Monthly Archives: December 2017

Doing the after math

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Doc Searls

When I flew out of California on the 14th, this blog was still working. When I went here to post about the Thomas Fire on 15th, it wasn’t. (Somebody later told me Harvard was moving servers around, so maybe that … Continue reading →

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The real problem is Decoy News (and decoy content of all kinds)—and the platforms can’t fix it

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Doc Searls

The term “fake news” was a casual phrase until it became clear to news media that a flood of it had been deployed during last year’s presidential election in the U.S. Starting in November 2016, fake news was the subject … Continue reading →

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An evacuated view on the #ThomasFire

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Doc Searls

Here’s the latest satellite fire detection data, restricted to just the last twelve hours of the Thomas Fire, mapped on Google Earth Pro:That’s labeled 1830 Mountain Standard Time (MST), or 5:30pm Pacific, about half an hour ago as I write … Continue reading →

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#ThomasFire Tuesday

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Doc Searls

Here is the extent of the Thomas Fire, via VIIRS readings going back a week: Here are the active margins of the fire alone. The distance from one end to the other is about 40 miles: We also see it’s … Continue reading →

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#ThomasFire live

Posted on December 10, 2017 by Doc Searls

[Update: 7:22am Monday December 11] Two views of ThomasFire developments. First, MODIS fire detections, plotted on Google Earth Pro, current at 7am Pacific time: Second, a screenshot of the NCWG (National Wildfire Coordinating Group) map of the area, 7:18am Pacific … Continue reading →

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Bad and dead air

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Doc Searls

That was yesterday. Hard to tell from just looking at it, but that’s a 180° shot, panning from east to west across California’s South Coast, most of which is masked by smoke from the Thomas Fire. We weren’t in the … Continue reading →

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Requiem for a great magazine

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Doc Searls

Linux Journal is folding. Carlie Fairchild, who has run the magazine almost since it started in 1994, posted Linux Journal Ceases Publication today on the website. So far all of the comments have been positive, which they should be. Throughout … Continue reading →

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