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Eastbound | The Papua You Don't See on Youtube Or TV

Primitive, Expensive, and Dangerous Those three words are the common keywords when we heard of Papua. It’s as if the city isn’t so highlighted and we only see the

Brain Dump | Morning Musings

Indodax was hacked and they lost $22M more than 19 hours ago wasn't on my bingo card. For anyone who doesn't know what indodax is, they are the oldest exchange operating

Circular opinion piece with no opinion.

This is without a doubt the weirdest opinion piece I've ever read. Spends half the piece repeating his point without elaborating. Then when he finally gets to

Elon Musk is a tech and entrepreneurial genius, with his motivations in the right place...with some huge personal failings that cause big problems.

He's a hybrid of Tesla and Edison, picking up the best and worst of each. He has Tesla's genius, vision and concern for humanity, but also his instability, weirdness,

Post-Putin Russia in the eyes of Navalny.

An interesting essay by Russia's principal opposition leader, Alexei Navalny (for those who read Russian, there is also a link to the original Russian version).

What The Hell Is Going On? Some Thoughts On The Current Mass Shootings In The US.

Seriously, what is happening? I hate writing these posts. First a mass shooting in my hometown of Buffalo NY, now a second mass shooting in a Texas school. Why does

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Is It Just Me or Do You Feel It Also?

Anyone Else Have That Weird Feeling of Dread? This post is going to be a bit of a bummer. I usually don't post negativity however, I really have to know if it's

Charles Blow strikes again, or should I say strikes out again?

In today's NYT opinion piece, Blow asks an important question, but his answer is simplistic, if not dishonest: "So, what does it mean for a system to be racist?

The problem with calling slavery America's 'original sin'

“Original sin, in Christian doctrine, the condition or state of sin into which each human being is born; also, the origin (i.e., the cause, or source) of this state.

WaPo's despicable editorial.

“There is only one principled vote on Amy Coney Barrett: No” What nonsense! Definition of despicable : "deserving to be despised : so worthless or obnoxious

COVID binary thinking - Bottom up vs top down approaches to lockdowns.

This article is an interesting criticism of binary thinking - covid, no covid - as opposed to holistic thinking - an awareness of the multiple tradeoffs involved

God Help Amy Coney Barrett!

A short time ago, President Donald J. Trump selected the next person to be subjected to the "gauntlet" of the Senate confirmation process. May God help

Should we #believeallwomen or #believeEvidence ?

Since this subject is touchier than a Vatican summer camp, I'll preface my statements: I've never had a person tell me about an experience of sexual abuse who I

[Rant Alert] "Forward" thinking Trump is an anti-Semite.

(Link to Forward article above) Yes, I know. I probably should not read anything from the Forward because it is bad for my blood pressure. But, on the other hand,

Some OpEd - What's The Hold Up?

I think this is the biggest hurdle with mass adoption. There are so many projects and very few that are remotely useful. One of the reasons I often get involved

Making Crypto Simple, Easy and Family Friendly

We have to make it so simple that an 80 year old grandmother can do it. It might be easy for us, but not so much for the electronically & technologically challenged.

"Out The Yang"

Ego Vandal "Out The Yang" November 4, 2019 "Out The Yang" An Opinion On Why You Have To Be High To Reach This New Low! Of course there's no country

Competitive STS Blog Curation (Op/Ed) Meet and Greet in the Comments Section!!!

Okay, that's not a real thing .......yet! I try to keep my finger on the pulse of what I read in chats and get in messages and one theme is there seems to be a lack

Did Harvard betray a Law Professor?

Randall Kennedy is absolutely right about this. Harvey Weinstein is scum and quite likely deserves to be convicted. But it is nonetheless important that everyone