A beautiful day in Honolulu, and life is wonderful. My view as I compose this posting. If you have been with me recently, I'm into a series called MY LIFE, now in Part 3, my retirement years. Coincidentally, I'm in the middle of Pearl's Ashes, ceremonies I performed at the Taj Mahal ( to be 3G ), Machu Picchu and other global sites. Why this specific topic today is that I was looking at these now blooming African Blood Lilies , and thought back to this day, July 19, which also happened to fall on Sunday...Pearl's final day. She was perfectly healthy until around mid-June of 2019, when she appeared somewhat exhausted. Her doctor recommended that she go to Kuakini Hospital to get a small series of tests. For some reason, they gave her an anti-biotic injection, and that led to her body overreacting. So she was told to stay overnight for observation. This led to her in a few days being sent into intensive care, and placed on sedation, using propofol. I re...
Before getting into streaming, one editorial on the horror of war. I asked Google AI, how many have died from the Russia vs Ukraine War, and the USA/Israel vs Iran War? Combined Russian and Ukrainian casualties in the war have topped 2 million , with estimates of up to 500,000 Russian troops and up to 150,000 Ukrainian troops killed . Additionally, the UN has verified over 16,000 civilian deaths in Ukraine, though the actual toll is likely much higher. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 The ongoing U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, which escalated in late February 2026, has resulted in a staggering human toll, with nearly 5,000 casualties reported across more than a dozen countries . While the vast majority of fatalities have occurred in Iran and Lebanon, the digital landscape has also faced its own crisis. Google AI Overviews have come under intense scrutiny for supercharging misinformation and hoaxes regarding the war's devastation. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ] Any death is awful, and two...