Brandon Morrison

Engineering Manager @voxmediainc. Lover of maps. Spouse to @ihearttheroad. Puzzlemaster for All Tests Pass. he/him/his

[Brandon Morrison @fillerwriter]

Nobody beats Dr. Jessica Morrison 14 times in a row. 😅 Congrats!

[Sarah Drasner @sarah_edo]

Good software architecture takes both debate and iteration.

You need trust on a team for both.

[Jay Smooth @jsmooth995]

I hate when people overhype things on on twitter so I will just state calmly that this is the greatest thing I've ever seen in my life

[tef @tef_ebooks]

i am seeing a take, "you don't need an [engineering] degree to be a programmer!" and i do agree

but i'm also seeing a "engineer means being legally culpable for the consequences of professional work" and i agree, too

but there's more to it than just those two things

[drsammytweets @drsammytweets]

It sucks though that I can't just enjoy beauty of the natural world on a family member's porch without being reminded that to some, I look more like a burglar than a scientist; without having to deploy de-escalation tactics my parents taught me before they'd ever let me drive.

[Douglas A. Blackmon @douglasblackmon]

So you’re asking if I actually can explain how the new Georgia voting law discourages voting, especially in minority & lower income communities and sets up ways for the legislature and exec branch to tamper with elections the way President Trump tried? Okay, if you insist.
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[Brandon Morrison @fillerwriter]

@valeriecodes That venue is a few blocks from my house, and got hit by a tornado 3 days later. It's a weird episode to watch in that context.

[Gene Luen Yang @geneluenyang]

Batman/Superman #16 (story by me; art by Ivan Reis, @DannyMiki_ , @Sabine_rich; letters by Saida Temofonte) comes out Tuesday 3/23 at your local comic book shop! Let's talk about this panel on Page 2 of the book. @DCComics @DCSuperman @DCBatman

[R. O. Kwon 권오경 @rokwon]

easy things to do:

- if you hear anyone repeat the bullshit that these attacks weren't racist, tell them to shut the fuck up
- if someone proposes more policing is the answer, tell them to shut the fuck up
- if you see anyone humanize the shooter, tell them to shut the fuck up

[Nicole Zhu @nicolelzhu]

this whole thread is worth reading, but it's this observation about trauma that particularly gutted me

[Dr. Jada Watson @data_jada]

If you're curious about how whiteness operates unchecked, look no further than Music City, USA.

Almost 20 years of data shows how the country music industry excludes and devalues BIPOC artists (a thread) ⬇️

[Brandon Morrison @fillerwriter]

@2HarvestMidTN I have a question about pickup for the upcoming Dinner with a Purpose. Can you help me out?

[C Thi Nguyen @add_hawk]

So I've been stuck on the camera policy for my Zoom classes. I totally get the worries about student privacy and invasiveness. But I also know that my teaching gets radically worse when I'm facing mostly all black squares. So this time, I tried complete honesty.

Report-thread:

[Joi @JoiTheArtist.bsky.social @Joi_the_Artist]

People often think NASA has around 20 percent of the US budget.

Try 0.4. Not even a whole damn percent. And they're creating medical advances, advances in weather forecasting, understanding the carbon cycle, AND LANDING ON MARS.

Imagine what they could do with 1%.

[ARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover @NASAPersevere]

I’m safe on Mars. Perseverance will get you anywhere.

#CountdownToMars

[Brandon Morrison @fillerwriter]

My covid-era hairstyle has graduated from Javier Bardem from No Country for Old Men to Joaquin Phoenix in Joker. This is not an improvement.

[Brandon Morrison @fillerwriter]

@DanielleAlberti Also, the FDR memorial has some great outdoor spaces.

[Brandon Morrison @fillerwriter]

@DanielleAlberti It's such a great space. I met so many people there as an excuse to hang out when I was living in DC.