Archive for the 'Media' Category
TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts Induce Measurable “Brain Rot”
January 2nd, 2026I don’t go on TikTok or Instagram, but Firefox with the Hide YouTube Shorts add-on reliably blocks YouTube Shorts for me. Via: Focal Points: Now, a peer-reviewed paper titled, Demystifying the New Dilemma of Brain Rot in the Digital Era: A Review, confirms that brain rot is real: the digital environment is chemically, cognitively, and […]
Jay Anderson on Limited Hangout UFO Disclosure
January 1st, 2026Via: Project Unity: Related: Joe Rogan Experience #2430 – Jay Anderson
“Why Is No One Talking About the Aliens?”
December 29th, 2025The masses aren’t sufficiently engaged with CIA’s limited hangout “Disclosure.” Never mind the decades of research and individual accounts of interactions with the phenomenon that came before 2017; when the topic was stigmatized: For decades, curiosity about UFOs or non-human intelligence was considered culturally as unserious or fringe. Even as the conversation has shifted into […]
Spielberg UFO Movie: Disclosure Day
December 16th, 2025Via: Universal Pictures:
Polarization by Design: How Elites Could Shape Mass Preferences as AI Reduces Persuasion Costs
December 4th, 2025Via: arXiv: In democracies, major policy decisions typically require some form of majority or consensus, so elites must secure mass support to govern. Historically, elites could shape support only through limited instruments like schooling and mass media; advances in AI-driven persuasion sharply reduce the cost and increase the precision of shaping public opinion, making the […]
Brain Rot: Short Form Video Use, “Associated with Poorer Cognition (Attention, Inhibitory Control, Language, Memory, and Working Memory)”
November 24th, 2025Via: Independent: Excessive usage of TikTok and Instagram Reels is damaging cognitive performance, the American Psychological Association has said in a recent study. Data from 98,299 participants across 71 studies found that the more short-form content a person watches, the poorer cognitive performances they had in terms of attention and inhibitory control – meaning the […]
YouTube Removes Windows 11 Microsoft Account Bypass Tutorials, Claims ‘Risk of Physical Harm’
November 7th, 2025Via: It’s FOSS News: Two weeks ago, Rich had posted a video on installing Windows 11 25H2 with a local account. YouTube removed it, saying that it was “encouraging dangerous or illegal activities that risk serious physical harm or death.” Days later, Rich posted another video showing how to bypass Windows 11’s hardware requirements to […]
86% of PCR-Positive “COVID Cases” Were Not Real Infections
November 7th, 2025Via: Nicolas Hulscher: A bombshell peer-reviewed study out of Germany just dismantled the scientific foundation used to justify lockdowns, social distancing, and vaccine mandates. Researchers analyzed data from the Akkreditierte Labore in der Medizin (ALM) — a nationwide consortium of authority-accredited medical laboratories that performed roughly 90% of all SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests in Germany between […]
David Icke Unbanned on YouTube
November 4th, 2025I was surprised to see that David Icke videos started appearing in my YouTube feed again.
Box Office Massacre: October Revenue Falls to 27-Year Low, Excluding the Pandemic
October 30th, 2025Glorious. Keep em coming. Via: The Hollywood Reporter: The dramatic downturn in North America is due to a scarcity of product and the failure of fall event pics to connect with audiences, including the ill-fated ‘Tron: Ares’ and the Dwayne Johnson starrer ‘The Smashing Machine.’
