February 2018
It's the last day of the month, and on it, I review the previous months achievements, review where I am on my yearly goals, and plan/commit to next months goals. #gtdlevel500master
There is a fat orange moon rising behind the mountains and the pack of coyotes is ON MY PROPERTY howling like crazy. This is some serious horrorshow desert life. https://soundcloud.com/futurevescent/coyotes-in-my-yard-jan-31 #lifeinthemojave #coyotes #fullmoonrising #howlatthemoon
I feel like I should be doing something like dancing around a bonfire tonight, what with the moon and the coyotes and the desert and all.
Oh, but dark wave is a good match for the mood tonight.
@AlexRoy144 @VirginAmerica But what about the film crew? So many cameras, lights, makeup touchup, for just a single shot.
Nice write up --> Identity Theft Prophylaxis https://www.ghostwheel.com/2018/01/31/identity-theft-prophylaxis/
@fraying I love my pandora mix stations: Boards of Canada, Bryan Ferry, Jamiroquoi/Funk, Synthpop, piano mixes (just found this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eqyir5JGpA&list=RDwOMJEnLob9c) and of course, ELO. To name a few.
LOLOLOLOLOL. This thread is gold. Never gonna stop loving my beloved Queen of Angels. Don't like us, no worries mate, don't visit. https://twitter.com/Rossalincoln/status/958856392089133056
Day 3 fighting this cold/flu thing. Today's champions? Tea, ginger, sparkling water, these holistic things that my friends gave me (& seem to be working), avocado toast, hot showers, and excel spreadsheets with 10+ sheets.
Today I notice that jackrabbits and tazzie devils have the same cute hop walk/run.
@VinusWine I can twist/morph numbers much better when my brain is already shifted into slightly another reality. You know, like budgeting through a wormhole. It's how I make such awesome stuff on relatively small budgets while paying people fairly. :-)
The results of these unintended consequences are great ideas for plot ideas. New paradigm of security protection for this kind of data... #futureofsecurity https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/959268185156579328
Let my words do the talking / And your mind do the walking Let me show you the world of my mind... #lyricsgame #lifeofawriter
This thread. Once I found success in my San Francisco life, 20 years ago. I was never going back. I left because there were no opportunities for someone like me: young, smart, ambitious, creative. I, like my pioneer ancestors, left for a better life and opportunities. I won. https://twitter.com/burnlittlelight/status/959220764497997824
How my political beliefs went from Libertarian to Anarchist to Socialist. I reflect on my shifting political beliefs, a video: https://www.facebook.com/heathervescent/videos/10159789604490580/
Hey guys, I finally figured out what I'm gonna name my first ICO: ayahuascoin. Maybe it will make the whole industry disappears from this reality. (This is my response to that puerto rico utopian bs article.) *head desk* #boyswillbeboys #fail #fail #humanityfail
Heya @leashless how's it going with hiring 50% women for your new positions? Just checking in.
@BonnyDoonVineyd @RandallGrahm @UvaggioWine I'll be at the "introverts at home drinking" event. ;-P
You see it all around you / good ICOs gone bad And usually it's too late when you, realize what you had #lyricsgame #cryptolyrics
Mr. Dog would like to know when will there be an ICO for chicken on demand? He is A++ into investing in that. #dogsofcryptocurrency
RT @ValidOfPriors: Is your child texting about Dune? brb = Beast Rabban's Bloodthirst lol = Leto (I) Overawes the Landsraad smh = Shai-Hul…
Quote from one of my first #futureofsecurity interviews, "Security used to be where the rebels were. It was like being at the casino. But now's its the dinner club, because no one wants an exciting security person." LOL. Want more? https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/325779?v=6
Current status: hammock, reading material, perfect day, dog. @ Dome Sweet Dome https://www.instagram.com/p/Bev1AzuFEGH/
RT @Cruftbox: Technology changes fast. Society changes slowly. This causes a lot of frustration.
Great story by Christine. She is one of my living heros. I can't learn enough from her. Thanks Christine! https://twitter.com/bsletten/status/959959813164642304
Sleeping on my shoes. Love this guy so much. https://www.instagram.com/p/BeyCmXAF0BB/
Life is this sublime, heartbreaking experience. But it's good that we are alive to have it. #harddecisions
That time I created an equation for predicting the future.
imageI have one regret: I wish I had started feeding him chicken a lot earlier in our relationship.
This dog cracks me up. It's the night before his definitive journey and he made me pack for him.… https://www.instagram.com/p/BezUdLel8by/
Bliss and emptiness. I said goodbye to my best friend and co-pilot of 11 years today. You are… https://www.instagram.com/p/Be1KsGUF3ao/
@fatemehx2 Thanks Fati. Mr D loved your campout. So much Turkey! He is jumping and playing in the golden light now. Hope to see you in person soon! Xxx
@nicoleradziwill Thanks Nicole. Xx
I should have known better than to try to wear mascara today. At any moment, my heart is pierced even as I smile through my tears with so many good memories. Everywhere around me I expect to see his face. But it is just in my mind.
Stereolab, Broadcast, Cornelius sooth my heart. The sound of rain, crashing waves, some lilting bossa nova and dreams of South America or some tropical island.
@mjarkiver1 They are indeed. Thanks for your kind words.
@MadelineAshby Thanks.
@MadelineAshby Great idea! When should I come? Is there any fun future or non-future thing I should visit for?
The longing of the moths outside my window. Through the darkness of night, their longing growing stronger, never reaching satisfaction. They live to long again.
RT @DuffelBlog: BREAKING: Trump orders Pentagon to conduct military parade and make North Korea pay for it http://theduffel.co/2nIncFw https://…
Can some developer write code that converts all whitepapers on github into readable pdfs with an organized index?
@jerickso Honestly, I just want developers to stop posting documentation on github. Impossible to read, bookmark, save offline file in a way that a researcher would. Total PITA and makes their work less accessible.
Current status. I may be soothing my heart with the open road and speed. https://www.instagram.com/p/Be6DgpwlKNv/
@jerickso Alternately a "download as pdf" button woukd suffice. And batch pdfify for those insane mofos who put multiple whitepapers in a folder..
Dog at the end of the tunnel. #latergram #memories #imissyou https://www.instagram.com/p/Be7GoXrlFpd/
@AlexRoy144 @NASA Yeah, but what kind of music did it play? /s
I came to this remote place in Death Valley with no cell service to reflect. Instead I have spent hours talking with new friends about how awesome dogs are. And some hot water soaking. But mostly talking about how dogs are amazing.
Oh hi, just getting totally lost (I'm not really) out in the Mojave. It's not really an… https://www.instagram.com/p/Be9EfPjlxpx/
Thinking about @JPBarlow 's principles of adult behavior. Good ones.
Returned home with significantly more desert pinstriping than when I left. #mojaveliving
Had a crazy thought about blockchain last night. Instead of comparing it to the early days of the internet, what about comparing it to the early days of nuclear technology, like in the 50s, when they were testing bombs in Nevada?
Maybe I should stop reading history of the Mojave Desert books... but the chapter on nuclear testing at the NTS (Nevada Test Site) was fascinating.
@psiphyr @NuclearAnthro Oh thanks. Yeah, history of the Mojave Desert has lots of war stories. Never thought I'd get obsessed by that topic, but here I am...
@jasongreen I have not. Maybe I should?
I literally LOLed at this quote & have a lot of thoughts about this piece http://awealthofcommonsense.com/2018/02/the-drawbacks-of-behavioral-finance-during-a-market-correction/ by @awealthofcs. I might argue that men make a ton of financial decisions emotionally, cloaked in logic. I could argue that your intellect/logical thinking is your "lesser self."
imageBut the truth of the matter is not so binary. It is the intellect and emotions working together to understand the complexity of a situation, to make a decision based on what your ego needs/doesn't need.
Logic and ego work great hand in hand to discredit emotional experience. It's valuable to take emotional data inputs and highly rank them, while remaining emotionally balanced.
Strive for emotional AND intellectual balance - too much of either is not a good thing. But there are times where the extremes of both can be useful data points for action.
Listening to, feeling emotions and acting on/with them is not a weakness, it take more strength to have emotional resilience than cultivate intellectual thinking (IMHO). Especially if you see your strength in your intellect. You're missing out on a massive enriching data set.
In the Mojave. #latergram #oasissteed @ Tecopa, California https://www.instagram.com/p/BfBmUZ0lRMp/
@dgwbirch Um,,, top left Dave...
I felt not-you as I closed the truck door while I collected rocks for your grave. I felt not-you jump to the front as I explored the sandy roads to find remote camping spots, where we would never return to camp. http://www.heathervescent.com/deep/2018/02/my-heart-in-the-mojave.html #ripbestfriend #mrdog
@dgwbirch based on whose search history?
@dgwbirch lol
That's a big rock... you might say, giant rock. @ Giant Rock https://www.instagram.com/p/BfCNdHHFIKb/
Yeah, I guess if I were an alien, I'd land here. @ Giant Rock https://www.instagram.com/p/BfCNvrblsi4/
@mpeg2tom Thanks. The only life extension technologies I want are for our pets...
Tee hee. https://twitter.com/naval/status/962472047287836672
MUST READ, Donald Trump's character in D&D --> https://medium.com/@johnrinaldi/my-friend-jeremy-pollock-whos-stupid-idea-it-was-to-run-for-mayor-then-when-i-did-it-all-but-827188ef0c0a by @chickenjohn
Golden Hour. . . . . . #sunset #desert #socal #golden #sky https://www.instagram.com/p/BfCm4aylzhM/
That pastel sky I write about. . . . . . #pastel #washedout #sunset #calm #serene #socal #desert https://www.instagram.com/p/BfCnGtIlHXn/
Spent today #deathcleaning 3 generations in my sheds.
@slackmistress Some of us bloggers still write a lot of personal stuff... A few years ago, I extracted it from what ended up becoming my "professional" blog, into a sekret side blog, kinda hidden. Sometimes I post links here, but mostly the writing is for me, so who cares if anyone reads it.
@missrogue What about the work NASA does engaging/inviting bloggers to watch launches (at least here in SoCal)?
Blustery in the Mojave. These winds in these open spaces.
@dgwbirch One of my classics: How We Create (I)dentity: https://www.slideshare.net/humanityplus/schlegel (pre-before we met)
Chop wood, carry water, or in my house, make dough, bake cookies.
Snickerdoodles. A favorite cookie and occasional nickname for Mr. D. #cookies #inthemouth https://www.instagram.com/p/BfHO0IEFMdD/
I have no shame, I just ate 8 of these... https://twitter.com/heathervescent/status/963174295974359040
I can't decide whether to run away to friends near and far or bury my sadness in total Mojave hermitage. Well, at least now I have cookies... :-/
Darkness falling the Mojave. The wind continues to blow - where is my purple tornado? The sky is a deepening shade of midnight blue with fluffy grey islands vanishing into the darkness. The cold coziness of my display light. The illusion of warmth.
"Reaching out for someone who has always been there, only to find that when we need them, one more time, they are no longer there." -Grief Recovery Handbook, an excellent tool for processing loss.
Last time I was in this headspace, I figured out how to solve all the world's problems, wrote a paper on it, and won an award. No matter the work got very little attention or really changed anything... such is humanity. https://medium.com/@heathervescent/how-to-save-the-world-6985fab277b6
cc @yaoeo https://twitter.com/Karnythia/status/963444091802607616
Time spent on petfinder: 25 minutes Time spent on dating site: 3 seconds
Throwback to the horse troughs. Wish I could submerge myself in that hot water tonight.… https://www.instagram.com/p/BfKigLLlw9q/
After spending another hour on petfinder, I now totally understand what is going through the minds of those guys who date a younger version of the woman they just divorced/broke-up with/otherwise ended the relationship with.... https://twitter.com/heathervescent/status/963619892560773120
Writing is basically deleting stuff, but first you have to write it.
There were over a dozen cookies on the plate. Suger high writing.... https://www.instagram.com/p/BfMUqlHl_NF/
cc @nselby https://twitter.com/lukOlejnik/status/963533881570942976
I ate like a dozen of my snickerdoodles, and sugar high wrote and now I feel sick to my stomach... kids, don't use cookies as a drug to write.
@ericlin Enjoy the Mojave!
@ericlin need any tips? (I live down the road in 29 - this is my hood.)
@ericlin Natural Sisters is great! So is Frontier cafe (on the way down to PS). If you are up for an adventure, I recommend East Jesus: http://eastjesus.org/ and Salvation Mountain (Niland on the Salton Sea). The drive to Anza through that side of the Salton Sea is strangely industrial.
@ericlin PS has a lot more civilization. Some like the tram - it's something to experience - with wide sweeping views.
@Livable79 Walking in the breeze on the plains of old Sedona (Arizona) ...
@VitalikButerin @mihirshah4578 @RufusYoakam @el33th4xor @ErikVoorhees You, as the viewer, are supposed to identify as the hero... that's the emotional money shot. It's also why I am bored with hero stories by lazy Hollywood writers.
@tek_fin You could possibly put the UBI Blockchain currencies into that bucket... but that is an interesting question.
RT @TheTweetOfGod: It is useless for a society to blame a person's "mental health issues" when that society itself is insane.
Gosh, if only someone had figured out how to do micropayments, like, 10 years ago... https://twitter.com/leslie/status/964185854548705280
Parents eating their own young. cc @SaraRobinson https://twitter.com/messily/status/963963013131747329
@ericlin Yay. So glad you did it and enjoyed it! Enjoy the rest of your trip!! I hear there are some great hot springs in Anza too. (Never checked em out.)
Another picturesque Mojave sunset.
Super memory time here in the Vescent house of #deathcleaning. Finding my old zines from high school and Pink Floyd comes on ze internet radio. Ahhhh. Dreamy daze.
Shout out to @AskPayPal for being awesome and troubleshooting my real weird corner case! Give MH something nice for her awesome job!
imageSometimes I start the day by burning things. . . . . . #fire #mojavedesert #morning #socal https://www.instagram.com/p/BfQ6ZRrFybD/
RT @CNN: Indictments issued against 13 Russian nationals over 2016 election interference. Here’s how they did it: - Posed as politically…
“World War III is a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation.” — Marshall McLuhan https://twitter.com/CNN/status/964569753963646976
Genius tactic using capitalism, and the monetization of the internet turned back on itself. https://twitter.com/allegrakirkland/status/964582834622095361
Make no mistake, I can be utterly impressed by the tactics of the enemy, and still call it the enemy. But is it really the "enemy" when it is also myself?
@slackmistress more dog selfies.
Year of the Desert Dog is destroying my heart. As all things in my contrarian life, my desert dog is no longer here. But my heart is bigger than the devastation, and what remains is what can never "die".
THIS THREAD! https://twitter.com/michaelianblack/status/963934071155056641
This is in Texas, where the story goes, armed civilians could stop a shooting. But how does the police know the difference btwn the hero shooter and the terrorist shooter? Link to local coverage: http://amarillo.com/local-news/news/crime-and-courts/2018-02-14/apd-shoots-faith-city-mission-student-who-d-taken-gun https://twitter.com/DavidGMcAfee/status/964249604932816897
RT @mpesce: ALL. OF. THIS.
imageIntriguing use of dualistic utopian/dystopian tropes and techno-centric futures. A+ on gender diversity. IMHO, needs more human emotions, nuanced complexity, STEEPV, less animation, less accents, less guns, less violence. https://twitter.com/ethereumJoseph/status/964714663010275328
Needs more pyro. #winterblast https://www.instagram.com/p/BfUg69-FyGf/
O pyro night.
imageGetting lost in the Mohave with this cacophonist. https://www.instagram.com/p/BfW-I5AF1-k/
This is not the Westworld set. But it might as well be. @ Desert Bar https://www.instagram.com/p/BfXEobsFxku/
I found a river in the desert. #mohave #arizona #offroad @ Parker, Arizona https://www.instagram.com/p/BfXEwBvF-x-/
This is not Desert X. #ghosttown #arizona #adventuretime https://www.instagram.com/p/BfXE_ZFlX_F/
Drove west through the Mojave under the darkest sky, full of stars, chasing a setting sliver of a moon.
The sound of water over rock. A gash of blue in the desert. #latergram . . . . . #aquaduct… https://www.instagram.com/p/BfXZHRpFcni/
The Winds of Mars are insane! Where Mars=Mojave.
@brianbehlendorf @eastdakota I hit up Twin Peaks and Ocean Beach on my last night as an SF resident. :-) Catch you someone in the ether...
Welcome to life... https://twitter.com/ILLUMlNATI/status/965470003796602880
Combo dust/snow storm at the dome!!! What is snow? What is dust? It doesn't matter.
@kittenhotep Similar w/out the new puppy bit. hugs.
Another day of it's all material for the writer. Today's topic: Limerence. Yeah, I'm talking bout you lovers of my past. Thanks for all the material. Mwah.
@ShibumiKiDo Bliss and emptiness... in Hell! Having a great time. Wish you were here. <3
Hypnogogic Blockchain ponderings: technology structure as a result of unresolved emotional grief. Maybe we need love instead of blockchain...
@nicoleradziwill I could frame it as the interest in blockchain is a way to use technology to control our emotional experiences due to social loss of trust. I kind of want to do some research on this space, but it might mix tech & psychology too much for comfort.
@nicoleradziwill How many blockchain experts have fallen in love? Or would allow themselves to surrender to falling in love?
Today is #lovemyemotions day for me. All of them, especially the ones that most people push away because they're "ugly," "high maintenance" or "confusing." Hey, grief, anger, sadness want to be acknowledged too.
⚡️ “Gifs” by @cyriakharris https://twitter.com/i/moments/966005975550451713
@nicoleradziwill We're all doing our own research, but never keep notes. lol. ps. get off twitter and just open the thing you are putting off. ;-)
@nicoleradziwill You are doing some serious structured procrastination over there. ;-p
@nicoleradziwill Those days happen. Sometimes your brain needs that kind of time to put into order the stuff that you will bang out tomorrow or the next day. ps. did you eat yet?
You sir, @MarisFreeborn have the best insults!
@nicoleradziwill Damn, you wanna come over for dinner? (OK, I realize that is impossible) but I love cooking. You gotta eat my friend!
@nicoleradziwill LMK if you wanna do a skype dinner sometime... :-)
Super excited for this paper hot off the press: Towards a Sustainable Technology Commons.... https://www.instagram.com/p/BfcEQpplKt_/
PS. You can read it here: https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-spring2018/tree/master/topics-and-advance-readings Come to discuss it at Rebooting Web of Trust in Santa Barbara March 6-8 #rebootingweboftrust
fnord
@amoration @LightLodges Dome house A++
So I come to San Francisco and then basically troll my friends online. LOL. So glad I drove 500 miles. In other news, Hey, I am in town. Come to Tommy's Joynt on Van Ness tomorrow/Thursday at 8pm for an OG cacophony society meeting.
It me. (In between I was a libertarian, but the bleeding edge of libertarianism is socialism...) https://twitter.com/queermel/status/966355022161182720
San Francisco cheese plate. @ San Francisco, California https://www.instagram.com/p/BffRuqfFP5F/
@brianbehlendorf I'm not actually sure. I need to do some more research. I could be way out in the deep end here. ps. waves from your old hood.
@brianbehlendorf Fly with the wind my friend! I have more opinions on trust and the whole trustlessness of blockchain.
Trust, but verify. #secretmessage #plainsight #dogwhistle #fnord One learns much from a response, even in non-response. Thus the wise ones hold emotions at bay, watches, but does not wait. Disappointment is not the word I use when one has no expectations, yet... knowledge unfolds
@brianbehlendorf YES, will you be there? I will also be at Rebooting Web of Trust. You may find my topic paper of interest: https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-spring2018 Come join us!
RT @ashedryden: I’m looking for a job! Ashedryden@gmail.com -expert on diversity & inclusion in tech http://AsheDryden.com -successfully…
I look at his photos everyday. I miss you Mr. D. I hope you are frolicking in the golden light.… https://www.instagram.com/p/BfhaXWsF6Xa/
Always my co-pilot. You live on in the strange loop in my mind. Even though our last journey was… https://www.instagram.com/p/BfhaulYlhSO/
@Livable79 Thanks. Some days are easier than others. I think of him a lot.
Quite possibly the worlds most perfect food. #missionburrito @ Pancho Villa Taqueria https://www.instagram.com/p/Bfh5cHSFRer/
@Livable79 thanks. :-)
Indulging in bad road trip snacks. @ Santa Nella Village, California https://www.instagram.com/p/Bfjk1x0FUf7/
Driving into LA, I am overcome with the deepest sadness. My life in this city was everything I dreamed. And now it's all different. Nothing is the same. Everything is ephemeral. There is no Mr. Dog waiting for me at home. There is no home.
My beloved Queen welcomes me back in her golden light. Today is #deathcleaning ... my body.
A handmade cockaccino by @armenmartirosy9 @ Demitasse https://www.instagram.com/p/BfmUSIElwwI/
@RandallGrahm Drink your umcka!!
Ocd crayons. #latergram https://www.instagram.com/p/BfoL67oFyQw/
@RandallGrahm I swear by it! Feel better. (But still ok to use cold as excuse to introvert. ;-) )
@Livable79 I keep watching this over and over. Thank you.
@Cruftbox Yesssss! Busted!
@Cruftbox I was there Friday night! Taco salad w avocado was delish!! Also Amaretto gelato!
@Livable79 Yes. I am eating well, sleeping, spending time w friends ad remembering. Being honest with my sadness because we so rarely are. Honoring and remembering all our good adventures through the tears.
Good Morning!! @ Demitasse https://www.instagram.com/p/BfoW1Kil7_X/
Learning how to make coffee the Italian way. @ Big Bear Lake, California https://www.instagram.com/p/BfqtIu1FehU/
Current status. From the mountains of rock to wide basins of the desert. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bfq1SbcFnDg/
Maybe if I drive faster, I'll stop crying... this is the "logic" of my "brain."
The first of his name. The second Vescent. https://www.instagram.com/p/BfrWfCFFQTA/
RT @DankDuneMemes:
imageI've been away from the news for 5 days... it was sublime. So many new data points for writing and research tangents. Remember folks, get away from the news to let your creativity bloom.
cc @yaoeo https://twitter.com/dgwbirch/status/968079801063010304
How to get out of your American mindset? I'm reflecting on a conversation I had in San Francisco last week that did this... very fertile thinking...
@ShibumiKiDo ROLFL... Actually, it's has a very American judgmental I am better/more evolved than you, so I am superior than you unenlightened minons. (Green level in spiral dynamics). I was also thinking about Russia & China.
@ShibumiKiDo I really should go there... recommendations? Beach or pyramids? City or jungle? Scuba or Tequila?
When I was a teen, bumperstickers proclaimed skateboarding is not a crime. I feel like today's version of that is something about being trans...
So I imagine a world where transyouth of future, are like the skateboarders of today... a city funded skatepark in even the most conservative city.
Friends who make me dinner are always welcome at the dome! Xxx @ Dome Sweet Dome https://www.instagram.com/p/Bfr8wuBFO9R/
I never tire of watching an almost full moon rise in the desert sky during the day.
Day 2 guests make dinner at the dome: left overs. I made the caprese. See u soon @finamofo!!! @… https://www.instagram.com/p/BfuaSb7l-M-/
TFW you are writing on deadline and you legitimately find yourself reading yelp reviews for "inspiration". Fiction is truth remixed.
Writing speculative fiction is not much different from writing news posts... except I have a bit more narrative freedom. *head desk*
Sunlight, reflected off the moon, reflecting off leaves of my Palm Tree in the Mojave desert. We are all reflected light.
I was just thinking I hadn't heard the coyotes in a while when.... hooooowwwwlllll.
Sous vide-ing happening in my kitchen while I write on deadline. Dome guests are the best! Anyone who cooks for me is always welcome back.
@Cruftbox https://youtu.be/IyAtvEeicGw
