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

NEWS ROUNDUP: We break down [My Cariboo Now] B.C. tables legislation to expand protest restrictions near schools and places of worship and [ScienceAlert] Pesticide Exposure Could Increase Disease Risk For The Next 20 Generations, plus 1 more stories, and explore what these developments mean for communities like ours.

RURAL CONNECTIONS: Deep dive on Working Lands & Industry Topics include: fiber, satellite, precision agriculture, solar, AI.

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

Sources discussed:

• My Cariboo Now: [My Cariboo Now] B.C. tables legislation to expand protest r...
• ScienceAlert: [ScienceAlert] Pesticide Exposure Could Increase Disease Ris...
• Williams Lake Tribune: [Williams Lake Tribune] Quesnel River Rush tied 1-1 with Wil...
• Williams Lake Tribune: [Williams Lake Tribune] Williams Lake RCMP looking for missi...
• Williams Lake Tribune: [Williams Lake Tribune] Kimberley’s Eriksson and guide Smith...
• 100 Mile Free Press: [100 Mile Free Press] Women’s health roundtable discusses ne...
• The Tyee: [The Tyee] Tracking Hospital Overdoses Isn’t Easy as It Seem...
• ScienceAlert: [ScienceAlert] Scientists Discover New Evidence a Common Vir...
• InsideEVs: [InsideEVs] Tesla Opened Its First Semi Truck Megacharger Th...
• ScienceAlert: [ScienceAlert] Stem Cell Treatments For Parkinson's And Hear...
• New Atlas: [New Atlas] Bio-based, recyclable resins outperform their fo...
• ZDNet: [ZDNet] How I turned my Starlink Mini into the ultimate off-...

Additional sources provided:

• My Cariboo Now: [My Cariboo Now] Have you seen Zoe Bedard
• TechRadar: [TechRadar] Megawatt charging is go — BYD tests 1,500kW netw...
• BC Gov News: [BC Gov News] Growing tourism, unlocking opportunities for p...
• InsideEVs: [InsideEVs] Stellantis, Battled And Bruised, Will Build Chin...
• Williams Lake Tribune: [Williams Lake Tribune] B.C. introduces bills to restrict pr...
• 100 Mile Free Press: [100 Mile Free Press] ALEXANDER: Fishing and playing enjoyed...
• InsideEVs: [InsideEVs] A Buick Plug-In Hybrid Minivan Just Set A New Ra...
• ScienceAlert: [ScienceAlert] Trees Seen Emitting a Ghostly Light During a ...
• ScienceAlert: [ScienceAlert] Popular Anti-Aging Supplement May Fuel Cancer...
• Yellowhead Institute: [Yellowhead Institute] The Prison as Reconciliation? Conside...
• TechCrunch: [TechCrunch] Owner of ICE detention facility sees big opport...
• Hackaday: [Hackaday] Building a Class 100 Semiconductor Cleanroom Insi...
• The Tyee: [The Tyee] How Is Ottawa’s Tariff Response Working for BC?
• Civil Eats: [Civil Eats] As Louisiana’s Wetlands Erode, A Fishing Cultur...
• My Cariboo Now: [My Cariboo Now] Quesnel Search and Rescue member receives q...

Credits
Theme Song: Cariboo Signals by Sumo AI
Content Curation & Script: Claude (Anthropic)
TTS Voices: OpenAI TTS API
Cover Art: ChatGPT (OpenAI)
Podcast Coordination: Erich Zirnhelt
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