Joe Beda
@h.olysh.it
Semi-retired technologist. Did k8s, GCE, gtalk and IE. Figuring shit out. Protect Trans kids 🏳️⚧️. Seattle. Signal: jbeda.99 he/him
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Joe Beda
@h.olysh.it
· Dec 4
Protect trans kids.
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SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
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Katie Wilson is leading in the Seattle mayor's race!
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Katie Wilson is leading in the Seattle mayor's race!
I just called the offices of both @murray.senate.gov and @cantwell.senate.gov to express my disappointment in Dem leadership and to encourage them to call for @schumer.senate.gov to step down from leadership.
It is clear that Schumer is either disingenuous or incompetent. Either way he needs to go.
It is clear that Schumer is either disingenuous or incompetent. Either way he needs to go.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I just called the offices of both @murray.senate.gov and @cantwell.senate.gov to express my disappointment in Dem leadership and to encourage them to call for @schumer.senate.gov to step down from leadership.
It is clear that Schumer is either disingenuous or incompetent. Either way he needs to go.
It is clear that Schumer is either disingenuous or incompetent. Either way he needs to go.
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We’re starting #KubeCon week with news: Kubernetes cofounder Joe Beda is joining Tailscale as an advisor. Joe will be on-site with us in Atlanta — stop by the Tailscale booth to meet him and learn more.
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All our KubeCon plans: tailscale.com/kubecon-atla...
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All our KubeCon plans: tailscale.com/kubecon-atla...
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We’re starting #KubeCon week with news: Kubernetes cofounder Joe Beda is joining Tailscale as an advisor. Joe will be on-site with us in Atlanta — stop by the Tailscale booth to meet him and learn more.
thenewstack.io/tailscale-we...
All our KubeCon plans: tailscale.com/kubecon-atla...
thenewstack.io/tailscale-we...
All our KubeCon plans: tailscale.com/kubecon-atla...
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Schumer must retire.
One of two things is true:
1. Chuck Schumer genuinely felt this is a bad deal, so he voted against it, but he couldn't keep Senate Dems in line because he's a lackluster leader.
OR
2. Chuck Schumer orchestrated the shutdown deal w/ retiring Dems because he's a bad strategist and got rattled.
1. Chuck Schumer genuinely felt this is a bad deal, so he voted against it, but he couldn't keep Senate Dems in line because he's a lackluster leader.
OR
2. Chuck Schumer orchestrated the shutdown deal w/ retiring Dems because he's a bad strategist and got rattled.
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Schumer must retire.
A couple of weeks ago @kenmartin.bsky.social sent me an email asking me to “Invest in the DNC” with a slick powerpoint deck attached. This was my (as of yet unanswered) response.
I’ll invest in the Dems when they give me something to invest in.
I’ll invest in the Dems when they give me something to invest in.
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A couple of weeks ago @kenmartin.bsky.social sent me an email asking me to “Invest in the DNC” with a slick powerpoint deck attached. This was my (as of yet unanswered) response.
I’ll invest in the Dems when they give me something to invest in.
I’ll invest in the Dems when they give me something to invest in.
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It's weird. A hundred years ago, only rich people owned cars while everyone else owned horses. Now only rich people own horses while everyone else owns cars.
How the stables have turned.
How the stables have turned.
November 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It's weird. A hundred years ago, only rich people owned cars while everyone else owned horses. Now only rich people own horses while everyone else owns cars.
How the stables have turned.
How the stables have turned.
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Oh! And I forgot one of my favorites:
"We shape our tools and, in turn, our tools shape us" - supposedly Churchill but unclear.
"We shape our tools and, in turn, our tools shape us" - supposedly Churchill but unclear.
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Oh! And I forgot one of my favorites:
"We shape our tools and, in turn, our tools shape us" - supposedly Churchill but unclear.
"We shape our tools and, in turn, our tools shape us" - supposedly Churchill but unclear.
TIL: Antimetabole - "is the repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transposed order" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimet...)
"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country" - JFK
"Dreams cost money but money costs dreams" - The Hold Steady (paraphrased)
"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country" - JFK
"Dreams cost money but money costs dreams" - The Hold Steady (paraphrased)
Antimetabole - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
TIL: Antimetabole - "is the repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transposed order" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimet...)
"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country" - JFK
"Dreams cost money but money costs dreams" - The Hold Steady (paraphrased)
"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country" - JFK
"Dreams cost money but money costs dreams" - The Hold Steady (paraphrased)
Pulling for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social!
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Pulling for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social!
I find myself in rainy and cold Vancouver, BC for the day. Not sure what I’ll get up to!
October 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I find myself in rainy and cold Vancouver, BC for the day. Not sure what I’ll get up to!
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… any women working on ML training infrastructure out there
October 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
… any women working on ML training infrastructure out there
Posting just so you know I’m not a bot running in us-east-1.
October 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Posting just so you know I’m not a bot running in us-east-1.
Apparently the framers didn’t mean that whole no emoluments things.
Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job
US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Apparently the framers didn’t mean that whole no emoluments things.
A while ago I visited Argentina. Took a tour with a local and went to Plaza de Mayo. Learned about the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo. It is a sobering stories about people being disappeared and loved ones demanding justice over time during a dictatorship. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothers...
Mothers of Plaza de Mayo - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A while ago I visited Argentina. Took a tour with a local and went to Plaza de Mayo. Learned about the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo. It is a sobering stories about people being disappeared and loved ones demanding justice over time during a dictatorship. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothers...
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
Wow. This is how you do it. Hopefully other leaders follow Mamdani’s lead.
I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
October 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Wow. This is how you do it. Hopefully other leaders follow Mamdani’s lead.
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baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other
October 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other
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We don't, there will be a new (and hopefully better) normal after this, that said, for the rest of our lives we'll have to be aware a non-trivial number of neighbors and fellows voted for actual fascism, and that's always going to be a bummer
How do we return to any semblance of normal after all this is said and done?
September 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We don't, there will be a new (and hopefully better) normal after this, that said, for the rest of our lives we'll have to be aware a non-trivial number of neighbors and fellows voted for actual fascism, and that's always going to be a bummer
Hanging out at a bar with my favorite people (Willie, the dog, and @rbeda.bsky.social, the spouse) watching the M’s. First run in the post season since 2001!
October 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Hanging out at a bar with my favorite people (Willie, the dog, and @rbeda.bsky.social, the spouse) watching the M’s. First run in the post season since 2001!
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I'm so excited to see what happens with Northsky. I just made a donation because I want stuff like this to exist in the world.
We also accept one-time donations: northskysocial.com/products/sup...
One Time Donation
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October 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I'm so excited to see what happens with Northsky. I just made a donation because I want stuff like this to exist in the world.
We aren't leaving as we feel a responsibility to our community on multiple levels.
And also, we are insulated from the worst impacts for a variety of reasons and we should use those advantages to help others.
Beyond that, I don't want to. This is my home and I want to fight for it.
And also, we are insulated from the worst impacts for a variety of reasons and we should use those advantages to help others.
Beyond that, I don't want to. This is my home and I want to fight for it.
I'm realizing a grim exercise/prompt may be in this ...
If others want to share, I'm curious:
Why aren't *you* leaving america (yet)?
Asking for trans folks in particular, especially those of us on HRT and/or other very directly threatened in terms of our healthcare ...
Reposts welcomed. Sigh.
If others want to share, I'm curious:
Why aren't *you* leaving america (yet)?
Asking for trans folks in particular, especially those of us on HRT and/or other very directly threatened in terms of our healthcare ...
Reposts welcomed. Sigh.
If i were 22, I'd maybe just bail on america. I'm 38 is the problem and I love my life here. My house, my gardens, my dogs. This is where I built my adult existence ...
October 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We aren't leaving as we feel a responsibility to our community on multiple levels.
And also, we are insulated from the worst impacts for a variety of reasons and we should use those advantages to help others.
Beyond that, I don't want to. This is my home and I want to fight for it.
And also, we are insulated from the worst impacts for a variety of reasons and we should use those advantages to help others.
Beyond that, I don't want to. This is my home and I want to fight for it.
I'm so excited to see what happens with Northsky. I just made a donation because I want stuff like this to exist in the world.
We also accept one-time donations: northskysocial.com/products/sup...
One Time Donation
northskysocial.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I'm so excited to see what happens with Northsky. I just made a donation because I want stuff like this to exist in the world.