Published in The Shadow·PinnedCreating a Pollinator Garden on my Tiny Apartment BalconyAsk not what pollinators can do for you; ask what you can do for the pollinators — Every so often, I get obsessed with a new topic. As a naturally curious person who gets all too easily distracted by the internet, I was surprised to receive the following email in late February this year. “Thank you for enrolling in our course about wild bees! …Pollinators7 min readPollinators7 min read
Published in Climate Conscious·May 7, 20215 Podcasts About Nature, Biodiversity, and the Environment You’ll LikeCombating climate change starts with appreciating what’s there — After a sloppy 15 year hiatus, 2020 was the year I rediscovered nature. Never was I a child that loved to rummage in the mud— apparently, I didn’t like to get dirty — but I loved animals and wanted to talk to, and save, them all. Fast forward to 2020…Nature3 min readNature3 min read
Published in Climate Conscious·Apr 28, 20213 Bees That Visited My Bee BalconyMy new job as a pollinator hotelier is paying off — Once you start paying attention to bees, you see them everywhere. This makes you wonder: were these little creatures there all along? The black and yellow images you find on “save the bees” posters are cute but don’t do these pollinators’ dashing looks any justice. …Bees4 min readBees4 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Jun 20, 2020Cute robots (are taking over)Can we empathize with machines? — Robotics is about much more than cold steel and killer drones. Although a mix of fear and awe for the future with our non-human counterparts is warranted, we shouldn’t forget about the Wall-E’s of this world. Baby seal bots have been used to soothe the elderly suffering from dementia, and…Technology6 min readTechnology6 min read
Published in Digital Diplomacy·Jun 7, 2020I downloaded everything Google knows about meYup, that seems pretty accurate — Scavenging the Internet for some tips on how to safeguard my privacy online, I stumbled over this Twitter thread. It contains 30+ things Google knows about you — that you probably didn’t know about. Using Google Takeout, you can download everything in one go. The total size of all my…Privacy4 min readPrivacy4 min read
Published in The Startup·May 26, 2020How to browse like a bawseWhile our privacy concerns rise, we don’t know where to get started — Being tech-savvy is not what it used to be. Installing a printer driver, or typing really fast and using all digits, simply won’t cut it. As technological capabilities are expanding beyond pretty much everyone’s comprehension, it is hard to keep track of the right questions to ask. “Is there another…Privacy5 min readPrivacy5 min read
