Ayahuasca occupies an unsettling space where ancient ritual meets modern tourism. This Amazonian brew, crafted from Banisteriopsis caapi and DMT-containing leaves, has attracted thousands to ceremonies and many more to clinical trials. This surge has produced two parallel narratives: researchers highlighting both benefits and transient harms, alongside media stories of ceremonies ending in trauma or […]
Warnings that “AI will eat your soul” may attract attention, but the convergence of brain implants, reproductive engineering, and AI augmentation is a technical reality with clear milestones. By the mid-2020s, companies transitioned from lab animals to human subjects, leading clinicians to confront vital questions about consent, neural privacy, and the line between therapy and […]
On November 18, 2025, a configuration error at an internet infrastructure firm triggered a global outage, taking X, ChatGPT, and hundreds of other services offline for several hours. Close in time, investigators and open-source monitors documented multiple explosions and fires at Russian energy and military sites during mid-November, igniting a separate wave of geopolitical alarm. […]
Late in November 2025, a peculiar sequence of events—a mysterious shortwave silence, sabotage on a Polish rail artery, and viral claims concerning assassination plots advocating nuclear attacks—pushed an already anxious public toward doomsday thinking. The technical realities and the media narrative portray two stories: one about verifiable incidents that alter risk calculations and another about […]
When a respected AI safety researcher asserts there’s a 99.9% chance that superintelligent AI will eradicate humanity within a century, people take notice. Roman Yampolskiy, a computer scientist and author recognized for his views on the challenges of AI control, shared that estimate during a 2024 interview that quickly gained traction. This figure resonated like […]
John McAfee excelled at complicating any simple narrative about his life—right to the end. In June 2021, Spanish authorities found the antivirus pioneer dead in his Barcelona prison cell. This discovery came hours after a court approved his extradition to the U.S. on tax charges. His death sparked speculation: did McAfee die by suicide, or—as […]
The simulation hypothesis continues to fascinate, especially when viral videos claim everyday tech like a DeWalt laser can “crack reality.” The buzz arises from YouTube clips and forum posts where users shine lasers through smoke or mist, fixating on cryptic grid patterns, “codes,” or glitches. For the gullible, it’s proof we live in a cosmic […]
The world is entering a new cycle of geopolitical risk. A surge of “do not travel” warnings, civil defense drills, and naval posturing reveals how nations shape public perception and policy. Recent developments—amplified by digital rumor—highlight a troubling trend: major powers now regularly telegraph their moves for deterrence and domestic theater, escalating uncertainty both at […]
When truth slips through cracks, psyops patch them—often with suitable agitprop. From wartime atrocities to government ambiguity over UFOs, emotionally charged narratives are as old as modern conflict. What if the biggest secret about psyops isn’t the black-budget tech but the repetitive patterns used to shape perception? Atrocity Propaganda: Dead Babies and the Emotional High […]
In the shadowy landscape where fringe science meets espionage, Ingo Swann’s story seems too wild for fiction. In the early 1970s, Swann—an artist and self-described psychic—impressed parapsychologists and intrigued the intelligence community. He claimed an extraordinary ability: “remote view,” perceiving distant or hidden locations without sensory input. By 1972, Swann was bending reality under CIA […]
