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Narcissistic personality disorder Also called: NPD

February 6, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

After the State of the Union address by Trump, this popped up in a search for something not related to the President, but it seemed so right and timely that I had to make note for later reference. Definition The hallmarks of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) are grandiosity, a lack of empathy for other people, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Politics, Racism, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: admiration, arrogant, critisism, demanding, disorder, disregard, empathy, grandiose fantasies, grandiosity, manipulative, Narcissistic, Narcissistic personality disorder, self-centered, special treatment

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

We’ve dug ourselves a really deep hole’ – David Neiwert on the rise of the far right

January 27, 2019 by sergneri 1 Comment

A good interview in the Guardian: We’ve dug ourselves a really deep hole’ – David Neiwert on the rise of the far right – it holds up well: “The current conservative movement has decided it no longer wishes to be part of a liberal democracy.” The principal reason, he thinks, is greed. “By the time … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Finanace, Politics, Racism, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: authoritarianism, conservative, Conspiracy Theory, John Birch Society, liberal, progressive, Three Percenters, Trumpism, white nationalism

Trump Begins Third Year With Low Job Approval and Doubts About His Honesty

January 20, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

An interesting graphic from PEW RESEARCH published January 18, 2019 on Trump’s third year approval rating. What is interesting is seeing other Presidents ranked in time along with Trump. As is normal with Pew Research, the accompanying article has an excellent summary of their methods and interpretation of the results.

Posted in: Faits Divers, Politics, Thinking about, This Day in History, Trump Tagged: confidence, Democrat, Honesty, Immigration, Pew Research, Poll, Republican, Trump

Barbara Ehrenreich has some answers

December 23, 2018 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Interview – When do you know you’re old enough to die?

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: “wellness” industry, Death, Natural Causes, obituaries, older age

Doran Beach Ice Plant Removal

December 23, 2018 by sergneri Leave a Comment

To inquire about ways to get involved, including at Doran with ice plant removal, contact John Ryan, volunteer coordinator for Sonoma County parks, at 707-565-3356.

Posted in: California History, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: California Native Plant Society, Doran Beach, Ice Plant, Sonoma County parks, volunteers

24 ways to lead an anti-capitalist life – Guardian News

December 12, 2018 by sergneri Leave a Comment

24 ways to lead an anti-capitalist life

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Feminism, Finanace, Politics, Racism, Science, Thinking about Tagged: Allotments, CIC, CICs, credit unions, Don’t drive, Don’t use banks, Ethical and green living, Fairphone, food, Freecycle, Go to the pub, Make your own, non-digital, Quit social media, rubbish, smallholding, Stop buying, visit the library

Selected Sounds of Space

December 10, 2018 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From the University of Iowa Physics department sounds of space, recorded by University of Iowa instruments on a variety of spacecraft over the past 50 years. Featured Items Voyager 1 PWS continuation of shock-associated waves Voyager 1 PWS first interstellar audio recordings Van Allen Probes EMFISIS Waves or EMFISIS MAG audio samples Audio clips from … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Science, Thinking about Tagged: audio recordings, Cassini, Earth whistlers, interstellar, Juno, Jupiter electron cyclotron emissions, Jupiter whistlers, Plasma, Saturn, Van Allen, Voyager 1, Voyager 1 PWS first interstellar audio recordings

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

ex nihilo nihil fit

November 27, 2018 by sergneri Leave a Comment

ex nihilo nihil fit – from nothing comes nothing.

Posted in: Faits Divers, Politics, Thinking about Tagged: ex, ex nihilo nihil fit, fit, nihil, nihilo, nothing
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