“The Welcome Guest” (2011), a silicone sculpture by Patricia Piccinini depicting a bald, elf-like humanoid embracing a young girl amid a bedroom scene with a peacock, evoking unease and tying into claims of elite fascination with disturbing imagery.
Tony Podesta’s collection of Piccinini’s and similar works as evidence of normalized depravity, contrasting mainstream dismissals of Pizzagate as baseless with persistent suspicions fueled by Epstein case parallels.
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Many, including me, are seeing many connections between Epstein and Pizzagate. ABN
UPDATE: I’m not a big fan of Candace’s interviews, of which I have only watched two. She is a monologue genius but not well suited to the interview format, imo. This one is OK for about 30-40 minutes but did not promise any new information so it felt like just watching two people talk about stuff we already know. Youssef did some general analysis on USA starting at the ~35 min mark; what I saw of it was trite, so I stopped watching. Just my opinions. ABN
This is reportedly from a few years ago in Taiwan before Jensen became super-rich and famous. Nothing very special about it except it shows a dimension of Taiwan culture and Jensen’s personality. They eventually sing a song in English. It’s a good ‘slice of life’ video. ABN
Jensen Huang speaks Taiwanese Hokkien and Mandarin Chinese, though his Mandarin is described as “rusty” and learned later in life. He was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and grew up speaking Taiwanese Hokkien with his parents, who were native speakers. He began learning Mandarin in the 1980s while working at AMD to communicate with Chinese photomask workers. He has since spoken Mandarin in public, including a notable speech at the 2025 China International Supply Chain Expo, where he said, “I am very happy to be here in China,” in Mandarin. He also frequently uses Taiwanese Hokkien when in Taiwan and has been seen speaking it in public events and interviews.
It has been hailed as ‘the most significant archaeological discovery in a decade.’
Archaeologists in Mexico have uncovered a 1,400-year-old tomb in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca that had been lost to history.
The stone structure, built by the Zapotec culture, known as Be’ena’a, or ‘The Cloud People’, is adorned with sculptures, murals and carved symbols that suggest ritual significance.
The Zapotec believed their ancestors descended from the clouds and that, in death, their souls returned to the heavens as spirits.
At the entrance sits a massive carved owl, its open beak revealing the face of a Zapotec lord, a symbol the National Institute of Anthropology and History said represented death and power.
Pictured is the face of the Zapotec god inside the owl’s mouth
FIML practice can be seen as a dynamic work of art engaged in by two (or more) people. FIML practice works very well in the moment and it builds on itself by providing many moments of clarity and understanding.
FIML practice creates and defines a history of self-discovery that practitioners can share and enjoy. Since this history is based on good, clear data and since input into it is entirely up to the practitioners themselves, FIML liberates the mind from conformance to received ideas, semiotics, styles, symbols, behaviors, and so forth. FIML gives us the tool we need to freely create the relationships we want to have without illusions and without social and neurotic constraints.
FIML practice can be thought of as a sort of interpersonal performance art. By doing it, we create insights and understandings in each other’s minds. FIML liberates us from the conventional and/or habitual behaviors and interpretations that have dominated and clouded our thoughts.
FIML can only be done with another person. The person you choose to do it with is already special to you. Ideally, you already love them. Do FIML with love and understanding. FIML is a tool to make art within and between your minds.
The artist previously known as Kanye West blamed his behavior on bipolar disorder, saying he “lost touch with reality.”
Ye, the US rapper and record producer known as Kanye West, has taken out a full-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal, expressing regret for years of antisemitic behavior.
In the ad, he wrote that he “lost touch with reality” and blamed his actions on an undiagnosed brain injury from a 2002 car crash and untreated bipolar disorder.
“I regret and am deeply mortified by my actions in that state, and am committed to accountability, treatment and meaningful change. It does not excuse what I did, though. I am not a Nazi or an antisemite. I love Jewish people,” he added.
American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky had several drugs in his system when he unexpectedly died, according to a recently released toxicology report.
Naroditsky was just 29 years old when he was found dead on his couch at his home in Charlotte, North Carolina, by friend and fellow grandmaster Oleksandr Bortnyk, who went to check on him on October 19.
At the time, police confirmed to the Daily Mail that Naroditsky may have committed suicide or accidentally overdosed, as they did not find signs of foul play or criminal activity.
According to a toxicology report by the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner that was obtained by NBC News, Naroditsky had methamphetamine, amphetamine, 7-hydroxymitragynine and mitragynine in his system when he died.
The first two chemicals are synthetic stimulants, while the latter two are the primary active chemical compounds found in Kratom, a plant native to Southeast Asia with opioid-like effects.
The man and woman, approximately 30-55 years old and 18-25 years old, respectively, were buried in the same kurgan, richly furnished with grave goods. Morphologically, the two individuals differed: the man displayed a mix of Caucasoid and East Asian traits, with a stronger leaning toward Caucasoid features, similar to other cranial remains from this set, and was likely of local Pazyryk Iranic Scythian elite origin. In contrast, the woman exhibited more pronounced East Eurasian features. Individuals with such traits appear in both common and elite burials, such as at the Ak-Alakha-3/5 cemetery. Archaeologists and anthropologists have speculated that the female outlier may have been incorporated into the elite stratum of Pazyryk society and is possibly associated with the Korgantas culture.
Both skeletons show evidence of post-mortem trepanation. The male skull bore an irregular perforation resulting from blunt trauma, later refined with a sharp tool. The female skull exhibited a rectangular perforation (64 × 35.8 mm) with cut marks, along with the excised fragment (42 × 33 mm), suggesting a deliberate opening after death, likely as part of the mummification process.
Cranial measurements indicate that the man had a medium-large cranial length of 185 mm, a medium-large cranial width of 147 mm, and a large cheek width of 139 mm. The woman had a large cranial length of 182 mm, a medium-large cranial width of 143 mm, and a large cheek width of 135 mm (Kitov, 2023).
Love the squirmy use of her sharpest word ‘targeted’. And the super-soft tone of voice. Cold, deadly sexy Nurse Ratchet. Mind-control at its best. No true Scotsman will resist. ABN
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