A break in the cold, the rain, and clouds, brief, but …

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

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

A cold morning around 32 degrees … pics speak for themselves (click to see)

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

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

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

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

Almost every trending article highlighting the promise of investing behind a 5G wave is focused on phones – Apple in particular. However, the narrative that is behind our portfolio decisions is focused on ‘non phones’, and it goes in 3 … Read More

Well, if you are only looking at farm commodities … then, yes! Inflation is roaring Source – https://www.statista.com/chart/23507/crop-price-increases