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PERUSING AUTOMOTIVE NEWS    PART 2

YESTERDAY WE STARTED CATCHING UP WITH TIDBITS from recent numbers of Automotive News. We continue here in Part 2 with topics range from Jaguar’s Formula E success, to Mercedes’ commitment … Continue reading

April 25, 2026 · Leave a comment

PERUSING AUTOMOTIVE NEWS    PART 1

THESE DAYS I CONTINUE TO DELIGHT IN PERUSING AUTOMOTIVE NEWS, the industry’s authoritative journal, especially its articles addressing matters beyond the realm of NPR or The New York Times. This … Continue reading

April 24, 2026 · 1 Comment

SAY THAT AGAIN    PART 2

JASON VANRULER ENCOURAGED ALL THIS with his article Discovering Your Communication Type: The 5 Paths to Deeper Connections and Stronger Relationships. Here in Part 2, his PATHS acronym is expanded … Continue reading

April 23, 2026 · 3 Comments

SAY THAT AGAIN? PART 1

I AM, PROFESSIONALLY AND BY LIFE’S CHOICES, A COMMUNICATOR. How else to explain 33+ years at R&T and now approaching 14 years at SimanaitisSays. Indeed, prior to these, the Society … Continue reading

April 22, 2026 · Leave a comment

BAYREUTH EXULTATIONS—AND BLUES

“WILL THE REAL BAYREUTH PLEASE STAND OUT,” SimanaitisSays, March 27, 2016, offered details of the Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus. Here, a decade later in celebrating Bayreuth’s 150th anniversary, Opera with Opera News offers … Continue reading

April 21, 2026 · Leave a comment

EDUCATING US ALL ABOUT A.I.    PART 2

IN PART 1, CHANCELLOR MARIE LYNN MIRANDA’S Science Editorial promoted educating us all about optimizing our use of A.I. Today in Part 2, we offer examples of why this is … Continue reading

April 20, 2026 · 3 Comments

EDUCATING US ALL ABOUT A.I.    PART 1

“THE GREATEST RISK is not that A.I. will eliminate jobs, but that its benefits will accrue unevenly.” This, writes Marie Lynn Miranda, Chancellor of the University of Illinois, Chicago, in … Continue reading

April 19, 2026 · 2 Comments

SCOUT THE SCAM!

THANKS TO ANNABELLE MILLER, AN AMBASSADOR GIRL SCOUT of Greater Los Angeles, “Scout the Scam” enriches our knowledge of three crucial things: A.I. images, cookies, and online scams. This and … Continue reading

April 18, 2026 · 1 Comment

ON PLASTICS   PART 2

YESTERDAY, ZOË SCHLANGER’S REVIEW OF BETH GARDINER’S PLASTIC INC got us ankle-deep in plastic bits. Today we explore the environmental aspects of this, quite apart from the squishiness.  Health Aspects. … Continue reading

April 17, 2026 · 3 Comments

ON PLASTICS   PART 1

TWO QUITE DISSIMILAR THINGS got me thinking about plastics: The first was “The Japanese Have A Word For It,” here at SimanaitisSays, April 3, 2026. The particular word is mottainai … Continue reading

April 16, 2026 · 2 Comments