Number of Asylum Seekers Granted Permission to Stay in Britain Soars by a Third in a Year

 The number of people granted asylum by the Home Office jumped by more than a third last year, with 55,000 people given refugee status or similar permission to stay in Britain. The Mail has the story.

Official figures showed nearly 55,000 migrants were handed refugee status or another type of permission to stay in Britain in the year to December.

It was up 35% on the previous 12 months but 14% below the peak seen in 2023.

Eritreans made up the largest group with just under 8,700 successful asylum claims, followed by Sudan with 7,000 and Iran with 6,900.

The figures only cover those granted asylum by the Home Office at the initial decision stage, and do not include those who successfully appeal against a refusal in the immigration courts which had a backlog of 70,000 cases at the last count.

There were 46,497 illegal arrivals into the country in 2025, up 7% on the previous year.

It included 41,472 by small boat across the Channel – a figure which was already known from daily updates published by the Home Office – with the rest coming by ‘clandestine’ routes such as stowing away in the backs of lorries.

Small boat arrivals were up 13% on 2024 but lower than the peak of 45,772 seen in 2022.

Statistics also showed the total number of asylum claims lodged in the year was 101,000, a 4% fall on the previous year but still at a near-record level.

The total number of claims to receive an initial decision from the Home Office hit an all-time high of more than 135,000, meaning the proportion of those granted was 42%, down from 47% the previous year.

A record number of asylum claims – just over 80,000 – were rejected by the Home Office, a significant 75% jump on the previous year.

The rise indicates a large number of unfounded claims are being lodged by migrants, although after initial rejection many go on to bring lengthy appeals.

The number of migrants receiving taxpayer-funded support dipped at the end of last year, including those given full-board accommodation in hotels.

Data showed there were 107,003 people receiving state support, a 5% fall year-on-year and 14% below the peak of almost 124,000 in September 2023.

Of those, 31,000 were in hotels, 19% lower than a year previously....<<<Read More>>>...

Bioenergetic Integration

 Most of us are not in our “comfort zones” right now. In various ways, we feel stressed and stretched — balancing multiple priorities, such as family obligations, challenges at work, or financial worries that keep us up at night. And while it’s easy to assume that once a stressful moment passes, it simply fades away; the body often tells a different story.

When experiences feel overwhelming or emotionally unresolved, the effects don’t just live in our memory. They can settle into the body as lingering tension. Over time, this tension may surface as fatigue that rest doesn’t fully resolve, mental fog or difficulty concentrating, disrupted sleep, or a persistent sense of feeling reactive or on edge without fully understanding why.

Fortunately, relief is possible through bioenergetic healing — a holistic approach that integrates nervous system regulation, fascia micro-movements, and energy-clearing practices to support the body’s natural return to balance. The emphasis is not on force or effort, but on listening to what you need, allowing your entire being to soften, unwind, and finally exhale. As tension begins to release, a quieter sense of steadiness and ease can emerge, bringing with it the deeply grounding feeling of emotional harmony. (Daily OM)

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Could combining melatonin and ashwagandha improve sleep and reduce stress? Experts weigh in

 Melatonin helps regulate sleep cycles, particularly for insomnia and jet lag. Ashwagandha reduces stress and cortisol levels, indirectly improving sleep quality.

No conclusive scientific proof that combining melatonin and ashwagandha enhances effects beyond taking them separately.

Ashwagandha may be unsafe for those with autoimmune disorders, thyroid issues or certain medications (e.g., diabetes, blood pressure drugs). Melatonin can interact with blood thinners, antidepressants and immunosuppressants.

Start with one supplement (melatonin for sleep, ashwagandha for stress). Track effects before considering combination use. Improved sleep may reduce stress (or vice versa), eliminating the need for both.

Consult a healthcare provider before use, especially with pre-existing conditions or medications. Prioritize safety, moderation and lifestyle changes alongside supplementation. "Natural" does not always mean risk-free—personalized assessment is critical.

For millions struggling with sleep disorders and chronic stress, natural supplements like melatonin and ashwagandha have become go-to solutions. Melatonin, a hormone naturally produced by the body, is widely used to regulate sleep cycles, while ashwagandha—an ancient Ayurvedic herb—has gained popularity for its stress-relieving properties.

But what happens when these two supplements are taken together? While some users report enhanced benefits, experts caution that scientific evidence supporting their combined use remains limited.

Melatonin supplements are well-established for addressing insomnia and jet lag by helping reset the body's circadian rhythm. Studies confirm that melatonin can shorten the time it takes to fall asleep, particularly in individuals with disrupted sleep patterns. Meanwhile, ashwagandha has been used for centuries in traditional medicine to combat stress and anxiety. Emerging research suggests it may also indirectly improve sleep by reducing cortisol levels, the body's primary stress hormone....<<<Read More>>>....

Being In The Moment

 

Left-wing ideology is being encoded into AI systems to censor “wrongthink”

 The “AI safety” movement, led by companies like Anthropic, is not about preventing runaway superintelligence but rather about controlling thought and narrative.

Anthropic’s content moderation system filters out inquiries and commands that challenge certain political ideologies, such as climate change, gender identity and election integrity.

The movement’s goal is to create an infrastructure for automated censorship, where AI systems parrot the “right” opinions and associate with the “right” kind of people, rather than allowing users to explore ideas and have honest discussions.

In 2021, a group of researchers dramatically departed OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. Led by Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s former vice president of research, they cited deep concerns about “AI safety.” The company was moving too fast, they warned, prioritising commercial interests over humanity’s future. The risks were said to be existential. These Effective Altruists were going to do things the right way.

Their solution? Start a new company called Anthropic, premised on building AI “the right way” with “safety” (that word will become a recurring theme), and “proper guardrails.” They initially raised hundreds of millions (today, that number is in the tens of billions) from investors who bought the pitch: we’re the good guys preventing runaway artificial general intelligence (“AGI”).

Noble, right? Except these supposed guardrails against AGI have become pretty much impossible to quantify. What we do have is an incredibly sophisticated content moderation system that filters inquiries and commands through a Silicon Valley thought bubble. It doesn’t seem like they’re trying to prevent AGI from destroying humanity, but instead, to prevent you from challenging the core tenets of their political philosophy....<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #975

 

Labour Has Been Bitten By its Own “Monster of Mass Harvesting Muslim Votes”, Says Badenoch

Labour has been bitten by its own “monster of harvesting Muslim community bloc votes” in last night’s by-election, Kemi Badenoch said today following the shock Green victory in a campaign blighted by sectarianism. The Mail has more.

The Tory leader lashed out at beleaguered Keir Starmer amid a growing row over claims of coercive “family voting” in Gorton and Denton raised by independent observers of the shock Green victory.

Nigel Farage lashed out at “cheating” and Reform’s candidate Matt Goodwin blasted “dangerous Muslim sectarianism” in the wake of his crushing defeat after Democracy Volunteers said there were potential breaches of electoral law.

‘Family voting’ is where a voter is accompanied by another person, often a relative, into or near polling booths with the intention of influencing their vote.

Tougher legislation, known as the Ballot Secrecy Act, was introduced in 2023 in a bid to clamp down on the practice. That made clear it was an offence.

There were growing calls today for the Electoral Commission and the police to get involved in examining the claims.

In a lengthy statement issued this morning, Badenoch lashed out at all three parties who led the voting in Gorton, where the Tories came a distant fourth.

Addressing Sir Keir’s splintering party she said: “Labour created the monster of harvesting Muslim community bloc votes and yesterday that monster came back to bite them.

“As I have said many times before we are a multi-racial country, not a multicultural country.”

After a campaign in which Labour, Reform and the Greens were accused of fighting dirty she added: “If you stir up grievance politics between groups based on religion or race… you start to unravel the culture of tolerance that makes Britain great.”...<<<Read More>>>...

Quote for the Day

 

UFO Anomalies Spike on Nuclear Test Days, Study Finds

A groundbreaking preprint study from astronomers Beatriz Villarroel and colleagues has uncovered a strange and potentially historic link between unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) and humanity’s most destructive technological moments: nuclear bomb testing

Using decades-old astronomical data from the POSS-I sky survey and the VASCO project, the team scanned hundreds of thousands of photographic plates for transient light events—bright flashes in the sky that appear once and vanish, with no apparent natural or known technological cause. On most nights, these events were sparse. But on days aligned with known above-ground nuclear tests, the numbers skyrocketed.

“One particular day saw an incredible 4,528 transient detections across the night sky,” the researchers note in the preprint report.

While no definitive claim of “extraterrestrial craft” is made, the statistical anomaly is striking—and has fueled speculation in the UFO community that advanced, unknown observers may be monitoring humanity’s nuclear experimentation....<<<Read More>>>...

THREE YEARS OF HELL And Forgotten Catastrophe: Lost Cities And A BURIED EMPIRE

 

Government Claims Cost of Electricity is Falling. It’s Not

 Typical household energy bills will fall by 7% in April, regulator Ofgem has announced, following a shake-up in charges by the Government.

Nearly everyone in England, Wales and Scotland will benefit from a cut irrespective of their tariff, although the amounts will vary between households.

For millions of households on variable tariffs governed by the price cap, the drop will be about £10 a month for those using a typical amount of gas and electricity.

However, prices are still about a third higher than before the war in Ukraine, debts have ballooned, and billpayers are being urged to shop around for further savings.

The 7% fall in the price cap is the biggest drop since last summer. While the Government promised a £150 a year reduction in April, the cost of running the energy network is up, leading to a lesser saving of £117 for a household using a typical amount of energy.

The BBC is being particularly dishonest when it says “prices are still about a third higher than before the war in Ukraine”. The clear intention is to portray the Ukraine war as still keeping gas prices elevated. The figures show this to be false.

Firstly, energy prices were extremely low in 2020-21 because the pandemic lockdowns reduced demand....<<<Read More>>>....

Food for Thought #974

 

From ancient remedy to modern marvel: The science behind ginger’s healing power

 Daily ginger consumption, particularly as tea, is linked to reduced risk of hypertension and coronary heart disease.

Ginger is a potent, research-backed remedy for nausea from pregnancy, chemotherapy and motion sickness.

Its anti-inflammatory compounds can effectively relieve pain from arthritis, menstrual cramps and other conditions.

Ginger aids digestion by speeding gastric emptying and reducing bloating and fermentation.

While safe for most, ginger can thin blood, requiring caution for those on anticoagulants.

For centuries, ginger has been a cornerstone of traditional medicine cabinets, prized for settling queasy stomachs and soothing aches. Today, a growing body of rigorous scientific research is not only validating these ancient uses but also uncovering profound new benefits, positioning this humble root as a powerful ally against chronic disease. From reducing the risk of heart conditions to rivaling modern medications for pain and nausea, ginger is undergoing a renaissance, backed by clinical trials and large-scale studies that confirm its status as a formidable functional food....<<<Read More>>>...

Where Do Your Thoughts Come From?

 

WEF President resigns over ties to Epstein

 Børge Brende, president and CEO of the World Economic Forum, has resigned following an independent review into his ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

He is the latest in a string of high-profile figures to feel the consequences of their association with Epstein.

Børge Brende has been the President of the World Economic Forum (“WEF”) since 2017. In May 2024, he succeeded Klaus Schwab as chair and managing director of the managing board. Brende is also a member of the Bilderberg Steering Committee.

The decision for Brende to resign from his roles at WEF was announced today. It comes after US Justice Department documents revealed that Brende attended three business dinners with Epstein in 2018 and 2019 and exchanged emails and text messages with him, years after Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute.

Brende, a former Norwegian foreign minister, claimed he was “completely unaware of Epstein’s past and criminal activities.” However, previous claims he has made have been proved untrue. He had, as recently as November 2025, denied knowing Epstein, Business Insider said...<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #973

 

NCI studying ivermectin's 'ability to kill cancer cells'

The National Cancer Institute (NCI), the federal research agency charged with leading the war against the nation's second-largest killer, is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to its top official.

"There are enough reports of it, enough interest in it, that we actually did -- ivermectin, in particular -- engage in sort of a better preclinical study of its properties and its ability to kill cancer cells," said Anthony Letai, MD, PhD, who was appointed NCI director by the Trump administration in September.

Letai did not cite new evidence that might have prompted the institute to research the effectiveness of the antiparasitic drug against cancer. The drug, largely used to treat people or animals for infections caused by parasites, is a popular dewormer for horses.

"We'll probably have those results in a few months," Letai said. "So we are taking it seriously."

He spoke about ivermectin at a Jan. 30 event, "Reclaiming Science: The People's NIH," with National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, and other senior agency officials at Washington, D.C.'s Willard Hotel. The MAHA Institute hosted the discussion, framed by the "Make America Healthy Again" agenda of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The National Cancer Institute is the largest of the NIH's 27 branches....<<<Read More>>>...

Quote for the Day

 

The Age of Ignorance is Over: How Decentralized AI Places All Human Knowledge at Your Fingertips

 For centuries, humanity has been trapped in an Age of Ignorance. Knowledge was expensive, controlled, and carefully rationed by gatekeepers in publishing, academia, and government. To learn anything of substance required access to elite institutions, costly textbooks, or the permission of those who curated the official narrative. That era is now definitively over. The advent of decentralized artificial intelligence has ended it by placing the power of cognition, creation, and deep research directly into the hands of every individual with an internet connection.

Platforms like BrightLearn.ai are the vanguard of this revolution, demonstrating the sheer scale of the shift. In less than 45 days, its book creation engine enabled nearly 6,000 authors to publish over 20,000 free books, surpassing the annual output of traditional giants like Penguin Random House. As tech innovator Salim Ismail declared, this platform has 'reduced the cost of knowledge to zero.' This is not merely a technological upgrade; it is a profound philosophical and social rupture that transfers power from centralized institutions to sovereign individuals

The centralized control over publishing, film, and content creation has been shattered. Where once a handful of corporate gatekeepers decided what books were worthy of print or what ideas were fit for public consumption, AI tools now allow anyone to produce professional-grade books, videos, and research reports through simple prompts. This is a transfer of power as significant as the invention of the printing press, but operating at the speed of light and at near-zero cost.

The outcry from media conglomerates and bestselling authors, accusing AI of 'theft' for training on copyrighted works, reveals their fundamental misunderstanding. As one analysis notes, this argument is 'hypocritical nonsense' because every human mind is 'trained' on a lifetime of copyrighted materials. Our thoughts and creations are inherently derivative, and AI operates on the same cognitive principle. The real fear is not theft, but obsolescence. The gatekeepers are losing their monopoly on the means of cultural production....<<<Read More>>>...

A Case of Fake Memory Syndrome?

 

The BBC Doesn’t Want to Hear About Anti-White Discrimination

 Should the Equality Act 2010 be scrapped? Last week, Reform UK set the cat among the pigeons in the Leftie Blob by pledging to do just that. Suella Braverman, Reform’s new Shadow Education and Skills Secretary, said Britain is being “ripped apart by diversity, equality and inclusion” and promised to “build a country defined by meritocracy not tokenism”. Readers will not be surprised to hear that I heartily agree, and I set out some reasons why in the Spectator:

For one thing, it has encouraged untold vexatious complaints in the workplace. A recent report by Don’t Divide Us found a seven-fold increase in employment discrimination claims around race between 2016-17 to 2023-24, despite just 5% of claims being successful over the whole period. The Act’s focus on personal identity and victimhood encouraged a grievance culture, it found, which far from easing racial tensions was only exacerbating them further.

In particular, it is the Act’s Public Sector Equality Duty and “positive action” wheezes which have made it a vehicle for systematic discrimination against less politically favoured groups – whites and men. While the Act outlaws ‘positive discrimination’, where minorities are explicitly hired preferentially, it doesn’t outlaw “positive action”, where minority groups get special outreach programmes, which we’re supposed to think is fair and unobjectionable. But as those would-be airmen know, this is really a distinction without a difference. If you’re giving a leg-up to some groups to increase ‘diversity’, you’re not giving them to others. “Institutions should be held accountable for treating people fairly rather than hitting artificial demographic targets’” says James Orr, Reform’s new head of policy....<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #972

 

Wes Streeting is turning the health service into a Jobcentre

 Sounds like part of the planned social credit system pantomime to me. 

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In the UK, Jobcentre Plus is a UK government service under the Department for Work and Pensions (“DWP”) that helps people find work, claim benefits and access training. It was formed when the Employment Service merged with the Benefits Agency and was renamed Jobcentre Plus in 2002.

Now, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced that the NHS will take on some of the responsibilities of Jobcentres.

Streeting has announced that the NHS in England will be set targets for getting people back to work. The plan is to link patient data to employment status and benefits claims, with the stated aim of assessing how much the health service boosts the economy.

Government ministers hope to use the NHS to address the issue of 9 million unemployed people of working age, of whom 2.8 million are long-term sick, 700,000 above pre-covid levels. Spending on incapacity and sickness benefits has also been rising; sickness benefits are projected to exceed £100 billion by the end of the decade and the government is seeking to reduce sickness spending and keep people in work....<<<Read More>>>...

The Divine Light Invocation

 

UAPs: Exotic or Mundane?

 The opportunity to encounter exotic phenomena makes life thrilling. In contrast, the boring routine is to meet the mundane. We crave for the exotic over the mundane. Because of this tendency, Richard Feynman warned: “We must be careful not to believe things simply because we want them to be true. No one can fool you as easily as you can fool yourself.” This pearl of wisdom cautions not to get carried away with the interpretation of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)....<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #971

 

From chamomile to coffee: The science-backed drinks that could transform your health

 Everyday beverages like coffee and herbal teas offer science-backed health benefits.

Herbal teas such as chamomile provide immune support and improve sleep quality.

Ginger tea fights inflammation and aids digestion and nausea.

Hibiscus tea can help lower blood pressure and bad cholesterol.

Functional drinks with turmeric or tart cherry juice offer anti-inflammatory support.

As synthetic pharmaceuticals and questionable additives keep dominating modern life, a quiet revolution is brewing in mugs and glasses across the country. The most powerful remedies for everything from sleeplessness to chronic inflammation may not be found on a drugstore shelf, but in the timeless wisdom of herbal traditions and the simple, potent ingredients already in your pantry. From a humble cup of chamomile tea to the vibrant kick of a ginger-turmeric shot, everyday beverages are being recognized not just for comfort, but for their profound, science-backed health benefits. This is not a trend; it is a return to the foundational principles of wellness that have sustained cultures for millennia.

The evidence is clear and growing. Research consistently shows that what we drink can dramatically alter our health trajectory. Consider the daily coffee ritual, often unfairly maligned. Modern science reveals that enjoying 3 to 4 cups a day is linked to a lower risk of chronic disease and supports a longer life. The crucial caveat, experts note, is to skip the sugary add-ins that can cancel out these benefits. This is a prime example of how a universal habit, when practiced purely, transforms into a powerful wellness strategy....<<<Read More>>>...

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GLASTONBURY ABBEY TARTARIAN RUINS

 

Let Boys Experiment and Wear Dresses in School, Says Education Secretary

 From the ridiculous to the sublime in the pantomime! How much longer before the sleeping sheep finally wake up? 

How much more crazy has it to go before the BBC loving armchair zombie realises something is not right?

 How much more pantomime craziness will it take for the brainwashed homo sheepie to break out of its slumbers and awaken?

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Boys should be allowed to experiment and wear dresses at primary school, the Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has said. The Telegraph has the story.

The Education Secretary urged schools not to “come down too hard” on children who believe they may be transgender.

Guidance published by Phillipson earlier this month allows primary school pupils to change their gender at school as long as teachers consult parents.

The advice states that before allowing a child to transition socially, schools must consider any clinical advice the family has received, and speak to the parents or guardians unless there is a genuine safeguarding reason not to.

On Tuesday, Phillipson was asked during a phone-in with LBC’s Nick Ferrari about the new guidance and how “broad” the role of school staff had now become.

She replied: “I agree with that. I want teachers to focus on what matters most, which is raising standards, supporting children and delivering a brilliant education. I think Jo [the caller] was asking about guidance that was around gender-questioning children.”

Asked by Ferrari whether she was comfortable with a five year-old boy wanting to be referred to by a girl’s name, Phillipson responded: “We’ve been clear that in primary schools, we need to tread with a lot of care.”

Told that she had avoided the question, she said: “This was usually where it involves a parent’s decision to support their child in that way.”

Phillipson was then asked whether someone aged five could know if they wanted to be a man or a woman.

She replied: “This was part of what, actually, Hilary Cass said in her review, that in allowing children just to consider who they are, to behave in ways that might not be aligned with their sex, their gender. … If a boy wants to wear dresses, we should just, if we allow that to work. …<<<Read More>>>...

"The Hacking Of The Human Computer By The Archonic Force Trojan Virus"

 

What social credit means to you and how it will change your life

 Social credit is a scheme designed to enable governments to control their citizens, and it is being implemented globally, with China being a prime example.

The system is being implemented Politicians, journalists, social scientists, masochists and communists talk about social credit as if it were a “good thing.”

“I don’t know what all the fuss is about,” said one. “It won’t be so bad. In fact, if you behave yourself, it will be a good thing.”

A programme promoting social credit on NBC News in the US stated that social credit pushes people to become better citizens. “You’re not going to be punished if you haven’t done anything wrong,” they said, ignoring the fact that it is the Government which decides the definition of wrong.

Well, if you are a fan of totalitarianism or communism, then I suppose social credit is a good thing.

However, there is no escaping the fact that social credit is a scheme designed to enable governments to control their citizens. Every new law and rule ties into the social credit system, which is now clearly the way in which the Great Reset will be turned into a practical reality. It is government policy everywhere to exhaust their citizens with a constant barrage of new rules and regulations (which are backed by force and therefore have the power of law).

And although all this may sound like futuristic science fiction, it isn’t. Social credit is here, and it is growing by the minute.

Take a look at precisely how social credit operates in China. various countries, including Holland, Denmark, Ireland, Iran and India. And similar systems are already in place in countries such as the UK, New Zealand, Italy, Ukraine, France, Canada, Austria, Germany, Russia, Zimbabwe and Thailand.

These systems often involve digital IDs, vaccine passports, and tracking of citizens’ behaviour. The goal is to control behaviour and replace democracy with artificial intelligence-driven decision-making. It is all part of The Great Reset....<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #970

 

The Official End of Freedom of Speech

 The right to freedom of expression, enshrined in the Constitution, has been trampled on for several years. Now this illegal practice is to be officially legalized.

Recently, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, Irene Khan, traveled through Germany for about two weeks. During her winter tour, she first met with representatives of the federal government, the German states, and the highest constitutional judges in Karlsruhe. Ms. Khan had been invited by the federal government, presumably in the hope that she would give the government a glowing report. However, Ms. Khan also spoke with ordinary citizens and representatives of German human rights organizations. And Ms. Khan by no means delivered the hoped-for clean bill of health for the German government’s flawless human rights policy. On the contrary, the former director of Amnesty International reported a climate of intimidation and fear in Germany.

The German government justified the far-reaching restrictions on freedom of expression to the UN envoy by citing the increasing brutality and polarization spreading among the population through so-called social media. This is undoubtedly a major problem that should fill us all with great concern. The internet makes it possible to hurl insults at someone under the cloak of anonymity that one would never dare to utter in a face-to-face encounter. However, the German government and the agencies under its authority are very selective in their perception of what could undermine social peace. The German government repeatedly and more or less cleverly links the fight against hate speech to its own geopolitical agenda. To be clear: those who do not participate in the German government’s moral and mental campaign against Russia, China, and the Palestinians are preferentially targeted in the official fight against hate speech.

Understandably, Ms. Khan has to couch this fact in diplomatic restraint when she states:

“While the government has rightly taken these threats seriously, it has relied increasingly on security-oriented approaches to address them. Many of these measures – ranging from heightened protection of officials who are confronted with public criticism to blanket bans on slogans related to pro-Palestinian protests and surveillance of organizations on vague, undefined rounds of ‘extremism’– are inconsistent with international human rights standards. They have generated uncertainty as to the line between protected and prohibited speech, and encourage stigmatization and self-censorship.”...<<<Read More>>>....

Thunder - Low Life In High Places

 

Dale Vince Slams Heat Pumps as Overhyped and Mis-Sold

In comments sure to rile Ed Miliband, green energy tycoon Dale Vince, speaking to the Telegraph’s Alex Marsh, says heat pumps are overhyped and mis-sold, warning that Labour’s Warm Homes Plan could leave the country’s poor out in the cold. Here’s an excerpt:

“I’ve been using heat pumps for 20 years,” he says. “I know what they can and can’t do. The idea that you can get your bills down is going to be a very rare case.”

As one of Britain’s foremost green energy tycoons, Vince’s cynicism is striking. His declaration that heat pumps have been “mis-sold” has made national headlines at a time when Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary, is heavily pushing them – not least because Vince has donated around £5 million to Labour.

Miliband’s latest green energy announcement, the Warm Homes Plan, sets aside £2.7 billion to fund heat pump grants worth £7,500 each, with a target to hit 450,000 installations a year by 2030.

Heat pumps warm homes by drawing air from the outside, and are considered a low-carbon alternative to a boiler as they run on electricity rather than gas.

Yet many – including Vince – are doubtful that the economics of installing a heat pump stack up at a time when Britain’s electricity costs remain among the highest in the world.

“Gas is a quarter of the price of electricity so a heat pump has a monumental task ahead of it just to keep bills the same,” Vince says.

To prove cost-effective, a heat pump needs a coefficient of performance – the measure of how much heat is produced per unit of electricity used – of four. According to a Government-funded report published at the end of 2024, the average is around 2.8, which Vince says would push an energy bill up by 30%.

Telegraph analysis has found it costs £80 a year more to keep a home warm with a heat pump than a gas boiler in Britain. Research by the Green Britain Foundation, a charity founded by Vince, revealed that two-thirds of heat pump owners find that their home is now more expensive to heat than under their old heating system....<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #969

 

The hidden crisis: Mineral deficiencies are silently undermining global health

 Despite food abundance, 25% of the global population suffers from mineral deficiencies due to soil depletion, processed foods and poor absorption. Essential minerals (calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron, etc.) are vanishing from diets, fueling chronic diseases and metabolic dysfunction.

Modern farming prioritizes yield over nutrition, causing 27% drop in calcium and 37% drop in iron in vegetables since the 1990s. Pesticides, synthetic fertilizers and over-farming degrade soil, reducing mineral content even in organic produce.

Critical minerals and their roles: calcium (bone health), magnesium (600+ enzymatic reactions), zinc (immune defense), iron (oxygen transport), selenium (thyroid function), copper (brain health), potassium (heart function), sodium (electrolyte balance). Absorption issues worsen deficiencies, especially for vegans (zinc) and those with digestive disorders.

Food alone can't compensate for depleted soils – high-quality, third-party tested supplements are increasingly needed. Soaking/sprouting grains and legumes enhances mineral absorption naturally.

Shift to organic, diverse diets support regenerative farming and local produce. Reject reliance on industrial agriculture – revive traditional nutrient-dense eating and supplementation strategies.

In an era of unprecedented food abundance, billions of people worldwide suffer from a silent epidemic: mineral deficiencies. Despite modern agricultural advancements, studies reveal that essential minerals—critical for bone health, immune function and even mental well-being—are vanishing from our diets at an alarming rate. Soil depletion, processed foods and poor absorption have left roughly 25% of the global population deficient in vital nutrients, fueling chronic diseases and metabolic dysfunction.

From calcium's role in bone density to zinc's immune-boosting properties, minerals form the foundation of human health. Yet, as industrial farming strips nutrients from the soil and ultra-processed foods dominate diets, experts warn that supplementation may no longer be optional—but a necessity for survival....<<<Read More>>>...

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URAMBI HILLS CANBERRA

 

Are Governments across the “Five Eyes” using Hypnosis against Citizens?

 Early on in his January 6th speech commemorating the supposed “insurrection” in the US capitol, President Joe Biden made the following remarks:

“The Bible tells us that we shall know the truth and the truth shall make us free. We shall know the truth. Close your eyes. Go back to that day. What do you see? Rioters rampaging, waving for the first time inside this Capitol, the confederate flag that symbolized the cause to destroy America, to rip us apart. Even during the Civil War, that never, ever happened. But it happened here in 2021.” – President Joe Biden, January 6th, 2022

Despite the appearance of a seemingly simple set of vague but violent platitudes, in the few brief sentences above and those that follow we can identify the use of various subtle but very targeted behavioral science and Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) techniques. These include “re-framing,” hypnotic “trance-formations,” “priming,” “anchors,” and “visualizations.” However, this example is no exception.

As has been extensively demonstrated and documented, under the auspices of their COVID-19 pandemic response, governments and senior public policy makers across the “Five Eyes” have been making aggressive use of NLP, hypnosis, and “behavioral nudging” in all their public messaging. Using the latest insights from the fields of social psychology and behavioural science, governments and policy makers over the last two have run a series of public messaging campaigns designed to drastically change the thoughts and behaviors of citizens without their conscious knowledge or consent. This was done through the targeting of what behavioral scientists and social engineers call “automatic motivations” i.e. the unconscious mind....<<<Read More>>>...

The Giants in 19th Century Photographs — And Why They Suddenly Disappeared

 

Food for Thought #968

 

Alternative non-carbon life forms in the universe

 Silicon life forms may well have existed on the earth plane prior to the dominance of carbon based life forms. 

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Life as we know it on Earth is based on carbon, a versatile element that can form complex molecules with various other elements. Carbon is also abundant in the universe, and it is compatible with water, the solvent that enables many biochemical reactions.

However, carbon is not the only element that could potentially support life. Scientists have speculated about alternative biochemistries that could exist in different environments, using different elements and solvents.

One of the most popular candidates for an alternative element is silicon, which belongs to the same group as carbon on the periodic table and has four valence electrons. Silicon can form long chains and rings like carbon, but it is less stable and more reactive.

Silicon also tends to form strong bonds with oxygen, resulting in silicates and silica, which are rigid and crystalline structures that are not conducive to life....<<<Read More>>>...

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Escape Zone: The ultimate survival guide against EMFs, surveillance and the hidden dangers of 5G

 "Escape Zone" argues that chronic exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from cell phones, Wi-Fi and smart meters causes oxidative stress ("biological rusting"), damaging DNA, disrupting mitochondria and contributing to conditions like infertility, neurodegenerative diseases, and electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS).

Safety guidelines (FCC, ICNIRP) are criticized for ignoring non-thermal biological effects, relying on outdated science. The telecom industry allegedly manipulates regulators, delaying stricter standards despite the WHO's 2011 classification of RF radiation as a possible carcinogen.

The book recommends Faraday cages (e.g., shielded bags, clothing) to block EMFs, alongside EMF-blocking paints and grounding mats. It also promotes ballistic-protection gear for dual safety against surveillance and physical threats. It further advises Faraday storage for electronics, backup power/fuel stockpiles and home EMF audits to mitigate risks from EMPs (solar or man-made) and chronic exposure.

The book links EMF protection to broader off-grid resilience—organic gardening, natural medicine and reducing dependence on centralized systems—citing case studies of improved health after minimizing EMF exposure.

In a new book that reads at times like a survivalist manifesto and at others like a medical textbook, the authors of "Escape Zone: The Ultimate Guide to EMF Protection, Ballistic Safety, and Off-Grid Survival" argue that modern life is besieging the human body with invisible forces that government regulators have failed to address. Published amid escalating deployment of 5G networks and rising interest in self-reliant living, the guide seeks to educate readers on the dangers of electromagnetic fields and offer practical solutions for shielding themselves and their families.

The book's central thesis is that chronic exposure to electromagnetic fields — emitted by cell phones, Wi-Fi routers, smart meters and household wiring — is not benign. The authors distinguish between ionizing radiation, which is known to cause cancer and the non-ionizing radiation of everyday EMFs, but argue that the latter can still inflict biological harm through mechanisms like oxidative stress, a process they compare to "biological rusting." ...<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #967

 

The Nutty £4 Billion Scheme to Pipe Carbon Dioxide 120 Miles That Risks Asphyxiating Those in its Path

 Only a complete eco-nutter would want to compress carbon dioxide to dangerous asphyxiating levels and then run it through a three foot-wide near-surface metal pipe costing at least half a billion pounds, along a 120-mile path near human conurbations strewn with subsidence-causing, uncharted, ancient mines. 

At a hopefully intact end, the highly pressurised CO₂ is then tipped into a former gas hole in the Irish Sea where over time it is likely to escape as the numerous mining caps start to fail. Add in another £4 billion for the whole pointless and potentially dangerous carbon capture project, and it is all in a day’s spending for the Miliband-led lunatics. Small change, of course, for the lying (‘wind is cheaper than gas’), dishonest (‘grid will be 95% renewables in 46 months’ time’) freaks involved in a political attempt to wreck the British economy on the pretext that ‘settled’ science says we should all freak out about the gas of life.

The Peak Cluster CO₂ pipeline is in early planning and public consultation stages, and it aims to take the gas from four cement and lime factories in Derbyshire and Staffordshire. It will run through Staffordshire, Cheshire and the Wirral and connect to an offshore storage site in depleted gas reserves under Morecambe Bay. The pipeline is said to be the world’s largest cement decarbonisation initiative, capturing three million tonnes of CO₂ a year. This amounts to just 0.00008% of global emissions, or if you prefer fractions, 1/1,266,667. The effect on any global temperature movement can fairly be said to be unmeasurable. In total, the sinister, hard-Left Net Zero minister Miliband plans to spend over £20 billion of borrowed state money to capture equally miniscule amounts of CO₂ in a number of other sites over the next 20 years.

But at least impoverished UK taxpayers can sleep easy in their beds knowing they are leading the world in exciting new green technologies....<<<Read More>>>...

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Turn off the TV – Neuro-linguistic programming has been used against populations in many countries and the UK could be in the driver’s seat

 There is a famous example of Derren Brown using neuro-linguistic programming (“NLP”) to influence Simon Pegg’s selection of a gift. Brown is a well-known British illusionist, mentalist, hypnotherapist and author.

Based on the scenario – “Imagine instead of trying to work out what your complicated friend wants for her birthday, you could just go out, buy whatever you like and then convince her that’s what she wants, life would be much easier” – Brown demonstrates conversational hypnosis using techniques such as anchoring, visual cues, suggestion and replacement.

As a technology, NLP has an amazing track record for instigating fast and efficient change in individuals and groups. If you ask 10 people, you’ll get 10 different answers but when you get to the crux: NLP is a covert form of direct hypnosis. As with all things, NLP can be used for good or it can be used for bad. It depends on the intent of those using it. The nefarious use of NLP techniques, the dark side of NLP, can in all probability be used both for mind-control and brainwashing.

Hypnotherapists have been noticing blatant hypnosis and NLP techniques being used by the UK government and state-controlled / legacy media during the “pandemic”. Miss Anthropist 2.0 sums up these techniques in a twitter thread:

“Fractionation. You get them to do something not once, but again and again, increasing the level of intensity each time. Usually you do this 3 times (note: we’ve had 3 lockdowns). This increases compliance – you’re much more likely to get them to do whatever you want.

“A ‘Yes’ set. Get them to say ‘Yes’ to something small at first (2 weeks to “flatten the curve”) then gradually increase (months of lockdown, Christmas cancelled, socially/economically coerced into vaccines). In this way they’re much more likely to keep saying yes.

“Confusion. Keep them in a constant state of uncertainty. The conscious mind responds by ‘going offline’ as it searches for the appropriate response for something it has no precedent for. Then it’s much easier for the manipulator to gain access to the unconscious mind and change belief systems. For example, lockdown rules are changing on practically a day-to-day basis; we’re living in a world we’ve never lived in before, everyone’s stumbling about with no idea how to behave. We’ve no energy left to fight our oppressors.

“Repetition. Repeat the same information over and over.

“Illusion of Choice. Make them believe they’re in control by giving them 2 choices, both of which lead to the same result. For example, ‘Do you want the Pfizer or the Oxford?’ or ‘You can choose to be good or bad. Bad = more lockdown. Good = more lockdown.’

“Social Proof. Images and videos of film and TV stars, musicians and sportsmen and women receiving their jab. “Look, all these great celebrities are backing it!”

“Scarcity. “You’ll have to wait your turn for the vaccine… we might be running out!”, to create a surge in people booking in for their jab, thus increasing uptake.”...<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #966

 

Choose Love

 Love is often presented as the opposite of fear, but true love is not the opposite of anything. True love is far more powerful than any negative emotions, as it is the environment in which all things arise. Negative emotions are like sharks swimming in the ocean of love. All things beautiful and fearful, ugly and kind, powerful and small, come into existence, do their thing, and disappear within the context of this great ocean. At the same time, they are made of the very love in which they swim and can never be separated. We are made of this love and live our whole lives at one with it, whether we know it or not.

It is only the illusion that we are separate from this great love that causes us to believe that choosing anything other than love makes sense or is even possible. In the relative, dualistic world of positive and negative, darkness and light, male and female, we make choices and we learn from them. This is exactly what we are meant to be doing here on Earth. Underlying these relative choices, though, is the choice to be conscious of what we are, which is love, or to be unconscious of it. When we choose to be conscious of it, we choose love. We will still exist in the relative world of opposites and choices and cause and effect, but doing so with an awareness that we are all made of this love will enable us to be more playful, more joyful, more loving and wise.

This world makes it easy to forget this great love, which is part of why we are here. We are here to remember and to choose love. (Daily Om)

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Starmer’s New Cabinet Secretary Made Staff Join Non-Binary Book Club

 Keir Starmer’s new Cabinet Secretary, Dame Antonia Romeo, told a civil servant to join a “gender non-conforming book club” and “challenge the patriarchy” as part of their performance review. The Telegraph has the story.

The new Cabinet Secretary set out plans for the former staff member to spend one day a week on inclusivity programmes when she was head of the Department for International Trade (DIT) from 2017 to 2021.

These included helping to raise “awareness and visibility of non-binary identities” and attending the book club, according to documents reviewed by the Telegraph.

The employee was told to spend up to 20% of their time fulfilling inclusivity goals such as encouraging colleagues to display their preferred pronouns and “recruiting non-binary staff”.

Sir Keir Starmer elevated Dame Antonia to the post of Cabinet Secretary on Thursday, despite a briefing war erupting against her over historic claims of bullying and misuse of public money.

The new allegations will raise fresh questions about her suitability for the role of Britain’s most senior civil servant.

As part of an annual review, she set the employee a target of joining the department’s “gender non-conforming book club”, where government workers supposedly read Middlesex, a 2002 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Jeffrey Eugenides about an intersex American, as well as books about people transitioning gender, the source said....<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #965

 

Weather Wars: The sky is no longer the limit, but a battleground

 The book "Weather Wars: The Hidden Battle for Earth's Skies" traces weather manipulation from ancient practices to modern geoengineering, exposing declassified projects like Project Cirrus (1947) and Operation Popeye—where the U.S. military used cloud seeding to extend monsoons during the Vietnam War. Despite the 1977 ENMOD Treaty banning environmental warfare, loopholes allow covert weather modification to continue.

The High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) in Alaska is officially labeled as atmospheric research but is proven to manipulate weather via ionospheric heating—capable of inducing storms, droughts and even earthquakes. Evidence links HAARP to unnatural hurricane intensification, like Hurricane Otis (2023), which rapidly escalated from a tropical depression to Category 5.

Aircraft routinely spray aluminum, barium and graphene nanoparticles under the guise of "Solar Radiation Management" (SRM). These toxic metals degrade soil and human health while enabling military applications, such as creating conductive plasma layers for electromagnetic warfare.

Engineered weather disasters serve corporate and geopolitical agendas—destroying agriculture to push GMO monopolies (Monsanto/Bayer), disrupting supply chains to trigger financial crises and justifying climate lockdowns under emergency pretexts. The World Economic Forum's "Great Reset" exploits these crises to advance carbon taxes, digital IDs and centralized control.

The book provides actionable solutions, including independent weather monitoring, organic farming, electromagnetic defense (Faraday cages, decentralized grids) and legal action leveraging ENMOD Treaty violations. It's a critical resource for preppers, truth seekers and activists fighting back against geoengineering.

The book "Weather Wars: The Hidden Battle for Earth's Skies" pulls back the curtain on one of the most suppressed and controversial topics of our time: the deliberate manipulation of Earth's climate and weather systems by governments, militaries and corporate elites.

This book is not just an exposé—it's a call to arms, meticulously documenting how weather warfare has evolved from Cold War-era experiments into a full-scale assault on humanity's survival. It begins by tracing the historical roots of weather manipulation, from ancient rain dances to modern-day geoengineering.

The book dismantles the notion that weather control is mere conspiracy theory, presenting declassified documents, patents and whistleblower testimonies proving that governments have actively weaponized the atmosphere for decades. One of the most shocking revelations is Project Cirrus (1947), the first U.S. military attempt to steer hurricanes using silver iodide.

This was followed by Operation Popeye, a Vietnam War-era program where cloud seeding extended monsoons to disrupt enemy supply lines—later exposed by whistleblowers. Despite the 1977 ENMOD Treaty, which ostensibly banned environmental warfare, loopholes allowed for "peaceful" weather modification research—leading to today's covert operations. ...<<<Read More>>>....