I don’t know any senior engineers psyched about it, most of us grudgingly use it and find it useful for well-defined tasks and useless at actually thinking through problems. PMs, on the other hand, are pretty psyched about it

Man, they’re popping up everywhere like …something right now. I didn’t even have to leave my yard for these guys

You have a right to call any senator not just your own.

Call every day. Ok to call off hours and blow up their VM.

Skip the switchboard and dial them direct.
202.224.####
Use the last 4 digits in PHONE column

Call every day
Blow up VM

Be vocal.
Be visible.

Aaaaaand I’m officially old

Man, I miss the golden age of post-rock back then. Those were the days

Ha, our previous album was all over the place so this was a first. It was actually inspired by the last song, Tidal, which we originally recorded for a compilation raising money for victims of the tsunami in Japan (which tells you how old these songs are)

Oh, I don’t trust anyone to hold my beer, I hold it myself

It was an internal talk, so now public artifacts sadly

Do it, print media needs your support (and your kids need your attention)

I mean, I’m still on here so clearly I haven’t given it all up, but I do tend to not go on online deep dives anymore and wait for news to hit print to see if it’s actually worth following

jerry nie

Or congresspeople