By Patricia Burke of Safe Tech International Images courtesy Floris Freshman A plea to United Auto Workers and the auto industry- please don’t go down with the ship. We need someone to exit the off ramp. Ever-evolving tech-driven auto industry innovation has created a litany of safety issues, for example unintended accelerations, leaking ABS modules, roll aways, keyless entry hazards,…
By Patricia Burke of Safe Tech International Researcher Alan Brandt chronicled the denial that prevailed, for decades, about smoking and health harm in his book “the Cigarette Century.” The article, “Smart Meters and Wireless vs. Energy Intelligence: It’s Time to Stop Consulting Drs. Who Smoke” referenced doctors who smoked, and failed to accurately advise their patients, in part,…
By Patricia Burke of Safe Tech International, Image courtesy Floris Freshman When I moved to Northern California, I observed how a friend kept empty jugs in the bathroom to capture a few gallons of water while she waited for the shower to get hot enough. She used the water for her houseplants and garden. She had planted…
Technology is seen as the great panacea from electric cars to smart water meters, which monitor energy use in real time, yet “this environmental movement that was so honorable and impassioned, has turned into something completely different – it’s all become ‘how do we continue to fuel this destruction,” according to the documentary Bright Green Lies. “There is a push for a 100 percent renewable world, what they don’t talk about are the unseen harms caused by these technologies.”
By Patricia Burke of Safe Tech International, Image courtesy Floris Freshman (Disclaimer, the author is not a telecom expert or engineer, but reflecting on issues with 5G home internet to the best of her ability and declares no conflict of interest). In the recent article “When You Are A Hammer, Everything Looks Like A Nail. To The…
By Patricia Burke of Safe Tech International, Images courtesy Floris Freshman The phrase “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail” is attributed to Abraham Maslow and his 1966 book, The Psychology of Science. “Hammers Only See Nails” In a blog post at Today’s Machining World, (which we will revisit later) Noah Graff…
By Patricia Burke of Safe Tech International, Images courtesy Floris Freshman According to Wikipedia, “ “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” is a philosophical thought experiment that raises questions regarding observation and perception. In particular, the thought experiment known as “if a tree…
Compiled by Patricia Burke with Sarah Aminoff of Safe Tech International (Top images source: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250284297/cobaltred) “Never in human history has there been so much suffering that generated so much profit that directly touched the lives of more people around the world.” Siddharth Kara’s new book is “Cobalt Red, How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our…
By Patricia Burke of Safe Tech International, Image courtesy Floris Freshman Former FCC Commissioner Michael Cobbs: It’s Time to Fix This Mess On January 23, the Benton Institute for Broadband and Society published, “Hold The Hallelujahs” by former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, decrying the influence of Republican-held House on media and telecommunications policy. “Michael Copps served as…
By Patricia Burke of Safe Tech International, Images courtesy Floris Freshman Vandana Shiva “Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, physicist, food sovereignty advocate, and anti-globalization author. Based in Delhi, Shiva has written more than 20 books. Shiva founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Natural Resource Policy (RFSTN), an organization devoted to developing sustainable…
By Patricia Burke of Safe Tech International , Image courtesy Floris Freshman We could also call this article, “Let’s just be grateful that it was only the airlines that had bad code, and not military JEDI Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure and “full-spectrum dominance’s nuclear weapons.” My friend has a golden retriever who borders on insanity at any opportunity to retrieve…
By Patricia Burke of Safe Tech International, top image courtesy Floris Freshman “Imagine waking up one morning to a cell tower being installed in your front yard. You were not notified and are not allowed to appeal the decision. There is nothing you can do. [] On Jan. 10, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (Board) will vote…
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