2023

links, etc blister podcast this was a solid discussion about reaching across various outdoor groups to protect the resources we all care about. paul forward notes that hunting groups and various conservation groups have a lot of common cause with many outdoor recreation groups and the hunting groups do a killer job with engaging lobbyists to achieve their objectives. my personal favorite here is BHA they’re doing great work with local conservation chapters across the country and in the preservation of public lands at the federal level....

links, etc The Minnesota GOP is broke and struggling to contain the fringe - Minnesota Reformer first rate reporting on the train wreck that is the MN GOP.

links, etc The Twin Cities’ Eater Award Winners for 2023 - Eater Twin Cities some gems here that we’ve missed.

links, etc AI and Mass Spying - Schneier on Security iMessage, explained - JJTech

links, etc AI and Trust - Schneier on Security talking about trust: We might think of them as friends, when they are actually services. Corporations are not moral; they are precisely as immoral as the law and their reputations let them get away with. So corporations regularly take advantage of their customers, mistreat their workers, pollute the environment, and lobby for changes in law so they can do even more of these things....