Month: March 2026

ASFO 2026–03–28

South Australia — not just for sea chanties anymore? Related, petrol rationing in New Zealand, and the difficulty of getting and maintaining political support for slow–maturing measures against problems which appear as occasional crises of moderate duration. Also, Artemis II, supply–chain attacks very literally, re–stranded whales, computer–related (but not –generated this time!) idiocy, and more generally, thinking like an Ayatollah.

ASFO 2026–03–21

Justus Freiherr von Liebig — why does it always come back to him? Oil refineries burning — who could possibly have foreseen this? A Canadian spaceport… in Nova Scotia? Also, meter–gage railways of provincial Spain, and possible consequences of helium supply constraints.

Supplementary Show

2026–03–24 From the 1955 book Atoms for Peace by Donald O Woodbury, the Foreword, and from Part I Atomic Power is on the Way, chapters 23 “How Safe is Atomic Power?” and 24 “Skill Beats the Atom”, describing the December 1952 accident at NRX, Chalk River, Ontario, and the ensuing cleanup and recovery operations ; and chapters 1 “Dawn at Midnight” and 2 “Approach to Peace”.

Objects In Mirrors Episode 91: “Title Of Playlist” (2026-03-10)

  • Fever Ray – The Lake (Cinematic)
  • Air – Cherry Blossom Girl
  • Failure – The Air’s on Fire
  • Kurt Vile – Blackberry Song
  • Pulp – Begging for Change
  • Khruangbin – Zionsville
  • Björk – Come to Me
  • Metric – Victim Of Luck
  • Midlake – Acts of Man
  • Ikebe Shakedown – Dram
  • Gorillaz – The God of Lying (feat. IDLES)
  • Stereolab – Come and Play in the Milky Night
  • Charlotte Gainsbourg – Hey Joe
  • The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble – Balboa Park

ASFO 2026–03–07

Money museum reviews : Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago — from railroad to whale–road — challenges inherent in using cryogenic methane as a ship fuel — idiocy masquerading as science, with an anti–nuclear payload — more unconscionable, blatantly unlawful, and above all stupid acts of aggression by the present US government…

Objects In Mirrors Episode 90: “45 & 45 Is” (2026-03-03)

  • Erni Clark – Give Me a Piece of Your Love
  • Arthur & Yu – There Are Too Many Birds
  • Winston Edwards – Soul Fire Dub
  • Cannonball Adderley – Autumn Leaves
  • Pastor T.L. Barrett and The Youth for Christ Choir – Nobody Knows
  • Dirty Art Club – Sincerely Yours, the D.A.C.
  • Helado Negro – Running
  • Sault – Wildfires
  • Nightmares On Wax & Greentea Peng – I Remember
  • Khruangbin – White Gloves II
  • Eunice Collins – At the Hotel
  • The Marías – Ruthless
  • Cal Tjader – Soul Sauce
  • The Band – I Shall Be Released