Jobs report – Heisenberg’s ‘under the hood’
Today’s jobs report was terrible relatively speaking. Yet, the market goes up as the super smart traders infer that with things so bad, more stimulus (re liquidity) will be necessary and McConnell’s obstruction will end. Well, that’s fine for people … Read More
Maybe it’s worse … browsing history without a warrant?
The Defense spending bill that is working it’s way thru Congress holds a bunch of cybersecurity elements. Good. WAPO has a good post on the details and it is worth the read. Referenced in the daily email update on cybersecurity … Read More
Walking outside of town – 12-03
Today was cold and all about the sky … the clouds and light especially
US DHS sued for location data usage
In an earlier post, the department of defense was accused of purchasing location data from 3rd parties – on US citizens. Now, the ACLU has sued the DHS for the same as reported in the Washington Post. Quote: “The nonprofit … Read More
ELAW annual highlights – worth a look
ELAW (quote from web: The Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) helps communities speak out for clean air, clean water, and a healthy planet. We are a global alliance of attorneys, scientists and other advocates collaborating across borders to promote grassroots … Read More
Millennials will carry the day … for all!
A couple of points on a much maligned cohort – Millennials – help position them as our future. What beautiful irony that this cohort who it seemed everybody blamed and name called will actually BE our future. From Tim Duy … Read More
Patagonia’s novel view on consumption
Arrived in my inbox this morning, “How to buy less” … a pointer to a great site from Patagonia on quality, repair and reuse … tip the hat to them Check it out https://www.patagonia.com/buy-less-demand-more
Grist on agro-tech
A great piece on autonomous technology in agriculture. They embedded videos of several promising technologies which if real and filmed under natural conditions (hardly the case, but … )they are really cool. Even if there’s a bit of demo magic … Read More
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