When I send someone to work for us in DC, it's important to check credentials. I prefer someone who's already GOVERNED instead of planning to techbro "vibe code" when they get there. So I voted for Kevin Morrison (www.kevinmorrisonforcongress.com). Here's all you need to know abt the IL-8 field:

No question. @morrisonforil.bsky.social is the ONLY choice for #IL08.

If you live in Illinois Congressional District 8 (IL-8) or know someone who does, here's how to sort out candidates when you vote next Tuesday for the US House. It's pretty simple: There's only ONE candidate who's really qualified, and that's Kevin Morrison. www.kevinmorrisonforcongress.com

First compute, then databases, finally networking here at #CFD25 from VMware by Broadcom - anything to make networking less mysterious for us DevOps and DBAs 😇

Nice demo of VMware by Broadcom Data Services Manager (DSM) for handling complex RBAC-limited requirements for MySQL, PostGres, and SQL Server DBs for DBAs +/or DevOps. Pretty slick! #CFD25

Nice concise session at #CFD25 on VCF 9.0 features from VMWare by Broadcom - deep dive into why Advanced Memory Tiering helps free up memory resources to keep CPUs busy

Starting up Day 2 of #CFD25 with VMware by Broadcom with their offerings around cloud computing. Plenty of stuff coming at lightspeed - stay tuned!

If you live in Illinois Congressional District 8 (IL-8) or know someone who does, here's how to sort out candidates when you vote next Tuesday for the US House. It's pretty simple: There's only ONE candidate who's really qualified, and that's Kevin Morrison. www.kevinmorrisonforcongress.com

Ab fab to hear the history of the IT industry from someone who has BEEN THERE thru boom > bust > boom cycles since 1978. But there's one overriding theme: Irrational exuberance

Now it's time to see where and when Cloud computing has been, is going, and is right now with Tom Lyon here at #CFD25 ... and from one perspective it's at least 100 years old 🤔 😱

From our friends at Hammerspace to a totally different topic: The Internet Archive! Joy Chesbrough, Chief Philanthropy Officer, will be taking us through what the internet is REALLY all about - and why it still matters🤯

OMG Hammerspace is actually talking about an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) environment this AM at #CFD25 ... yeah, Oracle has a public cloud too, folks 😇

Here we go with Hammerspace at #CFD25! Looking forward to what's new and amazing in the Cloud space

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Time for some comedy while we race towards the #IL-8 primary in just 2 weeks! Check out Kevin Morrison, the absolute best candidate for our US House district. Check out kevinmorrisonforcongress.com for details and don't hesitate to help us with a donation or whatevs

Final town hall for #IL8 before March 17th primary! Check out www.kevinmorrisonforcongress.com for more info + check out our two social events tomorrow and Wednesday too for some fun while engaging your right to vote for qualified people!

And here we go again! Another town hall for Kevin Morrison, this time in Elgin IL. Good turnout for a cold Saturday and great questions from audience! www.kevinmorrisonforcongress.com

Wouldn't want a little war to get in the way of a golf weekend.

Another day, another town hall for Kevin Morrison! This time we're in Bloomingdale chatting with an engaged group of folks on his views on how #IL8 needs to be represented in the US House.

AI’s conversation is rapidly shifting from what’s possible to what’s acceptable. 🌐 Tech Field Day News Rundown, Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke unpack a pivotal moment for artificial intelligence. @NetworkingNerd.net @DemitasseNZ.bsky.social #TFDRundown #AI buff.ly/ILU6hdU

Karen Cannell @thtech.bsky.social, Keynote Speakerin #apexconn26 😃 20.05. – 9 Uhr, Heide Park Soltau. Die CTO von TH Technology & weltweit führende APEX-Expertin zeigt in ihrer Keynote "Seriously SELECT AI", wie ihr per natürlicher Sprache mit Daten arbeiten könnt. ➡️ apex.doag.org/de/home/#c62...

How much of your data can you trust to AI Agents? 👉 youtu.be/XNhbLzAR7vk In this episode of the Tech Field Day podcast, Girard Kavelines and Aunudrei Oliver join Alastair Cooke to cast an eye over AI agent security and data security. #TFDPodcast #AIAgents #Cybersecurity #AgenticAI

There’s a lot of things that need to be said today. But there’s one main one: Thank you Ukraine. We see you. We know what you’ve done for us. We know what we owe you. We know you will win and take your place as a central defender of the free world.

First Dem town hall of 2026 of the IL-8 primary season with our guy, Kevin Morrison, talking to future US House constituents here in Elk Grove Village!

I can answer this one. The president of the United States is dangerously psychotic and no one in his political party will say it, nor will 95% of American media.

Excited to dive more deeply into Kevin Morrison's campaign for IL-8 US House today! Campaign signs delivery, social media promos, event volunteering ... whatever is needed, we'll do it, for the best candidate in this race! Speaking of which: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

Artificial Intelligence (AI): The CEO BS Generator oracle-base.com/blog/2026/02...

Proud to support our friend Kevin Morrison, the next US House Rep for IL-08, at a birthday bash fundraiser! Got political malaise? Get involved locally my friends 😄😎

Previously on @thatjeffsmith... Oracle SQLcl 24.4.1 available with Excel & Access imports

Edel is back at ANDOUC Summit 2026, showing us how to empower the business through Fusion AI Agent Studio #ANDOUC2026

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Stop referring to ICE and CBP as law enforcement. They're Violence Workers.

AI Infrastructure Field Day 4 (“AIIFD4”) is next week, Wed 1/28-Fri 1/30. Cisco Data Center, Cisco Enterprise Networking, Fabrix.AI, Futurum Research, Hammerspace, Xsight Labs, Forward Networks, Signal 65, and Solidigm. techfieldday.com/event/aiifd4/ #AIIFD4 #TechFieldDay #AIInfrastructure

Oracle AI Database 26ai for Linux x86‑64 is finally here - and with AutoUpgrade, setting it up is easier than ever. www.martinberger.swiss/posts/2026/2... @oracleace.bsky.social @dohdatabase.com @mikedietrichde.com #community #curiosity #passion #38743961 #38842609 #6880880

All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.

Amateur tip: don't plug your wired mouse connector into the RJ45 port. 🤔 Even though it fits horizontally you will get neither a working mouse nor network connectivity.

wonder how executing a 37-year-old white woman in cold blood is going to play out this time for the administration (genuinely wondering, this is not a rhetorical question)

I am ready to protect and serve!

You know how COBOL devs made stupid money in the late 90's patching stuff for Y2K? Anybody who "kinda knows how computers work" is gonna do the same 20 years from now, and then our understanding of IT will collapse as a society, buried under unfathomable complexity that doesn't work well at all.

The upside to all these companies replacing junior engineers with AI is that cybersecurity will remain a growth industry for at least another decade.

Generative AI Coding Tools Make Enterprise Applications Worse - Tech Field Day Podcast @TechFieldDayPod.bsky.social @TechFieldDay.com @DemitasseNZ.bsky.social @CalvinHP.com @JimTheWhyGuy.bsky.social @Cuthrell.com #TFDPodcast #GenerativeAI #GenAI #AIApplications Watch here: youtu.be/tX1fIUXET2w

The next time some tells you tape is dead. www.tomshardware.com/software/lin...

Tom Hollingsworth, Stephen Foskett, & Alastair Cooke look back at the discussions on AI and how Tech Field Day grounded them all in practical real terms. #TFDPodcast #GenAI #AICoding #GenerativeAI #AI #AIInfrastructure #FutureofAI #AgenticAI #AIAgents #ChatGPT #GoogleGemini

Best Christmas 2025 present ever! 🙌 The new #SQLcl release brings a tiny but mighty new feature! Goodbye pesky little line numbers! 🧹 A shoutout to the SQLcl Dev team to get this in! 👍

Generative AI Coding Tools Make Enterprise Applications Worse - Tech Field Day Podcast @TechFieldDayPod.bsky.social @TechFieldDay.com @DemitasseNZ.bsky.social @CalvinHP.com @JimTheWhyGuy.bsky.social @Cuthrell.com #TFDPodcast #GenerativeAI #GenAI #AIApplications Watch here: youtu.be/tX1fIUXET2w

Thanks to @viscosityna.com the first part of my 2-part article on using Real Application Security (RAS) to guard against inadvertent exposure of sensitive data to AI chatbots is published - Part 2 coming tomorrow! blog.viscosityna.com/twelve-days-...

#GenAI, #AgenticAI, and #RAG all present significant security vulns ... so make sure your apps are protected from accidentally accessing stuff no one should see. Our session explains how, & be sure to download slides for more complete insights and code examples.

Generative AI Coding Tools Make Enterprise Applications Worse - Tech Field Day Podcast @TechFieldDayPod.bsky.social @TechFieldDay.com @DemitasseNZ.bsky.social @CalvinHP.com @JimTheWhyGuy.bsky.social @Cuthrell.com #TFDPodcast #GenerativeAI #GenAI #AIApplications Watch here: youtu.be/tX1fIUXET2w

As the 68th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 2 approaches tomorrow (3 November), it's important that we realize the sacrifices made by the first living creature - Laika the Dog - to slip the surly bounds of Earth. 🥹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AScM...

So tomorrow is my birthday. Born on the same day as a) the launch of Sputnik 2 carrying Laika the dog, and b) the birth of Dolf Lundgren. 🤔 I share my b-day with a) 1st puppy to die in space & b) Drago from Rocky 4. 🙄 OTOH, today is the last day someone can ask me my age & I can say "six-seven!" 🤣