Trent @trent@eigenmagic.net

I wear a stethoscope so that in a medical emergency I can teach people a valuable lesson about assumptions.

On the risks of general practice by smartphone, and who’s excluded by (and through) mHealth initiatives

http://harrisroxashealth.com/2019/07/on-the-risks-of-general-practice-by-smartphone-and-whos-excluded-by-and-through-mhealth-initiatives/

This is an interesting article that brings together two of my pet interests: community health workers and data privacy.

Mobile Health Systems for Community-Based Primary Care: Identifying Controls and Mitigating Privacy Threats https://mhealth.jmir.org/2019/3/e11642/ #wp

Some thoughts follow.

Lawn Sprinklers!
The Passive Aggressive's weapon of choice! 🧐 My Aussie kids catch an iconic American yellow school bus here in Florida. One of the "neighbours" doesn't like the wear and tear on his grass, so he has programmed the front lawn sprinkler to come on 5 minutes before the bus comes, and switch off 3 minutes after it leaves. 😂

Facebook’s new move isn't about privacy. It’s about domination

Mark Zuckerberg announced on Wednesday that #Facebook would be ‘pivoting to privacy’. That’s an empty pledge

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/07/facebook-privacy-domination

first, they sold exceptions to privacy tracking to Facebook and Twitter, now it comes out they've got a header override that allows them to set header exceptions on demand.

https://laptop-updates.brave.com/promo/custom-headers

don't use this garbage.

LEGO hot tip!

If you have troublesome pieces stuck together, you can try using a needle puller. It’s like a tiny jar gripper that’s perfect for dealing with small objects. They’re usually a few bucks for a 3 pack at craft stores.

(Brought to you by kid bringing me pieces they’ve tried to pry apart with their greasy little fingers)

Mashing up two recent events: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqGpUdb7RWM

Don't watch the bad show Australia.

Libertarians attempting to do irony, but proposing a good idea instead:

(Good morning.)

Empathy is the energy that drives social change – the Australian government is an old hand at gagging it | Brigid Delaney https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/13/empathy-is-the-energy-that-drives-social-change-the-australian-government-is-an-old-hand-at-gagging-it