Disgraceful!

The US/Israel just bombed Sharif University in Tehran. This is not only Iran's best university, but also a top 100 global university in the field of Civil Engineering.

It has also been a center of student opposition to the Iranian gov

And Trump just bombed it...

In this week's Sumner Files, more from the early-mid 60s, Sumner's late teenage years. He was strongly influenced by Giacometti, but these works show much more originality, maturity and intent than that. deepconvection.substack.com/p/the-sumner...

I'm against it A No Kings Day meditation.

I began a substack newsletter mostly to write about artist and musician (and my uncle) Sumner Crane. But I felt compelled to make a political statement on No Kings Day.

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The Sumner Files: The Giacometti phase, 1963-64 In which we see Sumner inhabit another artist for the first time.

Sumner Crane's Giacometti phase, from about ages 16-18, interpreted in light of his later artistic influences. deepconvection.substack.com/p/the-sumner...

Picture of Jim O'Neill. Trump's nominee to lead the National Science Foundation: -Not a scientist -Former deputy to RFK -Threat to scientific integrity

Jim O'Neill, Trump’s nominee to head the National Science Foundation, is unqualified, conflicted, and a threat to science. As a science defender, please urge your senators to require a hearing on this nomination.

🔗Take action: act.ucsusa.org/4smrGQL

The new V-Dem report was released today. There are dramatic declines in democracy in the US. Much worse than during Trump I.

Thank you Kelly! That has always, in fact, been a theme of the podcast --- maybe the central theme --- your episode included!

The Sumner Files: Why am I doing this? What could make a scientist so obsessed with his dead artist uncle?

What could make a scientist so obsessed with his dead artist uncle?

This week, instead of writing about Sumner, I wrote about why I've been writing (and researching, and talking) about Sumner.

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The Sumner Files: Works on wood and metal, late 1970s Paintings from the Mars period that are a little like sculptures, and a photo by Julia Gorton

In the late 70s, Sumner Crane did paintings on long pieces of wood. Their extreme abstraction mirrored the music of Mars, the legendary no wave band he was playing in then, and I argue they were influenced by Nancy Arlen, Mars' drummer & his partner in the prior decade. tinyurl.com/2kcrhjtp

The Sumner Files: Sumner interviews Milton Resnick, Part 1 With Rudolph Grey and Duncan Lindsay, Sumner sits down for a conversation with his former mentor, abstract expressionist Milton Resnick, in 1980.

This week's Sumner Files is a never-before-released interview Sumner Crane himself did, in 1980, with famous abstract expressionist painter (and his own former teacher) Milton Resnick! deepconvection.substack.com/p/the-sumner... and audio at deep-convection.org

The Sumner Files: Scenes from books Friends at gunpoint, and Irish landed gentry

This picture, painted by Sumner Crane with no wave legends Connie Burg and Rudolph Grey as models, was based on a Dashiell Hammett detective novel; Sumner also painted scenes of the Irish landed gentry from the novels of J. P. Donleavy. Scenes from books, in the Sumner Files. tinyurl.com/mvc5xm8k

This week's Sumner files is an audio podcast interview with Weasel Walter! Weasel's own music merges "extreme rock forms and free jazz," but he's also a scholar who knows more about no wave than just about anyone. It was an honor and a pleasure. deep-convection.org/2026/02/15/t...

The Sumner Files: Portraits Likenesses of celebrities, friends, and others --- but not Bukka White or Kierkegaard

This image is detective novelist Dashiell Hammett, painted by Sumner Crane on a piece of cardboard. Portraits, in this week's Sumner Files. deepconvection.substack.com/p/the-sumner...

The Sumner Files: Sports scenes, early 1980s Athletes in motion, or static.

The joy of victory, the agony of defeat, and some quieter moments too. Sports scenes, painted in the early 1980s. In this week's Sumner Files, the substack newsletter I've been writing about my late uncle, the artist Sumner Crane. deepconvection.substack.com/p/the-sumner...

The Sumner Files: East 4th Street, mid-1980s Two paintings of Sumner's block, and some stories about his place there.

In this week's Sumner Files, two paintings of the block where #sumnercrane lived from around 1978-86. I use them as a prompt to reconstruct some of his life, relationships and art during this period, a particularly fertile one for him. deepconvection.substack.com/p/the-sumner...

Thanks so much @alli-wing.bsky.social ! It's a profound honor to receive an award named for Joanne Simpson, such an important person in the history of our field. I'm very grateful to my nominators, whoever they are, and to the committee!

The Sumner Files: Urban landscapes, 1982-1986 Scenes from Lower Manhattan, painted during the last years that Sumner lived there.

In this week's Sumner Files: urban landscapes from lower Manhattan, painted in the early/mid 80s, the last years in which #sumnercrane lived in the borough. Diverse in light, color and perspective, by turns sweeping, intimate, and gritty. tinyurl.com/2kkknkm8

Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"

Important opportunity to help save climate and weather science. From the fantastic group who brought you the climate livestream.

The Sumner Files: African centaurs, 1998 Zebra-supermodel hybrids.

In this week's Sumner Files: zebra centaurs. tinyurl.com/j2fhhxbu #sumnercrane

A thorough investigation is being conducted of the deceased victim while the killer was exonerated by Noem before her body was cold.

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution

EPA proposes to stop measuring benefits of environmental regulations, just industry costs.

Seat belts cost car companies money.
Pollution controls on coal plants cost utilities money.
Water quality standards cost industry money.

EPA says ignore the lives they save.
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The Sumner Files: Shopping Centaurs, 1989 A major Sumner masterwork

It feels a little wrong to post about art at this time. But it's what's keeping me sane. So, here's the weekly Sumner Files, on a major #sumnercrane masterwork, dated 1989: The Shopping Centaurs.
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There aren't a lot of resources for what people can do to prevent the destruction of NCAR, so I made this:

#NCAR #climate #climatescience #weather #meteorology #activism #myresources

Physical drivers of the November 2023 heatwave in Rio de Janeiro Abstract. Because extreme heat has not historically been a major hazard for the city of Rio de Janeiro, the November 2023 Heatwave magnitude and timing were staggering. Here we conduct a case study of...

Our paper exploring the drivers of the November 2023 “Taylor Swift” heatwave in Rio de Janeiro is officially out in WCD! Take a read to learn more about the causes of this record-breaking heatwave and Rio’s emerging risk for extreme heat:

wcd.copernicus.org/articles/6/1...

From wildfire warnings to flood forecasts, NCAR's research impacts everyone in America.

President Trump's attempt to dismantle it for political vengeance is beyond reckless.

We will fight against this dangerous scheme every step of the way.

Save NCAR Field notes from New Orleans, where I and 20,000 colleagues learned that Trump intends to destroy the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Some reflections after returning back from a conference at which I and 20,000 colleagues learned that the Trump administration intends to dismantle #NCAR. This outrage should not happen. deepconvection.substack.com/p/save-ncar

Please write to your congressional reps about the NCAR budget cuts

Climate is simply a longer-term average of... weather.

Climate change research is simply the study of changing weather patterns.

NCAR has been at the forefront of weather / climate research and providing essential datasets for decades. It is one of the world's best training grounds for scientists.

The administration dismantling NCAR is scientific vandalism, much like the Taliban demolishing cultural artifacts.
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