ART LOST BY SCHOOLGIRLS—SOME 350 YEARS AGO
WHAT A FIND! BRITAIN’S NATIONAL TRUST reports discovery of “A Display of 17th Century Papercuts,” July 15, 2024. Fallen Through Sutton House Floorboards. “Originally built for one of Henry VIII’s … Continue reading
RIDIN’ THE RAILS—ASEA AND OTHERWISE
WHILE LIVING ON ST. THOMAS, we occasionally had the pleasure of dining aboard fancy cruise ships (when enough of their passengers chose STT cuisine that evening). Otherwise, I’ve never been … Continue reading
POOR EX-PRESIDENT TRUMP
WHAT WITH A VERY BUSY NEWS WEEK, victim-extraodinaire Donald Trump has been displaced by Joe and Kamala. Poor him. To counter this Trumpian ennui, today’s SimanaitisSays recounts several past Trump … Continue reading
MATH: THE A.I. BS STOPS HERE
QUOTED HERE AT SIMANAITISSAYS, A.I. machines “are hard-wired for bullshit. They aren’t designed to be accurate—they are designed to sound accurate.” And among human endeavors, mathematics is one that values … Continue reading
SALON: HILL’S DINO THROUGH BERGANDI’S EYES
A “SALON” IN R&T was ordinarily a photographic essay on a classic. But this November 1984 Salon was no ordinary one: The topic was the 1961 Ferrari Dino 156 F1 … Continue reading
A VARIETY OF SCI-TECH TIDBTS
TALK ABOUT VARIETY! I CONFESS that many of the articles in AAAS Science pass miles over my head. (I won’t bore you with my life-long biological naivete; it’s beyond storks … Continue reading
HURRAH FOR THE PISTON FOUNDATION AND ITS SCHOLARS!
AUTO JOURNALIST EXTRAORDINAIRE (and another Lithuanian!) Judy Stropus shares information from The Piston Foundation describing its awarding 20 scholarships for 2024 to aspiring auto restoration technicians. This brings the organization’s … Continue reading
AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM IS EXPANDING
EMILY MULLIN WRITES IN WIRED, July 15, 2024, “It Will Soon be Easier for Americans to Recycle Batteries.” “This month,” Mullin writes, “the US Department of Energy announced a $14 million … Continue reading
ON AMERICAN MYTHS PART 2
YESTERDAY WE SHARED TIDBITS from two professors, London Review of Books contributor Eric Foner reviewing Richard Slotkin’s A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle for America. Today in Part … Continue reading
ON AMERICAN MYTHS PART 1
“IN NEED OF A NEW MYTH” is the title of Professor Eric Foner’s review of Richard Slotkin’s A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle for America, published in London … Continue reading
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