A really great post on becoming a new dad (but a good read for moms too): chrisoakman.com/writing/tact...

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

"America is great because America is good. We can still be good."

Here's one global health worker's story of what the USAID shut down really means:

youcanknowthings.substack.com/p/america-is...

The U.S. Department of Labor is organizing a protest. Elon Musk’s staff will be present at the Frances Perkins Building in Washington, D.C., today at 4 p.m. It was mentioned that staff should plan to stay late after the 4 p.m. meeting to assist with setting up Elon Musk staffers into their systems.

Worth spending 13 minutes to watch

@5calls.org The number listed for Sen. Cruz's Houston office is actually the number for Rep. Al Green. What's the best way to submit corrections to 5 Calls?

I'm jumped on the "use Advent of Code to learn a new language" bandwagon for the first time this year. Trying out Rust for the first time. #AdventOfCode

Listening to the UT band play “Eyes of Texas” at Kyle Field after the Longhorns deliver at 17-7 win over the Aggies 🤌 #HookEm

My last name being a TLD is finally paying dividends. (I just changed handle to the minimal @paul.irish) Thx ICANN! <3

We are here, and we are ready.

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I'm not a heavy social media poster, but I'm considering moving over here from the other place. Posting at least once to ensure folks here that I am not a bot account.... but how can you really tell these days anyway?