By theWedge.LIVE The presumption by technocrats that humans are inadequate and need an upgrade is out in full regalia today. Watch this presentation by Elon Musk just aired. Watch the plan to insert “read and write” equipment in your brain. Humans are to become walking routers, servers, chips–with no control over what is downloaded into … Continue reading
By theWedge.LIVE The Wedge believes in freedom of speech wholeheartedly. Censorship at this time in history is out of control. This happened in the past in Germany and endures in China–so many places–but not here in the land of the free, in our beloved Canada. If we don’t preserve this right, Canada is done. Humanity … Continue reading
By theWedge.LIVE Wuhhhhhh? The Trending hashtags/Tweets in the left column of Twitter today show zero NBA anything. NADA. Niente. Is Twitter concealing patriotism? A possible Canada win? Unity? It makes us Wedgees pause. The NBA reports its highest Canadian ratings ever. So wassup Twitter? The movie “Frozen” cannot possibly be trending higher. “Social media fatigue” … Continue reading
By theWedge.LIVE The internet of things, artificial intelligence and the fastest internet speed gets global impetus here in Southern Ontario–today. We are the lab test. Announcement today by Minister of Infrastructure, Ontario, McNaughton. You can watch the video announcement on Twitter today: https://twitter.com/ONinfra The press conference was delivered from the remote village or Roseneath–there is … Continue reading
By MAGGIE M, Editor, Wedgee-in-Chief, theWedge.LIVE WE’RE BRINGING THIS STORY FORWARD APRIL 3, 2023 The years 2019 up to 2030 will be remembered less as “disruptive”–the mot-du-jour among silicon seers–than as destructive. We are on the eve of an accelerated, deliberate collapse of the automotive and oil industries–and almost countless ancillary manufacturing and auto … Continue reading
By MAGGIE M, Editor, Wedgee-in-Chief, theWedge.LIVE Late Monday afternoons in downtown Smiths Falls are no longer peaceful. Locals, citizens and business owners, flank both sides of Beckwith Street with placards, bullhorns and shouts mere feet from municipal buildings at the onset of council meetings. Cars honk their horns almost without cease passing through in a … Continue reading
By MAGGIE M, Wedgee-in-Chief, Editor, theWedge.LIVE ❤️ TO SHARE click icons at story’s end The studies are piling up and it’s not good. Increasingly, they report screen-time is an addiction. Depression and suicide are increasing among the millennials and youths who spend most of their time on their devices. No age group is untouched further … Continue reading
By MAGGIE M, Editor, Wedgee-in-Chief, theWedge.LIVE Amen Tobi! I was thrilled to hear one of Canada’s leading digital creators, Founder of Shopify, Tobi Lutke, speak one little word that identifies the obstacle to success. The word is “friction.” It’s not a new word in tech. But it is the crux of the problem. Friction. I … Continue reading
By MAGGIE M, Wedgee-in-Chief, Editor, theWedge.LIVE 💚 TO SHARE click icons at at story’s end, TO SUBSCRIBE go to upper-right column. TO COMMENT go yo upper-right of story A few weeks ago I had a “conversation” with a cylindrical object in a room three thousand miles away, held by speaker phone. Generically speaking, it is … Continue reading
Technoob, theWedge.LIVE 🎄 TO SHARE click icons at story’s end. TO SUBSCRIBE go to upper-right column. TO COMMENT go to upper-right of story. Gotta love Mozilla, that wonderful corporation that owns and maintains the world’s best browser–the one that respects privacy–Firefox. If you don’t use it, we suggest you add it, or make it your … Continue reading
By MAGGIE M, Wedgee-in-Chief, Editor, theWedge.LIVE 🖤 TO SHARE click on the icons at story’s end. TO SUBSCRIBE go to the upper right column. TO COMMENT go to upper-right of story. “Artificial Intelligence” seems harmless in the use of its words. Its underpinnings “could be good or bad,” warns Elon Musk in this famous interview … Continue reading
By MAGGIE M, Wedgee-in-Chief, Editor, theWedge.LIVE 👗 TO SHARE click icons at story’s end. TO SUBSCRIBE go to upper-right column. TO COMMENT go to upper-right text link I am thrilled by the success of this 31 year-old retail store in Smiths Falls, Marianne Style! I asked owner, John Wakim today, “Can you handle any more … Continue reading
By MAGGIE M, Wedgee-in-Chief, Editor, theWedge.LIVE ❤️ TO SHARE click icons at story’s end. TO SUSCRIBE go to upper-right column. TO COMMENT go to upper-right of story. On this day, October 16, 1793, Marie Antoinette left her prison, her head shaved for the event ahead. She climbed onto the commoner’s tumbril, walked the scaffold and … Continue reading
By MAGGIE M, Editor, the wedge.LIVE An unprecedented shift to “life as we know it” is already in play. It’s not coming. It’s here. And it is being installed incrementally under our noses. The dominoes are falling one after the other. A MICROCOSM IN THE MACROCOSM Imagine your refrigerator is on the cloud (that’s internet … Continue reading
By MAGGIE M, Editor, the wedge.LIVE ❤️ TO SHARE story, click buttons at story’s end Our readers are forewarned, local shopping is a cause we support. Community stability is increasingly challenged by those who concentrate power thousands of miles away inside a circuit box with superficial intelligence. Amazon has been the darling of this process … Continue reading
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