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Sharon Begley

January 24, 2021 by sergneri 1 Comment

From the New York Times obits: Sharon Begley, a Top Science Journalist, Is Dead at 64 Long at Newsweek, she was regarded as one of her generation’s pre-eminent science writers. An “Enlightenment-era figure,” Jon Meacham said. … Dr. Francis S. Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, wrote on Twitter that Ms. Begley would … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Feminism, Future of Work, IT Failures, Obituaries, Pandemic, Politics, Racism, Science, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: Journalism, Journalist, New York Times, Newsweek, STAT, Wall Street Journal

The Ghosts of Segregation

November 30, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Ghosts of Segregation is a NY Times photo essay by Richard Frishman. At far right, the onetime “Colored” window at Edd’s Drive-In, in Pascagoula, Miss. After being tipped off by a contributor to a website called Preservation in Mississippi, I verified the history of the window at Edd’s Drive-In with … [Read more…]

Posted in: Politics, Racism, Slavery, Thinking about Tagged: New York Times, photo essay, Segregation, Slavery, Times, travel

Preserving a ‘national memory’ of an outbreak

March 4, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From the Columbia Journalism Review, Preserving a ‘national memory’ of an outbreak by Betsy Joles, 03/03/2020. “We actually have really good journalism in China,” Shen says. “It’s just those who are working very hard to get the stories out, they’re usually not recognized.”

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Politics, Racism, Science, Thinking about Tagged: Censorship, China, Chinese journalists, COVID-19, Internet Archive, Li Wenliang, New York Times, Tencent, Wuhan

Digital Photo Future?

December 1, 2018 by sergneri Leave a Comment

It’s Almost 2019. Do You Know Where Your Photos Are? – It might be the season, this topic was recently discussed with friends then the NYT comes to the rescue with a good history.

Posted in: Faits Divers, IT Failures, Thinking about Tagged: Apple, camera roll, categorizing, CD, Craigslist, digital camera, digital photography, DVD, Flickr, free unlimited online storage, GOOGLE, iCloud, New York Times, Photobucket, posterity, sorting, tagging, Yahoo, Zing, Zip drive

Cyberattack Shows Vulnerability of Gas Pipeline Network

April 5, 2018 by sergneri Leave a Comment

By CLIFFORD KRAUSS APRIL 4, 2018 A natural-gas plant in North Dakota operated by Oneok, one of the companies affected by a cyberattack on a data network connecting gas-pipeline operators and their customers. The companies said the attack did not lead to any service interruptions. HOUSTON — A cyberattack on a shared data network forced … [Read more…]

Posted in: IT Failures, Politics Tagged: 2018, Cyberattack, data, Network, New York Times, pipeline

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