January 2019
@hautepop @m1k3y One reason I live in the Mojave is geological time on constant display.
I was actually thinking about doing something similar to this for some of my twitter friends. We don't point out and appreciate the great things in each other often enough. Who needs a bot for that, this is what friends are for. PS. I will do this for some of you my friends. xoxo https://twitter.com/tarah/status/1079956980612030465
My holiday foster dog is on to his next adventure (vet checks in the south bay). I already miss the guy & can't wait till he returns. He may have also gotten a new name today: RcheD2. #fosterdogmom
What with Marie Kondo trending I thought that was a misspelling of kawaii.
OK, I admit, I've been binge watching GOT - not just for entertainment, but for inspiration for 2019! It had been a few years since I've watched the entire seasons, & well, you know, good prep for season 8, whenever it decides to actually show up.
Good morning 2019. https://youtu.be/mS5XJcmMMWc
Thank you for your delicious screensavers @jwz! <3
RT @TheDogFix: As our rescue centres brace themselves for the post Christmas influx, of puppies that behave like puppies, & older dogs; now…
RT @JonasHaberkorn: Reminder: #Tech birthdays in 2019 Lyft: 7 years Snapchat: 8 years Stripe: 8 years Uber: 10 years Twitter: 13 years Fac…
Perspective https://twitter.com/JonasHaberkorn/status/1080592210830282752
Got me some Jean-Michel Jarre to help with my detailed wordsmithing today. #lifeofaresearcher
I'll never forget that first time I hear Oxygene. It was the most beautiful music I had ever heard. I still think so.
Wall ball, handstand, Roman chair, repeat. https://www.instagram.com/p/BsJ2Az8H4hD/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=nvks1nd4li5q
@danpape Do you know that Toxygene was The Orbs remix of JMJ’s Oxyegene - but JMJ hated it, so the orb released it anyway! I’m also a fan of pommes fritz.
@leslie I totally have those days. I just remind myself how awesome it feels to cross those off, and then have a glass of wine and call it a night.
Love this point. Now to rewatch season 3. https://twitter.com/goldengateblond/status/1080612718749478912
@leashless @disitinerant @BretWeinstein I'm curious if you've read the Fourth Turning... it's an intriguing cyclic suggestion that I am certain you would have an opinion about.
@leashless @disitinerant @BretWeinstein It's by the guys who came up with demographic theory - which is quite intriguing IMO, from the futuristic perspective. I recently read it & now am kinda obsessed, despite them getting a lot wrong (hey most people who predict do).
@leashless @disitinerant @BretWeinstein Still, I find the theory a refreshing take on what is possible, especially from the cyclic perspective. It's one more cycle to throw into the blender with long range K-waves, technology adoption cycles, etc.
@leashless @disitinerant @BretWeinstein Your comment about needing a frontier to get humans to collaborate reminded me of it. The US frontier was one of the only examples where a crisis/4th turning (what we're in right now) didn't much happen. But after every crisis, they say, comes a rebuilding, a 1st turning.
@leashless @disitinerant @BretWeinstein But we *are* seeing the same behavior of that generation in their youth, in their old age. That generation is not about getting along and tolerance, it's about shaking it up, arguing, being divisive. That generation has had those behaviors regardless of their age.
@leashless @disitinerant @BretWeinstein There's so much in that book. Don't let the Bannon stuff freak you out. If anything, Bannon got his predictions wrong, because ego=making a predication=wrong. He thought he could be Harry Seldon, but he can't. No one can.
@leashless @disitinerant @BretWeinstein According to their theory, the Boomer generation is a type that won't come along until the Millennials/Homelanders have children. These kids aren't even born yet... they have another few years to go. Anyway, provocative food for thought.
@leashless @disitinerant @BretWeinstein Interesting...
@gnoll110 @leashless @disitinerant @BretWeinstein Have you read the book (The Fourth Turning)? While we forget as generations die, the book is a solid theory w lots of evidence. I study cycles, & found it quite compelling. To debase their theory on the basis of forgetting seems a bit... limited/short-sighted/mansplainy.
All that is now / All that is gone / All that's to come / and everything under the sun is in tune / but the sun / is eclipsed by the moon. #lyricsgame Congrats China!
@gnoll110 @leashless @disitinerant @BretWeinstein Yes, read the book. I’m happy to discuss it with someone who is familiar with the work - I fact I would welcome it. And there are many cycles that are not nature based. K waves are my favorite.
@gnoll110 @leashless @disitinerant @BretWeinstein Do they not have libraries in Oz?
Echos of the coming 1st turning: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-earthquake-early-warning-app-20190102-story.html #weaksignals #1stturning #demographics #infrastructure
Tonight I found perfection, satisfaction, and bliss in a piece of albacore nigiri.
Government shutdown is impacting my work, but I'm pretty chill. I'm used to egotistical men throwing a tantrum screwing up my business plans - I worked for a decade in Silicon Valley.
How in the ?1?!?! does a website (or part of a site) go dark when the government goes dark? It's not like those pdfs I am looking to reference are taking up a significant amount of server space. https://www.nist.gov/
I mean, what kind of systems had to be built to take documents down when there is a shutdown? Apparently the internet can survive a nuclear attack, but not a government shutdown.
I mean, is there some version of a light switch for certain web pages? Like, ok, those go down, those go down, those stay up. Like what backend software was funded and built for this. And how long and who flips those switches?
Wow, lost some followers with that tweet... guess they never worked in Silicon Valley...
Who can resist Bruce Schneier's new book (well newest book)? Not I.
Pulling out this amazing mashup album from the past. Relevant as ever: https://soundcloud.com/dean-gray/sets/american-edit-american-idiot #mashup #partyben #allthebestmashupsarefromsanfrancisco #allthebestmashupsarefrom2006
Was doing some twitter feed housekeeping and came across my mom's. She's been gone for six years already... this was her last tweet. 😢 https://twitter.com/PDXfirefly/status/250792092685701120
Bottom: my baton of 30 years. Top: my baton of 30 seconds. Happy early birthday to me from my teen self. And yes it’s easier to twirl a baton the proper size. Muscle memory means I can… https://www.instagram.com/p/BsOhwopHamV/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1mm609hqofu6g
D.R.A.M.A. <-- my theme for 2019.
@SwiftOnSecurity Take some milk thistle supplement and drink a glass of water before you go to bed. Add ibuprofen if you might need it. In a pinch, if you wake up drunk, milk thistle again + kombucha/juice + water + sleep/meditate an hour + hot shower = ready for your keynote. You're welcome!
@SwiftOnSecurity Just drop a handful of milk thistle supplements into your ibuprofen bottle. The science behind milk thistle is that it helps your liver do its thing/detoxify better/faster.
Worked out tonight to burn out the rage and anger and frustration. Now my arms and calves are just burning with all that weight I just rage pumped. Well, if manchildren make my dreams impossible due to tantrums, then I'll just work harder to become Major Kusanagi.
My new post-workout biscuit. Shortbread from across the pond. https://www.instagram.com/p/BsPS4ltH3pn/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=ay58px01v95k
@erickMoore @SwiftOnSecurity Don’t knock it till it kicks your hangover to the curb in 45 minutes. Or better yet, just drink a kombucha cocktail and have your fun and health juice together!!
Here's a dream: instead of funding an obsolete technology, a physical wall, how about we take that 2B & fund cybersecurity activities? Invest in cybersecurity startups, fund the states that have shit security practices, security education classes, & hiring incentives?
Because the present (& the future) of the attack surface is through our crumbling technology infrastructure. And the private market is incentivized by profits (not privacy, security, citizen freedom). This is where capitalism benefits the government.
In fact, we're currently in the middle of an info war. We don't need to secure ourselves from the Dothraki horde, we need to think about the Dragons (in this case, coming across our information network). Reference that Marshal McLuhan quote...
This is the research I/my company has been doing since the summer. I was planning to share high level results next week in DC at the Cybersecurity Summit. I was so excited. But the event got canceled, due to the shutdown. Grrr.
This is frustrating because the solutions to the problems we've found are possible - but they need to be communicated, shared. That was what I was so excited to do next week. Share what we found, to empower others to find/build the solutions to them to a government audience.
I hope I'll have other/another opportunity to share this research with the public. Because we deserve to have our crumbling infrastructure re-invigorated and re-built, not some stupid damn wall.
@AllenWrench Yeah, verification of (digital) signatures is on the docket of things that could be better funded for broader adoption to make all our lives (at the DMV) much faster/better/more pleasant.
Listening to Bruce Schneier’s new book & not sure what to think, since so far I know everything he’s talked about + more cause I use my foresight skillz to extrapolate cybersec futures. Guess I am officially an infosec nerd. The book is great if you’re not such a nerd like me.
Also anyone have tips for dealing w mansplainers who don’t read the material they argue against? Block/ignore? Some guy wanna mansplain the mansplainers? Do men mansplain each other??
Having a very LA day out in the rain. The k-spa was packed, the restaurant is empty. #larain
Disco ball is my co-pilot. I’m driving around LA with two garbage bags full of ball pit balls, three skateboards, five 3ft candy canes, a dozen wreaths and yards of green and gold tinsel.… https://www.instagram.com/p/BsSTFzdnXIT/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1qs536oeeyi0i
RT @LATbermudez: May we all one day value ourselves the way Los Angeles values its real estate.
imageHoliday century plant. 2019 is the year of social Vescent! @ Pappy & Harriet's https://www.instagram.com/p/BsUtOrpHilc/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1iglj3hzcs4o8
@stephgwhiteside Wait, do those two things exist? I am seriously waiting for the revolution in women's underwear!
@stephgwhiteside Hmmm, but I already know my bra size. Don't need bluetooth for that. What I want is well fitting, beautiful, sexy, affordable bras for the larger endowed lady. Also anti-gravity & bounce proof would be awesome. Cause jumping jacks & burpees were designed for men.
@stephgwhiteside Love that you are there covering from this perspective! Thanks!
Editing, aka writing, is about killing the baby over and over and over and over, and killing your co-writers babies over and over and over as well. My editing knives are so bloody and I am so tired and there are still more babies to kill before the final version. #lifeofawriter
@sblackmoore Some people don't like that analogy about writing/editing, but I find it good, because us writers are sometimes too precious about the words/ideas that spring from our fingertips.
@sblackmoore Also, I've re-written/re-edited this "chapter" at least 8 times already, and it was supposed to be locked and done last year. It's a damn Dothraki bloodbath here on gdocs.
@sblackmoore but, but, there are still babies to kill, still meat to cut off. (BTW, this is research writing, so boiling complex ideas into simple to understand and read sentences... oh joy!) But yeah... where's my bidet?
@mattblaze Congrats! Sounds like a fantastic opportunity and much needed. I was sad we were unable to interview you for my latest research on voter data security...
Is there some America's got Talent show going on? When do we get to vote him off the island? That's how reality TV works right?
Great article --> Regulation is coming, & not just to address this. #firstturning ht @rosiepongracz https://www.fastcompany.com/90282735/the-workplace-is-killing-people-and-nobody-cares
I can not get enough @Orbinfo in my brain these days. I could live forever in their looping reverberating rhythmic samples.
@TheMadPrepper I get the sentiment. The American ethos is a mindset beyond the concept of a nation state. But a nation state is the structure that protects the expression of that mindset.
@TheMadPrepper Who are the natives - native Americans? Cause everyone but the native Americans are immigrants and came to this country because of a dream... or slavery. And we have lived in interesting times since I thought I would die from mutually assured destruction.
Right, I try to live by my calm and drama free lifestyle. But I’m so angry right now. Shows me where my energy is. Bliss and emptiness bitches.
My date for the night... cause like he said, just calm down and enjoy the ride, Calgon take me away! ROTFL @ Washington, District of Columbia https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsb5QuUnWUy/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1kt43w7ta49j9
@TheMadPrepper If you are concerned about catching “people” who aren’t paying taxes, then you’ll need to go after “legal persons” aka corporations... they are the most egregious offenders.
@TheMadPrepper @WarrenBuffett :-D !
Above the clouds... https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsb7xuDn0Bc/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=zidnjtiimku
Sitting in a dive bar in D.C. Crackling Rose just started playing. I’m not in California anymore....
I heard all the weird AC Hotel noises last night as ... the flocks of birds taking off, weird coyote noises, and then I wondered why the trash man was coming so early. I truly take the Mojave with me when I travel.
DC style be @trippenshoes and @511tactical. @ Washington, District of Columbia https://www.instagram.com/p/BsdlhbNHPth/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=aps9azmwwps8
@JenniferSertl @petervan @hinssen Those are interesting, but if you want to seriously learn about impacting the future, read some real scenario planners/futurists. None of those authors are. Also, those are all male writers and those scenarios are seriously biased. I might start with Donella Meadows.
So I was across from the White House today...
RT @schneierblog: Using a Fake Hand to Defeat Hand-Vein Biometrics https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/01/using_a_fake_ha.html
Never thought I’d ever be so excited to talk about regulation, but gonna go with it cause you have to always reinvent (and contradict) yourself.
The sweetest taboo! That’s why I am, in love with you. #sade https://www.instagram.com/p/BshQDNinC5x/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=xv1eersu3z1t
Hangover at 30 thousand feet.
Glass skywalks. @ Washington, District of Columbia https://www.instagram.com/p/BsjzLPSnjiO/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=15qeejj2sestz
I now own more long sleeved clothing than I have in several decades. I guess winter has come.
@pascalbouvier Indeed. Thanks for the pointer.
Pay attention to this. #firstturning #weaksignals #governementblockchainfutures https://twitter.com/propelforward/status/1083722312631881729
Glad I'm not the only person to use the #firstturning hashtag, but it's got to be about one of the most esoteric ones out there. Gotta give a shout out to @SaraRobinson for pushing me to read The Fourth Turning. Truly expanded my mind & optimism & refreshed my energy to fight.
The #firstturning / #fourthturning describes two parts of a cycle. I love studying cycles & cycle patterns. #fourthturning is one of many cycle patterns we live though/in. Want to see more: https://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/3332405802 Mad props to @pvonstackelberg
My "favorite" cycle pattern is the K-wave (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kondratiev_wave). I'm also a fan of stacking bell/s-curves, adoption cycles & Theodore Modis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Modis) & I have applied @nntaleb antifragility (w/ resilience & fragility) to product maturing, government & market.
@hypatiadotca @munin @usnistgov Try the wayback machine. It's how I got my NIST standards documentation.
It’s a rainy night in Joshua Tree and we’re about to talk about #regulation.
@MadelineAshby Del Taco!!!
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 https://twitter.com/DankDuneMemes/status/1085045728479715335
The metallic smell of #MojaveRain. Fog so thick, I couldn't see more than 10 feet - my headlights barely penetrating the wet black ribbon of possibility. I drive, at speed, with calm exhilaration.
Blast from my past: At times, I only dreamed of the life I now live.The 6 steps are simple, will change your life, but do you have the courage & balls of steel to change it? 10+ years ago I wrote How to Get Your Heart's Desire, you can get it free here: https://pages.convertkit.com/8ede7c428e/d41adaab82
Leggy jackrabbit running through my yard, the mountains and basins are obscured by thick fog. Two dozen rock doves stand sentry in my dead tree, their feathers wet, their bellies full. #lifeinthemojave
I was making lunch, but found myself chasing a jackrabbit into the desert chaparral. The sun had come out. Water drops on the creosote glimmered. The sweet smell of the desert after the rain. I wish I could be like PK Dick in that story & forever feel the sun on my prickly face.
Am I the only person who thinks of Orcas when reading about Shamoon? #whalesofcybersecurity
Gonna be an epic sunset tonight. #lifeinthemojave #littlefluffyclouds
Feels like OG blogging is coming back... https://twitter.com/jasonfried/status/1085286212787679232
@dgwbirch 7mph over is NBD! Let me take you for a ride in my saab. ;-) ps. *waves*
Backyard of misty mountains. https://www.instagram.com/p/BsrfPEnnr-C/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=zidg3beasq8m
@hautepop Sounds like inexperienced youth to me, nothing more. I can't imagine if this attitude/media coverage existed in the 90s in San Francisco when we had no fucking idea what we were doing building the internet...
Rick James morning makes it all better. Hey you, I'm talking about the music!
RT @Cruftbox: I just published "We gave away our library of books" https://link.medium.com/eJyZ5frexT
These are amazing: https://www.post-punk.com/new-wave-and-post-punk-valentines-day-cards-2019/
Yeah! Sade trending! One of my guilty pleasures, back from when I was jazz musician junkie in the 90s! Reminds of crazy times with my rasta NY bass playing fiancee... so many decades ago.
@FutureBoy LOL, good luck!
See the people fussing and stealing / Too many lies no one is achieving This is the time / To start believing in yourself / Put the blame on no one else There's no end to what you can do / If you give yourself a chance to prove #lyricsgame
My favorite dragon https://youtu.be/IBUOACCdZi8 #appreciateadragonday #luckdragon #dragonsaredogs #appreciateaflyingdogday
@evacide Oh no. :-( Can it be fixed? Do we need to crowdfund for another?
I've been meaning to ask, what dating app do infosec folks recommend/use? https://twitter.com/evacide/status/1080635882888032262
@MadelineAshby Is that really the case? If so, fascinating!
@fatemehx2 WOW! That is a BOLD suggestion.
@mpeg2tom I totally do not trust blockchain for my dating needs, but thanks for the suggestion.
@ricetopher Interesting. That's a tipping point market segment if they do it well.
@roxannedarling @ricetopher I've been skeptical of electric due to limited mileage and my desire to go off the beaten path on a regular basis.
Regulation is coming. #firstturning #1stturning https://twitter.com/business/status/1085951745816215552
@roxannedarling @ricetopher If there was an electric truck that fit my needs for offroad/desert adventuring away from electric grids (other than the power line roads I love) I would jump on this. In the Mojave, this could potentially have a solar component or maybe a distributed decentralized power grid.
It's a Jean-Michel Jarre day.
TFW you've felt crummy all day, but then the rain comes, and with it a double rainbow all across the sky, that it so futile to photograph, all I can do is stand out in the rain and smile. #lifeinthemojave
Current status: rainbow over the dome. #lifeinthemojave @ Twentynine Palms, California https://www.instagram.com/p/BswWQdvHOQn/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1nxuch7wbk04g
@Johannes_Ernst Jinx!
They are going to come. #firstturning https://twitter.com/OlgaNYC1211/status/1086060333473693696
Sunrise on the disco ball. #lifeinadome @ Dome Sweet Dome https://www.instagram.com/p/BsyCoVEnhaA/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=gmsdf84u606k
Woke up feeling surprisingly great. I guess taking a day to take care of yourself and kick your potential cold in the butt actually works.
My favorite imaginary boyfriends don't have twitter accounts, thank the gods! https://twitter.com/TigNotaro/status/1086300141642964992
Society is changing. The unintended consequence of this government shutdown is a new respect for our institutions. #firstturning https://twitter.com/LAGilman/status/1086300201948598272
False Karma attached to the false being based on the false thoughts, and where is the false wheel of false time? https://twitter.com/ShibumiKiDo/status/1086301795641487361
@roxannedarling @HubertGAM @PurpleCar @maryschmidt @Akelaa @brassybroadjen @AnneMurata @ScottMonty @CarriBugbee @Serena @unicorn @unicornsquare Feeling is mutual @roxannedarling. Ps. Thanks for the thoughtful card! :-)
@roxannedarling That reminds me of a conversation I had with @missrogue about her reflection when she saw Twitter was showing follower numbers. Imagine what twitter would be if we didn't show twitter followers publicly?!
How does one get an invitation to Locked Shields? I've wanted to attend/participate for years, since I designed a future cyberwar training scenario. Seems near impossible to find details. Thanks for any info @ccdcoe.
@missrogue @roxannedarling Right here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/twitter-demetricator/abcocamcgfjfdcpfopgpadihhbjbdcem/related But also check out the link @roxannedarling put... it's Ben's website explaining it. Very good video/description. Enjoy!
I’m the kind of person who is like, don’t tell me what to do. But I hired this personal trainer who tells me what to do and kicks my ass and I LOVE it. The endorphins don’t hurt either.
I also hired a project manager who also tells me what to do and it’s awesome.
And a few years ago, I started doing what my friends suggested when I asked for advice. Turns out they have great advice. I should have listened to them years ago.
Moral of the story, sometimes it’s awesome when someone tells me what to do. But I suppose you need to make sure you get the right person telling you what to do.
That thunder rumbling my windows? It’s just the boys practicing. Gotta admit, I love January bombing practice.
Dreamers of sleepers & white treason / We dream of rain & the history of the gun There's a lighthouse in the middle of Prussia / A white house in a red square #lyricsgame
Some of my first and longest friends when I move to the Bay Area. @_srl_ was/is ahead of their time. h/t @k0re https://twitter.com/BAKKOOONN/status/1086843268443197440
Hiking in the Mojave, I came across this pack of wild horses chowing down on the chaparral. It’s was kind of magical, at sunset with an almost full moon rising. There were also… https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs2Hf17H6WW/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1hnidsw9y1o2j
@kimdhamilton I stand with you!
@Johannes_Ernst There are springs and water troughs - the Mojave Preserve is open to grazing. Bonanza Springs is one, that is threatened by the stupid Cadiz water extraction plan. (The great idea to take contaminated water from the Mojave and sell it to LA.)
Thread. https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/1086806903886209024
Thread. It's not overkill to say this is not just a personal problem but a national security issue, until there are clear, defined regulations and data protections. We don't even have agreed upon IoT security standards yet!!! #iot #data #nist #standards https://twitter.com/hacks4pancakes/status/1086000837615382529
There is never going to be an #internetofcoyotes.
It's not just the data sharing aspect, it's the lack of technology standards - there are no accepted/legislated IoT standards & current compliance with proposed standards is slow uptake at best: https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Publications/nistir/8200/draft/documents/nistir8200-draft.pd This results in an expanding attack surface. https://twitter.com/hacks4pancakes/status/1086497175004217346
And remember that Marshal McLuhan quote, "World War III is a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation"
There are ways to come to a solution to this situation. 1) Make it opt-in. Especially until there is stronger adherence to IoT standards (and they are more mature).
2) Part of increasing security for IoT, includes increasing national/local jurisdiction security of information infrastructure. Companies need to pay taxes so governments can build out new infrastructure for those companies to leverage.
3) On the personal data privacy side, there needs to be clear rules and regulations to protect humans from misused and improperly shared or secured personal data. Part of the regulation for this is LAWS that can be enforced (and are enforced).
3a) These rules/regulations need to be developed to protect vulnerable populations. And one big vulnerable population is active military and their families. NatSec sure as hell does not want surveillance on this population if it can be use as cyberattack.
I'll probably think of more ways to come to this solution, but it's complex, hard, and not quickly resolved so that a company can show profits on wall street.
@hacks4pancakes I don't know how I can be of assistance, but I've recently done some research on private sector cybersecurity market gaps - your situation illustration a big one, that potentially has natsec impacts. I'll be watching the situation. If I can provide data, happy to.
Wild horses at dusk in the heart of the Mojave. #mojave #wildhorses #soloadventures https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs3kbH_HqSG/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=hg2epnxflkru
Picturesque Mojave skies. This land is understated. Rugged. Gorgeous. Full of surprises, magic, Death, life, and always adventures. #mojave #skyporn #sunset #desertskies #fullmoon #sunset… https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs3k7zkHMMM/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1150rzsqjncxt
Since we have unusual cloud cover in the Mojave, I'm busy working on my wolf blood inbox zero.
Update: Still overcast outside, but I hit the super wolf blood inbox zero on all 4 of my active inboxes. That's a new level of GTD mastery. #gtd #mastery
Update 2: My elemental alter-ego, aka The Tornado, appeared out of now-here and blew the clouds east. The blood moon shines, I stand in the darkness, breathing the crispy cool air, Orion, the stars, and the lights of the city below me twinkling.
Update 3: Clouds have cleared, moon in full view, coyotes sang, I saw a shooting star, and the Milky Way.
YAAAAAASSSS!!!!!!!!!!!! https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1087327713277460481
@mhbx @KamalaHarris @daretothink53 IDK, first time I ever donated to a politician. I've lost way more money on startups & stock options...
@trbouma Teasing us with the future again?! :-)
Been pondering how to discover people's motivations, when they don't even know it themselves. Thoughts??
@RobotOverlordz Well, you can set up situations and see how people react/behave. No, I would never do that, but I use every opportunity to see how people act/react to build my profile of them.
@clayforsberg Yeah, totally not what people say, nor often what they think they believe/they will do. I like to utilize situations to gather this information on their direct behavior. I try not to make assumptions, and believe what their behavior tells me the first time.
@clayforsberg Did you have any methods/research on how to discover what they were not saying?
@jayzengland Or maybe the reverse? How do they react/behave when being kind, or I'm having a bad day, or when I am vulnerable. E.g. do they attack when I am already down? Or do they seek to understand/help?
@clayforsberg Ah, ok. How's Montana living? Such gorgeous lands!
@clayforsberg It's fear. I moved from LA to a small rural, mostly military and locals down. Next door is very LA Joshua Tree. The cities are distinctly different. Those kind of locals look down upon us city folks who move back into their towns. We activate their fear.
The long black cheek feathers of one of my pet wild hummingbirds is so cute, I almost die everytime he comes to drink from the feeder.
I love it when my research requires me to watch videos of my favorite internet crush.... I swear it's for research purposes!!!
Note to self: if you're starting to fade during your workday, maybe eat breakfast before noon... or 1:30pm.
@davetfields LOL. I thought about going straight from coffee to cocktail...
@davetfields @pmarca I look forward to co-working with you soon!
GOT is basically a shaggy dog/rains of castamere story.
Moonshadows all over the cold Mojave.
Embrace the symbiotic cake of bacteria and yeast. #fermentation #scoby #kombucha #homebrew https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs9yi1Fnd7S/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=zhbb1zyai6fz
@MadelineAshby Futurists are always ahead of the mainstream... ;-)
You know who has the best BS detectors? GenX. The internet could possibly learn something from us, but it's ok, we're watching the world burn.
@patrick99e99 Through a blockchain darkly.
Sorry not sorry just alternating blasting 2 songs all day in between calls. Good thing I don't work in an open office floor plan.
Also, in case you are playing, breakfast before 12:01pm was achieved. #avocadotaostFTW
@windley I'm busted! :-D Thanks to the acoustics, the music is awesome!
@pamelarosiedee Beautiful!
Well, 2019 is certainly delivering on my theme, dra-ma with a capital D!
RT @hacks4pancakes: @netculture Everybody wants to live in Star Trek. I do too! I love IoT stuff. But we live in cut-rate Neuromancer in re…
@fatemehx2 You do know I wrote an entire 130+ page report on it: https://ssiscoop.com/
@fatemehx2 Yeah, I am pretty deep into it. We are far overdue for a catch up.
@fatemehx2 Of course!
@fatemehx2 Nothing scheduled, but I need to get up there .... so let's plan something in the coming months.
@fatemehx2 Or maybe we crash @k0re 's place in Tahoe? ;-)
@fatemehx2 @k0re It looks so wonderful in pictures!!
Late nights or early mornings - the Mojave provides. This morning it’s a bright Venus, Jupiter and Saturn in the southeast. Along with the waning moon above. Adventuretime begins.
Guerrilla information war indeed. #ww3 #hacktivism https://twitter.com/grantstern/status/1088434608818016256
Pack of dragons and pair of oxen for sure! Throw in some camels and you’re golden. Lol https://twitter.com/TigNotaro/status/1088404773328568320
TFW your besties son is in control of your Tinder profile in Mexico. Well, you know what they say about surrendering & going outside your comfort zone... ps. I wish I could take a pic of him double tindering mine & his mom's account simultaneously.
I completely fail at speaking Spanish - it all comes out with a thick Portuguese accent. Spanish just feels so square in my mouth compared with Portuguese.
Travel day on this amazing planet. From desert to jungle. #mojave #mexico https://www.instagram.com/p/BtEq7dwH0R8/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=19gljoiljuws3
Today was a cenote, capitalism/gentrification in action, an electrical fire, and sashimi in an Italian restaurant in Mexico. Also discussions about identity, consciousness, karma, free will, destiny and dating apps. Just another boring weekend.
Desert creature went to the jungle today. #jungle @ Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo https://www.instagram.com/p/BtHWOu1nN_8/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1r7wvq8bzhlbh
The dating advisor at work. @ Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo https://www.instagram.com/p/BtHW2ZvHjip/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=bjsnilm0n91u
Reading Agatha Christie by flashlight while I wait for the electricity to come back on...
@vibronet Yes I also have a kindle but I was holding out for the electricity and was almost done with Murder on the Orient Express!!! Now for some videos or Buddhist arguments on the nature of identity??? :-)
Things I did today: climb a Mayan pyramid wearing a banana costume. Yeah, another totally boring day.
@mpeg2tom Why would they do that? That sounds horrible!
@missrogue Stay warm and safe with the pups!
Still from one of my favorite films. #nihilism #buddhism #purebeing https://www.instagram.com/p/BtNBSTfHQ8C/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1ejmilh61mwk0
Golden glow on a jet engine. #goldengoddess #goldenglow #jetengine #sunset #airtravel https://www.instagram.com/p/BtNBlLLHqxj/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1ubp6kseb7vte
Still from another of my favorite films and favorite directors. https://www.instagram.com/p/BtNCCNbHGZE/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=j3cru091jd1q
No one told me that Palm Springs is the sixth borough of NYC.
Fantastic thread by @hacks4pancakes on the considerations of networked (potentially) data collecting smart devices AKA Philip K Dick's lock nightmare: https://tisiphone.net/2019/01/28/security-things-to-consider-when-your-apartment-goes-smart/ #cybersecurity #IoT #smartlocks Thanks for writing this up Leslie!
As someone who has worked in private sector most of my career - but now working with/for the government, there is a big different btwn public & private sector. Here's 1: government's target market is all citizens; private companies discriminate & chose their target markets. https://twitter.com/roscophish/status/1090271490761609218
Infrastructure is paid for by taxes. https://twitter.com/paulwaldman1/status/1090249175336390658
Hello @sameenamin & @bottidavid. Great job on your Cyberconflict piece! You might be interested in my work on the Future of Security in 2038 -- it addresses current cybersecurity issues in some radically new ways: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330542765_Shifting_Paradigms_Using_Strategic_Foresight_to_Plan_for_Security_Evolution Enjoy & keep up the good work!
If this makes you angry, you don't want to know what happens on BLM and unprotected/unregulated land in the Mojave desert. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/28/joshua-tree-national-park-damage-government-shutdown
Nice video on Cyber conflict. I wonder if they are doing a series? https://www.nytimes.com/video/players/offsite/index.html?videoId=100000006126247
@roxannedarling FWIW, I am never bothered/harassed. Most desert dwellers are respectful of others space, but you do need to have your wits about you in case you come across meth/drug labs, target shooters, & other people like that. I do think I'll hike/backroad travel with my pistol from now on.
@the_real_Twan Which is why I live where there are less of them.
@the_real_Twan I'm just a futurist!
For the next 36 hours, I will be eating all the cupcakes. #inthemouth
TFW you recognize the indiepop from 15 years ago because @bootiemashup mashed it up, but it's the first time you've ever heard the full real song. #anhonestMIA https://youtu.be/Jmk7HaMpm1Q #researcherresearchin
And I only recently learned that the other song on this mashup was Coldplay. I still play the mashup version whenever I hear the original. https://youtu.be/1zCyVnZOEgw
😂😂😂 https://twitter.com/computerfact/status/1090469871727665153
RT @BeauKilmer: Our findings on SCS are complex, meaning folks on both sides of the debate can selectively pull quotes to support their cas…
Happy Bday to me --> I just became a Criterion channel charter subscriber http://www.criterionchannel.com via @criterionchannl
As one does when visiting Mayan ruins. #coba #mexicanpyramid #skeleton #banana #antics @ Cobá, Quintana Roo, Mexico https://www.instagram.com/p/BtRWJV2HXJX/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1uyc9czb8fxk2
RT @CZEdwards: The drugs? The human trafficking? The bitcoin? Even the nukes? It’s all subsidiary to getting oil into the market and the…
@dylanreed Check out http://diesmart.com/ and also https://digitaldeathday.com/. There is a whole bunch of info to deal with digital death, data, and identity of the person who is dying as well. Happy to help in anyway.
Sounds like a proper midwest/Texas thunderstorm in LA. #LaRain
I'm super excited to share the stage with the amazing @kimdhamilton to present this session on SSI. I don't even have to leave my beloved Mojave desert for this conference! See you in Vegas. https://twitter.com/LiminalStrategy/status/1091003201623605249
This is a big win, for the lands I love best. #mojavedesert #desertplan https://twitter.com/sbsun/status/1090988964805308416
Digging into that pwnd smart lightbulb piece, yeah, there are issues. But also are these used in high security/military environments? The solution is broad adoption of IoT Standards, such as developed by @usnistgov. https://limitedresults.com/2019/01/pwn-the-lifx-mini-white/ #iot #trustedcomputing #internetofshit
Thinking about restarting my subscription to @science or @nature again... but which one? (I've gotten both in the past).
