and resiliency had made the platform solid at an ungodly scale. The Engineering Efficiency team under Nandini Ramani made huge gains on the torturous Scala build & repo management issues.