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Andrew Notarian (he/him)

@anotarian.bsky.social

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Microsoft Data Platform / Solutions person, Also Postgres, Father, trains, history & art, Star Wars, Mets. James Burke's Connections if it was all muppets. Bird Law. Rockville, MD. Do not eat packet.

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Andrew Notarian (he/him) @anotarian.bsky.social · 6h

Which eyedrops exactly?

Andrew Notarian (he/him) @anotarian.bsky.social · 7h

me describing to my wife on the burner phone what a parabolic mic looks like

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 7h

the little rosary meeples are making me feral

also they seem to have nailed the process pretty accurately

picture of a game in play. three cards are set down. two are character cards depicting I assume potential conclave candidates, with an illustration of the guy and some Latin words below him. the middle card is a cardinal named Boris Zhortskyy and he has two little game piece guys, one green and one red, on him (they’re shaped like a human head and shoulders wearing a white collar and a cross), along with a little round token that says 1. next to the two guys is what appears to be an action card, which says “Murmur” above a picture of a cluster of cardinals huddled together and talking. It says “Assign this card to a Candidate. This Candidate loses half of his Influence (rounded up) and it costs double to put Influence from a personal reserve on him until the end of the round. The cost to play this card is equal to the number of the round. OR: cancel Momentum.”

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Andrew Notarian (he/him) @anotarian.bsky.social · 8h

I have a stream at 400 ft above sea level in my yard, so let me know if I ever need like buy sandbags.

Andrew Notarian (he/him) @anotarian.bsky.social · 8h

My wife used to put a massive spider web across the whole yard and then we couldn't mow the grass. This is better.

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 9h

And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money

fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune

Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?

fortune.com

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Andrew Notarian (he/him) @anotarian.bsky.social · 8h

I'm so confused like when crazy African nanny at the park voted for Trump.

Andrew Notarian (he/him) @anotarian.bsky.social · 8h

What a fine educational institution, surely we'll never regret giving it the same consideration as the others.

Andrew Notarian (he/him) @anotarian.bsky.social · 8h

I wish you much success with the people who live near Stockholm and cane become regulars.

Andrew Notarian (he/him) @anotarian.bsky.social · 8h

WTAF, I only use 1997 names for the stations.

Andrew Notarian (he/him) @anotarian.bsky.social · 8h

Ian Livingston @ianlivingston.bsky.social · 4d

My bros just won’t go home

Some national guard from Georgia and South Carolina

Andrew Notarian (he/him) @anotarian.bsky.social · 8h

maybe he is guarding dupont circle metro station and discovered he really likes taki's

Andrew Notarian (he/him) @anotarian.bsky.social · 9h

they say we are all celebrating their impending misfortune, are we really? i don't think so at all.

Andrew Notarian (he/him) @anotarian.bsky.social · 9h

so much fear in those eyes
poor baby

Andrew Notarian (he/him) @anotarian.bsky.social · 9h

OK, now let's talk pizza and beverages and whether my SAS loyalty points are enough to cover the flight.

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Andrew Notarian (he/him) @anotarian.bsky.social · 9h

I want to buy the full series of books about this cat.

Andrew Notarian (he/him) @anotarian.bsky.social · 9h

Will the door be unlocked? Many times my job at the SQL User Group is to let people in the door because the guard already left for the night and I am totally following the security policy.