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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

The Foundation Book: Bay Hill Road Bodega Bay

May 8, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

By Dirty Matt Leonardo Traded for a small donation with Mr. Leonardo in Petaluma CA in 2018, original 4 x 10 inches in ball point pen.

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: art, Bodega Bay, California, Dirty Matt Leonardo, Petaluma, The Foundation Book

The Demon Test by Dirty Matt Leonardo

May 8, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Traded for a small donation with Mr. Leonardo in Petaluma CA in 2018, original 4 x 6 inches in ball point pen.

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: art, California, Dirty Matt Leonardo, Petaluma, The Demon Test

Mt Blanc from Neuchatel

January 28, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

August, 2010 © John Sergneri 2010, 2019 – If copied, do not alter and give attribution.

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: Mt Blanc, Neuchatel, Switzerland

Red Alps, Blue Alps

June 27, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Red Alps, Blue Alps, Ville de Neuchatel In 2007, we moved to Rue du Rocher in Neuchatel. It was a fabulous apartment with a remarkable view to the south taking in the lake, the Bernese Alps down to Mount Blanc. This video contains some of the photos we took during our stay.

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: Blue Alps, Lac de Neuchatel, Photography, Red Alps, Ville de Neuchatel

White Orchids

May 25, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment
Posted in: Content, Thinking about Tagged: Photography
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