A ‘Big Night’ for Newts
A ‘Big Night’ for Newts, and for a California Newt Brigade
Author: sergneri
Synhelion – Swiss Synfuel Project
Synhelion uses solar heat to convert CO2 into synthetic fuels – so-called solar fuels. Solar radiation is reflected by the mirror field, concentrated onto the receiver, and converted into high-temperature process heat. The generated heat is fed to the thermochemical reactor that produces syngas, a mixture of H2 and CO. The syngas is then processed … [Read more…]
Casey Hayden Dies at 85
Casey Hayden, a Force for Civil Rights and Feminism, Dies at 85 New York Times By Neil Genzlinger Published Jan. 13, 2023 While working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the early 1960s, she helped write two memos that spurred the modern women’s movement. Casey Hayden with Dorie Ladner, a fellow member of the … [Read more…]
Books in 2023
Last half of “Bleeding Edge” by Thomas Pynchon 01/06/2023 – Done – enjoyable. Checked out “Rising : dispatches from the new American shore” by Elizabeth Rush from the library – good account the present impact of rising seas on a few areas in the world and a cautionary tale about the future. She’s an excellent … [Read more…]
“Smile like a hairdresser / Giving Cameron Diaz a shampoo.”
Charles Simic, Pulitzer-Winning Poet and U.S. Laureate, Dies at 84 A Serbian-born American, he left the impression in his verse that he had “poked a hole into everyday life to reveal a glimpse of something endless.”
Michael Snow, Prolific and Playful Artistic Polymath, Is Dead at 94
He was a painter, a musician, a photographer and a sculptor. But he was best known for experimental (and often contentious) films like “Wavelength.” New York Times, Jan. 6, 2023 “I am not a professional,” he declared in a statement written for a group show catalog in 1967. “My paintings are done by a filmmaker, … [Read more…]
Angelo Badalamenti, Is Dead at 85
Angelo Badalamenti, Composer for ‘Twin Peaks,’ Is Dead at 85
Lee Lorenz, 90, Cartoonist at The New Yorker, Dies
This obituary of Mr. Lorenz contains many links to other cartoonists as well as his insights on the New Yorker.
Big Oil talks ‘transition’
Big Oil talks ‘transition’ but perpetuates petroleum, House documents say A House committee, accusing oil companies of deception, releases a trove of internal documents revealing how these firms view the ‘energy transition’ By Steven Mufson and Timothy Puko December 9, 2022 Some of the world’s major oil companies remain internally skeptical about the “energy transition” … [Read more…]
John Prados, Master of Uncovering Government Secrets, Dies at 71
John Prados, Master of Uncovering Government Secrets, Dies at 71 New York Times By Clay Risen Dec. 3, 2022 John Prados, miner of declassified documents, dies at 71 Washington Post By Emily Langer December 5, 2022