Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating loss of their wife and mother. gofund.me/9e987aead

The Trump Administration's plan to dismantle the @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is senseless & dangerous. It would weaken weather forecasting, climate research, & the science that keeps people safe. We urge that this plan be abandoned. Call Congress to #SaveNCAR today. buff.ly/7ka1BQA

NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.

NCAR is foundational scientific infrastructure. This is escalating the assault on climate science, and there is a direct line between this step and the loss of many human lives.

Climate denialism, empowered by nihilists and know-nothings, undermining science & destroying the evidence that they previously just rejected. Meanwhile, out here in WA, roads are sliding into rivers (an unprecedented weather event) b/c it’s too damn warm to be raining this hard for this long.

Time to repurpose #AGU25 as a mass mobilization in support of NCAR, NSF, NOAA, NASA, USGS, DOE BER, and the Congressional power of the purse.

Key misunderstanding I want to get ahead of: NCAR isn't really a government agency like NIH or NSF. It's one of the largest NSF grants in history, and is given to a non-profit org called UCAR, whose job is to make NCAR exist (www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...). That means the buck stops with NSF right now

Does anyone know of a good writeup/course/presentation/etc. for contract negotiations for community-run events like volunteer-led conferences? I'd love to pass it along to various groups I volunteer with (and learn myself) as we get into sponsor contract negotiation season for the coming year.

So I've had this idea bumping around in my brain forever, and I came across a few posts about gerrymandered districts that made me want to toss this out: What if the law was all districts must be a regular geometric shape such that each state picks one? E.g., state A picks hexagons. Stupid thought?

Want to learn why asking "Why?" is soo important? How about the future of platform engineering? We covered a lot in our latest episode of #CloudNativeCompass with hosts @rawkode.dev, @nimbinatus.bsky.social, and our special guest @chipnick.com Check it out!

Even in small-town Texas. Brief bit from the downtown Fredericksburg #NoKings. Full block full, both sides of Main Street. Lots of honking and cheering

Philadelphia #NoKings

Even before I heard the devastating, horrific news of political assassination in Minnesota, I woke up this morning thinking about Emily Dickinson's great poem "'Hope' is the thing with feathers -" Lots of people know this beautiful little poem, but fewer, I think(?) realize when it was written. /1

Early run for #NoKings day, wearing US colors because the flag is for us (and US!), not a king. Find your your local protest: www.mobilize.us/nokings/map/ #running #nevernotrunning

I encourage everyone to consider attending one of the many demonstrations planned for tomorrow across the country. Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest. Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org

DevOpsDays Austin is fast approaching on May 1-2! Our schedule is up, and tickets are selling fast. Join us: devopsdays.org/austin

DevOpsDays Austin is fast approaching on May 1-2! Our schedule is up, and tickets are selling fast. Join us: devopsdays.org/austin

The latest episode of #CloudNativeCompass is now out, featuring my wonderful co-host, @nimbinatus.bsky.social, and our fabulous guest, @kat.lol. We dive into the @kubernetes.io release team and process, check it out! cloudnativecompass.fm/13

It's an Austin tradition! Join us for the 12 Clouds holiday mega-meetup. It's a night of 5-minute lightning talks. We'd love to have you speak, sponsor, or attend (or all three!): 1. RSVP meetu.ps/e/NgTPW/dr5z... 2. Leave a comment to give a lightning talk. 3. To sponsor, ping me.

YET another bluesky list of k8s folks, this time it's those who directly work in (and members of) various community github orgs. bsky.app/profile/did:... If you are one, add a bluesky url in your github profile and poke me to re-run my script. cc @kubernetes.dev @kubernetes.io #kubecon

I wrote I thing in my tech industry analyst capacity at @redmonk.com (apologies for the lack of cats and dragons) redmonk.com/kfitzpatrick...

Fluffers cam! He's waiting for his bone to soften some

for our new friends -- starter packs are a great way to find a list of people with similar interests to follow. There's no algo here so your feed will seem kinda dead until you start following people.

I want to choose a data removal service for data brokers and the like. I know about the massive opt-out lists on GitHub to walk through, but I know data will reappear on the brokers as soon as I finish. Right now comparing Incogni and DeleteMe. Anyone use one and have a real review/advice for me?

At last, there's a searchable directory of Bluesky starter packs, courtesy of @mubashariqbal.com! Just one more way third-party developers are helping to make this place better. Search starter packs by keyword, and sort by "Uses" to see which ones people are finding the most helpful

I think it's also worth remembering for times ahead that resistance and assistance come in a lot of different forms, not all of them overt and public. In my own life, I send money for things I, for whatever reason, don't talk about publicly, because I've determined that's the best way to be useful.

Tip for new bsky folks: You can follow a feed like this timeline cleanse from @joshuajfriedman.com : bsky.app/profile/did:... Then you can go into *Settings* > *Following Feed Preferences* > *Show Posts from My Feeds* to have them pop up at random. It's a great way to short-circuit doomscrolling

Why did I schedule a podcast recording tonight of all nights? I should have blocked off my calendar.

Tip for new bsky folks: You can follow a feed like this timeline cleanse from @joshuajfriedman.com : bsky.app/profile/did:... Then you can go into *Settings* > *Following Feed Preferences* > *Show Posts from My Feeds* to have them pop up at random. It's a great way to short-circuit doomscrolling

Here's Philly rap legend Freeway canvassing with LeVar Burton singing the Reading Rainbow theme. You can see how much it touched Burton. National media loves to hate Philly because of the Eagles fans from the Northeast, but fuck all that noise Philly is the best.

Hell yes. I miss you, Philly, and I love this energy.

This was the first Halloween in a long time that I've nearly run out of treats, and I bought twice the amount as last year! The pencils and stickers are completely gone, too. It was so nice to see kids out trick-or-treating again 🎃 Happy Halloween!! 🎃

I was delighted to sit down with Boyd to talk technical leadership on record (versus our usual long-ranging and long conversations about leadership). You're welcome to listen in! packetpushers.net/podcasts/tec...

😂 I'm offline for a few days and suddenly everyone shows up. Hi!!!

Work in progress, but here’s a starter pack for DevOps folks! go.bsky.app/2WcJHj1

Hi new folks! I usually don't check this on the weekend because I like the mental space no Twitter gave me, but since suddenly I have new followers: You'll like it here. Enjoy the feeds (there's a jack-o'-lantern one!). The red pin emoji is like a save button for a curated feed. Go explore :)

HOW TO TRANSITION FROM TWITTER TO BLUESKY!! (Another image because alt text couldn’t fit it all)

Do you post photos/video here? You should "subscribe" to this list that auto-blocks content scraping accounts that steal content and regularly post it without credit. The fewer eyes they have on them, the less power they have (and thus the more original content we'll see). bsky.app/profile/did:...

Now I need to start advocating that tech conferences start including Bluesky accounts on profile pages and badges.

As an editor, I help people say what they mean--and not say what they don’t mean. Here are some common not-quite-right words or expressions that I often see. This is not to embarrass anybody--I've made many of these mistakes myself. Please share your favorite fixes at the end of the thread. (1/n)

It's astounding to me as an ex IT guy that this is offline because this valuable data should be hosted redundantly. But I expect NOAA budget cuts are why it is. Now imagine NOAA is privatized/disbanded.

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #70,105!

The Mineral Cup has begun! My first vote was later than I wanted it to be (kaolinite for me, though I wish garnet would come back!), but it's still on for another handful of hours. If you want to brush up on your minerals and #geology, vote daily ⚒️ #mincup24

We've been making s'mores dip and s'mores ramekins the past couple days in the air fryer, and it's making me so happy

I subscribed to a pronoun labeler and it does in fact make talking to people easier when someone has a label set. No more toggling back and forth to check profiles! bsky.app/profile/pron...

The first #podcast episode of Technically Leadership from Packet Pushers is up! I'm excited to share my convo with Nick and Martin about the different paths in technical #leadership, how to decide which track is best, and what to expect. Listen in and level up! packetpushers.net/podcasts/tec...