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Just Because You’re Not Paranoid Doesn’t Mean They’re Not Tracking You…
Most people aren’t aware they are being watched with beacons, but the “beacosystem” tracks millions of people every day. Beacons are placed at airports, malls, subways, buses, taxis, sporting arenas, gyms, hotels, hospitals, music festivals, cinemas and museums, and even on billboards. Big Brother is Watching…and Sending You Ads. And Ads. And Ads…
Vulcan does not exist — but 40 Eridani does
As a kid I remember reading about “Vulcan,” which people used to think existed between Mercury and the Sun but always orbited on the opposite side. Completely fictional, of course. But… Vulcan made a comeback as the fictional home of Spock in Star Trek. It was said by Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry to be […]
The Moon is a Shining Ball of…uh…Nickel?
“Imagine taking a pile of metal five times larger than the Big Island of Hawaii and burying it underground…” Uh. OK. That’s a LOT of metal. Nickel and iron? Ancient asteroid impact? 300 kilometers deep? Sounds like a “golden” mining opportunity… …even enough to totally justify “the Moon is a part of Mars“? https://futurism.com/the-byte/deep-structure-mass-moon-crater?fbclid=IwAR194QoShlhP8Cxo0bZZJOndG2ylWBHOQxcFA1AdzxtKfl6oxnU7RWZRIZQ
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Tag Archives: Kagoshima
Daddy-daughter vacation (kind of)
Friday, my two daughters (aged 7 and 4) and I set off on a four-hour bullet train (Shinkansen) ride without my wife. She did see us off at the Shin-Osaka bullet train station, but since she had a week-long business … Continue reading
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Tagged cross-cultural, fathers, Kagoshima, shinkansen
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Home for the holidays (Part 2)
As I wrote a couple days ago, I’ve been spending the New Year’s holidays with my wife’s family in Kagoshima for a decade now. In that span of time, there have been five children born into the immediate extended family, … Continue reading
