Randy Shilts was a San Francisco-based journalist and author. He received nationwide fame with his book, And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic (1980–85), which was published in 1987 and won the Stonewall Book Award. It offered a detailed account of the early days of the AIDS epidemic in the United States. Shilts died in 1994 from AIDS-related complications. Shortly before his...
En octobre 1977, le chimiquier Stolt Surf, faisant route de Singapour à Portland, Oregon, a croisé un ouragan sur le Pacifique. Le chef mécanicien du bord, Karsten Petersen, photographia le mauvais temps et notamment une vague estimée à plus de 20 mètres. Karsten Petersen: “Stolt Surf” in the North Pacific, 1977....
[…] Despite the convenience, even some who stand to gain from a cashless society see drawbacks. “Sweden has always been at the forefront of technology, so it’s easy to embrace this,” said Jacob de Geer, a founder of iZettle, which makes a mobile-powered card reader. “But Big Brother can watch exactly what you’re doing if you purchase things only electronically,” he said. But for Ulvaeus, the...
La neige ! La maudite marde blanche qu’on aime tant ! Promis, demain, j’installe mes pneus à clous. “Enfin la neige !”, par Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf....