another banger from BILLY COX: Farewell to an era / Erich von Daniken and the Age of Aquarius

Discordian Quote: A recurring dream is a revelation on redial.

A friend opines: "Birth rates remain higher among the religiously devout (of all faiths) than among seculars. Do that for 3-4 generations and I know who's showing up for the future."

"There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally." ~ Don Miguel Ruiz

My review of this week's Ancient Aliens season premiere, S22E01 “Skulls of the Gods,” quite possibly the single most repetitive episode in the show's history. www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/review-...

The most interesting thing about this idiotic Greenland controversy? The Epstein files.

The Wedding Feast at Cana (iconographer unknown)

Alarming truth behind 'fake' singer with 2,800,000 listeners

All bets are off. I think Trump knows, and has accepted, that he's reaching the end of the line. He won't be running again, not really. He doesn't need the voters anymore, including his MAGA base, whom he's now going to screw over as he has always done to those he doesn't need anymore. -->

Thecla, the beast fighter: The saint who faced down lions and killer seals is one of many ‘leading ladies’ in early Christian texts

Deep reading can boost your critical thinking and help you resist misinformation – here’s how to build the skill

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?

The Friday news briefs are LIVE at the Daily Grail! SETI@home resulted in 100 possible alien signals to check, scientists discover complex Maya city in the Yucatan Peninsula, low frequency sound may flush toxic Alzheimer's proteins, and much more: www.dailygrail.com/2026/01/news...

"Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people in the whole world — I mean everybody, no matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside they've all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds. Not just one world. Hundreds of them." ~ Neil Gaiman

"A mind of honor must acknowledge/ The happy eachness of all things,/ Distinguish even from odd numbers,/ and bear witness to What-Is-The-Case." ~ W.H. Auden

From biology to physics and the unknown: What would it mean to understand consciousness? / Charles Capaday / 2025

RIP, Stephen Braude.

The founders foresaw neither a president directing military invasions of United States cities nor a congress that sat by and idly watched.

The Thursday news briefs are LIVE at the Daily Grail! NASA plan for nuclear reactor on the Moon, Ötzi the Iceman mummy carried a high-risk virus strain, does string theory explain the wiring of the brain, and much more: www.dailygrail.com/2026/01/news...

They behave exactly the way you'd expect.

Over @expandingfrontiersresearch.org we just received an initial installment of what will be a series of records releases from the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office on arrests at Burning Man. www.patreon.com/posts/burnin...

Remember, tyrannical government, like masked goons roaming the streets kidnapping and killing people, is why the NRA said we need military-style weapons and have to live with schoolchildren being massacred. I am so glad they are standing up against tyranny in this fraught moment, arent you?

7 Truly Bizarre UFO Sightings the Government Can’t (or Won't) Explain

The church as naked tool of state power. We would see the same thing here except that Leo XIV is making it clear that the Vatican won't play ball, and the evangies are fragmented and disorganized.

Buddhist monks and their dog captivate Americans while walking for peace

Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – our new study examines each method’s risks

Whatever you despise is the teacher.

I learned not to fear infinity, The far field, the windy cliffs of forever, The dying of time in the white light of tomorrow, The wheel turning away from itself, The sprawl of the wave, The on-coming water. — Theodore Roethke, from “The Far Field” in The Collected Poems (Anchor, 1974)

Winslow Homer: Mink Pond, 1891, vintage lithograph

This week on BoA: The Revival, paranormal writer and artist Miguel 'Red Pill Junkie' Romero returns for a freewheeling conversation about AI, 'Disclosure Day,' the current UAP/UFO scene, Beatriz Villarroel & transient objects, 3I/ATLAS & Avi Loeb, and tons more. open.spotify.com/episode/7xjy...

One of my colleagues would feel targeted and think this is a conspiracy directly against her.

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