Apparently it's a meme in Russia to refer to the vestiges of the Soviet aerospace programs as the remains of an ancient advanced civilization

My entire family can thank 2 types of factories for us not being poor farmers. Shirts - closed mid 90s Industrial generators run by a French conglomerate - still going strong There's always nostalgia for entry level factories, but come on. It's not the path forward in the US

The updates from my sister who is an OBGYN resident at the primary women's & children's hospital in one of our poorest states are something else. It's shameful and in a well functioning country it would be a top 3 political issue until it was fixed.

I would love to poll the ~275 staffers responsible for putting together R Senate and House fundraising call sheets for next week. It's going to be a fun one 😁

It's a shame we don't consider offering SIGNIT, intelligence analysis/briefing, and information management as a high school class. It'd be a much better capstone to understanding social science than a 3, 4, or 5 history class taught by a football coach.

Incredibly resourceful ppl in Lake County. Cool to see them pull this off. I passed thru in Feb. Intense flooding was already happening. Prep for a bad spring had been going for weeks. US governeors should invite every Dutch engineer they can find to tour inland waterways.

Memphis sets international culture more than anyone ever gives it credit. Far more than Nashville could ever dream of.

Video games for policy makers is under resourced

It is a shame when an elected acts this way. A corrosion of our collective soul. The last elected I worked for attended or hosted 5-6 events a day. This whole exchange would take 30 seconds and invites to the next 5 events would've been in his inbox by the next morning.

Motel 6 is often my favorite hotel choice now. A kind older gentleman checks you in & wants to talk. Pet friendly. Atleast one minor life crisis in the parking lot to learn from. Someone is usually working on a car or trailer. Mostly ends up quiet, with a decent bed.

If I weren't building Strisker I'd pick a destination/small area and either 1) do "concierge for Cody, WY". Take on shopping, arranging small events, house checks, pickups. Or 2) buy a 6-16 unit motel with significant seasonality. As tourism slows may be some good deals.

Sitting through a thunderstorm and reminded how many screened in porches LBJ's childhood home had. 3, maybe 4. It's architectural malpractice how seldom you see homes built around or inspired by them now. Almost always an after thought.

I've mentioned this before but a basic civic edication in the United State should include reading the chapters in the PATH TO POWER in which Caro describes what it was like to live in rural Texas before LBJ got the money to electrify it

I've started tossing in "send FDR or Teddy's spirit back if you get a chance" when I end quiet moments.

Govtech PE roll ups cost dozens of lives in hill country (plenty of blame to share). As rapid climate change worsens I'm sick of "thoughts & prayers" where there's room for action. If you're working on local/regional govtech <> climate I'll help you as much as I can.

The Coldplay concert meme was the talk of the crowd amongst retirees at the walking horse show tonight. It was taken as common knowledge that even folks over 80 without facebook were fully aware of it. Wild to be alive when a meme saturates the entire population in ~36 hours.

If you're building in enterprise data/saas and your product has a search feature... take ~30 minutes to log those into a 'searches' slack or spaces channel. What's being searched for between 7-11 on Sunday night drives the conversation/deal the next week.

Learned recently that the communities around where I grew up had 7-12%, similiar at suppliers, of folks employeed in commercial generator production going into 2000. Thank you random Caterpillar exec from 1996 going all in on Y2K fears. We should have a statute to honor you.

One of my favorite moments in India this spring was seeing the number of first time fliers from Hyderabad to Goa My seatmate (early 40s) spent the whole flight in sheer joy and fascination. Videoed 8 ppl before takeoff. Always give up the window if its someone's first flight.

Solar savings are even making it to rural West Tennessee. Local electric co-op saved $98k in July from first month of a solar deployment.