2022/06/02

I tried to read all my app privacy policies. It was 1 million words.

 I tried to read all my app privacy policies. It was 1 million words.


"Cranor at Carnegie Mellon has experimented with making privacy policies that look like the nutrition labels on packaged food. A label, she says, not only communicates quickly but also makes it easier to compare the practices of different websites and apps."



2022/06/01

Maryvale: The community once epitomized the American Dream. Then reality stepped in

Maryvale: The community once epitomized the American Dream. Then reality stepped in


"PHOENIX – Maryvale once epitomized the American dream of suburban family life. During the post-war building boom, a local boy back from the Army transformed acres of farmland west of Phoenix into Arizona’s first planned community.

But the dream didn’t last. For decades, toxic chemicals had spread under Maryvale, leaking from an industrial complex at 35th Avenue and Osborn Road. That set off years of illness, decline and demographic shifts for the neighborhood, which today is both loved and lamented."

Step back in time at some of the oldest restaurants in metro Phoenix

 Step back in time at some of the oldest restaurants in metro Phoenix

Todays Thought

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.  -Edmund Hillary, mountaineer and explorer (20 Jul 1919-2008)