Calling a thought in from a quick break from work, as I have no idea how I'm going to find time to keep up my current schedule...let alone my hobby.  (Sorry for the quality of the call)Thinking we may go to one episode per month.  Next one should be out...

A mom.  A well respected digital evidence pioneer.  A well known & established CEO.Thank you, Amber, for all that you do!Literally made my eyes leak.Sending love, always. XOXOXO

Work/Life Balance, that's the topic of this month's "What's Your Opinion?" segment.  It's not a funny topic to begin with, and one that's been an area of focus for me since moving out west over 10 years ago (one of the key reasons for the move).

I have always struggled with Work/Life Balance, because frankly I'm always working. 

Anyway, I share a few personal experiences and thoughts on the topic throughout this episode.

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Articles Referenced:

• FBI Director warns of ongoing Russian 'Information Warfare' - Associate Press
• Tool to Help Journalists Spot Doctored Images Is Unveiled by Jigsaw - New York Times
• Clearview AI hit with cease-and-desist from Google, Facebook over facial recognition collection - C/Net
• Autonomous flying taxi Cora set for passenger trials in New Zealand - EnGadget
• An 8-year-old boy paid off the lunch debt for his entire school by selling key chains - CNN

Book Reference

• The ABC's of CBD, by Shira Adler

RIP Weed Nerd
A close friend of Music Man Mark's passed recently.  Someone he was close to for years.  The legendary cannabis seed producer, Subcool.  Our condolenses to all of his family & friends.

Trump & the Impeachment
I don't like talking politics.  I say that to say this, the left and the right are both necessary in order for a center to exist.  I'm a registered independent, who has despised Donald Trump as a human being since the early '80's.   I'm gonna vent a little these days about him, and this is my place to do it.  Just sayin'. 

Balance.  It's all about balance, my friends.

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On the road, so I apologize in advance for some of the quality issues in this episode. 

In this episode, I chat about our "What's Your Opinion?" topics to-date, share some related news articles that caught my eye, and toss in some nonsense with me & Mark.

A few links referenced in the show:

Encryption Backdoors, The Illusion of Privacy

• What I'm reading - The Age of Suveillance Capitalism (Amazon books)
• DOJ Says FBI Cracked Lev Parnas's iPhone 11 in Two Months Even as It Demands Apple Backdoor - Gizmodo
• UN calls for immediate investigation into Saudi role in Jeff Bezos hack - The Verge
• Microsoft and Google just can't agree on proposed ban on facial recognition - ZDNet
• Bipartisan bill would scale back key section of the Patriot Act - Engadget

Work/Life Balance

• Burnout: 'Sick and tired of feeling sick and tired' - BBC News
• Delta gave its employees 2 months of extra pay. Here's why that's good business - CNN

Impeachment

• The Alan Parsons Project - Games People Play (Official Video)

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A brand new decade, already a ton of news from all fronts; political, international, technology, environment, and privacy.

I hereby declare January "Consumer Privacy Awareness Month".

I'll be chatting about the CCPA, Cambridge Analytica, and personal privacy & security practices in our "What's Your Opinion?" segment this month.

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Quick call with my mom to check-in.

Michigan State Univeristy Libraries houses a phenomenal collection of audio recordings from Presidents of The United States throughout history, including the oldest known recordings done by Edison himself.

Here's one from my main man, Teddy.

Talk about going off grid.  This guy was the King of off grid.  Target of the largest monopolies, pigeonholed into Vice Presidency.  Shot before giving a speech, went on with it anyway.

Surely Carnac the Shitty POTUS supporters will find some way to interpret this as supporting their lunacy, but...

Really listen to Teddy.  Hear the passion in his voice, then pull your head out of your ass...and listen again.  

Hope you had an amazing Christmas surrounded by love my friends, regardless of your political affiliation.  Sending love, always. 😎❤️ 

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Theodore Roosevelt Recording on Why Bosses Oppose the Progressive Partytheor

It's a brief holiday episode, one where I intended to seed January discussion & spread holiday cheer...but damn, what a few weeks we've had in the news.

Impeachment - A great topic no matter what time of year it is, particularly when you have a narcissistic, authoritarian tyrant at the center of it.  One who is often the first to document his own crimes inadvertently through his “great and unmatched wisdom”.  Carnac the shitty POTUS.

I wish I could ignore it, but I can't.

The Illusion of Privacy & The Great Hack
I've been dropping the name for weeks.  Cambridge Analytica.  "That's old news Larry!".  I know, but so many of you were just as oblivious then as you are now...and it's even worse now, despite so many advancements we've made to help you protect yourself.

January Topical Links:

• The Great Hack documentary, Netflix
• Amazon & Ring.com Under Attack by privacy activists over recent incidents.
• Ratio of CCTV cameras to U.S. citizens
• Identifying & Tackling Manipulated Media, a primer from Reuters & the Facebook Journalism Project
• Finland is making its online AI crash course free to the world
• NY Times Special Feature - Opinion: Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy

Listen, these aren't funny subjects.  In fact, nothing funny at all about them, IMHO, which is why I'm pushing them off until January, 2020. 

Do yourself a favor...Disconnect for the Holidays
At the very least, change your focus.  Drop the tech sh** and national & global issues for a few, and focus on those that matter most to you.  Spend time with those you love.  Hug more.  Ski, hike, jump out of a plane...whatever & whomever you love...do them & it more this holiday season.

You'll be glad you did.

Be safe out there doing it, my friends.  Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!  😎❤️ 

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