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Monday, May 25, 2026

President Trump told leaders of several Arab and other Muslim countries during a Saturday conference call that if a deal to end the Iran war is achieved, then he wants their nations to sign peace agreements with Israel, per two U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the call. read more


A MAGA super fan who helped boost Donald Trump's runs for office now says he needs to be booted from the White House before he tips the country into total ruin.

"At this point Trump is no longer just a global novelty. He's no longer simply an embarrassment," Breck Worsham, a right-wing activist and influencer who styles herself as an independent journalist, posted on X late Sunday night.

"He's a threat to the country he was elected to represent," she went on.

"He is, at best, a narcissist and at worst a sociopath. Either way, he's out of control and poses a direct threat to this country."


Russia has threatened to launch a fresh wave of "systematic strikes" against Kyiv, days after carrying out one of its largest attacks on the Ukrainian capital since the start of the war.

Russia has launched several waves of deadly missile and drone attacks on Kyiv since a brief ceasefire, that coincided with Moscow's annual Victory Day parade, expired earlier in May.

Shortly after that, Russian strikes on Kyiv killed 24 people, including three children, in a block of flats.


- it might be a fundamental feature of reality itself, more like gravity than like a thought " and one of the most credentialed neuroscientists alive is now arguing that mainstream science has been wrong about it for a century read more


This is a short, about 1 minute, covering Psychologist Robert Lipton's famous study on cults. read more


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Quick summary:

neurosciencenews.com

"One neuroscientist's deep dive into perception and reality | Christof Koch

Big Think

How do you know you exist? Neuroscientist Christof Koch, chief scientist at the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation and meritorious investigator at the Allen Institute, explains.

He challenges "naive realism," showing how reality is filtered through our senses and shaped by culture, bias, and brain wiring.

Using examples like the viral 2015 Gold Dress' phenomenon and his own experience with meditation, Koch explains how expanding our Perception Box fosters empathy, openness, and a deeper sense of belonging in the world."

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That's like 6+ mins overview.

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If you are a glutton for knowledge, here's an interview of Koch with Stanford neuroscientist Andrew Huberman:

"My guest is Dr. Christof Koch, PhD, a pioneering researcher on the topic of consciousness, an investigator at the Allen Institute for Brain Science and the chief scientist at the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation.

We discuss the neuroscience of consciousness " how it arises in our brain, how it shapes our identity and how we can modify and expand it.

Dr. Koch explains how we all experience life through a unique "perception box," which holds our beliefs, our memories and thus our biases about reality.

We discuss how human consciousness is changed by meditation, non-sleep deep rest, psychedelics, dreams and virtual reality.

We also discuss neuroplasticity (rewiring the brain), flow states and the ever-changing but also persistent aspect of the "collective consciousness" of humanity."

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"It is worth being precise about what Koch is actually proposing, because the wider register has tended to absorb the proposal in vaguer terms than the underlying claim warrants.

Koch is proposing that consciousness is not something the brain produces. Consciousness is, more accurately, a fundamental feature of reality itself, more like gravity or electric charge than like a thought the brain is generating.

In his April 2026 presentation at the 15th "Behind and Beyond the Brain" symposium organized by the Bial Foundation in Porto, Koch argued explicitly that the persistent failure of mainstream neuroscience to explain why and how subjective experience arises from neural activity suggests that the underlying framework requires revision."

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"The framework Koch has been advocating is called Integrated Information Theory, or IIT, developed in collaboration with the psychiatrist and neuroscientist Giulio Tononi across the last two decades.

According to the Neuroscience News coverage of Koch's recent work, IIT proposes that consciousness is measured by a mathematical quantity called Phi, which represents the degree to which a system can integrate information.

Any system with a sufficiently high value of Phi possesses, by the theory's structural claim, some form of subjective experience.

The implication is that consciousness is not exclusive to humans or animals. The implication is, more specifically, that any system with sufficient integrated information has some form of subjective experience, regardless of whether the system is biological."

much more at the link

"Bjorn Lomborg is a highly polarizing figure, and his credibility is a subject of intense debate among scientists, economists, and policymakers.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment

While he holds a PhD in political science and is known for his work in statistics, the mainstream scientific and academic communities broadly view him as lacking credibility on environmental and climate science. Critiques of his work typically fall into several distinct areas:

Scientific Consensus vs. Cherry-Picking:

Scientists frequently criticize Lomborg for "cherry-picking" data, using outdated economic models, and misinterpreting or misrepresenting the conclusions of the very researchers he cites. Organizations like Climate Feedback frequently evaluate and challenge his claims.

Lack of Domain Expertise:

Lomborg is not a climate scientist. Most of his writing appears in op-eds in right-leaning publications that do not undergo rigorous scientific peer review, rather than in peer-reviewed environmental or climatology journals.

Controversial History with Integrity:

In 2003, the Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty (DCSD) concluded that his first book, The Skeptical Environmentalist, was scientifically dishonest due to systematic misinterpretation of data, though this ruling was later overturned by the Danish Ministry of Science on procedural grounds.

Environmental economists and institutions"such as the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment"heavily criticize his economic calculations, stating that they drastically underestimate the potential damages of unmitigated global warming.

Therefore, mainstream climate experts generally do not consider him a credible source on the topic.

The London School of Economics and Political Science

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A closer examination of the fantastical numbers in Bjorn Lomborg's ...
Aug 10, 2020 " He has been characteristically energetic in persuading right-wing newspapers, particularly those owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Co...

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Jeffy sure can pick 'em! ROFL!!!

Border Towns in Texas were against Trump's Wall...

"Yes, many Texas border towns and local communities have fiercely opposed Donald Trump's border wall, viewing it as environmentally destructive, disruptive to binational economies, and an infringement on private property rights."

www.google.com

President Trump Wants to Build a Wall on the Border. These Border Residents Think It's a Bad Idea

time.com

US shutdown: Border politicians oppose Trump's wall
10 January 2019

www.bbc.com

Border Towns Are Among the Safest in the United States

www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org

Trump lied, people died... JeffyBelle repeats same.

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