Charles T. Betz
@charlestbetz.bsky.social
IT industry analyst, architect, composer. I talk to a lot of people about how digital organizations operate at scale. Professional https://www.forrester.com/blogs/author/charles_betz/. Creative https://charlestbetz.com. Proud Minnesotan.
My second choral premiere "River Song" happened Thursday night. Here is a studio demo with video imagery. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9oH...
River Song
YouTube video by Charles T. Betz Music
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May 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
My second choral premiere "River Song" happened Thursday night. Here is a studio demo with video imagery. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9oH...
Accounts of resistance are invaluable
this has intuitively seemed like the only viable approach since the administration began attacking institutions they don't like, so it's useful indeed to have that fact confirmed by a detailed study of resistance to governmental overreach via a study of HUAC. fantastic work by @noupside.bsky.social.
April 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Accounts of resistance are invaluable
This may be the most important thing I've done as an analyst. www.linkedin.com/posts/charle...
AI Wakes The Sleeping Giant: Continuous Improvement Will Finally Fulfill… | Charles Betz
AI wakes the sleeping giant....
We’ve spent decades trying to build systems for continuous learning and improvement. Most became stale rituals. The spark was…
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March 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This may be the most important thing I've done as an analyst. www.linkedin.com/posts/charle...
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Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
March 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
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Useful thread for all frequent travelers to the US or elsewhere
March 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Useful thread for all frequent travelers to the US or elsewhere
An LLM does not make coding *easy*. It accelerates you (dramatically), but the cognitive load (in my experience so far) is just as intense as it ever was.
March 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
An LLM does not make coding *easy*. It accelerates you (dramatically), but the cognitive load (in my experience so far) is just as intense as it ever was.
I’ve seen a couple stories along these lines and they have the ring of truth to me. I am disinterested in supporting the Democrats until they fix this. newrepublic.com/article/1891...
Elon Musk’s Stunning $250 Million Favor to Trump Should Wake Up Dems
Musk and others helped the GOP run rings around Democrats in the info wars. I asked three leading contenders for party chair how they’d fix this.
newrepublic.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I’ve seen a couple stories along these lines and they have the ring of truth to me. I am disinterested in supporting the Democrats until they fix this. newrepublic.com/article/1891...
The much needed response to the unitary executive theory.
Hoo boy. New article says lower courts are obliged not to follow SCOTUS precedents that are “demonstrably erroneous and conflict with positive law, especially the Constitution which is the nation's supreme, paramount, and fundamental law.” papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
February 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The much needed response to the unitary executive theory.
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Hoo boy. New article says lower courts are obliged not to follow SCOTUS precedents that are “demonstrably erroneous and conflict with positive law, especially the Constitution which is the nation's supreme, paramount, and fundamental law.” papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
February 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Hoo boy. New article says lower courts are obliged not to follow SCOTUS precedents that are “demonstrably erroneous and conflict with positive law, especially the Constitution which is the nation's supreme, paramount, and fundamental law.” papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
This is a seriously freaking deep cut in retrospect. I suspect I have stumped 99% of you. And yes, my first album I paid for with my own money.
February 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This is a seriously freaking deep cut in retrospect. I suspect I have stumped 99% of you. And yes, my first album I paid for with my own money.
This AM I got up and the first thing I did was doomscroll. Regardless of the merits of staying informed, this can't be good and I am going to stop. It starts with removing the smart phone from the sleeping area.
February 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This AM I got up and the first thing I did was doomscroll. Regardless of the merits of staying informed, this can't be good and I am going to stop. It starts with removing the smart phone from the sleeping area.
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Thank you, Jesse. I'm mad as hell, I'm not going to take it anymore. 💙 Following all.
February 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Thank you, Jesse. I'm mad as hell, I'm not going to take it anymore. 💙 Following all.
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It’s real weird reading over the Declaration of Independence right now in light of the actions of the current administration, because a good 50% or more of those “Facts submitted to a candid world” are… super accurate: 🧵
February 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It’s real weird reading over the Declaration of Independence right now in light of the actions of the current administration, because a good 50% or more of those “Facts submitted to a candid world” are… super accurate: 🧵
Today's blog. www.forrester.com/blogs/a-simp...
A Simple Definition Of “Platform”
“The only simplicity for which I would give a straw is that which is on the other side of the complex.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.* At Forrester, we’ve periodically debated the meaning of the word “p...
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February 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Today's blog. www.forrester.com/blogs/a-simp...
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NEW: A letter from an anonymous federal worker. Please read and share: www.muellershewrote.com/p/letter-fro...
Letter From a Federal Worker
This is a heartbreaking letter that a federal worker has asked me to share with the public.
www.muellershewrote.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
NEW: A letter from an anonymous federal worker. Please read and share: www.muellershewrote.com/p/letter-fro...
I just deleted 350 Google contacts as part of re-orienting my digital life.
This was hard and emotional, recalling once-passionate parts of my life I don't expect to ever revisit. All too many who have passed on, as well.
But I have new challenges, friends, and horizons.
This was hard and emotional, recalling once-passionate parts of my life I don't expect to ever revisit. All too many who have passed on, as well.
But I have new challenges, friends, and horizons.
February 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I just deleted 350 Google contacts as part of re-orienting my digital life.
This was hard and emotional, recalling once-passionate parts of my life I don't expect to ever revisit. All too many who have passed on, as well.
But I have new challenges, friends, and horizons.
This was hard and emotional, recalling once-passionate parts of my life I don't expect to ever revisit. All too many who have passed on, as well.
But I have new challenges, friends, and horizons.
For some reason the fable of "The Frogs Who Desired A King" is on my mind. aesopsfables.wordpress.com/the-frogs-wh...
The Frogs Who Desired a King
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia According to the story, a group of frogs lived happily and peacefully in a pond. Over time, however, they became discontented with their way of life, and thoug…
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February 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
For some reason the fable of "The Frogs Who Desired A King" is on my mind. aesopsfables.wordpress.com/the-frogs-wh...
I'm starting to exit Facebook.
One thought I'm having: going back to email, A LOT. Cleaning up all my old addresses. Trying to figure out a sustainable strategy for elevating high priority conversations. Etc.
Anyone else have similar thoughts?
One thought I'm having: going back to email, A LOT. Cleaning up all my old addresses. Trying to figure out a sustainable strategy for elevating high priority conversations. Etc.
Anyone else have similar thoughts?
February 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I'm starting to exit Facebook.
One thought I'm having: going back to email, A LOT. Cleaning up all my old addresses. Trying to figure out a sustainable strategy for elevating high priority conversations. Etc.
Anyone else have similar thoughts?
One thought I'm having: going back to email, A LOT. Cleaning up all my old addresses. Trying to figure out a sustainable strategy for elevating high priority conversations. Etc.
Anyone else have similar thoughts?
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www.politico.com/news/magazin... I never would have guessed
Voters Were Right About the Economy. The Data Was Wrong.
Here’s why unemployment is higher, wages are lower and growth less robust than government statistics suggest.
www.politico.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
www.politico.com/news/magazin... I never would have guessed
Happy 60th anniversary to A Love Supreme www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
'A Love Supreme' at 60: Musicians celebrate the timeless work of jazz genius
Musicians celebrate the 60th anniversary of John Coltrane's jazz masterpiece 'A Love Supreme'
www.latimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Happy 60th anniversary to A Love Supreme www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...