When words fall short, symbols speak.
Like the patterns Ukrainians paint on Pysanky, their traditional Easter eggs.
They embody the resilience and hope of a nation, unbroken by the brutal Russian aggression.
The European Union stands by the Ukrainians’ side, committed to supporting them through this war and along their European path.
For a prosperous, peaceful future for all Europeans.
🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
Hey y'all, I've got a couple of new videos for you.
First up, the video of "The Best Product Engineering Org in the World," my keynote presentation at the Regional Scrum Gathering Tokyo. People really liked this one when I posted the transcript earlier in the year:
https://www.jamesshore.com/v2/presentations/2025/the-best-product-engineering-org-in-the-world
Second, an interview on Jade Rubick's "Decoding Leadership" podcast. We had a delightful conversation about scaling organizations that's chock-full of interesting ideas:
https://www.jamesshore.com/v2/presentations/2025/decoding-leadership-podcast
Enjoy!
One of my trans friends said a while ago that attacks on trans people have the effect of making them question their own inherent worth as a person, like, "maybe I *am* evil, maybe I *should* disappear". That's what I think of when I think of this song, especially the line "Why can't we give ourselves one more chance?"
And "Turned away from it all like a blind man / Sat on a fence, but it don't work"...yeah.