Exiting Google – as much as possible
The plan is to reduce to the bare minimum any and all traffic through the Google infrastructure that can easily be tied to my digital persona (and those of my contacts). Why? you ask … It’s easy. Follow the money. … Read More
Climate Leader: Meena Sankaran & clean water
Grist published a post today highlighting the work of Meena on her startup working to improve the quality of water systems – water quality and leaks through digital sensors and monitoring. Our water infrastructure is probably (US) older than any … Read More
Walking outside of town 11-20
A cold morning around 32 degrees … pics speak for themselves (click to see)
ADM announces fly factory – animal protein feed
Just days ago, a post on black soldier fly protein was interesting and seemingly far in the future given our disdain for 6-legged creatures. But today, ADM (huge agro business) announced their first insect protein factory planning on producing 1 … Read More
Scientific Digest: This week – ROBOTICS
For reasons nobody will really know, Science Digest this week was filled with summaries on different elements in robotics. Most of these summaries (if not all) are from academia and not corporate RD shops. Regardless, some of these are very … Read More
Using social media successfully for change – Greentrolling
Grist highlighted an influential environmental activist who is clearing pushing big oil companies to publicly come clean (pun intended) on their propaganda. Here’s their ‘lead in’ quote: “Mary Heglar has a “maniacal plan” to save the planet. It doesn’t involve … Read More
Odd consequences of warming climate
Grist published a study today on how temperature changes impact tick behavior. All you dog owners, PAY ATTENTION! Quote: “A new study from the University of California-Davis shows that climate change may prompt these tiny-headed, eight-legged blood bags to start choosing people … Read More
Yikes! This scares me – US DoD buying location data
Bloomberg pointed to this Vice article and it scares me at a deep fundamental level around privacy and personal safety. The article is long and a bit technical, and if you choose NOT to read it, do this at least: … Read More
Walking around town 11-16
A warm cloudy day after a good west wind winter storm few days back. One the count of 3, everybody scratch! A few new friends showed up These two pics are basically the same, but one focused on the leaf, … Read More