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The Rozz-Tox Manifesto

April 9, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

The Rozz-Tox Manifesto Gary Panter (1980) tem 1: The avant-garde is no corpus. It merely lies in shock after an unfortunate bout with its own petard. It feigns sleep but one eye glitters and an involuntary twitch in the corner of the mouth belies a suppressed snicker. The giggle of coming awake at one’s own … [Read more…]

Posted in: Content, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Feminism, Finanace, Future of Work, IT Failures, Modern Music, Nuclear Industry, Obituaries, Pandemic, Politics, Racism, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: "rip-off", "sell-out", amusement park, art talent scouts, atomic TV beatnik furniture, avant-garde, better media, capitalistic society, capitol realities, Elitist Art, eternal life, faith in glamour, god printers, high school, inter-office memos, mutant, patronship, Pavlovia, petard, pseudo-avant-garde, Ralph Records, rubbery genius, Saturday morning, tendencies, the cereal Nirvana, top-40 radio, two-dimensional phosphorescence, wildcat speculation

TMS Love Light Laughter Cards

March 18, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From 20-FEB-2021 mail:

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Pandemic, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: TMS, TMS Artwork

In the mail from TMS

February 20, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

These two cards and lovely mobile arrived in the mail today:

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Flying, Thinking about, This Day in History Tagged: Light Laughter, Love, Sergneri, Theresa Marie, TMS, TMS Artwork

Driftwood on Salmon Creek

September 13, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

A gift from strangers left on the beach, September 26, 2017.

Posted in: Content, Thinking about Tagged: 2017, Driftwood, Salmon Creek Beach, Sea shore

Surf Log

May 5, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

For those who want to get away to the beach and watch the surf, a 28 minute video of the surf at Salmon Creek Beach tossing a log about is just the ticket. It can be accessed here and has no other purpose than to allow us to escape and enjoy the forces of the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Content, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Future of Work, Pandemic, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: beach, contemplation, log rolling, meditation, mental health, Ocean, Salmon Creek, Salmon Creek Beach, Surf, Surf Log

The Beard is Gone

April 6, 2020 by sergneri 2 Comments

Last time I shaved off my beard was in 2009, just after I was fired during the recession. Then I did it just to see what was under the facial hair, as part of the ritual of self-examination during a fit of depression. This time I cut it off slowly to make sure my face … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Content, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Finanace, Future of Work, IT Failures, Obituaries, Politics, Racism, Science, Sea Stories, Thinking about, This Day in History Tagged: balaclavas, climate emergency, consumptions, face masks, fatal weight, health care, Muffin, mustache, my beard, Pandemic Journal, soul patch

Time Spans

January 17, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Think of the times; mountains and water; trees and landscape; clouds, snow and rain; day and night; humans.

Posted in: Climate Change, Content, Faits Divers, Flying, Science, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: Alps, Earth Time, Eiger, Human Time, Jungfrau, Lake, LauterAarHorn, Mountains Time, Munch, Neuchatel, Snow Time, Tree Time, Water Time

Disinformation For Hire: How A New Breed Of PR Firms Is Selling Lies Online

January 11, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

I get a digest of the latest news on news and reporting from the Pew Research Center. One recently caught my interest was from Buzzfeed on the new “Black PR firms” who will, for a fee, generate, structure and support any lie you wish. Scary isn’t a strong enough word, terrifying is more apt. It … [Read more…]

Posted in: Content, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Feminism, Finanace, Future of Work, IT Failures, Politics, Racism, Thinking about Tagged: Art-Media, Artifical Intelligence, Black PR, BuzzFeed, Cat@Net, cybersecurity, deception, deception and influence operations, Disinformation, Facebook, fake fact-checking, influence, intelligence, Lies, marketing, online manipulation, operation, PR, Pragmatico, Public Relations, spam, The Archimedes Group, the Reporter, Twitter

Winter Solstice Card – TMS – 2019

January 11, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From my very talented sister Theresa Marie

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Feminism, Sea Stories, Thinking about, This Day in History Tagged: Theresa Marie Sergneri, TMS, TMS Artwork, Winter Solstice

Carlos Cruz-Diez, Whose Art Made Color Move, Is Dead at 95

September 9, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Carlos Cruz-Diez, Whose Art Made Color Move, Is Dead at 95 New York Times, Karen Rosenberg, Aug. 2, 2019.

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Obituaries, Thinking about Tagged: art, Artists, Color, Modern Art, Obituary
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