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The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – When I tell you that funding a new kind of media is critical if there is to be a future for American democracy, I am not making this up. We are at a critical point in the development of this new brand of non-profit media. As you may have heard, federal grant programs are being looted by the current administration in Washington. Federal Judge…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – Biologists sometimes talk about the cycles of life. Communications scholars occasionally debate aspects of the “news cycle.” Life appears to move in circles, like the rotating planet Earth itself. Such it is with each individual life. In recent times, with all the crazy chaos upending this fast…
Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – California has the highest average gas prices in the nation, at $6.15 a gallon, where prices tend to be higher due to a combination of state taxes and fees, environmental regulations and special fuel blends. Of all the U.S. states, it was…
But this 21st Century Hell is Not for Me – Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – The Old West is full of great stories, famous the world over. Some are based on a bit of truth; others seem made up out of whole cloth. The Shootout at the…
Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – “I am haunted by waters,” author Norman Maclean wrote in the conclusion to his memoir A River Runs Through It. It is a line that will be familiar to anyone who watched the movie produced and directed by Robert Redford about hard…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Seventy percent of Americans oppose the construction of data centers for Artificial Intelligence in their local area, according to recent Gallup polls, and 48 percent say they are strongly opposed. Barely a quarter of those surveyed said they favor these projects, with only 7 percent who say they are…
By Art Inverness – Staff Writer – COULTERVILLE, Calif. — In the American West, water has long been scarce. What’s new is the price. Across California, Arizona, Nevada and beyond, a collision of drought, climate change and aging infrastructure is driving water bills sharply upward — pushing some of the region’s most vulnerable residents, particularly…
By Katie DeBenedetti For KQED Elon Musk has been found liable for attempting to drive down Twitter’s stock price ahead of his $44 billion takeover of the company four years ago, a federal jury in San Francisco decided Friday. Attorneys said the world’s wealthiest person will owe an estimated $2.1 billion in damages to former…
As Well as Theft of Text and Data to Train Artificial Intelligence Bots – Sundar Pichai Alphabet-Google 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 To whom it may concern: Now that a federal judge has ruled you guilty of engaging in monopolistic corporate practices in regards to search and online advertising, we wonder if you…
Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – When you hear in the gossip winds around here about a party featuring a band called Nashville Honeymoon, you might think the Sierra mountain foothills are about to come alive with the sounds of Nashville country music. Especially when you find out…
Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – When I saw the news that CNN’s creator Ted Turner died the other day, I knew I would soon find time to write about him. He was one of the most iconic figures of our generation, and based in the Capital of…
Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – So you may agree with me that social media sux in many ways. But it is good for a thing or two, like finding out when someone dies. It has come to my attention, thanks to Facebook, that my old friend and…
