by samfrida | Mar 8, 2026 | Blog
She is the mother who skipped meals so her children wouldn’t. The girl who walked miles to a schoolhouse because she believed the world owed her nothing but she’d take her seat anyway. She is the scientist they almost didn’t publish. The activist they jailed. The...
by samfrida | Mar 8, 2026 | Blog
Here’s a question most of us never stop to ask: when the government spends money on “defense,” where does that money actually end up? A recent report from Brown University’s Costs of War project lays it out clearly. Between 2020 and 2024, private companies received...
by samfrida | Mar 7, 2026 | Articles, Blog, Tech Bytes
There is a story we are frequently told about artificial intelligence. It goes something like this: a brilliant system, trained on the sum of human knowledge, can now write your emails, summarise legal documents, explain complex medical conditions, and generate code...
by samfrida | Mar 7, 2026 | Blog
Frida Kahlo wrote that there is nothing we must do to be loved. That those who love us see us with their hearts and give us qualities beyond the ones we truly have. And that those who refuse to love us will never be satisfied with all our efforts. Read that again. Now...
by samfrida | Mar 7, 2026 | Articles, Blog, Tech Bytes
There’s a story about almond farms in California. Massive industrial operations that consumed so much water that communities across the border in Mexico started running dry. The companies made billions. The people lost their water. Then, somehow, the public...
by samfrida | Mar 6, 2026 | Blog
People tend to predict you. They watch, they observe, they form a picture. And then they manage their behavior according to what they think you’ll do next. Most people think this ability to read others is a kind of gift. I think it’s something else...
