Justin Bird 🏴
@justinjbird.com
The digital projection of my mental self.
Organises @retrodata.live and @dataweekender.com runs a @codeclub.bsky.social, director of @swiftanalytics.uk.
swfta.uk/justin
Organises @retrodata.live and @dataweekender.com runs a @codeclub.bsky.social, director of @swiftanalytics.uk.
swfta.uk/justin
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Justin Bird 🏴
@justinjbird.com
· Aug 14
a baby yoda is sitting in a field with his eyes closed and making a peace sign .
Alt: baby yoda meditating
media.tenor.com
Maturing is not responding to some random keyboard warrior on the internet...
Reposted by Justin Bird 🏴
⚠️ I'm decommissioning dataplatform.social on March 31. ⚠️
Migrating your handle to another server (and bringing all your followers/followed handles) is relatively simple, but you have to do it while the server is still up.
Information & migration instructions:
dataplatform.social/@dhmacher/11...
Migrating your handle to another server (and bringing all your followers/followed handles) is relatively simple, but you have to do it while the server is still up.
Information & migration instructions:
dataplatform.social/@dhmacher/11...
Daniel Hutmacher (@dhmacher@dataplatform.social)
SHUTDOWN NOTICE: I'm planning on decommissioning the dataplatform.social server on March 31.
The server currently has less than 30 active users (with activity in the last month) and even though I've ...
dataplatform.social
December 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
⚠️ I'm decommissioning dataplatform.social on March 31. ⚠️
Migrating your handle to another server (and bringing all your followers/followed handles) is relatively simple, but you have to do it while the server is still up.
Information & migration instructions:
dataplatform.social/@dhmacher/11...
Migrating your handle to another server (and bringing all your followers/followed handles) is relatively simple, but you have to do it while the server is still up.
Information & migration instructions:
dataplatform.social/@dhmacher/11...
Me watching Amorim substitutions #MUNvNEW
a man with curly hair and glasses is making a funny face and saying huh ?
Alt: a man with curly hair and glasses is making a funny face and saying huh ?
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Me watching Amorim substitutions #MUNvNEW
Reposted by Justin Bird 🏴
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Inbox
Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
5:43 AM (4 hours ago)
to me
Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsgr3rwyckhiavgqzdcuzm6i/bafkreifg5kvowgazg6uwqulfbdvxurqafbcescazwvgcl2catgvlrsc2fi@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
SURELY they are Philippe's creeps @maxrushden.bsky.social
Get your Euro pod questions in to the panel! 👇👌
@maxrushden.bsky.social
@barryglendenning.bsky.social
@philippeauclair.bsky.social
@larssivertsen.bsky.social
@maxrushden.bsky.social
@barryglendenning.bsky.social
@philippeauclair.bsky.social
@larssivertsen.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
SURELY they are Philippe's creeps @maxrushden.bsky.social
My brother has lived with Schizophrenia for over 20 years.
My super analytical, overly rational brain struggles to deal with some of silly little things that aren't rational for him.
An example:
I met him yesterday and he complained he was exhausted from having to shop old school because...
My super analytical, overly rational brain struggles to deal with some of silly little things that aren't rational for him.
An example:
I met him yesterday and he complained he was exhausted from having to shop old school because...
December 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
My brother has lived with Schizophrenia for over 20 years.
My super analytical, overly rational brain struggles to deal with some of silly little things that aren't rational for him.
An example:
I met him yesterday and he complained he was exhausted from having to shop old school because...
My super analytical, overly rational brain struggles to deal with some of silly little things that aren't rational for him.
An example:
I met him yesterday and he complained he was exhausted from having to shop old school because...
Reposted by Justin Bird 🏴
PSA: Our roadmap for 2026:
December 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
PSA: Our roadmap for 2026:
OF COURSE THEY HAVE
Chelsea have made an initial enquiry about signing Bournemouth attacker Antoine Semenyo in January.
Full story from @david-ornstein.bsky.social ⬇️
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
Full story from @david-ornstein.bsky.social ⬇️
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
December 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
OF COURSE THEY HAVE
Reposted by Justin Bird 🏴
We thank you for joining us at our conferences in 2025 either speaking or attending.
Register for the next event Saturday 31 January 2026.
Register: bit.ly/DT2026-Regis...
Have a Happy Holiday.
#MicrosoftFabric #AI #Copilot #AIAgent #MicrosoftPurview #DataToboggan #PowerBI #datacommunity
Register for the next event Saturday 31 January 2026.
Register: bit.ly/DT2026-Regis...
Have a Happy Holiday.
#MicrosoftFabric #AI #Copilot #AIAgent #MicrosoftPurview #DataToboggan #PowerBI #datacommunity
December 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
We thank you for joining us at our conferences in 2025 either speaking or attending.
Register for the next event Saturday 31 January 2026.
Register: bit.ly/DT2026-Regis...
Have a Happy Holiday.
#MicrosoftFabric #AI #Copilot #AIAgent #MicrosoftPurview #DataToboggan #PowerBI #datacommunity
Register for the next event Saturday 31 January 2026.
Register: bit.ly/DT2026-Regis...
Have a Happy Holiday.
#MicrosoftFabric #AI #Copilot #AIAgent #MicrosoftPurview #DataToboggan #PowerBI #datacommunity
During this break, I will be watching as much of the Marvel Defenders Saga on Netflix in chronological order because that's what Christmas is all about.
December 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
During this break, I will be watching as much of the Marvel Defenders Saga on Netflix in chronological order because that's what Christmas is all about.
Reposted by Justin Bird 🏴
Data TGIF starts in less than 30 mins! Join us (me and @dbanuggets.bsky.social ) for free and meet dbatools inventor Chrissy LeMaire @funbucket.dev ! She'll talk about "I Rebuilt My Website in a Day (And You Can Too)"
www.meetup.com/data-tgif/ev... #Meetup #dataTGIF #sqlServer #Azure
www.meetup.com/data-tgif/ev... #Meetup #dataTGIF #sqlServer #Azure
I Rebuilt My Website in a Day (And You Can Too) by Chrissy LeMaire, Fri, Dec 19, 2025, 5:00 PM | Meetup
Recently, I rebuilt dbatools.io in a single day. I also rewrote realcajunrecipes.com and batch-updated over 100 blog posts by fixing broken links, converting old screenshot
www.meetup.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Data TGIF starts in less than 30 mins! Join us (me and @dbanuggets.bsky.social ) for free and meet dbatools inventor Chrissy LeMaire @funbucket.dev ! She'll talk about "I Rebuilt My Website in a Day (And You Can Too)"
www.meetup.com/data-tgif/ev... #Meetup #dataTGIF #sqlServer #Azure
www.meetup.com/data-tgif/ev... #Meetup #dataTGIF #sqlServer #Azure
Schools need to teach a lesson on what AI is and what it can and can't do. There's no saving us, but we can save them. Honestly despair at the trust given to AI and the raging confirmation bias it is causing.
December 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Schools need to teach a lesson on what AI is and what it can and can't do. There's no saving us, but we can save them. Honestly despair at the trust given to AI and the raging confirmation bias it is causing.
I'm experimenting with @sessionize.com to manage user group talk scheduling. It's pretty neat! But the flow of handling speakers is a little different to an event with a fixed time.
Interested in your thoughts on how you would want to be handled dear speakers.
sessionize.com/playbook/use...
Interested in your thoughts on how you would want to be handled dear speakers.
sessionize.com/playbook/use...
User groups mode explained: Using Sessionize for meetups
User groups are small groups of enthusiasts gathered around a topic of mutual interest. They date all the way back to the early days of mainframe computers
sessionize.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I'm experimenting with @sessionize.com to manage user group talk scheduling. It's pretty neat! But the flow of handling speakers is a little different to an event with a fixed time.
Interested in your thoughts on how you would want to be handled dear speakers.
sessionize.com/playbook/use...
Interested in your thoughts on how you would want to be handled dear speakers.
sessionize.com/playbook/use...
I was reading a PR discussion recently from an OSS project rejecting a feature that had been fully developed through vibe coding with a lengthy debate about it, anyone remember where? My google-fu is off...
December 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I was reading a PR discussion recently from an OSS project rejecting a feature that had been fully developed through vibe coding with a lengthy debate about it, anyone remember where? My google-fu is off...
I am mentoring a grad looking to get into data.
She has reached out to someone she did her course with who has landed a job. They wanted to charge her for their time!?
Another person agreed to chat, pitched at her, wants to charge her £1k for 10 sessions 🤔
We can't just help others?
She has reached out to someone she did her course with who has landed a job. They wanted to charge her for their time!?
Another person agreed to chat, pitched at her, wants to charge her £1k for 10 sessions 🤔
We can't just help others?
December 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I am mentoring a grad looking to get into data.
She has reached out to someone she did her course with who has landed a job. They wanted to charge her for their time!?
Another person agreed to chat, pitched at her, wants to charge her £1k for 10 sessions 🤔
We can't just help others?
She has reached out to someone she did her course with who has landed a job. They wanted to charge her for their time!?
Another person agreed to chat, pitched at her, wants to charge her £1k for 10 sessions 🤔
We can't just help others?
Reposted by Justin Bird 🏴
🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Reposted by Justin Bird 🏴
Take care of your true fans, move them through your user journey.
Ignore YouTube, but his conversations have really opened my eyes (Death of the follower is another good one).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNYw...
Ignore YouTube, but his conversations have really opened my eyes (Death of the follower is another good one).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNYw...
How to Make it on YouTube in 2025 (Jack Conte Interview)
YouTube video by Colin and Samir
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Take care of your true fans, move them through your user journey.
Ignore YouTube, but his conversations have really opened my eyes (Death of the follower is another good one).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNYw...
Ignore YouTube, but his conversations have really opened my eyes (Death of the follower is another good one).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNYw...
Reposted by Justin Bird 🏴
Yknow what should be dead? Posting stupid ass "[insert feature / product / process here] is dead" posts...
a man is holding a microphone and saying please shut up .
Alt: a man is holding a microphone and saying please shut up .
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Yknow what should be dead? Posting stupid ass "[insert feature / product / process here] is dead" posts...
There's just no way. Endured this complex system for 18 months with unsuitable players, additionally marginalising the best youth product in a generation...and only now the system changes!? I would be stunned if this happens...
Manchester United are losing Bryan Mbeumo, Amad and Noussair Mazraoui to AFCON.
Along with injuries, this could force Ruben Amorim to finally move away from 3-4-2-1.
In preparing to face Bournemouth, the squad has trialled a 4-3-3.
@lauriewhitwell.bsky.social
Along with injuries, this could force Ruben Amorim to finally move away from 3-4-2-1.
In preparing to face Bournemouth, the squad has trialled a 4-3-3.
@lauriewhitwell.bsky.social
Is Ruben Amorim about to change his Manchester United formation?
Losing three key players to AFCON could play a part in the Portuguese trialling a new formation in the coming games
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
There's just no way. Endured this complex system for 18 months with unsuitable players, additionally marginalising the best youth product in a generation...and only now the system changes!? I would be stunned if this happens...
#MicrosoftFabric & #PowerBI Wales user group schedule set for 2026. We run a monthly online session. Happy to accommodate shorter talks or 50+50 if you want to trial ahead of bits!
Thanks to @sessionize.com for supporting user groups with free services 👌
sessionize.com/fabricpowerb...
Thanks to @sessionize.com for supporting user groups with free services 👌
sessionize.com/fabricpowerb...
December 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
#MicrosoftFabric & #PowerBI Wales user group schedule set for 2026. We run a monthly online session. Happy to accommodate shorter talks or 50+50 if you want to trial ahead of bits!
Thanks to @sessionize.com for supporting user groups with free services 👌
sessionize.com/fabricpowerb...
Thanks to @sessionize.com for supporting user groups with free services 👌
sessionize.com/fabricpowerb...
Love this: "We often half-ass our naming conventions because we think of naming as marketing or docs...Naming is a functional requirement. It defines the ontology of your product. It teaches people how to think."
Reading about how cmdlet became cmdlet...
www.jsnover.com/blog/2025/12...
Reading about how cmdlet became cmdlet...
www.jsnover.com/blog/2025/12...
The Cmdlet Decision: When to Be Weird
I’ve spent a lot of time, and acquired a lot of scar tissue, in this industry, and if there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s that most people are terrified of looking different. People hug the cente…
www.jsnover.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Love this: "We often half-ass our naming conventions because we think of naming as marketing or docs...Naming is a functional requirement. It defines the ontology of your product. It teaches people how to think."
Reading about how cmdlet became cmdlet...
www.jsnover.com/blog/2025/12...
Reading about how cmdlet became cmdlet...
www.jsnover.com/blog/2025/12...
LETS GO!!!!!
Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
LETS GO!!!!!
Ticket prices 7x higher than they were at Qatar, price gouging of hotels, the risk of being turned away at the door because you laughed at covfefe and the constant worry at being kidnapped by masked ICE thugs.
Has the beautiful game ever looked more ugly...?
Has the beautiful game ever looked more ugly...?
December 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Ticket prices 7x higher than they were at Qatar, price gouging of hotels, the risk of being turned away at the door because you laughed at covfefe and the constant worry at being kidnapped by masked ICE thugs.
Has the beautiful game ever looked more ugly...?
Has the beautiful game ever looked more ugly...?
ha ha won't be planning trips to the US any time soon then...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, who can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
ha ha won't be planning trips to the US any time soon then...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...