Wired Child at Facebook wants to know why people who are gaga over wireless toys and apps do not care about the people who are sensitive and getting sick from the emissions. This is an eloquent piece, but perhaps it puts too much faith in humanity's awareness, goodness and bravery.
Many people who use wireless may simply have no clue about the dangers. And if they start to get an inkling, they might be afraid to believe the unthinkable: that their leaders have allowed and even encouraged the proliferation of a dangerous, far-reaching technology - out of sheer stupidity or greed. Who is steering this ship then? Surely, they wouldn't let us be hurt...or would they? Would they?!
Besides harboring fear, people are by nature selfish. Morality and compassion are learned. Without a moral compass, humans will refuse to give up fun, profitable stuff even if it may be hurting others. I think it will take a higher power to inspire empathy around the devastating wireless proliferation, especially since microwave/radiofrequency emissions can affect the moral centers of people's brains. This is a dark time for humanity, and the great experiment on earthly life has begun to take its toll. How many more will have to pay?
Monday, February 27, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Texas Smart Meter Showdown - update
Devvy Kidd told me:
We filed the petition on Thursday in Austin.
Not a single member of the media showed up.
Now we wait for the hearing date.
WND just posted story on our 'smart' meter filing with the PUC
It is a featured story in their big box at the top of the page:
Texans demand freedom from smart meters
Friday, February 24, 2012
Texas Smart Meter Showdown, and New Jersey Resistance Begins...
Smart Meter Showdown in Texas - happened this week (waiting for full coverage of yesterday...) AND
New Jersey has begun resistance against smart meter installations. Go, team.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Welcome, Tennessee against smart meters
This is the first peep out of Tennessee I have heard regarding resistance against smart meters. Tractor, Farm and Family is a down to earth site, with the moderator, who works a 1000 acre sod farm in Arlington, TN listing his type of tractor right off, (John Deere 4030, John Deere 4020, Ford 8N).
The posts were from a couple years ago. Hope things went well for them down there.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
One simple question exposes the ugly truth about 1996 Telecommunications Act
WHY does the 1996 Telecommunications Act include language that prohibits state and local officials from protecting against "the environmental effects of the radiofrequency radiation" of wireless facilities? (this has been interpreted to mean no one may oppose a siting of a cell tower or other transmittor due to health concerns.)
If there was no evidence of health effects, such language would have been unnecessary, now, wouldn't it?
Microwave Nation: the Props make the Man (or Woman)
In case you were wondering why this new, quirky comic strip lacks proper furniture...
The props at the comic creation site (Pixton.com) used for Microwave Nation are varied to some extent. But I found no cell phone or cell tower or utility meter or other transmitting device to use and make the strip literal. Thus, I have substituted a science lab flask with some glowing red liquid in it to represent transmitting devices. (The H2O Red Hot Spray is a visible symbol for radiofrequency/microwave radiation, which can't be seen.) After all, the monstrous proliferation of microwave equipment is an experiment of sorts, so the lab flask symbol should work well enough.
Let's talk furniture. Or not. You can pose characters to sit, but I did not find a chair to put them in. So, you can have a meeting but no place to sit. It is funnier to see them sitting there without a chair anyways (see strip #3.)
The settings available are also limited, and I prefer to focus on the interactions and meaning and feelings. Microwave Nation is minimalist when it comes to props and settings.
The props at the comic creation site (Pixton.com) used for Microwave Nation are varied to some extent. But I found no cell phone or cell tower or utility meter or other transmitting device to use and make the strip literal. Thus, I have substituted a science lab flask with some glowing red liquid in it to represent transmitting devices. (The H2O Red Hot Spray is a visible symbol for radiofrequency/microwave radiation, which can't be seen.) After all, the monstrous proliferation of microwave equipment is an experiment of sorts, so the lab flask symbol should work well enough.
Let's talk furniture. Or not. You can pose characters to sit, but I did not find a chair to put them in. So, you can have a meeting but no place to sit. It is funnier to see them sitting there without a chair anyways (see strip #3.)
The settings available are also limited, and I prefer to focus on the interactions and meaning and feelings. Microwave Nation is minimalist when it comes to props and settings.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Microwave Nation: What is H2O Red Hot Spray anyways?
You will not find H2O Red Hot Spray at Wikipedia.
This exciting, new spray signaling technology is a metaphor for radiofrequency radiation in the painstakingly unfolding new comic strip, Microwave Nation: Making Waves (see first three strips below). But unlike microwaves, these spray signals can be seen by the viewer's naked, unabashed eye (but not by the comic strip characters). Convenient, no?
The budding comic series traces the development and deployment of the H2O Red Hot Spray devices from their simple-minded beginnings to current rabid popularity that knows no reasonable limits.
Settings are minimal, and any resemblance to real or imagined people will not be acknowledged (all characters are canned from the nifty comic creation site - Pixton). The sparse presentation of revealing dialogs is meant as abstracted cultural commentary.
Stay tuned for part Four.
This exciting, new spray signaling technology is a metaphor for radiofrequency radiation in the painstakingly unfolding new comic strip, Microwave Nation: Making Waves (see first three strips below). But unlike microwaves, these spray signals can be seen by the viewer's naked, unabashed eye (but not by the comic strip characters). Convenient, no?
The budding comic series traces the development and deployment of the H2O Red Hot Spray devices from their simple-minded beginnings to current rabid popularity that knows no reasonable limits.
Settings are minimal, and any resemblance to real or imagined people will not be acknowledged (all characters are canned from the nifty comic creation site - Pixton). The sparse presentation of revealing dialogs is meant as abstracted cultural commentary.
Stay tuned for part Four.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Cell phone use can affect moral judgement center in brain: a buried study says
You can no longer find any references to cell phone use impact on moral judgement regarding this MIT study online. Here is another link to the study. But I recall seeing cell phone use pondered when I first found it a couple years ago. Now, you can't find the study using cell phone and moral judgement as search terms. So, I am posting the link to help others find it.
This is an important study because the implications could be staggering to society if moral judgement can be affected by these devices. Cell phone users' attitudes towards fellow human beings could be hardened by this biological effect. Folks, this is "brave new world" kind of stuff. Take note and pass it on!
Full citation:
This is an important study because the implications could be staggering to society if moral judgement can be affected by these devices. Cell phone users' attitudes towards fellow human beings could be hardened by this biological effect. Folks, this is "brave new world" kind of stuff. Take note and pass it on!
Full citation:
Young L, Camprodon JA,
Hauser M, Pascual-Leone A, Saxe R. Disruption of the
right temporoparietal junction with transcranial magnetic stimulation reduces the
role of beliefs in moral judgments. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Apr
13;107(15):6753-8. Epub 2010 Mar 29.
right temporoparietal junction with transcranial magnetic stimulation reduces the
role of beliefs in moral judgments. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Apr
13;107(15):6753-8. Epub 2010 Mar 29.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Smart Cartoon: this App protects you from cell phone health risks 100%
Clay Bennett, cartoonist at Chatanooga Times Free Press in two frames shows us THE App we can use to protect us from cell phone health risks no fail.
Come on, guess the App. No peeking...
Give up?
Okay, then, here it is. (search the term "cartoons" at this site for more)
Come on, guess the App. No peeking...
Give up?
Okay, then, here it is. (search the term "cartoons" at this site for more)
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Monday, February 27, 2012
Your wireless is hurting us: why don't you listen (and care)?
Wired Child at Facebook wants to know why people who are gaga over wireless toys and apps do not care about the people who are sensitive and getting sick from the emissions. This is an eloquent piece, but perhaps it puts too much faith in humanity's awareness, goodness and bravery.
Many people who use wireless may simply have no clue about the dangers. And if they start to get an inkling, they might be afraid to believe the unthinkable: that their leaders have allowed and even encouraged the proliferation of a dangerous, far-reaching technology - out of sheer stupidity or greed. Who is steering this ship then? Surely, they wouldn't let us be hurt...or would they? Would they?!
Besides harboring fear, people are by nature selfish. Morality and compassion are learned. Without a moral compass, humans will refuse to give up fun, profitable stuff even if it may be hurting others. I think it will take a higher power to inspire empathy around the devastating wireless proliferation, especially since microwave/radiofrequency emissions can affect the moral centers of people's brains. This is a dark time for humanity, and the great experiment on earthly life has begun to take its toll. How many more will have to pay?
Many people who use wireless may simply have no clue about the dangers. And if they start to get an inkling, they might be afraid to believe the unthinkable: that their leaders have allowed and even encouraged the proliferation of a dangerous, far-reaching technology - out of sheer stupidity or greed. Who is steering this ship then? Surely, they wouldn't let us be hurt...or would they? Would they?!
Besides harboring fear, people are by nature selfish. Morality and compassion are learned. Without a moral compass, humans will refuse to give up fun, profitable stuff even if it may be hurting others. I think it will take a higher power to inspire empathy around the devastating wireless proliferation, especially since microwave/radiofrequency emissions can affect the moral centers of people's brains. This is a dark time for humanity, and the great experiment on earthly life has begun to take its toll. How many more will have to pay?
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Texas Smart Meter Showdown - update
Devvy Kidd told me:
We filed the petition on Thursday in Austin.
Not a single member of the media showed up.
Now we wait for the hearing date.
WND just posted story on our 'smart' meter filing with the PUC
It is a featured story in their big box at the top of the page:
Texans demand freedom from smart meters
Friday, February 24, 2012
Texas Smart Meter Showdown, and New Jersey Resistance Begins...
Smart Meter Showdown in Texas - happened this week (waiting for full coverage of yesterday...) AND
New Jersey has begun resistance against smart meter installations. Go, team.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Welcome, Tennessee against smart meters
This is the first peep out of Tennessee I have heard regarding resistance against smart meters. Tractor, Farm and Family is a down to earth site, with the moderator, who works a 1000 acre sod farm in Arlington, TN listing his type of tractor right off, (John Deere 4030, John Deere 4020, Ford 8N).
The posts were from a couple years ago. Hope things went well for them down there.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
One simple question exposes the ugly truth about 1996 Telecommunications Act
WHY does the 1996 Telecommunications Act include language that prohibits state and local officials from protecting against "the environmental effects of the radiofrequency radiation" of wireless facilities? (this has been interpreted to mean no one may oppose a siting of a cell tower or other transmittor due to health concerns.)
If there was no evidence of health effects, such language would have been unnecessary, now, wouldn't it?
Microwave Nation: the Props make the Man (or Woman)
In case you were wondering why this new, quirky comic strip lacks proper furniture...
The props at the comic creation site (Pixton.com) used for Microwave Nation are varied to some extent. But I found no cell phone or cell tower or utility meter or other transmitting device to use and make the strip literal. Thus, I have substituted a science lab flask with some glowing red liquid in it to represent transmitting devices. (The H2O Red Hot Spray is a visible symbol for radiofrequency/microwave radiation, which can't be seen.) After all, the monstrous proliferation of microwave equipment is an experiment of sorts, so the lab flask symbol should work well enough.
Let's talk furniture. Or not. You can pose characters to sit, but I did not find a chair to put them in. So, you can have a meeting but no place to sit. It is funnier to see them sitting there without a chair anyways (see strip #3.)
The settings available are also limited, and I prefer to focus on the interactions and meaning and feelings. Microwave Nation is minimalist when it comes to props and settings.
The props at the comic creation site (Pixton.com) used for Microwave Nation are varied to some extent. But I found no cell phone or cell tower or utility meter or other transmitting device to use and make the strip literal. Thus, I have substituted a science lab flask with some glowing red liquid in it to represent transmitting devices. (The H2O Red Hot Spray is a visible symbol for radiofrequency/microwave radiation, which can't be seen.) After all, the monstrous proliferation of microwave equipment is an experiment of sorts, so the lab flask symbol should work well enough.
Let's talk furniture. Or not. You can pose characters to sit, but I did not find a chair to put them in. So, you can have a meeting but no place to sit. It is funnier to see them sitting there without a chair anyways (see strip #3.)
The settings available are also limited, and I prefer to focus on the interactions and meaning and feelings. Microwave Nation is minimalist when it comes to props and settings.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Microwave Nation: What is H2O Red Hot Spray anyways?
You will not find H2O Red Hot Spray at Wikipedia.
This exciting, new spray signaling technology is a metaphor for radiofrequency radiation in the painstakingly unfolding new comic strip, Microwave Nation: Making Waves (see first three strips below). But unlike microwaves, these spray signals can be seen by the viewer's naked, unabashed eye (but not by the comic strip characters). Convenient, no?
The budding comic series traces the development and deployment of the H2O Red Hot Spray devices from their simple-minded beginnings to current rabid popularity that knows no reasonable limits.
Settings are minimal, and any resemblance to real or imagined people will not be acknowledged (all characters are canned from the nifty comic creation site - Pixton). The sparse presentation of revealing dialogs is meant as abstracted cultural commentary.
Stay tuned for part Four.
This exciting, new spray signaling technology is a metaphor for radiofrequency radiation in the painstakingly unfolding new comic strip, Microwave Nation: Making Waves (see first three strips below). But unlike microwaves, these spray signals can be seen by the viewer's naked, unabashed eye (but not by the comic strip characters). Convenient, no?
The budding comic series traces the development and deployment of the H2O Red Hot Spray devices from their simple-minded beginnings to current rabid popularity that knows no reasonable limits.
Settings are minimal, and any resemblance to real or imagined people will not be acknowledged (all characters are canned from the nifty comic creation site - Pixton). The sparse presentation of revealing dialogs is meant as abstracted cultural commentary.
Stay tuned for part Four.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Cell phone use can affect moral judgement center in brain: a buried study says
You can no longer find any references to cell phone use impact on moral judgement regarding this MIT study online. Here is another link to the study. But I recall seeing cell phone use pondered when I first found it a couple years ago. Now, you can't find the study using cell phone and moral judgement as search terms. So, I am posting the link to help others find it.
This is an important study because the implications could be staggering to society if moral judgement can be affected by these devices. Cell phone users' attitudes towards fellow human beings could be hardened by this biological effect. Folks, this is "brave new world" kind of stuff. Take note and pass it on!
Full citation:
This is an important study because the implications could be staggering to society if moral judgement can be affected by these devices. Cell phone users' attitudes towards fellow human beings could be hardened by this biological effect. Folks, this is "brave new world" kind of stuff. Take note and pass it on!
Full citation:
Young L, Camprodon JA,
Hauser M, Pascual-Leone A, Saxe R. Disruption of the
right temporoparietal junction with transcranial magnetic stimulation reduces the
role of beliefs in moral judgments. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Apr
13;107(15):6753-8. Epub 2010 Mar 29.
right temporoparietal junction with transcranial magnetic stimulation reduces the
role of beliefs in moral judgments. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Apr
13;107(15):6753-8. Epub 2010 Mar 29.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Smart Cartoon: this App protects you from cell phone health risks 100%
Clay Bennett, cartoonist at Chatanooga Times Free Press in two frames shows us THE App we can use to protect us from cell phone health risks no fail.
Come on, guess the App. No peeking...
Give up?
Okay, then, here it is. (search the term "cartoons" at this site for more)
Come on, guess the App. No peeking...
Give up?
Okay, then, here it is. (search the term "cartoons" at this site for more)
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