Mari Silbey

@msilbey.bsky.social

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Telecom, musicals, still a journalist at heart.

Quite from Andy Serkis on his new LOTR movie: “Tolkien himself was influenced a lot by Norse mythology, there’s a lot of that feeling,” Serkis explained about the lack of the diversity. “The Shire feels very, very much like a very, a very white, you know… They’re not very concerned about what goes on beyond the borders of The Shire, but they know they don’t want people coming in.”
A screenshot of text from an article that reads: The early biography matters because Malik did not enter technology as a cheerleader. He came through telecom, broadband and infrastructure, the unglamorous substrate under the consumer internet. His 2003 book, Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist, examined the excesses and fraud around the telecom bubble. That made his later enthusiasm for networks more useful. He understood that every platform story had a bill attached, and usually a creditor somewhere in the frame. Source: RuntimeWire — https://runtimewire.com/article/om-malik-taught-silicon-valley-to-read-itself
A Comm Daily headline reads: Future of Radio Altimeters Emerges as Major Issue in Upper C-Band Comments
Photo of a large Christmas tree lit up and decorated indoors
A Christmas mug with the year 2018 printed on it and a large Christmas tree in the background of the photo
Group photo of 4 friends in front of the Museum of Tomorrow in Rio on a sunny day
Photo from a vantage point of the coast in Rio with beaches and mountains
A graphic saying Congratulations Resonant Sciences with a logo from the National Spectrum Consortium on top
A photo is a tall tree outside lit up with holiday lights.
View from the back seat during a ride in a Waymo self-driving car. Steering wheel turns with no one in the driver's seat.
A big screen on a demo table showing satellite imagery as part of a demo illustrating the use of a drone to detect an emergency beacon. A game controller is nearby.
Trinity Rodman for the Washington Spirit aims a kick at goal against San Diego
Large decorative letters on a fireplace mantle in a cozy room read WONK
Old, black and white photo of a young boy around age 11