Gitte Klitgaard
@nativewired.com
Keynote speaker, trusted advisor, curious, Keeper of the Weird, Good Omen fan, friend, offer of hugs, unicorn, learner & more :)
Want us all to be kind to each other
May skeet in bad Swedish.
Have space for new clients.
Cis, she/her
Want us all to be kind to each other
May skeet in bad Swedish.
Have space for new clients.
Cis, she/her
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Gitte Klitgaard
@nativewired.com
· Nov 16
My work goal is to bring humanity back in the workplace for the benefit of employees and companies.
My overall goal is to make the world a better and kinder place.
Some values: integrity, authenticity, kindness, fairness, responsibility, honesty, being present..
I am badass and caring 💕
My overall goal is to make the world a better and kinder place.
Some values: integrity, authenticity, kindness, fairness, responsibility, honesty, being present..
I am badass and caring 💕
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My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:48 AM
My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
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It was a great time this morning protesting ICE with the Lynn Democratic City Committee!
America is rising and Democrats are stepping up in the snow
America is rising and Democrats are stepping up in the snow
January 31, 2026 at 9:40 PM
It was a great time this morning protesting ICE with the Lynn Democratic City Committee!
America is rising and Democrats are stepping up in the snow
America is rising and Democrats are stepping up in the snow
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A recent cartoon for @newscientist.com.
p.s. my new book of science cartoons, ‘Physics for Cats’ is out now. Links at www.tomgauld.com
p.s. my new book of science cartoons, ‘Physics for Cats’ is out now. Links at www.tomgauld.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:38 AM
A recent cartoon for @newscientist.com.
p.s. my new book of science cartoons, ‘Physics for Cats’ is out now. Links at www.tomgauld.com
p.s. my new book of science cartoons, ‘Physics for Cats’ is out now. Links at www.tomgauld.com
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This is a heartbreaking tragedy.
The unforgiving ocean is key to our culture and economy. I am grateful to the Coast Guard who have responded.
I am holding the crew, their family and friends, and every fisherman in the light tonight.
www.gloucestertimes.com/news/fishing...
The unforgiving ocean is key to our culture and economy. I am grateful to the Coast Guard who have responded.
I am holding the crew, their family and friends, and every fisherman in the light tonight.
www.gloucestertimes.com/news/fishing...
UPDATE: Brother awaits word after FV Lily Jean sinks off the Gloucester coast
Longtime fisherman Richard Beal is among the family and friends awaiting word about the fate of the crew of the local fishing vessel Lily Jean, which sank off the Gloucester
www.gloucestertimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:30 AM
This is a heartbreaking tragedy.
The unforgiving ocean is key to our culture and economy. I am grateful to the Coast Guard who have responded.
I am holding the crew, their family and friends, and every fisherman in the light tonight.
www.gloucestertimes.com/news/fishing...
The unforgiving ocean is key to our culture and economy. I am grateful to the Coast Guard who have responded.
I am holding the crew, their family and friends, and every fisherman in the light tonight.
www.gloucestertimes.com/news/fishing...
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This federal regime is arresting journalists while they let murderers walk free.
The resistance isn’t coming from our political institutions. It is coming from communities, organizing together.
You can help me bring those tools to Washington. I will use them to #AbolishICE: bethfordemocracy.com
The resistance isn’t coming from our political institutions. It is coming from communities, organizing together.
You can help me bring those tools to Washington. I will use them to #AbolishICE: bethfordemocracy.com
Beth for Democracy | Bethany Andres-Beck for Congress
Bethany Andres-Beck is a candidate for Congress running to represent Massachusetts' 6th District.
bethfordemocracy.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:09 AM
This federal regime is arresting journalists while they let murderers walk free.
The resistance isn’t coming from our political institutions. It is coming from communities, organizing together.
You can help me bring those tools to Washington. I will use them to #AbolishICE: bethfordemocracy.com
The resistance isn’t coming from our political institutions. It is coming from communities, organizing together.
You can help me bring those tools to Washington. I will use them to #AbolishICE: bethfordemocracy.com
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10 lines of code can be worth millions of pounds, and 10,000 can be worth nothing.
Just a little reminder for folks who wrongheadedly equate coding with productivity.
Just a little reminder for folks who wrongheadedly equate coding with productivity.
January 30, 2026 at 7:33 AM
10 lines of code can be worth millions of pounds, and 10,000 can be worth nothing.
Just a little reminder for folks who wrongheadedly equate coding with productivity.
Just a little reminder for folks who wrongheadedly equate coding with productivity.
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Hospital managers are trying to blame nurses for mistakes made by AI systems they are forced to use.
The people making money selling AI should be on the hook for what it does.
If the software isn’t safe, why are they selling it?
The people making money selling AI should be on the hook for what it does.
If the software isn’t safe, why are they selling it?
January 29, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Hospital managers are trying to blame nurses for mistakes made by AI systems they are forced to use.
The people making money selling AI should be on the hook for what it does.
If the software isn’t safe, why are they selling it?
The people making money selling AI should be on the hook for what it does.
If the software isn’t safe, why are they selling it?
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“The crisis we face right now is because we the people have ceded our power. Too few of us vote. Too few of us pay attention. Too few of us understand the role of government. Too many of us want democracy to be easy and give up our own power, without understanding the implications.”
I wrote about this because I.C.E. and the MAGA crowd generally have no idea of how to operate when they have control but no power, because they conflate the two.
They are confused and enraged that their guns are not making people compliant.
open.substack.com/pub/engagedo...
They are confused and enraged that their guns are not making people compliant.
open.substack.com/pub/engagedo...
January 29, 2026 at 1:44 PM
“The crisis we face right now is because we the people have ceded our power. Too few of us vote. Too few of us pay attention. Too few of us understand the role of government. Too many of us want democracy to be easy and give up our own power, without understanding the implications.”
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experienced engineers: one change, test, one change, test
junior engineers: batch everything because they're in a hurry
this is exactly backwards
the person least capable of batching is the one most likely to batch
junior engineers: batch everything because they're in a hurry
this is exactly backwards
the person least capable of batching is the one most likely to batch
January 28, 2026 at 1:33 AM
experienced engineers: one change, test, one change, test
junior engineers: batch everything because they're in a hurry
this is exactly backwards
the person least capable of batching is the one most likely to batch
junior engineers: batch everything because they're in a hurry
this is exactly backwards
the person least capable of batching is the one most likely to batch
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Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
Not that it is easy to be compliant, but it is absolutely possible to become compliant in ways that don’t slow you down.
And if it does, you have an excellent opportunity to optimise tech or process :)
And if it does, you have an excellent opportunity to optimise tech or process :)
But, compliance! Somehow, a welcome justification for all the superfluous gates in our software delivery process, and to embarrassingly uphold the unreasonable delays. (1/3)
January 27, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Not that it is easy to be compliant, but it is absolutely possible to become compliant in ways that don’t slow you down.
And if it does, you have an excellent opportunity to optimise tech or process :)
And if it does, you have an excellent opportunity to optimise tech or process :)
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No! Compliance is an excellent ground for better quality and thus to go fast, and accelerate feedback, to ultimately produce better, but also more compliant outcomes. (3)
That would be the intro for an upcoming article.
Acceptable, or am I again making friends?
That would be the intro for an upcoming article.
Acceptable, or am I again making friends?
January 27, 2026 at 5:41 PM
No! Compliance is an excellent ground for better quality and thus to go fast, and accelerate feedback, to ultimately produce better, but also more compliant outcomes. (3)
That would be the intro for an upcoming article.
Acceptable, or am I again making friends?
That would be the intro for an upcoming article.
Acceptable, or am I again making friends?
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Contrary to common belief, compliance is not a good reason to go slow. Going slow for safety is a mistake. It introduces all sorts of disorders, drives down quality, and decelerates even more till a grinding halt. (2/3)
January 27, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Contrary to common belief, compliance is not a good reason to go slow. Going slow for safety is a mistake. It introduces all sorts of disorders, drives down quality, and decelerates even more till a grinding halt. (2/3)
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But, compliance! Somehow, a welcome justification for all the superfluous gates in our software delivery process, and to embarrassingly uphold the unreasonable delays. (1/3)
January 27, 2026 at 5:41 PM
But, compliance! Somehow, a welcome justification for all the superfluous gates in our software delivery process, and to embarrassingly uphold the unreasonable delays. (1/3)
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CN ICE uspol bodyshaming sextoys
This is an amazing read:
“We just got tear-gassed over a dildo.
Not a brick. Not a Molotov. Not a weapon.
A rubber dick.
That is how fragile federal masculinity is in 2026.”
www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-...
This is an amazing read:
“We just got tear-gassed over a dildo.
Not a brick. Not a Molotov. Not a weapon.
A rubber dick.
That is how fragile federal masculinity is in 2026.”
www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-...
THE DILDO DISTRIBUTION DELEGATION
The revolution did not arrive with speeches, pamphlets, or a carefully moderated Zoom call about optics.
www.closertotheedge.net
January 27, 2026 at 8:01 AM
CN ICE uspol bodyshaming sextoys
This is an amazing read:
“We just got tear-gassed over a dildo.
Not a brick. Not a Molotov. Not a weapon.
A rubber dick.
That is how fragile federal masculinity is in 2026.”
www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-...
This is an amazing read:
“We just got tear-gassed over a dildo.
Not a brick. Not a Molotov. Not a weapon.
A rubber dick.
That is how fragile federal masculinity is in 2026.”
www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-...
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ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
January 26, 2026 at 10:14 PM
ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
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My grandfather is 90 years old, a veteran, the son of an immigrant, and he afraid to leave his house in Minnesota because ICE might kidnap him.
Americans will not live like this. We must abolish and prosecute ICE.
Americans will not live like this. We must abolish and prosecute ICE.
January 26, 2026 at 11:17 PM
My grandfather is 90 years old, a veteran, the son of an immigrant, and he afraid to leave his house in Minnesota because ICE might kidnap him.
Americans will not live like this. We must abolish and prosecute ICE.
Americans will not live like this. We must abolish and prosecute ICE.
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A recent cartoon for @theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:53 AM
A recent cartoon for @theguardian.com
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I will be speaking at @fosdem.org in the Testing and Continuous Delivery dev room next weekend.
Non-Blocking Continuous Code Reviews at 12:05 on Sunday
First time speaking at FOSDEM
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
Non-Blocking Continuous Code Reviews at 12:05 on Sunday
First time speaking at FOSDEM
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
FOSDEM 2026 - Non-Blocking Continuous Code Reviews
fosdem.org
January 25, 2026 at 11:15 AM
I will be speaking at @fosdem.org in the Testing and Continuous Delivery dev room next weekend.
Non-Blocking Continuous Code Reviews at 12:05 on Sunday
First time speaking at FOSDEM
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
Non-Blocking Continuous Code Reviews at 12:05 on Sunday
First time speaking at FOSDEM
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
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The day after 220 members of the House vote to keep funding the invasion, ICE has done another murder.
Ordinary Americans are facing down agents who are allowed to kill us with whistles, signs & costumes.
We deserve Representatives with at least that courage. Who won’t sit back & watch us die.
Ordinary Americans are facing down agents who are allowed to kill us with whistles, signs & costumes.
We deserve Representatives with at least that courage. Who won’t sit back & watch us die.
January 24, 2026 at 9:28 PM
The day after 220 members of the House vote to keep funding the invasion, ICE has done another murder.
Ordinary Americans are facing down agents who are allowed to kill us with whistles, signs & costumes.
We deserve Representatives with at least that courage. Who won’t sit back & watch us die.
Ordinary Americans are facing down agents who are allowed to kill us with whistles, signs & costumes.
We deserve Representatives with at least that courage. Who won’t sit back & watch us die.
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My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:12 AM
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
Reposted by Gitte Klitgaard
Trump convinced gullible Congress people who don’t know how software works to yoink TikTok & hand it to one of his billionaire donors.
Now the new TikTok ToS say they will tell the government users’ citizenship & transgender status if it asks.
We have less privacy today than we did yesterday.
Now the new TikTok ToS say they will tell the government users’ citizenship & transgender status if it asks.
We have less privacy today than we did yesterday.
January 23, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Trump convinced gullible Congress people who don’t know how software works to yoink TikTok & hand it to one of his billionaire donors.
Now the new TikTok ToS say they will tell the government users’ citizenship & transgender status if it asks.
We have less privacy today than we did yesterday.
Now the new TikTok ToS say they will tell the government users’ citizenship & transgender status if it asks.
We have less privacy today than we did yesterday.
"My husband complains about the cold," the man said. "Can you teach me a spell to keep him warm?"
"I can teach you to bind hair into a net to catch heat," the wizard said, "using arcane counting and a pair of fine wands."
After a while, the man said "Isn't this knitting?"
"This, too, it's magic."
"I can teach you to bind hair into a net to catch heat," the wizard said, "using arcane counting and a pair of fine wands."
After a while, the man said "Isn't this knitting?"
"This, too, it's magic."
January 23, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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For the first time in a hundred years, there is a general strike in America: www.iceoutnowmn.com
I stand with the Minnesotans protesting these lawless assaults, kidnappings and murders.
Ordinary Americans are not going to let democracy die. We need politicians in Washington who will be as brave.
I stand with the Minnesotans protesting these lawless assaults, kidnappings and murders.
Ordinary Americans are not going to let democracy die. We need politicians in Washington who will be as brave.
ICE OUT OF MN
www.iceoutnowmn.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:19 PM
For the first time in a hundred years, there is a general strike in America: www.iceoutnowmn.com
I stand with the Minnesotans protesting these lawless assaults, kidnappings and murders.
Ordinary Americans are not going to let democracy die. We need politicians in Washington who will be as brave.
I stand with the Minnesotans protesting these lawless assaults, kidnappings and murders.
Ordinary Americans are not going to let democracy die. We need politicians in Washington who will be as brave.