That's Life, I Swear

When was the last time you Googled something? Now, ask yourself this: if you're under 30, did you Google it at all? Supporting links 1.      Google Faces Real Competition: How AI is Challenging the Search Giant [WEPProNews] 2.      The Search Engine Wars Are Back On [New York/Intelligencer] 3.      OpenAI launches its search engine to compete with Google [QUARTZ] 4.      Will the rise of AI s...

Timothy D. Synder, professor of history at Yale and author of On Tyranny , among many other books, summarizes the oligarchs’ coup and America’s democracy under siege.  1.      American democracy may not survive another Trump campaign [Business Insider] 2.      Timothy Snyder on How Corporate America Is Bending to Trump [Democracy NOW!] 3.      Who is Viktor Orban, Hungarian PM with 14-year grip on...

In this engaging conversation, host Rick D Barron speaks with motivational speaker and presentation coach Lee Jackson about the realities of motivation, the importance of connection in personal development, and the impact of community during challenging times like COVID.  Lee shares insights from his experiences, including the significance of audience engagement, the concept of 'getting good&...

Julia Hawkins, the centenarian sprinter known as “Hurricane” and “The Flower Lady,” died in Baton Rouge, La., this week at the age of 108 in October of 2024. Supporting links 1.      It’s Been Wondrous [Amazon] 2.      Julia Hawkins [Wikipedia] 3.      Julia 'Hurricane' Hawkins dies at 108; record-breaking Senior Olympian [YouTube] 4.      List of centenarian master’s track and field ath...

Imagine traveling 32,000 miles just to deliver 50 postcards! Meet Jonny Beardmore, a modern-day adventurer inspired by a 200-year-old tradition.   1.      The Galápagos Islands: Post Office [Whalesite Org] 2.      Galápagos Postman Challenge [Wikipedia] 3.      INTERVIEW: The Galapagos Postman Jonny Beardmore [Bailey & Johnny Podcast] Contact That's Life, I Swear Visit my website: https:/...

U2 singer, Bono says his book, “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story” is more than a memoir; it’s a multifaceted exploration of a life lived at the intersection of art and activism. supporting links 1.      ONE Campaign [Wikipedia] 2.      Product Red [Wikipedia]  3.      U2 360° Tour [Wikipedia] 4.      U2 [Home website] 5.      Extended interview: U2’s Bono and wife Ali Hewson [CBS Sunday Morning News...

Today, we are designing life-saving proteins on demand, reshaping medicine as we know it—thanks to artificial intelligence. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in October of 2024 celebrates just that!  1.      DeepMind [Wikipedia] 2.      All Nobel Prizes in Chemistry [Noble Prize Organization] 3.      Protein Folding Problem [Scientific American] 4.      Protein Folding [Wikipedia] 5.      How AI is sav...

Alice Milliat (5 May 1884 – 19 May 1957) was a pioneer of women's sport. Her lobbying on behalf of female athletes led to the accelerated inclusion of more women's events in the Olympic Games. Supporting links 1.      Alice Milliat Bio [Wikipedia] 2.      Remembering Alice Milliat and the Women's World Games 100 years on [Inside the Games] 3.      Pierre de Coubertin [Wikipedia] 4. ...

Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien didn’t mince words when asked about the idea of Canada joining the United States. His response? A resounding no!  Supporting links 1.      Former Canada PM HITS Trump Where IT HURTS THE MOST [YouTube] 2.      U.S. will ‘suffer much more’: Chrétien on possible trade war [CTV Question Period] 3.      Jean Chrétien [Wikipedia]  Contact That's Life, I Swear Vis...

It was a secret message hidden for over a century. By chance, engineers inspecting a Scottish lighthouse stumbled upon a 132-year-old message in a bottle. Support Links 1.      Northern Lighthouse Board [website] 2.      Fresnel lens [Wikipedia]  3.      The Fresnel Lens: the Invention That Saved 1000 Ships [YouTube] 4.      History of lighthouses [Wikipedia] 5.      Message in a bottle: 10 famous...

What if you do live forever? That means you'd outlive everybody you'd ever known on the planet. You'd watch your children and grandchildren and all your friends die before you. What would that be like?   1.      "Here's My Honest Take on Bryan Johnson” - Dr Andrew Huberman [YouTube] 2.      Bryan Johnson YouTube site [YouTube] 3.      Immortality [Internet Encyclopedia of...

Good execution is about delivering well designed and non-buggy features or at least features with enough utility that people are willing to tolerate the bugs. The Humane AI Pin, wasn’t that product.   1.      "Humane's Ai Pin Fail: Inside the Epic Flop of a Bold A.I. Device" [YouTube] 2.      Humane [website] 3.      Humane AI Pin review: not even close [The Verge] 4.      Review: H...

Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk Are Ready to Push Trumps Plans to Slash the Government.  1.      What to know about Trump's Department of Government Efficiency [CBS NEWS] 2.      Trump taps Musk/Ramaswamy to lead DOGE [NPR] 3.      Elon Musk is looking to cut government waste [Business Insider] 4.      Fareed Zakaria shares why he's excited for Trump's DOGE [CNN] 5.      GAOverview: U...

The book ‘Polar Exposures’ describes the overcoming of personal struggles as well as group adversity, the team's collective experiences provide rare insight of Western and Arabian cultures, providing greater understanding and a deeper appreciation of our common humanity. supporting links 1.      Felicity Aston - Expedition Leader for The Women's Euro-Arabian North Pole Expedition 2018 [Y...

There's a bold geopolitical move happening. It’s Vladimir Putin's plan to reshape the world order with the BRICS Summit.  1.      BRICS [Wikipedia]  2.      What Is the BRICS Group and Why Is It Expanding? [Council on Foreign Relations]  3.      BRICS: What is the group and which countries have joined? [BBC]  4.      Q&A: The BRICS expansion and the global balance of power [MIT News]...

"The Demon of Unrest" book teaches that vigilance, humility, and a willingness to confront hard truths are essential for navigating turbulent times. supporting links 1.      Erik Larson [Wikipedia] 2.      Battle of Ft. Sumter [Wikipedia] 3.      Major Robert Anderson [Wikipedia] 4.      Edmund Ruffin [Wikipedia] 5.      Mary Boykin Chesnut [Wikipedia] 6.      Abraham Lincoln [Wikipedia]...

The threat of a nuclear arms race is building. What would it feel like to live through a nuclear attack? supporting links 1.      Role of nuclear weapons grows [SIPRI] 2.      Is the world in a new nuclear arms race? [The Week] 3.      Election 2024: Is the United States Looking at a New Nuclear Arms Race? [Council on Foreign Relations] 4.      Atomic Bomb Survivors [National Park Service] 5.     ...

Margot Fraser played a pivotal role in making Birkenstock sandals popular. What's even more incredible, is that she knew absolutely nothing about shoes.  supporting links 1.      Floating Farm [Beyond Borders] 2.      Floating Ecosystems [Biomatrix Water] 3.      Floating farms of the future [YouTube] 4.      How floating farms are helping Bangladesh [The Japan Times] 5.      The Future of Fo...

Can Perplexity's AI-powered search engine challenge, or for that matter, replace Google? supporting links 1.      Perplexity AI Tutorial - How to use AI for Research [YouTube] 2.      Why I use Perplexity AI MORE than Google and ChatGPT for Content Research [YouTube] 3.      Perplexity AI Review: Features, Benefits, and Alternatives [ClickUp] 4.      Perplexity AI: Exploring AI-powered search...

Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki dies, aged 56. Wojcicki, one of the most prominent women in tech, had been living with cancer for two years. supporting links 1.      Susan Diane Wojcicki [Wikipedia] 2.      Marshmallow Experiment [James Clear] 3.      YouTube [Wikipedia] Contact That's Life, I Swear Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com   Twitter at @RedPhantom   Bluesky at @ric...

"We Are the World." The iconic relationships and unforgettable moments that defined an era brought pop superstars together for one incredible night! For that one night we were the world. supporting links 1.      Lionel Richie on the Making of “We Are the World” [CBS Sunday Morning] 2.      10 Facts About the Making of “We Are the World”   [Mental Floss] 3.      How Dan Aykroyd Ended up o...

"Love Actually" is a romantic comedy that has become a beloved holiday classic for many, while simultaneously drawing criticism from others since its release in 2003. supporting links 1.      Love Actually [Wikipedia] 2.      Love Actually Trailer [YouTube] 3.      All of the Love Actually Trivia Worth Knowing [Vogue] 4.      Real reason Rowan Atkinson appears twice in Love Actually [LAD...

Whether the Great Barrier Reef will endure as a living, breathing testament to the wonders of our planet, or succumb to the relentless march of climate change, remains to be seen. supporting links 1.      What is coral bleaching? [National Ocean Service] 2.      The end of coral reefs as we know them [VOX] 3.      Great Barrier Reef [UNESCO] 4.      Location of the Great Barrier Reef [Cairns Dive...

Pearl Moore made basketball a labor of love. For Moore, basketball was about two things: winning and a sense of community supporting links 1.      Pearl Moore [Wikipedia] 2.      Sylvia Hatchell , Moore's coach at Francis Marion [Wikipedia] 3.      Caitlin Clark passes Pete Maravich for scoring record [ESPN] 4.      Women's college basketball all-time DI scoring leaders [NCAA] 5.      Na...

With Donald Trump coming back, the United States stands at the edge, a moment of reckoning that would determine the very course of its future, even its existence. supporting links 1.      How Trump pulled off an incredible comeback [BBC] 2.      Donald Trump wins election in historic comeback after 2020 loss [CBS News] 3.      U.S. House seats mainly won by the incumbent party [Pew Research] Conta...