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Volume 28, Number 1—1/1/2025

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Volume 28, Number 1 - 01/01/2025
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JOHN L. PETERSEN

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MOMENT IN HUMAN

HISTORY:

Only Two Years To Secure

The Future For Our Species

...and the Universe
 
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It's now obvious that the increasingly unhinged chaos that has rapidly grown around us throughout our lifetimes is certainly orchestrated. It's not random or "organic".

A sequential series of fundamental changes, laid down one after another over a century, if not hundreds of years, have degraded, even captured, all aspects of our physical environment (air, water, soil, food), electromagnetic spectrum, education, culture, health, science, religion and more. It has been an all-spectrum, systematic assault, a soft coup against human life, that is culminating in an extraordinary moment in history where we as a species, have one last opportunity to turn an aspect of the future in a new direction toward a revolutionary new world . . . even as most of the world rapidly careens toward a dystopian end.

This moment has immense implications, and opportunity. It seems to literally be a potential turning point for the universe . . . but only if we rise to the occasion and do what we need to, to set a different course for the segment of humanity that has the potential to establish the foundation for a new, different world.

If we don't do what we need to do, all of the human species will be captured in the pervasive and invasive digital net and extraction will be impossible. That would be the beginning of the end of the Pure Humans, (in Gregg Braden terms).

It's easy to focus on all of the political, economic and other narratives that swirl around us, promising one or another variation of disaster. But we can't afford to fall for the magician trick of being attracted to the diversion and missing the most important thing that is transpiring. In this case, there is a much bigger issue at stake . . . literally the future of humanity.

We have a limited amount of time to get our arms around the essence of this new understanding and transfer that knowledge into rapid action that could derail the present trends.

This is of utmost importance. More so than any other time in our lives and you have a unique opportunity to both understand the big picture . . . and start building a personal plan for contributing to a dramatic change in the direction of the future.

If you have always known that you had an important role to play in the evolution of life on this planet, John Petersen's 18th of January TransitionTalk will provide you with the most significant opportunity available, to be a part of the beginning of the most important human movement in history. Do join us in Berkeley Springs or via livestream.
How do you do a transition to a new world?
How do you build a model for a new world?
What is the alternative
to the way things are going now?

~ John L. Petersen ~
JOHN L. PETERSEN

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John L. Petersen is considered by many to be one of the most informed futurists in the world. He is best-known for writing and thinking about high impact surprises (wild cards) and the process of surprise anticipation. His current professional involvements include the development of sophisticated tools for anticipatory analysis and surprise anticipation, long-range strategic planning and helping leadership design new approaches for dealing with the future.
He has led national non-profit organizations, worked in sales, manufacturing, real estate development, and marketing and advertising, mostly for companies he founded. A graduate electrical engineer, he has also promoted rock concerts; produced conventions; and worked as a disc jockey, among other things.

Mr. Petersen’s government and political experience include stints at the National War College, the Institute for National Security Studies, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the National Security Council staff at the White House. He was a naval flight officer in the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserve and is a decorated veteran of both the Vietnam and Persian Gulf wars. He has served in senior positions for a number of presidential political campaigns and was an elected delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1984. He was twice the runner-up to be Secretary of the Navy.

In 1989, Petersen founded The Arlington Institute (TAI), a non-profit, future-oriented research institute. TAI operates on the premise that effective thinking about the future is impossible without casting a very wide net. The “think tank” serves as a global agent for change by developing new concepts, processes and tools for anticipating the future and translating that knowledge into better present-day decisions. Using advanced information technology, a core group of bright thinkers and an international network of exceptionally curious people along with simulations, modeling, scenario building, polling and analysis, Arlington helps equip leaders and organizations from many disciplines with tools and actionable perspectives for dealing with uncertain times.

An award-winning writer, Petersen’s first book, The Road to 2015: Profiles of the Future was awarded Outstanding Academic Book of 1995 by CHOICE Academic Review, and remained on The World Future Society’s best-seller list for more than a year. His Out of the Blue: How to Anticipate Wild Cards and Big Future Surprises book was also a WFS best-seller. His latest book, A Vision For 2012: Planning for Extraordinary Change, was published in 2007. Mr. Petersen’s coauthored article, The Year 2000: Social Chaos or Social Transformation?, was one of the most highly acclaimed writings on Y2K. His 1988 book-length report The Diffusion of Power: An Era of Realignment was used at the highest levels of American government as a basis for strategic planning. He has also written papers on the future of national security and the military, the future of energy and the future of the media.

Petersen is a past board member of the World Future Society, wrote on the future of aviation for Professional Pilot magazine and was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation. He is a former network member of the Global Business Network and a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science. A provocative public speaker, he addresses a wide array of audiences around the world on a variety of future oriented subjects. When he is not writing or speaking, Petersen invests in and develops resources for large, international projects and advanced technology start-up companies. He lives in the Washington, D.C. area in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia.
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MOMENT IN HUMAN

HISTORY:

Only Two Years To Secure

The Future For Our Species

...and the Universe
 
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THINK LINKS
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

AI in Drug Discovery: 2025 Outlook - National Law Review, December 18, 2024

Looking forward to the 2025 prediction season, a survey of the emerging AI-powered drug discovery landscape has been making the rounds, and with good reason. The survey, summarized by Stanford’s Chris Bradbury, is likely the most comprehensive public review of advancements in this rapidly evolving field to date.

AI-powered drug discovery is categorized into four distinct waves of development, providing a clear framework for understanding how this technology has progressed. The most recent wave, in particular, emphasizes two key trends: (1) leveraging more data and extracting more value from diverse data sources through multimodal, multiscale, synthetic, and self-supervised approaches; and (2) focusing on more specialized pipelines, where feedback from the development process may be used more effectively.

The report also frames current and potential business models and value propositions that could shape the future of AI drug discovery, synthesizing the following trends for the most recent wave of companies: they are more specialized, unlocking therapeutically relevant capabilities to focus on specific diseases or therapeutic areas; intend to reach clinical stage faster (reflecting the goal of a more focused pipeline); and emphasize higher value indications and the economic potential of real-world clinical assets. Key questions raised by these insights include whether greater speed to clinical stage could facilitate faster data collection, leading to a feedback loop that accelerates innovation. Read more here.

The Most Powerful AI Humanoid Robot Yet - Pudu D9 (Better Than Optimus) - YouTube, December 25, 2024

Pudu Robotics has unveiled the Pudu D9, a groundbreaking humanoid AI robot designed for tasks in warehouses, retail, and more. Standing at 5.57 feet tall, it features advanced mobility, dexterous robotic arms, and cutting-edge AI technology, enabling it to navigate complex environments and perform precise tasks autonomously. With its innovative design and real-world applications, the Pudu D9 sets a new benchmark in robotics, challenging competitors like Tesla’s Optimus. Watch here.

Emulate Human Muscles, Transcend Human Capabilities: Wisson Robotics' General-Purpose Soft Robotics to Debut at CES 2025 - Financial Post, December 26, 2024

Wisson Robotics, a global pioneer in general-purpose soft robotics, will debut at CES 2025 with its Pliabot® technology, a revolutionary commercial and universal soft robotics with human-like muscles and embodied AI, and innovative Pliabot® robots for aerial operations and EV automatic charging.

As the world’s leading general-purpose soft robotics, Wisson’s Pliabot® technology replicates characteristics of human muscles through its “soft muscles + neuronic intelligence” dual-propeller approach, bringing high adaptability, high load-to-weight ratio, safe interaction, high environmental resistance and significant cost advantages which the rigid robotics hard to offer. Besides, designed as a modular platform, Pliabot® bionic joints, arms and “neuronic-cerebellar-cerebral-cloud” AI systems could easily integrate with mobile chassis, lifts, assembly lines, wearable devices, unmanned aerial vehicles, robotic dogs and humanoid robots, best for meeting the needs in different scenarios or industries. Read more here.

How Hallucinatory A.I. Helps Science Dream Up Big Breakthroughs - The New York Times, December 27, 2024

Artificial intelligence often gets criticized because it makes up information that appears to be factual, known as hallucinations. The plausible fakes have roiled not only chatbot sessions but lawsuits and medical records. For a time last year, a patently false claim from a new Google chatbot helped drive down the company’s market value by an estimated $100 billion.

In the universe of science, however, innovators are finding that A.I. hallucinations can be remarkably useful. The smart machines, it turns out, are dreaming up riots of unrealities that help scientists track cancer, design drugs, invent medical devices, uncover weather phenomena and even win the Nobel Prize. Read more here.
CORONA VIRUS - (COVID-19)

The New COVID Vaxx That Replicates Itself; What??! - Substack, December 25, 2024

European Medicines Agency: “Kostaive will be available as a powder for dispersion for injection. Kostaive is a RNA-based COVID-19 vaccine. It contains a self-amplifying mRNA that encodes the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Self-amplifying means that the mRNA also carries instructions to make a protein called replicase. Once administered into a muscle, the replicase protein makes more copies of the mRNA, which the cell can use to make more spike protein…”

OK. We start with this. There is no “COVID VIRUS.” If the injection indeed produces a “spike protein,” the protein doesn’t belong to a virus. Next, the scientists who developed this new vaccine believe they’re injecting some kind of self-replicating DEVICE into the body. More here.

Shocking report in the UK finds 95% of COVID-19 deaths were among the vaccinated - Natural News, December 28, 2024

Grim statistics reveal death skyrocketing in vaccinated populations, not unvaccinated. The devastating truth behind the worldwide rollout of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines continues to come out, exposing a staggering reality that governments and corporations have either ignored or deliberately concealed. Official data released by the UK government has revealed an alarming surge in deaths among those who received the vaccination, starkly contrasting with the negligible impact on the unvaccinated population.

According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), as of July 2022, over 18.9 million people had refused the first dose of the COVID-19 injection, with another 21.5 million people refusing the second dose. Furthermore, a significant portion of those who received the first dose later refused additional injections, with 2.6 million people refusing the second and 30.4 million refusing the third shot. These figures indicate a widespread rejection of the vaccine, yet the ramifications for those who did comply with this “lifesaving” intervention were ultimately catastrophic. Read more here.

Yale Study Finds Spike Proteins From COVID Jabs Persist for TWO YEARS: Are mRNA Vaccines Rewriting Human DNA? - Natural News, December 21, 2024

Scientists are raising alarms about the long-term consequences of these experimental COVID-19 injections. New findings from Yale University suggest that the genetic material in mRNA vaccines may not only persist in the human body but could also integrate with human DNA, fundamentally altering our genetic code. This disturbing discovery has profound implications for the health of billions of people worldwide and raises urgent questions about the ethics and safety of mRNA vaccine technology.

Yale researchers have identified COVID spike proteins in the blood of vaccinated individuals, up to two years after they received their shots. Crucially, these individuals were never infected with the virus, as confirmed by antibody tests. The immune system typically destroys newly produced spike proteins, but the persistence of these proteins suggests that some vaccinated individuals may be producing them independently. A plausible explanation is that the genetic material delivered by the vaccines has integrated with human genes, activating protein-making structures within cells. If confirmed, this would mark a seismic shift in our understanding of mRNA vaccine safety. The implications of this discovery are staggering. More than a billion people worldwide have received mRNA COVID vaccines, and the possibility that these vaccines are altering human DNA is a game-changer. Read more here.

BOMBSHELL: Covid-19 mRNA Nanoparticles EMIT LIGHT SIGNALS That Communicate MAC Addresses Used for Self-Assembly Inside the Blood Vessels - Natural News, December 22, 2024

As aired on the Children’s Health Defense TV network, a scientist injected Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine ingredients onto a slide and zoomed in on its actions with a microscope at 100 times magnification. You can literally see microscopic particles acting as blinking lights while they self-assemble.

The scientist explains that these microparticles or nanoparticles are called “microchips” because they emit signals known as “MAC address” phenomenon. In the background can be seen “nano and micro-robots that are communicating with each other via light signals” as they are collaborating to self-assemble into what looks like a miniature satellite. This is already proven to persist in the body for at least two years, with spike proteins and nanoparticles traveling through the bloodstream to vital organs, ovaries, testes, and the brain. Read more here.
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE

New Year, New PF Rules: Watch Out For These Changes Coming In January 2025 - NDTV, December 30, 2024

With the new year kicking off, new personal finance rules will be effective from January 2025. There are changes specially around fixed deposit, credit cards and UPI payments. As some of these changes directly impact withdrawals, access and spending, you need to be aware of them. Here are the changes taking place in Jan: Read more here.

The Benefits Hierarchy of Needs: Why Employers & Payers Should Prioritize Gut Health Benefits - MedCity News, December 27, 2024

Maslow’s famous hierarchy of needs pyramid offers a framework for understanding human psychology and motivation. To reach higher levels of meaning and purpose (like self-actualization), the theory goes, humans must first meet their basic physiological needs (for food, water, shelter, and rest).

A hierarchy of needs is a helpful framework for thinking about employer-sponsored benefits, too, especially in this era of ever-increasing healthcare costs. At the base of the hierarchy (often portrayed as a pyramid) should be those benefits that let employees achieve or maintain basic physiological health – the “need to haves,” in other words. Read more here.
NEW DISCOVERIES / INNOVATIONS

New Forms of Life Discovered Inside Human Bodies - Earth.com, December 21, 2024

Recently, a team of researchers stumbled upon strange entities, or obelisks, living inside of human bodies that had escaped notice until now.

Their surprising presence challenges assumptions and raises pressing questions about what else might be lurking unseen inside us. Read more here.

Study Claims all Observables in Nature can be Measured with a Single Constant: The Second - Phys.org, December 27, 2024

A group of Brazilian researchers has presented an innovative proposal to resolve a decades-old debate among theoretical physicists: How many fundamental constants are needed to describe the observable universe? Here, the term "fundamental constants" refers to the basic standards needed to measure everything. The study is published in the journal Scientific Reports.

The group argues that the number of fundamental constants depends on the type of space-time in which the theories are formulated; and that in a relativistic space-time, this number can be reduced to a single constant, which is used to define the standard of time. Read more here.

Scientists Have Confirmed the Existence of a Third Form of Magnetism - Popular Mechanics, December 18, 2024

Scientists have recently crafted and taken images of a novel new magnetic substance known as an altermagnetic material. While some discoveries are theorized decades before scientists can finally make or observe them, altermagnetism has arrived in the collective scientific consciousness over just a few years. And now, in a new paper, scientists show that they can tune these materials very precicely in order to create specific directions of magnetism. This work appears in the peer-reviewed journal Nature.

In fact, they’ve been able to confirm a wild (but substantiated) theory—that altermagnetism could combine regular ferromagnetism with antiferromagnetism (as the names suggest, these were believed to be incompatible opposites). While it might not have much impact on your refrigerator magnet collection, for people who make superconductors and topological materials at near-absolute zero, this could be the next big thing. Read more here.

Crossing the Uncanny Valley: Breakthrough in Technology for Lifelike Facial Expressions in Androids - Science Daily, December 27, 2024

Even highly realistic androids can cause unease when their facial expressions lack emotional consistency. Traditionally, a 'patchwork method' has been used for facial movements, but it comes with practical limitations. A team developed a new technology using 'waveform movements' to create real-time, complex expressions without unnatural transitions. This system reflects internal states, enhancing emotional communication between robots and humans, potentially making androids feel more humanlike. Read more here.
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES / CLIMATE

Global Warming Fail: Arctic Ice Is 26% Larger Than 2012 - Technocracy News, December 27, 2024

Global Warming is the greatest hoax in history. In fact, the world is COOLING! It has caused trillions of dollars in mal-investment globally to centralize global resources into a few hands. This is the effect that David Rockefeller called for in 1973 when he co-founded the Trilateral Commission with Brzezinski: the “New International Economic Order”, aka Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy.

Most cities and towns in America have a “Climate Action Plan” predicated on this hoax. Take the charts below to your city council, mayor, and city manager and insist they explain this.  Those who “see the light” will reverse field and scuttle those plans for good. More here.

The Green Revolution: How CO2 is Saving the Planet, Not Destroying it - Natural News, December 31, 2024

In an era dominated by climate alarmism and the relentless push for Net Zero policies, a growing body of scientific evidence is challenging the narrative that carbon dioxide (CO2) is a planetary villain. Peer-reviewed studies and respected scientists are now revealing that CO2 is not only harmless but actually beneficial to the Earth, driving a global greening phenomenon that is feeding the world and restoring biodiversity. Yet, this groundbreaking research is being systematically ignored by the mainstream media, which remains wedded to a politically motivated climate agenda.

Recent studies published by the CO2 Coalition and other independent scientific groups have shown that rising CO2 levels are not the existential threat they’ve been made out to be. In fact, the atmosphere is already “saturated” with CO2, meaning additional emissions have a negligible impact on global temperatures. This saturation effect, long argued by climate skeptics, explains why historical CO2 levels—10 to 15 times higher than today—did not lead to runaway warming. Instead, CO2 is proving to be a boon for plant life, driving a “green revolution” that is increasing agricultural yields and greening vast swaths of the planet. Read more here.
COMMUNICATIONS / COMPUTING

Engineers Achieve Quantum Teleportation Over Active Internet Cables - TechSpot, December 23. 2024

An engineering team at Northwestern University has achieved a breakthrough in quantum teleportation, demonstrating the feasibility of transmitting quantum information alongside classic internet traffic. As research advances, we could enter a new era in communication technology, where quantum and traditional networks can coexist to offer unprecedented levels of security and speed.

Engineers at Northwestern University have demonstrated quantum teleportation over a fiber optic cable already carrying Internet traffic. This feat, published in the journal Optica, opens up new possibilities for combining quantum communication with existing Internet infrastructure. It also has major implications for the field of advanced sensing technologies and quantum computing applications. Read more here.

UN Warns of Military Brain Control - Discussion of Dangers of Brain Computer Interface And Possibility Of Human Rights Violations - Substack, December 21, 2024

A United Nations panel is warning that a technology Elon Musk champions could lead to human rights abuses.

Brain-computer interfaces, which translate brain activity into commands that can control devices such as computers or robotic prosthetic limbs, promise to help people who are paralyzed move a cursor or a keyboard with their thoughts. Musk, a technology billionaire whom President-elect Donald Trump has tasked with co-leading a “Department of Government Efficiency,” is the founder of Neuralink, a brain-computer interface company. If a brain-computer interface is used inappropriately by the military, it could lead to human rights abuses, according to a report by an advisory committee to the United Nations Human Rights Council.

How so?  Read more here.
SHELTER / ARCHITECTURE

Navigating Risks and Rewards: The New Era of Real Estate Investment through Crowdfunding - TechBullion, December 30, 2024

In a world where the traditional methods of investing in real estate often seem reserved for the affluent or well-connected, a quiet revolution is unfolding. Welcome to the era of crowdfunding, a groundbreaking approach that democratizes access to lucrative property investments, allowing everyday individuals to dip their toes into a market previously dominated by wealthy investors. Read more here.

The Role of Architecture in Building Peaceful Coexistence: Insights from Conflict-Affected Regions - TechBullion, December 27, 2024

Wars and armed conflicts wreak havoc on our built environment, our cities and towns, killing both the social and physical fabric where we live. These horrible tragedies lead to very important questions after the fact: How can those affected rebuild their lives and how can architecture help bring people together to restore peace and harmony?

Architecture, as a physical and symbolic medium, can heal the psychological and social wounds brought on by war in addition to the actual destruction.This thesis explores the transformative potential of architecture in fostering the nurturance and sustainability of peace through post-war reconstruction. It provides a logical link between how architects can strive to bridge middle-range and grassroots leaders with their contribution to Lederach’s conflict transformation theory. There is revealed the potential to utilize collaboratively designed culturally relevant design in processes to restore cultural identity and reestablish lost trust, as well as to empower the communities affected. Read more here.
ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS      

Germany Surprises the World With a New Quantum Engine Running on Lithium - WECB, December 25, 2024

In a groundbreaking leap for energy technology, German researchers from the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau have introduced a prototype quantum engine powered by lithium. This cutting-edge invention could pave the way for a new era of energy production, revolutionizing everything from battery design to sustainable power solutions.

Unlike traditional engines that rely on combustion or chemical reactions, this quantum engine operates by manipulating the quantum states of particles to generate energy. The study, published in the esteemed journal Nature, highlights the engine’s potential to redefine energy production, opening doors to innovations like ultra-efficient quantum batteries. Read more here.

The Future Of Energy: How Shell Is Harnessing AI To Transform The Energy Sector - Forbes, December 20, 2024

The energy sector stands at a pivotal moment in history. As the world grapples with the urgent need to reduce emissions while meeting growing energy demands, artificial intelligence is emerging as a powerful ally in this transformation. Shell, with its century-old legacy in energy production, is leading the charge in harnessing AI to reshape both traditional operations and future energy solutions.

One of the most striking achievements in Shell's AI journey has been the dramatic acceleration of scientific simulations. Working with NVIDIA, Shell has achieved what seemed impossible just a few years ago: running complex energy simulations up to a million times faster than traditional methods. Read more here.

This Major Perovskite Breakthrough Could Change Solar - Oil Price, December 19, 2024

Qcells, a subsidiary of South Korea’s giant conglomerate Hanwha Corp, has set a world record for the efficiency of a large-area silicon solar cell with a top layer of perovskite, a development that could dramatically shrink the size of projects and slash costs. Qcells says it has achieved cell efficiency of 28.6% on a large commercial-sized cell known as an M10 using the technology, considerably higher than 27% efficiency for crystalline silicon cells and around 21% for traditional commercial silicon solar panels. Read more here.

A New African Energy Boom Is Underway - Oil Price, December 29, 2024

Several countries across the African continent are rapidly expanding their energy industries thanks to several factors. Firstly, many oil and gas giants are investing heavily in untapped fossil fuel regions across Africa as they strive to diversify their portfolios and produce more ‘low-carbon’ oil.

Secondly, several high-income countries and multinational energy players are now investing in Africa’s renewable energy market, with multiple hydropower, wind and solar power, and hydrogen projects emerging across the continent. Thirdly, several African countries are seeing economic growth that is supporting greater energy security.  Read more here.

New York State Law to Now Charge Fossil Fuel Firms for GHG Emissions - Fibre2Fashion, December 29, 2024

New York governor Kathy Hochul recently signed a legislation to bolster the US state’s efforts to protect and restore the environment by requiring large fossil fuel companies to pay for critical projects that protect New Yorkers. 

The legislation creates a ‘Climate Superfund’ to support New York-based projects that bolster the state’s resiliency to dangerous climate impacts like flooding and extreme heat. The legislation shifts the cost of climate adaptation from everyday New Yorkers to the fossil fuel companies most responsible for the pollution, a release from the governor’s office said. Read more here.
TRANSPORTATION

Harnessing AI for Smarter Transportation Management - TechBullion, December 23, 2024

In this rapidly growing digital era, Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping the landscape of transportation management, unlocking unprecedented efficiencies through data-driven decision-making. Venkata Reddy Mulam, a researcher in advanced AI applications, explores transformative innovations in this domain, shedding light on how machine learning and optimization algorithms are revolutionizing transportation systems. Read more here.
GENETICS / HEALTH TECHNOLOGY / BIOTECHNOLOGY

Key Alzheimer’s Breakthrough Identifies Stress-Related Cellular Mechanism Driving the Disease - Good News Network, December 29, 2024

Scientists investigating Alzheimer’s disease have made a key breakthrough, identifying a vital cellular mechanism driving the most common cause of dementia.

The research from the City University of New York (CUNY) provides a promising target for drug therapies that could slow, and possibly reverse, the disease’s development. The study, published in the journal Neuron, highlights microglia, the brain’s primary immune cells, and their critical link to cellular stress in the brain, both the protective and harmful responses associated with Alzheimer’s. Read more here.

Breakthrough Study Sheds Light on the Complex Brain Science Behind Dyslexia - Debrief, December 20, 2024

New insights into dyslexia are revealing structural differences in the brain that researchers say are linked to genetic predispositions for this neurodiverse condition, challenging past research. 

Dyslexia is the most common learning disorder and affects somewhere between 5 to 10 percent of the population, with some estimates as high as 17 percent. The Mayo Clinic classifies Dyslexia as a learning disorder with reading and writing but is not due to problems related to intelligence, hearing, or vision. Read more here.

Stanford Scientists Transform Ubiquitous Skin Bacteria into a Topical Vaccine Against Tetanus - Good News Network, December 31, 2024

Imagine a world in which a vaccine is a cream you rub onto your skin instead of a needle a health sector worker pushes into one of your muscles. Even better, it’s cheap, entirely pain-free, and not followed by fever, swelling, redness, or a sore arm. No standing in a long line to get it either.

This is the vision that researchers at Stanford hope to achieve with a new tetanus vaccine derived from a bacterial species that’s found on the skins of virtually all human beings; one that’s largely harmless to us, yet nevertheless will trigger a ferocious antibody response if it breaches the skin barrier or gets inside the bloodstream. A team of scientists led by the Standford Ph.D. in bioengineering Dr. Michael Fischbach hypothesized that Staphylococcus epidermidis, the harmless and ubiquitous bacterium, could be used as a delivery mechanism for the pathogen in a vaccine. Read more here.

John Hopkins and Stanford Robots Learn Surgery by Watching Videos - siliconANGLE, December 30, 2024

Researchers from John Hopkins University and Stanford University have revealed details of how they are training robots with videos to perform surgical tasks with the skill of human doctors, in what could be a significant step forward in medical robotics.

Robotics in surgery is not new, with various use cases over a number of years. But where the new technology from Johns Hopkins and Stanford gets interesting is how it leverages imitation learning to train robots through observation rather than explicit programming. The researchers equipped their existing da Vinci Surgical System with a machine-learning model capable of analyzing surgical procedures recorded by cameras mounted on the robot’s instruments. The videos, captured during real surgeries, provide a detailed visual and kinematic representation of the tasks performed by human surgeons. Read more here.
AGRICULTURE / FOOD

‘Demon-Possessed Tractors’: Solar Storm Wreaks Havoc on GPS-Reliant US Farmers - Interesting Engineering, December 16, 2024

Our host star goes through cycles of activity, and there are some periods of intense solar storms. These solar storms can cause dazzling auroras in the night sky, but they also have a surprising impact down here on Earth — wreaking havoc on modern farms. 

Modern agriculture utilizes GPS technology, enabling tractors to navigate fields with pinpoint accuracy via satellite signals. Unfortunately, solar storms interfere with GPS signals by releasing charged particles. These disruptions can cause tractors to come to an unexpected halt while planting, veer off course, create uneven rows, or even lose their sense of location entirely. A recent incident has come into the spotlight where these things happened. Read more here.

FAO Issues New Guidelines on Surveillance of Flu in Cattle - Agriland, December 30, 2024

Amid a wave of reported avian influenza (bird flu) infections of cattle and other mammals, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released new guidelines advising its members how to implement effective surveillance programmes for early detection of influenza in cattle.

Since its emergence over two decades ago, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus has evolved into various clades. Read more here.

Tech Is Shaping the Future of Food: Here’s How Venture Capital is Carrying that Tech Across the Finish Line - TechBullion, December 26, 2024

The USDA reports that the food service and food retail industries supplied $2.6 trillion worth of food in the U.S. in 2023 alone. Unfortunately though, the food industry is also one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gasses in the world. In fact, one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activity come from the food industry. 

Additionally, the size of the global population is exploding, surpassing 8 billion in November 2022. The United Nations estimates that the population will hit 9.7 billion by 2050. As such, we will be hard-pressed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions or meet the needs of a growing global population without some major changes to the food industry that only technology can fix. Read more here.

Breakthrough in AG Water Will be Benefit to Raw Produce Food Safety - Food Safety News, December 31, 2024

Calling it a  “a landmark achievement . . . to improve food safety,” an FDA webpage is hailing the agency’s approval of a antimicrobial treatment that can be used against foodborne pathogens, such as salmonella and E. coli, in agricultural water used to grow produce.

The registration of SANIDATE 12.0 is the result of a collaborative effort between government, academia and industry. As such it has won the first-ever FDA approval of a treatment for pathogens in agricultural water. It is also the first EPA-registered product to reduce and control foodborne bacterial pathogens in preharvest water. The product, which kills both bacteria and fungi, eliminates plant pathogens, algae and foodborne bacterial pathogens in pre-harvest irrigation water, drainage water, and ditches. By treating processing water for fruits and vegetables, it also controls spoilage organisms in water for whole or fresh-cut fruits and vegetables. Read more here.

Major Meat Suppliers in the USA CAUGHT Using GLUE on MEAT to Stick Together Scraps and Sell Them as PRIME CUTS - Natural News, December 28, 2024

Suppliers are using meat muscle scraps and literally glueing them together to make them look like prime cuts, then selling them for top prices to unsuspecting consumers, who then swallow the toxic meat, if they can even chew it, and get sick. This is poisonous glue used to bind together parts of the animal most people would never buy or eat. Surprise, surprise. Welcome to Big Food of America, where it’s all about the money, and never about the health of the consumer.
 
  • Meat suppliers are using meat muscle scraps and toxic glue to create fake prime cuts, deceiving consumers and putting their health at risk.
  • The toxic powder, transglutaminase enzyme, is made from cultivating bacteria and animal blood, raising concerns about its safety and potential health impacts.
  • Meat glue is not limited to beef but is also used in pork, lamb, fish, and chicken, compounding health risks for consumers.
  • The deceptive practices extend to labeling, with glued meat products often ambiguously labeled, leading to unknowing consumption by consumers.
  • Urgent action is needed to address the use of meat glue, protect consumers, and ensure transparency and safety in the food industry.
Read more here.
SECURITY & THE FUTURE OF WARFARE

Russia’s New Missile Can’t be Tracked, Intercepted, or Destroyed, Even US is Unable to Tackle it, The Missile is…, Its Capable of… Even Satellites Can't Spy on it. - India.com, December 24, 2024

Russia’s new intermediate-range hypersonic multi-warhead nuclear ballistic missile Oreshnik has been in the limelight across the world midst of a global outcry and discussions about it are being held about its operational features.

A few days ago, retired MIT professor emeritus of science and technology and national security policy and American missile expert Theodore Postol said that it is not possible for anyone to intercept, track, or counter Russia’s Oreshnik missile at this time. Now Igor Korotchenko, editor-in-chief and military analyst of the National Defense Magazine, has said the same thing. He said that even enemy spy satellites could not track this Russian missile. Even if you do, by the time the enemy gets the news from the satellite, its warheads will have caused havoc. Read more here.

Implants and Directed Energy Weapons - Substack, December 22, 2024

This is a clip from from Jay Anderson's popular @ProjectUnity podcast and social media channels, like X, YouTube, etc, interviewing Jesse Beltran, a retired firefighter paramedic, who is now the President of the International Center Against the Abuse of Covert Technologies.

He talks about Directed energy weapons (DEW) . DEW use concentrated electromagnetic energy to combat enemy forces and assets. These weapons include high energy lasers and other high power electromagnetics such as millimeter wave and high power microwave weapons. Unlike weapons that fire bullets or missiles, DEWs can respond to a threat in different ways. For example, they can temporarily degrade electronics on a drone or physically destroy it. Read more here.

'They can just take you': Ukrainian Soldier Faces Redeployment to Frontlines as Russians Advance - Euro News, December 17, 2024

In early December, Ukrainian soldier Mykola* discovered he could be among those from his unit redeployed to the frontlines in eastern Ukraine to help resist Russian advances.

"The focus of the deployment lies on those who have joined the air defence forces and air forces in 2022 voluntarily," said Mykola, who is part of the logistics personnel of an air defence unit. His real name and current location have been withheld for his safety. "My commander told me the General Staff (of Ukraine's Armed Forces) needs a certain amount of men on the frontlines but didn’t provide any further details", he told Euronews. Mykola said his unit had received an order requiring 30% of its troops to be sent to the frontlines in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region, where fighting is intensifying. Read more here.

Weird Robot Dogs for Future Wars and More are Showing up With Guns, Rocket Launchers, and Even Flamethrowers - Business Insider, December 27, 2024

Militaries, law enforcement, and more around the world are increasingly turning to robot dogs — which, if we're being honest, look like something straight out of a science-fiction nightmare — for a variety of missions ranging from security patrol to combat.

Robot dogs first really came on the scene in the early 2000s with Boston Dynamics' "BigDog" design. They are becoming increasingly prolific with improved designs, and they have been used in both military and security activities. In November, for instance, it was reported that robot dogs had been added to President-elect Donald Trump's security detail and were on patrol at his home in Mar-a-Lago. Some of the remote-controlled canines are equipped with sensor systems, while others have been equipped with rifles and other weapons. One Ohio company made one with a flamethrower. Read more here.
TRENDS OF GOVERNANCE

Sheriffs Gear Up to Join Trump’s MASS DEPORTATION Crusade - Natural News, December 30, 2024

The incoming border czar, Tom Homan, has been dropping hints about a new era of federal, state and local cooperation aimed at deporting illegal immigrants. And sheriffs across the country are warming up to the idea, eagerly volunteering to be the workforce behind Trump's grand deportation scheme.

The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), a conservative group known for its staunch opposition to what it deems "unconstitutional" government intrusions, is leading the charge. Sam Bushman, CEO of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), sees this as a historic opportunity for sheriffs to join the federal government in a unified front against illegal immigration. Read more here.

Newly Released Documents Expose CIA’s Dark MKULTRA Mind-Control Experiments - Natural News, December 29, 2024

  • The CIA’s MKULTRA program, a Cold War-era initiative, aimed to develop mind-control techniques through unethical experiments on unwitting human subjects, including the use of LSD, hypnosis, sensory deprivation and physical methods.
  • Over 1,200 declassified documents reveal the program’s disturbing scope, confirming its unethical practices and the CIA’s deliberate destruction of evidence in 1973, ordered by then-CIA Director Richard Helms and Sidney Gottlieb.
  • Experiments often targeted ordinary citizens, with federal narcotics agent George White conducting tests on unsuspecting individuals using LSD in CIA safehouses, justified as necessary for national security.
  • The CIA used prestigious institutions like Georgetown University Hospital as testing grounds, developing substances to induce illogical thinking, impulsiveness and reversible disease symptoms for deception purposes.
  • MKULTRA’s techniques influenced CIA interrogation practices globally, raising ongoing ethical questions about national security. The program’s revelations highlight the need for transparency, accountability and vigilance in intelligence operations. Read more here.

CIA Whistleblower Reveals Biden Admin Covered Up Attacks on Officers Injured by Direct Energy Weapons - Substack, December 31, 2024

I wanted to share this important article - about a former CIA Agent who became a Targeted Individual. Supposedly these attacks came from Russia. However, we know from deceased CIA whistleblower Dr. Robert Duncan that the CIA itself is involved in remote targeting and torturing people.

The longstanding cover up that other countries like Russia are doing this, is even more gaslighting. This is an intelligence run domestic terrorism program that has been torturing innocent civilians, including children, with directed energy weapons. Many intelligence officers and high level scientists have become Targeted individuals. Prominent examples include NSA whistleblower William Binney and former CERN physicist Dr. Katherine Horton: Read more here.
INTERNATIONAL TRENDS

King Charles Signs WEF Treaty Authorizing 'One World Government' - Media Blackout - Forbidden News, December 29, 2024

The King of the United Kingdom and of the 14 other Commonwealth realms announced to his Subjects the impending dissolution of their own countries – and theoretically of all other countries – by saying that, "It is only by embracing a global framework – a true partnership of nations, as envisioned by the World Economic Forum's Great Reset – that we can address the profound challenges before us."

By saying this, he may have broken his Coronation Oath and he may have de facto abdicated the Throne. This is likely why the King's 2024 Christmas Message webpage got taken down by his own courtiers.

For a transcript of the screenshot of the now-deleted Royal announcement, posted to the Royal.uk website, at a quarter to 3AM on Christmas Morning, please read here.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy Seeks Close Ties With Syria Under New Regime - Financial Times, December 30, 2024

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has sent his foreign and agriculture ministers to meet Syria’s new leaders in a diplomatic drive to benefit from Moscow’s loss of influence in the region following the overthrow of Russian ally Bashar al-Assad.

“We proceed from the fact that the new Syria will become a state which will respect international law, including Ukraine’s territorial integrity,” said Ukrainian foreign minister Andriy Sybiha, who met Syrian de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group in Damascus. The Putin and Assad regimes had supported each other “because their foundation is violence and torture”, Sybiha said. Read more here.

How to Understand the Change of Government in Syria - Scheerpost, December 22, 2024

One of the most stunning events of the past few months has been the fall of Damascus. This fall had initially been expected over a decade ago, when rebel armies funded by Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the United States crowded around the edges of Syria and threatened then President Bashar al-Assad’s government. These armies, backed by rich and powerful countries, were comprised of a range of actors, including:

  1. swaths of people who were angered by the economic distress caused by the opening up of the economy and the subsequent devastation of small manufacturing businesses, which were suffering in the face of the emerging might of Turkish manufacturing;
  2. the peasantry in the north, frustrated by the government’s lack of a proper response to the long drought that forced them into the northern cities of Aleppo and Idlib;
  3. sectors of the secular petty bourgeoisie discontent with the failure of the Damascus Spring of 2000–01, which had initially promised political reforms stemming from the muntadayāt (forum discussions) held across the country;
  4. a deeply aggrieved Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, formed out of the pious petty bourgeoisie, which had been crushed in 1982 and re-emerged after being inspired by the role the Brotherhood played in the 2010–11 protests in Tunisia and Egypt;
  5. eager Islamist forces that had been trained by al-Qaeda in Iraq and wanted to fly the black flag of jihadism from the highest parapets in Damascus.

Despite the failure of these factions of the Syrian opposition in 2011, it was many of these same forces that succeeded in overthrowing Assad’s government on 7 December 2024. Read more here.

LIFESTYLE / SOCIAL TRENDS & VALUES

The Disappearance of the Male Role - IPE, December 30, 2024

Over the course of my lifetime I have watched the role of men taken away.  The role of the male as provider, defender, and disciplinarian is no more. It was destroyed by feminists.

When I was young men were raised to respect women. When a woman entered a room, the men stood. Doors were opened for women and their entrance proceeded  the man’s. Car doors were opened for women who were helped in and out. At the dining table men stood until the women were seated. In those days men still wore hats. A gentleman passing a lady on the sidewalk was expected to tip his hat in respect. A man who struck a woman or used a four-letter word in a lady’s presence suffered a ruined reputation. Feminists derided the many ways in which respect was shown to women as “placing women on a pedestal.”  Showing respect for women was somehow undervaluing them and treating them unequally.  Feminists insisted on women being pulled down into the gutter with men. Today men are no longer taught to protect women. But it is a natural inclination in men. Read more here.
CONTACT & THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE

Scientists Are Pretty Sure They Found a Portal to the Fifth Dimension - Popular Mechanics, December 23, 2024

Scientists say they can explain dark matter by positing a particle that links to a fifth dimension. While the “warped extra dimension” (WED) is a trademark of a popular physics model first introduced in 1999, this research, published in The European Physical Journal C, is the first to cohesively use the theory to explain the long-lasting dark matter problem within particle physics.

Our knowledge of the physical universe relies on the idea of dark matter, which takes up the vast majority of matter in the universe. Dark matter is a kind of pinch hitter that helps scientists explain how gravity works, because a lot of features would dissolve or fall apart without an “x factor” of dark matter. Even so, dark matter doesn’t disrupt the particles we do see and “feel,” meaning it must have other special properties as well. Read more here.

A Century of UFO Psyops Exposed Part 1: From War of the Worlds... - The Common Sense Show, December 18, 2024

"To exploit enemy superstitions, PSYOP personnel must be certain that: a. The superstition or belief is real and powerful and b. They have the capability of manipulating it to achieve results favorable to the friendly forces." – Psyop Policy 36: the Use of Superstitions in Psychological Operations in Vietnam, May 10, 1967

Many people have found it more than a little strange that all of the major governmental, intelligence, and space agencies stretching from the Congress, Pentagon, CIA, and NASA have begun to loudly discuss alien disclosure on a regular basis. What had been relegated to the realm of fringe conspiracy theory, Hollywood films and backroom hotel convention halls for over seven decades has all of a sudden become mainstream news. Watch here.

Government Officials Continue Claiming the Drones Are “Foreign” - The unz Review, December 20, 2024

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy warned Thursday that the staggering influx of drone sightings over the Garden State the past few weeks — though harmless — is a “wake-up call” to the country’s vulnerability to potential foreign drone attacks. Read more here.

Aliens on Earth - The Reese Report, December 28, 2024

The word “Alien” suggests a creature that is foreign to this Earth. But these so-called aliens can be found in our oldest recorded history. And history tells us that they have ruled over humanity as if we are some sort of livestock to them. The most common themes are that we are their slaves, and they enslave us by keeping us spiritually ignorant via psychological methods and genetic engineering. Watch here.

“Surprising Link” Between UAP Sightings and Economic Conditions Revealed in Controversial New Research - Debrief, December 24, 2024

New research reveals a surprising connection between Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sightings and financial conditions across the United States, according to a study by a team with The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Dr. Ohad Raveh of Hebrew University and Dr. Nathan Goldstein of Bar-Ilan University have introduced innovative methods of measuring public interest by analyzing UAP reports, which they say has revealed “a surprising link between UAP sightings and macroeconomic conditions at the U.S.-county, state, and national levels.”

Their findings challenge conventional metrics for assessing economic behavior, revealing how UAP sightings align with financial trends, inform policymaking, and provide insights into public adaptation to economic shocks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and shifts in monetary policy. Read more here.

The U.S. Drone Panic Mirrors UFO Overreactions - Scientific America, December 27, 2024

December’s spate of drone sightings seen in New Jersey and spreading nationwide, sure looks familiar. As does its associated media frenzy—culminating in memes and conspiracy theories about so-called “mystery drones.” The episode bears an eerie resemblance to the UFO phenomenon, or the unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) one, that spiked in recent years and has led to significant congressional attention and legislation.

In a way, this is progress. The reason this outbreak looks so familiar is that such drone sightings would previously have been identified as UAP ones. It’s only after years of concerted efforts in education, and transparency by U.S. Department of Defense officials, that UAP sightings have rightfully evolved into common drone identification. That is not to say that the drone sightings are any less of a concern, but fortunately, we can address them without the contagion of the UFO community and the conspiracies associated with it. Unfortunately, our response has been no less irrational. Read more here. (Subscription wall)
ECONOMY / FINANCE / BUSINESS

Global Markets Tipped to Keep Rising in 2025 Despite Trade War Fears - The Guardian, December 30, 2024

Global stock markets are tipped to keep rising in 2025, led by more gains among US shares, despite anxiety about inflation and fears that Donald Trump could spark a new trade war.

Wall Street analysts are forecasting the S&P 500 will rise by roughly 9% in 2025, taking the index of US companies up to about 6,500 points by the end of the year, according to Bloomberg datar. Read more here.
LAW & ORDER

The Social Security Fairness Act: A $200 Billion Boondoggle - The Epoch Times, December 25, 2024

Congress just passed a law that will give me (and millions of people like me) extra Social Security benefits that we simply do not deserve and haven’t earned.

To understand what is going on, here is a quick history lesson: The original Social Security Act included unintentional and overly generous benefits for government employees. These were benefits that no other Americans could get. About 50 years ago, a more responsible Congress recognized this and created two laws to correct this mistake. The Windfall Elimination Provision (WPO) said that Social Security retirement benefits for government employees should be figured in the same way as those for all other senior citizens. The Government Pension Offset (GPO) law said that government pensions should offset any Social Security spousal benefits potentially due, just as Social Security retirement benefits have always offset those same spousal benefits.

But now, bowing to relentless pressure from government employee unions and advocacy groups, a more naive and vote-seeking Congress has repealed the WEP and GPO. So once again, government retirees like me will get overly generous Social Security benefits that no other senior citizens in the country are eligible for. And by so doing, they have put a $200 billion hole in an already rapidly deflating Social Security budget balloon. Read more here.
PROVOCATIVE IDEAS

Forget the Wuhan “Lab Leak”; What About the ELEPHANT TRANQUILIZER? - Substack, December 20, 2024

It’s carfentanil. And several states are reporting an uptick in overdoses.

Well, ANY amount of carfentanil is an overdose.

It’s a big wild animal tranquilizer. Elephants, for instance.

Buckle up.

A lethal dose of fentanyl is only about the size of 7 grains of salt.

Carfentanil is 100 times more potent than fentanyl. So a lethal dose is less than the size of one grain of salt.

Carfentanil is 10,000 times more potent than morphine.

Some labs in China make it and ship it to Mexico. But the Mex cartels are developing their own labs.

Weapon of mass destruction? You bet.

The drug is, of course, easily hidden in other drugs. More here.

"6G Control Grid" with Dr Robert Young, Alexandra Bruce | Unrestricted Warfare - Substack, December 18, 2024

Many people have heard of transhumanism but few understand that we humans are already being surreptitiously herded into the the Bio-Digital Convergence, without our informed consent.

The Intra-Body Wireless Communications System is not a secret but it's also not being widely discussed and we're not being given the choice to opt-out, because, as whistleblower, Sabrina Wallace explains, "This is a warfare doctrine", so we're "Not going to get out of it."  Read more here.

All Of Western Civilization Owns This Genocide - Caitlin Johnstone, December 30, 2024

It’s wrong to blame the Gaza genocide on Jews. It isn’t wrong because antisemitism is a major danger in our society (it’s not), nor because there’s a risk that people will start loading Jews onto trains again (there isn’t), nor because Jewish Israelis and their supporters are blameless (they obviously are not). It’s wrong to blame this whole thing on Jews because it lets the rest of us off the hook.

This is our genocide. This is our crime. To blame it all on the Jews is to say that our society is perfectly fine and healthy and that none of this would be happening if not for the Machiavellian manipulations of a small Abrahamic religion. It’s to deny the reality that the middle east is on fire right now because of everything this perverse civilization is and always has been. Read more here.
SPIRITUALITY, CONSCIOUSNESS & METAPHYSICAL

Your Consciousness Can Connect With the Whole Universe - Popular Mechanics, December 19, 2024

A recent groundbreaking experiment in which anesthesia was administered to rats has convinced some scientists that tiny structures in the rodents’ brains are responsible for the experience of consciousness. To pull it off, microscopic hollow tube structures called “microtubules” perform some advanced physics; the experts believe microtubules perform incredible operations in the quantum realm. Citing the work of earlier researchers, the study infers that the same kinds of quantum operations are likely happening in the human brain.

During their rat brain experiments, scientists at Wellesley College in Massachusetts gave the rodents isoflurane, a type of inhaled general anesthetic used to induce and maintain unconsciousness for medical procedures. One group of drugged rats also received microtubule-stabilizing drugs, while the other did not. The researchers discovered that the microtubule-stabilizing molecules kept the rats conscious for longer than the nonstabilized rats, which more quickly lost their “righting reflex,” or the ability to restore normal posture, according to the group’s findings, which were published in the peer-reviewed journal eNeuro in August 2024. Read more here.

Near Death Experiences And Expanding Human Consciousness – Truth, Science and Spirit Ep 44 – Conversation with Engineer Luca Biotti - Substac, December 19, 2024

In this episode, I speak with Luca Biotti, a Monroe Institute Trainer. We met at an out of body training course and both of us have had near death experiences. Luca explains his scientific approach to consciousness phenomena. He teaches many of the Monroe training programs and develops the Monroe sound science as well. We have a fascinating connection and conversation as fellow explorers of the afterlife while being alive – and he discusses his death experience, time travel, remote viewing, psychokinesis, healing and more.

In his 20's he was subject to some spontaneous Out of Body Experiences, which let him to understand that we're more than our physical body. Without having the tools and the ability to manage that process in a beneficial way, he started the search for the missing part in his life: learning Non-Verbal Communication. Watch here.

Unlock the Science of Deep Sleep and Memory Formation - SciTechDaily, December 21, 2024

For nearly two decades, scientists have known that slow, synchronized electrical waves in the brain during deep sleep play a key role in forming memories. However, the underlying reason remained unclear — until now.

In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin propose an explanation. They found that these slow waves make the neocortex, the brain’s long-term memory center, especially receptive to new information. This discovery could pave the way for more effective memory-enhancing treatments in the future. Read more here.

Archaeologists Found a Skeleton Wearing an Amulet That May Change the History of Christianity - Popular Mechanics, December 17, 2024

An 1,800-year-old silver amulet discovered buried in a Frankfurt, Germany, grave, still next to the chin of the man who wore it, has 18 lines of text written in Latin on just 1.37 inches of silver foil. That could be enough to rewrite the known history of Christianity in the Roman Empire. Read more here.

Study Ties Visual Errors to Paranoid Beliefs - Neuroscience News, December 17, 2024

Could complex beliefs like paranoia have roots in something as basic as vision? A new Yale study finds evidence that they might.

When completing a visual perception task, in which participants had to identify whether one moving dot was chasing another moving dot, those with greater tendencies toward paranoid thinking (believing others intend them harm) and teleological thinking (ascribing excessive meaning and purpose to events) performed worse than their counterparts, the study found. Read more here.
TRAVEL & TOURISM

Nepal's First International Balloon Festival Elevates Adventure Tourism to New Heights - Business Traveller, December 30, 2024

The inaugural International Balloon Festival in Pokhara, Nepal, is taking adventure tourism to new heights, with participation from 30 countries. Running until January 2, 2025, the festival offers hot air balloon rides that provide breathtaking views of the Himalayas. With 500 commercial flights and 300 non-commercial flights scheduled, the event features morning, afternoon, and evening sessions, aiming to boost tourism in the region and showcase Nepal’s natural beauty from a unique perspective.

The BYD International Balloon Festival has attracted participants from 30 countries, featuring more than 20 international pilots and over two dozen balloon companies. The festival offers daily hot air balloon flights, giving passengers a unique opportunity to enjoy breathtaking views of the Annapurna, Machhapuchhre, and Dhaulagiri mountain ranges. Read more here.
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH - articles off the beaten track which may - or may not - have predictive value.

Cartels: Edge of the Wedge of the Cuban-Venezuelan Conquest of the USA - Forbidden News, December 30, 2024

This is a handy, 4-minute information piece, ideal for the attention span-challenged by Patrick Byrne about the structure of the Major "Mexican" Cartels that are a formidable flank in the current World War against the USA. Unbeknownst to most, Patrick explains how the Mexican Cartels actually work for the Venezuelan Government, which is a Nation-State Mafia, run by the Generals of the Venezuelan military, known as the Cartel of the Suns.

A major objective of the Chavista Revolution is to overthrow the United States and to impose Global Communism, a goal shared by the World Economic Forum, the UN, the EU, the Vatican, the British Crown (i.e., MI6, Serco, CIA, US State Department, Senior Executive Service), the CCP, Cuba and their associated organs and NGOs. Read more here.

Bloodsport: Lara Logan Exposes “The Age Of Information Warfare” - Technocracy News, December 18, 2024

The death of Free Speech is not accidental. Rather, it is an intentional act of homicide at the hands of Technocrats because they know that is the only way that they can flip the world into Technocracy. Their policies are anti-human. Lara Logan's impassioned testimony in Washington speaks for all of us as broadcasters in the media and for all consumers of information in the public. More here.

When Burning Hospitals Are No Longer News - Aljazeera, December 28, 2024

This morning, I opened social media to search for Gaza news. I had to scroll for a while through my newsfeed before seeing the first mention of my homeland. Yet, the news we receive from Gaza through friends, family and social media is no less grim than it was a year ago. Its people continue to cry out for help, hoping the world would hear them.

For three months, Dr Hussam Abu Safia, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, sent appeals for help to the world, as the Israeli army besieged the hospital, cut off supplies, bombarded it, slaughtered people in its vicinity and injured some of the medical staff and patients inside.

In a video appeal posted on December 12, Dr Abu Safia lamented: “We are now without any capacity and providing a low-level service. I hope that there are listening ears. We hope that there is a living conscience that hears our plea and facilitates a humanitarian corridor to the hospital so that Kamal Adwan Hospital continues its work to provide services.” More here.

Scientist’s ‘Ruthlessly Imaginative’ 1925 Predictions for the Future Come True, Mostly - The Guardian, December 29, 2024

When the scientist and inventor Prof Archibald Montgomery Low predicted “a day in the life of a man of the future” one century ago, his prophecies were sometimes dismissed as “ruthlessly imaginative”.

They included, reported the London Daily News in 1925, “such horrors” as being woken by radio alarm clock; communications “by personal radio set”; breakfasting “with loudspeaker news and television glimpses of events”; shopping by moving stairways and moving pavements. One hundred years after Low’s publication of his book The Future some of his forecasts were spot on. Others, including his prophecy that everyone would be wearing synthetic felt one-piece suits and hats, less so. Read more here.
HAPPY NEWS

Henry the Giant Crocodile, who has Sired 10,000 Babies, Celebrates 124th Birthday - Live Science, December 16, 2024

Henry the world's oldest known crocodile is celebrating his 124th birthday at a conservation center in South Africa. The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) has lived at the Crocworld Conservation Centre in Scottburgh, South Africa since 1985. He was originally captured in the Okavango Delta in Botswana in 1903.

Henry, now a vigorous senior resident at the Crocworld Conservation Center, is said to have fathered over 10,000 offspring with numerous partners since he arrived there almost 40 years ago. Read more here.
DOWN MEMORY LANE

Januuary 1, 1863 - History.com

On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation. Attempting to stitch together a nation mired in a bloody civil war, Abraham Lincoln made a last-ditch, but carefully calculated, decision regarding the institution of slavery in America. Read more here.
RANDOM FACT
Bats eat enough insects each year to save the United States more than one billion dollars annually in crop damage and pesticides.
A FINAL QUOTE
You can't connect the dots looking forward;
you can only connect them looking backwards.
So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.
You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.
This approach has never let me down,
and it has made all the difference in my life.
~ Steve Jobs ~
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