The San Francisco Experience

Google dominates the search market with an 89.6% share. With most Americans getting their news from the Internet, Google News is a major delivery system. Yet 63% of its stories lean Left, per All Sides Media, 16% Center and 6% Right. Tusk is working to level the playing field and to address that ideological skew.

The wildly popular podcast series Telepathy Tapes now in its' second season, argues that some non verbal autistic children can communicate via telepathy. But traditional psychologists are skeptical, arguing that the subjects in the series and communication methods used are not subject to rigorous scientific testing and scrutiny.

A library worker in Venice, California is transported back in time to the era of the Romantic Poets - Keats, Percy, Mary Shelly, Lord Byron - and shares their lives and intimacies. Can she change the course of their lives and history ?

Deep Seek, a Chinese AI model, shook up the stock market with its' launch on the Apple Store this week. The developers claim it only cost $5.6 million and 6 months to build. Meanwhile Sam Altman's Open AI is trying to raise $40 billion from investors. Will we see more of these low cost AI models proliferate at the expense of OpenAI, Anthropic etc ?

Adulthood used to be an aspirational destination as adolescents progressed through life. But increasingly, the markers of adulthood, marriage, career, home purchase, are being delayed if not eschewed. We are raising Kidults rather than adults and popular culture seemingly encourages it. What happened to adult agency ?

The Telepathy Tapes is a Spotify podcast which explores the profound abilities of non-speakers with Autism.

The Ceasefire came into effect on January 19th, 2025. Mediated by the US, Egypt and Qatar, it is a temporary and fragile peace which shows signs of fraying at the edges. The Trump Administration will be scrutinizing the terms with a view to re-negotiating an agreement more favorable to Israel and the US.

Donald Trump's second inaugural address hewed closely to his campaign pledges. In that sense, it was more like a State of the Union Speech: This is what we have done, what we will do and how and when it will be accomplished. Almost 200 Executive Orders are due to be signed today.

Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark with a population of 57,000. Greenlanders depend on Denmark to the tune of an annual subsidy of $500million. But Greenland is rich in strategic minerals like rare earths, oil and natural gas. President -elect Trump has floated the idea of the US acquiring the dependency from Denmark.

As we enter the second week of the devastating fires in Los Angeles, containment is modest and the dry, easterly Santa Ana winds continue to menace the City. The political repercussions for the Mayor of LA and the Governor of California are growing. Recall petitions are circulating to vote them out of office because of their inept response to the conflagrations.

Veteran syndicated journalist for The Providence Journal, Mark Patinkin, stepped forward to cover the Gaza War first hand, on the ground. Sending daily dispatches back to Rhode Island, he was a traditional war correspondent, drawing on his own resources like Ernest Hemingway in the Spanish Civil War.

The prison for profit system was developed in the North, at Auburn, NY in 1816. Its' successor Auburn Correctional Facility exists to this day and manufactures all of the license plates for the state of New York.

George Bernard Shaw said that England and America are two countries separated by a common language. Over time Americanisms have infiltrated popular British culture. But increasingly, Britishisms are gaining traction in the US, in part with the rise of social media and instant communication.

Jimmy Lai, 77, successful newspaper publisher and entrepreneur, ran afoul of the CCP and has been imprisoned in Hong Kong on political charges for four years. President - elect Trump has said he will work to free him when he takes office.

Upwards of 45% of Latino males voted for Donald Trump for President, primarily based on economic issues like the cost of living, inflation and interest rates. Democrat cultural issues had little resonance for Latino voters.

Hereditary Cancer is a relatively recent discovery in the annals of medical science. The Li-Fraumeni Syndrome relating to a genetic mutation of the P-53 gene afflicts family members with multiple cancers for those who carry the gene. The Ingrassia family is one such case.

New Zealand has followed an independent foreign policy path since the mid 1980s. But as the globalization of trade faces headwinds, tariffs and protectionism, NZ is reassessing its' place in the world and stepping up its' security strategy.

San Francisco voters have elected Daniel Lurie Mayor, 56% to 44% defeating incumbent Mayor London Breed. She conceded the election November 7th.

David McCuan analyzes the 2024 Presidential Campaign and the November 5th election - historic in many respects.

The Left and Center Left needs to embrace love of country and patriotism when advocating legal or regular immigration. Up to this point they have ceded Nationalism and its' symbols to the Right on immigration.

Since 1945 there have been 20 Presidential Campaigns but none have been as historic and consequential as this one.

Global warming will see America's climate transformed with San Francisco trading its cool, foggy Summers for Southern California heat and sunshine.

An exhibit of contemporary Mongolian art is on exhibit at the Venice Biennale through the end of November 2024. It features the work of four prominent Mongolian painters and is curated by Professor Urna Tsultem of the University of Indiana.

Dietary choices whether voluntary or forced, may manifest as conditions like obesity and Type II Diabetes for multiple generations of offspring. Can those impacts be reversed ?

Terre Haute, Indiana was the site of an election conspiracy that was unearthed by an unlikely duo of a prim Suffragist and an ex-con lawyer. The precedent that was set still governs today.