Echinacea purpurea: Free speech * A a conversation with former fellow @rmack, @macfound president @jpalfrey and @nytimes' @ceciliakang on how the new administration should protect #freespeech in our #digital world * Am an appreciator of Rebecca MacKinnon's and John Palfrey's thinking :) * * My developing Scottish Small Pipes' album "Honey in the Bag" * * Circling around to these Guidelines (which I wrote) in a whole different vein - Guidelines for Practicing Loving Bliss v-a-v a Musical Instrument http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingLovingBlissvavMusicalInstrument.htm as I go too :) * * Whistleblowing further about the SF Quaker Meeting * * Am missing friend and Lacanian Psychiatrist George Alexander MD's conversation, from which I learned

Hi David, 

You sound busy! Nice to hear from you too.

I think it may have been recorded. Rebecca I think said it was going to be. Too bad Cecilia Kang dropped at the the last minute. It would be interesting to view again - I may - with formulating specific questions about implications of free speech and internet platforms beforehand - since most current questions, legally and societally (and partly regarding the course I teach - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/InfoTechNetworkSocGlobalUniv.html) would be answered in the conversation. 

They got to most of the audience questions, but not mine -

What are some of the implications of free speech in this digital world, and the upcoming Biden administration, in all ~200 countries, and in their official / main languages, and regarding developing law? Thank you, Scott (World Univ & Sch is planning online law schools in all ~200 countries ~ https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/World_University_Law_School - worlduniversityandschool.org - https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch)

Fondly,

Scott

New Scottish Small Piping album 'Honey in the Bag' emerging on the helpful free to musicians' Bandcamp platform -  

https://scottmacleodhoneyinthebagscottishsmallpipesbagpiping.bandcamp.com/ 

Are you playing guitar these days at home? :)

Hi Ma,

How are you?

Just added 2 further tunes to my developing Scottish Small Pipes' album bringing the number to 14 out of probably 38 tunes - 

Good to talk! I'm missing friend and Lacanian Psychiatrist George Alexander MD's conversation, from which I learned. Am whistle-blowing in an ongoing way about the SF Quaker Meeting, and potentially the illegal sex trade ... as potentially sad and tragic as this might be. Was David Matchett co-opted too (his brother died not too long ago) ... and the last day I was there some years ago, I think Trader Joe's was somehow involved in the time after meeting, when a ploy to exploit kids may have been happening. Whether to boycott TJs ... Am curious to try to navigate ethics apart from J'ethics ... and while it may not be easy, networking in other ways could have much merit in these regards too. Even the conversation between John Palfrey and Rebecca MacKinnon, when John mentioned becoming trickier twice early in the conversation, raised my ethical antennae re the illegal sex trade, unfortunately, and while when I whistle-blew about the SF Quaker Meeting loudly some years ago (albeit I didn't call the SF police - and I should have in retrospect now, after calling the Moraga police this summer), I cited a Boston Globe article about what I whistle blew about which he had posted on his Twitter feed at the time, written by 5 authors. 

Boycotting, and networking in new directions, can have merit ... am appreciative of the role of culture too in regards to ethics, and ethics in regards to culture ... whether it be UU, Quaker (both with a kind of Christian focus, but unprogrammed in the latter sense) or Yogic (Angela?) or individually philosophical ...or Lacanian, or meditation oriented re individualism ... just some thoughts (and further ethical whistle-blowing ... ) as I seek to grow my big projects ... 

You might enjoy my email to David Thurston below ... re changing this focus (or re a kind of compartmentalization, a George word ... and regarding becoming more sophisticated too, an idea I learned from George as well). I find writing, conversation (and playing music at times can help) as well ... and friendship especially. 

Love, Scott

- https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/02/western-honey-bee-re-my-upcoming-honey.html - 

Hi David, 

Hi David,

-- 

- Scott MacLeod

- http://scottmacleod.com 

I went out for a walk without my smartphone for the first time - since it was charging, and I wanted to experiment being without it, and re what information I might share unknowingly with the internet providers - and walked only for about a mile ... seeking to whistle-blow to end the harm (re illegal sex trade??? and SF Quaker Meeting... .... and the Meeting did nothing to address this ... ) too  ... Potentially ... In the law, the role of the perpetrator is significant here ... And as you may have noticed in some emails, I continue to seek to develop online psychiatry for such issues and in collaboration with health organizations outside California even ... such as possibly Friends Hospital in Philadelphia ... Should I call the SF police at this stage about the crimes at the SF Quaker Meeting? It's probably too late ... But there's a lot of mental illness in the SF Quaker Meeting ... George, uniquely, may have had great thinking about such issues, in a way that his wife wouldn't curiously ... 

Back to the hope I mentioned before ... re becoming more sophisticated ... and also re the law ... and what I wrote in my last email ... 

Sending love, Scott

. . .

As you observed some years ago, I'll know it, naturally, when I meet my life partner, - and does this pandemic make things more interesting? Or is it complicating too since it could go on for years to come?

Would love to bring a life partner 'home' (in video conferencing) for Xmas ... And the Swedish model regarding the covid-19 pandemic seems to un-complicate this scenario re today's headline - 

https://www.dn.se/ekonomi/riksbankstopp-varnar-for-klimathotet-risker-som-kommer-allt-narmare/ (and see Obama article about Greta Thunberg's generation - re even risk assessment thinking, and that Anders  Tegnell's popularity remains high https://twitter.com/maddysavage/status/1332597708620644352?s=19 

(Swedish exceptionalism? ... and conditions that enhance trust – here defined as the perceived trustworthiness of an average individual ... Different from 'American exceptionalism') ... but I live in California ... 

. . . 

Glad to have heard from David  Thurston ... shall we invite him to an online Xmas? (Interesting that Anders Tegnell married a Dutch woman and they have 3 children - and re Swedish societal norms ...)

What are you up to this weekend, Ma ? Will you head over to Jean's? Appreciating your Pittsburgh sociality (in this media-storm which may be generated to 'clean things up'?)

Time to head back to sleep :) 

Love, Scott

 

Glad to be giving a UC BERKELEY TSWG Anthropology talk Fr 12/18/2020 "Creating a realistic virtual earth for tourism and tourism studies with actual-virtual Harbin Hot Springs: A Case Study" http://tourismstudies.org/ @HarbinBook #RealisticVirtualHarbin in 1 #RealisticVirtualEarth ~

Hi Ma,

First time I've actually tried on the kilt socks - and on a slightly cloudy day (possibly good for pics) with the Golden Gate Bridge visible in the background, I put on my kilt (from 1975 or '76 or so!!!:), my vest, hose, and dress shoes, and just shot about 50 pics in a series for piping tracks for upcoming Scottish Small Pipes'"Honey in the Bag" album (possibly for each of the roughly 38 planned tracks).

Now I have to make them all at least  1400 x 1400 per Bandcamp requirements (so 1400 x 2100 pixels, per what comes out of the Photo Booth app, which I also auto-flipped, so images are no longer reversed  ... https://scottmacleodhoneyinthebagscottishsmallpipesbagpiping.bandcamp.com/ ... all a big experiment ...