YET ANOTHER COLLECTOR CAR FOR ZELENSKYY???
YOU MIGHT RECALL FUGITIVE EX-U.S. COP John Marc Dougan, who runs the Kremlin’s disinformation network from Moscow. (Just the turncoat jackass one might trust, eh? Sorta a Fox News personified). … Continue reading
FRENCH FANCIES
MY FAVORITE CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR magazine recently had an online item that caught my eye: “10 Eccentric French Classic Cars.” “There’s no particular reason to believe that the French … Continue reading
PICASSO ON THE FAMILY WALL
“AFTER HE STUMBLED ACROSS the painting in 1962,” Angela Giuffrida writes in The Guardian, October 1, 2024, “Luigi Lo Rosso took the rolled-up canvas home with him to Pompeii, where … Continue reading
HURRAH FOR HABIT!
USA TODAY reports ” ‘Congrats on #2’ Habit Shades In-N-Out with Billboard After Burger Ranking Poll,” October 1, 2024. The newspaper’s Anthony Robledo recounts, “Habit Burger & Grill is claiming bragging … Continue reading
AERIAL VIEWS OF 30S BRITAIN
MY FAVORITE JIGSAW PUZZLES are cities from the air. Assembling one is like making a walking tour of neighborhoods with occasional familiar sites. The Guardian recently reminded me of this … Continue reading
HUMMINGBIRDS—LIVING ON THE EDGE
HUMMINGBIRDS OCCASIONALLY SAMPLE MY FRONT-YARD PLANTINGS, much to my amazement of their aerial capabilities. Indeed, this ain’t the half of it as I learned from Bob Holmes in “Hummingbirds Thrive … Continue reading
SUPPIN’ EURO-STYLE
THE DISCOVERER BLOG OFFERS “7 Delicious Culinary Cities in Europe.” Given that I’ve done my share of international travel, I glean tidbits of suppin’ Euro-style, in some instances even without … Continue reading
EXTRACTING LITHIUM MORE EFFICIENTLY PART 2
Yesterday, we learned about challenges of lithium sourcing and recent research in its technology. Today in Part 2, there’s an unanswered question and a novel electrochemical approach. An Unanswered Question. … Continue reading
EXTRACTING LITHIUM MORE EFFICIENTLY PART 1
SETH B. DARLING WRITES IN “The Brine of the Times,” AAAS Science, September 26, 2024, that “Tremendous attention focuses on lithium, which is primarily sourced from either hard rock called … Continue reading
MASERATI 3500 GT—TIMES CHANGE IN 65 YEARS, SORTA
DRIVING AROUND YESTERDAY, I encountered a Maserati GranTurimo Trofeo, a striking looking blue one making the appropriate snarly sounds as it passed by. Well now, this is Orange County, California, … Continue reading
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