TONIGHT, April 8, 2026, at 7 pm (PDT), Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Director of the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, will give a free, illustrated, non-technical lecture entitled:

"The NASA Psyche mission: First Journey to an Unknown World"

in the Smithwick Theater at Foothill College, in Los Altos (see directions below).

More info: https://www.seti.org/events/the-nasa-psyche-mission-first-journey-to-an-unknown-world/

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The NASA Psyche mission: First Journey to an Unknown World

Google engineer rejected by colleges uses AI to sue UCs and others for racial discrimination.

More grievance against Blacks and Latinos.

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https://abc7news.com/post/google-engineer-rejected-colleges-uses-ai-sue-ucs-other-universities-racial-discrimination/18849388/
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Google engineer rejected by colleges uses AI to sue UCs and others for racial discrimination

A Palo Alto father who has filed multiple lawsuits against major university systems over his son's college rejections says artificial intelligence has become the key to pursuing the cases after no law firm agreed to represent them.

Canary Media | Bay Area startup introduces flat-rate, single-room heat pumps by Alison F. Takemura

If the U.S. is going to decarbonize, tens of millions of homes across the nation will need to make the switch from fossil fuel furnaces and boilers to all-electric heat pumps. California alone has set a goal to deploy 6 million of the superefficient appliances by 2030 . But such retrofits can be complicated to…

Read more: https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/heat-pumps/merino-energy-launch-appliance-california

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Bay Area startup introduces flat-rate, single-room heat pumps

Merino Energy says its through-the-wall heat pumps are faster to install than ductless systems. They’ll be available for $3,800 — installation included.

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Map of the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival is out!! Because the event is SO congested due to its large size, I've outlined where I'll be as part of JPop-UP in Hotel Kabuki! See you there!

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