When Somerset Dwyer found a two-bedroom apartment in Nob Hill, she felt she had done the impossible. Having grown up four blocks from her new place, she would be moving to her first apartment after college, returning to San Francisco for the first time as an adult. She was excited to live in a neighborhood she…
Health care workers helping treat and control the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo are threatening to strike as the hemorrhagic disease continues to spread. Yesterday, healthcare workers in Ituri issued a 24-hour notice of an impending strike. Those working on the Ebola frontlines said that the working conditions were too poor to continue. They…
Vanguard is hiring its first head of digital assets to develop a long-term crypto and blockchain strategy. Vanguard, one of the world’s largest asset managers and a longtime skeptic of cryptocurrency, has opened a search for a head of digital assets, a senior role that would shape the firm’s strategy across crypto and blockchain-based finance….
A 250th Independence Day eulogy for a Nation outgrown and discarded by the Empire The United States was never the Empire. The Rocky Mountains were never the Empire. Niagara Falls was never the Empire. The Everglades were never the Empire. The winding rivers of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio were never the Empire. The Great…
The Leftist view of hierarchy has refugees close to the top of the pyramid because they can claim discrimination from the State from an imaginary borders standpoint, as well as their nationality. Due to the freedom of interstate travel, Americans do not have to worry about becoming refugees in their own country, but that hasn’t…
Freddie Ponton21st Century Wire The UK government’s June 2026 consultation document is called Watch This Space. It proposes giving an unnamed authority the power to determine which news outlets get algorithmically elevated on YouTube, TikTok, and every major platform operating in Britain. Within days of its publication, YouTube pushed a notification to hundreds of thousands of UK creators warning them…
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed So, you’re still wondering how to meet like-minded people, eh? Well, not to worry! James is back with yet more ideas in the continuing series of #SolutionsWatch episodes on how to make friends and build community. This time, he talks to Daniel Andrews of LocalMarket.cc about his plans for this community-driven website for…
Most commercial aircraft use a system known as “bleed air” to supply cabin ventilation, drawing compressed air directly from the jet engine compressor stage. When engine seals degrade, oil and hydraulic fluid containing organophosphates can enter the air supply, according to the Aerotoxic Association. Retired airline captain John Hoyte, who flew commercially for nearly 30…
Tim Draper disputes Arkham’s Bitcoin wallet attribution, saying: “I haven’t touched it. Arkham has it wrong.” Update July 5, 6:45 am UTC: This article has been updated to include additional comments from Tim Draper. Billionaire investor and longtime Bitcoin bull Tim Draper said blockchain analytics company Arkham incorrectly linked him to a wallet involved in…
A California State Senate committee has rejected a proposal that would have prevented registered sex offenders from running for public office, according to a report from The National Pulse. The vote was 2-1-2, with two Democrats abstaining and committee chair Sen. Scott Wiener voting against the measure. The bill, AB 2753, had previously passed the…
