Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 08/11/2025I was checking something on an MD gov website this week and was like “this feels so familiar and good. They’ve done a great job adapting USWDS to the state” 100
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 26/09/2025I was gonna make one of those ampersand shirts that say Bolton & Kimmel & Comey. Just to feel sad. 030
Reposted by Matt Bowenemily blight 🐦⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 09/09/2025hi, cis folks! if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now. the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE. we need you to call senators: reps.fyi more info & script downthread.🧵 746014801
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 07/09/2025Much of the most engaging philosophy is by women too! Like Foote, Husthouse, Butler, Wallace, too many to list — if you want to engage with ethics, ontology, or epistemology and actually engage the current debates, you’re reading mostly women. So it’s not a genre thing. 040
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 05/09/2025Did it! You can thank @andymbowen.bsky.social for telling me about you all 010
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 23/08/2025That is very cool, congratulations. I am fortunate to have met you when you were at UMD and am happy for you to reach more young people. 110
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 02/08/2025Oh goodness yes – it sells lies that strips men of even more of our humanity than patriarchy took as we were brought up. It harms literally everyone. 020
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 31/07/2025We also saw this cool red-spotted purple. It’s none of of those colors (maybe a tiny bit of red at the edge of a wing?) but it is stunning. #buttyflysky 010
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 31/07/2025The tells me not to, but i still chase ‘em. Muddy Creek Waterfall on the Swallow Falls Canyon Trail. #StatePark #Maryland 020
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 31/07/2025And yes of course I have feelings about “the accessibility check” being like a single gate, but thanks to Jared and team we didn’t treat it that way — accessibility was core to how we developed continuously 020
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 31/07/2025At the IRS, the accessibility check was known to kill projects right before deployment. Thanks to Jared and a small team of dedicated practitioners, Direct File’s was chill and collegial. We are lucky to get to learn from such a dedicated and skilled practitioner. 230
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 29/07/2025A cool stone staircase near on Swallow Falls Canyon Trail in #Maryland 422921
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 21/07/2025My daughter (also six) is same! It’s what she wanted for her birthday too. It is both wonderful for the variety it brings is beyond pizza and expensive! 010
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 01/07/2025I had to use it when I was at USDS on a project and it was simply bonkers. So complicated for so little actual utility. 030
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 27/06/2025Isn’t there like a Go (the game) association up there too? It’s an amazing block 010
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 06/06/2025Same vibes but sillier: The Arcade Fire opening for The Unicorns 000
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 04/06/2025After a couple months of LLM-assisted coding, I have a prediction: LLMs will impact productivity in a way similar to the change that came from moving from email to slack 000
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 31/05/2025In both the summer and winter I wonder why this place was even settled. 000
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 30/05/2025So this is maybe the most most fascinating part, since it is a thoroughly tested, declarative, machine readable declaration of the logic of the portion of the tax code that DF supports github.com/IRS-Public/d...github.comdirect-file/direct-file/backend/src/main/resources/tax at main · IRS-Public/direct-fileDirect File. Contribute to IRS-Public/direct-file development by creating an account on GitHub. 0538
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 30/05/2025This makes my night. Some of the best (and most ridiculous) work I ever did is in that repo and now it’s not lost to time. 566482
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 08/05/2025I loved it, thank you. I am also desperately trying to think of who I know who will laugh. 130
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 04/05/2025We had to cancel my six-year-old’s bounce-castle party last weekend for storms; I feel for you. 000
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 18/04/2025I literally just told my sister, “I will still despise him but I guess I claim to aspire to non-disposability politics so may this be the beginning of a long road of repair” 010
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 18/04/2025Senator, I am legitimately proud tonight to be one of your constituents. Thank you. 020
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 17/04/2025It was some of the proudest work of my career (I was one of the USDS folks on it), and it breaks my heart to see it shut down. But, we’ve proved it can be done and can be popular, and I will hope a sane future administration brings it back. 011
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 09/04/2025I worked with Merici on direct file — she is a dedicated public servant and it was an honor to work with her and build something people loved. It’s heart breaking to see all that torn apart, and I’m grateful she is able to share some of what she saw with such a wide audience. 052
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 03/04/2025Their flour is terrific too. I always buy a bag when I stop by and use it in my own baking. 010
Reposted by Matt BowenMallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 31/03/2025Hey it's annual Buy A Trans Woman A Pizza Day, in memorial of Mira Bellwether. See all these visible trans people? Find one that's hungry and give them food. 15517362
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 24/03/2025Signal is really cool, and it’s not some magical security spell that makes you safe 021
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 24/03/2025Like do you know who in your group has installed signal on a work computer? Or on a personal computer they never update? Do you ever discuss anything sensitive in a long-lived group? How regularly do you audit that group’s membership? 100
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 24/03/2025This honestly is a good chance to reflect on some of the things that make opsec on signal hard for everyone, including activists: 1. Managing who is in a group has tough UX and only gets harder as people make their identities ambiguous 2. The group’s security is as good as its sloppiest member 130
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 16/03/2025@alsobrooks.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov is this true? Were you all on board with @schumer.senate.gov saying the dems would vote against the CR and then letting it pass? That move felt like an attempt to mislead constituents, so as a constituent, I need to know now. I’ve been trusting you. 000
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 09/03/2025Alright this has gotten out of hand. Now we need a subscription to gaze into the abyss? 000
Reposted by Matt BowenMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Supporting bathroom, sports and healthcare bans for trans people means signing on to a moral panic about problems that DON'T EXIST. When people say Democrats should "moderate" on these issues, they are suggesting that we legislate a group out of public life based on lies. 363478963
Matt Bowen @mattbowen.net · 06/03/2025Opposition to the dept of ed is rooted in anti-black racism, and like all racism, manages to hurt all of us. In a quest to return to segregation and increase inequality, they'll hurt all children in America and tear down a site of legitimate social support. It is unjust and vicious. 011
