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The Email Trash Recycling Scandal

Published 2y ago -

By Tom Deisboeck First off, I want to extend a warm “Ni Hao” to the supremely talented PLA hacker assigned to scour lines like these for hidden intel about quantum computing & AI – sorry, Dude, nothin’ here but thin air – ‘see’ you on Twitter... More »

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Caveat Retiree: Ten Cautionary Tips

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A recent study stated that “The keys to a high-quality life after age 60 are health, money, and having a meaningful life.”  Ah, if it were only that simple!  Sure, those things are important – and not just after 60, but from the time you’re born (a n... More »

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LinkedOut

Published 2y ago -

by Tom Deisboeck … yes, there’s some pesky odor because it’s high season for self-congratulatory shite. No, I’m not referring to the slowly dying breed of superfluous Christmas letters that people still use to remind everybody that they went to Yale o... More »

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Only Connect: In Defense of Facebook

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By Martin H. Levinson Had Facebook been around during the time of the Crusades, at the start of the American Revolution, or right before World War II those events would not have happened because Facebook is about building community and bringing the world close... More »

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Ironies of a Native New Yorker

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by Michael J. Mangano You grow up in then-unfashionable Brooklyn, become an adult and make enough money to afford moving out of Brooklyn to Manhattan’s fashionable, expensive east side – then, years later, you learn that, even if you wanted to, you can... More »

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Word Up!

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By Martin H. Levinson From the Boston Tea Party to the 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol, Americans have always been partisan and overblown in their emotions. Some have explained this by saying that it is in our genes and our cultural DNA to not get along wi... More »

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I’m No Rocket Man

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Stephen J. Lyons I am a bad American. My sin: I don’t care one whit about Mars. There, I said it. Go ahead and dox me. Be mean and make me a meme. I will still not budge an inch from my stance. As Elton John famously sang: “Mars ain’t the kind of place t... More »

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Farewell the Three “R”s

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By Martin H. Levinson The three “R”s—reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic—were the mainstays of our education system for many years. But students in the 21st century live in a technologically and media-rich environment that demands a new model ... More »

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Five Tips for Effective Communication

Published 3y ago -

By Martin Levinson Effective communication is one of the most essential skills to master to succeed in life. It’s the key to great and long-lasting relationships. The following five communication tips will help you solidify those relationships and, just as ... More »

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New Words

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by Fred Russell How are new words popularized? Mostly in the media, but journalists are only the middlemen of language, picking up on words and phrases that are in the air and repeating them endlessly until they are incorporated into the lexicon of journalisti... More »

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