TheRollerDerbyDBA

FLAVOR FLAV knows what's up.

Let me know how that goes for you. Just past the 40 mark myself and just learning how to unmask. 🙃

Jennifer @JenYetAgain@beige.party in 2017 a popular twitter game was to type a partial phrase then see what your phone auto-completes it with. this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US. Feb 9, 2026 at 4:35:18PM Boosted by 968: Favourited by 1324:

mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

One of the first things I experienced upon entering this world was genital mutilation. Huzzah to morning revelations.

My friend hooked me up with a float therapy session this afternoon. I'm excited nervous. Been doing a lot of introspection recently and...it's gonna be real interesting to be with me and only me for 90 minutes.

There are different "sorry"s. One is "I acknowledge and apologize for my actions." The other is "that fucking sucks, bro."

The difference is sometimes lost in translation. To help, my spouse and I use "soma" for the latter--a single word expression of commiseration.

I usually think of derby as more punk than metal.

Why does deep vein thrombosis sound sexy?

Coding is art. How much art was stolen in training AI? How much passion was dispassionately vacuumed up and analyzed, despite explicit permissions under open source licensing that "you're free to use it, as long as you say you got it here."

AI is theft. (I say on a post that will surely train AI.)

In coming to terms with being an interesting person.

The will of the people is firmly against ICE, yet the mob gets *more* funding from the federal government. With tax season upon us, I can't help but think "no taxation without representation."

*shower thought*
Bad puns are an invitation to do better.

Most festive of holiday seasons.

Derby with Doombrew Roller derby streams and analysis with me, Doombrew. From skating to officiating to volunteering, I've been around the roller derby community since 2014.

Streaming some #DockyardRollerDerby tonight. Come watch people hit each other while wearing roller skates!

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Sad that they had to pull the Queer Squad bout.

If there are other skaters in the PNW who want to play next week, sign-up below.

My neighbor has been harassing me. Nothing *too* overt but this time he's overstepped and made an inappropriate accusation and an abuse of power. Waiting for the "violation" to hit the mailbox and then it's time to make some good trouble.

NBC's broadcast of the Macy's parade has superimposed the word "FOREIGNER" over the balloon of Mario.

Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...

May you find something for which you are thankful today; and for every day of your life, from this day forward.

It's fun to scream into the void that is the internet. I'm sure the void shall never scream back.

#aihottake | Simon Swartzentruber Replacing Junior DBAs (or Programmers, or Whatever) with AI is Shortsighted ------ #AIHotTake, I know. I keep hearing about how "AI will make you more productive. Your seniors won't need as many juni...

Here's an idea: how about we don't blow up the experience pipeline that creates the senior technical folks?

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we used the term "free-for-all" for an in-app event promo post and it got auto-moderated for talking about app pricing 😩

because that is the only possible meaning of the word 'free'

the internet was a mistake

YouTube video by Sounds of the Underground Scroobius Pip - "Death of the Journalist" - Distraction Pieces

Starting a vinyl collection and was gifted the LP Distraction Pieces. This banger is relevant today as much as ever.

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Currently a lone DBA. hashtag#PASSSummit25 reminded me how much I miss talking shop. To that end, I'm trying to figure out how to build a Data Professionals community in my home town.

Meetup.com looks like it has seen better days. What other platforms have people found useful for organizing events?

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I play roller derby for fun. I do DBA work for my day job. I haven't heard of may who do this and I'm hereby laying claim to the title of *The* Roller Derby DBA.

#databasecicd | Simon Swartzentruber Adventures in Rolling Your Own #DatabaseCICD Did you know that databases can be stored as code? It's true! Well, at least for part of the database. You can store a set of Database Definition Language...

Made another post, this one on a problem I encountered trying to roll my own database CI/CD deployment pipeline.

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#sqlserver | Simon Swartzentruber #SQLServer Partitions as Pizza If you're like me, then you enjoy a nice slice of pizza pie and SQL Server. If you're only a little like me then this may be restricted to only enjoying pizza. Either w...

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I wrote a blog post. That makes me a real data professional now, right?

That looks both delicious and beautiful. 😋

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Watching #AlienEarth and, while I like it, I have a few questions:
- Why the fuck is their glass weak enough to break on a 2 foot drop?
- Haven't people learned yet that having human sized vents that can support the weight of a grown adult at floor level is a bad idea?