{"id":9105,"date":"2021-05-23T01:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T07:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=9105"},"modified":"2021-05-23T08:48:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T14:48:12","slug":"5-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=9105","title":{"rendered":"5.23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are now living the <a href=\"https:\/\/californiaglobe.com\/section-2\/if-california-is-facing-a-rare-mega-drought-why-is-the-state-releasing-water-from-reservoirs\/\">intentional deconstruction of the aquifers and the groundwater<\/a>. We are watching our home-grown food supply, and the most fertile farmland on the planet being destroyed. We are drinking water from the bottom of the barrel where contaminants are in concentrated form without the freshwater dilution for wells. Our infrastructure\u2014-canals, roads, and bridges, are sinking because without water to plump it up, land drops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why <a href=\"https:\/\/thehustle.co\/why-introverts-make-great-leaders\/\">introverts<\/a> make great leaders<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seaglass.cs.washington.edu\/\">SeaGlass<\/a> is a system designed by security researchers at the University of Washington to measure IMSI-catcher use across a city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lynalden.com\/may-2021-newsletter\/\">when push comes to shove<\/a> and the system is pushed to its limits, policymakers invariably print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How I <a href=\"https:\/\/donaldgmcneiljr1954.medium.com\/\">Learned to Stop Worrying<\/a> And Love the Lab-Leak Theory*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As it happens, <a href=\"https:\/\/psyche.co\/ideas\/to-be-more-tech-savvy-borrow-these-strategies-from-the-amish\">Amish communities are home to plenty of tinkerers, hackers and technophiles<\/a>. Just like early adopters who read the news online when \u2018the internet\u2019 was still a strange term, they rigged up light bulbs, bought telephones and surfed the web before their peers or church leaders knew much about them. Due to the decentralised nature of Amish religious life (there\u2019s no Amish pope), no one set a policy for addressing these novelties. Contrary to what outsiders might expect, early adopters often aren\u2019t censored, nor necessarily discouraged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Bittman, the central <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/society\/mark-bittman-animal-vegetable-junk\/\">drama<\/a> of this story begins in the course of the last century, as agriculture and food processing became mass industries, and as we moved from having two types of food (plants and animals) to being overwhelmed by a new third type\u2014one that was \u201cmore akin to poison.\u201d These \u201cengineered edible substances, barely recognizable as products of the earth, are commonly called \u2018junk.\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. small towns take on <a href=\"https:\/\/news.trust.org\/item\/20210513085242-ca3l6\/\">energy-guzzling<\/a> bitcoin miners<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OhkFbgxQuXA\">Greensill Capital\u2019s rise and fall<\/a> has everything: investment banks, opaque finance, private jets, trophy mansions and the biggest\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2011, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/the-full-story-of-the-stunning-rsa-hack-can-finally-be-told\">Chinese spies stole the crown jewels of cybersecurity<\/a>\u2014stripping protections from firms and government agencies worldwide. Here\u2019s how it happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft co-founder\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-05-21\/bill-gates-s-carefully-curated-dad-geek-image-unravels-in-two-weeks\">philanthropic legacy<\/a> is threatened by new revelations about his behavior<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now Your Car is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eetimes.com\/now-your-car-is-a-cybersecurity-risk-too\/\">Cybersecurity Risk<\/a>, Too<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5835e608414fb5a615f828bb\/t\/5ff3cac7dc8f8e0b7122ff58\/1609812690849\/AmirSariri_JMP.pdf\">Angel Investors <\/a>More Likely than Venture Capitalists to Drive Entrepreneurial Experimentation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Report: <a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2021\/05\/report-usps-internet-covert-operations-program-is-much-broader-in-scope-than-previously-known\/\">USPS \u2018Internet Covert Operations Program\u2019<\/a> Is \u2018Much Broader in Scope Than Previously Known\u2019.  The program \u2018includes analysts who assume fake identities online, use sophisticated intelligence tools, and employ facial recognition software.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crime App Citizen is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/7kv88q\/citizen-los-angeles-car-private-security\">Driving a Security Car Around L.A.<\/a> and Won\u2019t Say Why<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overcomingbias.com\/2021\/05\/status-trumps-argument.html\">Status Trumps<\/a> Argument<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are now living the intentional deconstruction of the aquifers and the groundwater. We are watching our home-grown food supply, and the most fertile farmland on the planet being destroyed. We are drinking water from the bottom of the barrel where contaminants are in concentrated form without the freshwater dilution for wells. 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