Makes me begin to worry a little about our robot vacuum and phones and Tesla and smart switches and, shoot, I need to make an inventory of cloud-dependent devices in our home…

Who else owns a physical product/device that *only* works with an app? We had a cooking thermometer that we loved but on 18 Dec they went dark. App no longer worked, company apparently bankrupt. The physical device is now nothing more than a souvenir. Bad product design? Surely.

Watch Nadella describe SaaS apps as nothing more than a CRUD database with some business logic, but once the business logic moves to AI agents, SaaS is over:

🚨repost🚨I want to share what I have learned deploying over 60 Starlink in Western North Carolina @elonmusk @SpaceX @Starlink I will fly anywhere to get this info in the correct hands. Starlink saves lives.

I have seen all this play out with the work lives of both my grown children - one in tech sales and the other working for small local businesses. Both kids see through the BS of the normative American job and both are willing to work hard for those who *actually* value them and

If your family is near this pin, they got my attention with a mirror flashing against the sun they are okay and we’ve dropped off supplies

There are many many more. But I want to start acknowledging those who are top of mind. Thank you for what you’re doing and sharing on X. Much more than the MSM and gov.

Just want to thank the following accounts for 1) real on the ground reporting of wtf is going on in #wnc and 2) doing something about it. Got my daughter safely back from #BlackMountain and helping her to stabilize after the trauma and carnage. So grateful to these guys for doing

And we’re off!!! 💙 Our incredible CPD is heading to Western North Carolina to bring a second round of donations and supplies to residents in those areas. Officers today are heading to Sparta, Newland and Black Mountain to deliver trailers and trucks full of donations.

If you’re looking to confirm the safety of your family and friends in Black Mtn, their name may be on this list.

Our crews continue to labor through very challenging conditions after #Helene – record flooding, storm debris, road closures and more – to repair damage and restore power. Here are some updates:

If you have the ability to donate, please do. This organization not only helps worldwide but has people and facilities in the #BlackMountain area that were themselves impacted.

Water and supposedly food being handed out at the Black Mtn Ingles momentarily. Car lines are extremely long, but if you come on foot, the line is short.

This shows the terminus of all the flash floods and debris flows from the Chimney Rock, NC area. This debris is basically the town of Chimney Rock

An addendum: their downstairs neighbor was working at #Ridgecrest camps next to #Montreat and #BlackMountain. He said the nearby children’s home was gone, a landslide. He helped to grill up 300 burgers and take them to motorists stranded on I-40 on Friday. No idea where those

I fear that the humanitarian disaster that we will see unfolding over the next few weeks is going to be horrendous and the 2nd & 3rd order effects will be an earthquake for the culture, economy and political landscape of North Carolina. My heart breaks. Prayers for the thousands

My daughter and her boyfriend worked for a small business in #Asheville. The owners are safe they’ve heard, but any prospect of work or having a safe place to live and work from - well, that seems like weeks before they can even evaluate that and know what to do. 7/x

Already many people have been displaced and made the heart breaking decision to relocate to wherever they can, wherever they have family, wherever they are safe. Like Katrina did to New Orleans, #Helene is doing the same to Western NC. 6/x

Most astonishing to me: the route they took to evacuate was not posted or manned by #NationalGuard or #HighwayPatrol They were proceeding based on rumors and nothing would have stopped them from making the mistake of getting off a local exit to look for gas or water only to find

On the way past #Asheville they saw entire small towns wiped out. Swannanoa and many others. Bodies in the water. White flags at isolated homes. Hundreds of cars and homes and debris torn and mangled and piled up. Many people cannot even get onto the small portion of passable