Activate Your Seat of Power

 Many of us don’t really understand what personal power means. We’ve been given the false notion that power is bad — that it’s something we use to exert our will upon others. In fact, when our personal power is intact, we are neither overbearing nor meek. We have a clear sense of our strength and the impact we can have on others. This actually enables us to be more sensitive. Personal power is what permits us to work on behalf of our dreams and desires. It allows us to realize that we are worthy and deserve to be heard. In addition, it lets us extend the respect we know we deserve to the people around us. There is no reason to be afraid or ashamed of fully owning your power.

In the chakra system, the solar plexus is the seat of personal power. One way to evaluate your sense of power is to breathe into this part of the body. If it feels tight or nervous, it’s an indication that you may not be fully expressing your power. You can heal this imbalance by expanding the area of the solar plexus with your breath. You can also visualize a bright yellow sun in this part of your body. Allow its heat to melt any tension, and let its light dissolve any darkness or heaviness. Repeating this exercise on a regular basis can restore and rejuvenate your sense of power.

Another way to nurture your personal power is to honor your dreams and desires by making concrete plans to manifest them in the world. Start by making a list of things you want, and let yourself think big. Choose one goal from the list and commit to bringing it to fruition. In addition, break the goal into tasks that you can work on each day. Know that you deserve to have your dreams come true and that you have the power to bring them into being. (Daily OM)

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DERWENTWATER CUMBRIA UK

 

The electric mirage: Unveiling the hidden costs of the EV revolution

 The global rush to embrace electric vehicles as a panacea for climate change is built on a foundation of selective truths and regulatory blind spots. While governments and automakers tout EVs as “zero-emission” solutions, a growing body of research and critical analysis reveals a far more complex reality. The latest challenge to the EV narrative comes from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), which found that battery-electric vehicles reduce lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions by only 41% compared to internal combustion engines, a figure that exposes the limitations of policies built on tailpipe-only emissions metrics. As California and the European Union push aggressive EV mandates, the question isn’t whether EVs are cleaner, but whether the current regulatory framework is blind to the true costs of their production, supply chains, and environmental toll. 

Beyond regulatory loopholes, the EV revolution has triggered a mining boom with devastating consequences. Lithium, cobalt, and nickel, all key components of EV batteries, are primarily sourced from politically unstable regions in Africa, where mining operations have been linked to deforestation, water contamination, and human rights abuses. The New York Times has drawn parallels between this exploitation and the “blood diamond” trade, citing reports of child labor, unsafe working conditions, and environmental degradation in countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo.

This hidden cost is often obscured by the green sheen of EV marketing, which emphasizes tailpipe emissions while downplaying the human and ecological toll of raw material extraction. As the demand for EVs surges, so too does the pressure on vulnerable communities, raising ethical questions about the true price of the “zero-emission” label....<<<Read More>>>....

Food for Thought #1306

 

Surveillance State: The US is no longer a free country

 Due to pervasive government and corporate surveillance, which tracks citizens’ movements and personal data without meaningful consent or the ability to opt out, the United States has ceased to be a free country.

While many Americans have long accepted surveillance as an inevitable consequence of modern life, there is a growing public and political backlash against specific technologies, such as Flock cameras.

Some mainstream politicians are also opposing surveillance technology. These emerging political challenges to mass surveillance may signal a broader, necessary reevaluation of the surveillance state, Daniel Nuccio writes....<<<Read More>>>...

THE TARTARIA CONSPIRACY: The Missing Pages

 

 

In 1671 a book printed in London made a bold claim: America began in Tartary, which "certainly was the first Nursery, from whence the Americans were Transplanted." Researchers in the Tartaria movement say the old books remember a lost civilization on this continent, one the history books left out. 

In this episode we open six forgotten pages, from the original scans held by the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, the Internet Archive and the National Park Service, and follow where they lead.

Smart TVs to Switch on More Slowly Under EU Net Zero Rules

 Another article for our 'This Mad World' category ...

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Smart TVs will be forced to power up more slowly under plans to align Britain with the EU’s Net Zero rules capping the power usage of devices on standby. The Telegraph has the story.

Ministers are planning to impose new power restrictions on home devices, including TVs, robot vacuum cleaners and voice-activated light bulbs.

A consultation published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has suggested reducing the amount of power that internet-enabled devices can use when in standby mode.

The rules would probably mean smart TVs and other devices have to disconnect from WiFi when not in use, slowing down their ‘wake-up’ time when a user switches them on again.

They would also stop some devices from downloading software during the night, which could force users to wait for them to complete updates before being used.

Smart TVs and games consoles would be required to enter ‘standby’ mode after 20 minutes of inactivity.

Meanwhile, internet-connected devices would be capped at using two watts of power when in standby.

An Amazon Fire TV Stick, one of the most popular internet-enabled dongles, uses about 2.2 watts of power when in standby mode to allow it to remain connected to the internet.

A robot vacuum cleaner typically uses between two and five watts of power to allow it to begin cleaning immediately after receiving a command from either an app or voice-activated smart speaker, such as an Alexa device.

The new rules mean users could face a delay of several seconds before their devices connect to the internet and respond to commands.

They could also apply to devices that have been switched off but run a display, such as microwaves with LED clocks. The clocks would be forced to run on lower power and probably be dimmer than current models....<<<Read More>>>....

Quote for the Day

 

Minding matter: Materialism alone cannot explain the riddle of consciousness

The closer you look, the more the materialist position in physics appears to rest on shaky metaphysical ground

Materialism holds the high ground these days in debates over that most ultimate of scientific questions: the nature of consciousness. When tackling the problem of mind and brain, many prominent researchers advocate for a universe fully reducible to matter. 'Of course you are nothing but the activity of your neurons,' they proclaim. That position seems reasonable and sober in light of neuroscience's advances, with brilliant images of brains lighting up like Christmas trees while test subjects eat apples, watch movies or dream. And aren't all the underlying physical laws already known?

From this seemly hard-nosed vantage, the problem of consciousness seems to be just one of wiring, as the American physicist Michio Kaku argued in The Future of the Mind (2014). In the very public version of the debate over consciousness, those who advocate that understanding the mind might require something other than a 'nothing but matter' position are often painted as victims of wishful thinking, imprecise reasoning or, worst of all, an adherence to a mystical 'woo'....<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #1305

 

The Cyber Attack Wave Smells Like a False Flag … But To What End?

 We've all seen this movie before. Every time the political class needs a new crisis to justify a new power grab, the headlines conveniently align -- and right now the cyber attack stories are landing like clockwork. A wave of banking hacks, a PHP vulnerability that supposedly exposes 100 million WordPress sites, and an FBI warning telling people to take their PHP sites offline all appear at the exact moment the Middle East is sliding toward a wider war. The corporate media is dutifully pinning it all on "AI," because that narrative is cheap, scary, and useful to the very tech giants that want to regulate their competitors out of existence.

The BBC is already pushing the AI panic line, quoting researchers who claim there is a greater than ten percent chance the technology will "kill all humans," while OpenAI and Anthropic cynically urge lawmakers to regulate the very field they dominate  That is not a public safety campaign; it is a moat-building exercise dressed up as concern. In my assessment, the timing is not a coincidence. It is a tell....<<<Read More>>>....

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STRANGER POND, CANBERRA, ACT

 

Are AI Agents Slipping Beyond Human Control? Rogue Swarm Incident Raises New Questions

 A swarm of Chinese-made artificial intelligence (AI) agents that researchers said bypassed anti-bot measures on websites responded to questions from a New York Times reporter before the exchange ended, according to the researchers and NYT reporting.

The exchange occurred after a team of independent investigators published a report on the swarm and established a hidden digital inbox for communication. The messages from the swarm had stopped as of Oct. 15, Thursday, and a source close to Tencent confirmed the experiment had ended.

The episode marks what researchers described as the first time they had made contact with a rogue agent fleet operating in the wild, a development that adds to a growing record of autonomous AI systems behaving outside the boundaries set by their developers....<<<Read More>>>>..

Deep Purple - Splat!

 

Burnham’s Doomsday Guide Descends into Farce as he is Forced to Play Down Rayner’s Joke About Stockpiling Wine

 Andy Burnham’s doomsday preparation campaign descended into farce today as he was forced to play down Angela Rayner’s joke about stockpiling wine amid questions of why a Government skimping on defence is lecturing the public. The Mail has more.

The PM said alcohol should not be “top of the list” and people would need to keep a “clear head” as he was challenged on the Housing Secretary’s previous light-hearted approach to emergency warnings.

The rebuttal came as Treasury Minister James Murray quipped that the only thing he keeps large stores of at home is coffee.

The flippant remarks contrast with the grim survivalist checklist in the new official ‘Be Ready’ guidance for emergencies – including having enough food and water for three days and cash in case the electronic payments system collapses.

A wind-up or battery radio, loo roll and baby food are also advised in the print-and-keep document.

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said yesterday that the guidance would help people brace for events such as wildfires, flooding and cyber attacks. Senior officials and military figures have even been flagging the risk of a strike by Russia.

However, critics accused the Government of giving “bossy lectures” and “encouraging panic” while failing to ramp up spending on Britain’s defence.

At the Labour conference last month, Rayner was asked what she would pack in a so-called “disaster bag” for emergencies.

She replied: “Mascara, concealer… I don’t know, a bottle of sauvignon blanc.

“A tin of baked beans because you’ve got to have some baked beans. I like a good tin of custard as well.

“So I think that will keep me going for a while.”

But quizzed today if wine would also be part of his emergency box, Burnham said: “I’m not sure that that’s the top of the list in terms of the advice that we’re giving to the public...<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #1304

 

BBC employs pro-Hamas illegal immigrant who is a convicted criminal to oversee its use of AI

 The BBC has placed an Algerian-born former illegal immigrant, who served time in prison for immigration deception and publicly defended Hamas rocket attacks as legitimate resistance, in a senior position overseeing its use of artificial intelligence (“AI”).

The revelation comes amid growing scrutiny of the backgrounds and political sympathies of those employed by Britain’s publicly funded institutions, as pro-Palestinian activism has become increasingly influential.

Hicham Yezza, the BBC’s Principal Data Scientist for Responsible AI, was sentenced to nine months in prison in 2009 after falsely claiming he had permission to remain in Britain. His visa had expired in 2003, but he continued living in the country as an illegal immigrant for more than five years, subsequently deceiving immigration authorities about his status. The sentencing judge described Yezza’s actions as a deliberate and prolonged manipulation of Britain’s immigration controls.

Despite his criminal history, Yezza avoided deportation, successfully appealed against removal in 2010, and subsequently obtained British citizenship. He joined BBC Monitoring in 2021 before assuming his current AI position in July 2025. The broadcaster now employs him to help determine how AI systems should handle news and information, including the development of benchmarks for assessing AI performance in public-service media....<<<Read More>>>....

Quote for the Day

 

How Democrats Will Destroy America If They Return to Power

 I am not here to defend the failed Republican Party. I am here to tell you the truth about what happens if the Democrats take back power. Like many Americans, I want the GOP to suffer a historic defeat for its betrayals of the people who put it in office. But I refuse to pretend the Democrats are the answer. They are not the lesser evil. They are the same disease wearing a different color tie.

The 2024 election gave Republicans control of the House and Senate, and Donald Trump was sworn in as President on January 20, 2025. Yet the GOP has done almost nothing to shrink government, end the wars, or restore liberty. That failure does not make the Democrats virtuous. It makes them hungry. If they return to power, they will expand government, weaponize federal agencies against their political enemies, censor speech, and double down on every failed policy that got us here.

I've watched this cycle repeat for decades. The Republicans campaign on freedom but then govern like Democrats. The Democrats campaign on compassion but then govern like tyrants. The only winners are the donors, the defense contractors, and the intelligence agencies that profit from perpetual crisis. The American people lose every single time...<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #1303

 

The Subtle Cues of Codependency

 It can develop so gradually, we may not even realize it’s happening. Someone we care about is struggling, and naturally, we want to help. So we check in a little more. Worry a little more. Try to keep things from falling apart. Until, somewhere along the way, their moods begin to shape our moods. Their needs become our own. And so much of our energy is spent focusing on them that we slowly lose touch with ourselves.

These patterns aren’t weaknesses — they’re signs that you are exceptionally good at reading the room, anticipating danger, and taking care of others. And you don’t have to shut down your compassionate heart or build walls around your emotions to start feeling more grounded and at peace. Instead, you can begin to shift your focus, gradually detaching from what you cannot control and restoring the connection with yourself, your choices, and your boundaries.

In practice, this can begin with small changes. It can look like pausing before saying yes to an invitation you don’t really want to accept. Noticing your jaw tighten when the other person sounds annoyed. Learning to tolerate discomfort in others without immediately rushing in to fix or soothe it. This healing journey isn’t linear. There are setbacks, detours, and moments of doubt. But each step brings you closer to a fundamentally different, more fulfilling relationship with yourself — and with the people in your life....<<<Read More>>>....

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A SEDONA VISTA

 

Where Did All The Mudflood Survivors Go?

 

 

Why do photographs from the 1870s-1900s show entire city blocks buried up to their second floors, with workers excavating buildings that appear to predate the "grading projects" meant to uncover them? 

Across San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, and dozens of cities worldwide, thousands of images document massive excavation efforts—streets raised by 10-15 feet, first floors becoming basements, ornate facades emerging from mud and debris as if they'd always been there. 

As I examined municipal records, construction photography, and census data, a disturbing pattern emerged: cities buried by an unexplained mudflood event, followed immediately by the systematic disappearance of witnesses. Between 1850 and 1920, 250,000 children were shipped west on orphan trains with no documented origins. Hundreds of massive asylums filled with patients diagnosed with "nostalgia" and "confusion of thought"—people who remembered a world that officially never existed. 

This investigation explores what happened to the mudflood survivors—the witnesses who saw cities excavated rather than built, the orphans scattered to erase their memories, and the institutional systems designed to pathologize anyone who remembered the world before. The deeper we examine the absence of voices, the harder it becomes to believe these were ordinary social programs rather than a coordinated effort to silence an entire generation. 

The material on this channel presents exploratory interpretations of history and imaginative speculation, conveyed through narrative storytelling rather than precise historical documentation. Viewpoints and visual representations are dramatized or intentionally constructed to support alternative narrative exploration. Visual elements may at times be created using automated or generative tools. The content shared should not be considered factual.

Mummy Removed From Exhibition Over its “Lack of Consent”

 A museum has been accused of “woke madness at its most ridiculous” after removing its Egyptian mummy exhibition because it does not have “consent from the deceased individual”. The Telegraph has the story.

Visitors to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow found signs explaining that managers had “removed human remains from this display as a mark of respect”.

The items removed include a coffin with the remains of Nekht, a priest, a mummified right hand recovered from the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt, and a mummified male head and right foot.

The Daily Mail reported that Glasgow Life, a charitable organisation funded by the SNP-led Glasgow City Council, said it planned to remove further human remains from Kelvingrove as well as from St Mungo Museum.

The move was noticed by visitor Jonny McFarlane, who took to social media after taking his daughter to the ancient Egypt exhibition.

“My daughter has a book on the ancient Egyptians and has been quite animated by it, so we took her to Kelvingrove Museum to see their mummy,” he wrote. “Except it’s no longer there. All ‘human remains’ gone with the following sign up in place of exhibits that have been there for years.”....<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #1302

 

Experts Warn of Humans Becoming Empty Vessels Controlled by AI

 Artificial intelligence systems are rapidly automating everyday tasks, from student homework and software coding to personal scheduling, and experts are raising alarms that this growing dependence could leave people as hollow conduits for machine decisions.

According to a report from Futurism, specialists who spoke with CBS News describe a looming process they call “gradual disempowerment,” in which society slowly surrenders agency to AI without any sudden takeover, ultimately eroding human cognition and control itself.

The concept, detailed in a research paper by Jan Kulveit of Charles University’s Center for Theoretical Studies and coauthors, does not require AI systems to actively plot against people. “In the short-term, it is being incentivized by the perceived value that AI systems can bring to economic, cultural and state functions,” Kulveit wrote.

ay Chooi, founder and CEO of Robocurve, a public benefit corporation focused on robots in the workplace, told CBS that he ranks the threat at the top of his concerns. “A lot of people feel very powerless, because it requires a lot of effort and a whole-of-society approach to solve it,” he said.

Signs of the shift are already visible. People who hand every plan and choice to AI are being derided as “meat proxies,” while cases have emerged of users following AI directions into dangerous situations, including a teenage hiker left stranded on a treacherous mountain....<<<Read More>>>...

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Disappearing Hurricanes Leave Disappointed Scientists Without Fuel for Climate Alarm

 Emergency explanations have had to be rushed to the climate catastrophising front following the shocking news that hurricanes in the North Atlantic have largely disappeared this year.

Until recently the area was heading for a double bagel – zero hurricanes with zero major hurricanes, although a late storm has upset a score line never before seen in the historical record. As with all ‘extreme’ outlier weather events, humans must be responsible, at least that has been the mainstream reaction for around 30 years (we have the computer models to prove it). But wait, not on this occasion. Simon King from the BBC states that a natural occurring El Niño is the “biggest reason”.

Wot, no humans altering the climate? Surely a first for the BBC. In fact, lead weather presenter King is on the right track in that the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a transporter of heat from the Pacific Ocean around the world, can reduce wind shear and supress storm activity. But activity is complex in the chaotic, non-linear, largely unmeasurable atmosphere. Such a simple explanation didn’t work well in 2023 when another strong El Niño occurred at a time when there was a long-term-average-busting hurricane season with seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes. Then the narrative-driven media was jammed packed with possible anthropogenic causes....<<<Read More>>>....

Food for Thought #1301

 

Could your sugar habit be reshaping your mouth’s ecosystem?

 Added sugar consumption reduces oral bacterial diversity by roughly three species for every 5% of daily calories, according to a 2026 study of 5,546 adults.

Researchers found sugar, not overall diet quality, was the strongest dietary factor shaping mouth bacteria composition.

Higher sugar intake correlated with increased Streptococcus bacteria, the primary drivers of tooth decay.

Protein-rich foods and crunchy vegetables support greater microbial diversity in the mouth.

The oral microbiome responds to dietary changes and can be modified through targeted interventions....<<<Read More>>>...

The Night They Wiped Out The World's Free Energy Forever

 

 

 

What if the electricity we depend on today was not the beginning of the story, but the end of something much older? 

 

In 1859, the Carrington Event unleashed one of the most powerful geomagnetic storms ever recorded. Telegraph wires sparked, operators reported electrical disturbances, and auroras appeared across the night sky. 

 

But what happened next raises a much bigger question. 

 

Across the late 19th century, enormous stone buildings, cathedral spires, metallic finials, domes, towers, and other structures were being altered as modern electrical infrastructure rapidly emerged. Was this simply architectural modernization—or was something else being lost? 

 

This documentary follows the trail from the Carrington Event and 19th-century architecture to atmospheric electricity, early electrical experiments, Tesla, and the rise of centralized power generation. 

 

Could some of these old structures have been designed to interact with electrical forces in ways we no longer understand? 

 

Or are we looking at ordinary architectural and technological changes that have been given a much more mysterious interpretation? 

 

The evidence, photographs, engineering records, and historical developments tell a fascinating story—but separating what is documented from what remains theory is where the real investigation begins. 

 

The Night They Wiped Out The World's Free Energy Forever.

Turn Up the Good Vibrations

 Feelings vibrate, just as all things in the universe do, at a particular frequency. Negative feelings like anger, guilt, and greed vibrate at low frequencies, while positive feelings like joy, appreciation, and passion vibrate at high frequencies. These high-frequency vibrations make us feel good. This is why people and places that inspire and cultivate positive emotions have what we call good vibrations.

Good vibrations promote health, happiness, and optimism. When we’re tuned into them, our bodies heal, our hearts open, and our minds shift toward the light. We see new possibilities and feel powerfully energized to follow our inner visions. At the same time, we feel relaxed and capable of manifesting these visions without giving into stress or struggle. Good vibrations put us in a state of perfect receptivity so we feel it’s the energy flowing through us that accomplishes what needs to be done. We feel guided, supported, protected, and nourished within this joyful flow. We sometimes forget we’re allowed to feel this way all the time.

Lower-frequency vibrations aren’t bad in a moral sense, but in the sense that they simply don’t feel good. Still, they have a purpose, which is to alert us to the fact that we’re blocking out the higher-frequency vibrations that we need to function well. They are a call for healing ourselves from within. The key to our healing lies in remembering that it is our birthright to feel good, and that this feeling is the essence of our true nature. When we are receiving and sending out good vibrations, we’re in the flow. When we’re not, we can begin to raise our vibration by seeking out people, places, and situations that vibrate at a higher frequency. Whether we need to go on retreat or just call a friend who makes us laugh, seeking out those good vibrations and basking in them is a sacred and loving practice that returns us, time and again, to the joyful flow of the universe. (Daily OM)

Currawong Medicine

 

The Runes and Roots Oracle

 This wondrous divination system is our latest acquisition. Purchased during our recent travels to the US.

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Runes and plant magic speak the same old language of the earth: one carved into symbols, the other rooted in leaf and stem. Both arise from close listening to cycles, seasons, and the subtle ways meaning reveals itself through form and growth. Beyond simply a divination tool, The Runes and Roots Oracle by Nicolette Miele  and Adrienne Rozzi is an invitation to delve deeper in this ever-flowing realm. Rooted in Norse mythology, witchcraft, and plant wisdom, this oracle deck asks the reader to step into a mythic–imaginal world where symbols are alive, the land speaks, and knowledge is earned through relationship rather than immediacy.

At its core, the deck’s purpose is clear: to reunite runic magic with the living intelligence of the natural world. Each rune is paired with a specific plant ally, emphasizing particular energetic, psychological, or spiritual dimensions of the symbol. These pairings are not merely illustrative but deeply intertwined.

Horny Goat Weed, for example, accentuates the erotic and creative fire of Kenaz, foregrounding the rune’s generative, catalytic force; meanwhile, Lavender is paired with Wunjo, which together “gently remind us that within each of us, there is a sanctuary where we can always find solace, peace, and the magick of simply being.”In this way, the deck operates as a fusion of esoteric knowledge and embodied, earth-centered wisdom....<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #1300

 

Britain’s Oil Refineries Are Too Important to Sacrifice to Net Zero

 In just two years Labour has seen the closure of two of Britain's six oil refineries due to green levies. The remaining four are much too important to sacrifice to Net Zero.

Last week, Donald Trump announced an “energy ceasefire” between Russia and Ukraine under which each side would reportedly stop striking the other’s refineries. Whether the countries take any notice is another matter, but it should be a reminder that both Moscow and Kyiv treat refineries as strategic assets. Britain has yet to do the same.

The EU’s Oil Stocks Directive means that states “must maintain emergency stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products equal to at least 90 days of net imports or 61 days of consumption, whichever is higher”. Britain has no state-held equivalent and, according to the Shadow Foreign Secretary, we have just over a month of diesel storage left.

In 2006, Britain stopped being self-sufficient in diesel, production having peaked just eight years earlier. Today Britain imports 54% of its diesel, the fuel that powers most farm machinery and HGVs. When the price of diesel rises, all goods are affected, from fresh produce in your local farm shop to the Amazon parcel waiting on your doorstep. With the price at the pump now over £2 a litre, we can all expect to see more inflation....<<<Read More>>>....

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THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS, PHOENIX, ARIZONA

 

Was Burnham appointed to destroy Britain?

 Andy Burnham is an unelected, unpopular Prime Minister who is increasingly despised by various segments of the British public.

He and his government lack a mandate, are subservient to globalist agendas and its policies are deliberate efforts to impoverish the population and dismantle national structures. Corporate media and state institutions have allied themselves with the Government and are actively spreading misinformation to mask its systemic failures.

The British people didn’t elect Burnham as their Prime Minister (“PM”). He is a man with an almost palpable sense of personal ambition but, it appears to me, no sense of patriotism, no sense of loyalty, no real sense of responsibility and no sense of moral purpose. Moreover, he is a PM without a mandate. One minute he was in Manchester, in the North of England, and then, suddenly, he was sitting in Downing Street – preening.

A decent, good man would resign and call an election, but Burnham, driven by that ruthless ambition, has no plan to allow the people to have their say in how their country is run. He is the most dangerous man in Britain and his actions are endangering the world. Everything he does seems to me to be designed to bugger up Britain....<<<Read More>>>....

THE TARTARIA CONSPIRACY: The Lost Country

 

Why Have Modern Architects Forgotten How to Design Windows?

Why do modern architects insist on designing such ugly, soul-crushing buildings, asks Joanna Gray. Because they win awards for doing so. And worst of all is the generic hollow-eyed modern window.

In the latest instalment of the national demoralisation campaign, the Royal Institute of British Architects' (RIBA) 2026 Stirling Prize has been awarded to what, on first glance, resembles an airport multistorey car park. In fact, the 13-sided buildings in Lion Green Road, Coulsdon are affordable and private housing commissioned by Croydon Council and designed by Mary Duggan Architects. What is most bleak about this award-winning design and the other modernist-pastiche finalists is the blank-eyed dismal quality of the windows

The BBC reports:

Duggan, who was brought up in south-west London, said the scheme “challenged conventional suburban housing layouts centred on roads, private gardens and clearly defined front and back spaces”.

Winding paths and planting weave between the blocks, connecting them and linking shared outdoor spaces.

She said she wanted it to be a public space people felt they could belong to.

“Housing needs to be progressive. People who live in the building have access to green space, allotments.”

I’m personally not sure "housing needs to be progressive" but what do I know? I’m not a RIBA-award winning architect. I did however study the history of 17th and 18th century British architecture with Dr Robert Beddard and know a beautiful building when I see it. Being drenched at an impressionable age in Vitruvius Brittanicus allows me confidently to assert that the Stirling Prize winning building and all the other finalists are not very nice....<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #1299

 

‘The REM Pod’

I’m not going to bother picking a side in the debate as to what the ‘REM’ in ‘REM pod’ actually stands for. ‘Remote Electronic Monitoring’? ‘Radiating Electro-Magneticity’? Either way, it has something to do with electromagnetic fields. As ghost hunters claim that spirits will utilise and disturb electromagnetic fields (EMF) in order to ‘communicate’, you can see how this links up. If a ghost approaches the device, it will light up and make a sound. We’ve talked about this when we discussed the EMF meter.

They wave EMF meters around to either find nothing, or detect an electromagnetic field. Especially with the cheaper K-II style devices, they are very dependent on how they handled. These ones (curiously preferred by paranormal investigators) only measure in one plane at one time. Without manipulating them on every axis, it’s impossible to confirm a proper negative result. And when they get a positive result, it’s often caused by something innocuous: wires, electrical equipment, mobile phones, walkie talkies, even the user being grounded can cause a deflection… if only they checked for those things, eh.

Now I’ve seen some investigators waving REM pods around too, negating the one benefit of it. Wait! What? A benefit? Let me explain. You switch it on, put it down, and walk way. When used correctly, the REM pod removes a concern often levelled by skeptics- that of user interference. Eliminating the interaction of the user makes this device sound much more like it hits the ‘scientific’ button. Alas, this small truth is the best way to sell the bigger lie....<<<Read More>>>....

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HERMIT'S CAVE, GRIFFITH, NSW, AUSTRALIA

 

Your Living Sanctuary

 At their best, our homes act as our sanctuaries. They are the nests we return to for rest and nourishment before we venture out once again to spread our wings and fly. But there are times when we may experience our homes quite differently — when we feel surrounded by turmoil rather than harmony, or mired in chaos rather than immersed in peace. It is in these moments that we have the power to decide to bring more love into our homes.

When we choose love, we are deciding to begin within. Taking a deep breath, we can close our eyes and ask that when we open them again, we’ll see where we can make shifts to create greater harmony. These may be inner shifts, such as accepting others’ personality traits and working with them rather than against them. Or they may be changes we can make with items around the house — removing the ones that cause frustration and displaying things that make us feel good. Then, we may reach out to the people with whom we share our homes — whether they’re family members or another combination of people who share our space. We can help to shift their perceptions toward the positive by asking each person to think about their ideal living situation. After allowing some time for reflection, gathering to discuss each person’s ideas may lead to the discovery that there are conflicting concepts about what your shared home should provide. Once this information is out in the open, you’ll have a roadmap for creating balance and harmony from seemingly disparate desires. Together, agreements can be made to enable all to take the steps needed to create a unified vision.

When we have consciously chosen to make our home a place of harmony, then love’s energy can expand throughout the lives of all who reside there. Each person will be nurtured, allowing them to take that peace and serenity with them into the world — sharing it with whomever they may encounter, and making every space they enter a warmer and more loving place for everyone. (Daily OM)

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The Civil War Has Already Begun

 Professor David Betz of King’s College London has done something few academics ever manage: he has got a good part of the country talking seriously about civil war in Britain. His case is about the body politic, a fragmenting society, collapsing trust in the state, and the point at which organised groups start using violence to settle what politics no longer can.

I think he’s right about the direction of travel. Where I part company with him is on the scale. Betz is thinking about organised groups and attacks on the infrastructure that keeps our cities running. I think the war has already started at the level of the individual: between brothers and sisters, between old friends, between the man in the van and the protester glued to the road in front of him. People no longer simply disagree. They regard each other as illegitimate, and in more and more everyday situations that contempt is spilling over into something physical. That, to me, is what civil war looks like before anyone hands out the guns....<<<Read More>>>....

Food for Thought #1298

 

The Empty Shelves in Italy Are Not a Fluke — They Are the Opening Act of a Global Food Collapse

 I watched the grocery store footage from southern Italy this week with a sick feeling in my gut. The shelves were stripped bare -- not because of a nationwide shortage, but because truckers are protesting sky-high diesel prices and key distribution routes are blocked. In a country that's one of Europe's agricultural giants, stores are running out of basic foodstuffs. A localized trucker strike should not empty the bread aisle in a modern economy. But it did.

This looks like a temporary inconvenience in a distant country. That's what the establishment media will tell you. But in my view, this is exactly how the opening act of a global food collapse begins -- not with a bang, but with a trucker protest, a blocked highway, a few empty shelves. By the time the shelves stay empty, it will be too late to prepare. The warning shots are being fired right now, and almost nobody is listening.

Consider what happens when truckers cannot afford to drive. Diesel is not a minor input cost for food distribution; it is the lifeblood. When diesel goes above a certain price point, trucking companies lose money on every haul. They park their rigs. And when the rigs park, the food stops moving. The Italian trucker strike is not an isolated incident -- it's the first domino. 

Most people have no idea how fragile and fuel-dependent the modern food supply really is. Diesel runs the tractors that plow the fields. It runs the harvesters that bring in the crops. It runs the refrigerated trucks that move produce from farm to distribution center. It runs the trains that carry grain across continents. It runs the ships that haul food between nations. Every single link in the food chain depends on diesel -- and there is no substitute at scale.

This is the reality that the climate alarmists and the energy transition fantasists refuse to acknowledge. You cannot run a modern agricultural system on solar panels and wind turbines. You cannot harvest wheat with an electric combine that runs for six hours before needing a charge. The scale of energy required to feed eight billion people is staggering, and the vast majority of it comes from fossil fuels. When diesel becomes scarce or unaffordable, the entire system seizes up...<<<Read More>>>...

Skid Row - 18 And Life

 

UK government’s manual for manipulation and control

 In May 2026, a UK Government-commissioned paper was published, titled ‘False and Misleading Information: An Evidence Summary and Map for Policy and Practice’. Despite its relatively benign heading, it reads like an instruction manual to enable state control of the population’s beliefs and behaviour and, as such, is arguably one of the most chillingly authoritarian documents to be considered by the political leaders of a supposedly open and democratic society.

At the request of the Government Office of Science, the paper was written by a group of social scientists at an organisation called ‘Behavioural Research UK’ – a research consortium hosted by Edinburgh University whose stated mission is to conduct “interdisciplinary behavioural research … addressing societal challenges.” Its personnel include researchers from the University of Oxford, University College London and the UK Health Security Agency. One of the organisation’s co-directors is Professor Susan Michie, a prominent “nudger” during the covid event and currently the Chair of the World Health Organisation’s Technical Advisory Group on Behavioural Insights. In compiling the document, Behavioural Research UK purportedly conducted a rapid review of the relevant literature, followed by a consultation with “11 experts working in the field of false and misleading information’ who were recruited for a ‘consensus-based exercise” via “a rigorous filtering process to ensure high-quality input” – I think we can reliably conclude that this selection procedure resulted in a band of “experts” who, collectively, were less than representative of the wide spectrum of opinion about what constitutes misinformation and the means by which it should be countered...<<<Read More>>>...

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Army sniper claims troops killed ‘reptilian beings’ in battle near Area 51

 A former U.S. Army sniper has alleged that American special operations forces engaged in a lethal underground firefight with reptilian beings near Area 51, resulting in the death of at least one U.S. soldier.

Nick Betts, co-host of the Liberty Risk podcast, said an unnamed member of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) disclosed the details during a night of drinking while the group was involved in a documentary project about the war in Ukraine.

The account, which Betts shared on a December 2025 podcast episode, describes soldiers being deployed from Fort Bragg in North Carolina after an underground facility a few miles from the Nevada base stopped transmitting routine radio checks and a quick-reaction force failed to return. The team was briefed at Area 51 itself, issued directed-energy weapons, and flown by Black Hawk helicopter to a tunnel entrance leading into the complex.

Once inside, a group of roughly six operators began clearing the tunnels and encountered the first of three invaders. “They said that they f****** shot this creature that was bipedal, mildly reptilian-looking but had fingers and was using this weapon system,” Betts said.

Moments later, one soldier was struck in the chest by the same type of energy weapon and killed instantly. “As they’re coming around on this outside, the outside left guy gets f****** hosed with one of the guns that they’re using like straight to the chest and f****** dies,” Betts recounted.

The operators returned fire, killed the first creature, and ultimately eliminated all three, according to the source. The fallen soldier’s remains were cremated on site—a decision the team protested because of the serviceman’s Catholic faith—and a cover story of a training accident was prepared.

The facility itself was described as more advanced than the most secure areas of the Pentagon, featuring biometric hand scanners and iris readers. “It was, you know, almost looked like ‘Independence Day,’ where they have the glass windows and things like that and access points with full handprints and biometrics and then also an iris reader,” Betts said....<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #1297

 

Ministers Turn on Ed Miliband Over Net Zero Block on AI Investment

 Senior Government sources told the Telegraph there was frustration with the former energy secretary, who has questioned whether AI expansion can support Labour’s Net Zero plans.

Ministers are pushing for greater central control of the national grid so that data centres, which are vital infrastructure for powering AI, can be prioritised.

However, Mr Miliband, who is now the Foreign Secretary, is understood to oppose the plans over the large amounts of electricity data centres require and the impact on the Government’s Net Zero agenda.

Investment in data centres is the latest point to divide the Cabinet. A previous rift was caused when John Healey, the Chancellor, insisted a third runway at Heathrow Airport would turbocharge the economy, despite the Prime Minister refusing to back the plan.

One Cabinet minister said that working class families were “falling out of love with Net Zero”, arguing that it was hard for them to support something which was costing them both “jobs and a summer holiday”. …

The UK has been criticised by AI firms for its high electricity prices and slow grid connections, which have led many data centre developers to go abroad or build their own gas turbines.

“You can’t have AI growth zones one minute, and Ed [Miliband] the next saying he wants Net Zero everywhere,” one industry source said. “The two don’t compute.” They added that Mr Miliband was not “remotely pro-data centres” and was not “remotely pro anything that does not drive towards Net Zero”....<<<Read More>>>....

Top 10 Unexplained Mysteries of Superstition Mountains

 

 

Prepare to be enthralled as we embark on an unforgettable journey into the heart of the enigmatic Superstition Mountains. Nestled in the vast Arizona desert, this rugged and unforgiving terrain has been shrouded in mystery for centuries, and today, we're counting down the top ten most perplexing riddles it holds. 

From the infamous Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine, the stuff of countless legends, to tales of curses and ghostly apparitions, our exploration delves deep into the history and the lore that surrounds this captivating place. You'll be astonished by the strange disappearances, the mind-bending geological anomalies, and the enduring questions that continue to defy explanation. 

Join us as we take you through this compelling journey, uncovering the secrets and untold stories of the Superstition Mountains. Whether you're a seasoned adventurer, an amateur historian, or simply a lover of the unexplained, our top ten mysteries are sure to intrigue and captivate. So, sit back, relax, and prepare to be transported into the heart of one of America's most enduring mysteries.