Author Archives: Quantum Tom

For this Amazon van driver, AI surveillance was the final straw

Uggggghhhhh. Maybe I should cancel my prime subscription? “If we went over a bump, the phone would rattle, the Mentor app would log that I used the phone while driving, and boom, I’d get docked,” he said. — Read on news.trust.org/item/20210319120214-n93hk/

Don’t Steal from the Russian Mafia

All he heard was “steal from the Russian mafia.” Now, I don’t feel too sorry for this guy. But, the timing and circumstances of his death raises one of my luscious eyebrows. Maybe the left one. Alexander Perepilichnyy collapsed and died outside his home on a select estate in Weybridge in November 2012 shortly before heContinue reading “Don’t Steal from the Russian Mafia”

Santa Monica City Map, 1910

I found this great map. It’s available on the Santa Monica digital library. The map itself has amazing detail. It also covers the entire length of the Westgate Line, a trolley service once operated by the Los Angeles Pacific Railway. The Westgate branch used to travel along San Vicente Boulevard, branching off the Sawtelle line on Santa Monica Boulevard. The trolley routeContinue reading “Santa Monica City Map, 1910”