Bill Gregg
@ravenstell.bsky.social
Retired chemist, teaching music at my home studio, also on the faculty of the Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts for the last 20+ years. Avid gardener, archer, poet, dog lover, outdoorsman, Navy veteran, and amateur watercolor artist.
This pretty much removes all hope: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Moment world secures compromise deal at Cop30 that sidesteps fossil fuels – video
World governments agreed on Saturday to a compromise climate deal at the Cop30 conference in Brazil that would increase finance for poor countries coping with global warming but omits any mention of t...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This pretty much removes all hope: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Very interesting (and, unfortunately, timely) essay regarding societal collapse: aeon.co/essays/the-g...
The great myth of empire collapse | Aeon Essays
Societal downfalls loom large in history and popular culture but, for the 99 per cent, collapse often had its upsides
aeon.co
August 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Very interesting (and, unfortunately, timely) essay regarding societal collapse: aeon.co/essays/the-g...
Taking a break from preparing for my next concert, I took my camera out and captured the front yard lilies looking glorious!
July 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Taking a break from preparing for my next concert, I took my camera out and captured the front yard lilies looking glorious!
I will be on stage at the Genesee Country Village's Fiddle and Folk Festival Saturday, August 16th. This is a show on the traditional fiddle styles of New York State's southern tier with lots of fiddle tunes to demonstrate this unique style of traditional folk music. www.gcv.org/event/fiddle...
Fiddle & Folk Festival - Genesee Country Village & Museum
Fiddle & Folk Festival will bring together musicians on different stages around the Museum grounds for a weekend of non-stop entertainment!
www.gcv.org
July 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I will be on stage at the Genesee Country Village's Fiddle and Folk Festival Saturday, August 16th. This is a show on the traditional fiddle styles of New York State's southern tier with lots of fiddle tunes to demonstrate this unique style of traditional folk music. www.gcv.org/event/fiddle...
Caught this blossom with the dew still on the petals in our front yard.
July 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Caught this blossom with the dew still on the petals in our front yard.
The EmPower+ program enabled us to have a mini-split heating and cooling system installed at our house. Check it out, especially if your household is in the low-moderate income range. www.nyserda.ny.gov/All-Programs...
EmPower+ - NYSERDA
Income-eligible New Yorkers can get funding and support to make energy improvements in their home through EmPower+. Learn about available incentives and apply.
www.nyserda.ny.gov
July 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The EmPower+ program enabled us to have a mini-split heating and cooling system installed at our house. Check it out, especially if your household is in the low-moderate income range. www.nyserda.ny.gov/All-Programs...
I've adopted a "pet" spider, a Phidippus audax, an honored guest who doesn't make webs and patrols our kitchen, eating up flies and other noxious insects. They are remarkably intelligent, and this one allows me to touch it now that it's used to me. Link to info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phidipp...
Phidippus audax - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
July 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I've adopted a "pet" spider, a Phidippus audax, an honored guest who doesn't make webs and patrols our kitchen, eating up flies and other noxious insects. They are remarkably intelligent, and this one allows me to touch it now that it's used to me. Link to info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phidipp...
The definition of "unsustainable":
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/ai-d...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/ai-d...
AI Data Centers Threaten Global Water Security
Rising AI demand is expanding global data centers, potentially threatening water reserves and sparking calls for greater transparency.
www.lawfaremedia.org
July 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The definition of "unsustainable":
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/ai-d...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/ai-d...
Prescient article from May 13, 2025 Scientific American on the danger from the current regime's attack on weather and climate services: www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
The National Weather Service Is Understaffed and Facing Huge Cuts—That Could Cost Lives
Weather experts warn that staff cuts at the National Weather Service that have been made by the Trump administration are a danger to public safety as tornadoes, hurricanes and heat loom this spring an...
www.scientificamerican.com
July 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Prescient article from May 13, 2025 Scientific American on the danger from the current regime's attack on weather and climate services: www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
My summer music season kicks off with this party in Spencer, NY. I will be playing fiddle and autoharp with my friends Rick Biesanz (autoharp, harmonica etc.), Gary Kline (banjo, guitar) and Ernie Williams (guitar). 11 AM until 3 PM
allevents.in/spencer/part...
allevents.in/spencer/part...
Party at the Pond
Find tickets & information for Party at the Pond. happening at Owego Street Ext., Spencer, NY, Spencer, NY on Sat, 12 Jul, 2025 at 11:00 am EDT. Register or Buy Tickets, Price information.
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July 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My summer music season kicks off with this party in Spencer, NY. I will be playing fiddle and autoharp with my friends Rick Biesanz (autoharp, harmonica etc.), Gary Kline (banjo, guitar) and Ernie Williams (guitar). 11 AM until 3 PM
allevents.in/spencer/part...
allevents.in/spencer/part...
For this 4th day of July, 2025, I direct your attention to Frederick Douglas' speech delivered in Rochester, NY in 1852: constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu...
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (1852)
National Constitution Center Historic Documents Library record for What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (1852)
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July 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
For this 4th day of July, 2025, I direct your attention to Frederick Douglas' speech delivered in Rochester, NY in 1852: constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu...
What's up? Catastrophe!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It looks more likely with each day we burn fossil fuels’: polar scientist on Antarctic tipping points
Despite working on polar science for the British Antarctic Survey for 20 years, Louise Sime finds the magnitude of potential sea-level rise hard to comprehend
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
What's up? Catastrophe!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Bill Gregg
📢Reminder ahead of 🌊#WorldOceanDay - let us know of any activities, on June 8 or in the surrounding weeks, that will highlight #ocean oxygen, #eutrophication, and/or #deoxygenation! We will amplify these efforts via our channels and include them in the upcoming issue of the #GO2NE newsletter.
June 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
📢Reminder ahead of 🌊#WorldOceanDay - let us know of any activities, on June 8 or in the surrounding weeks, that will highlight #ocean oxygen, #eutrophication, and/or #deoxygenation! We will amplify these efforts via our channels and include them in the upcoming issue of the #GO2NE newsletter.
Big Data, AI and Crypto companies reap huge profits; we utility customers are forced to subsidize them. Tyranny, IMO. eelp.law.harvard.edu/extracting-p...
Extracting Profits from the Public: How Utility Ratepayers Are Paying for Big Tech’s Power – Environmental and Energy Law Program
eelp.law.harvard.edu
May 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Big Data, AI and Crypto companies reap huge profits; we utility customers are forced to subsidize them. Tyranny, IMO. eelp.law.harvard.edu/extracting-p...
Struggling to get the garden in this Spring due to the relentless rain. Worth the effort. Here is a photo of my vegetables from a couple years back in mid-summer. Wonderful food, and the exercise keeps me vigorous in my advancing years.
May 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Struggling to get the garden in this Spring due to the relentless rain. Worth the effort. Here is a photo of my vegetables from a couple years back in mid-summer. Wonderful food, and the exercise keeps me vigorous in my advancing years.
The recent (likely illegal) dismissal of the the head of the US copyright office impells me to stop posting artwork or photos for the tech bros to steal and generate their AI Slop. I have shut down all literary, art, and musical presence on the internet. Read this: issues.org/generative-a...
Generative AI Is a Crisis for Copyright Law
Generative AI is destabilizing the foundational concepts of copyright law, creating an unprecedented moment in creative production.
issues.org
May 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The recent (likely illegal) dismissal of the the head of the US copyright office impells me to stop posting artwork or photos for the tech bros to steal and generate their AI Slop. I have shut down all literary, art, and musical presence on the internet. Read this: issues.org/generative-a...
I "retired" from biotech in 2005 and started teaching at the Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts. 20 years on, I'm still bringing music into the lives of people in my community. Found this photo from my 2008 student recital. I was teaching mostly guitar then, but have added piano & violin/fiddle.
May 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I "retired" from biotech in 2005 and started teaching at the Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts. 20 years on, I'm still bringing music into the lives of people in my community. Found this photo from my 2008 student recital. I was teaching mostly guitar then, but have added piano & violin/fiddle.
On a sunny late November day last year, my wife's Queen Elizabeth rose graced our yard with one last beautiful blossom.
April 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
On a sunny late November day last year, my wife's Queen Elizabeth rose graced our yard with one last beautiful blossom.
Looking forward to the, always amazing, CayAC art show opening May 2nd. One of my paintings will be displayed (in "Hell", of course).
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Annual Spring Show
Open gallery hours for the Annual Spring Show in June
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April 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Looking forward to the, always amazing, CayAC art show opening May 2nd. One of my paintings will be displayed (in "Hell", of course).
cayugaartscollective.weebly.com/annual-sprin...
cayugaartscollective.weebly.com/annual-sprin...
Our beloved cavachon, Dash, 10 weeks old, on the trip home from the breeder, March 19, 2022.
April 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Our beloved cavachon, Dash, 10 weeks old, on the trip home from the breeder, March 19, 2022.
The reason I was in Monterey in the mid-1960's was that I was studying the Russian language at DLI
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense...
Defense Language Institute - Wikipedia
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April 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The reason I was in Monterey in the mid-1960's was that I was studying the Russian language at DLI
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense...
In 1966 (!!!) I lived two blocks from this magical place, Lovers Point Park, in Pacific Grove, California
April 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In 1966 (!!!) I lived two blocks from this magical place, Lovers Point Park, in Pacific Grove, California
Reposted by Bill Gregg
Rather than take classes & paint decorative images, I experiment with improvisational paintings. Instead of depicting what my eyes see, I paint what's in my mind. Example - "Nest in the Storm":
April 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Rather than take classes & paint decorative images, I experiment with improvisational paintings. Instead of depicting what my eyes see, I paint what's in my mind. Example - "Nest in the Storm":
Sunset from my backyard. One of the reasons I live in Upstate NY in the Fingerlakes region!
April 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Sunset from my backyard. One of the reasons I live in Upstate NY in the Fingerlakes region!