I am back from Toronto, and so I learned about their eastern painters, the Group of Seven, who painted very Canadian...

I am back from Toronto, and so I learned about their eastern painters, the Group of Seven, who painted very Canadian (mostly eastern) landscapes.

(Emily Carr covered the west - she wasn't in their group, but may be more famous.)

#toronto #painting
http://www.ago.net/the-group-of-seven-and-the-art-gallery-of-ontario

The usual on an unexpected day off.

The usual on an unexpected day off.

#sfmoma
https://photos.app.goo.gl/bA4gcNLAFhMpR1qy2

A sunny walk in an industrial area...

A sunny walk in an industrial area...
#sanfrancisco
https://photos.app.goo.gl/mXc9D16EZeqYkg8n2

A few photos from a visit to the sleepy bedroom community of Sausalito, just north across our beloved San Francisco...

A few photos from a visit to the sleepy bedroom community of Sausalito, just north across our beloved San Francisco Bay.

#sausalito
https://photos.app.goo.gl/oBnVA5UXHerik6pg1

I had meetings in Paris one afternoon, and the early afternoon weather was lovely.

I had meetings in Paris one afternoon, and the early afternoon weather was lovely. Here are some shapshots from my arrival, departure, and flight home.

#paris
https://photos.app.goo.gl/8laY8YEhgH6bntAJ2

Sightseeing with a broken foot is a bad idea, but my foot was doing well in its big boot, so I did a LITTLE walking...

Sightseeing with a broken foot is a bad idea, but my foot was doing well in its big boot, so I did a LITTLE walking around the King's Cross/Saint Pancras area. Luckily, the British Museum is there! It was my first visit, during one of their Friday late nights, and it charmed me.

#london
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vN2QHwNGuV6MziYT2

The cold snap that went across Europe in late February and early March caught me while in Switzerland on business:...

The cold snap that went across Europe in late February and early March caught me while in Switzerland on business: it was just 13 degrees Fahrenheit (-10.55 C) one morning when I stepped outside... and not much warmer until it started to snow, when it finally got back up into the 30s.

The boot for my broken right foot wasn't very snow friendly. :) Remind me not to break metatarsals.

#basel
https://photos.app.goo.gl/t6qcuxAcbjf3C7NJ3

I spent a couple days in Germany last month, with a gal who has been my friend since 1984 or so.

I spent a couple days in Germany last month, with a gal who has been my friend since 1984 or so. :) Here are some photos.

#frankfurt #germany
https://photos.app.goo.gl/CJcpDs057j5T5L7q2

Augmented reality postage?

Augmented reality postage??? This is GREAT! I'm still excited to be using thermally sensitive eclipse stamps (when you warm them up, you see the surface of the moon), but this app that shows 3D views of the buildings in the stamps is great.

#augmentedreality #philately #stamps

A 35% failure rate at guessing your gender if you are female with a dark complexion?

A 35% failure rate at guessing your gender if you are female with a dark complexion? A.I.s should be better at this! But some are trained with sample data skewed ‘more than 75 percent male and more than 80 percent white,’ so...

I love the algorithmic accountability and justice projects!

#artificialintelligence #tech #bias
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/technology/facial-recognition-race-artificial-intelligence.html

I’ve always admired this theater as I zipped past on a bus, but every visit to photograph it when I was in the area...

I’ve always admired this theater as I zipped past on a bus, but every visit to photograph it when I was in the area was in gloomy weather... until this week.

#moorisharchitecture #terracotta
https://photos.app.goo.gl/DpgaWOsUkJVG0Ro03

'Class-passing': how do you learn the rules of being rich?

'Class-passing': how do you learn the rules of being rich?

Oh, this article!!

“In Atlanta, Baird managed to get a place at one of the better public schools, the one where rich white kids went. At first they told his mom there was no room; there literally wasn’t a spare desk. “So she got on the bus to Home Depot and bought a desk,” Baird remembers. “She dragged it back to the school and said, ‘You can just stick the desk in a corner of one of a classroom and my son will sit there. He’s extremely well behaved.’ And they said ‘OK’.”

#class #socialmobility #americanmyths
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/01/poor-americans-poverty-rich-class?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Using diplomatic rules, Switzerland’s neutrality, and a bit of paperwork magic, Carl Lutz may have saved more than...

Using diplomatic rules, Switzerland’s neutrality, and a bit of paperwork magic, Carl Lutz may have saved more than 60,000 people... but the Swiss didn’t want to publicize it. That’s not bad if they thought they might need to use those same tactics again, but the motivations aren’t clear...

#carllutz #budapest
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42400765

Here are a few photos from an evening walk on the eastern edge of San Francisco.

Here are a few photos from an evening walk on the eastern edge of San Francisco.
#sanfrancisco
https://photos.app.goo.gl/m0eoX3mIBBSG7glj1

This puts an awkward element into alpine hiking, but it is remarkable how many 30+ year missing persons’ remains are...

This puts an awkward element into alpine hiking, but it is remarkable how many 30+ year missing persons’ remains are emerging.

Melting glaciers in Swiss Alps could reveal hundreds of mummified corpses:

“Switzerland’s glaciers have been melting at an unprecedented rate, losing almost one cubic km in ice volume or about 900 bn litres of water over the past year. According to an investigation by Tagesanzeiger newspaper, eight of the 10 months in which the glaciers have lost the most in volume over the past century have been since 2008.

“Since 1850, when glaciers covered 1,735 sq km (670 sq miles) of Swiss land, the total area has shrunk by a half, to about 890 sq km.

“Police in Valais expect the bodies of many more missing persons to emerge because of global warming.”

#switzerland #glaciers #climatechange
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/04/melting-glaciers-swiss-alps-could-reveal-hundreds-mummified-corpses?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I was out at night, and enjoyed the warm glow of neon in the inner Mission District, on 24th street.

I was out at night, and enjoyed the warm glow of neon in the inner Mission District, on 24th street.

#neon #sanfrancisco
https://photos.app.goo.gl/5iYZ5XSJPadvJEMC3

Travel guides to segregated US for black Americans reissued.

Travel guides to segregated US for black Americans reissued.

This was so recent. The books are valuable reminder about how the US failed to live up to its ideals (and of how many people who contributed to that failure are still around)...

#unitedstates #civilrights
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/19/travel-guides-to-segregated-us-for-black-americans-reissued?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The Washington Post: News media offers consistently warped portrayals of black families, study finds.

The Washington Post: News media offers consistently warped portrayals of black families, study finds.

“Black families represent 59 percent of the poor portrayed in the media, according to the analysis, but account for just 27 percent of Americans in poverty. Whites families make up 17 percent of the poor depicted in news media, but make up 66 percent of the American poor.

...

“Blacks represent 37 percent of criminals shown in the news, but constitute 26 percent of those arrested on criminal charges, the study said. In contrast, news media portray whites as criminals 28 percent of the time, when FBI crime reports show they make up 77 percent of crime suspects.”

#bias #racism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/12/13/news-media-offers-consistently-warped-portrayals-of-black-families-study-finds/

#asianart #sanfrancisco

#asianart #sanfrancisco
https://photos.app.goo.gl/P6SnJaTGQUWX7Jhn1

This is a great show! If you like fabrics and seeing how complex outfits are made, this is for you.

This is a great show! If you like fabrics and seeing how complex outfits are made, this is for you.

#asianart #korea #hanbok
https://photos.app.goo.gl/jZojveLJpgwOVIxg2