Author Archive for: Rayne
About Rayne
Blogger since 2002, political activist since 2003, geek since birth. Opinions informed by mixed-race, multi-ethnic, cis-female condition, further shaped by kind friends of all persuasions. Sci-tech frenemy, wannabe artist, decent cook, determined author, successful troublemaker. Mother of invention and two excessively smart-assed young adult kids. Attended School of Hard Knocks; Rather Unfortunate Smallish Private Business School in Midwest; Affordable Mid-State Community College w/evening classes. Self-employed at Tiny Consulting Business; previously at Large-ish Chemical Company with HQ in Midwest in multiple marginalizing corporate drone roles, and at Rather Big IT Service Provider as a project manager, preceded by a motley assortment of gigs before the gig economy was a thing. Blogging experience includes a personal blog at the original blogs.salon.com, managing editor for a state-based news site, and a stint at Firedoglake before landing here at emptywheel as technology’s less-virginal-but-still-accursed Cassandra.
Entries by Rayne
Wednesday Morning: Whip It Good
/10 Comments/in Culture, Cybersecurity/by RayneWhen a problem comes along you must whip it Before the cream sits out too long you must whip it When something’s going wrong you must whip it — excerpt, Whip It by Devo Can’t tell you how many times I’ve thought of this song in the last couple of days. Panama Papers fallout Still […]
Tuesday Morning: What’s News, Tiwes?
/15 Comments/in Culture, Cybersecurity, Financial Fraud/by RayneIt’s the day belonging to Tiwes, the Norse god of single combat. What will we engage in battle about today? Looks like sketchy news coverage is a good reason, after taking a peek at Newsmap this morning to check global media coverage of the Panama Papers. Very thin reporting, according to the results. Canada, come on […]
Monday Morning: Welcome to BVI – Have a Tax-Free Day
/16 Comments/in Culture, Financial Fraud/by RayneAw, shucks. Spring Break is over just as I find another warm place to visit. The British Virgin Islands expect a balmy daytime high of 84F/29C degrees today with partly cloudy skies. And a 100% chance of tax havens galore. Blood’s in the water, though, stay ashore. You may hear a lot in the media […]
Weekend Open Thread: You’re Gonna’ Need a Bigger Boat
/5 Comments/in Culture/by RayneWe’ve been rather busy around the emptywheel this weekend, but it looks like we need something for conversations about two big topics. First, the Panama Papers — here’s a short and sweet explainer at The Guardian to get you started. It’s the biggest leak-based, multi-outlet, global journalistic investigation to date. The server where the papers […]
Friday Morning: Some Place Warm
/2 Comments/in Culture, Cybersecurity/by RayneWarm, like the Philippines, the home of the Manila sound. It’s Friday once again and today’s jazz genre is the precursor to Pinoy rock (like Freddie Aguilar’s Anak) and Pinoy hip hop (like Andrew E’s Binibirocha). The Manila sound emerged under Ferdinand Marcos’ regime; wish I knew more about this body of work to identify […]
Thursday Morning: Taboo You
/22 Comments/in Culture, Cybersecurity, Health Policy/by RayneStill on spring break around here. If I was legit on a road trip some place warm right now, you’d find me lounging in the sun, sipping fruity cocktails at all hours, listening to some cheesy exotica like this Arthur Lyman piece I’ve shared here. Though horribly appropriative and colonialist, it’s hard not to like […]
Wednesday Morning: Breaking Spring
/6 Comments/in automobiles, Culture, Cybersecurity/by RayneIn the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish’d dove; In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. — excerpt, Locksley Hall by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Welcome to spring break. And by break, I mean schedules are broken around here. Nothing like waiting up until the wee hours for […]
Thursday Morning: Two Too Good
/5 Comments/in Culture, Cybersecurity/by RayneI would post this video every week if I could get away with it. It’s a favorite in my household where three of us play string instruments. I’ve blown out speakers cranking these guys up as far as I can (shhh…don’t tell the dude in charge of speaker maintenance here). You’ll note this post is […]
Wednesday Morning: Wicked Weary World
/42 Comments/in Culture, Cybersecurity, Terrorism/by RayneLet’s have a brunch-time salute to Belgium, which produced this fine young artist Loic Nottet. Too bad there’s not much well-produced content in YouTube yet by this youngster. He has incredible upper range reach with great potential because of the power behind his voice. Hope to hear more by him soon; he’s a sweet antidote […]