| Volume 27, Number 18 – 09/16/2024 |
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Future Facts from Think Links:
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Saturday, September 19, 2024
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In 2018, Jeff made a documentary film called Flipping The Script about parents fighting back against the medical and legal system that was forcing their children into 2 to 4 years of chemotherapy after their children were already in remission from cancer. He realized that we were all vulnerable because the state literally owns our children and Admiralty Law limits our ability to get a remedy from any power that wants to control us.
After doing a deep dive into Common Law and the fraud of Banking and Admiralty Law, Jeff became a Secured Party Creditor, discharged fraudulent debt, and used a trust to get money back from the IRS instead of paying them. Everything we have been told is a lie and the answer is to find the secret underpinnings of their control network. Jeff will share what he has found regarding true sovereignty and how we can engage in a process of getting our souls back. |
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“There is something in me that says, there is always an answer and I just have to wait for it. A lot of people don’t have the patience to wait, but I do, you see, because my history is that of being abused as a child and saying, I’m never going to allow that to happen again. “
~ Jeff Witzeman ~ |
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Join us October 19th, 2024, In Person or via Livestream!
The Country Inn, 110 S Washington Street, Berkeley Springs, WV
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. ET All tickets include access to the replay for six months, following the original event. |
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| Jeff Witzeman is an award winning filmmaker, musician, speaker and writer. In 2018, Jeff made a documentary film called Flipping The Script about parents fighting back against the medical and legal system that was forcing their children into 2 to 4 years of chemotherapy after their children were already in remission from cancer. He realized that we were all vulnerable because the state literally owns our children and Admiralty Law limits our ability to get a remedy from any power that wants to control us. |
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After doing a deep dive into Common Law and the fraud of Banking and Admiralty Law, Jeff became a Secured Party Creditor, discharged fraudulent debt, and used a trust to get money back from the IRS instead of paying them. Everything we have been told is a lie and the answer is to find the secret underpinnings of their control network. Jeff will share what he has found regarding true sovereignty and how we can engage in a process of getting our souls back.
Witzeman helped lift the mandate at Sprout’s and Trader Joe’s, and inspired moms across California to fight school mask mandates. Behind his fire is a story of courage and loss.
Jeff Witzeman is a man standing spiritually and literally on the top of his own small mountain. The journey uphill was one of self-discovery, empowerment, and a relentless commitment to create a new story. The official name of Witzeman’s small mountain is The Bitchen Farm, a five-acre property in Northern San Diego he purchased last year using an irrevocable business trust as a “State Citizen”.
Witzeman is not a lawyer. However, his command of the law is impressive. He has dedicated the last three years to navigating the heavy handed, illegal measures of the Covid era and courageously leading his community to reclaim their rights and freedoms. |
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Saturday, October 19, 2024 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia or via LIVESTREAM! (All tickets include unlimited access to the replay
for six months!)Complete information at: www.TransitionTalks.orgSee you there! |
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With the help of AI, the researchers were able to detect the movement of human bodies in a room using Wi-Fi routers even through walls.
This video shows how AI turns WiFi routers into ‘cameras’ that can see people through walls. Watch here. |
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Artificial intelligence is trained on data that is largely taken from the internet. However, with the volume of data required to school AI, many models end up consuming other AI-generated data, which can in turn negatively affect the model as a whole. With AI both producing and consuming data, the internet has the potential to become overrun with bots, with far less content being produced by humans.
Is AI cannibalization bad? Read more here. |
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Humans don’t just lie to deceive: sometimes we lie to avoid hurting others, breaking one social norm to uphold another. As robots begin to transition from tools to team members working alongside humans, scientists need to find out how these norms about deception apply to robots. To investigate this, researchers asked people to give their opinions of three scenarios in which robots were deceptive. They found that a robot lying about the external world to spare someone pain was acceptable, but a robot lying about its own capabilities wasn’t — and that people usually blame third parties like developers for unacceptable deceptions.
Honesty is the best policy… most of the time. Social norms help humans understand when we need to tell the truth and when we shouldn’t, to spare someone’s feelings or avoid harm. But how do these norms apply to robots, which are increasingly working with humans? To understand whether humans can accept robots telling lies, scientists asked almost 500 participants to rate and justify different types of robot deception. Read more here. |
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When you go to the hospital and get a blood test, the results are put in a dataset and compared with other patients’ results and population data. This lets doctors compare you (your blood, age, sex, health history, scans, etc) to other patients’ results and histories, allowing them to predict, manage and develop new treatments. For centuries, this has been the bedrock of scientific research: identify a problem, gather data, look for patterns, and build a model to solve it. The hope is that Artificial Intelligence (AI) – the kind called Machine Learning that makes models from data – will be able to do this far more quickly, effectively and accurately than humans.
However, training these AI models needs a LOT of data, so much that some of it has to be synthetic – not real data from real people, but data that reproduces existing patterns. Most synthetic datasets are themselves generated by Machine Learning AI. Wild inaccuracies from image generators and chatbots are easy to spot, but synthetic data also produces hallucinations – results that are unlikely, biased, or plain impossible. As with images and text, they can be amusing, but the widespread use of these systems in all areas of public life means that the potential for harm is massive. Read more here. |
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| In creating a pair of new robots, researchers cultivated an unlikely component, one found on the forest floor: fungal mycelia. By harnessing mycelia’s innate electrical signals, the researchers discovered a new way of controlling ‘biohybrid’ robots that can potentially react to their environment better than their purely synthetic counterparts. Read more here. |
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CORONA VIRUS – (COVID-19) |
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In this post I summarize several experiments that I will describe in more detail in follow up posts, as I have a lot more images and video. I analyzed Pfizer Bio N Tech Pfizer COVID19 bioweapon with Darkfield Microscopy. Then I prepared several other slides where I added therapeutic agents: 1. Tobacco Solution 1 drop, 2. EDTA 300mg/ml plus Vitamin C 500mg/ml 1 drop each, 3. EDTA plus Vitamin C plus Tobacco Solution.
Here is what they say, more here. |
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A recent study published in The Lancet Psychiatry indicates that many individuals who were hospitalized with COVID-19 continue to experience cognitive and psychiatric issues two to three years after their infection. The study sheds light on the long-term effects of COVID-19 on mental health and cognitive function, showing that these issues worsen over time and can negatively impact daily life, including the ability to work.
As COVID-19 spread globally, researchers noticed a concerning trend: many people who had recovered from the initial illness continued to report problems such as anxiety, depression, and cognitive difficulties. For those who were hospitalized, the risk seemed particularly high. However, it was unclear whether these symptoms persisted or worsened over time, or if new issues arose long after the acute phase of the illness. Previous studies primarily relied on electronic health records, which only offered a snapshot of diagnosis rather than a detailed picture of symptom evolution. Additionally, many of these studies only tracked patients for about 18 months post-infection, leaving a gap in our understanding of what happens beyond this period. Read more here. |
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The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has ordered provinces to destroy Pfizer and Moderna Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) mRNA vaccine vials provided last season to “make way for updated shots” that the federal regulator has yet to approve.
Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta public health officials said they removed doses targeting the old omicron XBB variant. Provinces that ordered the jabs withdrawn as of Aug. 31 or Sept. 1 said they did so at the behest of PHAC. The new vaccines that are a closer match for the current variants are expected to be rolled out in late September or early October. Read more here. |
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In 2023, central banks, which manage the monetary policy of a country, faced unprecedented financial losses – the US Federal Reserve alone reported a record US$114.3 billion (£86 billion) operating loss. Losses like this have become increasingly common, with 40% of central banks in developed countries recording deficits in 2023 (see the graph below). This made 2022 and 2023 the worst years in recent history.
These shortfalls raise concerns about the role and independence of central banks, as was shown by the political pressure faced by the Swiss National Bank in a 2014 petition to limit its autonomy. Understanding why central banks incur losses, and how these differ from those of private institutions, is crucial for understanding the current environment. It’s also crucial that politicians understand why losses might be preferable. Read more here. |
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Cornell University researchers have developed a tiny robot, smaller than 1 millimeter, that starts as a flat hexagon but turns into 3D shapes and moves when given an electric charge.
The robot’s flexibility comes from its unique design using Kirigami, a technique similar to Origami in which cuts in the material allow it to fold, expand, and move. The Kirigami design helps it to stretch from tiny 10 nm hinges to 100 μm panels, forming a robot about 1 mm in size. The panels are arranged in cells that can expand and contract by 40 percent in just 100 milliseconds. More here. |
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Electric currents in the Earth may be responsible for the formation of gold nuggets, new research suggests.
As detailed in a new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the theory could explain why large chunks of gold — sometimes weighing more than a hundred pounds — appear in quartz veins when there’s seemingly little traces of the metal in the surrounding earth. Read more here. |
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| Researchers have developed a flexible, durable electronic prototype that can harvest energy from body heat and turn it into electricity that can be used to power small electronics, such as batteries, sensors or LEDs. This device is also resilient, it still functions even after being pierced several times and then stretched 2,000 times. Read more here. |
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| Researchers have developed a robotic leg with artificial muscles. Inspired by living creatures, it jumps across different terrains in an agile and energy-efficient manner. Read more here. |
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GENETICS / HEALTH TECHNOLOGY / BIOTECHNOLOGY |
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A method that renders skin temporarily see-through could offer researchers a non-invasive way to look inside the bodies of live mice.
A dye that helps to give Doritos their orange hue can also turn mouse tissues transparent, researchers have found. Applying the dye to the skin of live mice allowed scientists to peer through tissues at the structures below, including blood vessels and internal organs. The method could offer a less invasive way to monitor live animals used in medical research. More here. |
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Story at-a-glance- A 2024 National Toxicology Program review found consistent evidence linking higher fluoride exposure to lower IQ in children, raising concerns about current water fluoridation practices in the U.S.
- Prenatal fluoride exposure has been associated with increased behavioral problems in children by age 3, including symptoms related to ADHD, autism and anxiety
- Research suggests fluoride exposure during pregnancy may alter fetal proteins related to oxidative stress, inflammation and organ function, even at levels considered safe for water fluoridation
- Multiple studies have linked prenatal fluoride exposure to reduced IQ scores and poorer cognitive performance in children, with effects seen at levels common in fluoridated water supplies
- To reduce fluoride exposure, consider using high-quality water filters, opting for fluoride-free dental products and being aware of other sources like tea. Breastfeeding or using filtered water for formula is recommended
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In this eye-opening premiere interview, I speak with Swiss activist Christian Oesch and German filmmaker Klaus Scheidsteger to discuss their groundbreaking documentary “Digital Dilemma.” The film uncovers the invisible dangers of our increasingly wireless world and some shocking truths about electromagnetic radiation exposure.
One of the most startling revelations comes from the ATHEM3 study, which assessed oxidative stress and genetic instability from mobile radio frequency exposure. More here. |
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In a new study published in Psychiatry Research, scientists have discovered that artificial intelligence (AI) can detect loneliness by analyzing unstructured speech. This research offers promising new methods for identifying and addressing loneliness, particularly in older adults, through the nuanced analysis of how people communicate.
Loneliness is a pervasive issue affecting people of all ages, with older adults being particularly vulnerable. Defined as the distress caused by a gap between desired and actual social relationships, loneliness can significantly impact both mental and physical health. The problem is exacerbated by age-related factors such as the loss of loved ones, decreased mobility, and health challenges. Read more here. |
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A fingertip device that can mimic human touch could one day allow people living far apart to hold hands, scientists say. Researchers at University College London (UCL) developed new technology which “can simulate touch as natural as real-life sensations”.
The device, called the BAMH (innovative bioinspired haptic system), stimulates nerve cells which respond to touch using vibrations. The device stimulates four key sensory nerve cells in the skin, providing patients with a realistic sense of touch. More here. |
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Plastic is in our clothes, cars, mobile phones, water bottles and food containers. But recent research adds to growing concerns about the impact of tiny plastic fragments on our health.
A study from the United States has, for the first time, found microplastics in human brains. The study, which has yet to be independently verified by other scientists, has been described in the media as scary, shocking and alarming. But what exactly are microplastics? What do they mean for our health? Should we be concerned? Read more here. |
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A new study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry has revealed that women may be at a higher genetic risk for developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) compared to men. This study, led by researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University and Lund University, is the largest twin-sibling study on PTSD conducted to date. The findings suggest that while both men and women are genetically susceptible to PTSD, the underlying genetic risk may be stronger in women.
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a psychiatric condition that occurs after experiencing or witnessing traumatic events. Individuals with PTSD often suffer from distressing symptoms such as flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety, and emotional numbness. While PTSD can affect anyone, studies have shown that women are twice as likely as men to develop the condition. Despite this disparity, the reasons behind the higher prevalence of PTSD in women remain unclear. Many hypotheses have been proposed, including differences in trauma exposure, coping mechanisms, and biological factors. However, there has been limited research investigating the genetic underpinnings of these sex differences. Read more here. |
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ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES / CLIMATE |
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In the global quest for sustainable solutions, one innovation stands out as a game-changer in the recycling landscape: the HiCOP method. This groundbreaking technology, pioneered in Japan, is transforming plastic waste into valuable crude oil, paving the way for a greener and more eco-friendly future.
The HiCOP method represents a significant leap forward in recycling innovation. It tackles the persistent problem of plastic pollution by converting discarded plastic materials into a resource with tangible economic and environmental benefits. As we delve into the intricacies of this transformative process, we uncover a world where waste becomes a valuable commodity. More here. |
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Chinese scientists detected plasma bubbles over the Egyptian pyramids and Midway Islands using the LARID radar in Hainan.
Equatorial plasma bubbles are unusual weather events in low-latitude areas, caused by a sudden loss of charged particles in the ionosphere, a layer of Earth’s upper atmosphere. These bubbles, which can grow hundreds of kilometers wide, disrupt GPS signals and interfere with satellite communications. Read more here. |
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This unique blended-wing airliner promises not only to reduce fuel burn and emissions by an enormous 50% – but thanks to a new partnership, it could also be the best chance we’ve seen to deliver proper long-range, zero emissions air travel.
UK-based air carrier easyJet is teaming up with blended wing airliner startup JetZero to develop hydrogen-fueled aircraft for commercial flights. EasyJet is well known as a low-cost option for flying around Europe. As it turns out, it’s also been investing in developing hydrogen propulsion tech for aircraft for years now. The airline’s partnering with JetZero to explore the fascinating potential of running hydrogen fuel in a blended-wing airframe. It follows previous ambitious eco-friendly initiatives it’s pursued over the years. They include plans for a more fuel-efficient aircraft back in 2007 that hasn’t yet seen the light of day, and running an aero engine on hydrogen with Rolls-Royce in 2022. More here. |
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What building material is stronger than concrete, crack-and-moisture resistant, affordable AND eco-friendly?
The answer: PLAEX-crete™ – an innovative cement-like composite made almost entirely from recycled industrial waste and plastics. Driven by a desire to reduce the construction industry’s carbon-footprint, Dustin Bowers, founder and CEO/CTO of PLAEX™ Building Systems Inc. created an interlocking block system using this unique composite as an alternative to traditional building materials like wood, brick and cement. More here. |
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| Ozone gas is reducing the growth of tropical forests — leaving an estimated 290 million tons of carbon uncaptured each year, new research shows. Read more here. |
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COMMUNICATIONS / COMPUTING |
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Staff at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre in Lugano (CSCS) say ‘Alps’ could rank even higher today as it wasn’t completed when the rankings were put together in June.
Switzerland has unveiled its new supercomputer ‘Alps’, one of the most powerful machines of its kind in the world. In the global supercomputer rankings published by Top 500 in June, ‘Alps’ came in at number six behind electronic brains from the United States and Japan. Read more here. |
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The creation of powerful quantum computers requires quantum processors with millions of qubits. However, currently, the most advanced quantum processor is composed of only 1000 qubits. This means that we’re far behind in achieving the true potential of quantum computers, and the challenge lies in controlling and connecting qubits.
Each qubit in a quantum computer works at a specific frequency. To harness the full power of a quantum system, each qubit should be controlled individually by tuning its frequency. Plus, to connect qubits, it is important to match their frequencies. More here. |
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One of the biggest reasons virtual reality hasn’t taken off is the clunky headsets that users have to wear. But what if you could get the benefits of virtual reality without the headsets, using screens that computationally improve the images they display?
That’s the goal of the startup Brelyon, which is commercializing a new kind of display and content-rendering approach that immerses users in virtual worlds without requiring them to strap goggles onto their heads. The displays run light through a processing layer before it reaches users’ eyes, recalculating the image to create ultrawide, visual experiences with depth. The company is also working on a new kind of content-rendering architecture to generate more visually efficient imagery. The result is a 120-inch screen that simulates the sensation of looking out a window into a virtual world, where content pops in and out of existence at different angles and depths, depending on what you feed the display. More here. |
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| For years the construction sector has been under criticism for its negative role on the environment, contributing to about 38% of global CO2 emissions from energy use in 2020. In South Korea, A prominent part of construction and demolition trash consists of polystyrene and other non-biological materials. Styrofoam also known as polystyrene, has over five hundred years of hibernation before it can be decomposed naturally; and since it is practically impossible currently, recycling as an alternative has been poorly embraced. As a way of curing this situation, Yong Ju Lee and a group of researchers conducted a radical experiment that has given birth to Decomposition Farm: Stairway, a new paradigm in architectural waste management. Read more here. |
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Housing is front and center in both of the major parties’ campaigns for the White House. Voters, particularly young voters, consistently rank concerns around housing as one the leading issues that will determine who they vote for in November. A recent poll found that neither party has a clear edge on the issue.
We asked two RAND experts to bring us up to speed the housing issues and discuss the policies and proposals that might ease the historically tight housing market for buyers and renters alike. Read more here. |
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The United States is experiencing a serious housing crisis, and has been for a long time. Growth in rents continues to exceed overall price inflation. Mortgage rates have been at a multi-decade high due to the Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate hikes since summer 2022. Tens of millions of households spend more than 30% of their income on housing. Shelter is a basic human need and unaffordable housing is — and should be — a national scandal.
It is also an increasingly urgent concern for businesses. Unaffordable housing is a drag on regional and national economies. In areas where housing costs are high, employers end up effectively transferring significant sums to landlords as the cost of attracting talent. High rents and mortgage payments make hiring harder at all levels: Recent research has documented that high housing costs have eroded the urban wage premium for workers with fewer years of formal education. Now, these workers are better off moving to a city with lower cost of living rather than one that offers a higher wages. Read more here. |
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Finding an affordable place to live in the U.S. can feel pretty impossible whether you’re a renter or a buyer. To begin with, there’s a massive shortage of homes — somewhere between 4 and 7 million. And those who are able to find homes are spending a much bigger chunk of their paycheck than in recent years.
Natalie French was renting an apartment with a roommate in Albuquerque, New Mexico, when they received a notice that their rent was going up by more than 200 dollars a month. With the added pet fees, they were put out of their price range. French and her roommate ultimately decided to move out and part ways — and for French, that meant leaving Albuquerque altogether to go back home to live with her mother. Read more here. |
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A prototype solid-state battery, named the Goliath P1 and developed by UK startup Ilika, has made waves in the electric vehicle (EV) industry due to its significant benefits and implications. The battery achieved a major breakthrough by passing an important safety test known as the nail penetration test.
This test simulates a catastrophic incident that often leads to dangerous thermal runaway—a condition in which traditional lithium-ion batteries, which use liquid electrolytes, can explode or catch fire. More here. |
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A startup is aiming to transform power generation with a cleaner method that could offer limitless energy. Helical Fusion plans to launch a steady-state fusion reactor that would be the first of its kind worldwide.
The Tokyo-based company intends to initially develop a pilot reactor based on the helical method, a magnetic confinement technique. The reactor is projected to have an initial power generation capacity of 50-100 megawatts. The reactor could be a kind of stellarator called a heliotron, composed of two continuous helical coils, similar to the Large Helical Device, and could operate without plasma current. The company also has plans to commercialize the power once the reactor is successfully developed. Read more here. |
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China’s coastal region Hainan has welcomed the world’s largest single-capacity offshore wind turbine called MySE 18.X-20 MW. Hainan is China’s southernmost province, which borders the South China Sea.
Wind turbine manufacturer, Mingyang Smart Energy, installed this 20MW clean energy source on August 28. Mingyang’s turbine has been carefully designed to thrive in medium-to-high wind speeds and built to withstand the fury of typhoons. Interestingly, it has the ability to withstand strong winds of 79.8 m/s. Read more here. |
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The EV boom is here, as major automakers and many new startups roll out a wide array of EV models, and consumer interest continues to grow. This has been largely encouraged by government pressure to shift away from fossil fuels to green alternatives, with some countries introducing a ban on the sale of new internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles within the next 15 years. However, while the battery EV sector is growing, other green vehicle technologies are lagging, including hydrogen fuel cell EVs and solar EVs. Teams of researchers across the globe are trying to crack the code to deliver solar-powered cars, with varying success, and little hope of a commercial rollout any time soon.
Currently, solar panels are being offered by some companies as an additional extra for battery EVs rather than as a standalone charging method. Toyota previously offered a solar roof as an additional extra, at the cost of $600, on its Prius Prime, but few consumers seemed interested in taking up the feature. Experts in the industry believe that this is largely due to a lack of consumer familiarity with the technology. Some suggest that incorporating solar panels into battery EVs could allow users to reduce the time between charging substantially. While the development of wholly solar-powered cars might not be possible at present, solar panels may provide a significant boost to battery EVs. Read more here, |
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| Building a world that will continue to be enjoyed by future generations requires a shift in the way we operate. At the forefront of this movement is Rivian — an electric vehicle manufacturer focused on shifting our planet’s energy and transportation systems entirely away from fossil fuel. Today, Rivian’s fleet includes personal vehicles and involves a partnership with Amazon to deliver 100,000 commercial vans. Each vehicle uses IoT sensors and cameras to capture petabytes of data ranging from how the vehicle drives to how various parts function. With all this data at its fingertips, Rivian is using machine learning to improve the overall customer experience with predictive maintenance so that potential issues are addressed before they impact the driver. Read more here. |
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European carmakers are struggling in the global electric vehicle market, with key brands like Stellantis, Mercedes and Volkswagen losing ground to competitors. High costs and limited new models are hindering growth, with BMW being a rare exception among European brands.
Electric vehicle sales in July 2024 totalled 853,000 globally, increasing by just 6% year-on-year, a tepid performance that highlights weaker-than-expected demand for battery-powered models and raises doubts about the sector’s ability to sustain its growth momentum. What’s even more worrying is the underperformance of European carmakers, with several key brands such as Stellantis, Volkswagen, and Mercedes-Benz seeing significant losses in market share, according to the latest Bank of America’s EV Tracker report. Read more here. |
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There has been a growing focus on regeneration over the last few years. Mitigation is no longer enough.
In 2019, a survey illustrated that 80% of US consumers prefer “regenerative” over “sustainable” brands. Regenerative is synonymous with renewal – it goes beyond “doing no harm” to “harm reversal”, a critical theme when discussing the environment. While this is a multisectoral trend, regeneration is critical for agri-food systems. For instance, 34% of global agricultural land is degraded and will steadily become infertile to the point that we will not be able to grow food, fibre or feed on it. Read more here. |
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| A sweeping global research review of the links between climate and agriculture reveals the likelihood of an emergent feedback loop whereby, as climate change puts more pressure on the global food supply, agriculture will, by necessity, adopt practices that may exacerbate its environmental impact. The paper also identifies new agricultural practices that have the potential to increase efficiency and stabilize our food supply in the decades to come. Read more here. |
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SECURITY & THE FUTURE OF WARFARE |
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Outside the Khalil Suleiman Hospital, the largest government hospital in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces have parked dozens of armored military vehicles and jeeps, surrounding the hospital and turning the area into a makeshift military encampment.
The hospital, which serves a population of over 300,000 people, has lost more than a third of its daily water supply and is currently relying on a generator for electricity; They only have enough reserves of diesel fuel to last six days. The ongoing siege threatens the hospital and its facilities and exposes the lives of patients to extreme danger. Key departments, including those providing kidney dialysis, chemotherapy, intensive care, incubators, and outpatient services, have all been severely curtailed or completely shut down. More here. |
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Palestinian civilians have said Israeli soldiers forced them to put on military uniforms and use cameras to scout dangerous places in the Gaza Strip. An Israeli human rights organization has confirmed the accusations.
For almost a year, Israel’s army, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), has been fighting Hamas and other militant organizations there, which are classified as terrorist organizations by Germany, the European Union, the United States and other governments. The trigger was an unprecedented terrorist attack on Israel last October 7, when, according to Israeli sources, Islamist militias killed more than 1,200 people and took 251 hostages to Gaza. In the months of fighting, Israel has claimed Hamas has used Gaza’s civilian population as human shields. Images of weapons and ammunition found in schools and hospitals, for example, were presented as evidence. But Mohammad S. reports an additional reality. Read more here. |
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During the fatidic year of 2024, the world’s attention was distracted, first by the on-going and expanding US-NATO provoked Ukraine war against Russia, “to weaken Russia” dixit Secretary of Defense, General Lloyd Austin, a proxy war planned a long time ago, in 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union. As a matter of fact, this has been a proxy war from the start between the United States and Russia, promoted by American neocons. It is a war that officially started with the U.S. government financing the violent overthrow of the elected pro-Russian government of President Viktor Yanukovych, in February 2014.
Secondly, there is the on-going conflict between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza, which began with an attack by Hamas in October 2023. This was followed by the killing of more than 40,000 Palestinians by the Israeli Netanyahu government. Such widespread massacre of civilians and destruction have left thousands of children orphaned, shocked genocide historians and shamed the world’s conscience. Nevertheless, the modern-day massacre of the Palestinian people seems to have no end in sight. On the other hand, we have also witnessed this year the holding of the grandiose Paris Summer Olympics. That great peace celebration among nations was followed by a political saga in the American presidential election campaign, when the incumbent Democratic President Joe Biden was pressured to withdraw his candidacy in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris. However, other more scary developments have been taking place in the shadow. Indeed, the New York Times revealed on Tuesday, August 20, that last March, President Joe Biden, in a dangerous display of brinkmanship, secretly approved a new coordinated American nuclear strategy. It is about a plan for simultaneous nuclear confrontations of the United States with Russia, China and North Korea. Read more here. |
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The whistleblower shared an old clip of former CIA officer Frank Snepp detailing how the agency planted stories in the media.
Snowden, who currently lives in Russia after gaining citizenship in the country, posted a short clip from Snepp’s interview on Monday. In the video, the former intelligence officer explained how he had served as an interrogator, agent debriefer and chief strategy analyst while working in the US embassy in Saigon during the Vietnam War. Snepp said one his duties was to brief the press when the CIA wanted to “circulate disinformation on a particular issue,” noting that this information was not necessarily a lie, and could be a half-truth. More here. |
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Texas authorities say they are shutting down a crime-ridden hotel housing Tren de Aragua gang members and investigating the gang’s criminal involvement in other cities.
El Paso County Attorney Christina Sanchez filed a lawsuit on Aug. 27 to close the Gateway Hotel on Stanton St. in downtown El Paso, Texas, for multiple code violations, noting 693 police and service calls to the location over the past two years. Read more here. |
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I shouldn’t be able to do this for a living. Criticizing the warmongering of a single power structure shouldn’t be anyone’s full-time job. No government should be murdering people so consistently and reliably that people can plan their whole lives around it. Yet here we are. Not only are people like me able to focus on commentary about the mass military violence of the US and its satellite states as a full-time gig, but we usually find there’s too much to talk about from day to day.
I always run into people who act like my constantly criticizing US foreign policy day after day as a full-time gig is strange and suspicious, and it absolutely is — just not for the reasons they think. They think it’s strange and suspicious because I must be getting paid by some subversive foreign government, since nobody could possibly want to spend their time criticizing the western power structure we live under otherwise. They believe this because they’ve been indoctrinated from birth into supporting the agendas and information interests of the US-centralized empire by the imperial propaganda machine which normalizes and justifies the criminality of our rulers, and trains them to view any information which conflicts with this mainstream worldview as sinister and suspicious. Read more here. |
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Iranian police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan said in the next six months, some 2 million undocumented foreigners would be deported from Iran.
Speaking to the Iranian news agency Young Journalists Club in an interview on Tuesday, Radan also said security forces and the Interior Ministry were working out measures that would deport “a considerable number of illegal foreigners” over the long term. When Iranian officials speak of “illegal foreigners,” they usually mean migrants from Afghanistan. Iran and Afghanistan share a 900-kilometer (560-mile) long border, parts of which run through inaccessible, high mountain ranges. For over 40 years, Afghans have fled to Iran to escape civil war, poverty, and, now, the Taliban. Read more here. |
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In Iran, a rising number of suicides among doctors, students and healthcare workers reveals a deepening crisis. Watch here.
NOTE: If you are suffering from serious emotional strain or suicidal thoughts, do not hesitate to seek professional help. You can find information on where to find such help here: https://www.befrienders.org/ |
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Whether surrender by the west will actually happen, remains to be seen. It is not a habit of the west, even in terminal conditions, losing face – thus, more aggressions, perhaps of a NATO direct attack on Russia, is a possibility. At this point, President Putin still refuses to declare war, although Russia’s territory has been invaded and Russians are killed on their territory by NATO forces. And more direct NATO attacks may be planned. For now, Washington is getting away with “murder”; literally.
Step by step, Washington and its NATO partners have been crossing one red line after the other.- First, NATO weapons in Ukraine;
- then NATO troops un Ukaine;
- then F-16 fighter jets in Ukraine;
- then NATO soldiers commanding the sophisticated weaponry supplied by the west;
- then NATO troops on Russian territories; then NATO drones and aircraft attacking Russian targets on Russian territory – and finally NATO troops attempting taking over an entire Russian district, taking Russian prisoners, killing Russians.
Airports across Russia have been constantly bombed for several weeks by NATO drones. Read more here. |
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Minimum retirement ages in China are much lower than in other major economies, although pressure on pension funds is forcing policy change. China will raise its retirement age for workers starting from 1 January 2025.
For men, the retirement age will be raised to 63 years old, up from the current threshold of 60. For women in white collar jobs, it will be raised from 55 to 58. For women in manual, blue collar jobs, it will be increased from 50 to 55.
The changes will come into force over a 15 year period, meaning the threshold will be raised progressively based on people’s birthdays. Read more here. |
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LIFESTYLE / SOCIAL TRENDS & VALUES |
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The average American between the ages of 65 and 74 had about $609,000 in retirement savings as of 2022, according to the Federal Reserve. But strong stock market gains over the past couple of years have likely boosted that average balance even more. Attaining financial security in retirement isn’t just a matter of saving money, though. It also boils down to spending those funds wisely to ensure that it lasts.
A solid 79% of retirees between the ages of 65 and 80 say they have enough money to live comfortably in retirement, according to a Gallup poll. In spite of that, many retirees struggle to actually spend the money they’ve accumulated due to one major factor — which is a shame, because after a lifetime of working hard to save, you should feel comfortable spending your nest egg and enjoying retirement to the fullest. The major fear preventing retirees from enjoying retirement? Depleting their savings. A tough change in mindset, read more here. |
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A new paper argues that group living significantly affects how animals sleep, with behaviors like synchronized REM sleep in mice and sleep suppression in bumblebees. Most sleep studies focus on individual animals in lab settings, missing the social context of sleep in the wild.
The researchers propose studying group sleep using new technologies, like accelerometers, to explore the links between social behaviors and sleep. This approach could offer fresh insights into the evolutionary and ecological roles of sleep in group-living animals. Group sleeping can impact when animals sleep, how long they sleep for, and how deeply they sleep. For example, groups of meerkats time their sleep according to “sleep traditions”; olive baboons sleep less when their group size increases; bumblebees suppress sleep in the presence of offspring; and co-sleeping mice can experience synchronized REM sleep. Read more here. Read more here. |
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Racism steals time from people’s lives – possibly because of the space it occupies in the mind. In a new study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, our team showed that the toll of racism on the brain was linked to advanced aging, observed on a cellular level.
Black women who were more frequently exposed to racism showed stronger connections in brain networks involved with rumination and vigilance. We found that this, in turn, was connected to accelerated biological aging. We are neuroscientists who use a variety of approaches, including self-reported data and biological measurements like brain scans, to answer our questions about the effects of stressors on the brain and body. We also use this data to inform the development of interventions to help people cope with this stress. Read more here. |
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CONTACT & THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE |
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The Living Legends of Aviation are thrilled to share that Jared Isaacman has had a successful launch of the Polaris Dawn Mission on September 10, 2024 at 3:23am MDT. Isaacman, a renowned entrepreneur, pilot, and founder of payments processing company Shift4, has embarked on this groundbreaking journey aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, marking a new era in private space exploration. The Polaris Dawn mission is the first of three privately funded missions spearheaded by Isaacman, and represents a monumental leap toward the future of human spaceflight. Isaacman is commanding the mission alongside a distinguished crew, including his close friend and retired Air Force pilot Scott ‘Kidd’ Poteet, and SpaceX engineers Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis.
The mission’s spacecraft, aptly named Resilience, has already achieved an orbit height of 870 miles (1,400 kilometers) above Earth, surpassing the distance traveled by any human since NASA’s Apollo program concluded in the 1970s. This ambitious altitude has brought the crew through the Van Allen belt, a region of space with heightened radiation levels. However, the team is being well-protected by Resilience and their upgraded EVA (extravehicular activity) spacesuits, designed specifically for operations outside the spacecraft. More here. |
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It is statistically unlikely that humans are the only intelligent civilization in the universe. Nothing about the nature of other species that may exist out there will be known until contact is made beyond a radio signal from space, the likes of which can really only prove the originating civilization existed at the time the message was originally sent.
Contact with extraterrestrial intelligence may occur tomorrow, in a hundred years, or never. Although according to some, it may have already happened at some point decades, if not centuries, or even millennia ago. In any event, open and direct contact will be a high-risk scenario for humanity. It may be peaceful or hostile. Relying on the altruism of aliens and the hope that their intentions will be benign is wishful thinking. Thus, in the context of law with relation to extraterrestrial contact, we must consider moving toward identifying as one planetary species and developing a global consensus on how to respond in either scenario. More here. |
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Another high-ranking government official who investigated UFOs/UAPs is ready to tell their story. Jay Stratton, the former director of the U.S. government’s secretive Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force, has struck a memoir deal with HarperCollins. Stratton represents the most senior former U.S government official yet to go public about their direct involvement in the investigation of UAP and non-human intelligence.
For over 16 years, Stratton worked as a senior intelligence official, leading countless U.S. government investigations of UAP and non-human intelligence, including the “Tic Tac” UAP encountered by Navy fighter pilots and the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in 2004. While much of Stratton’s work is classified, the memoir promises to reveal “all that can be lawfully disclosed, providing a first-hand account of the shocking discoveries, challenges and breakthroughs that have marked the U.S. government’s investigation and understanding of UAP and non-human intelligence, as well as the effects on Stratton and his family.” Read more here. |
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Police officers across the US have been issued a handbook on how to deal with reports of ‘unidentified anomalous phenomena’ (UAP). The guidelines, which detail several past encounters, were sent out earlier this summer by the Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCAA), which represents police executives from the largest cities in the US and Canada.
In the 11-page guide, the MCAA notes that UAPs detected in US airspace represent a “domain awareness gap” which poses a “clear and present danger to pilots and our soldiers that is more acute than ever.” It also cites reports by several government agencies, such as the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, concluding that such phenomena are also a “clear threat to national security, since their capabilities and origins are unknown.” The handbook provided details on several UFO investigations, and cited the testimonies of whistleblowers who have been involved in such incidents, such as former US Air Force officer and intelligence official David Grusch. Read more here. |
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The European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom and others signed an international artificial intelligence treaty on Thursday, the Council of Europe said. It said that the agreement was the first international legally binding treaty on the use of AI systems. The treaty was opened for signature at a conference of Council of Europe justice ministers in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. It comes just months after EU ministers gave final approval to the bloc’s own Artificial Intelligence Act, which aims to regulate use of AI in “high-risk” sectors.
Who else signed the treaty?
Besides the EU, the US and the UK, the treaty was also signed by Andorra, Georgia, Iceland, Norway, Moldova, San Marino and Israel. Also involved in negotiating the treaty were Argentina, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, the Vatican, Japan, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay. The Council of Europe is an organization based in Strasbourg, France that is tasked with upholding human rights. It has 47 members states, including the 27 member states of the EU. Read more here. |
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STATISTICS / DEMOGRAPHICS |
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – As advancements in the fuel efficiency of vehicles lead to a diminishing return on investment of federal and state fuel taxes, 81% of Americans are willing to explore new ways of funding how the nation’s roadways are maintained and improved, according to a new HNTB Corporation America THINKS national public opinion survey. The survey, “Funding America’s Roads-2024” also found that half of respondents said there is not enough being invested in the nation’s roadways.
Key findings include:- 81% of Americans are open to new ways of funding road maintenance and improvements.
- 62% of Americans believe people should pay different amounts to support road maintenance, based on how much they drive or the type of vehicle they drive.
- Half of Americans surveyed say there is not enough investment being made to fund road maintenance and improvements.
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NEW TOOLS / NEW PROCESSES |
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The U.S. Postal Service is planning large-scale network changes that will expedite transportation for some mail near its major processing facilities while slowing it down for volume coming from rural post offices. The potential overhaul follows sweeping operational shifts the financially struggling agency has already made in recent years under Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy to reduce costs, some of which have led to on-time delivery issues.
The new batch of changes could challenge small businesses, which often rely on local post offices for shipping, operating far away from the Postal Service’s regional processing and distribution centers. However, the agency maintains that even slowed-down volume will still reach its end destination within existing delivery timeframes. Read more here. |
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ECONOMY / FINANCE / BUSINESS |
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BitcoinBitcoin +2.7% and crypto prices have surged this year as the U.S. dollar index falls to year-to-date lows.
The bitcoin price is trading around $60,000 per bitcoin, up from January lows of under $40,000, as traders bet a fresh injection of liquidity by the Federal Reserve will put the bitcoin and crypto market on the “cusp” of a major move. Now, as China gears up to drop a bitcoin price bombshell, fears are swirling the U.S. dollar is on “the verge of a total collapse,” setting up the bitcoin price for “a critical tipping point.” Read more here. |
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Asian benchmarks dipped after Wall Street’s mixed finish following Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s open US election debate.
US stocks finished the trading session mixed as investors watched for any market impact from the debate between the US presidential candidates, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, overnight. The value of the US dollar has increased against peers in the past when expectations for a Trump re-election have strengthened, among other moves that have come to be known as part of the “Trump trade,” due in part to his calling for tariffs. Read more here. |
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A teenager in Detroit was arrested after his house was raided in a 3D-printed gun sting, CBS News reports, amid a federal crackdown into illegal weapons parts produced with consumer fabrication tech. The culmination of a joint investigation with the Department of Homeland Security, the Detroit Police Department Organized Crime unit executed a search warrant at the house on Wednesday, uncovering evidence of an illegal operation.
Among the confiscated items, according to authorities, were 3D-printers, twelve 3D-printed handgun “lowers” — the lower half of a handgun frame — and five rifle lowers. The big ticket item, though, was a 3D-printed Glock “switch,” a small device that converts pistols of the popular brand into fully automatic weapons. The arrested teenager, a 14-year-old, is facing felony weapons charges. According to CBS, the teenager will likely face federal charges as well, due to Homeland Security’s involvement in the arrest and investigation. Read more here. |
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If you’re a sci-fi fanatic you have definitely seen a somewhat over-exaggerated conceptualization of “The future,” including flying cars everywhere, everyone swapping their daily clothing items for robotic suits, advancements in AI, and habitation on different planets. While some of those have come to life others are still on their way to becoming a reality from a concept. Among them is Cognify, a rehabilitation facility conceptualized to replace traditional prisons by embedding artificial memories permanently in addition to an individual’s own experiences by Yemeni molecular biologist and science communicator Hashem Al-Ghaili.
Cognify is a prison concept that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to implant memories into prisoners’ brains to help them rehabilitate and reduce recidivism. The idea is that prisoners would be able to serve their sentence in minutes, rather than years, and then reintegrate into society. Read more here. |
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In the year 2000 the Scientific and Technological Options Assessment (STOA) panel of the European Parliament published a study entitled “Crowd Control Technologies” where it wrote:
“in October 1999 NATO announced a new policy on non-lethal weapons and their place in allied arsenals… The most controversial non-lethal crowd control and anti-materiel technology proposed by the US are so called Radio Frequency or Directed Energy Weapons that can allegedly manipulate human behaviour in a variety of unusual ways… the greatest concern is with systems which can directly interact with the human nervous system… The research undertaken to date both in the US and in Russia can be divided into two related areas: (i) individual mind control and (ii) crowd control” (pg.liii). Directed energy system was further defined in the technical annex as „Directed energy weapon system designed to match radio frequency source to interfere with human brain activity at synapse level, with the note:
“Highly classified program and hard data is difficult to access” Read more here. |
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SPIRITUALITY, CONSCIOUSNESS & AWAKENING |
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Out-of-body experiences are often described as extraordinary events where individuals perceive themselves as existing outside their physical bodies, experiencing a sense of floating or observing themselves from an external perspective. The phenomena can be triggered by various factors such as sensory deprivation, hypnosis, and psychedelic substances or can occur spontaneously during life-threatening situations or near-death experiences. Out-of-body experiences are often linked to supernatural, religious, or spiritual phenomena. However, they are also recognized within the scientific community, where cognitive science and psychology view them as dissociative events resulting from various psychological and neurological factors.
Findings, recently published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, suggest that these altered states of consciousness transform how people connect with others, fostering greater compassion and understanding. Read more here. |
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In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers explored the link between past psychedelic use, metaphysical beliefs, and well-being. The findings suggest that people who have used psychedelics tend to adopt metaphysical idealism, a belief that consciousness is fundamental to reality. This belief was associated with greater psychological well-being. Interestingly, other metaphysical beliefs, including other non-physicalist views, did not show a similar relationship.
Psychedelic substances, such as psilocybin (found in certain mushrooms), lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), and dimethyltryptamine (DMT), have long been known to induce profound changes in perception, cognition, and even spiritual experiences. These experiences often lead individuals to question fundamental aspects of reality. Previous research has shown that such experiences can result in long-term psychological benefits, such as increased well-being and reductions in anxiety and depression. However, the specific mechanisms driving these changes remain unclear. One theory posits that shifts in metaphysical beliefs, how people view the nature of reality might play a key role in these long-term benefits. In particular, the researchers wanted to investigate whether psychedelic experiences lead to a shift toward non-physicalist metaphysical beliefs, such as idealism (the idea that consciousness is fundamental to reality) or panpsychism (the belief that consciousness exists in all things), and whether these beliefs are linked to well-being. Read more here. |
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FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH – articles off the beaten track which may – or may not – have predictive value. |
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For those of you that don’t know here’s that ambitious page from Klaus Schwab’s book.
Make sure to read it all the way through, hes obviously the voice of deep state. More here. |
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The interview covered the hardly noticeable but with warp speed advancing digitization of everything, the implementation of what Klaus Schwab – World Economic Forum (WEF) – professes in his “Fourth Industrial Revolution”. A dystopian world, where humans are enslaved by digital means, transhumanism, self-driving cars, total control through QR-codes, and – the final straw – by a fully digitized monetary system. If it goes unnoticed, as the masters of the universe would like it, it will lead to a drastically reduced-world populations, with mostly trans-human survivors, who will own nothing but are happy.
Only We, the People can stop it, if and when, we wake up, and reject the plan, simply refuse to go along with it, creating an alternative life society, alternative monetary system – and re-introducing true human values, ethics, togetherness, solidarity, work-places that care, trust and friendships.- It is high time.
- We can do it.
- We MUST do it.
Watch interview here. |
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“I know the capacity that is there to make tyranny total in America, and we must see to it that this agency [the National Security Agency] and all agencies that possess this technology operate within the law and under proper supervision, so that we never cross over that abyss. That is the abyss from which there is no return.” –
Senator Frank Church (1975)
I would like to discuss four major and badly understood events – the John F. Kennedy assassination, Watergate, Iran-Contra, and 9/11. I will analyze these deep events as part of a deeper political process linking them, a process that has helped build up repressive power in America at the expense of democracy. In recent years I have been talking about a dark force behind these events, a force which, for want of a better term, I have clumsily called a “deep state,” operating both within and outside the public state. Today for the first time I want to identify part of that dark force, a part which has operated for five decades or more at the edge of the public state. This part of the dark force has a name not invented by me: the Doomsday Project, the Pentagon’s name for the emergency planning “to keep the White House and Pentagon running during and after a nuclear war or some other major crisis.” My point is a simple and important one: to show that the Doomsday Project of the 1980s, and the earlier emergency planning that developed into it, have played a role in the background of all the deep events I shall discuss. Read more here. |
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Michael Yon and Mike Adams discuss shocking reality of cannibalism. - Discussion on Cannibalism and Cultural Practices
- Why people EAT people: It’s not always about hunger, it’s about POWER
- Tracking Cannibals Across the Globe
- Gary Rayburn Stevenson’s Story
- Eating children because their flesh is tender like lamb
- “Lady fingers” and why cannibals like human fingers so much
- Gary’s Encounter with the Law and Final Days
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The future of tourism is here, blending innovation with sustainability. Explore how regenerative practises and cutting-edge technology are reshaping the travel industry and creating a positive impact on communities and the planet.
Watch this episode of The Exchange, exploring the future of tourism and how innovation is reshaping the industry. Watch here. |
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Indonesia will suspend the construction of new hotels in some areas of Bali, amid fears about overdevelopment of one of its most famous tourist destinations.
Tourism has rebounded in Bali after the Covid pandemic, but there is growing concern about the strain visitors are placing on local infrastructure, the environment, and culture. Read more here. |
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Greece plans to impose a 20-euro levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands of Santorini and Mykonos during the peak summer season, in a bid to avert over-tourism. Greece relies heavily on tourism, the main driver of the country’s economy which is still recovering from a decade-long crisis that wiped out a fourth of its output.
But some of its most popular destinations, including Santorini, an idyllic island of quaint villages and pristine beaches with 20,000 permanent residents, risk being ruined by mass tourism. Read more here. |
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Mesmerizing footage has captured a weird bioluminescent worm undulating through the twilight zone.
Researchers from the Schmidt Ocean Institute spotted the deep-sea worm off the coast of Chile during a research cruise exploring seamounts in the area and posted the video to Facebook. They identified the creature as a segmented gossamer worm (Tomopteris) — a marine worm that spends its entire life in constant motion, never touching the seafloor or seeing sunlight. More here. |
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The Burke-Wadsworth Act is passed by Congress on September 16, 1940, by wide margins in both houses, and the first peacetime draft in the history of the United States is imposed. Selective Service was born.
The registration of men between the ages of 21 and 36 began exactly one month later, as Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, who had been a key player in moving the Roosevelt administration away from a foreign policy of strict neutrality, began drawing draft numbers out of a glass bowl. The numbers were handed to the president, who read them aloud for public announcement. There were some 20 million eligible young men—50 percent were rejected the very first year, either for health reasons or illiteracy (20 percent of those who registered were illiterate). Read more here. |
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In one of the poorest countries in the world, an American entrepreneur is empowering women and girls to stay in school and become household earners.
Employing women as seamstresses with a generous benefits package to sew school uniforms—one of the highest financial barriers to entry into the school system—two generations of females benefit. The not-for-profit socially-minded enterprise is called Style Her Empowered, acronym SHE, and was founded by Payton McGriff who began her journey as a senior at the University of Idaho seeking a place in the market to start a business for a class project. Read more here. |
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| Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer has a son named Robbie. 🙂 |
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Your brains are antennas.
It resonates a certain frequency but,
if you’re not tuned in,
you will not receive the messages
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