On this channel I'm dragon@authorpendragon, mindsblogging the news since 2016. On @GailMcGowanMellor, under my own name, I'm writing an unauthorized history of Minds as it unfolds.
An investigative reporter with a Pulitzer'nomination (rare for an independent), a medical writer (who founded a cooperative medical writing company with clients on three continents), and teacher (I taught in high school and college and was an early coordinator in the un-schooling movement), I've been a political activist since the early 1960s, because "inactive citizen" is an oxymoron. On a computer since 1977, I've been on the web since it was born in 1989.
With courageous, adventurous children out changing the world, having just helped raise a grandson, with my husband aka best friend, I founded a small community in an improbable oasis that we're working to save in the midst of a metro area. There, the guy I love creates anything that I can imagine, and I grow things and write...
Channel Policy: Doxxers and spammers -- including thread hijackers endlessly bleating about unrelated pet projects or hatreds -- are at minimum boring. Bug out. All others: thank you so much for being here. Documented disagreement is terrific. So are discoveries. So is laughter....
Encourages micro franchising & poverty reduction as a member of O foundation (ofoundation.nl); CEO & co-founder of Oview (oviewapp.com), aims at the creation of a new digital democracy, and a shift in human behavior towards a fair and participatory society. Passionate advocate against food waste. Established the Food Surplus Entrepreneurs Network in the Netherlands (http://fsenetwork.org), founded Healthy&Affordable, is a board member of Taste Before You Waste in Amsterdam (http://www.tastebeforeyouwaste.com), and coaches Non-Guilty Pleasures in Utrecht & Vienna. Believes in the economic paradigm change possible through supporting social businesses. Created 9 hotspots for MakeSense (https://www.makesense.org) in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Maastricht, Arnhem, Den Haag, Amersfoort, Oslo, Malmo, & Malaga. Works at Logic Locks, a live gaming company (http://logiclocks.com) Is very passionate about people & positive change.
I am an inventor, author, blogger, Dream interpreter, researcher, teacher and most of all student of all things. I am a proud introvert, and often too edgy. I've been accused of being stupid, but never being closed minded; I always try to learn something new every day and like a true explorer I always share the most fascinating things I discover, everything I post will likely make you do a double-take if it doesn't just blow your mind, I focus my research on the subconscious mind to explore the deeper components to life.... click subscribe and let's go on an adventure together. I focus my posts on the most interesting and fascinating facts and misconceptions we have in society. My goal is to learn and share something new and interesting every day.