Noah Hawley: Is America becoming Russia?
He has been called the pre-eminent cultural anthropologist of American ridiculousness. Austin-based writer Noah Hawley kicked off the first day of SXSW 2022 with a wide-ranging discussion of absurdity. In…
Thanks Donald, I could not have done it without you
I’m sure you remember that president of the Ukraine who got you impeached the first time? Yes, I wish I could exact vengeance on him as I have done to…
Hummingbird Tea Room marks 10 Years
For the finest English tea experience in Texas, one must travel to The Woodlands, close to a 3-hour drive from Austin. I recently had High Tea at the Driskill hotel…
Zoe Saldana and Pandora’s Box
The Star Trek actress Zoe Saldana (Uhura in the current run of Star Trek movies) made an appearance at SXSW in Austin to discuss BESE (pronounced “Bee-Seh”), a digital platform…
Robotic News
First, a note about reports published here in Sun News Austin: this online newspaper will never publish stories generated in whole or in part by artificial intelligence. This is an…
Tokyo PRIDE
Tokyo, the world’s most populous city at 35 million, held its Gay Pride parade on April 28 and Sun News was there to cover the event! The lead picture shows…
Inslee’s Higher Mission
“We went to the Moon because we were called by a higher mission. We need a bugle call to fight climate change.” Washington state Governor Jay Inslee, 68, hopes the…
Kasparov: Humans Have Monopoly on Evil
World chess champion Garry Kasparov told an audience at SXSW in Austin that while some worry about robots taking over the world, “humans still have a monopoly on evil.” As…
Gladwell on Self-Driving Cars
A guru of the 21st century, Canadian writer Malcolm Gladwell envisions a “radical transformation of urban life” if the use of self-driving cars becomes the norm, but he is none…
GOOD OMENS at SXSW
South by Southwest is about to begin, and the highlight this year will be Good Omens. It is an upcoming TV series based on a 1990 book, and will star…