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

NEWS ROUNDUP: We break down [Williams Lake Tribune] 2,400 apply for 200-250 firefighter jobs as B.C. gears up for wildfire season and [Nautilus] Babies Learn the Art of Deception Before Their First Birthday, plus 1 more stories, and explore what these developments mean for communities like ours.

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

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

Sources discussed:

• Williams Lake Tribune: [Williams Lake Tribune] 2,400 apply for 200-250 firefighter ...
• Nautilus: [Nautilus] Babies Learn the Art of Deception Before Their Fi...
• Nautilus: [Nautilus] How Beer Brewing Revolutionized Modern Statistics
• Williams Lake Tribune: [Williams Lake Tribune] March Hare Madness in Williams Lake ...
• Williams Lake Tribune: [Williams Lake Tribune] VIDEO: Meteor confirmed in Lower Mai...
• The Tyee: [The Tyee] Tracking Hospital Overdoses Isn’t Easy as It Seem...
• The Tyee: [The Tyee] Harvesting Burned Trees May Seem a No-Brainer. Bu...

Additional sources provided:

• ScienceAlert: [ScienceAlert] Vaccine Cuts Risk of Common Cancer For Decade...
• InsideEVs: [InsideEVs] Watch Donut Lab's Mysterious Solid-State Battery...
• Gizmodo: [Gizmodo] Archaeologists Unearth 43,000 Ancient Egyptian Rec...
• NYT Top Stories: [NYT Top Stories] Spaceflight Started 100 Years Ago in a Mas...
• Williams Lake Tribune: [Williams Lake Tribune] Yellowhead Highway under snowfall wa...
• The Guardian Global Development: [The Guardian Global Development] A photo of Iran’s bombed s...
• ScienceAlert: [ScienceAlert] Birdwatching May Help Protect Your Brain From...
• Hackaday: [Hackaday] Recycled Plastic Compression Molding With 3D-Prin...
• CNET: [CNET] Nvidia Wants to Make It Easier to Create an OpenClaw ...
• TechRadar: [TechRadar] Are we sure that's wise? Minisforum says its new...
• CNET: [CNET] Nvidia Is Building a Computer for AI Data Centers in ...
• Business Insider: [Business Insider] Nvidia expects to sell $1 trillion in AI ...
• Seeded Content: $1M parcel of land boosts cattle farming research on the Pra...
• The Narwhal: [The Narwhal] $1M parcel of land expands horizons for cattle...

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Theme Song: Cariboo Signals by Suno
Content Curation & Script: Claude (Anthropic)
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