IN INCREASED FAVOR OF INVOKING THE 25TH AMENDMENT
EACH DAY BRINGS MORE EVIDENCE that any freely rational human being would recognize the mental incompetence of Donald J. Trump. Recently, we’ve seen his irrational and obscene Easter Message, his … Continue reading
RAFFLES—A SINGAPORE HOTEL, A HOLMES INVERSION PART 2
YESTERDAY, OUR FIRST RAFFLES TIDBITS were about a fabled Singapore hotel. Today we focus on A.J. Raffles, a sorta fictional anti-Holmes—but, indeed, with an intimate connection: E.W. Hornung, author of … Continue reading
RAFFLES—A SINGAPORE HOTEL, A HOLMES INVERSION PART 1
THIS CONNECT-THE-DOTS TALE IN PARTS 1 AND 2 today and tomorrow begins with yet another Raffles: Stamford Raffles is described by Wikipedia as “a British colonial official who served as … Continue reading
I REALLY LIKE THAT SONG TOO, FROGGIE
HERE’S A TANTALIZING TITLE FOR A TECHNICAL PAPER: “Humans Share Acoustic Preferences With Other Animals,” by Logan S. James et al., AAAS Science, March 19, 2026. Science editor Sacha Vignieri … Continue reading
A CALIFORNIAN MINX
ANOTHER REASON WHY THE BRIT CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR is my favorite car magazine: Senior Contributor Martin Buckley has a marvelous way with words in describing something of a Time … Continue reading
HURRAH FOR RENEWABLES PART 2
YESTERDAY Susanna Twidale celebrated renewables approaching the halfway point of global resources. Today in Part 2 we continue with a significant renewable not cited in her report. How About Hydro? … Continue reading
HURRAH FOR RENEWABLES PART 1
IN A WORLD BESET WITH AN UNJUSTIFIED (AND LIKELY ILLEGAL) MIDDLE EAST WAR, it’s encouraging that Susanna Twidale reports “Renewables Grew to Almost 50 Percent of Global Electricity Capacity in … Continue reading
USED CAR ADS—ROAD AND TRACK 1949-1950 PART 2
YESTERDAY THIS BEGAN WITH digging into used car ads in what used to be called Road and Track. Several neat cars surfaced, including a Speedway/Sprint car and another offered by … Continue reading
USED CAR ADS—ROAD AND TRACK 1949-1950 PART 1
TALK ABOUT A FASCINATING WISH LIST! In the early days of Road and Track (the “&” didn’t appear until 1954), there were several means of advertising used cars. Here are … Continue reading
A CHAT WITH CHRIS: “PUTTING THE HEART BACK IN TECHNOLOGY”
CHRIS BORRONI-BIRD HAS APPEARED SEVERAL TIMES here at SimanaitisSays: Along with Larry Burns and Bill Mitchell, he’s coauthor of my much-cited Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility for the 21st … Continue reading
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