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It's time for Colorado RattleCam! rattlecam.org

Quote post with the best picture you have ever taken of your pet.

Peony stems in a yard, sitting next to a spruce tree. There is a green coated metal cage over them and one stem is growing up through the space between the wires.

This weekend, I learned that 1) I have peonies in my yard
2) You put them in a cage to keep them from flopping over.

Not sure if I did this at the correct height, but I guess I'll find out in a few weeks (and it's adjustable).

Glad that I got to see @tracisewell.com present this morning!

It's a good reminder to know the signs of burnout, set boundaries to help prevent/alleviate it, and develop habits to help us through it.

Keeping the Current Month Selected in your Power BI Slicers YouTube video by ProcureSQL

Getting tired of your #PowerBI reports opening with a prior month selected? I made a video that shows 3 ways to handle that.

I'm a fan of #3.

Check out the video on the ProcureSQL YouTube channel.

🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-3H...

#PowerBI #MicrosoftFabric

I was competent but not great. But I had a contrabass solo in Frank Tichelli's Blue Shades. 💙

I played bass and contrabass clarinet in high school. This made me laugh. Also, I drove a 1994 Hyundai Elantra and I had to put the contrabass case in diagonally and let part of it stick out the window if I wanted to take it home to practice.

3D isometric tile map of the United States showing average elevation by state. Each state is represented as a rectangular bar, with bar height and color both encoding elevation — taller and darker green bars indicate higher elevation. Colorado and Wyoming are the tallest bars at 6,800 and 6,700 feet respectively, followed by Utah at 6,100 feet and Nevada at 5,500 feet, reflecting the Rocky Mountain region. Eastern and Gulf Coast states such as Florida, Louisiana, and Delaware have very short bars at 100, 100, and 60 feet respectively. States are arranged in approximate geographic positions. Data source: USGS via U.S. Census Bureau Statistical Abstract.

#WOW2026 for #PowerBI Week 13: Tile Map with 3D effect showing average elevation of U.S. states. You can pick the visual/language and the tile shape. Show us what you got!
www.workout-wednesday.com/pbi-2026-w13/

👉"The question isn't whether self-driving technology will eventually solve these challenges, but whether companies and regulators are moving too fast before the systems are truly ready to handle every scenario that keeps kids safe"

Waymo's School Bus Problem Exposes AI Training Limits Austin district's training effort fails as robotaxis struggle with school buses

Waymo's School Bus Problem Exposes AI Training Limits | The Tech Buzz
www.techbuzz.ai/articles/way...

power bi report with intput slicer, multi-category cards, and matrix with custom subtotals.

Workout Wednesday for Power BI 2026 Week 12 is out! We are using the input slicer and multi-category cards, both of which got updates in February. And we are using DAX to make sure matrix subtotals show meaningful information.
Give it a try: www.workout-wednesday.com/pbi-2026-w12/
#Wow2026 #PowerBI

"Whilst we appreciate the criminals’ exceptional taste, the fact remains that cargo theft is an escalating issue for businesses of all sizes,” KitKat said in a statement.

Nestlé says 413,793 KitKat candy bars stolen en route from Italy to Poland Nestlé says thieves have stolen a huge shipment of KitKat bars from a truck heading from Italy to Poland.

Nestlé says 413,793 KitKat candy bars stolen en route from Italy to Poland

apnews.com/article/nest...

I can see this happening more frequently as more AI is used while older records are never cleaned up.

$975K Settlement For Man Jailed Due To Mistaken Identity The man could also receive a $200,000 payment from the state.

Man Institutionalized Due To Mistaken Identity Will Get $975K Settlement - Honolulu Civil Beat www.civilbeat.org/2026/03/home...
#DataQuality

They looked at the data, noticed something wasn't right, and dug in to figure out why.

Scientists may be overestimating the amount of microplastics in the environment – and the culprit is lab gloves Tiny particles from certain lab gloves look like microplastics, and they can contaminate samples, new study finds.

Interesting: Scientists may be overestimating the amount of microplastics in the environment – and the culprit is lab gloves

theconversation.com/scientists-m...

From the AmItheAsshole community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the AmItheAsshole community

Currently reading:
AITA for Connecting to the Ear Pod after my niece swallowed it to see if it would play in her stomach?
www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAssh...

Meta and Google just lost a landmark social media addiction case. A tech law expert explains the fallout The case was the first of its kind. But it won’t be the last.

Meta and Google just lost a landmark social media addiction case. A tech law expert explains the fallout

theconversation.com/meta-and-goo...

Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content “In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”

after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

Charity party cards. Time spent stalking Alex Powers on LinkedIn is highly correlated with Power BI Developers

@itsnotaboutthecell.com have you ever played Charty Party?

Monitoring Fabric Mirroring for SQL 2025 - Data Savvy In this blog post, we will look at how to monitor this process, both in SQL Server and in Fabric.

I previously wrote about how the underlying technology for Fabric mirroring changed with SQL Server 2025. In this blog post, we will look at how to monitor this process, both in SQL Server and in Fabric.
datasavvy.me/2026/03/24/monitoring-fa...

Enhancing Microsoft Fabric: Security and Governance Best Practices Discover insights from my presentation on Microsoft's Fabric, focusing on building a robust governance framework for data management.

My #FABCON talk yesterday was a blast. Let's continue the momentum with this project. joeydantoni.com/2026/03/19/b...

Wait times at ATL range from 52 - 75.

#FabCon #SQLCon The wait at ATL for TSA Pre is currently 52 minutes and growing.

If you've got Clear, you'll want to use it. I made it through in 15 minutes.

Good luck to those in the general security line. 🤞

Card explaining when SQL server temp db won't shrink

Love these cards from @sqlespresso.bsky.social.

It took me years to understand this. Whether it's skipping expected milestones, stepping back from the hustle to protect your health, or pursuing hobbies nobody else gets, life gets better when you know yourself and do what's right for you, even when it conflicts with what society tells you to want.

A quote for international women's month:

Shonda Rhimes said "Happiness comes from living as you need to, as you want to. As your inner voice tells you to. Happiness comes from being who you actually are instead of who you think you are supposed to be."
#datawit #celebratingwomen

Grandma jailed after AI error linked her to crime in state she never visited: lawyer The charges were later dismissed after bank records showed she was in Tennessee at the time

Woman incorrectly identified by AI as criminal. They jailed her and no one checked her alibi for months. She lost her home, car, and dog. When they released her from a North Dakota jail in December, she had no coat and no way to get home.

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

So from a data quality and data engineering perspective, if I built systems that were this inaccurate and didn't fix them in days — not months — after the issues were reported, I would (and should?) be fired. At the very least, the system shouldn't be used as the source of definite truth.

Also, I really need to clean my laptop screen.