What the Cherokee Elders Refused to Say About the Tunnels Under the Smokies — Until 1907

 

 

In the ancient mountains of the southern Appalachians, the Cherokee people built one of the most deeply rooted civilizations in North America — a world whose oral traditions preserved history, cosmology, and sacred knowledge across generations with a precision and depth that outsiders have consistently underestimated. Among the most carefully guarded dimensions of that tradition is the knowledge of what lies beneath the Smoky Mountains — the caves, the passages, and the underground geography of a landscape whose surface features represent only the visible dimension of a far more complex sacred world. In this video we explore that world carefully and honestly, examining the specific claim that Cherokee elders chose to speak — partially and on their own terms — about tunnels beneath the Smokies in 1907, after decades of deliberate silence. 🕯️

 

Begin with what's real, because the Cherokee relationship with the Smoky Mountain landscape is both living and genuinely extraordinary. The mountains the Cherokee call Shaconage — place of the blue smoke — are not merely a geographical homeland but a sacred landscape encoded with ceremony, history, and spiritual meaning that shapes Cherokee identity to this day. The tradition of underground spaces in Cherokee cosmology is real and documented — the Nunne'hi, the immortal spirit people said to live inside the mountains, the caves and passages whose existence is acknowledged in ceremonial contexts — all of this represents genuine and carefully preserved knowledge whose boundaries about what is shared have always been determined by the community itself. 📜

 

 The 1907 claim is the specific thread we follow most carefully. The early twentieth century was a period of intensive ethnographic documentation of Cherokee tradition — researchers including James Mooney had already produced landmark records of Cherokee myth and ceremony, and the community was navigating complex decisions about what knowledge to share with outside scholars and what to hold within. We examine what the documented ethnographic record of this period actually shows about Cherokee accounts of underground passages and sacred interior spaces, how the specific claim of 1907 testimony has been recorded and circulated, and what the deliberate silences in the archive might preserve about what was said and what remained unspoken. 💬 

 

 Why do the Smoky Mountains attract claims of hidden tunnels and guarded knowledge so persistently alongside their genuine and well-documented sacred history? What is it about a landscape so visibly ancient and so intimately connected to a living spiritual tradition that invites both serious scholarly attention and the overlay of alternative history speculation? And how do we engage with genuine Cherokee sacred knowledge without either dismissing it or distorting it in the service of narratives the tradition itself has never endorsed? 🔍 Throughout we treat both the oral tradition and the dramatic claims with the care they respectively deserve. Where the documented Cherokee knowledge and the ethnographic record stand firm, we share them openly and with respect. Where the trail dissolves into speculation, we say so honestly. 🌍

Ancient Astronaut Evidence: Flying Gods Across Cultures

Ancient astronaut evidence is often linked to images of “flying gods” carved across the ancient world. Different cultures—from Mesoamerica to Egypt to the Pacific—show deities seated, framed by serpents or birds, or descending from the sky. Do these scenes hint at craft and cockpits, or are we projecting modern tech onto sacred art?

Ancient myths repeatedly describe sky-beings who arrive with knowledge. Serpents with feathers, world trees, and divine messengers appear in many traditions. These overlaps fuel the idea that cultures far apart recorded the same visitors. However, new summaries by archaeologists and indigenous scholars stress that similar symbols can arise independently to express power, fertility, sky, or cosmos...<<<Read More>>>...

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Dirty soda disaster: What’s really hiding in that trendy drink

Dirty sodas can contain 55 to 70 grams of sugar per serving, more than double the daily limit.

The trend originated in Utah as a coffee alternative for those avoiding caffeine and alcohol.

Major chains like McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, and PepsiCo have added dirty soda options to their menus.

Doctors warn the drinks cause blood sugar spikes, addiction, and increased risk of chronic disease.

Health experts recommend treating dirty sodas as occasional desserts, not regular beverages.

The latest beverage trend sweeping America looks innocent enough. It arrives in a tall cup filled with pebble ice, topped with cream, and often garnished with fruit. But what’s inside that glossy cup is anything but clean. Known as the “dirty soda,” this concoction combines traditional soft drinks with flavored syrups, creamers, fruit juices and other garnishes. The result is a sweet beverage that blends elements of a soda, mocktail and dessert. And doctors across the country are sounding alarms....<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #1127

 

The Climate Cult

 Many people with inadequate scientific knowledge are convinced that Planet Earth is in mortal danger from global warming due to humans. If Planet Earth were really in great danger from humans, any means to protect it would be justified. Some extremists propose reducing Earth’s eight billion population of people to no more than one billion. How this is to be done has always been a bit vague. Genghis Khan made a good start by slaughtering some 40 million people in the 13th century. In our day, Prince Philip, father of King Charles III of the United Kingdom, opined that: “If I were reincarnated, I would wish to be returned to earth as a killer virus to lower human population levels.”

The climate alarmism of our time is a malignant alliance of ignorant fanaticism, like that mentioned above, and opportunism: the lust for power, fame and wealth. Like all fanatical movements, climate alarmism is doing great collateral damage, most notably to the reputation of my own profession of science. Generous research grants from governments and private foundations have created a new discipline of ‘climate science’. Traditional, rigorous disciplines like atmospheric physics, atmospheric chemistry, meteorology or palaeontology were quick to cash in by renaming themselves with some variant of ‘Centre for Saving the Planet’. They were generously rewarded with research grants, new laboratories, professorships, elections to learned societies, prizes and other tokens of gratitude....<<<Read More>>>...

David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb (Live At Pompeii)

 

Economics will curtail the widespread use of AI

Artificial intelligence (“AI”) programmes are being offered to users for free or at a low cost.

However, the costs of running AI programmes are enormous, including the costs of data centres and equipment, power plants, energy transmission lines and energy grid infrastructure.

So, there’s a gap between what AI costs and the price users pay for it.

Currently, the cost of setting up and running AI programmes is being borne by Wall Street, for example. What happens when investors in AI no longer want to bear the cost but instead want to make a profit?

In the following, Chris MacIntosh discusses three possible future scenarios for AI.

In five years, we’ll all likely be chuckling and shaking our heads over AI. Because today, the tech feels free and limitless, doesn’t it?

People are generating endless content: images, videos, memes, code snippets, social posts. Companies are bolting AI onto products by default, the way every Fortune 500 company suddenly discovered they were “sustainable” five years ago.

There’s much deliberation on AI right now, and it splits into two main camps of thesis: the majority – those who will die on its hill of promise, convinced we’re months away from effective altruism, UBI, and sentient toasters. And the minority – usually older, more experienced types – who don’t fully understand it, but look at numbers, remember the dot-com bust, and think this rhymes. We’ll leave that debate to the dinner parties.

What interests us is something more boring. Physics. Because here’s the thing: AI isn’t free.

Every token represents electricity. Something your average developer, product manager, user, or investor gives precisely zero thought to.

Electricity means power plants, transmission lines, grid infrastructure – yes. It also means hot sheds; capital-intensive data centres and all the equipment, cooling systems, and real estate that go with them. Real things. Physical things.

We are surrounded by hype without consideration for the physics. Right now, there’s a disconnect between the physical cost of this technology and the price users pay for it.

That gap is being covered by Wall Street, venture capital, pension funds, hyperscaler balance sheets and strategic spending on “growth” (a word which here means “losses we’ve chosen to rebrand”).

The question is: what happens when that gap closes?...<<<Read More>>>....

Food for Thought #1126

 

Aligning With Your Soul’s Purpose

 Ever feel like life is gently nudging you in a different direction, but you’re not quite sure where it’s pointing? Maybe things look good on paper, but somewhere deep down, your heart is whispering — or even quietly aching — this isn’t it. If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re living the life you were truly meant for, that question may not be something to fear. It may be the beginning of a deeper awakening.

Your soul’s calling doesn’t always arrive as a lightning bolt. Sometimes it begins as a subtle longing, a recurring dream, a feeling you can’t quite explain, or an inner knowing that something meaningful is waiting for you. It may show up in what inspires you, what excites you, what you can’t stop thinking about, or what makes you feel most alive. These inner signals are not random. They are sacred clues, guiding you back toward the path that feels most honest and aligned.

Finding your calling is less about having all the answers and more about learning to listen. As you begin to notice what lights you up, what your body responds to, and what your spirit keeps reaching for, you can start following the breadcrumbs one small step at a time. And with each step, life may begin to feel less like something you’re simply getting through — and more like something you’re meant to fully and beautifully live...<<<Read More>>>....

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Trump’s Groundhog Day: Stuck in an Endless Time Loop of War and Delusion

 I feel like I am living in a twisted version of Groundhog Day -- the 1993 film where Bill Murray’s character relives the same day over and over until he spiritually advances enough to escape the loop. But here we are, in June 2026, trapped in loop 37 of the Trump-Iran war cycle. And it feels like a bad movie (Groundhog Day was a good movie, just to be clear).

Every morning we wake up to hopeful talk of peace; by evening, both sides are blasting one another again. As one news analysis put it, “If there is going to be fighting with Iran almost every single day, what is the point of having a ceasefire?” That question exposes the delusion at the heart of this administration.

Unfortunately, Donald Trump’s personal transformation never happened. Unlike Murray’s character, who eventually learned humility and compassion, Trump remains the same man who thinks he can bend reality by sheer will. This is the core problem: a president who genuinely believes he can declare peace into existence while his generals load the bombs. The result is an endless loop of deception -- one that American taxpayers are funding with their lives and their savings...<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #1125

 

Retired British Army Colonel warns that civil war between Britons and immigrants is now inevitable

 There is very likely to be civil war in Britain, Col. (Ret.) Richard Kemp said earlier this year.

“I’m not talking about the American Civil War,” he said. “I’m talking about something more like Northern Ireland but on a much more intensive scale, where you have the indigenous British and some of the immigrant population and the British government all on three different sides fighting against each other. And I’d be very surprised if that doesn’t happen.”

Col. (Ret.) Richard Kemp is a former commander of British forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. He spent much of his last five years of his military career in Downing Street as head of the international terrorism team at the Joint Intelligence Committee. He is now a writer, journalist, media commentator and motivational speaker and provides strategic consultancy services on leadership, security, intelligence, counter-terrorism and defence.

In episode 3 of the Opinionated podcast, which aired in February, Col. Richard Kemp discussed US–Iran negotiations, the potential for renewed fighting in Gaza and a brewing civil war in Britain.

Kemp argued that unchecked immigration, growing Islamist political influence and weak political leadership are pushing the United Kingdom toward what he described as a likely “civil war” scenario....<<<Read More>>>...

10 Technologies That Existed Before 1850 That No Modern Engineer Can Build Today

 

 

The standard assumption of technological history is linear — we know more than we did, we can build more than we could, and the direction of capability is always forward. That assumption fails at specific, documented, reproducible points where objects and structures produced before 1850 cannot be replicated by modern engineering using modern materials, modern tools, and modern understanding. Not because we haven't tried. Because the attempts fail in ways that expose genuine gaps between what the historical record shows was built and what we can currently account for in terms of how it was built. 🏛️ 

In this video, we examine ten specific pre-1850 technologies — material compositions, structural achievements, acoustic properties, and physical capabilities — whose replication has been formally attempted by modern engineers and scientists and has either failed completely or produced results that fall measurably short of the historical original. 📋 We present each case with the engineering specifics — what was attempted, what the modern result produced, and where the gap between the historical performance and the modern replication lies. 

We examine the Damascus steel problem. ⚙️ The blade composition and manufacturing process that produced Damascus steel — documented in the historical record from approximately the 3rd century through the 17th — has been the subject of serious metallurgical research for decades. Modern metallurgists have produced blades with similar surface patterns. They have not produced blades with the same combination of hardness, flexibility, and edge retention that the historical specimens demonstrate and that the historical accounts consistently describe. The specific carbon nanotube structures identified in Damascus steel samples suggest a manufacturing process whose mechanism modern metallurgy cannot fully account for. 

We examine the Roman concrete problem. 🔬 Modern concrete exposed to seawater degrades within decades. Roman marine concrete structures built two thousand years ago are stronger now than when they were constructed — a performance characteristic that materials scientists have spent decades trying to explain and have only recently begun to partially understand through the identification of a mineral crystallization process that Roman concrete undergoes in seawater that modern Portland cement does not replicate. Eight more technologies. Each one built before 1850. None of them reproducible today. 🔒

Rayner’s Workers’ Rights Reforms Trigger Surge in Legal Claims

 Britain is facing a surge in people taking their employers to court, with claims up 55% year on year, following Angela Rayner’s sweeping workers’ rights reforms. The Telegraph has the story.

Employment claims increased by 55% in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the same period last year, new official figures show.

It comes after Labour’s Employment Rights Act obtained Royal Assent in December. It represents the biggest expansion of workers’ rights in over a decade, giving employees new protections over statutory sick pay, unfair dismissal and zero-hours contracts.

The overhaul – which was championed by the former deputy prime minister – has been praised by unions, with the Trades Union Congress claiming that Labour is delivering “vital common-sense reforms for millions of people across the country”.

However, it threatens to pile more pressure on employment tribunals which are already facing an influx of claims.

Jo Mackie, Employment Law Partner at Michelmores, said: “The increase in claims will happen as employment rights are spoken about more openly as they have been in the last two years during preparation for legal changes.”

Many of the reforms under the Employment Rights Act are still in secondary legislation.

Mackie said growing discussion of these reforms meant that “more people [will] become aware of practices that may be in breach of employment law”.

Imogen Finnegan, Senior Consultant with workplace and commercial disputes law firm Bellevue Law, warned that the recent explosion in employment claims risked resulting in “longer timelines, increased costs and prolonged uncertainty” for employers.

She said this could also delay tribunal decisions for employees with genuine claims....<<<Read More>>>...

"They Don’t Drag You… They Make You Run Into The Fake Light”

 

 

This video explores the concept of the "false light" and its role in what some describe as a reincarnation trap. It delves into the idea of a matrix reality, where individuals are encouraged to escape the matrix through spiritual awakening. The narrative suggests that understanding the afterlife theory is crucial for those seeking to exit the matrix and remember who they truly are. Watch until the end.

Food for Thought #1124

 

UFO and Unsolved Disappearance of Flight N3808H

 You’re probably familiar with the disappearance of Frederick Valentich and his Cessna aircraft while being followed by a UFO over the Bass Straits between Australia and Tasmania, but have you ever heard of a similar incident that occurred near Puerto Rico?

One of the most intriguing cases of UFO-related disappearance is that of pilot Jose Pagan Santos, who vanished along with his friend Jose Maldonado Torres on June 28, 1980, while flying from Santo Domingo to Puerto Rico....<<<Read More>>>...

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Ultra-Processed Foods Linked to Poorer Attention, Slower Mental Processing Even in Healthy Diets

A new study from Monash University found that higher consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) is associated with lower scores on tests of visual attention and mental processing speed, even among adults who otherwise follow healthy diets.

The findings, published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, add to growing evidence linking industrially processed products to cognitive decline. Researchers analyzed dietary and cognitive data from more than 2,100 middle-aged and older Australian adults without dementia.

According to the study, for every 10% increase in the share of daily calories from UPFs, attention scores dropped by a small but measurable amount. Lead author Dr. Barbara Cardoso, from Monash University's Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food, said the results point to a hidden cognitive cost of heavily processed foods...<<<Read More>>>....

Food for Thought #1124

 

The Backlash Against Net Zero is Gathering Steam Across Europe

 Is the UK Government seeking ‘dynamic alignment’ with the European Union to save its favourite policy agendas, like Net Zero? Despite the Common Understanding achieved in May 2025 to “respect each other’s decision-making autonomy” and despite the June 2016 referendum, some are now warning about the “quiet reversal of Brexit”. That Common Understanding requires “linking” the UK and EU’s carbon emissions trading systems, thereby aligning climate, energy and industrial policies, making them again the prerogative of the ‘rule-maker’ and Britain a ‘rule-taker’. Starmer and the other fanatical anti-Brexiteers have cargo-cult like expectations that the EU will fulfil their desires. That fervent faith may soon be dashed by irony. Starmer’s prostration before the EU and capitulation to all its vengeful punishments actually seals Net Zero’s doom, not its salvation. Let me explain. We are prisoners in double bondage.

Rather than some clandestine manoeuvring behind the public’s back, the more credible explanation for Brexit’s reversal is even more humiliating: that those now running the British state are venomously infantilised. Politicians and civil servants alike despise their own people and country and simultaneously defer to superordinate powers in the United Nations and European Union. The 2008 Climate Change Act is one of Blair’s Rings of Power: Five Acts to rule us all and in the darkness bind Britain; Acts that sacrifice the Common Law of England on the altar of ‘international law’ – a perversion of which the Attorney General for England and Wales, Richard (Baron) Hermer is High Priest.

The then Labour government believed that the planet’s first ‘legally-binding’ emissions-reduction policy would lead the world, but there’s a catch. Laws can require emissions reduction, but they cannot compel the wind to blow or the sun to shine. If the rest of the world was watching Britain’s ‘leadership’, then what they have seen since 2008 is deindustrialisation, GDP per capita stagnation and the democratic deficit widening into a traumatic repolarisation of politics....<<<Read More>>>...

Why Humans Couldn’t Have Built These Tartarian Cathedrals

 

 

 

In this investigation, I’m examining cathedral construction through a practical lens: what building these structures would have actually required at the time they’re said to be built. Many cathedrals feature stone blocks weighing tens of tons, extreme vertical precision, complex load distribution, and acoustic and structural properties that demand consistent materials and repeatable methods. 

 

Historical records often describe long construction timelines and basic tools, yet the finished structures suggest a level of coordination, lifting capability, and engineering control that isn’t clearly documented. In many cases, the techniques used were never repeated, improved, or even fully recorded afterward. 

 

This isn’t an argument about who did or didn’t build them. It’s a comparison between documented human capabilities and what the structures themselves appear to require. 

 

 When construction logic and physical outcome don’t align, questions naturally follow. I’m not offering answers—just documenting the gap.

Lessons from Sweden: After mass immigration comes the Orwellian state security system

 Using his personal experience of what has happened to his neighbourhood in Sweden over the decades, Jacob Nordangård describes how mass immigration leads to the Agentic State and a global panopticon.

The Fortress World Scenario is starting to take shape, and the average citizen has been manipulated into embracing it with open arms, he writes.

The Agentic State is a global action platform which assists governments in moving societies towards total digital control using agentic AI, an artificial intelligence system that can accomplish a specific goal with limited human supervision.

A panopticon is a circular building with a central inspection house or tower, a design most famously used for prisons. It has become a metaphor for societal control.

In the Fortress World Scenario, “as the systemic global crisis deepens, powerful international forces are able to impose order in the form of an authoritarian system of global apartheid with elites in protected enclaves and an impoverished majority outside.”

The lesson from Sweden is that these dystopian plans are being imposed on societies after mass immigration has been allowed to take hold....<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #1123

 

We live in Matrix: The Scientific Case for a Simulated Universe

 The simulated universe theory implies that our universe, with all its galaxies, planets and life forms, is a meticulously programmed computer simulation. In this scenario, the physical laws governing our reality are simply algorithms. The experiences we have are generated by the computational processes of an immensely advanced system.

While inherently speculative, the simulated universe theory has gained attention from scientists and philosophers due to its intriguing implications. The idea has made its mark in popular culture, across movies, TV shows and books – including the 1999 film The Matrix.

The earliest records of the concept that reality is an illusion are from ancient Greece. There, the question “What is the nature of our reality?”, posed by Plato (427 BC) and others, gave birth to idealism. Idealist ancient thinkers such as Plato considered mind and spirit as the abiding reality. Matter, they argued, was just a manifestation or illusion.

Fast forward to modern times, and idealism has morphed into a new philosophy. This is the idea that both the material world and consciousness are part of a simulated reality. This is simply a modern extension of idealism, driven by recent technological advancements in computing and digital technologies. In both cases, the true nature of reality transcends the physical....<<<Read More>>>...

The most compelling case for a 19th century (or earlier) “cataclysm/reset”

 

 

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries architecture was shifting dramatically. Fueled by the Industrial Age, the ancient brick and masonry structures of Old World origins were systematically replaced with cold, modern steel. However, more often than not, the entire city itself was renovated, revealing numerous unexpected findings during these excavations. 

 In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania we have an event seen as the final removal of the massive “Grant’s Mound”, a historically significant “hill” which played a key role in the founding of Pittsburgh. Grant’s Mound, and the street level surrounding its ancient buildings, was lowered by a total of 33 feet, beginning with the “First Cut” in 1836, and concluding with the “Final Cut” of 1912 and 1913, which is the focus of our photographic evidence today. 

These images showcase numerous anomalies that only became visible due to the excavations, with the most unexplainable being dozens of structures with foundations running 30 feet (or more) below the original surface of the mound. Even stranger, upon excavations these once-buried levels sometimes contained things like windows, doorways to the outside, ornate brickwork, and even statues - appearing to indicate that these “foundation” layers were not always meant to be underground.

Dangerous FDA-Approved Sunscreen Chemicals Found in Bloodstream After Single Application, Study Says

A randomized clinical trial published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in January 2020 found that six active ingredients commonly used in sunscreens, including oxybenzone and avobenzone, are absorbed into the bloodstream after a single application, according to the study.

The blood concentrations of these chemicals exceeded the safety threshold set by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by 180 to 500 times, the researchers reported. The FDA-funded study was part of the agency's ongoing effort to evaluate the safety of over-the-counter sunscreen products. Despite the findings, the FDA issued a statement advising consumers to continue using sunscreen and did not recall any products, officials said.

The JAMA study identified oxybenzone as one of the chemicals that readily penetrates the skin. Oxybenzone is classified as an endocrine disruptor that can mimic estrogen, according to published research. The chemical has been detected in the majority of Americans tested, the study noted, and similar findings have been reported in numerous biomonitoring surveys.

Within hours of application, levels of oxybenzone and other sunscreen chemicals in the blood surpassed the FDA's threshold for which further safety testing is warranted, the trial data showed. The agency has not yet determined whether these absorption levels pose a health risk. [1] The findings align with earlier research showing that sunscreen ingredients do not remain solely on the skin but enter the body. ...<<<Read More>>>....

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Starmer issues ultimatum to technology companies to implement client-side scanning; this is the end of online privacy

 Starmer has issued a three-month ultimatum for major technology firms to implement client-side scanning; so that all content on all digital devices sold or used in the UK can be scanned using a dystopian combination of age verification and content scanning.

Client-side scanning is a surveillance technique that analyses content on a user’s device before encryption. And, if the Government succeeds, it marks the end of online privacy – for everyone.

Signal has issued a statement on the UK government’s demand. “This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all,” Signal says.

Age verification is spreading worldwide. It is a Trojan horse for limiting access to content that they do not wish the public to see. We need to look no further than what the UK government is doing worldwide under the pretence of keeping children safe online.

In July 2025, provisions in the Online Safety Act 2023 (“OSA”) were enacted, introducing age verification checks for online content. Using these new rules, just a week after they were implemented, a variety of content unrelated to children’s safety was already being censored.

“British people are being forced by the state to verify their age and hand over personal information to view political news about their own country. It is the sort of thing for which British diplomats would castigate third-world or tyrannical governments, but there seems to be little awareness of the danger of this law among our own governing class,” The Critic said in the week after the new rules began....<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #1122

 

Wearing England Badges During World Cup Could Intimidate Detained Migrants, Immigration Officers Told

 Wearing England badges during the World Cup could intimidate detained migrants and must be avoided, immigration officers have been told. The Mail has more.

The country is set to be gripped by football fever this month as the Three Lions get ready to kick off their North America campaign against Croatia on June 17th.

For many this will involve dusting off St George’s flags and England badges to show their support for Thomas Tuchel’s charges.

But staff at detention centres have been warned against displaying these patriotic items, in a new report by the watchdog Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), over fears they may damage “professional standards”.

Among the document’s key findings are cautionary words over the effects of wearing England flags in short-term holding facilities (STHFs).

The report says: “On two occasions during the summer, staff at one STHF were observed wearing England flags affixed to their uniforms.

“The Board felt this risked perceptions of bias or even intimidation among detained people, especially in the light of recent anti-immigration protests in which flag displays were prominent.

“At a minimum, the Board concluded that this raised concerns about professional standards and workplace culture at the facility.”...<<<Read More>>>...

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Swallow Medicine

 

Accessing the World Within

 A guided meditation uses the sound of a person’s voice to direct you through an inner process of relaxing your body and shifting your mind’s focus. The voice may be a person in the room with you or a recording, and it is generally spoken in soothing, soft tones. You may be guided to focus on aspects of your physical body, such as on your breathing, relaxing your muscles one-by-one, or on an area in need of healing. Sometimes, it might involve visualizing a journey through the beauty of the natural world. Other times, you may be led to envision yourself working with light or energy, accomplishing your goals, or repeating positive thoughts in your head. Your guide may walk you through relaxation or motivation to help you change a habit, access untapped potential, or perhaps merely find the silence within you.

Whether you are familiar with meditation or you are a beginner, being guided gives you the opportunity to benefit from the insight of others. There are numerous meditation and visualization techniques based in various spiritual philosophies and psychological applications. You may want to try several techniques to see what appeals to you the most, or just to gain a fresh perspective.

Guided meditation allows you to learn from others in a way that is similar to ones used by ancients all around the world. Once learned, meditation is a tool that will always be available to you. Like having a tour guide while traveling in a foreign country, a guided meditation takes you on an inner journey. But this tour allows you to see and experience your own inner world, a place that truly only exists within you. The scenes created in your mind’s eye can be revisited at any time without a guide because once you have seen the fascinating landscape of your own inner terrain, there will always be more to explore. (Daily OM)

Food for Thought #1121

 

Magnesium-Rich Foods Linked to Improved Sleep and Stress Regulation, According to Research

 Magnesium is a mineral involved in hundreds of biochemical reactions in the human body, including those related to sleep and stress regulation, according to the National Institutes of Health as cited in a report on Mercola.com . A 2025 review of studies examined magnesium's effect on sleep and common sleep disorders, consolidating findings on how this essential mineral influences rest, according to a report by registered dietitian nutritionist Molly Knudsen. That report stated that nearly 90 percent of the U.S. population is estimated to have inadequate magnesium intake, citing a 2025 study in Nutrients. Consuming magnesium-rich foods may support relaxation and sleep quality, researchers have reported. 

Hemp seeds deliver a remarkable 210 milligrams of magnesium per three-tablespoon serving, representing approximately 50 percent of the daily value, according to USDA data cited by NaturalNews.com. Pumpkin seeds provide 168 milligrams per ounce, also a potent source. Pumpkin seeds additionally supply tryptophan, an amino acid the body uses to produce the sleep hormone melatonin, according to a report on NaturalNews.com.

Almonds, at 76.5 milligrams per ounce (18% DV), and cashews, at 82.8 milligrams per ounce (20% DV), provide magnesium along with healthy fats that have been linked to mood regulation, according to research cited in an article on Mercola.com. Chia seeds offer 95 milligrams per ounce (23% DV) and also contain omega-3 fatty acids, which may benefit brain health, per a report on Mercola.com....<<<Read More>>>....

Black Sabbath - Feels Good To Me

 

UK Parliament needs to launch an investigation into the Clean Power 2030 plan before it does any more damage

In 2024, National Energy System Operator (“NESO”) and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (“DESNZ”) devised their “Clean Power 2030” plan. They claimed their plan would bring down energy bills for both households and businesses for good.

But the plan is failing to meet its targets on cost, time and quality – and grid integration costs are soaring. It is clear the Clean Power 2030 project is off the rails, David Turver writes.

Additionally, wind- and solar-generated energy are not going to be able to meet the UK’s requirements. There will be a significant shortfall in energy supply by 2030 and it’s unclear where this energy will come from.

There are now strong grounds to launch a Parliamentary investigation into the Clean Power 2030 to get the project cancelled before any more damage is done.

Back in 2024, NESO and DESNZ outlined their Clean Power 2030 (“CP2030”) plan. That plan called for a big increase in grid spending, an ambitious rollout of wind and solar capacity and also relied on negative emissions from Bio-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (“BECCS”) to meet emissions targets. NESO claimed CP2030 “can be delivered without increasing costs for consumers.” DESNZ claimed that CP2030 would “build an energy system that can bring down bills for households and businesses for good.”

Recently, DESNZ released new data (ET6.1) showing the installed capacity of wind and solar at the end of 2025, and Drax announced it had got cold feet about investing in BECCS. So, what do these developments mean for Miliband’s CP2030 plan? Time to look at how well CP2030 is going against the plan. It is customary to analyse projects through three different dimensions: cost, time and quality...<<<Read More>>>....

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Massive Curriculum Changes Required for UK School Geography After Met Office Climate Projections Ruled “Implausible”

 The world of geography teaching in the UK is in crisis following guidance from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that a collection of assumptions used in climate computer modelling known as RCP8.5 is “implausible”. The ruling has effectively trashed the Met Office’s 2018 climate projections report (UKCP18) which only used this scenario to produce a variety of always ridiculous forecasts. To widespread mainstream media acclaim at the time, it was said that summer temperatures could rise by over 5°C in 50 years. Since 2018, UKCP18 has been embedded in UK school geography teaching as a core forecasting source. Its predictions are assessed, used for impact studies and underpin public examinations. The “implausible” ruling means that geography teaching materials particularly at A-level now require a major rewrite of core textbooks involving the removal of all the junk predictions.

Preferably by the start of the Autumn term in September.

It’s not as if teachers can argue that only the ‘high emissions’ pathway of RCP8.5 can be ignored. At the time, the Met Office only ran RCP8.5 assumptions through its super-computer, the results of which it then described as “plausible” as it promoted them in bold type. Using only RCP8.5 was justified on cost grounds since it enabled the available computer time to produce results – guesses might be a more accurate description – down to 2 kms. School resources do note that lower emissions results are available, but these were statistically derived by the Met Office from the RCP8.5 results. This means that all the Met Office projections are compromised and a thorough cleansing needs to be undertaken of all the flawed information wherever it occurs in the teaching environment....<<<Read More>>>....

Food for Thought #1120

 

Traveling through time: The story of Irene Corbally Kuhn

 Irene Corbally Kuhn, a pioneering journalist in the early 20th century, embarked on numerous adventures around the world. In her memoir “Assigned to Adventure,” published in 1938, she recounts her remarkable career up until that time.

While her book covers a wide range of captivating stories, one passage stands out as particularly intriguing. In this section, Irene describes an eerie experience that could be interpreted as either a time-slip or a psychic vision of a future tragedy.

Let’s delve into Irene’s life and the context surrounding this extraordinary incident. In 1922, Irene was stationed in Shanghai, where she tied the knot with Bert Kuhn, a fellow reporter who served as the news editor for the “China Press.” The couple’s joy multiplied when they welcomed their daughter, Rene, in the subsequent year....<<<Read More>>>... 

Rush is back! - Xanadu (First song with Anika Nilles!) Live at the Forum in LA 2026

 

Why I Can’t Wait for the AI Bubble to Crash

 I was driving in my truck earlier today, hauling solar equipment to our new studio in Texas, and I couldn't stop thinking about the AI bubble. Not because I’m against artificial intelligence -- quite the opposite. I’ve been building AI systems for years and use them daily. I believe AI technology is very real and extremely capable. But what I’m seeing in the financial markets is not rooted in intelligence at all. It’s a speculative mania fueled by cheap debt and fairy-tale projections.

Consider OpenAI: the company is hemorrhaging cash, projecting $44 billion in losses over five years with no profits expected anytime soon ^[1]. Anthropic is no better. These giants have no real revenue model, and markets are about to teach them a brutal lesson. While I can’t wait for the hype to collapse, I also know that the crash will separate the wheat from the chaff. Those of us who actually understand how to use AI will emerge stronger, while the corporate morons who bought the hype will be left holding empty bags and abandoned promises.

The reason the so-called AI leaders are doomed is simple: they have no sustainable revenue model. OpenAI projects billions in losses, and its valuation is built on vapor. Meanwhile, Chinese open-source models like DeepSeek and Qwen are outperforming them at a fraction of the cost. As I’ve noted before, the arrogance of Sam Altman blinds him to the fact that his closed, expensive technology is already being eclipsed by free alternatives that anyone can run locally....<<<<Read More>>>....  

Quote for the Day

 

Starmer Poised to Ban Under-16s From Social Media in ‘Australian-Plus’ Crackdown

 Sir Keir Starmer is preparing to announce a ban on under 16s using social media in the next 10 days.

The Prime Minister has been considering what action to take after a three-month consultation on an Australian-style social ban on children under 16.

There is growing speculation that Sir Keir will opt for a so-called “Australian-plus” model with a ban on a wider range of sites combined with restrictions on “addictive” features and tougher age checks to prevent children circumventing the rules.

Sir Keir is said to be carving out policies to provide him with a “legacy” as he faces the threat of a leadership challenge from Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor who is favourite to secure a return to Parliament in the Makerfield by-election in less than two weeks’ time.

However, the children’s commissioner has proposed that any social media ban should be extended to 16- and 17-year-olds

Dame Rachel de Souza has said that any ban must apply “equally to all children” up to 18.

She also urged Sir Keir Starmer to draw up a list of features that tech firms would be forced to ban because they encourage children to stay online, put them at risk of seeing harmful content or enable them to be contacted by strangers.

The Prime Minister is expected to announce the first stage of the crackdown on Monday with tech companies being forced to install software that makes it impossible for children to take or share nude images.

If businesses including Google and Apple fail to comply within three months, Sir Keir will say legislation will be introduced that would mean the companies could face fines, regulations on phone sales to children or criminal sanctions....<<<Read More>>>....

Food for Thought #1119

 

From the day we are born, our health is determined by our gut

Your immune system and gut microbiome share a symbiotic relationship and your immune function is largely dependent on the state of your gut.

More than 99% of your genes come from microbes, not your chromosomes.

The best predictor of future health is your gut microbiome at birth. C-section and antibiotic regimens – both in the mother and the baby – are known to degrade the baby’s microbiome, but can be compensated for.

Healthy microbiomes are more connected to what your ancestors had that has been lost through short-sighted practices and technology installations. Trying to head toward that is much more constructive than trying to completely overhaul something to a group of microbes your ancestors never saw.

Aside from the vaginal tract, the baby also receives valuable microbes via skin-to-skin contact, including oral contact with breast tissue, as well as from the breast milk, which is why breastfeeding is so important and impacts your child’s health well into the future. Environmental exposures from soil, food and animals also play a role....<<<Read More>>>....

Finch Medicine

 

The Meaning of Larimar

 Larimar properties are highly sought after within the metaphysical community, as Larimar is believed to be a healing stone.

Healers that use gemstones in their work were amongst the first people to recognize the true rarity and value of larimar and much has been written about the metaphysical properties.

The vibrational frequency of Larimar is one of the highest of any gemstone; the energy in larimar is incredibly high, resulting in many desirable properties.

It is finely attuned with the throat chakra and many believe it has the ability to enhance a person’s communication skills. Larimar has shown great effects on one’s trust and love towards their partner, as it opens their hearts and souls, revealing their true feelings and love towards one another.

Larimar is the ultimate love stone for couples of all ages.

Edgar Cayce prophesied the discovery of Larimar in his writings. Larimar is often associated with Atlantis, and many psychics have since confirmed this connection (hence the name Atlantis stone).

Larimar combines the energy of the oceans with the energy of the heavens which means Larimar helps to combine our thoughts (air) with our emotions (water).

When placed on the skin, the high vibrational energy of Larimar can help to ease stress and tension and it is said to be excellent for clearing headaches. Local folklore also says that Larimar has the ability to attract one’s soulmate!...<<<Read More>>>....

Food for Thought #1118

 

Scotland Yard Captured by “Woke Mind Virus” and No Longer Treats Citizens Equally, Says Whistleblower

A veteran Metropolitan Police officer has accused Scotland Yard of being captured by the “woke mind virus”, claiming the force has spent more than a decade pursuing equality of outcome between ethnic groups rather than equal treatment under the law. Rick Prior, former chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, makes the claims in a foreword to a Free Speech Union report into the policies and training materials that inevitably led to the police believing Henry Nowak’s murderer over his victim. The Telegraph has the story:

Scotland Yard has been captured by the “woke mind virus” and no longer treats citizens equally under the law, a veteran police officer has claimed.

Rick Prior, the former chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, said the force had prioritised equalising outcomes among different ethnic groups over ensuring equality of opportunity for more than a decade.

He said this had led to a loss of skills in the force and had affected the policing of London’s streets.

He also claimed the force had rejected his suggestions that officers should be banned from wearing political symbols, such as rainbow lanyards representing the LGBT community, after he was invited to draw up new guidelines on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) last summer.

Forces across the country are facing an ongoing row about the impact of EDI policy in policing in the wake of the murder of Henry Nowak in Southampton.

The 18 year-old university student was arrested and handcuffed as he was dying after his killer, Vickrum Digwa, who is Sikh, falsely claimed that Mr Nowak had racially abused him and knocked his turban off.

Forces are under mounting pressure to review their EDI policies and rethink their Race Action Plans.

In a foreword to a report by the Free Speech Union (FSU) into the Nowak case, Mr Prior described his concerns about the state of the country’s largest force....<<<Read More>>>...

Every Old World Estate Had Twin Mirrors Facing Each Other — What Stood Between Them at Night

 

 

Walk through the surviving interiors of old world estates — the grand country houses of England, the châteaux of France, the palazzos of northern Italy, the manor houses of the German states — and a consistent feature appears that the standard architectural history of these buildings treats as decorative. Two large mirrors, positioned on opposing walls, facing each other. The arrangement produces an infinite regression of reflections — a visual corridor of diminishing images that extends beyond the room's physical boundaries into an optical space that has no end. Every estate guide describes it as an aesthetic choice. Every mirror manufacturer's historical record describes the arrangements as a standard installation request. And nobody in the standard history of European interior design has asked why the same specific arrangement appears in the same specific room type across centuries of construction and thousands of individual properties. 🪞 

 In this video, we examine the twin mirror arrangements of old world estates not as decorative conventions but as functional installations whose technical characteristics — glass composition, backing material, frame construction, and placement geometry — correspond to known properties of optical and electromagnetic systems whose applications go beyond reflection. 📐 We trace the specifications of the mirrors used in the most significant installations, the materials whose presence in the backing compounds of old world mirrors has been identified in conservation analyses, and what those material compositions produce in terms of the electromagnetic properties of a large reflective surface that standard silvered glass does not replicate. 

We examine what stood between them. 🕯️ The estate inventories of the old world are among the most comprehensive documentary records of material culture in European history — cataloguing furniture, artworks, textiles, and decorative objects down to the level of individual candlesticks. The inventories of rooms with twin mirror installations consistently show one anomaly — the space between the mirrors is either left empty in the inventory or contains an entry whose description is vague relative to the precision applied to every other object in the same room. We trace that inventory pattern across multiple estates in multiple countries and examine what category of object produces systematic vagueness in otherwise precise documentary records. We also examine what the optical corridor produces. 🔬 The infinite regression created by opposing mirrors is a well-documented optical phenomenon. What is less documented in the standard physics literature — but present in the experimental literature on mirror cavity systems — is what the space between two large opposing reflective surfaces does to the electromagnetic environment in the cavity between them. We examine the mirror cavity research and ask whether the old world estate installations, at the scale and material specification they were built to, would have produced a cavity environment whose properties the installations' designers understood and intended. The mirrors faced each other in every estate. The space between them was the point. 🔒 

 📚 Topics covered: old world twin mirrors, opposing mirror installation, estate interior mirror arrangement, mirror backing composition, electromagnetic mirror cavity, estate inventory anomaly, optical corridor estates, old world mirror specifications, mirror cavity physics, European estate mirrors.