@Rando8715401 @hopecorefan @AnthonyMEmerson And I know it’s odd, because almost no one does.
It’s just that online, everyone sees the comments from folks who do.
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Beth
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Beth
@bethcodes
Software Engineer. Queer. Unitarian-Universalist. Candidate for Congress in MA-06. any/all
Middleton, MA Присоединился Ekim 2007
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@Rando8715401 @hopecorefan @AnthonyMEmerson Sure!
When I meet someone, sometimes they learn something new about the world. That’s normal: we are all learning new things all the time.
It’s odd, though, to decide the problem is that the world is wrong.
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He’s already flip-flopped on like five other issues so wonder why he’s not flip-flopping on this one
Politics & Poll Tracker 📡@PollTracker2024
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) stands by comment he made about trans athletes saying he doesn’t “want his girls getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete.” Moulton: “Of course I stand by it. I mean, we have to take on tough issues. I know it did hurt some people and I feel bad about that.” Moulton is challenging Senator Ed Markey for the Democratic nomination in Massachusetts.
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@Rando8715401 @hopecorefan @AnthonyMEmerson It’s also odd to make a big deal out of “societal expectations” that contradict biology.
I’m from one of the reddest towns in the district. People are briefly surprised. We talk about data centers paying for cheap green energy or whatever. They forget it was odd & remember me.
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@bethcodes @hopecorefan @AnthonyMEmerson They named you Bethany because you were born a girl and Bethany is a girl’s name. Now you look like a man. You are free to subvert societal expectations but it’s reasonable for people to think it’s odd.
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@Rando8715401 @hopecorefan @AnthonyMEmerson This is so interesting to me.
My parents named me Bethany. I never changed it. This is what I look like. So obviously, this is what one Beth looks like.
So I’m not sure exactly what your claim is. Some people want their politicians to pretend people like me don’t exist?
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@hopecorefan @AnthonyMEmerson This is not what a Beth looks like. You alienate normal voters with this insanity.
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@Rando8715401 @hopecorefan @AnthonyMEmerson You are of course right. That is exactly why having an X on my passport makes traveling easier.
But my name is not particularly important to voters. In a recent poll of likely primary voters, zero people cited “Beth’s goatee” as the most important issue facing the North Shore.
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@hopecorefan @AnthonyMEmerson Am I wrong that the vast majority of voters look at a person who looks like this and is confused by the name Beth?
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@sara69675041 @StratPolitics People have underestimated how progressive this district is for years.
For example, *I* am from one of the reddest towns.
Which makes it all the weirder that we’ve been represented by a New Democrat focused on his national profile. We deserve actual representation.
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@StratPolitics ICE agent prosecutions 86-12. Did you conduct this poll in just Lynn? 😂.
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🚨 NEW POLL of likely Democratic primary voters in MA-6
🔷 Beth Andres-Beck and Jamie Belsito lead the field after candidate bios
🔷 Senate: Markey up by 7 points in Moulton's home district
🔷 Dems support ICE agent prosecutions 86-12
🧵 Read the thread for more insights
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Inviting English hate monger Graham Linehan to Congress is bullshit.
Actual parents are terrified their actual children will lose access to medical care. Republicans respond by importing lying bigots to lie.
I am running for Congress so they have to say this shit to my face.
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The #NoKings protests across the 6th District were inspiring ❤️
From music and dance parties to frogs and Antz quotes, the #NorthShore showed up!
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This is accurate🤣
I am pretty normal: I hate fascists, think healthcare shouldn’t bankrupt us & don’t want my tax dollars building concentration camps. But I also understand technology and know AI is going to be a cosmic shift for society.
Learn more at bethfordemocracy.com
Opno@Opno579942
@austinahlman "nonbinary agender queer" and it's the most normal looking dude you've ever seen in your life
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@partisanshrimp @TrackAIPAC @sethmoulton They might have assumed their audience wouldn’t recognize “Occupy Boston” 🤷
I’m pragmatic, but I’m still a socialist. You can check out what I intend to do at: bethfordemocracy.com/platform
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👀 AIPAC's Rep. Seth Moulton has drawn a primary challenger in #MA06
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Representative Seth Moulton draws a primary challenge after criticism over trans athlete remarks Bethany Andres-Beck, a software engineer and Democratic activist, is launching a primary challenge to six-term US Representative Seth Moulton, who caught flak last year after he made remarks about how trans athletes and identity politics contributed to Democrats’ November losses. bostonglobe.com/2025/07/17/met…
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@CardioNP @varadmehta It turns out it isn’t especially hard to remove hair. I started shaving when I was a teenager & stayed clean-shaven for years.
When I let my goatee grow, I discovered I like having a goatee more than I care about helping people pretend the world is simpler than it is.
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@varadmehta Going to guess female on testosterone given evolution of facial hair over the years.
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Of course Seth Moulton's challenger is a transgender they/them. Because who else could it be? But is "Bethany" a man or a woman?
Samantha J. Gross@samanthajgross
NEW: Representative Seth Moulton draws a primary challenge after criticism over trans athlete remarks bostonglobe.com/2025/07/17/met… #mapoli
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@varadmehta Neither🙂
I’m a software engineer, a Unitarian-Universalist and someone who thinks legislators ought to understand the technologies they are regulating.
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@AClyde_Nat @TheCalvinCooli1 Yep, that’s me!
I have the name I have, look the way I look, sound the way I sound, and think Congress people shouldn’t take money from the companies they regulate.
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🚨Report: Massachusetts Democrat Representative Seth Moulton has received a primary challenge in Bethany Andres-Beck after he received criticism over trans athlete remarks
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@unclebobmartin I don’t think Trust No Programmers But Me is workable either though.
I trust some programmers, especially the ones I’ve personally worked with & know the integrity of. I purposefully build my community, because community is what serves us.
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@bethcodes Programmers are no less political and agenda driven than anyone else. I don’t think “Trust all Programmers” is a workable idea. As for whether a programmer should trust me, that’s their decision. Many seem to have made it in my favor, for which I am grateful.
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It is interesting to me how fascism requires people to betray their most deeply-held & deeply-professed values.
One can build a whole brand around “software craftsmanship” & still end up stanning for private equity that actively forbids engineers from building software well.
Uncle Bob Martin@unclebobmartin
I love the fact that people attack @elonmusk based on their silly ideologies, while he wields reality with such relentless determination. I mean the guy is building F-ing Space Ships! Deal with it!
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@unclebobmartin Maybe code quality doesn’t matter after all🤷(though the empty timelines suggest otherwise)
But if you don’t trust or respect programmers, I don’t see why they should trust that your advice would be good for them to follow.
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@bethcodes I don’t know anyone who worked, or works, at twitter. I have heard horror stories but I don’t trust them. Too much politics. Too many agendas. Too much sneering. All I can do is go by the results I see. Twitter works better for me now than before.
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I find it genuinely creepy that so many people actually want to live forever
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@unclebobmartin Engineers were asked to accomplish something that it wasn't clear was possible, and they succeeded by doing exactly what we know produces good software we can be proud of.
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@unclebobmartin This was the era when we were able to retire the Fail Whale because the stability and resiliency had made the platform solid at an ungodly scale. The Engineering Efficiency team under Nandini Ramani made huge gains on the torturous Scala build & repo management issues.
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