Riley and Casey explore technology and society in rural communities. Today's focus: Indigenous Lands & Innovation.

NEWS ROUNDUP: We break down [The Tyee] Why Humans Still Burn Logs for Power, and explore what these developments mean for communities like ours.

RURAL CONNECTIONS: Deep dive on Indigenous Lands & Innovation Topics include: renewable energy, solar, data sovereignty, AI, infrastructure.

Hosts: Riley (Tech optimist with an engineering background) and Casey (Community-first skeptic of tech promises).

Sources discussed:

• The Tyee: [The Tyee] Why Humans Still Burn Logs for Power
• IndigiNews: [IndigiNews] ‘Carney is at a crossroads’ with First Nations,...
• The Narwhal: [The Narwhal] Watch: how First Nations are leading the clean...
• Williams Lake Tribune: [Williams Lake Tribune] Negotiations over proposed South Oka...

Additional sources provided:

• CNET: [CNET] I Review Routers for a Living. Don’t Buy a Router Rig...
• The Tyee: [The Tyee] Just 14 Species Have ‘Genuinely’ Improved on BC’s...
• The Tyee: [The Tyee] Tumbler Ridge Shows We Can’t Take Rural Medicine ...
• Williams Lake Tribune: [Williams Lake Tribune] Williams Lake council drops controve...
• Hackaday: [Hackaday] Testing Severely Neglected VHS Tapes and CDs
• Toms Guide: [Toms Guide] I tested Meta AI vs Deepseek with 5 real-world ...
• Al Jazeera English: [Al Jazeera English] US lawmakers push for pause in data cen...
• Hackaday: [Hackaday] Demonstrating Gray Codes With Industrial Display
• ScienceAlert: [ScienceAlert] Oldest Dog DNA Ever Found Reveals How Ancient...
• ZDNet: [ZDNet] This discounted Wi-Fi 7 mesh system has me seriously...
• The Marginalian: [The Marginalian] Gardening as Resistance: Notes on Building...
• XDA Developers: [XDA Developers] Skip Synology and grab this underrated NAS ...

Credits
Theme Song: Cariboo Signals by Suno
Content Curation & Script: Claude (Anthropic)
Script Review Model: claude-sonnet-4-20250514
TTS Voices: OpenAI TTS API
Cover Art: ChatGPT (OpenAI)
Podcast Coordination: Erich Zirnhelt
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