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Economist for non-profits, NGOs, governments, some private cos. Projects—public #policy, #evaluation, #innovation, #tech, job creation, #privacy, #health, #equity, #climate, #sustainability

Ex: The Economist, Bloomberg

Love #data & democracy, hate disinformation

I boost #jobs!

Free time: family, #cooking, #baking, #running, #biking, #camping, #rowing, #photography, #nature, #books, #writing, #haiku, bad #jokes, #pets—often many (≠all!) @ 1x!

Find me: https://linktr.ee/richstein #tfr #fedi22

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RunRichRun, to Florida
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No idea what sort of birds these are — sorry about the dogs. We heard this cacophony while out walking this evening. I thought they might be Eastern Screech Owls, but now not so sure.

Video shot on the edge of the woods this evening — deep shadows and a bit of darkening sky. No idea what birds are making noise. There are also a couple of dogs barking in the distance.

RunRichRun, to random
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Techno-optimism.
Techno-fantabulism.
Techno-fantasy — you get the drift.
"To us, insisting that there’s a technological fix for every problem in the world seems not just optimistic, but also rather convenient if you happen to be among the richest people on Earth and in a position to profit from the technology industry."
https://theconversation.com/what-is-techno-optimism-2-technology-scholars-explain-the-ideology-that-says-technology-is-the-answer-to-every-problem-222668 v @TheConversationUS

RunRichRun, to space
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This upbeat story is about human persistence and tenacity more than it is about technology — but the technology is pretty amazing too. And it's from 1977. That's more than 46 years ago.

NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth
Update: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth

Mission Overview: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/

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This was something to hear —
"Justice Sotomayor somberly places death of democracy at feet of Supreme Court if justices rule in Trump’s favor"
https://lawandcrime.com/supreme-court/justice-sotomayor-somberly-places-death-of-democracy-at-feet-of-supreme-court-if-justices-rule-in-trumps-favor/

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Interesting discussion of monopoly practices in the sport card (e.g., baseball cards) business—
"After deciding to move into the sports trading card market, Fanatics used exclusive trademark licenses to secure the sole rights to produce MLB, NFL and NBA cards...

While some people may see baseball cards as mere child’s play, the U.S. sports card industry is estimated to be a US$12 billion market. Since...COVID-19... there’s been a surge in interest."
https://theconversation.com/the-amazon-of-sports-has-already-cornered-baseballs-apparel-market-and-is-now-on-the-verge-of-subsuming-baseball-cards-too-226376 v @TheConversationUS

RunRichRun, to USpolitics
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Crazy to me that TFG (a.k.a. he who will not be named here) and others at top of the Republican Party have convinced so many working class followers that they are the low tax party. They're not — unless you're either wealthy or a corporation: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-era-tax-cuts-set-160750197.html

It really is "smoke and mirrors." It always was. Goes back to David Stockman's "trickle down economics" — and earlier!
via @GottaLaff
https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/112287834575311231

RunRichRun, to H5N1
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Big regulatory and likely public health snafu (and economic disaster) if true —ground-up chicken waste fed to cattle may be behind bird flu outbreak in US cows
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/chicken-waste-fed-to-cattle-may-be-behind-bird-flu-outbreak/

RunRichRun, to ai
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RunRichRun, to earthquake
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Holy smokes. of much larger magnitude than we usually get (so rarely feel) in these parts. https://helmholtz.social/@gfzearthquakes/112219093431587244

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RunRichRun, to philadelphia
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Welcome to — where apparently there's not even a need to DIY you own sovereign citizen license plate on a piece of cardboard with a crayon 🤪 Nope, no license plate required at all. 😜

RunRichRun, to california
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giant sequoias under threat from : "...more frequent... extreme droughts & fires. ... > 10% of the remaining population of ~80k wild trees... killed in a single fire in 2020...

...less well-known... ~half a million sequoias (wild and planted) [live] in ..."
https://theconversation.com/redwood-trees-are-growing-almost-as-fast-in-the-uk-as-their-californian-cousins-new-study-225475 v @arstechnica @TheConversationUK

Giant (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in the : storage potential & growth rates https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230603

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Nothing lasts forever — lovely writing:
"NASA Communicates with Ailing Voyager 1 Spacecraft"

"... nearly a half-century [currently 46 years] later... [ & 2] have become the longest-lived and farthest-flung probes ever dispatched by humankind...

Traveling at the speed of light, the radio signals used to command the spacecraft take 22.5 hours to travel 15 billion miles—and 22.5 hours to come back..." (NB: Only took a day for results in my first computer lab.)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-restores-communications-with-ailing-voyager-1-spacecraft/

RunRichRun, to animals
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RunRichRun, to solar
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of sand... are surprisingly roomy when it comes to energy storage —

"Capable of storing 100 MWh of from and sources, it will enable residents to eliminate oil from their district heating network, helping to cut emissions by nearly 70[%]."

💡💡💡‼️
"Launched... as cut off gas supplies in retaliation for joining ..."
https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/03/10/sand-batteries-could-be-key-breakthrough-in-storing-solar-and-wind-energy-year-round v @euronews
h/t @FaithfullJohn

RunRichRun, to China
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" has expanded the use of boarding schools - for children as young as four - and replaced as the main language... with ...

... to undermine the Tibetan identity, by targeting the very youngest in society...

... estimate... 80% of Tibetan children - perhaps one million pupils - are now [affected]..."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-68492043 v @BBCWorld

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"This year, is on the ballot. Over 60 countries... home to nearly 4 billion people — half the globe’s population — will hold national elections, meaning more people will vote in 2024 than ever before in history.
...
Proton VPN will make servers available for free two weeks before elections in several countries with histories of and . These servers will... be free for a week after the elections as well."
https://protonvpn.com/blog/free-servers-before-elections/ v @protonmail

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Tragedy: "English Channel: Girl, 7, dies after boat capsizes near Dunkirk in France" — People make these dangerous trips in so many places around the world seeking better opportunities, whether that is economic opportunity or just the ability to live in safety. That should not be considered a criminal act, and the making these attempts should not be considered criminals. Where is the humanity in that?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68461794 v @BBCWorld

RunRichRun, to Israel
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Existential angst as reality —

"... two tortured peoples: ...Israelis and Palestinians... neither side is capable of viewing the other’s tragedy with a shred of understanding — not to mention compassion.

One more shameful phenomenon... Israel is the one country in the world whose elimination is most openly called for.

The coming months will determine the fate of two peoples. ...[is] the conflict... ripe for a reasonable, moral, human resolution[?]" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/01/opinion/israel-gaza-palestinians-hostages.html

RunRichRun, to WX
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Gray day with on & off showers — rains every time I step out, ends as soon as I'm back in. 🤨 Unseasonably warm — this week it's reached ~60°F/16°C +/- and hasn't dipped below freezing. Note the fog/mist rising from the lake (near center of photo). Even cooler coming tonight won't lower temperatures to seasonal averages.

Have a good day.

RunRichRun, to photography
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RunRichRun, to climate
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From February 9: "Maple syrup season off to early start with Michigan’s record warmth —

... one of Michigan’s largest maple syrup farms is getting sap at the earliest date in 45 years.

... if it stays warm... trees will bud and the sap then turns bitter. The early maple syrup season would be over quickly in that case..."
https://www.mlive.com/weather/2024/02/maple-syrup-season-off-to-early-start-with-michigans-record-warmth.html
h/t @lfisk @danmccullough @analogfusion
https://infosec.exchange/@lfisk/111919260663195668

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: "Nazis mingle openly at , spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories and finding allies —

...one of the most viral moments...[:] conservative personality Jack called for the end of and a more explicitly Christian-focused government... many CPAC attendees embraced his and others’ invocations of the , 2021, ."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nazis-mingle-openly-cpac-spreading-antisemitic-conspiracy-theories-fin-rcna140335

Also this: - embrace https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/milei-embraces-trump-washington-trip-225200407.html

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