Karen Lopez
@datachick.bsky.social
ADGP|Digital Smartiskirt|Vibe Code Data Cleanup Specialist|Data Platform MVP|MCT|Space Exploration fan|VR4 fan|Available for contract projects|Troubled projects turnaround specialist
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Karen Lopez
@datachick.bsky.social
· Aug 18
Vector Search in SQL Server 2025: What It Is and Why It Matters
Traditional T-SQL queries are great for structured data and exact matches. But they struggle with nuance. That’s where vector search comes in.
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Are you feeling fuzzy today? That might be just right.
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It’s Boxing Day and I know it’s early. Get started in your free family tech support the right way.
It’s Boxing Day and I know it’s early. Get started in your free family tech support the right way.
5 Things to Do to Help Your Family’s Tech Ecosystem over the Holidays. With Pairings.
Learn how to navigate the challenges of helping family members with computer issues during holiday gatherings via beverage pairing recommendations.😁 🍸️
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December 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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It’s Boxing Day and I know it’s early. Get started in your free family tech support the right way.
It’s Boxing Day and I know it’s early. Get started in your free family tech support the right way.
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And also, this was really interesting. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/c73ab7f...
For Jewish communities, Chinese food is more than a Christmas tradition – they’re also walking the wok
Jewish and Chinese communities in Canada, bound by a sense of otherness and a common map of exclusion, have found ways to transcend cultural appropriation in the kitchen
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
And also, this was really interesting. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/c73ab7f...
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Don't forget many libraries have streaming services for movies and TV shows, too! And, if you like good programs I'm doing one in January that will be open to anyone, virtually, for free. It's called Representation, Our Federal Government and the Constitution. Check my website www.civicthinker.info
Civics for Adults
Civics for Adults
www.civicthinker.info
December 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Don't forget many libraries have streaming services for movies and TV shows, too! And, if you like good programs I'm doing one in January that will be open to anyone, virtually, for free. It's called Representation, Our Federal Government and the Constitution. Check my website www.civicthinker.info
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Every year, the Christmas Bird Count draws tens of thousands of birders for the 126-year-old event that blends birding and data science.
This year, it’s on track to set another record for participation. wapo.st/49aulV8
This year, it’s on track to set another record for participation. wapo.st/49aulV8
After more than 125 years, the Christmas Bird Count is more popular than ever
The Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count is underway, and more participants than ever are expected to take part in one of the longest-running citizen data projects.
wapo.st
December 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Every year, the Christmas Bird Count draws tens of thousands of birders for the 126-year-old event that blends birding and data science.
This year, it’s on track to set another record for participation. wapo.st/49aulV8
This year, it’s on track to set another record for participation. wapo.st/49aulV8
I got myself special gifts for Christmas: two library cards.
It was funny how the librarian at the city next door kept apologizing for my having to pay for a card. It was $50. Best deal ever.
Going yo be listening to a lot more books.
It was funny how the librarian at the city next door kept apologizing for my having to pay for a card. It was $50. Best deal ever.
Going yo be listening to a lot more books.
December 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I got myself special gifts for Christmas: two library cards.
It was funny how the librarian at the city next door kept apologizing for my having to pay for a card. It was $50. Best deal ever.
Going yo be listening to a lot more books.
It was funny how the librarian at the city next door kept apologizing for my having to pay for a card. It was $50. Best deal ever.
Going yo be listening to a lot more books.
December 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
So the most stress for both customer service reps and me are these questions:
What is your email address?
What is your phone number?
What is your postal address?
Discuss why these are stressful and what we could do to mitigate this.
#data
You go first.
What is your email address?
What is your phone number?
What is your postal address?
Discuss why these are stressful and what we could do to mitigate this.
#data
You go first.
December 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
So the most stress for both customer service reps and me are these questions:
What is your email address?
What is your phone number?
What is your postal address?
Discuss why these are stressful and what we could do to mitigate this.
#data
You go first.
What is your email address?
What is your phone number?
What is your postal address?
Discuss why these are stressful and what we could do to mitigate this.
#data
You go first.
Happy #NewtonEve *
Wishing you a season so full of light it splits into joy, peace, and snacks!
*depending on which calendar one uses.
Wishing you a season so full of light it splits into joy, peace, and snacks!
*depending on which calendar one uses.
December 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Happy #NewtonEve *
Wishing you a season so full of light it splits into joy, peace, and snacks!
*depending on which calendar one uses.
Wishing you a season so full of light it splits into joy, peace, and snacks!
*depending on which calendar one uses.
Ugly.
Really Christian. "Lewis Richerson, the pastor of Woodlawn Baptist Church in Baton Rouge....I would not knowingly extend communion to an illegal immigrant" “That person would be in sin by being in this country illegally.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
Immigration Crackdown Creates Fault Lines Among Baptists
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Ugly.
Reposted by Karen Lopez
This is a WSJ free link but you have to create a free account www.wsj.com/business/air...
Exclusive | The SpaceX Explosion That Put Flights in Danger
FAA documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal show an explosion of SpaceX’s Starship on Jan. 16 posed a greater danger to planes in the air over the Caribbean than was publicly known.
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December 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This is a WSJ free link but you have to create a free account www.wsj.com/business/air...
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How Trump has wrecked domestic tourism: Steep new fees, travel restrictions, visa hurdles, uncertainty at the border, and his aggressive language toward Canada and other countries. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/t...
How Much More Can the U.S. Travel Industry Take?
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
How Trump has wrecked domestic tourism: Steep new fees, travel restrictions, visa hurdles, uncertainty at the border, and his aggressive language toward Canada and other countries. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/t...
TIL: There are Vapianos in Mexico
December 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
TIL: There are Vapianos in Mexico
While I agree with cutting back, I would never give up my phone due to safety reasons.
This is especially true as infrastructure has disappeared. Free maps. Coin parking meters. Pay phones.
What other things have gone away that would make it nearly impossible to just live for 4 weeks.
This is especially true as infrastructure has disappeared. Free maps. Coin parking meters. Pay phones.
What other things have gone away that would make it nearly impossible to just live for 4 weeks.
December 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
While I agree with cutting back, I would never give up my phone due to safety reasons.
This is especially true as infrastructure has disappeared. Free maps. Coin parking meters. Pay phones.
What other things have gone away that would make it nearly impossible to just live for 4 weeks.
This is especially true as infrastructure has disappeared. Free maps. Coin parking meters. Pay phones.
What other things have gone away that would make it nearly impossible to just live for 4 weeks.
What holiday gift did you get as a kid made the biggest impact on you? Which was the most fun? Which special ones do you still have?
December 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
What holiday gift did you get as a kid made the biggest impact on you? Which was the most fun? Which special ones do you still have?
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Mitt Romney with a perfectly fine sentiment, but printing it in the NYTimes only ensures he reaches those who already converted.
And it seems to me, Mr. Romney knows this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
And it seems to me, Mr. Romney knows this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
Opinion | Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Mitt Romney with a perfectly fine sentiment, but printing it in the NYTimes only ensures he reaches those who already converted.
And it seems to me, Mr. Romney knows this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
And it seems to me, Mr. Romney knows this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
This is so effing gross.
December 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This is so effing gross.
Winners announced!
www.nasa.gov/learning-res...
Space Apps Challenge is a data-hackathon, the world largest hackathon.
#data
www.nasa.gov/learning-res...
Space Apps Challenge is a data-hackathon, the world largest hackathon.
#data
NASA Announces 2025 International Space Apps Challenge Global Winners - NASA
NASA Space Apps announced Thursday 10 winners of the 2025 NASA Space Apps Challenge. During this two-day hackathon, participants gathered at 551 local events
www.nasa.gov
December 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Winners announced!
www.nasa.gov/learning-res...
Space Apps Challenge is a data-hackathon, the world largest hackathon.
#data
www.nasa.gov/learning-res...
Space Apps Challenge is a data-hackathon, the world largest hackathon.
#data
I don’t normally like Oreos, but these are fantastic.
Also, it was the good ad in the upper right that made me buy them.
Also, it was the good ad in the upper right that made me buy them.
December 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I don’t normally like Oreos, but these are fantastic.
Also, it was the good ad in the upper right that made me buy them.
Also, it was the good ad in the upper right that made me buy them.
December 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We are supposed to be working!
December 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We are supposed to be working!
It’s that time of year…
December 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It’s that time of year…
One last mezcal before I leave Mexico.
December 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
One last mezcal before I leave Mexico.