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.
If humans could see the full spectrum of radiation, the San Francisco Bay Area shines bright like the sun this evening — not from lighting, but from communications. The Super Bowl concentrates more than 100,000 people, most of whom will have a wireless communications device on their person — cellphone, phablet, or tablet. There are numerous networks conveying […]
I got nasty habits; I take tea at three. — Mick Jagger Hah. Just be careful what water you use to make that tea, Mick. Could be an entirely different realm of nasty. Late start here, too much to read this morning. I’ll keep updating this as I write. Start your day off, though, by […]
You know the joke: 4:30 p.m. is better than an hour away from 5:00 p.m., right? Thursday is better than a week away from the weekend. For folks traveling home for the Lunar New Year holiday in China, there are four days left to get home, and the train stations are crazy-full. But today is […]
Whoa. Halt. Stop. The brakes need firm application, even mid-week. Zika virus infects media with crappy reporting I can’t tell you how many times in the last 24 hours I yelled at my computer, “Are you f****** kidding me with this crap?” With so many news outlets focused on hot takes rather than getting the […]
Okay, campers, rise and shine! It’s Groundhog Day! Like that genius film Groundhog Day we are stuck in an unending, repeating hell — like the dark circus that is our general election cycle in the U.S. The lesson: it’s hell by choice. Let’s choose better. What’ll we choose today? BPS, replacement for plastic additive BPA, […]
This morning will not launch without coffee. I don’t care how you deliver it, just bring it or nothing will start and finish today without it. Need more of it than usual given the wacky stuff I’ve been reading into the wee hours over the weekend — like this stuff: Former DHS Secretary now University […]
Sun Tzu said, “There are five occasions when victory can be foretold: When the general knows the time to fight and when not to fight…” Fridays are lousy times for fights, eh? Unless it’s just for fun. Speaking of fun… Oil crash wreaking havoc with MIC Huh. Who could have guessed when buyers of defense […]
War All The Time — seems appropriate now, and it’s been more than a dozen years since this song was released. Also rather pathetic that MTV censored a reference to suicide in this tune, like a drop of merthiolate on a gaping wound. Say it isn’t so, girl! Wendy’s investigating possible breaches On the face […]
While looking for Wednesday, I discovered there’s a video short series based on a grownup version of Wednesday Addams character. Cute, though from Wednesday’s POV becoming an adult isn’t all the fun one might expect. So much for those carefree days when one could leave all the bad news and difficult choices to parental figures. […]
Hope by this afternoon all the major thoroughfares are clear and transportation nearly back to normal along the east coast. You’d think by now we’d have developed and installed self-maintaining highways that melt ice and snow, right? For now, let’s dig. A former Goldman Sachs exec parts company with CenturyLink They called it “creating an […]