Lantern flower (Ceropegia): Are you doing alright with all the DC turmoil, with National Guard on the move even? I might construe this as further kicking the tires of US starship enterprise car, which will lead to better #ActualVirtual democracy & now re internet & in #Covid19 pandemics. Are you doing ok :)? * * A new bizarro Repub theater director next couple of days to get 'good' film footage for slate of kookie movies after 'good-riddance', - & to pay legal bills of impeach-him-after-he's gone? 🙂(hope this political theater goes not awry-When will student protesters for Biden march in?:) * * ! #REASONS For #DefendingStrongEncryption * * * Into a #RealisticVirtualEarthForShakespeare's plays https://english.uchicago.edu/people/ellen-mackay https://chicago.academia.edu/EllenMacKay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV9Mui7Cg_0 in 1 #RealisticVirtualEarth eg #RealisticVirtualEarthForHistory Think #GoogleStreetView w #TimeSlider https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4591903/user-clip-respect-hs-teachers-ellen-mackay @EEllenMac @DianaHe23732776 ~

Hi, Ma,

Green cushion is drying by the radiator :) Red cushion is under me outside - nice

Are you doing alright with all the DC turmoil, with National Guard on the move even? I might construe this as further kicking the tires of US starship enterprise car, which will lead to better #ActualVirtual democracy & now re internet & in #Covid19 pandemics. Are you doing ok :)?

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1346958861542952963?s=19

(Posted this 2 days with riddance Tweet too)

Nice to talk last night. ... Nice 3.5 mile walk to UU Church and back, not looping around it however last night :)

Soon to get the proof for my new book ...

The "Light, Float, Sit, Watsu ~ Virtually ... " book of poetry is available here now:

https://amazon.com/dp/0578834685 -

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/01/twinpods-123120-see-122320-too-seasons.html?m=0

Love, Scott

- Scott MacLeod

- http://scottmacleod.com

Hi Ma,

The red cushion was on the fairly nice teak chair (which repair is still holding together, although little hints of wear are emerging, and as Navin suggested about not leaning back, I don't lean back :)

But the green cushion got wet outside in the nighttime dew, so the red cushion is finding its way outside on a nice foggy day, - for breakfast :)

A little diversion for you (and from the negativity of the ideas spewing forth on the media :) 'Communication Power' (Castells' 2009/2013 book) which touches on ideology and symbolizing via the internet is fascinatingly relevant ... And I find myself too media-wise 'turning it off' ... And heading instead to Angela & Victor's website or my hippy Anjali Yoga Notations -

http://www.scottmacleod.com/yoganotations.html - as alternative idea explorations, some quite salutary :)

Love, Scott

A little further humor for you with newly correct spelling of riddance (having seen a Tweet by Harvard Law Prof / US Senator Elizabeth Warren with correct spelling) :)

A new bizarro Repub theater director next couple of days to get 'good' film footage for slate of kookie movies after 'good-riddance', - & to pay legal bills of impeach-him-after-he's gone?

(hope this political theater goes not awry-When will student protesters for Biden march in?:)

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1347599730763649025?s=19

Jane MacLeod

5:32 PM (4 hours ago)

to me

Hi Scott,

Glad your Land’s End gift arrived. Nice that you got a package from Sandy and Kate too.

The last few days have been dramatic/scary and mesmerizing. I worry that Trump is so unstable that he might do something more both before and after the inauguration. In any case, we’ll see how this plays out. In the meantime, I’m rationing my time before the telly and trying to get some perspective from commentators I trust through print media as well as the TV.

The weather has been unseasonably nice for this time of year - and we had our regular lunch this noon - outside and distanced. 37 degrees; sunny; and no wind; Nice.

Hope all is well.

Love, Ma

Hi Ma,

Thanks for your message. Did you all meet at Jean's even after she's moved in chez toi? Your Saturday get togethers sound great. In group video possibly, although physically getting out is nice

...

Lots of big little developments here ... For example, WUaS-ECHO partnership papers are emerging (Project ECHO at the University of New Mexico whose founder Sanjeev Arora MD I met at Stanford may become the basis of WUaS online medical schools and teaching hospitals in 200 countries and official languages. .. and with Stanford). ... And successfully filing the 501 c 3 renewal 990-N card ...

Good too to get the proofs for my most recent book "Light Float Sit Watsu ~ Virtually: ..."

And Ian Whitelaw who was very positive about piping lessons - http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/01/big-bend-national-park.html?m=0 - said he'd get back to me today.

Yes Rump's instability is great cause for concern esp since Pelosi, for ex., had to talk with the head of USA Uniformed Services about wresting nuclear control from that 'chief commander' arse ... Right-wing extremism in this country too. ... Seems like the media is doing a good job too however re reporting on Impeachment hearings beginning on Monday again, to keep Rump on defensive and divide the Reprehensibles ... But how to plan against the unexpected action of the Rs ... And his incentives to stay in power? ... Inauguration day violence? So many other possibilities though ... Maybe there's more possible planning time now for internal terrorist attacks in next 3 weeks given the recent attack on US capitol ??? ... Keeping an eye on foreign powers -

https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article224044718/Wunsch-nach-Neutralitaet-Nur-17-Prozent-der-Deutschen-fuer-Unterstuetzung-der-USA-bei-Konflikt-mit-China.html - and glad there's almost a public psychotherapy approach going on with Rump (3 psychiatrists for him after he's out?) ... in that he's publicly said he'll follow an orderly transfer of power (see the helpful WSJ video of recent events below), even if he won't attend Biden's inauguration. ... Biden's low key approach is working re the for he vanquished through the election??? :)

Heading out for a walk soon ... Thanks for your email, Ma!

Love, Scott

Article suggests USA will hold course on China (kind of a hard line in part, re Biden's face here, while getting the new President with the head of China to TALK with one another via Angela Merkel Germany as mediator)

"Only 17 percent of Germans support the USA in the conflict with China"

https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article224044718/Wunsch-nach-Neutralitaet-Nur-17-Prozent-der-Deutschen-fuer-Unterstuetzung-der-USA-bei-Konflikt-mit-China.html

And ...

Good 6:53 WSJ video summary of dramatic recent Capitol siege events leading to 2nd impeachment ...

https://www.wsj.com/video/from-fraud-claims-to-a-capitol-riot-a-historic-week-in-washington/1EDDA115-D533-49A1-931D-C3EB09AD47BA.html ...

* * *

reasons for defending strong encryption

- 'are immediately and automatically protecting their data with strong AES256 encryption'

https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/articles/three-reasons-encryption-essential-safeguarding-data/

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/02/the_importance_.html

reasons for opposing facial recognition

Law enforcement agencies and some companies use it to identify suspects and victims by matching photos and video with databases like driver's license records. But civil liberties groups say facial recognition contributes to privacy erosion, reinforces bias against black people and is prone to misuse

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/technology/facial-recognition-software.html

! #REASONS For #DefendingStrongEncryption

- 'are immediately and automatically protecting their data with strong AES256 encryption'

https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/articles/three-reasons-encryption-essential-safeguarding-data/

For #OpposingFacialRecognition:

contributes to privacy erosion, reinforces bias, prone to misuse

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/technology/facial-recognition-software.html ~

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1347332458811854848?s=20

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Into a #RealisticVirtualEarthForShakespeare's plays https://english.uchicago.edu/people/ellen-mackay https://chicago.academia.edu/EllenMacKay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV9Mui7Cg_0 in 1 #RealisticVirtualEarth eg #RealisticVirtualEarthForHistory Think #GoogleStreetView w #TimeSlider https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4591903/user-clip-respect-hs-teachers-ellen-mackay @EEllenMac @DianaHe23732776 ~

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1346896262390456322?s=20

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1346896528405716992?s=20

https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1346900138829115392?s=20

https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1346933962589884416?s=20

In all languages #RealisticVirtualEarthForShakespeare's plays https://indianapublicmedia.org/news/iu-professor-helps-give-shakespeare-21st-century-makeover-31708.php https://viewpoints.iu.edu/art-at-iu/2014/01/28/iu-english-professor-wraps-up-project-directing-shakespeare-ipad-app/index.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV9Mui7Cg_0 in #RealisticVirtualEarth eg #RealisticVirtualEarthForHistory #GoogleStreetView w #TimeSlider https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4591903/user-clip-respect-hs-teachers-ellen-mackay @EEllenMac @DianaHe23732776~

https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1346900006435885056?s=20

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1346894915981070336?s=20

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1346896072585613314?s=20

https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1346934063425146883?s=20

For plays in a #RealisticVirtualEarthForShakespeare https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Shakespeare,_William https://viewpoints.iu.edu/art-at-iu/2014/01/28/iu-english-professor-wraps-up-project-directing-shakespeare-ipad-app/index.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV9Mui7Cg_0 in 1 #RealisticVirtualEarth eg #RealisticVirtualEarthForTheater Think #GoogleStreetView w #SecondLife but not cartoon-esque @EEllenMac @DianaHe23732776 ~

https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1346899774771920896?s=20

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1346897765259898882?s=20

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1346898959168544768?s=20

https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1346934150222151682?s=20

A #FilmTo3D App for all Shakespeare plays in a #RealisticVirtualEarthForShakespeare https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Shakespeare,_William https://viewpoints.iu.edu/art-at-iu/2014/01/28/iu-english-professor-wraps-up-project-directing-shakespeare-ipad-app/index.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV9Mui7Cg_0 in 1 #RealisticVirtualEarth eg #RealisticVirtualEarthForTheater Think #GoogleStreetView w #SecondLife but not cartoon-esque @EEllenMac @DianaHe23732776 ~

https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1346934605903921153?s=20

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1346935436405481475?s=20

Harbin

A #FilmTo3D App for all Shakespeare plays in a #RealisticVirtualEarthForShakespeare https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Shakespeare,_William https://viewpoints.iu.edu/art-at-iu/2014/01/28/iu-english-professor-wraps-up-project-directing-shakespeare-ipad-app/index.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV9Mui7Cg_0 in #RealisticVirtualHarbin eg #RealisticVirtualEarthForTheater #GoogleStreetView w #SecondLife @EEllenMac @DianaHe23732776~

https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1346934897366077440?s=20