April 2021
@chrisrockhacker 😂😂😂 maybe skytalks?
@evacide Also living in the somewhat conservative boonies has finally had some benefits. Been easy to get appointments for a while = extras end of day.
@chrisrockhacker 👑
@chrisrockhacker Well I have a bunch of land in the Mojave to test any “research experiments.”
The first time watching Hamlet after Sleep No More. So many ideas.
@chrisrockhacker Easy with the surface bombing range war games & helicopter runs! January is the best month, & don't mind the tourists!
@dcskytalks @chrisrockhacker @defcon Diva-enough for ya kustodian?
High desert dwellers, lots of vaccine appointments for today, Friday & Saturday, 1st shot of Pfizer vaccine at Copper Mountain College in Joshua Tree. Scroll down to find & register. https://sbcovid19.com/vaccine/locations/ #covidvaccine
@chrisrockhacker @dcskytalks @defcon You need to change yer handle lol.
image@galdinopedron @99piorg I guess you could call "Sleep No More" a play. It was more immersive theatre maybe. Probably saw it a decade ago in NY, when I was bicoastal.
I am so sick of the startup/VC hustle culture. My feed is full of a bunch of old startup capitalist ideas. Old = old paradigm, pre 2020 business. I thought you'd all realize that world is dead and gone. I guess you haven't realized it yet.
@lenazun @brianbehlendorf Hi, how can I be of service? I like to shit talk strategists CEOs & speakers who think they are futurists. ps. I don't always call myself a futurist cause of grifters/poseurs. Please also see the APF - association of professional futurists to answer further questions.
Afternoon clouds blew in from across the national park, a few drops of rain hit the ground. Gambel quail flocks make their chirps and cries. I need more supplies, but Arch has puked thrice today and my motivation has plummeted.
@evanpro There’s the “block to force you to unfollow them and then unblock you” move. Total passive aggressive. But everyone is going through their own shit and that the only way they can deal so compassion for their suffering.
@jamie247 Fake it till you make it?
@lanalana @RhetoricPJ Scam studies = genius. Can't wait to see your research + LMK if I can help/review/etc in any way.
@lanalana @BethanCantrell maybe to up it a level, look at cooperation mechanics (tit for tat) among the puppetmasters.
The Mojave Desert report. I am super depressed about my desert today. Everyone is buying all the properties, taking pictures hanging/holding/climbing Joshua Trees, ignoring dark skies ordinance. I came here to escape humans, they followed. Where to go next to escape from my kind?
What advice have you my friends, in dealing with the various contacts trying to buy my home (clearly to exploit it/the desert)? Suggest California City? Halp.
@TJL2080 Oh yeah, Llano. Good call.
@the_real_Twan Indeed. Good select!
Looking at old travel photos and pondering a drive to the Arctic circle again... maybe this summer. Hmmmm.
Tfw you realize you are rocking out to @TranceFury on a lazy Saturday morning. Bliss.
@josh_emerson Most important part of beekeeping? Test for varroa. Scientific beekeeping has great intro material. Get yourself a bee suit and connect with locals to understand timing for treatments and nectar flow. The standard box is tried and tried for a reason.
@josh_emerson Where are you based? I know SoCal/desert region and lots of beekeepers love to help. Read the “caring for your nuc” pages on scientific beekeeping. (Srsly saved my bees.) and feel free to ask any q’s. Are you buying a Nuc or gonna try to catch a swarm?
@ai6yrham Ingenious!
My life resembles this.
image@timescanner Turrell’s volcano (only saw pics)
A howto exploit the commons. I know you think this is just smart capitalism and that’s how I know you don’t understand your unintended negative consequences on the community, environment and landscape. https://twitter.com/Codie_Sanchez/status/1379070634173599746
@michaelsherrill @Codie_Sanchez Um yeah. As an OG non sold out contrarian I am not impressed and I wish all those contrarian thinkers would not ruin these quiet raw open spaces for their enrichment. Which they 100% are doing for their own financial benefit.
So I’m in the kitchen making dinner and Arch comes and gets me. He has feathers stuffed all over his mouth. Seems one of the desert quail was not fast enough to escape my 3/4 blind dog!
@michaelsherrill @Codie_Sanchez Some specific examples: road usage. Rural and desert roads deteriorate under significant use. Do hipcamps have a plan to pay to fix roads eroded by their visitors?
@michaelsherrill @Codie_Sanchez Also fire. Rural fire departments are a casualty of funding cuts. Hipcamp increases likelihood of fires in these areas because I highly doubt they understand backcountry fire management. The environment and locals lose and absentee landlords don’t have skin in the game.
@michaelsherrill @Codie_Sanchez These are just two very real examples off the top of my head with 1 second of thinking. There are many more.
@rtaylormcknight @Codie_Sanchez Yes, it is 100% illegal AND a major problem for the oversaturated with AirBnB/VHR investors. Hipcamps, yurt villages, etc are not legal under current SVR ordinances. So yeah, as always, crime pays.
@Codie_Sanchez @borsariannalisa AND IT IS 100% illegal in San Bernardino County where Joshua Tree is. Oh, and they are cracking down because this is out of hand.
@k8em0 Really nice fade/ombré going on! 💖
I ignore most hot takes about cryptocurrency, but I never ignore @dgwbirch's pieces, especially if its about cryptocurrency, anonymity and privacy. This is a must read. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbirch/2021/04/06/no-government-will-allow-anonymous-digital-currency/?sh=3c63a5cd10d5
Day 2: pasta salad for breakfast. Also the first time since 2019 I am talking to my travel guy about airfare.
Criminal hive mind. My bestie's 1996 Ford Tiger tricked out RV was stolen in the wee hours today from the front of their Silverlake house. Tips/ideas to find it? Social engineering style or other? You know the police aren't gonna send a detective. TIA and please share! <3
image image imageDevs: I'm writing technical documentation, what are your best ways to organize/learn? And where/how do you want to learn? TIA <3
I hate that Dua Lipa is my most motivating music rn. I like to be above these delicious pop guilty pleasures.
image@shamir_k The dream of the 00s has moved to Joshua Tree... 🙃
@galdinopedron @cuducos @cyb3113 @yaso @DavidNemer @aloha_futures @MikePress of course! just been busy.
@pacoid @louis_guitton I read that as Louis Vuitton. 🤣🙃 Also thanks mucho!
@BriannaWu I see a major lack of toys in that picture, so clearly as the dog is innocent the dog parent needs a chewy toy subscription stat!
I really need a sports car. I also really need a garage to put it in. Anyone want to lend me their manual transmission to put it to power out here on remote roads (the ones the tourists still haven't found)?
@michaelsherrill A++ thread. TY as always my friend!
This is a great thread on the risks of STRs... Finding good cleaners in the high desert is no joke. I see requests for good cleaners multiple times a week. Also, this area has burned all the goodwill with the neighborhood. Regulations will change. https://twitter.com/rohindhar/status/1379848304360484864
@michaelsherrill @JewelDole @Codie_Sanchez I am now that person but I do/will call code enforcement on all illegal activities. It's easy to find the parcel number/legal owner, call the permit office & find out if there is a permit for whatever. If not, immediate transfer to code enforcement. Will end badly for them.
@michaelsherrill @JewelDole @Codie_Sanchez I just wonder how their hipcamp/yurt village campers will react when the annoyed local with packing firearm or meth-head comes over to their camp to see what they can see. LOL safety. BYO firearm & don't dare get stuck in the deep sand.
Honestly, I would love to drive to the arctic circle in a porsche with my bestie on a whim, like the guys I met in Coldfoot from Huntington Beach. #rideordie
RT @CBSLA: Due to an apparent excess in supply, the Cal State LA super site is offering Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines to anyone age 1…
Are we at peak synthwave?
Los Angeles is healing! So happy. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-04-09/hollywood-bowl-2021-covid-reopening-schedule
How can it be Friday already?
Let’s start by making it clear who is the enemy here... #lyricsgame
@ronmichael @CB2 @goop Omg such a quandary! I love cb2. I have more pieces from there than I care to admit. It’s a nice modern aesthetic that goes well in a geodesic dome.
Thinking about the car I’m gonna buy for my midlife crisis...
@ronmichael @CB2 @goop Yeah, IDK but WE doesn't fit my aesthetic. I do have an epic bedroom piece from Restoration Hardware, which really makes my bedroom more glam than I thought I was. LOL. I used to live very close to the CB2 store in West Hollywood.
@niels_klomp haha! Well, I already have a convertible that needs some TLC for sure. Can I have 2 convertibles?! But yeah...
@ronmichael @CB2 @goop And the new CB2 catalog is super dangerous, because they shot some product in joshua tree clearly. I'm a bit more traditional in my edgyness than the boho trend.
Just posted a photo @ Dome Sweet Dome https://www.instagram.com/p/CNgbwwQhcV_/?igshid=1s8qowu9fk2pg
My green thumb at work: apricot and nectarine buds, blooming torch cactus, greenhouse basil, tomato and others. @ Dome Sweet Dome https://www.instagram.com/p/CNgmmpHhVR4/?igshid=ntkugp6vdd1q
@scientwest @onetamalpais That’s gorgeous! Lupines?
Scored with the Tamalie lady outside Home Depot. Aaand the LA traffic has hit the hi desert.
I’ve been going through this grieving process for the desert as I knew it. It’s changed overnight during the pandemic with city escapees and then seeing the possibility for exploitation.
Can’t fight it, only regulate it.
But the thing is, while these newbies will change the desert, the desert will also change them. And in ways they could never foresee. It’s happened to me.
Which makes me ponder my next move. And not just the location of it, but the whole I want to be/will become there. To be conscious creating the next evolution of Heather Vescent.
@KarunaSessions 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
It’s 5pm on Sunday. Perfect time to start the weekend painting project right?!
image@boxeswithknobs Well I heard the Porsche AWD I think is supposed to be good - apparently built on a Volvo chassis. But I already have the best 4x4!
Figured it out, it’s not a car at all. It’s clearly an airplane. https://twitter.com/heathervescent/status/1380943504055001094
@boxeswithknobs No they can’t because rules! San Berdoo doesn’t have so many nor are they great at enforcement when you can just pay them off.
Bought tix to the goth/industrial club in LA. So it’s October but I don’t think anyone is gonna complain about wearing a mask or social distancing. This may be one of my dreams come true.
All these newsletters could be RSS feeds...
Bass player on this is sick! Such a great version: https://youtu.be/YSoT3T58QFY
@CDRFunkmeyer OOOOOO. YES!
@swingfromastar Clowns interested? Or Goth Clowns?
OMG, Genius. Totally guilty of 13. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/brood-x-or-gen-x
TFW you were up with the dawn, went hiking/meditating in the national park, and now are behind on your morning email replies...
Losing myself in the lush landscapes of sound in @tameimpala 's The Slow Rush this morning.
How can it just be Tuesday? And how did I already drink that case of LaCroix in the fridge.... luckily I have pandemic stocks of it.
imageToday is all the W3C things... so much for my actual todo list.
Epicurean twitter: what can one do with excessive cucumbers that my neighbor gave me. Say pickles & I'll block you! (Unless they are thai/japanese side dishes.)
@jxa Ooo, good reco! Many thanks!
@KarunaSessions Whaaa??? 🤯
Provocative comment on innovation & impact. A++ https://twitter.com/berkun/status/1382332757557223424
Little known detail, I used Virgin Galactic & Blue Orbit (& Until the End of the World) as inspiration for my first scenario film on the future of transactions: https://vimeo.com/52354666. Cool to see this taking off finally. https://twitter.com/dvorsky/status/1382345292322848768
As an introvert, I too have mixed feelings about a post-vaccine world. This is a good read. “...now that I’m fully vaccinated, I just want you to know that I still won’t be able to make that thing because I don’t want to come.” 🤣🤣🤣 https://www.seattletimes.com/life/introverts-are-dreading-a-return-to-the-noise-crowds-and-small-talk-of-normal-life/ ht @Blazenhoff
Is it strings or synthesizers? Electronic Performers is a breath of fresh Air.... and my work soundtrack to a presentation about the future of security.
Feedburner = og blogger badge? Yeah, I got one of those emails too. 🤣🤣🤣
My best friend came to visit and while I orient her to my construction zone, I also instructed her on the best practices of my Japanese washlet. Deluxe with dryer.
Cold war 2.0? #solarwinds + everything else
🤣🤣🤣 https://www.theonion.com/cinerama-blames-closure-on-more-viewers-choosing-to-wat-1846676347
First outing in a long time. Wearing my gold pantsuit that I splurge bought in memory of Susanna and the golden goddess of death. https://www.instagram.com/p/CNs0MHEBu9P/?igshid=mzoq626svkvd
First outing in a long time. Wearing my gold pantsuit that I splurge bought in memory of Susanna and the golden goddess of death. https://www.instagram.com/p/CNs0MHEBu9P/?igshid=1afu5vgsxx84c
Just posted a photo https://www.instagram.com/p/CNtkd4eBS7Z/?igshid=1vlwq5x1oe3pa
@windley @camgeer @FrameTrust @RuffTimo @heathercdahl @jameskschulte @TelegramSam Regrets from me this time Phil. Taking a break, but I’m sure it will be great! And I guess right on time for my bi-annual Kristy Kreme donut (which I had yesterday!)
Been pulled in like 10 different directions this week and feel so behind on my deliverables/writing. But I guess I could not be such a workaholic as I prepare for a post-vaccine world. Time to shift priorities and practice the opposite of hermitage.
What are you reading during the 15 minute observation time?
@ronmichael 🤯🙃
It's turned into the kind of morning where I'm playing King Crimson too loud with the doors and windows open.
imagePost vaccine shot freak out that now I need to clean my house cause someone might actually come over other than my renovation contractors! 😬 I have honestly not cared about my bachelor living for 13 months. Feral begone!
I made the cucumber tomato chick pea salad and I still have 4 cukes! Hmmm, maybe it’s time for Downton Abbey style tea with cucumber sandwiches and tofu cream cheese.... 🤔
RT @SenSanders: Make no mistake about what is happening here: activist Aleksei Navalny is being murdered in front of the world by Vladimir…
A++ read “What’s incredible about friendship is that it allows you to be non-exclusively immersed in another person’s reality, to be intimately known by someone in a way that’s separated from the whims of sexual desire and the constraints of family...” https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2021-04-07/keep-in-touch-when-the-world-reopens
cc @rosiepongracz & @biosopher 🤣🤣🤣 https://twitter.com/jelenawoehr/status/1383230976361340928
Neighbor texts/warns me about the bobcat coming over, & I immediately run out to try to stalk it. So excited that bobcats are coming this far down from the part and hope it eats some of the packrats!
I want a mashup of Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie with Downton Abbey. In the former, they never get to eat dinner, in the latter they are always going to luncheon or dinner!
Tonight I find myself on Amazon looking at Cuisinarts... why do they have to make it so hard to choose with so many options? Will someone just tell me which one to buy? I have had the mini for 20 years, & it's time to finally add a larger one. #paradoxofchoice
TFW you hear (& love) the song you put in your first film scenario. Because you know every note.
@TzviyaSiegman At RWOT it was something like the community safety team.
@TzviyaSiegman No. I know I have seen it in the PWE group, but I had never come across it before.
Even if my latest BIG THING doesn't get funded, it's nice to know people take my calls.
@koalie @TzviyaSiegman I looked through my emails & we called it the "Community Resilience Team." Because what we did created more resilience in the community. 😊 I think that was a good choice. Here are the docs that team created: https://weboftrustinfo.github.io/community-resilience/ We did a lot of research before we wrote them.
The look of, waiting another 45 minutes before dinner. 😂😂😂 https://www.instagram.com/p/CN3gMVHhodJ/?igshid=8ib6jvv9d19q
t-minus <30 days. & will officially demark the beginning of my post-vaccine era. #cryptictweets
Morning feels with a sick bass line: https://youtu.be/vE4VlA_9OrI
Pretty much every @JamiroquaiHQ song has the sickest bass line going through it like my favorite two lane highways blasting through the Mojave.
I feel like I'm living my own Game of Thrones at 9am on Tuesdays. LOL.
imageYesterday on a call... Them: "Look at whatever is the opposite of truth." Me: "You mean deception?" #espionageinthebrain
@TzviyaSiegman I was actually trying to figure who I would be (def not Circe), and IDK, I have a lot of lists. 🙃
The wind blew all evening through the night. Dreams and desires alternate with deep or fitful sleep through the night. I watched the darkness fade into the light in the wee hours. I drink my coffee in the quiet and cool. I prepare for my day of writing.
Thanks to the @latimes, I'm kicking off my day with one of my favorite Prince songs, ranked #2 on their best of prince singles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9tEvfIsDyo
CC @anildash may be of interest to you --> https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-04-21/every-prince-single-ranked
@anildash haha. FWIW, I don't agree with the order either! But still interesting in a way.
@ingenesist Awe, thanks Dan. How you doing?
@ingenesist Indeed they are. Wishing you stamina and optimism.
Well, we’re headed to the emergency vet. It’s been 4 months since our last visit which is quite a streak. Wish me and Archibald well. He back legs stopped working.😢
Rest In Peace my dear sweet Archibald. You taught me so much. I will miss you forever. 😭
Just posted a photo https://www.instagram.com/p/CN8r9lHh-UU/?igshid=1g4styo979had
@wildbell Thank you. I know you love the animals. <3
@jxa Thank you
@nobantu Right! I never made him his own website for supply chain management... :-(
@bradleypallen It's so true.
@TheEmilyDare Thank you.
It was, Til Death do Us Part. 💛 https://twitter.com/heathervescent/status/1385028641042673674
I may be eating an entire bag of cookies tonight.
I will pay day by day, anyway, lock, bolt and key. / Crippled but free, I was blind all the time, I was learning to see. #lyricsgame cc @rtgarden
@KateRoseBee @hacks4pancakes Heya, not sure if this is your bag, but could be cool to partner with @MatrushkaStyle. Local, woman owned & awesome style. I really really want a dress in the fabric you design, but those styles not so great por moi bodytype. 😊 But I think they could look awesome in Cleopatra.
@fatemehx2 Thank you.
No Taxation without Representation. Go DC Statehood! ht @boxeswithknobs https://twitter.com/7NewsDC/status/1385262474551775236
My response to any animal (dog/cat) distress: Do you need turkey? #poultryasalovelanguage
Updating the dog watching instructions is heart breaking. And really shows how much I doted on Archibald. 💔
The thread that finally causes a thousand fires to bloom? Or just another 687 comments about burning man? Ah, it's great to be alive and watch the burner community from the safety of my Mojave lair. https://www.facebook.com/danger.ranger/posts/10222171133820294
Mornings are the worst. That was our sweet special half sleep-snuggle time. My lifeline to sanity during the pandemic. I forgot the feeling of skin, replacing it with your luxurious fur that I painstakingly helped you grow back.
imageI pretend I’m ok, even to myself. Work and distractions and even visitors and travel. But my heart breaks and the tears come when I’m alone. Today at 6am.
I think where you could be. The co-dependent tether I didn’t care about having is fraying each day like my prayer flags in the wind. I grounded my life to your needs. Now what?
Today I go north-east into the Mojave. I welcome the long drive through dead cell signal. These mountains of rock express geological time. Reminds me of this brief moment I/we breath. I hope we can be kind to each other and most of all to our selves through our suffering.
We went shopping at Omega Mart and I still have ennui. @ Omega Mart https://www.instagram.com/p/COEJHA3h9xZ/?igshid=buxa1f00zdra
Double trouble are in Vegas!!! Rusty and I met in 1997 at a Cacophony event in Berkeley. So much has changed from those days a d yet, we remain. ❤️ to your bestie friends. @ Las Vegas, Nevada https://www.instagram.com/p/COETAk5h4ZL/?igshid=1i2vh8l6h35ur
I just can not get over the akashic kebabs. Mind totally blown. #omegamart
@sixwing So sorry Rand. Hugs. Breathe. Drink water. Be kind to yourself.
Vegas is even more depressing during the pandemic. Normally the desperation is diluted with business people and conference goers. It’s strange to see people trying to party like the before times. We’re headed back to the quiet, expansive, deadly Mojave momentarily.
Congrats to Nomadland on their well-deserved wins! AND how many of you have an actual nomad who lives that life parked on your property this moment?
@securitybrew Gentle crate training. Positive reinforcement with treats, play time, snuggles. Potty timer and can also tether to you via their leash. Structured feeding with commands. Happy to chat more - I deal w/love my rescue dogs.
@securitybrew I’ve had several tea raw fosters that I got into shape before they were adopted. It’s consistent work but can be done. Good luck, I know you can do it.
Under 60 degrees we all wear our puffy winter coats. #desertdweller
Crammed a 7 day road trip into 2 days and did more things the past 48 hours than I did the past 13 months. Gonna go be a hermit forever now or at least 10 days....
@Cannibal Food, suppliments, friends, mostly dogs.
Hi. I’m an Instagram influencer now. 😂😂😂jk I am the same jaded genxer on vacation in my own backyard. @ Cholla Cactus Garden https://www.instagram.com/p/COIyls-huAV/?igshid=my6804hq9e5b
Sounds like a fascinating book. I especially like bringing back the concept of "uncertainty as delight." https://twitter.com/HilaryCottam/status/1385496547899678721
I first visited Salvation Mountain over 15 years ago. It’s always a pleasure to introduce it to new people. #salvationmountain https://www.instagram.com/p/COJ6RV7Blgt/?igshid=122uz0eyp8h41
Return trip to East Jesus. @ East Jesus, Slab City https://www.instagram.com/p/COJ6rwZhBTY/?igshid=lskbag7c3jwf
Just posted a photo @ East Jesus, Slab City https://www.instagram.com/p/COJ6-XYhwMt/?igshid=1jnblvj17vxhd
@nicoleradziwill Maybe, but this is a game best played off Twitter. 😁
@Cannibal I also started referring to my “anxiety brain” as in, well my anxiety brain is worried about ... blah blah blah. That helps me laugh it off and not allow it to otherwise hijack my other brains.
Infosec twitter: What companies are the best at security and why are they so good at it?
I still have one dog that sleeps through standards calls. https://www.instagram.com/p/COLTnnXh-CR/?igshid=t7rjrgh08a3j
@Aaron_Muszalski @mariangoodell @burningman Did they punt to 2022?
I'm honestly curious if "throwing money at the problem" is the solution, or if there is a scrappy solution, or we need new paradigms to make existing attack vector obsolete.
@FrancisPowell1 So like pentesting themselves?
Today my heart it utterly breaking, opening and blooming and I don't know how to feel all these things at the same time. It's so weird. I may be having trouble focusing.
Blue-teamers: how are you feeling about the current state of attacks?
Second shift work catch up with an @OmegaMartUSA MEGA coffee mug full of Roobios. You have NO IDEA what's in store for you!
It's exactly like this commercial. https://twitter.com/OmegaMartUSA/status/1353749725653069824
@TelegramSam Did you miss the stars?
The future of events is *not* talking about them on social media and *no* public promotion/announcement. I'm super excited to talk about the Future of Security at one of these super secret invite only events that doesn't have one peep about it on the socials. 🕵️♀️🙃
@jxa IDK, I am not in charge. I am just a speaker!
Today I picked up Archibald. All I can think of is this lyric from this song, "Number seven is Sekhu, the Remains." https://youtu.be/CTElpGptLuU?t=456 Now I have 4 to take to Varanasi.
I love an excuse to use GITS images along with a blog. (It's a secret blog, sry, you'll just have to believe me.) I guess today is me teasing all the sekret stuff I'm doing.
@colleenelliott_ You’re absolutely right. There are times for Chatham rules as well. I’m just as happy speaking at all kinds of events if you have any suggestions.
RT @scalzi: The Spice Boys https://twitter.com/thomdunn/status/1388104568525963264
If only we had a technology solution for verified credentials..... https://twitter.com/josephfcox/status/1388189781054562306
@NianaSavage Looks amazing!!!
