Adam Cook

@adamjcook
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Engineer focused on #Robotics, #ControlSystems, #SystemsSafety, #Manufacturing and #Simulation. 
#ManufacturingOpen Contributor.
 #Purdue Engineering alum. 
Living in #Detroit. He/Him.
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GitHubhttps://github.com/motorcityadam
YouTubehttps://youtube.com/@motorcityadam
Mediumhttps://thenameplate.blog
Adam CookAug 25, 2023
Bradford Cat Watch RescueAug 24, 2023
Nectar update
We are delighted to tell you all that Nectar left Bradford Cat Watch Rescue & Sanctuary yesterday afternoon and has had a settled first night in her new home.
She enjoyed her chicken this morning amd said she loves her new home .
#catsofmastodon
Adam CookAug 25, 2023
Bradford Cat Watch RescueAug 24, 2023

Rosa Update!
Imagine almost 7 months ago this little lady came into our lives at Bradford Cat Watch Rescue & Sanctuary.

193 days of uncertainty and little chance of survival.

Vets said "those wounds will never heal", people said "she cant possibly see" volunteers questioned her future quality of life.. yet we never ever gave up on her.

#catsofmastodon

Adam CookAug 25, 2023
The War on CarsAug 22, 2023

New episode! "Inclusive Transportation with Veronica O. Davis." We speak with Houston's Director of Transportation and Drainage Operations about her new book, how to repair communities divided by highways and dangerous streets, ways to rethink public engagement, and more.

Listen now:

https://thewaroncars.org/2023/08/22/109-inclusive-transportation-with-veronica-o-davis/

#TheWarOnCars #transportation

109. Inclusive Transportation with Veronica O. Davis

The War on Cars
Adam CookAug 25, 2023
Robert ReichAug 25, 2023

Trump finally has a mugshot & has been made to post bail — standard practice for criminal defendants that he's been spared up till now.

His defenders who complain about a "two-tiered" justice system are half right. There's one for the rich & powerful and one for everyone else.

Adam CookAug 25, 2023

Wild weather in #Detroit right now, pretty much out of nowhere.

Tornado Warning in #Canton, so I am told.

Stay safe out there!

#Michigan

Adam CookAug 23, 2023
Texas ObserverAug 23, 2023

Learn4Life of San Antonio suspended teacher Michael Gonzales after he tweeted a picture of himself in his classroom beside a #pride flag.

Our Editor-in-Chief @gabrielarana reflects on the sorry state of #LGBTQIA+ rights in #Texas:
https://www.texasobserver.org/a-queer-teacher-in-edgewood-picked-a-fight-he-couldnt-win/

#homophobia #transphobia #FreeSpeech #news #politics #USpol #HumanRights #SanAntonio #schools #education

A Queer Teacher in Edgewood Picked a Fight He Couldn’t Win

Learn4Life of San Antonio suspended Michael Gonzales after he tweeted a picture of himself in his classroom beside a pride flag.

The Texas Observer
Adam CookAug 23, 2023
Molly WhiteAug 23, 2023

The efforts of sex work advocates are better invested, says Stabile, in campaigning for new laws that would make it illegal for banks to discriminate against sex workers on the basis of their profession, than in developing an alternative financial system.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #SexWork

https://www.wired.com/story/sex-workers-crypto-failing-them/

Sex Workers Took Refuge in Crypto. Now It’s Failing Them

Banks and payments companies have long penalized sex workers. Many thought crypto would be a solution, but now exchanges are dumping them too.

WIRED
Adam CookAug 23, 2023
Filip PiekniewskiAug 23, 2023
The elephant in the room of AI wonders: https://www.honest-broker.com/p/ugly-numbers-from-microsoft-and-chatgpt
Ugly Numbers from Microsoft and ChatGPT Reveal that AI Demand is Already Shrinking

The only areas where AI is flourishing are shamming, spamming & scamming

The Honest Broker
Adam CookAug 22, 2023
Molly WhiteAug 21, 2023

really delighted to have reached 1,000 paid subscribers on https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/!

especially now as i am approaching the end of my year-long fellowship and needing to decide what’s next, your support is so critical in allowing me to continue doing this work

#newsletter

Citation Needed | Molly White | Substack

Comprehensible coverage of the cryptocurrency industry and the broader technology world. Click to read Citation Needed, by Molly White, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

Adam CookAug 22, 2023
Andrew ClewsAug 22, 2023
Today is @motoringpodcast recording day. LOTS to talk about again. Also, some Follow Up from an actual organisation we discussed last week. My word, another week of us being consumer journalist types!