Byron Matto

Software Engineer

[Byron Matto @bmatto]

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[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians.

I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor.

My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the work I did to help clean up our air, create jobs, balance the budget, make the biggest infrastructure investment in state history, and take power from the politicians and give it back to the people when it comes to our redistricting process and our primaries in California.

That’s policy. It requires working with the other side, not insulting them to win your next election, and I know it isn’t sexy to most people, but I love it when I can help make people’s lives better with policies, like I still do through my institute at USC, where we fight for clean air and stripping the power from the politicians who rig the system against the people.

Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime.

It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand.

I want to tune out.

But I can’t. Because rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets. To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America is a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious.

And I will always be an American before I am a Republican.

That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognize our country. And you are right to be furious.

For decades, we’ve talked about the national debt. For decades, we’ve talked about comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while fixing our broken immigration system. And Washington does nothing.

The problems just keep rolling, and we all keep getting angrier, because the only people that benefit from problems aren’t you, the people. The only people that benefit from this crap are the politicians who prefer having talking points to win elections to the public service that will make Americans’ lives better.

It is a just game to them. But it is life for my fellow Americans. We should be pissed!

But a candidate who won’t respect your vote unless it is for him, a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work to pass any policy besides a tax cut that helped his donors and other rich people like me but helped no one else else, a candidate who thinks Americans who disagree with him are the bigger enemies than China, Russia, or North Korea - that won’t solve our problems.

It will just be four more years of bullshit with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful.

We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger.

That’s enough reason for me to share my vote with all of you. I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz.

Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us.

And even if you disagree with me, vote, because that’s what we do as Americans. https://t.co/eHFZ723I4H

[Melinda French Gates @melindagates]

I’ve never endorsed a presidential candidate before. But this year’s election stands to be so enormously consequential for women and families that, this time, I can’t stay quiet.

Women deserve a leader who cares about the issues they face and is committed to protecting their safety, their health, their economic power, their reproductive rights, and their ability to freely and fully participate in a functioning democracy. In this election, the contrast couldn’t be greater, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.

I will be voting for President Biden.

https://t.co/Lmn7qJzADI

[Byron Matto @bmatto]

@zapnap Executive Function

[Byron Matto @bmatto]

@zapnap I hope you took the time to explain to him what VPNs are. I'm sure it was worth it.

[Byron Matto @bmatto]

@FidiumFiber Make with the internets.

[Byron Matto @bmatto]

@bhalligan It's easier to live in that climate both physically and psychically. This leads to more expansive (risky?) ideas. From there it's just gravity.

[Byron Matto @bmatto]

@elonmusk @wholemars I’ll do it.

[Byron Matto @bmatto]

@elonmusk Open source projects have devoted and genuine gatekeepers who ensure that contributions are in line with the goal of the project ... and frankly won't break it. Twitter is like open-sourcing the news if every PR was auto-merged.

[Byron Matto @bmatto]

@elonmusk Twitter was better as an open platform with APIs for extensibility.

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

⚡️The destruction of a convoy of Chechen special forces near Hostomel on Feb. 26 officially confirmed by the President's Office.

[Byron Matto @bmatto]

@jcyr It’s ganna snow a foot.

[Byron Matto @bmatto]

@stuffcarlsays @JetBlue There’s got to be a way to report a bug and inject a query to up its priority. I’ll hack your site - if only to get better customer service.

[Katie Burke @katieburkie]

If you work @HubSpot and live in New England today, please go outside and play in the snow. Work can wait. ❄️ Snow days cannot. ☃️

[Byron Matto @bmatto]

The ZEAL Team is HIRING! We have TWO open positions right now: FULL STACK ENGINEER & UX/UI DESIGN RESIDENT. These are AMAZING opps to work with one of the best teams out there. Apply directly for the Eng role here: https://t.co/WCtjHDfZP6

[Byron Matto @bmatto]

@Brodiesmith21 @KelseyLowrance She hit you with a tranq dart?

[Byron Matto @bmatto]

@antishow 99% seems high - what are you using to measure the ratios?

[Byron Matto @bmatto]

@laurenboebert do something useful.

[Byron Matto @bmatto]

@antishow It’s the saddest thing I’ve ever seen.

[Disc Golf Pro Tour @DiscGolfProTour]

Just plain crazy. James Conrad throws it in from 247ft for birdie to push the @PDGA Disc Golf World Championship into a Playoff. #PDGAWorlds #SCTop10 @SportsCenter @espn @ESPNAssignDesk

McBeth and Conrad are playing off right now. Watch live here: https://t.co/P2hGISEaDQ