These are lovely portraits, and I enjoy the subjects’ commentary on the UK experience of checking multiple identity...

These are lovely portraits, and I enjoy the subjects’ commentary on the UK experience of checking multiple identity boxes.

“The mixed-race experience: 'There are times I feel like the odd one out'”

#identity #race #multiracial
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/aug/26/the-mixed-race-experience-there-are-times-i-feel-like-the-odd-one-out-?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The Washington Post: Children can be swayed by robot peer pressure, study says

The Washington Post: Children can be swayed by robot peer pressure, study says

And prior studies show adults are also too trusting: “In follow-up experiments, researchers went so far as to tell the participants that the robot was broken or program it to behave in ways that appeared to be clearly malfunctioning. Most participants still followed it in an emergency. In one trial, they even had the broken robot suggest that people evacuate by entering a dark room blocked by a piece of furniture, with no visible sign of an exit. Most stuck with the robot instead of following the exit signs to leave the way they entered.”

HAL: Dave, we need to discuss this.

#ai #robotoverlords #badrobotoverlords
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/08/15/robot-overlords-may-sound-scary-but-robot-friends-could-be-just-as-bad/

A few scenes from a sunny walk in Golden Gate Park and along the Great Highway at Land's End.

A few scenes from a sunny walk in Golden Gate Park and along the Great Highway at Land's End.

#sanfrancisco
https://photos.app.goo.gl/YqLfbYFeiJD4HQrb9

I was losing it even before, “Can I touch your hair?”

I was losing it even before, “Can I touch your hair?”
#mcsweeneys #race
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/completely-neutral-race-blind-college-admissions-questions

The Onion is so ON.

The Onion is so ON.
#theonion
https://www.theonion.com/tips-for-staying-civil-while-debating-child-prisons-1827147411

Lenses are fun.

Lenses are fun.
#optics
https://photos.app.goo.gl/o93gwwExRgdu5U796

In between my late Spring Cleaning chores, I enjoyed the sun for Memorial Day weekend.

In between my late Spring Cleaning chores, I enjoyed the sun for Memorial Day weekend. San Francisco looks good in this lighting. :)
#sanfrancisco
https://photos.app.goo.gl/72zGazQNXcBuAhjy2

Last month I took a brief vacation in Hawaii.

Last month I took a brief vacation in Hawaii.

While I was there, I took typical vacation snapshots. Those are here! There are also a few museum photos, which are from the Honolulu Museum of Art.

#honolulu #hawaii
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ptBZXhMcvX5EFJxx1

I was able to visit Toronto for two afternoons during a business trip in the region. Here are a few photos.

I was able to visit Toronto for two afternoons during a business trip in the region. Here are a few photos.

#toronto
https://photos.app.goo.gl/XV5EmVPd7oWZgBJx5

SFO has a great art collection.

SFO has a great art collection. (Yes, even the AIRPORT in San Francisco has its own museum, plus lots of space for rotating, interesting art exhibits!)

I enjoyed these Isomu Noguchi lamps.

#paperlantern #noguchi
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ImXX69spIOyrBK3h1

They get lots of use out of this article!

They get lots of use out of this article!

#theonion
https://www.theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-r-1826142891

Itchiku Kubota created the most elaborately dyed and stitched kimonos Ihave ever seen.

Itchiku Kubota created the most elaborately dyed and stitched kimonos I have ever seen. They are stunningly beautiful, and you could get a magnifying glass and just get lost in them...

(I enjoyed viewing these up close in Toronto at the Textile Museum of Canada.)

#kimono #itchikukubota #art #textile
Kubtoa Collection: http://www.thekubotacollection.com/

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