Still I Rise
You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may tread me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you?Why are you…
To Have And To Behold
https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2021/12/to-have-and-to-behold.html by Mike O’Brien Potentiality and actuality, the difference between what is possible and what is… tout court. I think a lot about design and about the iterative steps between…
Trolls be gone
Anonymous users generate most toxic abuse and conspiracy theories online. The right to be anonymous should be curtailed https://aeon.co/essays/curtailing-anonymity-is-a-first-step-to-reducing-online-abuse?utm_source=rss-feed We have come a long way from the optimism that surrounded…
Are Sino-Russian Relations Really the ‘Best in History’?
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2021/12/20/are-sino-russian-relations-really-best-in-history/ They are certainly positive and can be like a breath of fresh air compared to the eternal stench from the swamp Washington has been sinking into. The long-term leaders…
‘Chinese Aggression’ Is Just China Responding to U.S. Aggression
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2021/12/19/chinese-aggression-is-just-china-responding-us-aggression/ By Caitlin JOHNSTONE It’s an especially dumb day for anti-China propaganda. The Biden administration has imposed trade restrictions on 34 Chinese institutions on the unsubstantiated allegation that they are…
The human toll of log4j maintenance
https://dev.to/yawaramin/the-human-toll-of-log4j-maintenance-35ap BY NOW, most of the internet knows about the famous Log4Shell exploit, and if you don’t, it’s easy to get a sense of how disastrous it’s been. To drive…
Cuban Missile Crisis Redux
https://www.unz.com/proberts/cuban-missile-crisis-redux/ A country without an honest media is blind to its fate. In the US there is no media, only repetition of official narratives. The foreign policy narrative is: Russia…
2021 research reinforced that mating across groups drove human evolution
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/human-evolution-mating-2021-research Fossils and DNA point to mixing and mingling among Homo groups across vast areas Evidence that cross-continental Stone Age networking events powered human evolution ramped up in 2021.
Harvard Great Tech Rivalry China Vs US
https://wuyuansheng.com/doc/Harvard Great Tech Rivalry China Vs US, 12-7-21.pdf
DataOps: How to Turn Data into Actionable Insights
https://www.rtinsights.com/dataops-how-to-turn-data-into-actionable-insights Business leaders can achieve operational excellence and compete effectively against the growing wave of competitors using DataOps. Companies today are facing an overwhelming challenge in dealing with large, complex…