Gina Meronek @equerystrian.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Thank you! It's not an emergency so drink your coffee with enjoyment. 110
Gina Meronek @equerystrian.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Cross-posting here for help with #MicrosoftFabric #PowerBI linguistic schemas errors - who has skill with the LSDL standard that seems to be short on doco? www.reddit.com/r/MicrosoftF...reddit.comFrom the MicrosoftFabric community on Reddit: Model AI Prep and Linguistic Schema errors - prepping for Standalone CopilotExplore this post and more from the MicrosoftFabric community 120
Reposted by Gina MeronekNBC News @nbcnews.com · 06/08/2025A former “Alligator Alcatraz” worker says detainees are subject to “inhumane” conditions — packed by the hundreds into cages without sunlight, with overflowing toilets and limited access to showers.nbcnews.toFormer 'Alligator Alcatraz' worker describes 'inhumane' conditions insideIn an exclusive report, NBC6 spoke with a former corrections officer who says she saw hundreds held in cages with no sunlight, backed up toilets and little access to showers. 22741102142
Reposted by Gina MeronekEvan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 29/07/2025This is exactly the wrong lesson to take. "Core Dems are furious that the party is failing, but don't worry, they'll probably come back." Taking voters for granted is exactly how we end up in this mess to begin with. And the longer voters feel ignored, the more of them won't come back. 87722
Reposted by Gina MeronekElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/07/2025This is for the folks who yesterday said on a post “I have Global Entry, I’m not worried.” 59553
Gina Meronek @equerystrian.bsky.social · 24/07/2025The fish is rotting from the head down, now the Coast Guard is competing with ICE for despicable. Aggressively bullying a 60 year old fisherman in a wee fishing boat?!?! Nearly drowning him?!? WHAT THE ACTUAL F**K . www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...ctvnews.caQuebec man warning Canadian boaters after he was detained by U.S. Coast guard, put in jail cellA Quebec man says he is outraged after the U.S. Coast Guard accused him of fishing in American waters and then arrested him before putting him in a jail cell for nearly two hours. 020
Reposted by Gina MeronekChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/07/2025I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent. 882349535531
Reposted by Gina MeronekRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 18/07/2025There's no way this is just about "finances," given that they had plenty of finances to bribe Trump. A shame. Colbert is so funny and kind and generous, especially to writers. 663192488
Reposted by Gina MeronekElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 18/07/2025CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons. Watch and share his message. 789192687096
Gina Meronek @equerystrian.bsky.social · 17/07/2025I am unreasonably excited about #PowerBI Organizational Themes. Not only does it give us a way to make applying custom themes easier for the authors, it supports the reports created in the service AND desktop. Theme all the things! powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/p...powerbi.microsoft.comPower BI July 2025 Feature SummaryThis month’s update marks a notable evolution for Power BI. With richer connections to Microsoft 365, smarter Copilot features, and the integration of reporting through PBIRS and SQL Server 2025, user... 170
Reposted by Gina MeronekAndrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Mosquitoes are a theme of concentration camp degradation and environmental torture, appearing repeatedly from the first accounts of camps in 1890s Cuba up through today. It's not by chance that Everglades detainees can't sleep due to mosquitoes and are subjected to them when they are wet and naked. 313135
Reposted by Gina Meronekshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 17/07/2025“the kindest person in the room is often the smartest.” JB Pritzker is a mensch. 26591372696
Gina Meronek @equerystrian.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Fellow #FL #Florida folks, this article is a great reminder that we have paths to build coalitions against the detention center nightmare inside Big Cypress. Protecting the Everglades is essential and may gain more traction w otherwise reluctant folks. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/07/13/b...sun-sentinel.comBefore it was Alligator Alcatraz, this airstrip sparked fury and changed America’s landscapeAlligator Alcatraz has triggered pride in the MAGA world, and fury in an unlikely bipartisan mix of South Floridians. Decades ago, bipartisan outrage erupted in a fight over a jetport on the same l… 010
Gina Meronek @equerystrian.bsky.social · 13/07/2025And yes, massively a first world problem, it's just grinds me that a behemoth like #AmazonAlexa doesn't have to perform their job to the tech standard I've been held to my whole dang career. Too big to test is the motto of the tech giants. 020
Gina Meronek @equerystrian.bsky.social · 13/07/2025I have reached "back in my day" of people who've been in tech for *cough* years: "Whatever happened to regression testing? Rollback plans?!! If I released an update that lead to a multi day outage TWICE in a month's time, I'd not just be fired, I'd be excommunicated!" #alexa #sengled #homeautomation 190
Reposted by Gina MeronekNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 10/07/2025BREAKING: Massive ICE raid ongoing at a farm in Camarillo, Ventura County, CA. Local news reports that an unknown number of workers have been detained. Almost 20% of US strawberries come from the county. US food supply at risk from Trump’s fascist thugs & Stephen Miller’s quota. 23438331879
Reposted by Gina MeronekSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/07/2025While he demands a bill that will destroy lives, industries, education, and our future. This is not sane. Will no business or corporate leader of substance say it? 66877216
Gina Meronek @equerystrian.bsky.social · 23/06/2025The current US admin seems hell bent on destroying trade from every angle. First, completely bananas tariffs & now picking a fight with the country that controls petroleum exports. Expect an expensive 2025, it's one terrible decision after another from this president. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comWhat is the Strait of Hormuz and why does it matter?Iran's threat to block the world's most vital oil transit point has raised fears of major global economic consequences. 000
Reposted by Gina MeronekEmily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 23/06/2025"25 Palestinians were killed that morning waiting for aid trucks. Hamza brought Hatem’s body back to Gaza City & buried him beside their mother, who was killed by an Israeli sniper in Aug 2024. Their brother, Khalid, 21, died in a Jan airstrike while evacuating wounded civilians on his horse cart."972mag.com‘The Hunger Games’: Israel’s aid death traps for starving GazansNear-daily Israeli massacres at food distribution sites have killed over 400 Palestinians in the past month alone. 413588
Reposted by Gina MeronekPennsylvania Center for the Book @pacftb.bsky.social · 19/06/2025🎉 We are celebrating Juneteenth with recipes from The Juneteenth Cookbook by Alliah L. Agostini with Chef @taffyelrod.bsky.social and illustrated by Sawyer Cloud! Follow along with Alliah and her grandparents as they explore the holiday through food! #BookSky #Cookbooks #KidLit #Juneteenth 153
Reposted by Gina MeronekTasha Coryell @tashacoryell.bsky.social · 17/06/2025“It should be illegal for you to be mean to me and legal for me to kill you” is basically the Republican platform. 2141411389
Reposted by Gina MeronekBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/06/2025This photo. ICE is a gang. 659157444305
Reposted by Gina MeronekAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 17/06/2025ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds. He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings. He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights. This is political intimidation. 10763648311581
Reposted by Gina MeronekDavid Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.” 658214107419
Reposted by Gina MeronekAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 12/06/2025BREAKING: US Senator Alex Padilla attacked by Kristi Noem’s Goonsyoutube.comBREAKING: US Senator Alex Padilla attacked by Kristi Noem’s GoonsYouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko 36848221841
Reposted by Gina MeronekSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 11/06/2025In moments like these, I go to Frederick Douglass. Here are his words in a letter written after visiting Robert E. Lee’s abandoned plantation in 1863: 841575491
Reposted by Gina MeronekAhmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 10/06/2025We should never let ourselves get desensitized to this. It can’t be overstated how outrageously unpresidential and un-American it is for Donald Trump to speak to the US military like they’re his partisan personal army. 1772971859
Gina Meronek @equerystrian.bsky.social · 10/06/2025I have a shrieking migraine so calling my reps offices isn't on the table. Enter @resist.bot - let's me edit and re-edit my thoughts about ICE cruelty and send to my rep and senators with ease. 084
Reposted by Gina MeronekKye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 09/06/2025BREAKING: LAPD didn’t just “detain” someone. They surrounded him, beat him, and jumped him — like a gang. On camera. On horses. While he screamed for help. Unarmed. Cornered. Alone. If that’s not state violence, what the fuck is? 46266413147
Reposted by Gina MeronekLisa Bee (she/her) @leebee4life.bsky.social · 09/06/2025THAT HAMILTON REUNION MADE ME SO HAPPY!!! #TonyAwards 1261
Reposted by Gina MeronekLis @lissaysstuff.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Hamilton's Original Cast Reunion #Tonys #TonyAwardsmedia.tenor.coma woman is sitting at a table with her hands folded in front of her .Alt: Amy Poehler giving a chef's kiss at a desk. 061
Reposted by Gina MeronekAmanda Griggs @amandagriggs.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Hamilton still slaps as much as it did from day one, and LMM is a goddamn generational talent, and I cannot wait for what he does next. #tonys 041
Reposted by Gina MeronekAli @castleaddict.bsky.social · 09/06/2025#Hamilton #Tonys That was beautiful. 🥰media.tenor.coma man says i 'm not crying in front of a netflix logoALT: a man says i 'm not crying in front of a netflix logo 161
Reposted by Gina MeronekChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 05/06/2025I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data. 15896659814557
Reposted by Gina MeronekDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/06/2025I want to remind everyone that without Elon Musk, we wouldn't be in this situation where our academic institutions, science enterprise, and democracy are being dismantled, and millions of additional people around the world are going to die. We want both of them to lose horribly in this fight. 352693547
Gina Meronek @equerystrian.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Agree wholeheartedly. Stand with all ten toes down for a measurably better life for people. Not teeny increments, but big bold effective community support. 010
Gina Meronek @equerystrian.bsky.social · 05/06/2025It's even cheaper in the long run to house people in homes. Everything is better and more possible when you have stable, private housing. There's data to support it being better for communities, United Way of Madison WI might still have it. 040
Reposted by Gina MeronekGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 01/06/2025Last year, Illinois abolished requiring prior authorization for inpatient mental health care — and now, we're extending it to outpatient care. Patients and their doctors should be in control of decisions about their care, not insurance companies. 12267341331
Reposted by Gina MeronekGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 26/05/2025"She was also Gaza’s youngest influencer, offering practical survival tips for daily life under bombardment, such as advice on how to cook with improvised methods when there was no gas. 'I try to bring a bit of joy to the other children so that they can forget the war. '”theguardian.comGaza’s youngest influencer aged 11 among children killed by Israeli strikesYaqeen Hammad offered tips for surviving life under bombardment and is just one of dozens of minors who have died 7444802640
Reposted by Gina MeronekAmanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 22/05/2025“Democrats in Congress should decide whether they are physically and mentally up to the task of stopping the Republican effort to tear down America’s institutions—or make way for those who are.” newrepublic.com/post/195617/...newrepublic.comGOP Couldn’t Have Passed Tax Bill Without Democrats Dying in OfficeRepublicans would have never passed their disastrous tax bill if Democrats didn’t love staying in office until they die. 813253
Reposted by Gina MeronekRepresentative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 22/05/2025Dear Americans, Republicans in the House just passed the largest transfer of wealth in history to the top 1%. Those of us with the least amount of money will suffer the most. 17527184
Reposted by Gina MeronekAll In with Chris Hayes @handle.invalid · 16/05/2025“The $400 million private jet that the government of Qatar gifted to Donald Trump is the Michael Jordan’s house of private planes,” says Chris Hayes. “It turns out, no one wanted to buy Qatar’s hand-me-downs… it looks like Qatar finally found a sucker to pawn it off to.” 621634388
Gina Meronek @equerystrian.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Phooey, it's a shame for them and for you. May something wondrous come your way. 000
Reposted by Gina MeronekAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Remember that the ICE agents claimed they were looking for a totally different person before they smashed this guy’s car windows? And how he had asylum already? Well, looks like that might not have even been a ruse. ICE didn’t even file a notice to appear in court, they clearly had nothing on him. 12430501125
Reposted by Gina MeronekThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 10/05/2025A group of Quakers are marching more than 300 miles to demonstrate against the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrants. Organizers of the march say their protest seeks to show solidarity with migrants and other groups that are being targeted by the administration. 146115302685
Reposted by Gina MeronekThe Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social · 10/05/2025I do love David Tennant and his response to this question in the Guardian today. 1637261023
Reposted by Gina Meronekstephen fowler @stphnfwlr.com · 09/05/2025@npr.org EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Agriculture is demanding states hand over personal data of food assistance recipients — including Social Security numbers, addresses and, in at least one state, citizenship status, according to emails shared with NPR.npr.orgUSDA, DOGE demand states hand over personal data about food stamp recipientsThe Department of Agriculture is demanding sensitive data from states about more than 40 million food stamp recipients, as DOGE is amassing data for immigration enforcement. 51918661
Reposted by Gina MeronekYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 09/05/20251. President Trump has fired the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden. The position of Librarian of Congress is so apolitical that only 14 people have held the role since 1802. Hayden, who was the first woman and Black American to serve as Librarian of Congress, has held the position since 2016 43742279
Reposted by Gina MeronekCarter Sanders @carter-sanders.bsky.social · 08/05/2025This is going to increase home insurance costs across the board. Given inadequate data , insurers will almost always err on the side of overcharging. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/c...nytimes.comU.S. Government to Stop Tracking the Costs of Extreme Weather 510944
Reposted by Gina MeronekiWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 08/05/2025staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch 🧢 @trumpfile.org 13443119610750