Tim Weigel
@timweigel.bsky.social
Getting along like Unicode in an ASCII file. In a love/hate (but mostly love) relationship with Alabama, Mobile in particular. I like SQL.
And, of course, EVERYTHING I post here is on my own behalf, speaking only for myself, etc. unless explicitly stated
And, of course, EVERYTHING I post here is on my own behalf, speaking only for myself, etc. unless explicitly stated
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Condé Nast loses my support for silencing BIPOC women writers' and trans voices, and destroying Teen Vogue. How gross that we went from a Freedom of Speech and Expression award to this! www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
As Condé Nast Folds Teen Vogue Into Vogue’s Website, NewsGuild Condemns the Plan
The union, which reps staffers, says the move was "clearly designed" to blunt the journalism of the brand, which has leaned in to progressive politics.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Condé Nast loses my support for silencing BIPOC women writers' and trans voices, and destroying Teen Vogue. How gross that we went from a Freedom of Speech and Expression award to this! www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Since today is Patch Tuesday for November 2025, Microsoft has released GDR updates for SQL Server 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2022.
They address msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide..., which is related to a SQL injection attack.
#SQLServer
They address msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide..., which is related to a SQL injection attack.
#SQLServer
Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center
msrc.microsoft.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Since today is Patch Tuesday for November 2025, Microsoft has released GDR updates for SQL Server 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2022.
They address msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide..., which is related to a SQL injection attack.
#SQLServer
They address msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide..., which is related to a SQL injection attack.
#SQLServer
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I don't want to feel like an entrepreneur.
I simply want to not go bankrupt if i fall and break my leg.
I simply want to not go bankrupt if i fall and break my leg.
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I don't want to feel like an entrepreneur.
I simply want to not go bankrupt if i fall and break my leg.
I simply want to not go bankrupt if i fall and break my leg.
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Babe u left ur bike unlocked again 😭
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Babe u left ur bike unlocked again 😭
Trans rights are human rights - but the great state of Alabama disagrees. The state's position on trans issues is one of the things I dislike most about this place.
We live in a world where it's hip to be mean.
Mean is the point, whether we’re talking SNAP benefits or immigration or prison or economics. Human rights, civil rights and common decency are 20th century concepts. Like retirement. Or conversation.
Consider the case of Sim Butler and his family.
Mean is the point, whether we’re talking SNAP benefits or immigration or prison or economics. Human rights, civil rights and common decency are 20th century concepts. Like retirement. Or conversation.
Consider the case of Sim Butler and his family.
He fled Alabama to protect his family, and now he warns the world
“The weight of living in Alabama, of living in fight or flight every day, was something I didn’t realize I was carrying until I got out of there."
www.al.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Trans rights are human rights - but the great state of Alabama disagrees. The state's position on trans issues is one of the things I dislike most about this place.
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‘Nickname’ is not ‘nick’ + ‘name.’
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
‘Nickname’ is not ‘nick’ + ‘name.’
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
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Hi.
I’ve been editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue for the last 4.5 years — a dream job, one I never thought a Brown girl from small town Louisiana might hold.
I am so incredibly proud of the work we’ve done and what we accomplished. Our journalism has won major awards. (cont’d)
I’ve been editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue for the last 4.5 years — a dream job, one I never thought a Brown girl from small town Louisiana might hold.
I am so incredibly proud of the work we’ve done and what we accomplished. Our journalism has won major awards. (cont’d)
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Hi.
I’ve been editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue for the last 4.5 years — a dream job, one I never thought a Brown girl from small town Louisiana might hold.
I am so incredibly proud of the work we’ve done and what we accomplished. Our journalism has won major awards. (cont’d)
I’ve been editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue for the last 4.5 years — a dream job, one I never thought a Brown girl from small town Louisiana might hold.
I am so incredibly proud of the work we’ve done and what we accomplished. Our journalism has won major awards. (cont’d)
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In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
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Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
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I feel SAD when you REUSE QUERY PLANS THAT KIND OF SUCK because I THOUGHT WE HAD AN UNDERSTANDING
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I feel SAD when you REUSE QUERY PLANS THAT KIND OF SUCK because I THOUGHT WE HAD AN UNDERSTANDING
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me when the AI bubble bursts
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
me when the AI bubble bursts
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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FYI- if one of your Thanksgiving recipes calls for caramelized onions, start those today.
November 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
FYI- if one of your Thanksgiving recipes calls for caramelized onions, start those today.
The Mobile Police Department is once again reminding people to lock their cars goddammit, and I can’t help but think of the Venn diagram of the overlap with the folks who keep guns in their cars. We’ve got a particular species of stupid down here.
November 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The Mobile Police Department is once again reminding people to lock their cars goddammit, and I can’t help but think of the Venn diagram of the overlap with the folks who keep guns in their cars. We’ve got a particular species of stupid down here.
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Watson and Crick intentionally misrepresented the extent to which they relied on Rosalind Franklin’s work, which they were given by her former boss without her knowledge.
Watson and Crick mentioned Franklin by name at the end of their double helix paper, but they were not exactly honest about what they had seen and how much they knew about her work.
November 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Watson and Crick intentionally misrepresented the extent to which they relied on Rosalind Franklin’s work, which they were given by her former boss without her knowledge.
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There have always been trans people.
There will always be trans people.
The only "trans agenda" is to live authentically.
Removing trans rights, banning trans people from sports, taking away care for trans people puts you on the wrong side of history.
Trans rights are human rights 🩵💗🤍
There will always be trans people.
The only "trans agenda" is to live authentically.
Removing trans rights, banning trans people from sports, taking away care for trans people puts you on the wrong side of history.
Trans rights are human rights 🩵💗🤍
September 21, 2025 at 4:41 AM
There have always been trans people.
There will always be trans people.
The only "trans agenda" is to live authentically.
Removing trans rights, banning trans people from sports, taking away care for trans people puts you on the wrong side of history.
Trans rights are human rights 🩵💗🤍
There will always be trans people.
The only "trans agenda" is to live authentically.
Removing trans rights, banning trans people from sports, taking away care for trans people puts you on the wrong side of history.
Trans rights are human rights 🩵💗🤍
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Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
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succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
To be clear on something - I will likely dunk more on the White House signage thing, but this is NOT a knock on memory care practices. Putting up signs and labels is a Good Thing to help folks with diminished capacity live a good life.
No, it's a knock on the circumstances that have made 1/
No, it's a knock on the circumstances that have made 1/
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
To be clear on something - I will likely dunk more on the White House signage thing, but this is NOT a knock on memory care practices. Putting up signs and labels is a Good Thing to help folks with diminished capacity live a good life.
No, it's a knock on the circumstances that have made 1/
No, it's a knock on the circumstances that have made 1/
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Me: I'm not coming in today. I was up all night with diarrhea.
Boss: You're not on the schedule today.
Me: Yeah I know, I said I wasn't coming in.
Boss: You're not on the schedule today.
Me: Yeah I know, I said I wasn't coming in.
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Me: I'm not coming in today. I was up all night with diarrhea.
Boss: You're not on the schedule today.
Me: Yeah I know, I said I wasn't coming in.
Boss: You're not on the schedule today.
Me: Yeah I know, I said I wasn't coming in.
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don't skip leg day theyre handing out free legs
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
don't skip leg day theyre handing out free legs
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So we're doing phrenology again, I see. The adage that every AI "innovation" is a grift continues to be true.
bro are you fucking kidding me
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
So we're doing phrenology again, I see. The adage that every AI "innovation" is a grift continues to be true.