Many of these philosophers, including Henri Bergson and William James, were interested in what was called “psychical research”. This was the academic study of paranormal phenomena including telepathy, telekinesis and other-worldly spirits....<<<Read More>>>...
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Wednesday, 1 April 2026
How 20th-Century Philosophers Explained Ghosts
Global crackdown on free speech: Digital dictatorship looms as governments jail citizens for “indecent” content
Tech giants (Microsoft, Google) and governments are capturing screenshots, scanning devices and monitoring all digital activity under the guise of AI training—creating a backdoor for total control.
Algorithms now pre-censor "extremist" speech (including criticism of Israel or COVID policies), while identity verification mandates hand personal data to intelligence-linked corporations.
The U.K.'s mandatory conscription proposal and disaster prep warnings signal impending militarization, while the U.S. faces UN/WHO treaties that override sovereignty with digital IDs and medical mandates.
New laws (U.K.'s Online Safety Act, Israel's misinformation penalties) jail truth-tellers, while elites and mainstream media enjoy immunity—proving this is about silencing dissent, not public safety.
In a disturbing escalation of government overreach, nations worldwide are tightening their grip on digital communication, criminalizing dissent and punishing ordinary citizens for sharing information deemed "indecent" or "harmful to public security." Recent cases in Dubai and the U.K. highlight a chilling trend toward digital authoritarianism, where individuals face imprisonment for private messages, photos or even truthful reporting—raising alarms about the rise of a social credit-style surveillance state...<<<Read More>>>...
Energy lockdowns begin
“Energy lockdown” refers to government-enforced or encouraged measures to reduce fuel, gas and electricity consumption in response to “global supply shocks.” The “energy lockdown” trend has gained momentum this month following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to the US-Israel-Iran conflict.
Is it just a coincidence that “energy lockdowns” will achieve what Globalists have been aiming for, for years?
You recall how the covid lockdowns began. It was a soft and slow drumbeat that began in late January 2020, with growing amounts of panic and a faster tempo, increasing for several weeks. The US President and the UK Prime Minister resisted extreme reactions. Most governments did and so did most public health authorities.
The drum pounding became earsplitting in late February. Faced with an incredible barrage, finally Boris Johnson and Donald Trump gave in. They got out in front of the problem and lowered the boom: stay home, essential/unessential, no flights, no parties, stop your consumerist ways. Just sit alone and be sad. Both came to regret this choice, but by then, others were in charge.
The experts and institutions were everywhere, seizing the moment. The CCP, WHO, CDC, Imperial College London, Fauci, Birx, CNN/New York Times/MSNBC, and on it went, everyone telling us the same thing daily. Those who asked questions were shouted down, shamed, throttled, cancelled, deleted. It felt like we were surrounded on all sides by lies and liars, marionettes and mushbrains, sycophants and spooks.
Six years later and nearly to the day, this new attempted lockdown seems to be going the same way, not concerning infectious disease but energy use. Isn’t it remarkable how the officially recommended methods of managing these completely different realms bear so much in common? They both come down to restricting your liberty, rationing your consumption, redirecting your attention and shouting down critics.
The Iran War kicked off the price spike but it was uncanny how a machinery was so quickly put in place to instruct everyone on what to do. The panic about how to respond is intensifying. The crisis is without precedent, they say. We have to try new approaches, dramatic ones.
Suddenly, this institution called the International Energy Agency holds new prominence in the world media. Founded in 1974, it’s an NGO associated with OPEC. It has no hard but only soft power – like the World Health Organisation, with whom the IEA shares a similarly authoritative branding...<<<Read More>>>....
School Lockdown Drills Are Keeping Britain’s Children in Perpetual Terror
The session, delivered simultaneously by subject teachers during period two on a scintillatingly bright Tuesday morning, begins with a tannoy announcement from the Principal. Adopting the calm voice of an aircraft pilot whose plane has hit unexpected turbulence, he reassures students that what follows is a wholly preventative measure and that the need for actual lockdown is vanishingly small. Students’ faces are fixed with wry smiles in a show of performative nonchalance, yet their steely eyes betray an attentiveness I can only dream of in my ordinary lessons. Suddenly, I’m transported back to my own youth in the 1980s, where the threat of nuclear annihilation provided a humming backdrop to video rental stores, Sony Walkmans and New Romanticism.
Next comes the 30-second blast of the Lockdown Siren: a bleating screech punctuated by a relentless “Lockdown! Lockdown!” that gets teeth grating. It’s equal parts Jon Pertwee-era Doctor Who and some forgotten public information film from the 1970s — theatrical, absurd and quietly chilling. All smiles vanish....<<<Read More>>>...
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
WHO Partners with Singapore’s Temasek to Develop Digital Health Wallet System
The partnership, announced earlier this week, will begin with a pilot program involving the 11 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). According to the WHO, the program aims to create a 'replicable model' for potential export to other countries. The digital wallets will initially contain digital international certificates of vaccination or prophylaxis, with plans to later expand to 'broader personal health summaries' ...<<<Read More>>>...
How and why your life is being deliberately destroyed
The only certainty is that the original conspirators died long ago and
the plot has been passed down through the generations, with powerful
bankers; the descendants of former Nazis and members of European royalty
making up a disparate and unlikely board of management for the
conspiracy.
One certainty is that the conspiracy has become more
complex, more sophisticated, and more evil with each year that has
passed. Another certainty is that the apparent protagonists (you
undoubtedly know their names as well as I do and since I’d like to be
able to publish this book, you can fill them in for yourself) who think
they rule the world are merely figure heads causing chaos, promoting
their own lunatic ideas, making obscene amounts of money (largely by
cheating and crookery) pretending to be philanthropists, exhibiting
their own absurd hypocrisies and idiosyncrasies but following the game
plan prepared for them by the Bilderbergers, the insiders at the World
Economic Forum, members of at least two royal families and by a cluster
of old school bankers left over from Jekyll Island, and doing what they
are told to do.
Everything bad that has happened, and is happening, has a purpose. Everything bad that is happening was planned...<<<Read More>>>...
The Worldwide Power Grid They Buried With Tartaria
Why do thousands of monumental civic buildings—across America, Europe, Asia, and Australia—display the same architectural impossibility: massive copper domes, elaborate metal spire systems, conductive pathways running from roof to foundation, and geometric precision that suggests engineering specifications rather than aesthetic choices, all supposedly constructed as mere decoration during a 60-year period when such coordination should have been impossible? Archival photographs from the 1850s through 1910 show these structures appearing simultaneously across six continents with identical metal compositions, foundation depths, and mathematical proportions, yet with no documentation explaining the global coordination, the engineering principles behind their conductive systems, or why construction abruptly ceased after 1910.
As I examined architectural plans, construction records, and the physical evidence embedded in these buildings, a repeating pattern emerged: identical dome specifications appearing worldwide within decades, metal frameworks connecting sky to earth through elaborate conductive pathways, foundation systems extending far deeper than structural support requires, and a suspicious absence of technical documentation explaining the true purpose of these precisely-engineered elements. These weren't simple government buildings—they were nodes in what appears to be a global energy infrastructure, featuring domes that weren't decorative, spires that weren't ornamental, and metal compositions that suggest electrical conduction rather than architectural fashion, all constructed during the exact period before centralized wired power grids replaced them.
This investigation explores the forbidden energy theory—that these civic structures were designed to channel, store, and transmit electrical energy without wires, utilizing atmospheric electricity, resonant frequencies, and conductive materials to create a distributed power system we no longer acknowledge, and serving purposes far beyond housing courtrooms and government offices. The deeper we examine the architectural evidence, the global coordination problem, the mathematical precision, and the technological sophistication, the harder it becomes to believe these were simply monuments to civic pride rather than inherited infrastructure repurposed after original knowledge was lost or deliberately erased.
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.
Attachment Patterns
When this happens, it’s not a personal failure, but often a reflection of attachment patterns formed early in life — deeply rooted ways of relating that develop through our earliest experiences of love, safety, closeness, and inconsistency. Over time, these patterns can influence who and what you’re drawn to, what feels familiar, and why certain dynamics keep pulling you back in, even when they no longer serve you.
The hopeful part is that these patterns can change. By compassionately understanding your own past conditioning, you can begin to heal what’s keeping you stuck. That might mean rewiring unconscious beliefs, regulating your nervous system, or simply returning to practices that nourish your mind, body, spirit, and heart. And when that healing takes root? You’ll naturally draw in connections that feel healthier, more reciprocal, and kind....<<<Read More>>>...
Muslim Cheerleaders Are Making the Same Mistake as the Trans Lobbyists
I think it’s less the specifically Islamic aspect of the event, rather the in-your-face-nature of it all. It seems that those seeking to make Islam ‘mainstream’ and ‘nothing to be frightened of’ and ‘just another way of being’ are making the same mistake as the extreme end of the trans lobby: forcing it down our throats.
Britain is a tolerant country but what we dislike more than anything is ‘showing off’. The kids have an aversion to ‘try hards’ or ‘pick mes’ those types who always want to be first, at the front of the queue or given a special pat on the head. There is something instinctively British about this modest attitude and it’s one that special interest groups would be wise to remember....<<<Read More>>>....
Monday, 30 March 2026
Tartaria's Impossible Artifacts That Survived the 19th Century Mudflood
Why do people see reptilians?
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Sometimes you have to read stories that reptilians live among us – creatures that are similar in description to prehistoric lizards.
There is even an opinion that some people are actually reptilians. And they allegedly came from another planet. In fact, such visions are easy to cause with the help of certain chemicals. This has been proven by scientific and medical experiments.
Evidence and mention of reptilians are found in almost all ancient world cultures. For example, figurines of creatures resembling dinosaurs, about 7,000 years old, were found on the territory of Mesopotamia.
The ancient Sumerian texts tell about the Anunnaki, who at one time ruled over the inhabitants of the earth and also looked very much like lizards.
The Indian Vedas mention the serpentine race of Nagas, who are able to change shape. The Zulus have myths about the Chitauri, sinister creatures with the heads of pythons....<<<Read More>>>...
Magnesium: The overlooked mineral that could transform your health
Unlike synthetic drugs with harmful side effects, magnesium-rich whole foods (spinach, Swiss chard, edamame, acorn squash, artichokes) provide safe, effective healing without dependency on the corrupt medical-industrial complex.
Leafy greens (spinach, Swiss chard), seeds, nuts, legumes and dark chocolate are packed with magnesium, along with critical co-factors like potassium, folate and antioxidants for optimal health.
Magnesium supports heart health, blood pressure regulation, gut microbiome balance (via prebiotics like artichokes), cognitive function and detoxification—countering Big Pharma's profit-driven sickness model.
By prioritizing organic, magnesium-rich foods, individuals can detox from toxins, avoid vaccine-induced spike protein damage and reclaim autonomy from a system designed to keep them sick and dependent.
In an era where chronic disease rates are soaring and pharmaceutical interventions dominate healthcare, one essential mineral stands out as a cornerstone of wellness—magnesium. Often overshadowed by more heavily marketed supplements, magnesium is a powerhouse nutrient with neuroprotective, cardio-protective, anti-hypertensive, anti-inflammatory and even anti-obesity properties. Yet, despite its critical role in over 300 biochemical reactions in the body, an estimated 75% of Americans—and people worldwide—are deficient in this vital mineral. The consequences? Increased susceptibility to diabetes, heart disease, metabolic syndrome, depression and neurological disorders.
The good news? Unlike Big Pharma's synthetic drugs—which often come with dangerous side effects and dependency risks—magnesium is abundant in natural, whole foods. By prioritizing magnesium-rich vegetables, seeds, nuts and legumes, individuals can reclaim their health without relying on a corrupt medical-industrial complex that profits from sickness....<<<Read More>>>...
Electric Car Charging Points Hit by 38,000% Surge in Energy Bills
ChargeUK, which represents operators, says charging stations are being squeezed by network charges that have increased dramatically in just a few years.
In one example, major charging provider Osprey said its bills at a site in Wolverhampton had increased from £87 per year to £33,651 per year since 2022 – an increase of 38,579%.
Rival Fastned said it was now paying £41,000 a year for a site in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, while a third charging provider complained that its network charges had increased by 250% in just four years and are now “well into six figures”.
Network charges are levied to fund the maintenance and expansion of Britain’s electricity grid, which is undergoing a once-in-a-generation overhaul as part of plans to reach Net Zero.
These charges are set by Ofgem, the regulator, based on cost projections provided by network companies such as the National Grid.
The large rise in network charges follows changes to how they are calculated, made in 2023, with greater emphasis now being put on the size of a site’s grid connection rather than power consumption.
However, ChargeUK says the system now effectively penalises EV charging companies for “building ahead of demand” even though this is what the Government is urging them to do.
Ministers have set a target of 300,000 public EV chargers by 2030 and a string of reports by Parliament and think tanks have repeatedly identified charger availability as key to tackling so-called “range anxiety”....<<<Read More>>>...
Welfare doesn’t pull people out of poverty – economic growth and freedom do
In the USA, “The most powerful anti-poverty programme had no enrolment forms, caseworkers or spending bills. It was a growing economy that helped millions of people earn their way to a better life,” Tyler Turman writes.
America has spent more than $20 trillion on fighting poverty since the introduction of President Johnson’s Great Society programme in 1964. Sixty years later, how are we doing?
That depends, as it turns out, on how you measure it.
Last month, Senator Kennedy (R-LA) introduced a bill that would require the Census Bureau to report a new poverty metric as an alternative to the Official Poverty Measure (“OPM”) by including both cash and non-cash welfare benefits in its calculations.
As Kennedy points out, this is a much-needed fix. The OPM’s methodological weaknesses are well documented. Most notably, it ignores the hundreds of billions of dollars the government spends each year to assist low-income families through tax credits like the Earned Income Tax Credit and in-kind transfers such as Medicaid, food stamps and housing subsidies. In short, the OPM paints an egregiously inaccurate picture of material poverty in America....<<<Read More>>>...
Sunday, 29 March 2026
Your Consciousness Can Enter Alternate Dimensions While You’re Dreaming, Scientist Claims (because it’s ‘part of’ Alternate Dimensions)
How many times have you woken up feeling euphoric or deeply disturbed by a dream so vivid it felt indistinguishable from reality?
The kind of dream that lingers. Perhaps you notice recurring motifs:
specific places, faces, symbols, or even fantastical settings. You are
quick to dismiss these as psychological quirks of the brain, and chances are, you will have forgotten about such dreams by midday.
But
what if your dreams weren’t just caprices of the sleepy mind? What if
they were revealing glimpses into a mirror realm in which your consciousness
was wandering?
To go even further, perhaps recurring dreams suggest a
connection to another reality. For David Leong, PhD, an academic
specializing in metaphysics and epistemology (the study of
distinguishing opinion from justified belief) this might not be just an
interesting hypothesis, but the truth.
“Dreams may be windows
into distinct realities governed by their laws, in which the mind,
unfettered by the constraints of wakefulness, can explore and interact
with new forms of existence,”...<<<Read More>>>...
Grapes: The underrated superfood packed with over 1,600 health-boosting compounds
Rich in resveratrol and polyphenols, grapes help lower blood pressure, reduce LDL cholesterol and protect against strokes. They also enhance memory, focus and mood while guarding against neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.
Grapes promote a healthy microbiome by feeding beneficial gut bacteria and contain antimicrobial compounds like resveratrol to combat pathogens, strengthening both digestion and immunity.
Grapes activate longevity-linked sirtuin genes, repair UV-induced DNA damage, boost collagen production and stabilize blood sugar despite their sweetness, aiding weight management.
Experts recommend 1-3 servings daily (¾–1½ cups) for optimal benefits. While generally safe, moderation is advised to avoid digestive discomfort, and grapes should be cut for young children to prevent choking.
A growing body of scientific research is positioning grapes as one of nature's most potent superfoods, with over 1,600 bioactive compounds that work synergistically to enhance heart health, brain function, digestion, immunity and even longevity. Unlike isolated supplements, grapes deliver a complex nutritional matrix that promotes wellness in ways single extracts cannot replicate.
A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry highlights grapes' extraordinary health benefits, challenging conventional superfood rankings that often favor berries like blueberries and acai....<<<Read More>>>...
Meningitis: Media promoted fear vs reality
A recent meningitis outbreak in the UK prompted a surge of panicked headlines – followed by acknowledgement, and relief, that cases may already have peaked. What should we all know about this disease?
“Outbreaks are alarming, and fear is exacerbated by media reporting. But although meningitis spreads via close, prolonged contact … it is not highly contagious,” World Council for Health writes.
This month, a meningitis outbreak among students in Kent, England – linked to a nightclub in Canterbury – was the subject of serious concern. It tragically claimed the lives of two young people: a teenager and a 21-year-old.
The media coverage was alarming: for example, “The deadly delays in tackling meningitis outbreak,” The Telegraph said. And “experts warn of explosive outbreak … one of the fastest-growing outbreaks of the disease they have seen in the UK,” The Guardian reported.
Yet a few days later, the tone and content were calmer. The BBC announced, “Meningitis outbreak passes peak, says health agency.” Similarly, The Guardian went with, “Kent meningitis outbreak may have peaked as UKHSA reports slowdown in cases.” And the Daily Mail confirmed that “Meningitis cases fall as health officials reveal some people were wrongly told they had the disease.”
So, what are the facts about meningitis, and what do the statistics actually show us? (N.B. Information presented here is up-to-date at the time of writing.)
Meningitis is not a single disease. It’s an umbrella term which covers inflammation of the brain/spinal cord (the meninges).
Most cases are not the dangerous kind. Viral meningitis is far more common and usually self-limiting. Bacterial meningitis is rarer but more serious.
Overall risk is to the public is low. Total meningitis deaths (from all causes combined) are typically in the low hundreds per year. The meningococcal form – which is most associated with outbreaks among young people – accounts for only a small fraction of these. In England in 2023-4, there were 8 recorded deaths from meningococcal disease, compared with around 30 deaths in adjacent years. The case fatality rate may appear to fluctuate a lot, but that is a normal statistical volatility owing to the small numbers overall.
Many people carry the bacteria harmlessly. Around 1 in 10 people may carry meningococcal bacteria without symptoms.
Early symptoms are non-specific. These include common symptoms such as headache, fever and nausea. But severe cases can deteriorate very quickly....<<<Read More>>>....
Islamologica
I have written about Islam twice before, here and here, and I think the points I made there bear repetition and summary.
First, I argued that Islam is: 1. One 2. Unconvertible 3. Power. Hegel: “The worship of the One is the only final aim of Monometalism.”
Belloc: “It is, as a fact, the most formidable and persistent enemy which our civilisation has had, and may at any moment become as large a menace in the future as it has been in the past… [Because] Islam is apparently unconvertible.”
Girard: “For Islam, God is essentially power.”
And second, I argued that though Islam is obsessed with Oneness, tawhid, as they call it, this oneness is at least not Chinese. The oneness of Islam does not simply sanction any earthly order, like ‘All-Under-Heaven’, i.e. China – and this is because Islam, like the religion of the Israelites and Christianity, is about the kingship of God.
The second point is an essential correction to the first. Yes, Islam seeks hegemony – but it is not simply an earthly hegemony. It is a hegemony that is sanctioned by, and ultimately ruled by, God. This means it is very strong, no doubt: men have fire in their eyes as they seek hegemony and they feel justified. But it also means that this fire can be turned against the state. And NB, what we in the West think of as Islamic states are, in fact, nervous entities, since Islam is an uncertain sword in the ruler’s hand – it can be used against him.
The next thing to bring into play is a point I made when discussing the West. Our particular problem is not Islam as such. Our particular problem is with Islam in the context of Western states, where Western states are 1. liberal and 2. Christian or post-Christian. And this is not a simple problem because we, in the West, continually argue about whether liberalism is just secular in some absolute sense, or only secular in the Christian sense that we live in the saeculum of the earthly expectation that Jesus will come again and that, until he does, we have to do the best we can with Hobbes’s Leviathan or Schmitt’s katechon. Deep waters.
Let me repeat that point because I do not want it to be lost. It matters that we are unsure about how Christian our liberal order is, and that we are also unsure about what liberalism entails. Let me deal with them one by one – first Christianity, then liberalism....<<<Read More>>>...
Saturday, 28 March 2026
Everyone Says ‘They’ Destroyed Tartaria… But WHO Are ‘They’?
Exercising Flexibility
Since reality is in a constant state of flux, it doesn’t make sense to be rigid or to cling to any one idea of what is happening or what is going to happen. We are more in tune with reality when we are flexible. Being in tune enables us to adjust to the external environment and other people as they change and grow. When we are rigid or stuck in our ways, we hunker down, clinging to a concept of reality rather than reality itself. When we do this, we cut ourselves off from life, and we miss out on valuable opportunities, as well as a lot of joy.
Just as we create flexibility in our bodies by stretching physically, we can create limberness in our minds by stretching mentally. Every day we have the opportunity to exercise our flexibility. We can do this in small ways such as taking a different route home from work or changing our exercise routine. On a larger scale, we can rearrange the furniture or redo a room in our house. If these are things we already do regularly, we can stretch our minds by imagining several different possibilities for how the next year will unfold. As we do this, our minds become more supple and open, and when changes come our way, we are able to accommodate and flow with the new reality.(Daily OM)
Six Botanical Alternatives to Melatonin Reported by Herbalists for Sleep Support
Some individuals report concerns about dependency or tolerance associated with conventional sleep medications, leading them to explore herbal options. A perspective noted in medical literature suggests that the widespread use of pharmaceutical sleep aids is reinforced by what is described as an 'industry-concocted notion' that insomnia stems from a simple chemical imbalance. This perspective, according to the source, discourages addressing personal and lifestyle factors...<<<Read More>>>...
The Old World Airports They Erased — 200 Years Before Planes Were "Invented"
Global problem + global solution + censorship = scam
Propaganda is the systematic dissemination of information designed to shape public perception toward a specific goal or agenda. Such information is typically false or designed to misdirect, and a key sign of it being false is that dissenting narratives are suppressed. Throughout history, governments and industries have used propaganda to create and defend large-scale false narratives. This is an utterly unremarkable thing to say. No historian on the planet would contest it.
The pattern is that of a latent agenda driving the generation of false propaganda, seeking to culminate in the distillation of an ideology. Once the ideology is firmly rooted in the public imagination, the latent agenda can become patent, meaning it can be implemented in the broad light of day without material objection.
This framework has close historical analogues. The Hegelian Dialectic, the favourite of Marxists, talks about thesis, antithesis and synthesis. The so-called PRS model talks about problem-reaction-solution.
Before the distillation of an ideology is achieved, the false narrative must be protected from dissent by way of censorship. Those who try to expose the latent agenda are derided as “conspiracy theorists” or “deniers” of a purported problem. During the covid phenomenon, I framed this as a law dubbed Hudson’s Razor, stating that anything that is (1) presented as a global crisis (2) admitting only global solutions (3) amid suppression of dissent, is definitively a scam.
This is, of course, not to say that there can never be any such thing as a global crisis. If a volcano bigger than Krakatoa blew its top, we’d all know about it for years. But global solutions would be very unlikely. People in one place might prioritise buying blankets; in another, building greenhouses. And suppression of dissenters would be completely pointless. We wouldn’t need to call a blind man who couldn’t see the ash cloud a volcano-denier, or censor anyone who said the ash actually came from a different source. People would just get on with the job of dealing with less sunlight in multiple different ways.
It is difficult to fake a physical crisis with a tangible, visible threat. Telling people a volcano had gone boom when it hadn’t wouldn’t work if you lacked the capacity to fake an enormous ash cloud. So, the default pattern is to pretend there is an invisible threat that is a global crisis. The global solution can then be a form of “safety” whose efficacy exists only in a theory or in a model, and the suppression of dissent can include the customary allegation that all sceptics are “deniers” of the invisible threat. If the fear generation is implemented properly, nothing about the solution needs to make any sense. People will clamour for it....<<<Read More>>>...
The Deep State Plan to Use Smart Appliances to Force Us to Cut Energy Use is Already Well Advanced
I was thinking about this the other day when reading, as one tends to do over a nice lunch at the local Italian bistro with a pizza and a glass of red, a 2015 position paper on ‘Making the electricity system more flexible and delivering the benefits for consumers’. This was issued by Ofgem (the quango which regulates the energy market in the UK) at the start of the ongoing process to transform our energy market into one governed by “energy smart appliances”. These, for those who have been paying attention, are electric devices (your fridge, your washing machine, your EV charger, etc.) which are able to respond to ‘load control’ signals issued through the internet, and thereby reduce or delay energy consumption. Or, to put it more bluntly, appliances which can be controlled remotely so as to limit how much electricity households are able to use. Coming soon to a kitchen near you.
The last time I wrote about this issue in substance was in 2023, not long before the Energy Act 2023 was enacted. That statute created the legal framework within which the use of energy smart appliances could be mandated and regulated. We now find ourselves entering the next stage: gradual implementation. A draft set of regulations, the Energy Smart Appliances Regulations 2026, is currently making its way through Parliament. This, we are told, is the “first phase“. The regulations, among other things, provide for “minimum smart functionality, safety, grid stability requirements and cyber and physical security requirements”, and “the creation of a single regulatory framework for smart appliances”. We can then look forward to a “second phase” beginning in 2027, when presumably things will start to get more serious.
What is going on? Clearly, and I use this phrase advisedly, a Deep State project is afoot. 2015 is quite a long time ago now: there have been four General Elections since then, not to mention 500 or so Prime Ministers and an awful lot of turmoil (Brexit, lockdowns, Ukraine, mini-budget, etc.). But the shift towards mandating the installation and use of energy smart appliances has continued regardless. It is almost as though it is not politicians who have been driving the policy, but Ofgem acting in cahoots with civil servants in the then-Department of Energy and Climate Change, who also issued a very similar policy paper in 2015 to Ofgem’s own. It is not our elected representatives who want us to use energy smart appliances, in other words. It is the regulators. And the policy is invincible to changes in government.
This makes it far more important, in getting to grips with the idea, to read what the regulators say over what politicians do. And what they say has to be parsed carefully. There is in fact a glossary of terms which of necessity have to be read esoterically – they are used not just to obfuscate but often actually to give the opposite impression to what is really going on. One has to grapple with the exoteric and often flip it upside down to find out what is underneath.
The Ofgem position paper which I mentioned earlier is a very good illustration. And this begins with the title: ‘Making the electricity system more flexible and delivering the benefits for consumers’. This sounds, on the face of it, like something benign. Indeed, if anything, it is suggestive of a free market approach – it looks to the naked eye as if the strategy is to liberalise the energy market in order to drive down prices at the supply side. But that is in fact more or less the exact opposite of what the position paper sets out. In fact, what it is focused on is something which it calls Demand Side Flexibility (DSF), or sometimes Demand Side Response (DSR) – better understood as precisely the reverse of supply-side reform.
What, then, is Demand Side Flexibility? Well, the position paper goes to great lengths to make clear what a good thing it is. Demand Side Flexibility, it says, is about “empowerment” of consumers. It is about helping them to “better monitor and manage their energy use” and “make informed choices about when they use electricity”. It us about giving them “opportunities to lower [their] bills by changing when and how [they]” do so. Indeed, it is about giving them the space in which to ‘smarten’ their approach to energy use in the round....<<<Read More>>>...
Friday, 27 March 2026
Spiritual Practice
In terms of spiritual practice, at this moment, there are more tools available to more people than at any other time in history. We have access to so much wisdom through books, magazines, the internet, television, and film. In addition, the time-honored practice of meditation is free, and sitting quietly everyday, listening to the universe, is a great way to start the journey within. There is further inspiration in the fact that the greatest teachers we have are our own life experiences, and they come to us every day with new lessons and new opportunities to learn. If we look at the people around us, we may realize that we have a spiritual community already intact, and if we don’t, we can find one, if not in our own neighborhood then online.
Meanwhile, if we feel called to travel in search of teachers and experiences, then by all means, we should. But if we can’t go to India, Burma, or Indonesia, or if we don’t have the desire, this is not an obstacle in terms of our spiritual development. In fact, we may simply be aware that our time and energy is best spent in our own homes, with our meditation practice and all the complications and joys of our own lives. We can confidently stay in one place, knowing that everything that we need to attain enlightenment is always available right where we are...<<<Read More>>>>....
Why 432 Hz Was Replaced by 440 Hz — The Frequency Shift They Never Explained
Why was A=440 Hz adopted as the global tuning standard, and what was lost when music moved away from lower reference pitches like A=432 Hz? This video investigates the history of musical pitch standardization, from Baroque tuning and 19th-century orchestral practice to Verdi’s 1884 petition for A=432 and the later adoption of ISO 16 in 1955. It explores the disputed claims surrounding 432 Hz vs 440 Hz, the politics of musical standardization, Hans Jenny’s cymatics experiments, resonance in old architecture, the acoustic design of cathedrals, and the broader question of whether frequency affects the human body, emotion, and perception more deeply than official culture admits. This is a historical and investigative look at tuning frequency, music theory, sound resonance, psychoacoustics, and the unexplained shift that changed how modern music is heard.
Why They No Longer Need Us: The Dawn of Post-Human Labor
They see our consumption, our need for housing and healthcare, and our restless desire for freedom as friction in their perfectly optimized, AI-driven system.
We are at a historic pivot point, and denial is a luxury we cannot afford. As one article starkly puts it, this represents one of the greatest existential threats to human freedom, dignity and consciousness. The evidence is not hidden; it's in the mass layoffs at corporations like Amazon and UPS, where AI-driven automation has already replaced tens of thousands of human workers. The end of the human era isn't coming -- it has arrived, and its architects are already drawing up the blueprints for what, or rather who, comes next...<<<Read More>>>....
M&S Accuses Labour of Driving up Energy Bills
Stuart Machin, who runs the retail giant, said Government-imposed levies now accounted for more than half of his company’s energy costs and had “nothing to do with the price of oil or gas”.
“Over the last few years the ‘policy costs’ on our energy bill have skyrocketed,” Machin wrote on LinkedIn.
“These are the tariffs that [the Government] place on our bills to fund their policies, and have nothing to do with the price of oil or gas. They now make up over half our bill. It’s just not sustainable for UK businesses.”
The comments came as the OECD said Britain faced the biggest hit from surging oil and gas prices out of any major economy.
Inflation will surge more sharply than in other developed nations and wipe half a percentage point off UK growth this year, according to its forecast.
The UK is particularly exposed because of its heavy reliance on imported energy. Oil prices have risen from $70 per barrel a month ago to around $100 today, while natural gas prices have nearly doubled since the start of the war in Iran.
The OECD’s forecast is a blow to the Government, which before the start of the conflict in the Gulf had hoped that cost-of-living pressures would ease this year.
Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, said the UK had not started the war but that it would have “an impact on our country”. She insisted Labour had “the right economic plan”.
Machin’s frustration with Government policy stems from green energy levies added to the wholesale price of energy....<<<Read More>>>....
Islamification of the West: Muslims are simply doing what Muslims have always done
Muslims are simply doing what Muslims have always done, he said. What has changed is that our politicians are inviting them into our nations and supporting them while they do it.
Ribat is an Arabic term originally denoting a small frontier fortification built during the early Muslim conquests, particularly in the 8th century, to house volunteer soldiers who defended Islamic territories (dar al-Islam). These structures were initially established along frontiers such as those in North Africa and the Byzantine borderlands to support military efforts in jihad.
Contemporary use of the term “ribat” has been defined as keeping watch and carrying out jihad against infidels. It has been used by terrorist groups such as al-Qa’ida and ISIS.
As Raymond Ibrahim explains below, the Koran 3 verse 200 instructs Muslims to endure and remain fastened. The Arabic word used is “raabitoo,” the verb of “ribat.” In other words, according to the Koran, “for Muslims to be successful, they must form tightly fastened strongholds along the borders of still to be conquered non-Muslim regions. From there, they persevere and endure, to use the Koran’s words, in their jihad to conquer and seize the lands of the infidels.”...<<<Read More>>>...
Thursday, 26 March 2026
The Most Mysterious Phenomena of World Ocean
Planes and ships disappear in those places without a trace. There are also giant whirlpools, giant waves and mysterious luminous circles in the water…There is a place in the ocean, where all of those phenomena exist at once. It is the Bermuda Triangle.
The square of the Bermuda Triangle makes up approximately a million of square kilometers. The triangle spreads from Florida to the Bermuda islands, then to Puerto Rico and back to Florida via the Bahamas....<<<Read More>>>...
Study Links Chocolate Consumption to Lower Mortality Risk
The findings were reported in an article titled 'Eggs-cellent news! Eating chocolate can help stave off the Grim Reaper, scientists find' which outlined the potential health benefits. According to the study authors, fermentation in chocolate production may create beneficial compounds that contribute to these effects. The study adds to a body of research on the potential benefits of specific fermented foods.
Researchers reported that individuals who consumed chocolate had a 10% lower likelihood of death from any specific cause. The analysis, which involved data from over three million people, also indicated a 16% lower chance of early death from heart disease among chocolate consumers. The study was published in Frontiers in Nutrition....<<<Read More>>>...Starmer: It’s Up to Miliband Whether We Drill in North Sea
The Prime Minister claimed he had no power to approve more licences and insisted that the final call lay with the Energy Secretary.
Labour is under mounting pressure – including from Donald Trump – to approve new extraction at Rosebank and Jackdaw, two fossil fuel sites in the North Sea, after the Iran war caused energy costs to spiral.
At Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the Conservatives, said that Sir Keir could make the decision to drill today and accused him of “hiding behind” Miliband.
Critics have already claimed that Miliband wields too much power over the Prime Minister after he successfully led opposition to the UK allowing the US to strike Iran from British bases.
Despite the energy crisis, Miliband has reiterated his vocal opposition to North Sea drilling, arguing repeatedly that it would not bring down prices.
When Badenoch challenged Sir Keir to approve the licences, the Prime Minister insisted that current laws prevented him from overruling the Energy Secretary.
Sir Keir suggested any move by Miliband to drill would be a legal decision rather than political, saying: “It’s absolutely clear that the quasi-judicial duty of the legislation rests with the Secretary of State.”
He added: “The only way forward is to go further and faster on renewables and the leader of the Opposition’s approach is to outsource our foreign policy and let the US decide whether we go to war, to outsource our energy policy to Russia and Iran and let them set the price of energy. I will never do that, because it’s not in the British national interest.”
Badenoch had questioned whether it was Sir Keir or Miliband, who has been touted as a potential leadership contender, who was really in charge.
The Tory leader said: “The Jackdaw gas field could be up and running before winter. All that gas would be used here in the UK to heat 1.6 million homes – that is enough to power Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex put together.
“So will the Prime Minister approve the licences or is the Energy Secretary running the Government?”
Badenoch added: “He is hiding behind so many people. He is the Prime Minister, he can make the decision today, he can. He is so weak, he’s the first person to be pushed around by the Energy Secretary.”
She later shared an image of Sir Keir with his head in his hands shortly after PMQs with the caption: “TFW [that feeling when] Ed Miliband is running the Government.”...<<<Read More>>>...









































