March 2020
What you call your coronavirus shopping, I call my monthly supply run. Guess I’ve been living in the future for a while, not surprisingly. #unevenlydistributedfuture
Woke up, power is out, power company website is down. I dig out my camping stove and make coffee without skipping a beat.
Genius or blasphemy: buttercream frosting on a croissant. https://www.instagram.com/p/B9M39qKh3Qa/?igshid=kc7ai8q0djoy
The desert wind is a Kaiju that sounds like it's peeling off my roof, but unable to find a firm grip on my round home, instead swirls and swirls in blustery force.
It's no secret, that I'm excited (to have an excuse) to stay at my house for a month w only dog contact. (Not like I need an excuse.) https://twitter.com/CrowsFault/status/1233489965587275776
Great example of the system archetype, "Fixes that Fail" (link: http://www.systems-thinking.org/theWay/sff/ff.htm) in this HBR article about what's really stopping gender parity at the top. https://hbr.org/2020/03/whats-really-holding-women-back ht @ my twitter feed that reset too fast for me to credit.
@timoni What did you think about the partners response to changing their (over)work ethic?
@novysan It’s actually Queen of the Angeles. I call her La Dona for short. And clearly not everything is glamour or deceit. Have you offended La Dona that she not share her magic with you? She is a fickle queen.
@novysan We are all made of stars, including you: https://youtu.be/x1rFAaAKpVc
@timoni Exactly as I posted, a fantastic example of the archetype, Fixes that Fail. Of course it makes sense when presented the way they did, & of course the firm didn't want to hear it. To make a systemic change would improve the lives of men & their children, not to mention women too.
@timoni I don't think we can judge how the authors conducted their presentation of findings, unless you were there (I wasn't, so not making any assumptions). Have you tried to present cognitive biases to a bunch of Type-A overachiever men invested in the status quo?
@timoni It's a rare human who owns his (unconscious) cognitive biases when they are pointed out to them. It generally evokes a defensive reaction, which entrenches one in an existing unconscious bias...
@timoni Yeah, absolutely this. I like that they went back to their research and did a second analysis.
@timoni Exactly! Which might trigger their own feelings of privilege, self worth and lost time with their own families... could become an identity crisis.
@timoni Cool cool.
What is wrong with me, I just put frosting on rice?
Content on mom’s lap. It’s a dog’s life. https://www.instagram.com/p/B9NcERpBzfI/?igshid=1tkbnbymk3vof
Same. https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/1234101612634890240
Today, I may have bit off more than I could chew, but my truck handled it no problemo. I fall in love with my truck everyday. It’s made me a better person, helps me makes my dreams come true, and finally I can be the man I always wanted to date. #taco4lyfe
You know you're privileged when you have extra money to buy supplies for several weeks/months. Out here in the Mojave, there are food banks & others on assistance - they don't have the luxury of stocking up. But out here, we have neighbors & are here for each other. #ruralbias
RT @TigNotaro: Hi! @joeytainment here. I’m a comedy writer and a member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. Native Americans don't get a ton of re…
@dddraeger Did you read the analysis of interview data where men were unconsciously categorizing all women as mothers, so they couldn't see the possibility of a childless woman? Thus being a woman categorizes you as a mother unconsciously.
@dddraeger Feel free to do that research and report back on it. I found the piece (research/analysis) an important, interesting step to understanding system issues. Maybe consider amplifying what you found was positive, cause you're coming across as a negative focusing blowhard here.
One of my favorite things, answering Heilmeier Catechism questions!
@dddraeger I said your behavior was blowhardish. I have no idea what you are like outside of a limited interaction on twitter. If you did not want to come across as a blowhard, you could do some self analysis to understand how to be better understood/communicate better.
@rick_cranston Taco TRD 4x4!
OK Boomer #election2020 😭
@bobblakley They may as well be.
RT @securitybrew: Please don't panic-buy stuff young families need to survive. Buck up, older people and order your water purification tabs…
@_Kustodian_ I’ll bring vegan nachos and tecate!
Seven years between DMs. Realizing just how longstanding some of your twitter friends are... and maybe you never met them in person either...
This is definitely the timeline where I have a pack of lamas/alpacas, since my twitter friends think camels are a bad choice.
The problem with technology is that it’s built by technologists.
Wishing everyone in the states a happy voting day. I’ve been up since 5am. Whew poll worker work is hard stuff!!
I am only half through poll workers going today and I may be convinced we should all vote by mail. Fight me. Also, this is the best research/usability “testing” I’ve watched in a long time. All of Silicon Valley should be poll workers. Especially the VCs and CEOs.
It shocked me to learn @NASA only accepts certain kind of scientists. Because in my experience, everyone has biases and the way you counteract biases is by including diverse experience/views. https://twitter.com/jstpwalsh/status/1234883139253633025
TFW you are living your research and you nailed it.
I’m home. The polls are closed and we delivered out ballots. I plan to write up a brief on my experience with improvements for the San Berdoo elections team. I’ll share my thoughts here too but tomorrow as it’s time for dog and wine and a hot shower.
Archibald was a champ to stay at home all Election Day with one visit from a friend.
What brings one person happiness, brings another despair. A winner, means a loser. How I wish we could see ourselves as the connected beings we are, and steward and care for each other. But we protect ourselves and fear because of our wounds.
That’s why the only option is to become a force of nature. https://twitter.com/liminal_warmth/status/1233144341746470912
Hello, I was your election officials! https://www.instagram.com/p/B9TS6GvhvqJ/?igshid=1pnlvt36cug2p
@kimdhamilton @GaryHatch Do you need to borrow my flamethrower?
Why I moved to the Mojave. https://twitter.com/xeni/status/1235205144867790850
@voretaq7 It was delicious
I need new reading material. --> What are your favorite real life spy stories, confirmed or unconfirmed? Links are also acceptable. Thanks!!
Make a choice out of fear, you get more fear. Fear locks you down. Fear paralyzes. Fear kills. Fear creates more fear.
Just a reminder friends, check in on your friends. See how they are, send them a loving/encouraging message. Be there for them, remind them to be kind to themself, to get enough rest and drink plenty of water.
Gonna fall into my indie dance radio and tidy the dome, do a little pre-writing prep. So smooth, so smooth, I might make myself an elderflower gin n tonic. Remember friends, if everything goes to hell, come find my pop up: The Trash Fence. Bring 2 cases of La Croix l'orange.😘💓
Take it from GenX - just get some stompy boots and your favorite aggressive/punk/goth music. 🖤
@FrankMcG Heya - how about figuring out a way to subversively get what you want through sneakier ways? Clearly following the rululz is not the path to success. Just a thought. Don’t give up yet!
Omg this fever tree elderflower tonic water is ... not good for my productivity. 🌱🌺💦🍸
Some of the best moments of working w/ my team on election day: making my high school poll workers share their favorite memes with me (sad cat!), tiktok conversations & sharing 90s SF goth dance club stories with a (not so) secret goth pollworker!
@LizaK I love that book! Have read it many times! She is such an inspiration!
@trbouma Link for details? And thank you!
"Warren, like Clinton, came to the race with as many or more qualifications than male candidates who have won the White House in the past." https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-03-05/elizabeth-warren-will-drop-out-of-presidential-race
@trbouma Oh, I read about that/saw that movie. I could totally do that job!
2020 Election theme courtesy of @lizzo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00HMxdsVZI #truthhurts
At least I can vote democratic for my Rep this time round. This is forward movement at the local level. California District 8 has been red for a long time. https://twitter.com/ChrisBubser/status/1235341686802444289
@LizaK I had the audio book of it in one of my cars and would listen to it many times. One of my absolute favorites!!!
@bobblakley I got The Sword and the Shield after someone (you?) suggested it! I'll check out Code Girls!! Thank you!
@IAMAtWork https://youtu.be/hTWKbfoikeg
Today, I just can't even @infinite_scream.
@ShibumiKiDo @CMSeeberger @ewarren That’s not the compassionate and detached view I would have expected from you. 🙏
I may have watched this on repeat today. https://youtu.be/fGVIWkVmtY0?t=73
@ShibumiKiDo @CMSeeberger @ewarren To be clear, I have no disappointment with you. Only curiosity & appreciation. Y no metta for the rich & narcissistic who also suffer? Along with the corporate thugs who also suffer? Along with those suffering from the system? u & i, r suffering?💗I fight alongside u another day.
@ElectionBabe @KimZetter Like TOTALLY!
My friends say I'm not adventurous with food cause I don't like shellfish, but have they had poppy seed dressing on vanilla ice cream? I am currently pushing the limits of frosting on ___________.
These are beavertail cactus blooms in potential. These are gonna be amazing this spring. #lyfeinthemojave https://www.instagram.com/p/B9YRe2CBnPo/?igshid=tg69mdh08h3q
@michaelsherrill It's rare that I find a radically adventurous food soul like mine, but I did 15 years ago and we challenged each other to poppy seed dressing on vanilla ice cream. It was an experience.
@ShibumiKiDo @CMSeeberger @ewarren Come visit! Bliss and emptiness and suffering for ALL! 💓💓💓
Schedule your gym workouts. Break to make delicious food, walk dog/play with pets, be outside, take a quiet break, remember to shower, remember to put on pants (or bootie shorts), try to eat breakfast before noon. Charge your headset. https://twitter.com/IanColdwater/status/1235802233461248000
Working on my deck to introduce/present the concept of Maskirovka & other Information Operations to some USC college students next week. So! Fun!
@refuturing There is no feel good vote here.
@evanwolf I'm sure they have. Are you familiar with Bagge's book? I am also semi-following/tracking maskirovka antidotes - both individually, systemically and mass socially.
TFW your avocado is perfect so perfect avocado toast. #blissandemptiness https://www.instagram.com/p/B9ZyuH-B4XF/?igshid=1oqdn6ayjb03v
I’m done not standing in my experience, knowledge & power. Also, I’m going to speak out about the sexism I experienced in my career and how it held me back — instead of be silent. I am better than many men who do (or attempt to do) what I do. I shouldn’t have to minimize myself. https://twitter.com/jessbidgood/status/1235754883002875904
Don’t take my last (Re)tweet as demonizing men. I love men, I learn a lot from them, I want to work with, for, hire, them. It’s not an us-them scenario - it’s a systemic unconscious bias that traps the potential of men as much as women.
@ShibumiKiDo I don’t think so, but thanks for the compliment.
For fans of psychedelic dream scapes, the new @tameimpala album, The Slow Rush, is A+++! My favorite tracks are ALL OF THEM! 💖🌈🌎🌊💫
@rtgarden @tameimpala So good!
If you need someone to tell you that you're special, I can Believe me, I can, believe me, I can ✨ If you think the world is feeling what you're feeling, I am Believe me, I am, believe me, I am #lyricsgame 💖
Returning from tonight’s moonlit adventures, I come upon a pair of coyotes trotting down the middle of the street like they own it, their eyes gleaming in my headlights. I wish them all the rabbits and rodents they can smash between their jaws.
I still follow the person who inspired me to join twitter - @Cruftbox. I joined Twitter to help navigate #sxsw so many years ago. Fist bump to @Blazenhoff who joined on this day as well (I think). #MyTwitterAnniversary
image@Cruftbox @Blazenhoff Agreed!
💖💖💖 earworm https://youtu.be/0nDyf9qCi_k
Cool site trying to capture the impact of canceling #sxsw https://www.ilostmygig.com/ via @bobblakley
@rtgarden Same
@rtgarden It might be time to face it ....
@Blazenhoff @Cruftbox I thought we were...
Just wrote up my notes from being a supervisor on election day last week...while this Mojave wind blows and blows and blows around my house.
I just muted 4 words and wow, my timeline has sure lightened up!
@refuturing !!!
RT @nbcsnl: 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵.
image@fernandogaldino That’s an amazing commercial - I immediately understood it! And actually I have ideas for small scale wind harvesting out here.
Attention security paper writing people. A++ conference. https://twitter.com/WolterPieters/status/1236692176509304832
I’m so fascinated by dubsmash videos. So rich for trend watching: clothing, the dance move and OMG facial expressions. This whole Cardi B tongue thing. Gonna be fun watching this generation mature.
@CarGuyDad That reminds me of the Porsche from Laguna Beach I spied up in Coldfoot, AK. They were driving back down from Deadhorse.
image@timescanner 🤯
@TheAmandaHouse @Sherinmm19 Morning Ladies, your talk was fantastic. Are the slides online? Looking to reference them for a college class discussion this week. Thanks very much!
TFW the stuff you wanna reference is from a @defcon @dcskytalks
imageFYI. https://twitter.com/60Minutes/status/1236795381704507398
@johnrobb Yesssss!
RT @johnrobb: Sitting on the porch. Warm. Sunny. Slight breeze. Catch your breath. The world is still amazing. Enjoy it. https://t.…
@jozjozjoz Which Costco are you at? Los Feliz?
Watching this thread for some real LA drama. Thanks @jozjozjoz ! https://twitter.com/jozjozjoz/status/1237046296092897281
He acted in so many of my favorite films. RIP Max von Sydow. https://twitter.com/criterionchannl/status/1237028192759750657
@jozjozjoz A-Z U.S.A.! (love driving through Azusa!)
WFH procrastination tips: Take a shower. Make/drink some more coffee/tea. Look in fridge, did you eat, anything look good? No? Organize the refrigerator! Search for recipes to make in your instapot. Make your todo list.
WFH superpower: Pomodoro laundry method. Put in a load of laundry, sit down to work. Laundry load done, take a break. Repeat!
WFH superpower, pt 2: Find a delicious one pot recipe (soup/chilli/etc), prep and put on stove (or in instapot) to make while you work!
WFH superpower, pt 3: Boring conference call? Grab a sponge and tidy up the kitchen.
WFH procrastination tip 2: Play with dog, spend 30-60 minutes walking around outside doing "yardwork" aka inspecting the property/instagramming the blooming things. Refine your todo list.
First blooms of the fuscha beavertail cactus. https://www.instagram.com/p/B9hzczLheSO/?igshid=1gmjs11nqjzso
Today my research is ping-ponging between disinformation/culture jamming/deep fakers and corporate espionage, nazi spy double crossing agents, and reviewing potential government project. I swear they three are totally different projects.
At the dog park we did agility training. Archibald did great. He practiced going up this ramp, jumping over the bar, and going through the tube. https://www.instagram.com/p/B9iLxLVBiaU/?igshid=afxtl5t8zi9j
It’s a creepy and blustery nightfall, I have a glass of dry white wine. Perfect for an audio performance of Edgar Allen Poe’s Mask of the Red Death. Now, where is my candelabra and piano?
But I first must get, my tiara, cause I left it out, on the lawn. #musicalpairing #lyricsgame #sparklgoth https://youtu.be/qIQKT3d_QAs
It's not just migrants. When I studied abroad in Brazil, I hand carried my credentials back to the states - my US university didn't accept them - but there was no other way to get my credentials from the Brazilian university. So those credits didn't count toward my degree. https://twitter.com/Tykn_tech/status/1237409571834138627
Thick fog surrounds, a fine mist falling, a backdrop of soft white, the air cold and wet with the smell of creosote. Green stems push up, verdant and hopeful, from the sandy ground. I patiently wait for the wildflower seeds I know are drinking the water, to burst open.
In other news, why is it so hard to find out who runs elections in my county. They wouldn't give me a name on the phone, and it's super buried on the website. Y???
@bobblakley Good find. That's a state site. Here's the county one: https://www.sbcountyelections.com/AboutUs.aspx
The fog lifts just enough to see sunlight on the far mountain range - the color of dust in the afternoon.
@evanwolf @IdentityWoman Yeah, I'm aware. Thanks Phil. FYI @kimdhamilton is the Queen of academic credentials using new tech.
@stephgwhiteside SRSLY! WFH is amazing. I am so much more productive and creative.
@CDRFunkmeyer It's lack of resources and training in a distributed and local based system. The fixes are easy to implement with enough Federal Government funding. It's not conscious voter suppression, but one could read it that way from a particular perspective.
My latest co-author is a British military historian. A writer works best with an afternoon refreshment. Today I broke out the formal China and why not do tea time with a selection of sweet and savory biscuits. My… https://www.instagram.com/p/B9kfYS-hxfc/?igshid=146dv10kcmqzs
@leegonzales A Manhattan, too spicy salsa, fake chicken nuggets, dog snuggles. 😊
Rain falls pitter patter on the dome. I made a Manhattan. Not my fav, but effective. Apex twin, spicy salsa, dog wearing his sweater. Thinking bout some GOT reruns or researching more double crossing nazi agents.
Same. I had a less than ideal childhood. https://twitter.com/EmLindley/status/1237497327520227329
@ChiaLynn @RanchoGordo @criterionchannl Sounds ideal!
@ninavizz Cool!
@ShibumiKiDo Have you read any @sblackmoore ?
@ShibumiKiDo It's my favorite thing. I can't wait to be one with everything again. #blissandemptiness
RT @JuliusGoat: I have eaten the planet that was in the icebox and which you were probably saving for your grandchildren Forgive me it wa…
@rtgarden No, can't stand it.
@rtgarden I also hate Bojack.
British mood? Bombay sapphire and fever tree elderflower. https://www.instagram.com/p/B9lDcarn6Vc/?igshid=h4a235bmcgdg
Middle age GenX dealing with global pandemic is like, oh well, whatever, nevermind. Are any of us really surprised?
It's exciting in a way. I'm curious to see what happens, to see who we, you, I am. To bring all of myself to this present moment, the result of all our actions of the past. With detachment, curiosity, no fear. We were made for these times! 💖 https://twitter.com/JonFoxUX/status/1237796013303164928
An Osprey just srsly buzzed my house.
@by_caballero It was the military plane, not the bird!
@SSquire An aircraft - full throttle!
@SSquire It was awesome! I realized they were buzzing me yesterday too. I'm used to bombing practice and military aircraft.
@by_caballero Less people, awesome military equipment.
Guest lecturing (online) today about my Maskirovka, Information Operations, w/ examples & more. Intrigued what the reaction will be to this fresh information. It's also given me a deadline to put my thoughts together, & map my own timeline of interest back from Adbuster days.
@SSquire Best was the 15 helicopters flying in formation - had not seen so many en masse before out here (sure 2-6 before, but 15!!). Must have been a massive practice operation.
@SSquire Of course I was!
Having a well deserved Negroni after lecturing for 2 hours on Maskirovka, information operations, culture jamming, advertising and disinformation. Ahhhhh.
Sun reflecting on little fluffy clouds. Creosote in the foreground, air thick with their scent of rain. https://www.instagram.com/p/B9nkrvvnCsU/?igshid=1uplejscz7eh8
One of my favorite films in one of my favorite languages set in one of my favorite countries. Ah, que beleza. @ Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro https://www.instagram.com/p/B9nk2adnoPj/?igshid=1kmoq1xh6kgbk
It's raining in the Mojave. Solid solid pitter patter rain. Soaking deep into the desert rock/sand. I think of the wild flower seeds which will burst open in bloom. Archibald and I consider what delicious thing to make today. Stay safe my friends and enjoy the ride! 💖🌪️🌎
Pouring rain, thunder or bombing practice?, gonna make chicken soup, a bit behind on my writing deadlines due to distraction, smooth downtempo hotel lobby music, cozy socks, rooibos chai tea, life isn't bad my friends! 💙
RT @brianbehlendorf: Just remember, as bleak as things have been today, tomorrow is a brand new day. Of course, it's also Friday the 13th.
Morning sun, bright but cold and moist. I put the birdseed out and hope for the gamble quail that's been hanging around. Hummingbirds are sipping from their feeder. I drink my coffee & consider my plan of attack for these damn packrats who keep making their home in my engine.
All the BS falls away when one is faced with death/annihilation. It's a gift to find out who you really are, what you really stand for, what you're willing to die for or what you're willing to do not to die.
I cultivate a healthy relationship with my death, walking hand in hand with it as inspiration to live my life to its potential, thumbing my nose at our eventual co-mingling. But I also have more respect for my death than any other thing. It humbles me, our fingers intertwined.
@missrogue Yup - read A Paradise build in Hell
❤️❤️❤️ https://t.co/PljYOY8aHK
RT @busynessgirl: If you missed today’s webinar on Best Practices for Remote Teaching, you can find the recording and slides here: https://…
To clarify, if you are planning to Mojave- quarantine with me, I may put you to work building my post-apocalyptic bar & restaurant, The Trash Fence. Also bring supplies.
@HooniverseJeff I got the kombucha brewing kit right here!!
@codenamedmitri It was the obvious choice. 😊
I'm ready for that handy hot guy with his own tools & know how to fix things I have no patience for to come into my life! 💘
@sixwing Stay safe Rand! See you on the flipside!
@vaisfourlovers Perfect! The key to my heart is unsweetened soy creamer. 😉
Pi in my kitchen. #piday https://www.instagram.com/p/B9uRefKhJeP/?igshid=1cmuuwwq5g2v5
OMG, I just realized how many bad scripts are gonna be written during this Angelino-quarantine! If we survive the quarantine, how will we survive the following bad made for TV films?!?!
Does anyone remember that OK Cupid question about Nuclear War? I definitely thought it would be exciting! 🤣
Reclaiming the earth! https://twitter.com/JohnMcCullough_/status/1238793789902336001
@evanpro It went on forever, the most beautiful skies. You might still see them in the desert. ❤️
RT @evanpro: What was the sky like when you were young?
@hacks4pancakes I've got a guest room in my dome near Joshua Tree National Park - you are welcome anytime. It's a beautiful place to drive to/through and only 3 hours from Vegas through the Mojave Preserve. Stay safe, take care of yourself!
I feel seen! Also, I really love having a global disaster (as an excuse) to do what I like to do anyway. 💫 https://twitter.com/ebethhasissues/status/1239203189867585537
Had crazy dreams about the philosophical meaning of "The Trash Fence." At Burning Man, the place where the rules of society don't apply (or didn't apply in the old dayze), the Trash Fence is a boundary of the edge of no boundaries. It's the negation of the dual relationship.
What's beyond the Trash Fence? Open Playa, unbounded possibilities not unlike the white room in THX-1138. (And perimeter teams with military grade gear.) AKA it's both the "real world" and the unknown simultaneously.
The Trash Fence is a pregnant boundary that draws many to its edge of possibilities. Radical self-reliance, you never know what will be there: grilled cheese sandwiches, glitter tattoos, a red flyer wagon filled with beer, heartfelt stories of grief & despair, maybe Daft Punk.
A temporary line, companion to Danger Ranger's drawing a TAZ. But what is beyond the TAZ? A realm of nature, surprise, nurture, predation, death, sex, bliss, emptiness? Something that transcends even the TAZ?
The Trash Fence is its own ecosystem, that like many other parts of the city, appears like Brigadoon for even less than a moment, when you align your consciousness to its possibility. When you trudge out there, destination known, journey unknown.
Can this half of a dual boundary line be extracted from the playa Burning Man experience? I don't know. But let's find out! 💓
@missrogue @carlospache_co Awe - Poe is a great name. He can also be the p-dawg! Mr. Poe. (I am a fan of formalizing dog names.) Do you know what occupation Poe may be interested in pursuing? Archibald wishes him well with lots of good sniffs. (We are searching for an addition to our family as well.)
@chadloder well, not everyone.
@refuturing Aw, thank you 🙏
Love this idea and I’m totally in! Sponsors anyone? https://twitter.com/hacks4pancakes/status/1239296020711956485
@hacks4pancakes Copy that. Didn’t mean to commercialize it, but wanted to have any out of pocket costs covered since you already do so much for the community.
Rocking the @MontereyAq Jellyfish cam all day. Ahhhhh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gHKDHmgVlU
I just read the Covid-19 timelines on Wikipedia. If you are a pattern recognizer, I do not recommend this activity. The future is unevenly distributed & the weak signals are there. Do not be in denial. Do not be soothed by propaganda. See you on the flipside my friends. 💗
@danielgrisinger @leegonzales @jerickso With you on this, I will eat all the center pieces!!
@jerickso Looks delish! Enjoy and stay safe my friend!
RT @jerickso: #CarbsForCovid
imageWait, the terminator has a pet mini pony and a mini donkey (???) and my twitter friends say I can't have camels!!!! 😭 https://twitter.com/benadida/status/1239394470476431360
The woman (@SaraRobinson) who convinced me to get my degree in foresight & become a card carrying futurist just started a blog via FB. She's got the best info about the impact of Covid-19 of anything I've read. A++ Material. A+++ practicality. https://www.facebook.com/Sara-Robinson-Futurist-108906814071238/
@Stephen_Tighe @SaraRobinson 🙏
RT @MalwareJake: Has anyone been hit with COVID-19 themed phishing (not testing, real criminal activity)? If you can share the specific pre…
RT @DalaiLama: Sometimes we feel we can’t do much by ourselves, but humanity is made up of individuals; we can make a difference. As indivi…
RT @AdamMGunther: We're hiring! We're looking for an experienced design leader to join our digital identity team. Our mission is to deliver…
RT @johnrobb: In a networked world, you are only as smart as your network.
@jstpwalsh If you want more resources, my friend & educator @busynessgirl has recorded some training sessions for new to online course teachers. Wish you luck with your online classes!
@trbouma @IngridHunt14 Be safe Tim!
Pandemic tea time. We can still be civilized and shelter in place! See you on the flip side! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ https://www.instagram.com/p/B9z3V9thZzo/?igshid=jpv9nq9zocz0
@pinkyracr All bets are off everywhere! Good luck, bad luck, who knows?!?!
OMG Ford vs Ferrari was so good! I had to do a Ken Block chaser after. I now want to drive around these empty roads (and LA freeways) practicing my stunt driving all over these big gorgeous tracks of pavement. (No, I'm not really gonna do that, but let me dream.) 🏎️🏎️🏎️🚔
@michaelsherrill I know, right?!?!?!
RT @zmolek: 1nception Our world has changed profoundly We had not prepared to fight Unseen enemies gathering in us Nor the consequence of…
@pamelarosiedee We’ve got a working one in my town! But alas, it’s not showing anything I want to see. 😢
Good morning, I am making chicken stock from the bones of last night's roast chicken. The birds have their seed, Archibald is fed & morning sniff and I'm here with my coffee with you. Sun is bright and the day is promising here in the Mojave. ❤️
@AlexRoy144 Was just talking to a friend who had her flight canceled in Philly, and had to get to LA, so rented a car and was in LA 1.5 days later. Where there's a will, there's a way. cc @Ruth666
@pinkyracr Kinda feel like that right now in the Mojave, with my usual hermitage self. A quieter life, away from the cities and thousands of thousands of people.
What are you reading on the internet that's not politics, health or WFH tips?
@anabjain I know an entire generation that grew up under decades of dread in the cold war. Prolly not the same flavor of dread tho and def a smaller population - but the future is unevenly distributed blah blah blab nevermind.
@voretaq7 @stephgwhiteside Gosh, I hate to admit I have not read fanfict... suggestions???
@the_real_Twan ooooo great suggestion. THANK YOU! ❤️
@Sbryen @EmLindley OMG what a cutie in her red fur lined jacket!
RT @JohnBuc08179594: A friend in Germany tells me everyone’s panic buying sausages and cheese. It’s the Wurst Käse scenario.
Proof of lap. https://www.instagram.com/p/B93GYqlHpHc/?igshid=6s9f786pbpag
@fatemehx2 Sorry to hear you are having a hard time. ❤️
Learned today of the first person I personally know who has Covid-19 - the sister of a friend in NY. She's on the mend after some tough days.
I got a little lax with my self-quarantine yesterday. Kinda re-thinking that now. Where is my bleach and cleaning supplies?
Mojave report: It's a cold and misty morning. Damp, I drank too much coffee w/out food, had impromptu meetings/conversations & have a headache. Hot shower, cereal, listening to the beautiful The Girl with the Sun in Her Head. I could really use a massage. Time to write. 💓
@pamelarosiedee @Sbryen Ooo, would love to know when this happens again.
@pamelarosiedee @Sbryen @TheKaryl Thanks!
This looks amazing. I'm looking forward to Social Engineering and Beekeeping & Soba reflection of Japanese Security! See you Sunday! Many thanks to @hacks4pancakes for idea & execution! ❤️ https://twitter.com/PancakesCon/status/1240317857231224832
I have typed the word "Ferrari" so many times today. #writerslife #researchnotes
This is so good - reminds me of pizzaman DJ @brianmdoherty https://twitter.com/JamesAALongman/status/1239153242279460864
Good morning from the Mojave. Started the day with coffee and the AMAZING ladies of @WomeninID on a coffee hello call! Thank you ladies, what a delightful way to start the day. Stay safe, be well and ❤️
@briecode Need salsa and/or avo?
Spending way too much time on the FBI's website today, while my co-quarantining friend made kale chips. I am craving gummy bears, twizzlers or red vines.
@davetfields Oooo I love me some nibs. Normally I only indulge on the road trips or at the movies. Thanks for adding to my quarantine craving!!!
@refuturing Yeah I’m actually having some cognitive dissonance re the long term thinking here. Things really never will be the same again and yay GenX gets shafted again. 😢
@davetfields Can't forget engineering mtgs for that huge bucket of red vines!
My goal was to close all these browser tabs before dinner, but instead I opened like 10 more. 🙄
I don't know what you're doing but I'm #stayingatDOME 😂😂😂 #domelife #Quarantined #dreamscometrue #introvertsdelight
How could I forget the night is dark and full of terrors? But it’s good binge watching.
Loot a burning house #Covid_19 #36stratagems
RT @busynessgirl: FREE WEBINAR today for those of you trying to make sense of asynchronous discussion board activities in your new REMOTE L…
I just did a fantastic mat #pilates class - multiple classes streaming live daily. No props, feel the burn. Practice your Hollywood neck & core burn. #classes4quarantine #pilates #bestlife #allthelove #strong #core #100s email 4 deets: classes4quarantine@gmail.com C U there! ❤️
image image image@jmlw1 Noooooo, blasphemy! Classic red vines, or cherry nibs/twizzlers pls! No fruit or sour, thank you!
My guess at the next global national power? South Korea. They're winning on business, on culture (k-pop) and managing this crisis. Plus they have great movies, food, spa culture and skin care. They are the pockets of the distributed positive future. 🌟
Living my best quarantine life — just got $100 of the best dutch pastries in America delivered to dome! Yasss! Channeling my inner Midwest /Pioneer living up bringing! You can take the girl out of the Midwest but… https://www.instagram.com/p/B994BZzBEie/?igshid=182bdii3qb618
You know what's harder than researching/analysis/developing future scenarios? Trying to figure out what's up or down or truth or deception in espionage stories. Yeah, I'm down the fractal rabbit hole of espionage/disinformation. Aghghhhhhh.
@refuturing Absolutely!
I will not read Formula One racing regulations. I will not read Formula One racing regulations. I will not read Formula One racing regulations.
@bobblakley 🏁
@fernandogaldino How could I have forgotten winning Hollywood!!!
It's Friday and I finally feel like I will be able to hit my writing deadline despite ALL THE DISTRACTIONS!!! Whew. Whew. Life of a writer. ps. I may not have mentioned I'm co-writing a new book.
@TheEmilyDare Don't encourage me!
All my dreams coming true, I don't even have to leave my house to go to @bootiemashup tonight cc @pinkyracr https://bootiemashup.com/parties/bootie-mashup-friday-night-live-w-dj-en8-on-twitch/
I can't even remember what Monday felt like. https://twitter.com/CKing_Solutions/status/1241170640519843840
He is a lap dog. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-AGOrEhsiD/?igshid=sdr5bzsuke5d
Who saw the future where the Terminator helps us save ourselves? Love this. https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/status/1241131853320351745
Update from the Mojave: Joshua Tree National Park is closed as of Noon today. Official release forthcoming. Glad I can look at this beautiful park from my yard.
@sixwing Take care of yourself. Marathon not a sprint. ❤️❤️❤️
I think about the best Ted talk I ever saw on a semi-regular basis when I tie my shoes so they don't untie themselves.
@missrogue @PowerBlock_Inc @FitnessDepot Do you have resistance bands? You can do a lot with one set. They're great. Also mat based pilates has tons of hard core core exercises. Join one of the #classes4quarantine I posted yesterday! They're free and via Zoom.
@CarGuyDad @HooniverseJeff @24hoursoflemons ooooooo.
@KateRoseBee Looks amazing! Enjoy!
When you're researching infiltrating the U.S. government but name your op after a Disney character, the soundtrack is https://youtu.be/qs1bG6BIYlo #writerslife
The Global Now - Partying all over the world in the comfort of our own homes. Thank you DJ-Nice! So much ❤️❤️❤️🌟💫🙏🌎🌍🌏 Join us and find hope in the world. https://www.instagram.com/dnice/ #ClubQuarantine #positivefuture #instagramlive
RT @CraigSJ: You could fill a football stadium with the amount of people logged into #ClubQuarantine tonight. It would require a Secret Ser…
He's playing Kenny Rogers and I'm about to cry because this is a global experience we're all individually having as a collective. I really hope we can be like this more. Transcend our individualism, to find out collective power as a species. #humanist
TFW you realize the dead end you've come to in the story is because the only option is the individual is in protective custody and likely got a new identity...
RT @MissyElliott: #ClubQuarantine the best thing popping!!!! Real music flex with @dnice on ig! Erbody at this party💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾
New level of page count - 1300+ page pdf. *head desk* I take my research seriously. Apparently.
Everything we've ever created as humans in this world is the raw material for our future. We have this opportunity to re-make the world, using the materials we've created. Ever moment, we have a choice, to welcome the future into the present. Choose consciously with 💓
Anyone remember what it was like to spend hours on the local BBS? That's kinda what #ClubQuarantine feels like - but much better music. ;-) So loving this reality. It's the end of the world as we know and I feel (damn) fine. <3
It's near impossible for me to successfully do time conversions in my head when they are 24 hour clock.
#trendwatching https://twitter.com/hunterschwarz/status/1241558185971867649
Wow, these pics are amazing! https://twitter.com/SlovakiaUNNY/status/1241366388608061443
@_Kustodian_ 🤯😭
EXCELLENT READ - Casual Layer Analysis of Covid-19 + 4 future scenarios - all excellent food for thought when thinking about the future + showcasing how good foresight practice is executed. https://twitter.com/futurist_Ahines/status/1241554522243305472
I've been having a hard time understanding what role I want to play in our current crisis. I felt like I wasn't doing enough, being out there on "the front lines." Did that mean I was just going to sit back and do nothing? I felt.. not helpless, but something else, ashamed maybe.
I'm not a doctor, I'm not in a profession that directly helps, and while I have enough to live a frugal/luxurious Mojave hermit lifestyle, I don't have a lot of money (thank you no paid work since Aug19) to donate.
I'm not an expert in pandemics, so I keep my mouth shut about topics I'm no expert in. (And I don't *want* to become an expert in Covid-19 either.)
And this week I've been sliding from casual-isolation last weekend Saturday to serious-isolation through the week. I walk my dog on the desert roads and wonder, what of my talents can help us, help humanity? I was hard pressed to find any.
But then, I realized, I have a worldview. And I do have the power to amplify the worldview I have - one that lifts up the positive, an antidote to the fear and disinformation and chaos. For human connection, to rise above this challenge and not just survive but thrive.
I can help point out the trends and weak links of the path - the future - the present I want. The ways this crisis are changing us *for the good.* To use this opportunity for more conscious choices, emotional connection & respect for earth/environment/animal & plant life.
So that's where I've landed. I'll be sharing the positive aspects of this crisis. Because we will overcome it, we will be changed by it & I deeply hope that change is to all our benefit. ❤️
@ashigupta Hmmm... good idea. I have a sewing machine in my shed... haven't used it for decades -- it was my mom's. I'm sure there's a pattern on the internet.... now where is fabric??
@GlenHiemstra 100% agree.
OK, so most people put their humble jobs & I have those, but F that. Here are my most powerful/exciting jobs: President & CEO, my own company Film Producer Security researcher + author Innovation Team Race driver, 24 Hours of LeMons + Bonus: Legit Trained Futurist https://twitter.com/brianbehlendorf/status/1241601263197999104
My 1st five jobs were: lawn mower, paper girl, library page, hair model, page in state house of representative. So yeah, I got some humility too. But I don't need more humility, I need more BOSS BDE!
Feeling the need for a bit of retail therapy.... what are your suggestions?
@johnedgarpark I have not, but I have a couple old ones in a storage bin around here somewhere.
I wonder what the world would be like if company exes didn't piss off so many of their employees with their dumb decisions. I'm just so deep in espionage research, it seems it always happens cause some exec pissed someone off by some dumb decision.
Like an easy way to increase your IP security and decrease insider thread would be not to be a clueless hierarchal dumbass and promote idiots or pay people properly or honestly empathically address emotional issues so they don't become liabilities.
It's almost as if, maybe you could decrease insider trading with a type of C-level person that has .... emotional capacity/understanding/awareness. Wonder where we could ever find C-level people with that??? (ps. could maybe solve a diversity problem too.)
I mean, so far 99% of the espionage stories I've read are all done by men.... I mean, I know it's not 100%, but still, patterns are patterns, and they don't aways mean the first connection that pops into your brain.
@Hasufin @summer__heidi @CircuitSwan This is great advice. Anything that is harder to get or more like a treat, get 2-4 weeks worth. For me, that's unsweetened soy creamer and smashmallows, along with my rice, beans, tomato sauce, onions, celery, carrots.
@bobblakley True. Also, I so want to work in industrial counterintelligence! On the supply chain!
@bobblakley But it also seems to me that a lot of these things are emotionally & money inspired. Those can be solved.
Are you about to go into lockdown aka shelter at home? What do you buy? Here's a thread of what I ended up with in prep for ~6 weeks if necessary. PS. This is primarily for a solo-self isolation. I did have a friend join me, & we had to supplement w/ a grocery run.
Dry goods. I have an instapot & I love it. I also love rice. I bought 2-20 pound bags of rice a month before Covid-19 was a glimmer in the US. Also bought a lot maybe 10 pounds of black and white dry beans (love them too). These are cheap & great for instapot!
But dry beans and rice are boring. Easiest veggies that start most anything: onions, celery and carrots. Get the huge bag of carrots, two bunches of celery, like 10-15 medium onions. You can add an onion + celery to every instapot saute.
Also good, canned tomatoes - I like Ro-tel (8 cans) and crushed/cubed tomatoes - large can - maybe 6. Also pasta sauce - maybe 4 jars of pasta sauce and 6 pounds of various kinds of pasta.
OK, now protein. I don't really eat eggs, but I do use them in baking. And I know I'll bake at least a few times during this fun time, so grab an extra dozen eggs. And several cans of pure pumpkin - cause I really like @smittenkitchen's pumpkin spice loaf.
More protein. I like chicken and salmon - I don't eat it every day. So I got some packs of fresh and more of frozen. Two sets of salmon filets. Family pack of chicken breasts, several packages of chicken thighs, & most important fake chicken nuggets & fake chicken patties.
Next, I love carbs and bread. So grab 3 boxes of your favorite cereal and shelf stable soy milk or whatever. Dried fruit, chia seed, coconut, oatmeal, whatever protein power supplement. All that can go into an oatmeal base.
Had to get me some chips and salsa - both fresh and shelf stable. I also got some flour and sugar - cause I bake and make my own Kombucha. Got an extra of the spices I use a lot (cumin, cinnamon, garlic powder). And some canned fruits in case I wanna bake something special.
OK, can't forget fresh stuff. I love salad, but I didn't even bother with it. Instead, I got veggies that last: asparagus, cauliflower, peppers, some cilantro. All those are good for short-med-term & I can make a killer veggie soup for like 8 people, or 2 people for 3 days.
One thing I wish I had gotten (but not worth it to go out for) candy. I'm not a big sweet tooth, but I do get it. I did super splurge on Dutch pastries from Iowa, and those pretty immediately went in the freezer, along with the bread (sandwich, naan, cinnamon).
OK, so all this stuff I typed is my basic shopping list for my normal life. I live in the middle of now-here. It's a 3 hour round trip to Whole Foods or Trader Joes (but I do have a decent grocery store nearby for most things).
And since I live in the middle of now-here, I tend to buy in bulk anyway, and have a pantry and stock up. That way, I get to spend my time doing other things I like, like researching too much or exploring the Mojave desert in my truck.
OK, be safe out there, if you have any questions about what to buy for shopping, or what you can make/cook/bake, ask away. I could survive just on my instapot, toaster over and microwave (and hot water kettle).
Which reminds me... I did get plenty of coffee. I import my coffee from the city anyway, but I made sure I had extra pounds in my freezer. I think I have 4 pounds there right now, cause I am totally a coffee snob.
OK, be safe, you're gonna do great. See this as an adventure on spaceship planet earth. ❤️😋🧁
@bobblakley True as well. I know some criminals who would be hard pressed to catch.
@IAMAtWork I do have one of those pocket moog kaos things.
@geminica That’s a great idea!!!
Well, here's this plea bargain. So we know it could have been avoided with infrastructure maintenance and upgrades. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-23/pge-pleads-guilty-to-84-counts-of-manslaughter-over-paradise-fire #campfire
@Bernie2016tv Yup
Sounds like a jet engine or tornado outside today. Yup, it's time for the Spring winds of the Mojave. Batten it all down of it's a mile down the road already.
@RuntimeErrorExe I'm so sorry for that. Can you wear like a, Jason hockey mask?? Or something equally silly?
Whoo-hoo, despite the pandemic and global trash fire, I hit my first writing deadline - which was today! 🥳🎉🎇
Now I can't stop singing, hotel, motel, holiday inn.... https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/1242160342945366027
On my calendar! Although 8am is a bit early for me, I'll clearly be disheveled and barely caffeinated. https://twitter.com/EmLindley/status/1242169517658210307
@Sbryen That looks great!
@joshua_eaton I usually take how ever many slices I want and toast them in a toaster oven - they can be lightly toasted if you just want it warmed.
I guess it’s about time for us to all lose our shit.
@MarkVee10 Clearly we’d use it all! 💩👻
@joshua_eaton Bonus points if you put frosting on the toast. That’s called pandemic cake.
RT @NurtureGirl: This is not the time for incremental change. Look around, what have we been prototyping in small groups that is ready now…
RT @MarkAgee: So we're doing The Trolley Problem but the most important thing is to save the trolley
If you plant ice, you’re gonna harvest wind. Karma is a golden goddess of death with your name in the palm of her hand.
Alright, please sent a #bollywood film playlist. I need more #bollywood in my life. https://twitter.com/DannyDutch/status/1242185096528084992
@pinkyracr Don't worry - I'll be at your birthday party today! <3
😢 I used to play remixes of Soul Makossa on my college radio show. https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/1242452687121264640
After hitting my deadline yesterday, I took the rest of the day off, but it's back to the grind today & I'm pretty sure this week's research is gonna make me even more paranoid. Who needs a security clearance when you're a futurist?
@scopusdiaries @incognitosum Yes, I did. I leave my home everyday - I live on 2.5 acres and I have plenty of outdoor activities that are on my todo list, like feeding the birds each morning. ;-)
Today's meditation challenge: the poison is the medicine, gratitude for Covid-19. #chaosmagick #cacophonist #buddhist #breathe
@TheEmilyDare Oh I don't need much encouragement to drive fast, but to deep dive into understanding the regulations.... I'd rather have my foot on the pedal and hand on the shifter. :-) Hope you're holding up! 🚗
@roxannedarling Yes! I'm tracking these as I see them. How do I participate?
@roxannedarling Perfect. You know how to reach me (FYI I am research work sprinting right now, breaking with sips from social media, so a reply may or not be immediate).
LA Apparel rises to the challenge. https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2020-03-24/fashion-brands-face-masks-medical-surgical-gowns-coronavirus
@ashigupta It's because a robust government infrastructure has been whittled away for decades. We need to re-invest in a strong government that protects its citizens, cause private sector sure as hell will not. Im boom times, we mistakenly think government isn't needed.
In case you want to learn more: https://www.lionsroar.com/pema-chodrons-three-methods-for-working-with-chaos/
This does not mean any good news. #wafflehouseindex https://twitter.com/WAFB/status/1242588481504845830
Excellent viewing --> "I am a force that will restore the balance." https://youtu.be/UEgl_TUYOZo #slow #listen #goodluckbadluckwhoknows
I attended 2 Zoom birthday parties today. Listening to the mother of one, I had tears in my eyes. To witness so much love & be a part of it. The second one, friends dearer than family, I made an emotional toast of gratitude. These would have never happened if not for #covid19.
@hacks4pancakes Yes, you are. Thank you.💓
@evanpro Congrats and good health Evan. I'm at day 10 myself, although I had a few visitors on day 1, 2, and 3. In one week, I'll be in the clear.
RT @busynessgirl: This video is one of the most informative I’ve seen about the actual symptoms and severity of the COVID-19 virus. Worth a…
@pinkyracr She really is amazing. It was so wonderful to share that moment with everyone - despite being globally far away, we were all right there with you and her.
RT @ElectionBabe: A lot of you are trying to turn Vote By Mail into a partisan issue. Do not make me go full election dominatrix on you.
@Cekent OMG, imagine the identity attack vectors that become available with covid death? #unintendedconsequences
@jerickso @BadassBowden OMG that is amazing! Great job, great work, great style! A++
@busynessgirl Or all of those in rotation. I am also willing to do a timed 25 minute sprint with you. Sometimes doing a sprint with someone helps me (even if I am not really productive). PS. I have Chai Pumpkin Spice loaves baking ATM. ❤️
Not if we innovate Tax laws and actually make Corporations (& Religious orgs IMHO) pay actual taxes. https://twitter.com/brucefenton/status/1242880749595959296
I actually mapped something like this .... 15 years ago. It was a pivot for an enterprise video conferencing company. https://twitter.com/lucas_gonze/status/1242876175417929729
@lucas_gonze Vertical social video experiences = TV 2.0. Syndicate your own interactive video stream/station - in realtime.
@brucefenton If you're hard core libertarian (I'm recovered), I don't think this will be a productive conversation. Be well! If you want to have an honest conversation, happy to. But if you are fixated in your position, not worth my time. ❤️
If anyone is having trouble focusing on work today (or any day), I'm happy to join you for a work sprint - even just 15 minutes. I'm hard core researching/writing now and need all the accountability I can take. 🙏
@brucefenton Alternately you can read a few papers I've written on the relationship btwn commons and capitalism - neither in a silo is healthy & IMO today we are too capitalist focused. https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot6-santabarbara/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/SustainableTechnologyCommons-HeatherVescentv3.md & https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot6-santabarbara/blob/master/final-documents/sustainable-commons.pdf
@lucas_gonze Oh yeah good point. I forget about twitch from time to time.
@nobantu We can use Flora app, or SMS each other. (Flora app is on the Apple Store). You want to schedule a work date at a specific time tomorrow?
@darrello @nobantu Zoom works, but this is like for pomodoro-ing.
It's time for #couchparty with @djdnice, Instagram Live https://www.instagram.com/dnice/ #ClubQuarantine #globalnow cc @michaelsherrill
@the_real_Twan Billions. Plus transparency into their orgs and holdings. Could potentially discover crime.
RT @SenWarren: Restarting our economy will require one thing above all else – testing. Testing to show who's currently infected. Testing to…
@Blazenhoff Oooh, Scooby Doo is good! I could use some Scooby Snacks!!
@Blazenhoff I am absolutely! But there is a soft spot for Scooby Doo!!!!
@jstpwalsh I recently found my keys, didn't realize I had misplaced them cause I haven't used them for over a week!
@jstpwalsh It was another time in a galaxy far away... maybe two weeks ago?
Hey Twitter, my BFF @finamofo is still working curbside coffee/food in Santa Monica & just asked for help acquiring some face masks for her & her team. Can anyone help her out? (Please share and ReTweet). cc @chadloder
@PaleoLaura Gorgeous! TY for sharing!
@chadloder @pinkyracr @finamofo That would be amazing. I’m really concerned for their safety.
This is the trend I didn’t know I needed. https://www.instagram.com/tv/B-OD239HaEY/?igshid=u7el736sqhlq Thanknyou @dubsmash!!!
RT @criterionchannl: Great movies can be a balm for the soul in these troubled times. This April, as the Criterion Channel marks its first…
You know, when the wind blows like this, it feels like I’m in a spaceship. And maybe I can luck out with some Ray Harryhausen and do a little time traveling.
RT @hacks4pancakes: The different psychological effects of shelter in place on various IT people is fascinating: People with kids: CHAOS! H…
Great briefing on government/policy recommendations for combating disinformation https://www.rand.org/multimedia/video/2019/03/15/approaches-to-counter-russian-social-media-influence.html by @bodinebaron #informationoperations #disinformation #policy
@bodinebaron You might find @schneierblog 's 8 steps for an information operations kill chain an interesting perspective if you haven't seen it yet. https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/08/influence_opera.html I've also written about (& I follow) info operations for more general audience: https://medium.com/in-present-tense/maskirovka-false-narratives-and-information-operations-3193680ee8cb
@bodinebaron I'm definitely curious about private sector/individual disinformation "antidotes." Feel like we need to combat this on multiple levels: government, private sector, platform/herd inoculation & individual.
Attn @roxannedarling https://twitter.com/FuturesWeCreate/status/1243654333905821696
Today was hard and felt pointless. But I did my work anyway.
@SSquire Oh - which one? I’m researching/writing a new one.
@chadloder thanks for helping my bestie be safe! 🙏
@SSquire Nice. Hope you enjoy and my editor is responsible for any mistakes - 😂😂😂.
Sometimes you just slog your way through all the KGB-Mossad-CIA-FBI double agent stories. Srsly, need more gender diversity here, or is it the ladies are too smart to get caught?
Hours and hours ago I listened to the owls hooting before I fell asleep. Awake in the madrugada, I hear the owl hooting again. This is a comfort. I wish them good hunting.
@balajis Do you understand the system archetype where people take more risk because they mistakenly think they are protected? That’s what this is about. Also big difference btw “imperfect” and medical masks. You conflate then with no needed clarification thus adding to the confusion op.
@bradleypallen It’s the time - very very late or very very early in the morning half drunk or half sober one feels an emotional melancholy - a gap between the day and night before dawn.
@finamofo Be safe out there! ❤️❤️❤️
RT @summer_burkes: just found out you can break up a raccoon fight using the disco call
If you're in/near Santa Monica and looking to grab some food/coffee, my bestie and her crew are serving at Demitasse. Stop by and support them from the curb. https://twitter.com/finamofo/status/1243924576251170816
It's farmer's market day here in the hi-desert, but I can't even manage to get out of bed, with this snoozing pup. So fresh produce can wait.
RT @Blazenhoff: Hey, you don't have to ask me twice. I've got the Fluff Zoom background you've been hounding me for right here! https://t.c…
@OurSantaMonica Fantastic! Enjoy!
@monikabielskyte Doubt they have that kind of control over their supply chain, whereas the smaller designers have direct relationships. Also amazon manufacturers like have other incentives and distribution channels and are going that route for more profitability.
Anyone interested in a bunch of creosote? Dunk in water to smell the desert - or leave in the sun for the same. Just pruned three of my creosote bushes. Yes, it’s come to that.
I'm averaging 1/2 a bottle of wine per day the last 5 days.
@babiejenks Farmcore
@Pathfinder Whoops, sorry last 2 bottles (including current one) are Dry/Savory Rose.
@michaelsherrill Wine club + I stocked up on only white & rose (accidentally) a couple weeks ago.
@NikolasFuturist But did you ever have a "normal" life?
@balajis My profile picture is always wearing a mask, but I know you are being literal.
@mpesce Do you have a megaphone? They come in handy.
Things will never be the same again. Futurists call this kind of thing an event, something that occurs in time with a distinct before and after. 2020 will be marked in time as this event. https://twitter.com/clayforsberg/status/1244261001521803264
@acedrew @meuon 😂😂😂
We have a new face at home. They are being very well behaved because I’m eating a grilled cheese sandwich. Please give a welcome to Sugar - my newest from the amazing bostonbuddies. #bostonterrier #nose #rescue… https://www.instagram.com/p/B-VaiQnhrjF/?igshid=f8spv109o5ca
The dogs are alternating making each other jealous, laying on me, flirting with each other, ignoring each other, trying to get food out of me. I love it. *** As I was driving home, I thought, wtf am I doing? We’re in… https://www.instagram.com/p/B-VekmLhI2V/?igshid=6ip5n63pk7zn
I got me two dogs on my lap and life might be complete. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-VfSqgB_pI/?igshid=voin1w162q78
Wait so ventilators and generators are interchangeable? Got it!
Legit activity A++ also the cake looks DELISH!!! https://twitter.com/d0rkph0enix/status/1244280821747462144
@refuturing But no tannerite?
Moar infrastructure please, and include *digital* infrastructure. Thanks. ❤️ Commons for the Win. https://twitter.com/AlexRoy144/status/1244436768356737025
Quarantine update: I completed a mostly successful 14 day quarantine yesterday. Feel pretty much the same - consistent sniffly, sneezy, a little throat clearing, but I blame the desert spring pollen.
Yesterday, a friend brought me some groceries, my handyman stopped by & I social distanced them both. But today I picked up a new rescue pup at a home, with her stuff. I used hand sanitizer, but I don't have a mask. Gonna try to go another week before my next jaunte out.
@michaelsherrill Those were amazing. I really want cake now.
I can't stop thinking about who the undercover FBI agent in the Tiger King story is, you know there was at least 1. I may be getting tunnel vision b/c of my current research, but I *have* been reading a lot of FBI press releases lately & identified one in witness protection.
Wow and I was annoyed with tourists coming to Joshua Tree. Out of control. https://t.co/lSW3VDS0JJ
Have barely watched 1 minute of the HBO doc: Kill Chain The Cyber War on American's Elections & my blood is boiling. I will be livid if this doc adds to the general narrative of "we can't trust our elections." HBO exploiting sensationalism w/out deeply explaining the context.
I have so little patience for piecemeal hackers showing a vuln and not understanding the context of the ecosystem. AKA these BS voter reg hacks. In some ways, I'm like so what, you did that in a closed environment. But can it scale, does it truly impact in the messy real world?
Like the DARPA voter system that was hacked together with a scanner and file cabinet. Oh please, for realz. That's all you got. I know guys that can put together something like that over a weekend. It doesn't take Darpa $$ or minds. I was so disappointed.
*voter machine hacks
Don't even talk to me about improving election security unless you've been an election official and done paid volunteering. You know nothing. You are biased. You are unaware of a whole segment of reality. And I question where your personal motivation is coming from.
Potential double feature: Austin Powers and The Holy Mountain - at least for the wardrobe eye candy.
Morning thoughts after seeing Chinese doctors arrive in London: Remember at the end of WWII - the US was still standing and Europe was ravaged? Covid-19 is WWII and China/the east is playing the role of the US now. New world order with bonus reboot of capitalism.
The US response to covid-19 won’t just cost many lives, it will be the end of the hegemony.
@roxannedarling Individualistic Americans have a lot to learn from Asian culture. This is not the first time China has been supreme. Sometimes the pressure to at be the top ... twists from the original intention. This doesn’t need to take away from our American-ness.
Lot of new negotiations in the home with the addition of the new pup. It’s great being the boss. 😂💪🏻💓
@AlexRoy144 All of them. Who needs sales campaigns?
RT @cstross: This whole “ideas landlord” thing: You’re welcome to take my ideas and turn them into novels yourself. Writing is about a lo…
@roxannedarling 100%. I’m not looking to replace/overlay but augment existing cultural values (on both sides). ❤️🙏
@codenamedmitri 😳
What is that posh English accent where they sound like you are talking to a snooty baby? It's some English lisp like thing, but not a lisp. Anyway, that's Archibald's accent.
@michaelsherrill It's Oxbridge!
@kimdhamilton With a name like Raj, of course they speak Oxbridge!
The thing I miss the most, that I don't know when I can do it again? Get a massage. OMG, so desperate for a massage and the Kspa treatment.
@jmlw1 ???
Is anyone tracking the #pandemicdiscount for all these clothing retailers. So far, best I've seen is 25%, which is really disappointing because if it's the end of the world, I expect more than 25% off. Not that I'm motivated anyway.
@helenyung Seems across the board basic US retailers. TBH I'm not really paying much attention.
Already lived out my apocalypse fantasy, thank you very much.
image image@kaigani That is the best salt ever!!
I called him for his opinion on Mossad, and 2 hours and a bottle of wine later....
