Once again, trans rights are human rights. It shouldn’t need saying that trans people are just as valid as I am, and they have just as much right to exist and be themselves as I do, but here we are again. If you’re willing to sacrifice trans people for political expediency, block or unfollow me now.
The richest man owns X.
The second and third richest men control Google.
The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.
And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
# The tyranny of discomfort
So much of the narrative behind politics that gets leveraged for the removal/blocking of rights for people is discomfort.
People feel uncomfortable with what they're rarely acquainted with. 1/4
More integrity than all of big tech combined
If it’s a colleague can you contact directly - in case they’re a new writer, first give them the opportunity to correct without calling it out publicly?
This whole thread is a journey you might want to consider taking…
Hey friends! I did a TEDx talk and it's now up on the TED Conferences YouTube. It's possibly the best and most important talk I've ever done.
I would ask that you watch it, and please SHARE it broadly and widely. Thank you! youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg #AI #Tech #TED
Just noticed that the SQL Database Projects extension for #vscode appears to insert new objects in the .sqlproj file by alphanumeric name ordering instead of just “at the end” (à la #ssdt). Anyone know if that’s true (maybe @drewsk.bsky.social)? Really reduces merge conflicts, thanks #microsoft 😊
A sticker saying You can be anything be kind in white lettering on a black background
Picture of a thatched roof with a hole in it. Text reads ‘Haggis has a hole in his roof. He never fixed it because on rainy days it is too wet to work, and on sunny days it doesn’t need fixing.’
Seen on Reddit with the caption
“explainTechDebtToMeLikeImFive”. 12/10 no notes.
Why, thank you #Microsoft, thank you @justrie.bsky.social! #mvpbuzz
Here's a new blog post on rolling your own CDM connector for #Synapse #Spark richardswinbank.net/synapse/com_... ... making a virtue of necessity after discovering belatedly that #Microsoft's connector is no longer supported in v3.4 😕.
Looking at some #datafactory pipelines last week I discovered something unexpected - if you're using non-deterministic functions in pipeline expressions, the result of your activity may be different from what's in the log! buff.ly/2Gge9rc #fabric #synapse #adf
The Ukrainian flag because fuck that fucking rude motherfucking orange man baby and his Harry Ellis 'sprechen sie talk' idiotic muppet cockwomble ignoramus side kick, if you can call him a sidekick when his nose is so far up the twats asshole. I'm with and for Ukraine and I always will be.
How Spark pushed me down a well 😄 - my contribution to this month's #tsql2sday: https://richardswinbank.net/spark/two-aggregate-pivot
Scraping under the wire for this month's #tsql2sday (in the UK at least...😀). Thanks for hosting @sqlmal! https://richardswinbank.net/blog/sql-database-devops
Excited, delighted,... ignited(?) – I'm so happy to have been renewed for another year as a Microsoft Data Platform MVP that I'm running out of adjectives! Super-pleased to remain in the company of some very skilled people. Thank you @Microsoft, MVP Program & @IrishSQL! #MVPBuzz
Excited, delighted,... ignited(?) – I'm so happy to have been renewed for another year as a Microsoft Data Platform MVP that I'm running out of adjectives! Super-pleased to remain in the company of some very skilled people. Thank you @Microsoft, MVP Program & @IrishSQL! #MVPBuzz
Super-excited to announce that the second edition of my book "Azure DataFactory by Example" is now available! 🎉 You can find it at https://buff.ly/490TwYJ (US) or https://buff.ly/43IEmWA (UK) and probably some other places too 😊 #Azure #DataFactory @AzDataFactory
Delighted to receive this box of swag from @microsoft after being unable to attend #MVPSummit in person -- thank you 😊. Pablo says thanks for the box! #mvpbuzz
Day 3 at this year’s aviation-themed #sqlbits! Sun’s out, (top) guns out 😎
When logging into a virtual machine, avoid DM'img your password to co-workers by making sure that your VM client has focus instead of MS Teams 🤦♂️ #modernworkplace #toptips
I'm delighted to announce that the 2nd edition of my book Azure Data Factory by Example will be released on April 7th 2024 😊. Available for pre-order right now at https://buff.ly/490TwYJ (https://buff.ly/4914Xjb in the UK), perfect for those (very) late Christmas presents... 🎅
Hey @PenguinBooks I’m racing through @richardosman’s Thursday Murder Club, even without your unexpected assistance! Can you help?
OK, so *apart* from the chance to network with great people, eat a free lunch, meet the experts and get a whole day of free #Microsoft #DataPlatform training... what has @DataRelay_uk ever done for us?!
Time for more @MSPowerBI deployment! In this post, I accelerate creation of new reports by building their deployment pipelines automatically 🚀. Create your report, push it to Git, see it appear in #PowerBI 😀 https://buff.ly/3PYJBwt
Super-excited to report that I've been awarded #Microsoft #DataPlatform #MVP for 2023/4 🎉. Working in this community with so many skilled, committed colleagues is a privilege I'm abundantly grateful for, and this is the icing on that large, delicious cake 😊🎂 @MVPAward #MVPBuzz
Communicating technical complexity to non-technical colleagues can be tough -- but it's essential if you want to explain why you're going to need 6 months to build a report 😂. Feel free to use my one-slide explainer if it helps! https://buff.ly/46iMH4f
I can't find a comprehensive list of UK #Microsoft #DataPlatform user groups – so I created this one https://buff.ly/3qBZa2l Can #SQLFamily or others help me add missing groups (or find me a better list 😜)?
In my new blog post I look at how to deploy standalone/shared @MSPowerBI datasets through multiple environments, and how to bind thin reports to different source datasets automatically during deployment 😊 https://buff.ly/45JtrfV #PowerBI
