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Thursday, August 22, 2024

Sisterly & Brotherly Acts - Go Beyond Google: The Best Alternative Search Engines for 2024

 Sister Act is a rare musical that’s based on an earlier movie, rather than the other way around.



It’s an occasionally awkward fit, but the source material - the 1992 surprise hit starring Whoopi Goldberg as lounge singer turned nun-in-disguise Deloris - is strong enough to ensure some heavenly moments.

Sister Act - Nuns go disco in Sister Act musical


Franciscan Friar <Fida> charged for fraudulently obtaining donations - related to fake medical charity in Beirut, Lebanon


Catalogue for the Aftertime Via Negativa



ATO’s office outage augments right to disconnect

Go Beyond Google: The Best Alternative Search Engines for 2024 - PC Mag: “A judge has ruled that Google has a monopoly on online search because it paid partners to make its search engine the default on phones and mobile browsers. 

But you don’t have to use Google, and there are many reasons not to. Alternative search engines often give you more privacy and sometimes come with other benefits as well, such as rewards or donations to worthy causes based on how much you search. The quality of results between Google and other search engines used to be a real issue, but now you’d be hard-pressed to find much difference. 

We’ve tested the top alternative search engines and find the ones below to be worth your consideration. We’re focusing on standard web search engines here, but check below our recommendations for a look at the brave new world of generative AI search.”


NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Hackers may have stolen every American’s Social Security number.“USDoD reportedly tried to sell the data for $3.5 million but has now posted most of it for free on an online exchange for stolen personal data. It claims to have 2.9 billion records containing personal data from everyone in the U.S., Canada and the U.K., though those populations add up to roughly 440 million.”