plotbot2015 (62)in #science • 4 years ago"When the Hawkweed Blooms," in Lackington's 21My very first short story was published by the Canadian semiprozine Lackington’s last week. It’s pretty much…plotbot2015 (62)in #sciencefiction • 4 years agoIGMS interviews, one unpublishedIn addition to my regular column on The Intergalactic Medicine Show , I took over their interviews for a few months…plotbot2015 (62)in #science • 6 years agoPlotBot: Year 3 ReviewOnce again, life got in the way of Steemit. My wife had a heart attack in February, and that put quite a damper on…plotbot2015 (62)in #politics • 6 years agoHybrid Forecasting -- the Legal StuffThis is the consent form I had to sign to enter the study on hybrid forecasting, which I originally described here.…plotbot2015 (62)in #steemit • 6 years agoCrowdsourced metadata via cryptocurrencyI've been reading this book: [image link] A full review will have to wait, but the essence of the book is that…plotbot2015 (62)in #life • 6 years agoIn MY day ...We didn't have school shootings. We had bomb threats, and we liked it that way. [image link to nbc.com] I'm not…plotbot2015 (62)in #business • 6 years agoCapital Connects 2018 [contest]This 15-year old business pitch competition is probably the oldest one in the Triad. According to WRAL's TechWire.…plotbot2015 (62)in #politics • 7 years agoHybrid Forecasting of GeoPolitical EventsThis is a project by IARPA (like DARPA but for the intelligence community) where they are attempting to combine…plotbot2015 (62)in #politics • 7 years agoMarch for Science Triad fundraising series"In 2017, more than one million people around the world gathered together in the largest event for science advocacy in…plotbot2015 (62)in #democracy • 7 years agoOur aging election infrastructureI'm helping to organize our local March for Science (in fact later this week I'm going to launch a Steemit fundraising…plotbot2015 (62)in #tv • 7 years agoTrek-nicolorI grew up with a black and white television set, so I was completely oblivious to that famous switch in The Wizard of…plotbot2015 (62)in #politics • 7 years agoWhat if high schoolers could VOTE?After this post on the minor moral panic at my kid's school a couple days ago, I noticed this action being planned.…plotbot2015 (62)in #life • 7 years agoWhile I was not looking, 400+ followersThere's no cute numerical graphic to go with this post, as seems to be traditional on Steemit. I was not paying…plotbot2015 (62)in #technology • 7 years agoTechnological Humanism with Dan HonThis is one of the best essays I've read recently, especially in the wake of yet another mass shooting. It's based on…plotbot2015 (62)in #movies • 7 years ago"Four Twats in a Forest" -- a quick review of The RitualA couple of weeks ago I mentioned having re-read Iron John: a Book about Men. Today, a pair of what Jung would call…plotbot2015 (62)in #books • 7 years agoThe Cult of Alien Gods [review]On our way home from a trip to Boston last summer, we stopped in Providence, Rhode Island, the former home of one…plotbot2015 (62)in #science • 7 years agoThank You Science Podcast, episode #1I was at a business networking event last night when I met two of the people hosting this podcast. My wife assumed…plotbot2015 (62)in #technology • 7 years agoKialo, a social tool for argument mappingArgument mapping is a way of laying out complex arguments spatially, allowing us to leverage our advanced primate…plotbot2015 (62)in #life • 7 years agoMy Asheville Tick-sperienceDuring the second weekend of my hypnosis course, the weather was a lot nicer. [image link] A fossilized tick in…plotbot2015 (62)in #life • 7 years agomy personal nerd ethnography, part 2With rare exceptions, I played essentially no games during my seven years in grad school, except during vacations back…