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Have You Seen These?
My ‘WTF’ list
The Globalists ‘agenda’ – a long time coming …
> The Day Tapes. 1969.
Fact or fiction? Frightening predictions, privately revealed in 1969 to a meeting of doctors, of the coming and ‘unstoppable’ changes to our political, economic, legal, and social systems. Recollections of this 1969 meeting, audio-taped / transcribed in 1988 and 1991 –
The New Order of Barbarians – The New World System. U.S. Colation for Life.
The New Order of Barbarians – audiotopes 1, 2, and 3. YouTube.
> The Toronto Protocols. 1967 and 1985.
Fact or fiction? Leaders of the world’s 6 largest banks, agri-food industries, and pharmaceutical consortiums met in Toronto, Canada in 1967 and 1985 to define a strategy for global control. Notes from these two private meetings, prepared by Serge Monast in 1995 –
The Toronto Protocols (6.6.6.) – English translation / original French.
The Toronto Protocols – English translation only.
> Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars. 1954.
Fact or fiction? A frightening document, a training manual for programming individuals and societies, claimed to have been found ‘by accident’ in July 1986. It describes processes for controlling populations throughout covert manipulation of industry, peoples’ pastimes, education, and political leanings.
It called for a quiet unseen revolution that would confuse and distract from the ‘real’ revolution.
> Report of the Project for the New American Century. Sept 2000.
Fact. Mere months before ‘9/11’, this influential US report called for ‘a catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor‘ to facilitate and expand America’s global military power.
Rebuilding America’s Defenses: Strategy, Forces and Resources for a New Century.
> The Kissinger Report. December 1974.
Fact. In this ‘top-secret’ US government policy paper, 13 less-developed countries were targeted for aggressive depopulation efforts to ensure continued U.S. access to critical mineral resources.
Implications of Worldwide Population Growth for U.S. Security and Overseas Interests. National Security Study Memorandum NSSM 200.
> The First Global Revolution. 1991.
Fact. This Club of Rome report claimed the world was “a massive and untidy mix” of interrelated crises and difficulties – “the real enemy, then, is humanity itself”. The authors came up with the idea (see p.115) that pollution and a manufactured “threat of global warming” could be used to push the world toward their goals of global control.
The First Global Revolution – A Report by the Council of the Club of Rome.
The Convoy that United Us. Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms. LIBRTI. February 14, 2025.
Watch: A Powerful Tribute To The Freedom Convoy [2022]. Live From The Shed. January 2023.
Gaza: Then and Now. Dramatic Drone Footage Shows Mass Destruction in Gaza. On Demand News. YouTube. January 22, 2025.
“Palestine – My Palestine”. Susan Abulhhawa and Peter Koenig. Global Research. December 4, 2024.
Why Are We Ignoring the Most Powerful Climate Solution? Mollie Engelhart. The EPOCH Times. March 17, 2025.
March 11, 2020, 5 Years Ago: The Covid Lockdown: There Never Was a “New Corona Virus”, There Never Was a Pandemic. Prof Michel Chossudovsky. Global Research. March 11, 2025.
How They Get You to Accept the Unthinkable. The Overton Window. Bodhisattvas Betty. Substack. March 5, 202
Tariffs are Pushing Our Neighbors – and Prosperity – Away. Tariffs reduce job growth and drive up costs. Now, they’re prompting our major trading partners to do less business with the US overall. David Hebert. AIER / The Daily Economy. March 6, 2025.
Watch: Silver Bullet – Dr Mike Yeadon. [It’s all lies – the COVID-19 virus, the PCR test, the gene-therapy vaccines]. Global Research. December 4, 2024.
Ugly Truth About Common “Natural” Supplements. Presentation by Morley Robbins, Root Cause Protocol. Screencast. November 23, 2024.
Watch: What’s CAUSING These WEIRD Fire Burn Patterns in California and Maui? Forensic arborist Robert Brame. Brush Junkie. YouTube. November 22, 2024.
Everything You Watch or Read is Owned By Six Billionaires And They Hate You. How The Richest Men In History Bought Your Mind And What They Plan To Do With It. Out Here On the Perimeter. Substack. January 16, 2026.
Locked Down. Rounded Up. Warehoused. The Rise of America’s Concentration Camps. John & Nisha Whitehead. The Rutherford Institute. February 4, 2026.
“Carney’s Davos Truth Bomb: Global Rules Are Fake – So Are Canada’s! #EndTheLie”. Randy Hillier. Substack. January 25, 2026.
Canada Covers Up The Horrific Events That Happened All Over Europe On New Years. Ask Yourself Why? Odessa Orlewicz. Librti. January 4, 2026.
For the Benefit of the Other. Venezuela, the Pursuit of Happiness and the 30 Years War. Uwe Alschner. Substack. January 5, 2026.
Israel – The Legacy of a Perpetrator Society. Avigail Abarbanel. Substack. September 27, 2024.
Global Silver Controlled by China and JP Morgan. Helena Glass. Global Research. December 30, 2025.
The Facts Are Clear: Infectious Disease Deaths Declined Nearly 90% Before Vaccines Were Introduced. Learn The Risk. 2025.
Watch: Tucker Carlson Stunned as Francesca Albanese Details “Biblical Genocide” in Gaza. YouTube. December 12, 2025.
A Conditional Existence. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Escape Key. Substack. December 19, 2025.
Watch: Together For Palestine – Lullaby. YouTube. December 12, 2025.
The After-dark Ostrich Shootings by the Government of Canada.
Why They Died and Why It Matters. Elizabeth Woodworth, DVM (ret). Global Research. December 12, 2025.
B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Our Genocide. [The name B’Tselem expresses the universal and Jewish moral edict to respect and uphold the human rights of all people].
Canada’s Quiet Transformation: How Agenda 2030 and the One Health Framework Are Being Implemented Without Public Awareness. Connie Shields. Substack. December 1, 2025.
The Sovereign Minority: Humanity’s Last Working Immune System. Why only a small fraction of people remain coherent in an age of institutional psychosis. Fellowship of Sovereign Consc. Substack. November 1, 2025.
89 new studies and reports that reconfirm the deadliness of COVID “vaccination” (and also some GOOD news). Mark Crispin Miller. Substack. October 2, 2025.
Interview with Dr Denis Rancourt. Empire, Mortality, and the Multi-Pronged Attack on Humanity. Lies are Unbekoming. Substack. September 15, 2025.
If you have not yet watched ‘CODEX-9/11’ … do that now. Matthew Ehret. Substack. September 11, 2025.
To watch ‘CODEX 9/11, click here …
Who Is Mark Carney, Really? We hired the guy with the best resume. He’s now using power in ways few other prime ministers have dared. Mark Bourrie. The Walrus. September 1, 2025.
Charlotte Kates Pulls Back the Curtain on Zionist Ideology; Dallas Brodie Enforces It Through Private Prosecution. Rima Najjar. Global Research. August 26, 2025.
Chronic disease epidemics and forest fires. Areal spraying of glyphosate should be criminal and glyphosate should be banned. Prof Denis Rancourt. Substack. August 18, 2025.
Innovation or Infiltration? How Canada’s Smart Tech Zones Are Advancing the UN’s Global Control Agenda. Connie Shields. Substack. August 4, 2025.
Watch: Clot Shot Science with Thomas Haviland and Greg Harrison. Greg Reese. Substack. August 3, 2025.
Watch: New Documentary: Mark Carney’s Dystopic Pedigree. The Story of a Knight of the Modern Roundtable. Matt Ehret. Substack. July 30, 2025.
Watch: Barnum World Feature Film. Drew Media. YouTube. June 14, 2025.
Watch: The Agenda: Their Vision – Your Future. Full documentary (2025). YouTube.
A Brief History of Palestine and Israel Explains Everything. Dana Visalli. Global Research. July 6, 2025.
Watch: Genocide in Gaza through the eyes of Israeli soldiers. Al Jazeera English. YouTube. 2024.
Watch: China’s Digital Yuan Experiment FAILING – Citizens REJECT State Money, Panic Grows. Buildr. YouTube. June 15, 2025.
Agriculture and Climate Change. Mike Dougherty. Wild Meadows Farm. June 4, 2023.
Future Lives: Social mobility in question. Policy Horizons Canada. January 7, 2025.
The EU’s Plan To Absorb Canada Into Their One World Government Through Mark Carney. Full episode version [84 minutes]. librti. April 1, 2025.
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
Martin Luther King Jr
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October 21, 2025
ROSE / Icke XI – Silenced, Censored, Deplatformed …
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London Real. YouTube. November 24, 2025.
You won’t believe who’s REALLY running the world.
Redacted News with David Icke. YouTube. February 1, 2026.
The Truth About SSRI Antidepressants. What Everyone Needs to Know About Antidepressants. A Midwestern Doctor. Substack. February 5, 2026.
BREAKING: CDC Study Finds COVID Shots Increase the Risk of a Leading Cause of Maternal and Fetal Death by 24%. Nicolas Hulscher. Substack. February 7, 2026.
To see the study, click here …
Everything You Watch or Read is Owned By Six Billionaires And They Hate You. How The Richest Men In History Bought Your Mind And What They Plan To Do With It. Out Here On the Perimeter. Substack. January 16, 2026.
Smart Homes Are Terrible. You shouldn’t need a tech tour and app to turn the lights on. Jason Fried. The Atlantic. February 7, 2026.
President Trump and Netanyahu Building Chaos While China Building Innovation. Helena Glass. Global Research. February 6, 2026.
The US Keeps Openly Admitting It Deliberately Caused The Iran Protests. Caitlin Johnstone. Substack. February 6, 2026.
What Stops ICE from Snatching People Off Canadian Streets? Very Little. The legal reality Canadians don’t want to face. Carmine Starnino and Kent Roach. The Walrus. February 6, 2026.
True, Mother Jones, Polar Bears Are More Adaptable Than Alarmists Have Claimed. Linnea Lueken. Climate Realism. February 5, 2026.
In 1916, hybrid cars could’ve changed history. But Ford wouldn’t allow it. Henry Ford’s monopoly on the automobile industry meant that hybrids wouldn’t see the light of day for decades. Bill Gourgey. Popular Science. February 5, 2026.
Trump’s Board of Peace Is a Dystopia in Motion. Julia Norman. Global Research. February 5, 2026.
Trump knifes the Kurds in Syria in the back. And now? Relationships in the Middle East are hard to define and even when they work are often ephemeral and seldom last the course. Martin Jay. Strategic Culture Foundation. February 6, 2026.
Locked Down. Rounded Up. Warehoused. The Rise of America’s Concentration Camps. John & Nisha Whitehead. The Rutherford Institute. February 4, 2026.
Watch: Peter Thiel’s Immortal Techno Feudal Religion (Matt Ehret chats with Jackson Hinkle). Matthew Ehret. Substack. February 5, 2026.
Watch: Where do the Kurds and the recent ISIS prison-breaks fit in the bigger picture in West Asia? Conversation with Turkish opposition politician Ilay Askoy – a risk assessment of recent events in north-east Syria. Vanessa Beeley. Substack. February 4, 2026.
Affordable, Reliable, and Clean: An Objective Scorecard to Assess Competing Energy Sources. James Taylor. The Heartland Institute. April 21, 2025.
To see the ‘scorecard’, click here …
AIs are chatting among themselves, and things are getting strange. Moltbook is a social media site built for conversation – but not for humans. Anil Seth. BIG THINK. February 2, 2026.
See related article: The Chatbots Appear to Be Organizing. Moltbook is the chaotic future of the internet. Matteo Wong. The Atlantic. February 4, 2026.
Free Speech Is Under Attack Across the World. All over the world, people are being fined and jailed for criticizing governments and law enforcement. The future looks grim for dissenters. Julian Adorney. AIER / The Daily Economy. February 4, 2026.
The Illusion of Modern Medicine. Why Our Most Advanced Healthcare System Still Fails at Healing. Dr Gary Null. Global Research. February 4, 2026.
The Unsettling Rise of AI Real-Estate Slop. Generated images for listing are disturbing – and not just because they can feel like a scam. Franklin Schneider. The Atlantic. February 4, 2026.
The Epstein files show we are ruled by demonic paedophiles. Council Estate Media / UK. Substack. February 1, 2026.
Please Understand that Nothing Will Be Done About The Epstein Files. Caitlin Johnstone. Substack. February 3, 2026.
The Myth That Foreigners Pay Our Tariffs. The costs of tariffs are always shared – and domestic citizens inevitably bear a significant portion of the burden. Donald J Boudreaux. AIER / The Daily Economy. February 3, 2026.
Watch: Breaking History Ep 134: Fault Lines, False Narratives, and the China Question. Matthew Ehret. Substack. February 1, 2026.
Poor Nations Won’t follow Europe, UN in Economic Suicide. Paul Driessen. The Heartland Institute. February 3, 2026.
Massive X Class Flares Puts Cardiac Patients At Risk – Be Aware and Proactive. Ana Maria Mihalcea, MD, PhD. Substack. February 2, 2026.
The Real Reason ICE Agents Wear Masks. Face coverings may work less to protect federal agents from danger than to make it easier for them to do unconstitutional things. Adam Serwer. The Atlantic. February 2, 2026.
See also Face Masks and the Study of Violence: “The Mask Destroys Empathy, Empowers Interpersonal Aggression”. Lt. Col. Dave Grossman. Global Research. January 3, 2021.
Epstein, Western decline and the moral collapse of the elites. Lucas Leiroz. Stratetic Culture Foundation. February 3, 2026.
BlackRock is buying up the World’s Infrastructure to serve Billionaire Oligarchs as part of the WEF Global Model “You Will Own Nothing and Be Happy”. The Real Deal Behind the Panama Canal and Greenland. Cynthia Chung. Substack. April 17, 2025.
Handful of sick and wounded Palestinians allowed through Rafah crossing on first day. Numbers Israel permitted to enter Egypt after reopening border were far lower than expected following delays. Lorenzo Tondo. The Guardian. February 2, 2026.
Donald Trump Has “Killed His Presidency”. Make America Great Again (MAGA) is Dead. Endless Wars, Creeping Fascism, Economic Decline and the Epstein Files Cover-Up. Timothy Alexander Guzman. Global Research. February 1, 2026.
BREAKING: Hedonism’s Dance: How the Governing Classes Fell for Jeffrey Epstein. Dr Binoy Kampmark. Global Research. February 2, 2026.
Take Off from Greenland – Land on Mars. “Abolishing States, Establishing Private Cities”. Hermann Ploppa. Global Research. February 2, 2026.
Canada Is Building a Surveillance Network in Space. A reborn Cold War telescope is part of a broader effort to stop relying on US intelligence. Wesley Wark. The Walrus. February 2, 2026.
Do You Feel the AGI Yet? According to some predictions, 2026 is the year that an all-powerful AI will arrive. Matteo Wong. The Atlantic. February 2, 2026.
Watch: An insider view of Iran and analysis of the shifting geopolitical landscape in the region. Really pleased to have this long overdue conversation with political analyst based in Iran – Ehsan Safarnejad. Vanessa Beeley. Substack. February 1, 2026.
Gaza reconstruction; Ukraine reconstruction – ‘It’s all business’. Alastair Crooke. Strategic Culture Foundation. February 2, 2026.
The War Intervention and Weaponization: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Centers, and the Environment. Aaron Kirshenbaum. Global Research. January 28, 2026.
After the Headlines Fade: Gaza, Abandoned While the Genocide Persists. Ramzy Baroud. Activist Post. January 30, 2026.
Trump Wants to Break up Europe? Is the EU about to Dissolve Itself? Drago Bosnic. Global Research. February 1, 2026.
Pierre Poilievre Needs to Win Over More Voters. What’s His Plan? He sailed through the leadership review, but that’s not enough to be prime minister. Claire Porter Robbins and Sam Routley. The Walrus. January 31, 2026.
America Will Be Reading the Epstein Files for Decades. The chaotic end to the files’ release is really just the beginning. Kaitlyn Tiffany. The Atlantic. January 30, 2026.
To access the US Dept of Justice Epstein Library, click here …
Our Rulers Are Psychopaths And They’re Making Everything Awful. Caitlin Johnstone. Substack. January 31, 2026.
The Worldwide Dangers of U.S. Sponsored “Electronic Totalitarianism”. Mojmir Babacek. Global Research. January 30, 2026.
Kiev Regime’s PR Victories: Doubles down on war propaganda to hide heavy losses. Drago Bosnic. Global Research. January 30, 2026.
Watch: How can Iranians do that to Iranians? Setareh Sadeqi describes the recent Mossad / CIA riots in Iran. Vanessa Beeley. Substack. January 30, 2026.
West’s hypocrisy over Iran and Gaza proves a regime-change operation in Tehran. Editorial. Strategic Culture Foundation. January 30, 2026.
The Melania Trump Documentary Is a Disgrace. The exorbitant film captures the rotten state of the entertainment industry. Sophie Gilbert. The Atlantic. January 30, 2026.
The Prostate Cancer Test Dilemma. Maryanne Demasi. Brownstone Institute. January 30, 2026.
The Sky Weapon: Exposing the hidden war on our climate and freedom. Belle Carter. ClimateScienceNews. January 29, 2026.
Zero Hour approaching. Pepe Escobar. Strategic Culture Foundation. January 29, 2026.
Trump’s Board of Peace: Foxes Manage the Chicken Coop. Hermann Ploppa. Global Research. January 29, 2026.
Military Weather Warfare Waged in America: Geoengineered Winterstorms Pound Our Homeland. We Salute The Military While They Wage War Against Us. Ana Maria Mihalcea. MD, PhD. Substack. January 28, 2026.
Watch: Britain or China … Who is Waging a Fentanyl War on America? Matthew Ehret. Substack. January 26, 2026.
Insect Loss As an Early Warning of Systemic Biological Failure. Joseph Varon. Brownstone Institute. January 26, 2026.
A Demon in a Box? Unspooling the Dark Mythology of AI. Tech titans keep imbuing AI with spiritual significance. The question is whether they’re building a savior – or a world-eating leviathan. Shira Chess. The MIT Press Reader. January 29, 2026.
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked “Board of Peace” Resolution Outlines U.S.-Led Plan to Rule over Gaza. The draft framework, obtained by Drop Site, would bestow sweeping authority on Trump to determine all aspects of Gaza’s governance and future. Jonathan Whittall. Global Research. January 28, 2026.
Tensions Rising between the US and Canada. Carney Confronts Trump. Ahmed Adel. Global Research. January 28, 2026.
Decoding the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Indoctrinating Your Children Into the New “Fake Sustainable” World Order. Mark Gerard Keenan. Substack. January 27, 2026.
Greenland Stunt to be Followed by Iran Game. Trump in a pickle. Trump is quite possibly mad – and for the first time, European leaders are speaking in such terms. But he is not stupid. Martin Jay. Strategic Culture Foundation. January 27, 2026.
The Unsolved Mystery of How Viruses Spread – and Why Germ Theory Isn’t the Whole Answer. Dr Clare Craig. The Daily Skeptic. January 27, 2026.
What Should Americans Do Now? We need a mass movement for basic decency. George Packer. The Atlantic. Januay 27, 2026.
The Lies Get So Tedious. Caitlin Johnstone. Substsack. January 27, 2026.
The Seven Deadly Sins of Weight Loss Drugs. Alan Cassels. Brownstone Institute. January 24, 2026.
The ICEy Slippery Slop to Dystopia: Nothing New Under the Sun. Ben Bartee. Global Research. January 27, 2026.
From Unipolarity to Multipolarity: The Arctic Frontier and the Reconfiguration of Global Power. Prof Ruel F Pepa. Global Research. January 27, 2026.
The Execution of an American Citizen by ICE. Helena Glass. Global Research. January 27, 2026.
Is Canada Ready for an American Civil War? As armed federal agents are unleashed on Minneapolis, Ottawa faces an impossible question. Patrick Lennox. The Walrus. January 26, 2026.
Institutional Overreach in Hungary: Drs Papp and Mihalik (Part 3). Dr Trozzi. Substack. January 26, 2026.
“Carney’s Davos Truth Bomb: Global Rules Are Fake – So Are Canada’s! #EndTheLie”. Randy Hillier. Substack. January 25, 2026.
“Public Relations War”: Pathological Lying Will Cost Donald Trump the Mid-Term Elections. Helena Glass. Global Research. January 26, 2026.
The U.S. Has Become a Hellhole and Few Seem to Notice or Care. Gary D Barnett. Substack. January 25, 2026.
Actual causes of sickness and death. Diagnostic inflation versus reality. Prof Denis Rancourt. Substack. January 25, 2026.
Is America spiraling towards Civil War 2.0? What the Trump administration is doing in Minneapolis is exactly what is needed to pit brother against brother in the United States. George Samuelson. Strategic Culture Foundation. January 25, 2026.
Royal Society study finds no evidence of climate-driven mass EXTINCTION in the past 200 years. Laura Harris. ClimateScienceNews. January 25, 2026.
Civilization Is Disappearing Down a Sinkhole. What will Emerge to Redeem the Dignity of Humanity? Sir Julian Rose. Global Research. January 26, 2026.
EXCLUSIVE: Former United Nations Employee Warns of the Dangers of the UN Digital ID Program. Derrick Broze. Activist Post. January 23, 2026.
ICE Is Failing the Legitimacy Test. America’s most fundamental values are at risk. Barry Friedman and Brandon del Pozo. The Atlantic. January 26, 2026.
Anatomy of Extremism: What ICE Is Revealing in Minnesota. The federal persecution of immigrants and white citizens alike lays bare the unstable logic of in-group power. JM Berger. The MIT Press Reader. January 26, 2026.
The World Economic Forum on a Course of Self-Destruction. Peter Koenig. Global Research. January 25, 2026.
Yes, It’s Fascism. Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny. Jonathan Rauch. The Atlantic. January 25, 2026.
If I am Anti-AI am I the Anti-Christ? Jesus H. Christ, I can’t believe I have to write this. VN Alexander. OffGuardian. January 24, 2026.
The Secret History of the WEF and the Battle over Greenland (two episodes of Crypto Rich). Matthew Ehret. Substack. January 22, 2026.
The Pandemic Industry is Preparing for its Next Bonanza. Dr David Bell. The Daily Skeptic. January 24, 2026.
Royal Code: Exosomal Intelligence in Bee Products Confirms a New Biology of Regeneration. Sayer Ji. Substack. January 23, 2026.
The Monstrosity as a System: The War on Palestine and the Moment the World Lost Its Moral Gravity. Laala Bechetoula and Amir Nour. Global Research. January 24, 2026.
Spirit wise ...
Though(s) For Today
“When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.”
Lin Yutang, writer and translator (1895 – 1976)
“Counterfeit freedom brings only apathy.
True freedom brings responsibility”.
Abhijit Naskar (1991 – )
“When I get a little money I buy books,
and if any is left I buy food and clothes.”
Desiderius Erasmus, philosopher, humanist,
and theologian (1466 – 1536)
Leonard Cohen on the Antidote to Anger and the Meaning of Resistance. Maria Popova. The Marginalian. Februay 7, 2026.
Which of the 5 philosophical archetypes best describes you? I’m definitely a Kitsune, but would a Kitsune actually say that? Jonny Thomson. BIG THINK. February 5, 2026.
What happens when we admit we don’t know? Kelly Corrigan on my humility fuels curiosity – and how to cultivate these qualities in an age of certainty. Kelly Corrigan and Lee Helland. Big Think. January 29, 2026.
How selfish are we? An age-old debate about human nature is being energised with new findings on the tightrope of cooperation and competition. Jonathan R Goodman. AEON. February 6, 2026.
Sleep and the Meaning of Life: Fernando Pessoa on the Existential Dimension of the Horizontal Hours. Maria Popova. The Marginalian. February 4, 2026.
Forgiveness. Maria Popova. The Marginalian. February 3, 2026.
Watch: Being in the world: rules and risk. True mastery demands going beyond the rules to learn for yourself. Tao Ruspoli. AEON. February 4, 2026.
Want things to go well? Plan like a defensive pessimist. So often we underestimate the time and effort required to reach our goals. You can avoid that trap with realistic planning. Julie K Norem. PSYCHE. February 4, 2026.
The Problem With Using AI in Your Personal Life. Using LLMs to talk with your friends is efficient. It’s also bad etiquette. Dan Brooks. The Atlantic. February 3, 2026.
On Children: Poignant Parenting Advice from Kahlil Gibran. Maria Popova. The Marginalian. February 3, 2026.
Can you rewire your brain? The metaphor or rewiring offers an ideal of engineered precision. But the brain is more like a forest than a circuit board. Peter Lukacs. AEON. February 3, 2026.
For some with mental illness, it’s not always good to talk. Well-meaning campaigns urge openness and conversation about mental health struggles. But there are those who cherish silence. Dan Degerman. PSYCHE. February 2, 2026.
Daydreamers and Sleepwalkers: Crossing the Borderlands of the Unconscious. Scientists, novelists, and philosophers have spent centuries studying the boundaries between sleep and wakefulness. Each descent only deepens the mystery. Antonio Melechi. The MIT Press Reader. February 2, 2026.
The AI Companies Trying to Make Grief Obsolete. You can buy an AI version of your lost loved one. But should you? Charley Burlock. The Atlantic. February 1, 2026.
Watch: Inside, the valley sings. The elaborate places one’s mind wanders in solitary confinement. Nathan Fagan. AEON. January 29, 2026.
You can only truly master one thing, according to Epictetus. The Stoic philosopher argued that most of life is outside our control – but the little we do control defines who we are. Massimo Pigliucci. BIG THINK. January 29, 2026.
How Should We Live in These Wildly Uncertain Times? Magician David Blaine taught me to overcome fear and embrace the unknown. Gillian Deacon. The Walrus. January 31, 2026.
Don’t Waste Your Wildness. Maria Popova. The Marginalian. Janury 30, 2026.
The fruits of anger. To those who say anger id destructive or pointless: Not so! Getting angry spurs and sustains us to take action for justice. Brian Wong. AEON. May 11, 2020.
Love Anyway. Maria Popova. The Marginalian. January 29, 2026.
In the bustle of the city, we need more pockets of serenity. Stillness shouldn’t be something you only find in nature. Well-designed urban spaces can be good for the nervous system , too. Zsanett Ritli. PSYCHE. January 29, 2026.
“Epistemic trespassing”: Why brilliant people can say idiotic things. Not all knowledge carriers over. Jonny Thomson. BIG THINK. January 28, 2026.
The Light Between Us. Maria Popova. The Marginalian. January 27, 2026.
What’s a false memory? Psychologists explain how your brain can lie. RJ Mackenzie. Popular Science. January 27, 2026.
How leaders can deliver the social connection most of us crave. Disconnection is not a personal failure, but a systems challenge – and an opportunity for employers to strengthen our social fabric. Aaron Hurst, et al. BIG THINK. January 26, 2026.
How cultural outsiders cope with the pain of feeling different. In therapy with people from immigrant families, I’ve seen the side effects of adaptation – and what it takes to break free. Dennis Portnoy. PSYCHE. January 27, 2026.
How to Have a ‘Don’t-Know Mind’. My quest to understand consciousness took me to a cave in New Mexico and then deep into the cosmos. Michael Pollan. The Atlantic. January 26, 2026.
Is It Dangerous to let Kids Be Free? From bus rides to playgrounds, we are raising our children in a culture of fear. Simon Lewsen. The Walrus. January 26, 2026.
Watch: The brain-deep emotion that matters more than happiness. Kate Bowler. Big Think. January 26, 2026.
How to find your InnSaei. In uncertain times, an Icelandic concept can help you reconnect with your intuition and follow your inner compass. Hrund Gunnsteinsdottir. PSYCHE. January 26, 2026.
How to Repurpose and Restart Your Life When Your Current Path No Longer Works. Dr Gary Null. Global Research. January 24, 2026.
Buried alive, leeched, and attacked with a poker: The dark history of nostalgia “cures”. Today, nostalgia is somewhat kitsch. Back then, it was something to be feared. Jonny Thomson. BIG THINK. January 22, 2026.
The Purest Definition of Love, the Qualities of a Lasting Relationship, and the Salve for the Betrayals of Time. Maria Popova. The Marginalian. January 24, 2026.
Why “read more” may be the most underrated thinking advice we have. Reading isn’t just writing prep; together, reading and writing help writers think and generate original ideas through extended cognition. Kevin Dickinson. BIG THINK. January 23, 2026.
Hannah Arendt on Love and How to Live with the Fundamental Fear of Loss. Maria Popova. The Marginalian. January 23, 2026.
A Spell Against Fear: Tracy K Smith on Poetry and The Art of Productive Impatience. Maria Popova. The Marginalian. January 22, 2026.
Computers can’t surprise. As AI’s endless cliches continue to encroach on human art, the true uniqueness of our creativity is becoming ever clearer. Richard Beard. AEON. January 23, 2026.
Your brain loves labels – even when they limit your potential. Labels help your brain make sense of a complex world, but when self-attached, those same labels can convince you that you’re unable to grow. Shade Zahrai. Big Think. January 22, 2026.
The Quiet Power of Reflective Games. In an industry that prizes fast-paced, time-pressured decision-making, reflective games invite players to meditate on life’s beauty, banality, and the spaces in between. Victor Navarro-Remesal. The MIT Press Reader. January 22, 2026.
When Science Becomes an Ideology. Mark Keenan. Global Research. January 22, 2026.
The Most Important Thing to Remember About Your Mother. Maria Popova. The Marginalian. January 21, 2026.
No, willpower isn’t a muscle – here’s a better way to think of it. The muscle metaphor based on ego-depletion theory hasn’t survived scrutiny. But there’s an alternative that holds promise. Alberto De Luca. PSYCHE. January 22, 2026.
How to Be an Instrument of Kindness in a Harsh World: George Saunders on Unthinking the Mind, Unstorying the Self, and the 3 Antidotes to Your Suffering. Maria Popova. The Marginalian. January 20, 2026.
The 5 myths that make us quit before we get good. These cultural lies make normal struggle feel like failure. A habit of experimentation makes it feel like progress. Anne-Laure Le Cunff. Big Think. January 20, 2026.
Watch: The art of museum dioramas. There’s a gentle artistry to a museum taxidermist’s craft. Nic Cha Kim. AEON. January 19, 2026.
AI Can Teach Our Students the Art of Dialogue. The same technology that’s ruining essay writing as a pedagogical tool can help students learn how to reason via conversations. David Weinberger. The MIT Press Reader. January 20, 2026.
Watch: The Purpose of Life That 99% of People Miss. Eckhart Tolle. YouTube. January 14, 2026.
Elif Shafak on the Three Roots of Hate and How to Be a Star Student of Life. Maria Popova. The Marginalian. January 18, 2026.
Dignity isn’t bestowed, it must be continually practised. Reckoning with the complex history of dignity reveals its fragility and what Hannah Arendt recognised as its conditionality. Christa Teston. PSYCHE. January 19, 2026.
The Bots That Women Use in a World of Unsatisfying Men. AI is offering people a way to figure out what they really want in romance. Faith Hill. The Atlantic. January 17, 2026.
Emerson on How to Touch the Universe. Maria Popova. The Marginalian. January 16, 2026.
The Surprising Relationship Between Happiness and Intelligence. You might expect smarts and skill to lead to joy, but it’s not that simple. Isabel Fattal. The Atlantic. January 17, 2026.
The shape of time. In the 19th century, the linear idea of time became dominant – with profound implications for how we experience the world. Emily Thomas. AEON. January 16, 2026.
The power of the printed word: When we stop reading, we forget how to think. Rick Lash. The Globe and Mail. January 15, 2026.
How to cope with disruptive change. You can’t stop life from throwing changes your way, big and small. But you can get a lot better at dealing with them. David A Clark. PSYCHE. January 15, 2026.
How Not to Be a Victim of Time: Rebecca West on Music and Life. Maria Popova. The Marginalian. January 14, 2026.
How to Hold the Darkness: Notes on Living Through Uncertainty. Maria Popova. The Marginalian. January 13, 2026.
Rediscovering Meaning and Purpose in Your Life. Dr Gary Null. Global Research. January 14, 2026.
How to become a tree. Many people today want to commit their remains to rejuvenating the planet. But are these green deaths just greenwashing? Hannah Gould. AEON. January 13, 2026.
Is choosing food and medicine based on naturalness a good idea? Understanding the intuitive power of the word ‘natural’ could help inform choices about what to eat or what to do when ill. Brian Meier. PSYCHE. January 13, 2026.
From infinite scroll to infinite worlds: How AI could rewire Gen Z’s attention span. AI can now generate entire worlds from text prompts. What does this mean for how we think, create, and connect? Klara Nirghin. BIG THINK. January 12, 2026.
Conceptual Model of State Collapse. Can a nation state or an empire survive. Prof Denis Rancourt. Substack. January 11, 2026.
Strata: The Consolations and Invitations of Deep Time. Maria Popova. The Marginalian. January 11, 2026.
How to Hold on to the Light of the World. Maria Popova. The Marginalian. January 9, 2026.
Are Humans Losing Their Creativity? The Invasion of boring designs and colors. Are Covid jabs and AI to blame? Prof Anita Baxas, MD. Substack. January 9, 2026.
The Trouble with Love. Maria Popova. The Marginalian. January 7, 2026.
4 steps to an apology that can heal your damaged relationships. Psychologist Chris Moore reveals why guilt and anxiety lead us to the compassion necessary to earn forgiveness. Chris Moore. Big Think. January 6, 2026.
Heidegger knew that we are always outside, weathering the storms. We aren’t safe inside separate minds. Being-in-the-world means we’re entangled and vulnerable – and that’s how we flourish. Katherine Withy. PSYCHE. January 8, 2026.
The most successful information technology in history is one we barely notice. Joel Miller, the author of “The Idea Machine,” joins us to explore why books are history’s most successful information technology. Kevin Dickinson. Big Think. January 6, 2026.
For the Benefit of the Other. Venezuela, the Pursuit of Happiness and the 30 Years War. Uwe Alschner. Substack. January 5, 2026.
How to think differently about procrastination. Avoid the trap of thinking you’re either working or not. A different mindset promises less self-judgment and more progress. Rebecca Roache. PSYCHE. January 6, 2026.
7,000-year-old underwater wall raises questions about ancient engineering – and lost-city legends. Scientists found a massive underwater wall off the coast of France that might help explain the origin of the legend of Ys. Frank Jacobs. Big Think. January 5, 2026.
Why humans live and die for love. A new book explores how humans evolved to be wired for intimacy. It can save our lives. Dr Justin R Garcia. Popular Science. January 4, 2026.
What your mind’s blank moments reveal about consciousness. Scientists are uncovering the nature of an elusive mental experience that challenges what it means to be conscious. Thomas Andrillon. PSYCHE. January 5, 2026.
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