Anyone else not comforted by this? futurism.com/future-socie...

I have made a graphic to use in response to every time someone calls Fabric mirroring "Zero ETL". You can call it zero "E", maybe. But it's kinda like serverless - there's still a server somewhere, it just might be managed by someone else.

Microsoft is making a very subtle color change in Office apps - Neowin www.neowin.net/news/microso... ^ They changed the red in the default colors to provide better color contrast against a white background to get it past the 4.5:1 threshold ❤️

Hertz deployed an AI vehicle scanner. Then came the CX meltdown. www.customerexperiencedive.com/news/hertz-d...

I'm technically a day early according to the calendar, but the leaves have already turned out in the mountains... Happy fall, y'all 🍂 Old Dillon Dam trail, Silverthorne CO

Tomorrow I'm talking about using Fabric notebooks to automate Power BI QA and pre-deployment tasks. I'll be demoing using Semantic Link Labs for checking themes & bookmarks, removing unused custom visuals, and more! Join me live Thursday Sept 18 at 1pm ET/10am PT: go.procuresql.com/webinars/aut...

Meagan Longoria @mmarie.bsky.social, a Data Analytics Architect & Microsoft Data Platform MVP, is presenting at four key sessions at #Live360 Tech Con. She focuses on data integration & visualization to enhance data usability and shares her insights at conferences, meetings, and on her blog

@frank.computer 11/10 for this post on data-ink ratio extremism. www.frank.computer/blog/2025/04... I was just writing up a section of this #rstats guide and had the same thought about it being unhelpful about minimums.

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

No moose this week, but I did visit a lovely creek

I saw a moose last week.

You want temp tables? You got temp tables!! Today @dbabulldog.bsky.social walks you through how to use distributed and mdf backed temp tables in #MicrosoftFabric! Link: youtu.be/f_eZEmbZ69U cc @sqlballs.com @bradleyschacht.com @neerajny.bsky.social @joshluedeman.com

Oh, great. A new way for AI to annoy me... I took my car to a Mazda dealership for inspection and oil change. I used to trust that the inspections would catch anything wrong. I like the video they send after diagnostics. But now the inspections recommend a bunch of bullshit you don't need.

This. We have to make it clear to Americans. Imagine someone walked into your place of work, slapped you in the face, set fire to all your projects, declared the sky is red and birds aren't real. That is what is happening to the people who safeguard our land, air and water. 🧪

No, MS Fabric Support, I cannot just delete my Fabric mirrored DB and recreate it. I have shortcuts and other items referencing it. And even if deleting and creating a new one worked, why are we using something that needs to be occasionally recreated? It brings up concerns about reliability.

Will adding generative AI to your data project improve the outcomes? It might, but it's not guaranteed. Here are 9 questions to ask before adding generative AI to your data project. datasavvy.me/2025/07/22/9...

Finally!

paradox, you say

Things I didn't think to check for when having my shower renovated: Is the wall actually level from top to bottom? At least I have a warranty and they say they will fix it.

Dear Internet, is there a term for manspreading but it's just the arms only? I understand some men needing more shoulder room, but this one apparently just needed his elbows super wide to play a video game while sitting next to me on a flight yesterday.

Noting this dataset for later use: www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinatio...

I'm writing cube functions in Excel. It's been a while, but it's working fine.

Let's talk. I think it's a false argument to say people must use only Fabric or Databricks, not both. I would say that although they offer similar functionality (lakehouse, warehouse, data engineering, dashboards, etc.) they are currently largely favored by different audiences.

This week in Figuring out #MicrosoftFabric , @mmarie.bsky.social compares Fabric and Databricks youtu.be/nzdXV4tApUs

BREAKING: Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the health dept, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/h...

I'm not upset about the view at breakfast this morning

TIL that Spicy Dill Chex Mix exists and is delicious.

🤔 www.theregister.com/AMP/2025/07/...

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

New week, new Workout Wednesday for #PowerBI Your challenge is to recreate the graphic in Power BI and use your best tricks to meet the labeling and spacing requirements. We can't wait to see your version! workout-wednesday.com/pbi-2025-w27/ #Wow2025 @merrykerry.bsky.social @shan-gsd.bsky.social

This got a little wild: An AI Ran a Vending Machine for a Month and Proved It Couldn’t Even Handle Passive Income www.inc.com/ben-sherry/a...

Lately I have been building scripts to help clients audit their Fabric environment. The latest request was to get a list of reports and what users have viewed them recently. This is a quick job for a Fabric notebook and the Semantic Link Labs library. datasavvy.me/2025/06/16/g...

Thrilled to have @mmarie.bsky.social joining us this wk for the Hampton Roads User Group! She is a powerhouse in Power BI, Fabric, data modeling, dwh,analytics and data flow."Populate Your DW with a Metadata-Driven, Pattern-Based Approach" Register here and join us! 👉www.meetup.com/hampton-road...

Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory

Unnecessary fascist parade sponsored by a data analytics company. Just what my industry needs. (Yes, they are known as a military intelligence tool, but they are a publicly traded company that sells tools in the commercial sector to many industries.) share.google/AXMXZZo6kTf9...

This was on my campsite this weekend, and I did indeed make use of it. Do you know what it's for?

Mental reset complete. Now to do laundry and pack so I can go to Virginia and talk and about metadata-driven ETL on Wednesday! www.meetup.com/hampton-road...

Why do I have to be an adult human with a job and responsibilities? I'm not that good at adulting. But I am sure I could be a great bulldog. Sleep on the couch all day, take short walks, get food rewards for doing tasks, bulldoze my way through people and furniture, hang out at the dog park.

Dear Microsoft Fabric, all I want is to right-click and open stuff in a new tab. Why can't you just let me do that? I don't want you to make a thing where you can open multiple objects in the same tab within your chrome. I just want to use my browser.

ICE agents mistakenly detain U.S. marshal in Arizona 🙃 www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Interesting read: How a Janet Jackson song crashed laptops for 9 years www.pcworld.com/article/2767...

It's reassuring to read something like this from someone smart and accomplished who isn't afraid of AI when it feels like you are being gaslit by the rest of the tech industry about AI. www.geekwire.com/2025/reality...

I appreciate this piece, but I want to correct the record on one point. I don't talk about LLMs as making "collages" but rather as making papier-mâché, and the difference matters! >> www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Swing by and ask the team today what the heck are the plans :) aka.ms/fabricama

At the moment there are two activities in Fabric pipelines that allow you to execute a "child" pipeline. They are both named "Invoke Pipeline" but are differentiated by the labels "Legacy" and "Preview" in parentheses. #MicrosoftFabric #FabricPipelines datasavvy.me/2025/06/03/i...

Health insurance companies are awful and trying to kill me, part [I forgot what number I'm on]: I've been trying to get a particular medication, let's call it Drug A, for 3 years. Every year we submit a request for prior authorization, every year they deny it. 1/9

SecState Rubio claims that no on has died because of USAID cuts and suggested that I had lied in my reporting. So here I show him photos of specific children who have died because of the Trump administration's reckless cancelation of aid: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/o...

#FABCON is back for its third year—and we’re bringing the momentum to a brand-new home: Atlanta, Georgia! March 16-20, 2026! Come be a part of this exciting new chapter. aka.ms/fabcon #MicrosoftFabric #DataScience #DataEnginering #DataIntegration #PowerBI #SQLServer #AzureSQL