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If you allow people to get away with things, break rules without consequence, they will continue to test the boundaries of what they can get away with.

Making the shift from Azure PaaS to Fabric SaaS? On 2026-04-16, Paul Andrew helps us navigate #MicrosoftFabric governance. From data mesh concepts to aligning industry standards with Fabric's features and access controls. swfta.uk/ug-2026-04

#DataPlatform #Governance

Microsoft #MicrosoftFabric is more than just workspaces inherited from Power BI. On 2026-04-16, Paul Andrew joins us to tackle platform governance capacities, domains, data products, and how to organise it all effectively. swfta.uk/ug-2026-04

#DataMesh #DataGovernance

☢️ If you still have a Mastodon account on dataplatform.social, you only have hours to migrate it before the server is decommissioned.

The decimal increase / decrease icons

25 years using Excel...still pick the wrong one...

Downloaded this. Equal parts what a cool app and this app must broken right….right?!?! I mean I always had “they can only see yellow and blue” in my head but not like that!

March, 19-21: God is a comedian A stiff drink is recommended

This would not be out of place in HHGTTG…
no01.substack.com/p/march-19-2...

i finally found a genuine query_hash collision in sql server. i think it's time to go.

Today! Shubhangi Goyal joins us for Customer-First Analytics: #PowerBI Dashboard for Impact. Learn how to design dashboards that truly serve your users, from defining the right problem to driving adoption. swfta.uk/ug-2026-03 #DataViz #Analytics

Watched the manosphere last night, what a state.

It's tragic how this timeline seems to be obsessed with putting the most vile and morally bankrupt individuals on a pedestal.

woody and buzz lightyear from toy story are standing next to each other on a wooden floor and they are everywhere . Alt: woody and buzz lightyear from toy story are standing next to each other on a wooden floor, buzz is saying "they're everywhere"

I built an app...

A picture taken from my phone of this thread displayed on my monitor in high contrast grayscale. It's like having a giant kindle paperwhite.

Yup turns out the button I never use has colour profiles, one of which is called EasyRead 😆

a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed Alt: man from the office rubbing his eyes in frustration

TIL after an hour of cable swapping, and turning it on and off again, that my monitor has a "reading mode" that turns the monitor high contrast grayscale.

Stop building dashboards in isolation. On 2026-03-19, Shubhangi Goyal shares techniques to put the customer at the centre of your #PowerBI design process. Walk away with tools and frameworks to turn dashboards into decision-driving assets. swfta.uk/ug-2026-03 #DataViz #Analytics

Last Stand — Premier League Survivor Game Pick a Premier League winner each week. Survive or be eliminated. Last person standing wins!

I’ve built a little football game based on Last Person Standing and I’m looking for a few testers for the first round. It’s free (and still in testing, so expect bugs!).

If you fancy trying it: lastpersonstanding.net

All feedback very welcome ⚽ #fpl #lps #lms

EV cars need a second horn for use with pedestrians. A this vehicle is creeping up behind you horn.

Saw it called a QoL update and wtf

Want practical frameworks for building better #PowerBI dashboards? On 2026-03-19, Shubhangi Goyal covers the full journey: understanding your audience, translating business questions into KPIs, structuring data models, and designing for usability. swfta.uk/ug-2026-03 #Analytics #DataViz

a cartoon character is covering his eyes with his hands . Alt: Stitch pulling at this eyes in frustration

Current status: googling “are my AirPods waterproof”

What separates a dashboard people glance at from one that drives decisions? On 2026-03-19, Shubhangi Goyal walks us through building #PowerBI dashboards with empathy, covering KPIs, data modelling, intuitive design, and user adoption. swfta.uk/ug-2026-03 #DataViz #Analytics

Youtube has decided that I am the target market for "I'm 50 and my kids keep telling me to do more cardio" and "I have an IQ of 140 but I make less money that some of my friends who hardly made it out of high school" ads and damn that's cold...

Yknow, I was just thinking this rugby match was missing something. And @itvx.com has it covered! Just what I was looking for...a stupid ass AI advert during a little break in play #IRLvWAL

Building #PowerBI dashboards that nobody uses? The problem usually isn't the data, it's the design thinking. On 2026-03-19 Shubhangi Goyal shows us how to build dashboards with a customer-first mindset, from defining the right problem to driving adoption. swfta.uk/ug-2026-03 #DataViz #Analytics

I've changed my mind AI can actually replace me. They finally invented the machine that gets progressively more ambitious ideas and then gives up

Maple, a golden poochon, standing, with a denta-stick in her mouth. A denta-stick is a hard, brick red dental stick, it is about 10cm long but cross section is an x shape so it is bulky rather than flat. And instead of holding it horizontally in her mouth, she always holds it out of the side of her mouth and thus it almost looks like a cigar and being an 80s kid reminds me of Hannibal from the A-Team

Maple gets a denta-stick each morning and for reasons unknown to me she walks around for a few minutes holding the stick like this. I can only assume she loves it when a plan comes together.

This award aged well…

You and me both 😂

Thanks, I am super secure with this stuff. I run 1 Password with long unique passwords, memorable words as scrambled text, MFA etc. Rotate my key passwords annually. It’s just the idea that I, a Welshman who has never been to Canada, let alone buy tires would appear in this breach.

a man with curly hair and glasses is making a funny face . Alt: a man with curly hair and glasses is making confused faces

I got pwned this week in Canadian Tires data breach. And odd breach for me to be in?