February 2019
First dog walk in a while. A storm is rolling in, sky all deliciously ominous. The desert wildflowers are already blooming/dying, so I wild harvested two pocketful of seeds that I will plant on my property after the rains.
Also my wild pet hummingbird followed along on the dog walk. Made sure I knew they were there by whistling it's chirp at me. I love these non-human relationships. A real snow white of the desert moment.
@rtgarden I love them!
I've been a master of structured procrastination the past 2 weeks. You wouldn't believe everything I've gotten done avoiding this one thing. #bossladyfail
@darrello Thanks for the tip. To be clear, structured procrastination is fantastic for getting a lot of things done, just not the one thing you are procrastinating on. :-) (And the procrastination is often an emotional block, that I also have (zen buddhist) methods to work through.
Rare super bloom in the Mojave not so rare anymore. Thank you #unintendedconsequences of #climatechange.
@mansumansu @jennthom @hsmcramer @Spotify Great paper. Is there a downloadable/printable version? Not everyone likes to read on screens. Thanks.
Cooking for this dog. Can’t believe I’ve become that person. https://www.instagram.com/p/BtWr_LQHTxK/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=d7t2omueq2a9
On the dogwalk: spied the pair of my wild pet hummingbirds sitting together in my dead tree!!! Also pretty epic wild flower blooms going on. Looks like maybe spring came early for the desert???
Cue Olivia Newton John, physical. Gotta love these endorphins.
@pinkyracr Come visit!
These are for the human: expensive red wine turkey gravy (all I have is @BonnyDoonVineyd wine in the house), roasted garlic (no dates this weekend/ever), and a white bean turkey carcass… https://www.instagram.com/p/BtXLqLpnl6y/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=26uzid6bs12m
@askpang @hqtrivia whaaa??? Amazing!
Fell into a Pet Shop Boys hole while working tonight. Haven't we been talking bout a crisis since forever? https://youtu.be/9r0pISqCDRw
Drive the car, if you're with me / Che Guevara's drinking tea #lyricsgame
@Khanoisseur In my direct experience, the gov funds research/products that otherwise would not be funded in the private market. This could be because it’s a long term win requiring infrastructure to net profits and a company doesn’t want to spend building out the infrastructure.
@Khanoisseur I call this funding the commons to enable new capitalist markets. There needs to be a financial mechanism to flow funds from the private sector/capitalism back into the commons.
@Khanoisseur There was a mechanism to refill this commons based funding from the capitalism markets - taxes. I won’t comment on it’s current effectiveness.
@Khanoisseur The success of capitalism depends on a commons for it to exploit/develop. But that same mechanism that enables the development of the commons into magical awesome products needs to restrengthen the commons. Too much one way or the other and you don’t have efficient development.
@Khanoisseur I’ve written papers on this (can link later). The problem today IMHO is the financial feedback loop from capitalism to commons.
@Khanoisseur Bringing it back to the pharma discussion - and I don’t directly research pharma ... yet. The drug companies do benefit from public sector research even if it’s not directly tied to a new drug. Govs simply don’t have the resources to develop drugs.
@Khanoisseur Govs support market capitalism for competitive development of products/services. For the benefit of all people - in theory at least. Monopolies like drug companies have on drugs breaks this, breaking the capitalist market in reality.
@Khanoisseur More later if you’re interested.
Blustery and moody day in the Mojave. I’m on the couch with the pup looking up pumpkin chai spice loaf recipes while a pot summers on the stove and the wind blows. I may have a cooking/baking problem.
@EmLindley I can’t get up because this dog uses me as a pillow!!! But I can’t complain!
image@EmLindley Yes! Love this breed.
So many fantastic weak signals in this story. Hacking encrypted laptops, cold storage, digital death. Not to mention the whole bitcoin exchange side. ht @bobblakley https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/02/digital-exchange-loses-137-million-as-founder-takes-passwords-to-the-grave/
@lpeterman Very cool! To be honest, I was only on campus for 1 class my entire degree (foresight degree).
I have trouble with directions. Pumpkin bread muffin top. https://www.instagram.com/p/BtZOyw6n6Hp/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=ds165ps5iopw
@lpeterman Yeah, I honestly feel late to the MS Foresight at Houston program. It's been around for decades!
@patrick99e99 I'm pretty confident you already do! An endless SoCal summer.
All the smart hummingbirds sit on the back (protected) feeder flower "branch." You can tell the foreign hummers, because they hover, they don't yet know they can rest their feet and sip.
@BlackFish775 Yup.
It's our first weekend together and my new assistant is already complaining about my workaholism.
Just wow! https://twitter.com/summer_burkes/status/1092134388542795776
It's the time in my research I have to go dig reference material out of my shed. But... the coyotes.... #lifeinthemojave
My demanding assistant. #bostonterrier #workbuddy #sleepingonthejob https://www.instagram.com/p/Btd5s8yHnbe/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=m7mku4uf0x21
Can confirm, except please give me all the post-workout cupcakes! https://www.futurity.org/exercise-eat-healthier-1970792-2/
Another week of cryptic non-research related tweets about hummingbirds, my new dog, exercise & the Mojave. If you want to find out about my research come to https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/2019-cyber-innovation-showcase, @idworkshop, @1WorldIdentity, @kuppingercole or invite me to speak at a conference near you! <3
Current research tags #cybersecurity #digitalidentity #blockchain #voting #supplychain #IoT #NPE #criticalinfrastructures #legalidentity #chaispicepumpkinloaf
Just went on a subscription binge. Added @WIRED & renewed lapsed @TheEconomist @nature & @sciencemagazine to my longtime @latimes subscription.
I say, I have an opinion about that strategy. Archie aka Archibald is a management consultant apparently. https://www.instagram.com/p/Btec5oRnUaO/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1ehm3ujq226g4
Thinking real hard about planning. #strategicplanning #managementcanine #bostonterrier https://www.instagram.com/p/BtedCO-npeZ/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=i7xjtqzbmbfi
Today I learned that my new dog, Archibald, is a management consultant. He needs to get up to speed to take over Mr. Dog's work on the #internetofdogs. Can you imagine the kind of work a cybersecurity management consultant canine can do?! A new business line! #jokingnotjoking
Ps. there is totally an #internetofdogs easter egg in the Cyber Attack Survival Manual.
#firstturning (corrected) https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1092542417289576449
So I was reading that NY Times article last week, which got me thinking about things I hadn't thought about in 20 years. Mainly, a world with more nukes than less. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/us/politics/trump-inf-nuclear-treaty.html #firstturning #nukes #INFTreaty
And in my thinking it occurred that this fits into the #firstturning cycle I'm obsessed with. But this isn't necessarily the kind of new golden infrastructure investment I was envisioning. Which made the insight even more important.
Because to spot the #firstturning pattern in something I'm not pro (unless we are talking nuclear energy), bring a complex truth to the development of our world. It's not developing along one line, but many lines, simultaneously.
If only we had #blockchain. Kinda kidding, kinda serious. https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1092565119748366336
Editing soundtrack on repeat https://youtu.be/wrqeZfR0AS8
L<3VE this. https://twitter.com/going_zero_inc/status/1092437453611270148
Proof Archie is a management consultant!!! #senge #management #dogsofmanagement #fifthdiscpline #bostonterrier #bostonbuddies #maturegentleman @ MIT Sloan School of Management https://www.instagram.com/p/BtfI3nbHHja/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=s2icnk99moec
On the todo tomorrow: write a job description. Yeah, I'm hiring...
What time is this? What hour of the day in my non work/life balance am I still editing and the music plays on and my finger knives carve pithiness from paragraphs.
The desert is dark and cold. Metallic creosote fills the air, my nostrils. The faintest of stars twinkle through the thick water logged clouds of a New Moon. I am inside, snuggled with my new dog, remembering the heartbreaking grief of a lifetime, just barely a year past. #mrdog
And #blissandemptiness
It’s before 9am and I’ve already done a conf call, made homemade dog food for the week, fed the dog and got this turkey stock on the stove to boil. But no, I haven’t had breakfast yet... https://www.instagram.com/p/BtgdBOtnMDc/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=107u9f55nfhb9
@TheMadPrepper Being kind and speaking to the human on the other side of the line is always a good thing to remember. Good luck!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I sat with him on a panel in Madrid once and he was so nice, gave me an interview and we talked future of money stuff. He said so many kind things about my work and influenced my thinking greatly. RIP and Godspeed Bernard! https://twitter.com/Suitpossum/status/1092826906876096513
@TheMadPrepper No one deserves to suffer.
Truth https://twitter.com/IanColdwater/status/1092477213277126657
Put makeup on for a maybe conference call. Not too shabby. #workingfromhome #bosslady https://www.instagram.com/p/Btg4IlvHkoq/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1e035nuouwp8h
Tomorrow is the anniversary of a really sad day. It's been a rough week. It's not just grieving the loss of my best canine friend, but the end of my LA life. I keep remembering so many things living in Hollywood & I miss everything about that time, except my shitty apartment.
But also, today I live the life I dreamed I had back then. Professional successful, futurist, working on world changing stuff, living in an awesome home in the Mojave, great truck, great friends, travel the world. Funny how my past and present envy/respect each other.
Or maybe I'm just more emotional because I miss Mr. Dog. Yeah. That's it.
@MarisFreeborn SO GOOD!
@anselm WOW!!! I'd say they were hot, but clearly they were frozen.
@CaptnLyvers @hacks4pancakes You also have to explicitly put in requests to many data companies on a regular basis. Those requests take time to process and you may new to renew some yearly. I have a bunch of these in my CyberAttackSurvivalManual book. But it's not easy or human/user friendly.
@RvLeshrac @hacks4pancakes @CaptnLyvers Yeah, it would be nice if companies did everything you want, but they won't until it is regulated. So in lieu of that, I recommend you request your data to be removed from their systems... it's a PITA, but that's all the power we have at this specific moment in time.
@RvLeshrac @hacks4pancakes @CaptnLyvers Well, not necessarily draconian regulation, but clear, well designed, easy to follow with clear punishments/enforcements when broken. And while I am dreaming, there should be the right stakeholders in the room designing the regulation. :-)
The black crow on my neighbor's white roof, calmly steps a claw off into the roof into the wind and alights. I follow it glide and wheel as the gusts lift it into the blue sky and over the basins of rock. #lifeinthemojave
@RvLeshrac @hacks4pancakes @CaptnLyvers Don't give up so easily!
Watching the grey ground squirrel run across the desert floor, as fast as a leaf in these 20 mph winds and just as fleeting. #lifeinthemojave
This is why I work for myself. Yeah, it's harder to be an entrepreneur, but I get to do the work the *right* way. And I get to hire great people and hopefully bring out the best in them vs them stifling in a dysfunctional corp. https://twitter.com/berkun/status/1093373241312178176
@berkun It is absolutely a privilege to choose who I work for. Not always easy (not always lots of work), but it's the best work when I have it. There aren't many role models/inspirations for this kind of life, but you've always come into mine at the right time. Thanks Scott! :-)
I've iterated my thinking on "A Buddhist Approach to Identity" since the last @idworkshop. I'm leading a part 2 session on this at the next IIW. Join me if you like heady, philosophical discussions about the nature of identity. ;-D #Buddhism #identity #whenaminotmyself
This is amazing. https://twitter.com/unicorn/status/1093705000155602945
Bezos gets a lot of flack, but he's damn inspiring. I once started researching him as a character base, for more of a villain type. But learning where he came from, & what he's done, all I ended up is more respect than I thought possible for the richest man.
@ShibumiKiDo LOL <3
@ShibumiKiDo @idworkshop Here are the notes from the previous session, which had little to no planning. I'm going to map out my "thinking" on identity before the session, which is from the Mahayana branch. https://iiw.idcommons.net/Bliss_%26_Emptyness_~_A_Buddhist_Approach_to_Identity
Must read for those following #infowar evolution of #socialmedia as an attack surface. She had me at "persuasion arms race" --> A code of ethics of civilian information operations. https://twitter.com/MollyMcKew/status/1093872259918413824
@MollyMcKew @StandUpRepublic Fantastic job there!
Today one of my BFFs of my life is getting a new kidney from a friend, and friends of all of us are following along on FB. What a cool world, right? So many good vibes.
RT @JKCorden: Oh my god. This is just sensational. Please watch and retweet.
imageYou too can get funded by the US Government to build our future infrastructure. It’s what @elonmusk did to fund his companies. https://twitter.com/Obstropolos/status/1093260933181386752
I’m watching a sparrow eat a fat cherry I’ve thrown on the front slab, and I’m immediately reminded of Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights. Then I see where he got his inspiration. Imagine the delicious gluttony of a cherry twice the size of your head!! Delish.
The desert is blooming. Shot from my dog walk last week. Brittle brush, Mojave snowdrop (what I call it), mormon tea (my favorite - purple pillows) and some other yellow bush. https://www.instagram.com/p/BtrW6PKnhyI/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=19mvkdruhbpld
@ChristopherA Most of Burning Man and the people who go are creators - Marian's says so in her piece. Nothing has ever stopped anyone from going and creating whatever they dare to dream. Not 20 years ago, not last year.
@ChristopherA Don't wait too long, life is short and you might regret not doing something. The playa calls, those who hear heed its call. Don't blame your not going to BM on not being a creator, time or money. Many more have gone with much less $$, time, and ideas. The playa provides.
What I call, "Emotional Aikido" as demonstrated @JeffBezos covered in this @latimes article. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-heffernan-bezos-blackmail-20190209-story.html
@lpeterman No. But sounds like I might like it. I don't have issues with conflict, if they lead to resolution. To many people afraid of facing the issue & just run away and never deal with it, leads to lots of unresolved issues and suffering.
@ShibumiKiDo @JeffBezos @latimes It's like watching two Kaiju duke it out.
@ShibumiKiDo @JeffBezos @latimes I can't comment on whether he has emotions or not, I've never met the man, but standing up to fear and intimidation in this world is worth a lot to me. It takes a lot of something for someone to do that, sometimes that something is a lot of money, but it can be other things too.
@lpeterman @futureidentity Nice. I practiced aikido on the ma for about 4 years and off the mat for maybe 20 now....
It’s the point in my training where my bootie shorts are saggy. :-( Guess I need to order new smaller bootie shorts.... Major Kusonagi here I come.
Today's productivity soundtrack brought to you by Pet Shop Boys.
The management consultant got a new bow tie collar. #dogsofmanagement #bostonterrier https://www.instagram.com/p/Btwo_wjHE0T/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=13400tsep06j0
I'm so addicted to this gamified pomodoro app I just might get everything done and still have weekends....
@aden_76 Flora... join me, but we have to be FB friendz.
Tfw you found a colleague plagiarized your words for their use case without giving you credit but you’re at they gym so you just pump more iron.
I've been spending a lot more time at the gym these past few months because I'm training. I realized if I am really gonna trek Dolpo, I need to do some practice runs a bit closer to home - Oh, Mt. Whitney will do.
It amuses me that I don't even care about cresting Mt. Whitney because my real goal is so much harder. But . it's really fun to have a goal much closer to home - and it will be a real test, cause if I can't do Whitney no problemo, then I'll need to train harder.
Anyway, I'm loving being at the gym and working out, but I'm still terrified of the free weights section mostly populated by all the super OMG buff Marines. They inspire me though with all their insane training, and push me to be stronger in mind, body, and soul.
"How you use policy to change people's lives." --> #firstturning here we come. https://twitter.com/CaptMarkKelly/status/1095301632093433864
That is a boring conference call boss. Management consultant sleeping on the job. #bostonterrier #dogsofmanagement https://www.instagram.com/p/Btyy_xpnhOM/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1bteazq7r40lc
I'm hiring a researcher/research assistant with expertise in Supply Chain. Details --> http://bit.ly/scresearcher #supplychainjobs #supplychain #job #researcher
Archie has a new matching collar and harness with an accent bow tie. He looks quite dapper if I do say so myself. #bostonterrier #dogsofmanagement #bostonbuddies https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt2Csk5noAe/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1c9jos0gviihc
This thread shows the differences between Spiral Dynamics Red (republican) vs Orange (climate change) memes. #spiraldynamics https://twitter.com/Malacandra/status/1095848524556582912
Awaking from a dream, soft pitter patter becomes the sound of rain. The cold metallic wet is welcome on my skin, in my lungs. Shoes crunch the wet sand. I admire the subtle curves of my beloved in the pooling, draining, micro-caches of water on the rock. #lifeinthemojave
My forever love, Mr Dog and my new love Sir Archibald. Yeah, Dog is my co-pilot. Both my boys were saved from certain death by bostonbuddies. For this and for all the dogs they save, I… https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt3sIlanXqb/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=gpsym3oli07g
The story of my beloved desert: https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-col1-joshua-tree-minerva-hoyt-20190214-htmlstory.html #desertcreature #valentinesday #mojave #joshuatreenationalpark #joshuatree
@k0re @fatemehx2 YES!!!! I just have this little guy now, so gotta figure out what to do with him...
Caught the rock doves drinking water from the puddles this morning. Air is crisp, fresh, cool. Internet is back on. Release and bloom after the Mojave rains. #lifeinthemojave
Heya @IBMSupplyChain not sure if it's your thing, but I'm looking for a contract supply chain researcher to support government funded research... might you Share/Retweet? Thanks! https://twitter.com/heathervescent/status/1095778958660890624
He doesn’t like tile flooring. This is his spot when I am in the kitchen. #kitchendog #bostonterrier #sirarchie https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt6odxpnqIR/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1rfdv6yqzg7v8
Delivered a draft report (weeks in the writing), delivered another report (months in the research/writing), & got accepted to speak at a conference. Not a bad work week.
Oh and also, posted my first public job description to work with me, because most of the time I hand pick my collaborators and my jobs are never publicly advertised....
In the oasis... https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt7vKx2nMQp/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1l5fkohxhid2g
Today’s adventure in the oasis in my backyard. Like the sound of water over rock in the desert. @ Fortynine Palms Oasis https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt8n_AVnIEF/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=gkdm6ywfw530
Not far off... https://twitter.com/FrankTYoung/status/1096765753003556866
Baker at work try #2 on the pumpkin spice loaf and muffins. So good. I think I’ll have a slice right now. #smittenkitchen #pumpkinspice #domesticbliss https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt863CKnpes/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=ogg9oajh7sli
Ghost Palm was just ok. Idk, maybe I don’t get this art. Seems like trying too hard with the environment. And then there are tons of people who just want to take pictures with the art.… https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt99wYAnW5S/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=xricguyoohiy
Storm clouds over San Gorgonio pass. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt9-XdQHRxD/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1lris6oroya0k
@clayforsberg @thrivability @JimSpivey3 @KenWallace207 @markswiger @ChrisH_Fowler @kenjaques @henkhadders We start w/ an empty amphitheater, then acquire projectors, turn on power & see the disco lights of ourselves for the 1st time, we twiddle w/ our projectors, experiment w/ this "I" we call ourself, become attached, until the power turns off, lights go dark & emptiness remains.
So starting end of 2020, normal people will start getting my bumperstickers. #toyotaofarrakis #benegesserithavemorefun #spicemustflow #myotherrideisshaihulud
The first time I saw the man burn, I immediately lost my friends in the darkness of the crowd, pressed between strangers, the burning man fell, the crowd rushed in, myself swept up in them, and we danced around the embers while fire tornados engulfed all that could burn. 1/2
It's a memory I'll never forget. This piece reminded me of it. It caused me pause, perhaps, both these events are poor manifestations of that original fire we create their images in? An image of fire burned so deep in our surviving DNA. https://www.lloydkahn.com/2014/10/why-burning-man-is-like-bohemian-grove
Curious about my research I'm not even cryptically tweeting about? Come to this DHS event http://www.cvent.com/events/2019-s-t-cybersecurity-and-innovation-showcase/event-summary-e03b29b86f354a1d8838786794cabee9.aspx or @1WorldIdentity in Vegas next month, @idworkshop the following, @kuppingercole & @Identiverse later in the summer - or just ask me to speak for you!
Yes, you don't have to be academically trained, but we do want hands on experience/knowledge. https://twitter.com/by_caballero/status/1097111254894854144
@by_caballero Indeed they are... and then there are these instagram "museums" and other instagram sets! So crazy. In Hong Kong there were the typical places you went to shoot... almost like a curated tour... so weird.
@InfosecWomen Submitted to the big ones, RSA, DefCon, BlackHat multiple times (Foresight+Cybersecurity & Identity research), always rejected. Presented at 1 totally awesome academic conference. Really want to share my research a lot more. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330542765_Shifting_Paradigms_Using_Strategic_Foresight_to_Plan_for_Security_Evolution #infosec #security #foresight
@InfosecWomen Although it just occurred to me, I am speaking at a government cybersecurity event next month, so there is that.
FYI, this is how I see identity these days... #buddhistapproachtoidentity #identity #blissandemptiness https://twitter.com/heathervescent/status/1097172074160742400
I like hummingbirds, views of the basin, feeding the coyotes & rock doves, hikes to the oasis, getting lost on sandy roads, and identifying desert fauna. https://twitter.com/JimSpivey3/status/1097138897744744448
Watching hummingbirds navigate in gusts of over 50 mph = pure awe.
As the storm rolls in, I switch the soundtrack to classic Cream. No shadows running from themself here today.
Taking a break from data analysis to crank on some survey analysis for a volunteer thing, while listening to this lovely album. The album that got me into the banjo! Ambient electronica lounge banjo! Let me slide down into this dirty martini. https://youtu.be/yKOP0MBYhYM
Conference call distractions of the morning: pair of coyotes playing in my front yard, two hummingbirds duking it out mid-air less than a foot from my eyes. #lifeinthemojave
@sblackmoore Exactly!
@missrogue @sxsw I remember those times! And since it's been a few years since @YxYY I'm really lacking that feeling of community.... :-/
@AmberMcReynolds @mattblaze Isn’t Washington state a great example of vote by mail. All my recent research in this space (wish I had interviewed both of you) did not lead to significant concerns with vote by mail when implemented well.
@AmberMcReynolds @mattblaze Everyone I talked with mentioned Colorado as the poster child of doing it right. So I would seriously heed @AmberMcReynolds insights/experience.
@mattblaze On big issue I found in my research is that security people don’t truly understand election issues so the two groups talk past each other. You would be a jerk if didn’t listen to election professionals and elevated security concerns above election ones.
@mattblaze That’s what multiple election folks told me and it’s going in my report. I would have also interviewed you if you had replied to my email.
@mattblaze Idk where you got you are in trouble with me reporting my findings... I don’t know you, and I don’t have anything against you. Lots of people I interviewed said you were someone I should talk with as an expert, so I had a positive opinion of you until tonight.
@mattblaze My bad for trying to share the insights I found with you in an attempt to help improve the confidence of our voting systems.
Mansplaining is so so ugly. Le sigh.
@mattblaze Then I take it you already know the friction between security folks and election folks and don’t care about improving it? Seems you are in an ideal position to bring about real understanding and change. Significantly more than me.
TFW you realize you're referencing Clockwork Orange in your bank systems diagrams. Horrorshow.
Oh dear, just noticed a Jodorosky reference in some of these diagrams. Doubt anyone but the most diehard would even notice these references, but they make me LOL.
If you are politically targeted with propaganda, and the "targeted advertising" aka propaganda works, do you still have free will?
@dgwbirch Also why they're going to Burning Man.
@Acuity_Design That looks amazing!!
@Acuity_Design I can imagine. I'm fascinated to hear any feedback, insights/learnings. I hope I can be in one of your sessions one day - I'm sure it would be fun, challenging and educational!
@by_caballero @zararah @IdentityWoman Stop trolling my sekret research!
Fell down a Def Leppard hole... today's writing brought to you by American ROCK N ROLL!
@darrello Well it was kind of a trick question... ;-)
Driving the curve from 62 to the 10, my truck purring, the sunset a dusky orange glow in San Gorgonio pass, black silhouettes of the wind farm, listening to atmospheric Air, Premiers Symptomes, thinking it's almost 2020 - yeah, this is the future I imagined I'd live in.
@csuwildcat Buddhist microagression?! you may only live once, but you Karma lives on, jumping from existence to existence like in Pitfall. ps. I thought you skipped breakfast?
Little known thing about the Vescent1 - I was super into dub reggae 25 years ago, no thanks to my rasta jazz bass player fiance. His musical suggestions are the gift that keep on giving. I would not have ever known of Tenor Saw but for him: https://youtu.be/0xU9iRv-S98
@csuwildcat What makes it a microagression? Honestly curious... I see no issue eating a cookie for breakfast... it's typical with coffee many places...
Reaching this itch in my soul / Is like any good playing card / Must be why I'm thinking of Las Vegas #lyricsgame
Attn @CyberSquirrel1 ! https://twitter.com/larsklint/status/1098166163828162561
Don't limit your criminal activities to the technology available today, cause you never know what the future holds & how it will be used. https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-newport-cold-case-arrest-20190220-story.html #unintendedconsequences #DNA #crime
Researching topic leads me to weird questions on quora that don't answer, so I turn to Reddit, & then some random company I've never heard of, so I pop off to their .com & end up reading their tear-jerking testimonials totally relevant to my work. See what I do for my clients?!
Driving into a storm only climate change could create singing along to bossa nova, snow falling in the desert, and all I can think is it’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.
@futureidentity @MarcHochstein @IdentityWoman @PhilWindley @RuffTimo @seanbohan @Steve_Lockstep @trbouma @EmLindley @dgwbirch In our dreams!!! Lol. I’ll look to my nation state first.
Good morning from a snowy Dome Sweet Dome! #snow #mojavedesert #29palms #snowinthedesert #climatechange #lifeinthemojave #newnormal https://www.instagram.com/p/BuJgalIHerq/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=791wkvhksois
Snow comes to my beloved #MojaveDesert. I love it. #snow #mojave #climatechange #lifejnthemojave https://www.instagram.com/p/BuJg4rJHOlJ/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1rq63fszgakc2
There is something magical to waking up to a snow covered landscape, even more so when you live in the Mojave Desert. OMG, such an amazing morning Mother Nature. It's the end of the world as we know it and I totally feel elated and excited and calm and at peace.
The desert equivalent to #earthquake is #snow. My feed full of desert snow pictures! <3
Hi @cscmp might you share my search for a supply chain researcher? Many thanks! https://twitter.com/heathervescent/status/1095778958660890624 #supplychainjobs #researchjobs #foresightjobs
Coyote visits!!!! #coyote #mojave #workdistractions https://www.instagram.com/p/BuJtPrdHuMt/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1b9oibfpeyq4i
@Hyperledger @Walmart Password?
Feeling like I won the climate change roulette moving out here with all these rugged desert dwellers (turning into one myself). Nothing phases us and we delight in the extreme.
Snowing during a call. #snowisfalling #snow #mojavedesert https://www.instagram.com/p/BuJ8ri3HzCP/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1m5w45cttqrt1
@Hyperledger @Walmart Thanks! <3
Watching water change its form from water to frozen as the temps rise and fall. We're back to snow falling at 35.4 degrees. #lifeinthemojave #researcherresearching
Snow walk from this morning. #snow #mojavedesert #climatechange https://www.instagram.com/p/BuKn0v0H9S0/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=5jbnky5o7bqu
Archie is not into the snow. #dogsofinstagram #snow #snowdog #mojavedesert #bostonterrier #bostonbuddies https://www.instagram.com/p/BuKn7qpn_tj/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=rnx0gevr3r3y
Dog walk this morning in the gorgeous snow covered Mojave Desert! https://www.instagram.com/p/BuKoH5HncCd/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=thppvzihg9yt
How I spend my evenings. https://www.instagram.com/p/BuK_mfIn5EM/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1rosrlbek071z
A gorgeous Friday morning, with only 1 meeting on the docket, which means lots of pomodoring on my todos today! I love my work.
Why we need better transparency in corporate ownership, UBOs (ultimate beneficial owners) and maybe a say in what we invest in beyond the financial ROI. --> https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-national-enquirer-20190221-story.html
@mpeg2tom Coming soon I'm sure!
My latest Buddhist insight: karma is the product — it’s a feature, not a bug.
Fantastic article on #futureofwork ht @SaraRobinson https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/21/magazine/autism-office-design.html
Plot twist - government is going to save us. #firstturning https://twitter.com/fraying/status/1099102667484188672
Friday afternoon workout brought to you by cake!
Love this and now I can fold a burrito. The best is the little tucking in of the filling during the rolling. https://twitter.com/LATACO/status/1099149108613308416
Saturday morning and mom is already working. #dogsofmanagement https://www.instagram.com/p/BuO0XlAH5xq/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=n27zhblynidh
One of these Palm Oasis is in my backyard... well, you have to hike in a few miles, but... https://twitter.com/BLMca/status/1099145572588564480
@wendyinfutures It also shows off the Belt of Venus (the glow on the mountains).
Not even finished and realized Russian Doll is a re-make of The Saragossa Manuscript... not sure how I feel about it because The Saragossa Manuscript is about the most perfect film made, only question, where is NY Pacheco??
Jamming out to Sade writing about attack vectors. Hackers are smooth operators.
@jjg Good luck, bad luck, who knows?
The final frontier: free weights section of the gym with the Marines from the base.
@shanenickerson If you're talking about work, I recommend pomodoro method, if you're talking about other things, meditation. If you're specifically talking about writing or other creative endeavor, both. xx
@briecode Fear/negativity is easy, lazy, it takes no energy to go to the worst possible perspective. It takes energy and creativity to see beyond the negativity. Those people who only see dystopian lack energy and creativity, and are stuck in the lizard brain loop. ht @monikabielskyte
@AyladPlays @briecode @monikabielskyte I think you assume I don’t like the dystopian genre. Which is not the case. I do find the drama available in dystopian story to be formulaic. Drama is so much more complex and novel if you tie to to not some typical negative thing.
RT @RealBankReform: .@RepAOC: "Credit scores are life altering pieces of information...1 in 5 consumers have an error on their report. If…
@AyladPlays @briecode @monikabielskyte It's waaaay harder to write stories about the future that accept/address what might be considered as dystopian topics/situations, and not deal with them as typical dystopian motifs.
@AyladPlays @briecode @monikabielskyte For example, climate change is a really bad thing & people write about from the dystopian perspective all the time. I've written about it from a non-dystopian perspective, where the challenge is used to change perspective. Here's one method I use/example: https://medium.com/@heathervescent/how-to-save-the-world-6985fab277b6
@AyladPlays @briecode @monikabielskyte No worries! Lots of misunderstandings here on Twitter. Be well!
Getting ready for night 2 of the tryptophan coma. Ahhh gotta love nature’s drugs. Archie loves the tryptophan coma too... wait, do dogs get tryptophan comas?
How the second amendment inspires domestic terrorism. Major unintended consequences. https://twitter.com/BriannaWu/status/1100585377583325185
@briecode @AyladPlays @monikabielskyte Awe. Thanks. I dug up my other posts on a positive view of Climate Change, warning, feels like these were written in a different timeline. https://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/2012/11/climate-change-good.html & https://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/2014/09/why-climate-crisis-is-critical-to-our-success-beyond-earth.html
@briecode @AyladPlays @monikabielskyte Also, if anyone wants to co-write some speculative fiction/sci-fi dystopian antidote stuff, I'm totally down.
TFW #RussianDoll mentions the #Johari window and you know exactly what that is because it was in a report you wrote last year and you only got minorly obsessed with it. What kind of easter egg was that shout out even? #johariwindow #totallyesoteric
Laughing coyote o clock in the Mojave. A bright quarter moon with shining Jupiter casts an unreal glow over the desert. My workout caused an early body crash so it’s now a 3am listening to all the sounds of the desert - including a snoring dog and my breath.
@monikabielskyte @briecode @AyladPlays Yeah! I'd love to create future worlds with you!
Damn, that Cohen opening statement.
@briecode @monikabielskyte @AyladPlays Yes! How should we start to make this happen?
@briecode @monikabielskyte @AyladPlays Why don't you come to my desert lair (a geodesic dome) for an intense set of writing days. We do a certain amount of home work for char dev, world building design, dramatic actions/inflection points & then we don't leave till we have our novel/story/screenplay/whatever.
@briecode @monikabielskyte @AyladPlays I realize this is a probably a stupid crazy idea, but hey, I like to suggest audacious things...
New Mac Air shipped off the repair, so I updated the old one and what does it mean when I love the old one's keyboard so much more?
Adventures at the date farm. #coachella https://www.instagram.com/p/BubnATvnzF3/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1xarpdzyay0y6
A crisis before the new #firstturning Major government infrastructure investment, here we come. https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-pge-paradise-fire-20190228-story.html
Relevant to our dystopian conversation @monikabielskyte @briecode @AyladPlays https://twitter.com/heathervescent/status/1050038032772952064
An excellent read. This book is my current worldview obsession. When you see me hashtag #fourthturning and #firstturning this is what I refer to. https://twitter.com/davetwopointone/status/1097116432045916161
@patrick99e99 You said it Collinator!! But nothing compares to the IBM (Thinkpad) keyboards. Like sliding my fingers into the nether regions of the internet.
