plotbot2015 (62)in #science • 4 years ago"When the Hawkweed Blooms," in Lackington's 21My very first short story was published by the Canadian semiprozine Lackington’s last week. It’s pretty much…plotbot2015 (62)in #sciencefiction • 5 years agoIGMS interviews, one unpublishedIn addition to my regular column on The Intergalactic Medicine Show , I took over their interviews for a few months…plotbot2015 (62)in #science • 6 years agoPlotBot: Year 3 ReviewOnce again, life got in the way of Steemit. My wife had a heart attack in February, and that put quite a damper on…plotbot2015 (62)in #politics • 7 years agoHybrid Forecasting -- the Legal StuffThis is the consent form I had to sign to enter the study on hybrid forecasting, which I originally described here.…plotbot2015 (62)in #steemit • 7 years agoCrowdsourced metadata via cryptocurrencyI've been reading this book: [image link] A full review will have to wait, but the essence of the book is that…plotbot2015 (62)in #life • 7 years agoIn MY day ...We didn't have school shootings. We had bomb threats, and we liked it that way. [image link to nbc.com] I'm not…plotbot2015 (62)in #business • 7 years agoCapital Connects 2018 [contest]This 15-year old business pitch competition is probably the oldest one in the Triad. According to WRAL's TechWire.…plotbot2015 (62)in #politics • 7 years agoHybrid Forecasting of GeoPolitical EventsThis is a project by IARPA (like DARPA but for the intelligence community) where they are attempting to combine…plotbot2015 (62)in #politics • 7 years agoMarch for Science Triad fundraising series"In 2017, more than one million people around the world gathered together in the largest event for science advocacy in…plotbot2015 (62)in #democracy • 7 years agoOur aging election infrastructureI'm helping to organize our local March for Science (in fact later this week I'm going to launch a Steemit fundraising…plotbot2015 (62)in #tv • 7 years agoTrek-nicolorI grew up with a black and white television set, so I was completely oblivious to that famous switch in The Wizard of…plotbot2015 (62)in #politics • 7 years agoWhat if high schoolers could VOTE?After this post on the minor moral panic at my kid's school a couple days ago, I noticed this action being planned.…plotbot2015 (62)in #life • 7 years agoWhile I was not looking, 400+ followersThere's no cute numerical graphic to go with this post, as seems to be traditional on Steemit. I was not paying…plotbot2015 (62)in #technology • 7 years agoTechnological Humanism with Dan HonThis is one of the best essays I've read recently, especially in the wake of yet another mass shooting. It's based on…plotbot2015 (62)in #movies • 7 years ago"Four Twats in a Forest" -- a quick review of The RitualA couple of weeks ago I mentioned having re-read Iron John: a Book about Men. Today, a pair of what Jung would call…plotbot2015 (62)in #books • 7 years agoThe Cult of Alien Gods [review]On our way home from a trip to Boston last summer, we stopped in Providence, Rhode Island, the former home of one…plotbot2015 (62)in #science • 7 years agoThank You Science Podcast, episode #1I was at a business networking event last night when I met two of the people hosting this podcast. My wife assumed…plotbot2015 resteemedmudcat36 (62)in #newbieresteemday • 7 years agoNewbie Resteem Initiative Conspiracy Theory Writing Contest. Guaranteed Up Vote And Resteem For Newbies Entries!Right, so one thing that is quite common place in the blogging world is conspiracy theories. Now these can be immense…plotbot2015 resteemedthewritersblock (64)in #fiction • 7 years agoThe Writers' Block Sci-Fi Contest WINNERS!source At last, we’ve made a decision. It wasn’t easy. These were, by far, some of the strongest pieces of…plotbot2015 (62)in #technology • 7 years agoKialo, a social tool for argument mappingArgument mapping is a way of laying out complex arguments spatially, allowing us to leverage our advanced primate…