Will microbes and mushrooms save the planet, clean the world, and make human and animal life sustainable like they have for millions of years even after we pump petroleum from the ground and make plastic out of it? Paul Stamets (fungi.com) knows that various species of fungi can remediate the soil by sequestering and cleaning up even atomic waste from Fukushima, to say nothing of oil spills and other corporate human waste products.
The answer, in brief, is join this tribe and do what they do. Become a master diver by epigenetics -- kickstarting our natural human capacity that mostly goes unprompted and dormant.
7 days with the tribe that BREATHES underwater (Bajau Sea Nomads)
(Joe HaTTab) The BAJAU (Sama-Bajau): Sea Nomads of Southeast Asia. 🌊
Meet the Bajau — the “Sea Gypsies” who have lived in and on the ocean for centuries. With a population of about 100,000 people across Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, they are legendary free divers (70 meter + depths with no oxygen tanks).
Let's visit their stilt villages in Tawi-Tawi, Philippines, and North Sulawesi, Indonesia, to uncover their survival secrets — and find out why their ancient way of life is vanishing.
Young men, beware of selkies, beautiful but vicious
Mermaid princess Suvannamaccha (Thai สุพรรณมัจฉา, RTGS Suphannamatcha or Suphan Matcha, Khmer សុវណ្ណមច្ឆា, ALA-LC Suvaṇṇmacchā, Pali सुवण्णमच्छा, suvaṇṇamacchā, literally "golden fish") is a daughter of Ravana (Thotsakan), appearing in the Thai and other Southeast Asian versions of the Ramanaya [1].
Suvannamaccha tries to spoil Hanuman's plans to build a bridge to (Sri) Lanka but falls in love with him instead [2].
The figure of Suvannamaccha is popular in Thai folklore and is represented on small cloth streamers or framed pictures that are hung as luck-bringing charms in shops and houses throughout predominantly Theravada Buddhist Thailand.
Story
A mermaid charm in Thailand
[The Hindu monkey-headed god] Hanuman, while building a causeway [that has really been found to exist], discovered that he was hampered by mermaids underwater.
Hanging wall mount: Suvannamaccha luck bringing charm (amulet) in a riverside shop in Nonthaburi, Thailand.
When the divine Mother GoddessSita is kidnapped, her husband [ET] Lord Rama enlists Hanuman's help in rescuing her. Hanuman learns that Goddess Sita is being held captive on the island of (Sri) Lanka.
Hanuman informs Lord Rama, her husband, who orders him to build a causeway to Lanka from Proto-IndiaJambudvipa so that Rama's army can attack.
Chris Columbus reported seeing mermaids.
Hanuman collects his band of Vanaras and they begin placing huge boulders in the sea [between the tip of the subcontinent and the teardrop shaped island to the south] to make a foundation for the causeway.
After a few days, they notice something is wrong and call Hanuman to report that matter to him. They tell him that each day they throw rocks into the sea and the next day they are gone. Hanuman asks for volunteers to join him while he instructs the others to continue throwing rocks into the sea.
When several volunteers step forward, Hanuman leads them into the waves. They find a large number of mermaids living underwater. As they watch, a new rock is tossed in. The mermaids underwater take the rocks and carry them away.
Golden Fish, you're real! Every Thai knew it!
Hanuman looks around for their leader. He spots a lovely mermaid supervising the others. He swims towards her, but she skillfully evades him. Time and again he begins an attack, but it comes to nothing. Hanuman soon finds he is falling in love with the aquatic creature.
He changes his tactics and begins to silently woo her. She responds to him, and soon they are together at the bottom of the sea.
When Maha Moggallana, the Buddhist monk the Buddha declared "foremost in psychic powers," looked into the sea, he saw a delightful world of mermaids (sea nymphs) dancing and existing by what sounds like advanced technological means:
"Mansions stand for an eon in the middle of the sea,/ The hue of beryl-stones, brilliant, glowing, radiant;/ There dance full many nymphs in divers hues" (Isaline Blew Horner, born 1896, trans. of MN 50).
"There are mansions that last an eon standing in the middle of a lake./ Sapphire-colored, brilliant, they sparkle and shine./ Dancing there are nymphs shining in all different colors." (Bhante Sujato, trans. of MN 50). More: Are mermaids manatees?
Later, Hanuman asks the mermaid why she is stealing the rocks. She tells him that she is Suvannamaccha, a daughter of Ravana (the "demon" who had abducted Sita).
When Ravana saw Hanuman's Vanaras building a causeway, he instructed Suvannamaccha to stop it. Hanuman tells the mermaid why he is building the causeway.
He tells her of the abduction of Sita, the battle between Rama and her father Ravana, and why they started to build a bridge to reach Lanka. More
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Joe HaTTab, March 23, 2025; Mermaid (Sea Devi) Kelly Ani, Amber Larson, Dhr. Seven, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation) (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
My most brutal wingsuit flight ever | Täschhorn (4491 meters)
(Swiss JoHannes | Wingsuit) After years of dreaming, we finally did the highest possible wingsuit base jump in the Alps, from the top of Täschhorn, Switzerland.
Big hug to Mario for joining me on this mission. I couldn't have done it without him. Thanks, Bro! In total, we climbed for about 9 hours and spent one night at the Mischabeljoch bivouac. It was challenging leaving nothing behind and flying down with all of our equipment.
On the top we have to scramble five pitches to the exit point, belayed gear up. I jumped around 10:30 am during perfect conditions, without thermals (rising heat columns).
But after 40 seconds of flying, my arms were really tired, so I couldn't hold the glide and had to fly more steeply. Unfortunately, it is not getting much better. It is becoming a serious problem as I can hardly feel my fingers holding on.
Now if I could just learn to "fly" on land
Antonia was waiting at the LZ with a cold one. Mario and I landed safely. I don't know what happened to my weak arms... Was it the altitude or the heavy bag? I was exhausted AF and glad we got down safely. What a mission, what a mountain! Source
Video Shorts; Base Jumping X Team Wannabees, Wisdom Quarterly
It's fun to watch in first class (of a car)
There's an extreme sport called "base jumping," taking a parachute in hand and throwing it into the wind when jumping off things -- buildings, cliffs, any platform will do really. What becomes possible when the wings/glider or flexible parachute can be maneuvered and aimed at landing spots? Here one daredevil goes from sky to rooftop of a skyscraper on the beach, probably a resort hotel, where he's not welcome by its security agent posted their to guard some VIP or other. They tell him to get off, but rather than the steps or elevator, he decides to jump off the edge. They helplessly run after him and watch him commit suicide, only he has other plans. A backflip into the wind then the descent of a raptor, skimming the surf and softly alighting on the sand. Success! How in the world it was filmed, we have to wonder. AI-controlled GoPro? How did the cam know to turn around for the backflip? No wonder China and TikTok will one day rule the world.
Watching this clip on a car video screen, I may want to parachute to the ground.
When do those George Jetson flying cars get here already? They exist. Let's go. Sky tickets!
U.S. blew up Nord Stream pipeline – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist confirms
(The Jimmy Dore Show) Feb. 14, 2023. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalistic legend Seymour Hersh penned a bombshell report exposing that, as many already suspected, the United States [CIA] was behind the September sabotage bombing of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea.
This is logical since Russia, who many in the West tried to blame as part of a disinformation campaign, had no motive to blow up their own pipeline.
But the U.S. had every reason to want the flow of Russian natural gas to Europe disrupted.
Guest host Aaron Maté and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger review the evidence pointing to the United States [and our military-industrial complex run by a list of alphabet-agencies like the CIA, NSA, NSC, DHS, DARPA, and so on, along with its ally, Norway, as the likely culprit.
(TEDx Denmark) Stig Åvall Severinsen was the first person to hold his breath for more than 20 minutes under water, a Guinness world record. He believes that controlling the breath [prana, chi, spiritus, "invisible lifeforce energy," "animating principle"] means controlling our lives.
Stig Severnisen, a Danish freediver and holder of multiple world records, leaves audiences breathless. When he is not training or setting new records, he runs a global business based on his revolutionary concept he calls "Breatheology," aimed at changing the world one breath at a time.
(TEDx Copenhagen) Years later Severnisen is holding his breath longer.
This time around he is not showing how we can breathe better, but what happens when he pushes his body closer to the edge of what is thought to be possible and then a bit beyond. What if we’re closer to this edge than we imagine and going further every single day? Severnisen is a world champion freediver, bestselling author, and holder of multiple world records—among these is the longest freedive under ice, and becoming the first person to ever hold his breath for more than 20 minutes.
COMMENTS
(Julian Hubbard) Awesome story, a little uneven on the presentation, but it should not matter; this guy is the real deal. Stig Severinsen and Wim Hof should get together and compare notes.
(Paxus) If you find this interesting, you'll also find Wim Hof's methods interesting.
(Anders Hass) To the people who think Stig should have credited Wim Hof, I don't see why he should have. They are two different men with two different approaches. They are both pioneers that set new standards which challenge the existing science. While Wim is running a marathon in the desert without water and immersing himself in ice and climbing Mount Everest in shorts and tennis shoes while fighting infections by breathing, Stig is freediving under ice in Speedos, holding his breath for over 22 minutes in -1 degrees C, slowing his heart rate using only his techniques [breath control called pranayama, diet control, yoga] and mind and even skipping heartbeats voluntarily.... Stig comes from the world of freediving, doing this for about 25 years, so I think he stands on his own merits.
TEDx: In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience, where video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized subject to certain rules and regulations.
In 1898, white supremacists killed 60+ African Americans in one of deadliest mass shootings in U.S.
The Las Vegas attack has been called the deadliest mass
shooting in modern U.S. history [Greg Palast, who grew up with the shooter in Sun Valley, L.A. and sat next to him in school, gave the reason for the Vegas shooting this morning on "Connect the Dots with Lila Garrett," KPFK.org, 7:00-8:00 am] gave the reason for it. Bishop William Barber joins us in
studio for an extended interview to discuss another, less known mass
attack: the infamous Wilmington massacre of 1898, when white
supremacists seized armed control of the North Carolina town and killed
at least 60 African-American residents, drove hundreds more out of town,
burned down the local African-American newspaper and installed a former
Confederate officer as the new mayor. Barber also discusses gun
violence and violent policies in the aftermath of the Las Vegas attack. More
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which takes place on the lawn of the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, was first launched in 1999 by Paul Tollett.
After a one-year break, it returned in 2001. It was an uphill battle to get the fest off the ground.
But just a few years later, Coachella managed to solidify itself as one of the biggest live music events in the world.
In 2015, it earned over $84 million and broke records with 198,000 tickets sold. That was its fourth year as a two-weekend event, and it's continued growing since. Despite Coachella's popularity, the fest holds many secrets. More
Ryan Seacrest-funded attention-wh*r* Kim Kardashian looks barely legal in a netted outfit and no bra for date night with Kanye. Kim Kardashian has been using various crafty ways to show off her 36-year-old post-baby breasts this month.
WARNING: PG rated! Do not enlarge!
And the reality TV darling may have come across her most successful method on Wednesday evening as she stepped out for a dinner date with Kanye West in Beverly Hills, California. The mother of North [West] and Saint [Kardashian] put her less than modest bust on display as she modeled a strategically ripped see-through netted top, showing off her perfect (no baby) tummy in the process. Graphic photos (Comments)
CAPITALISM(icarusfilms.com) is an impressive six-part series that explains money and economics. It does so through an interdisciplinary approach exploring the work of great thinkers. Economics, or "how money works," is embedded in social, political, and historical contexts. The series is great as a whole yet each episode stands alone. It features some of the world's top economists, historians, anthropologists, and sociologists, including: Thomas Piketty, Noam Chomsky, Yanis Varoufakis, Nicholas Phillipson, Kari Polanyi Levitt, David Graeber, and Abraham Rotstei.
(TJDS) Starting at Min. 1:10, Mark Blythexplains Brexit, Trump, and collapse of capitalism. Blyth uses clear language (in a great Scottish accent) to talk about globalization. Capitalism is failing people throughout the world. More Trumps are on the way.
SOUTH ARI ATOLL, Maldives [islands off of the tip of India] - There were startling colors here just a year ago, a dazzling
array of life beneath the waves. Now this Maldivian reef is dead, killed
by the stress of rising ocean temperatures. What's left is a haunting
expanse of gray, a scene repeated in reefs across the globe in what has
fast become a full-blown ecological catastrophe.
PHOTOS: An underwater photographer documents an expanse of dead coral at Lizard
Island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Coral reefs, which are unique
underwater ecosystems that sustain a quarter of the world's marine
species and half a billion of its human inhabitants, are dying [at an accelerated rate and] on an unprecedented scale.
Scientists are racing to prevent a complete wipeout within decades (The
Ocean Agency/XL Catlin Seaview Survey via AP).
The world has lost roughly half its coral reefs in
the last 30 years. Scientists are now scrambling to ensure that at least
a fraction of these unique ecosystems survives beyond the next three
decades. The health of the planet depends on it: Coral reefs support a
quarter of all marine species, as well as half a billion people around
the world.
"This isn't something that's going to happen 100
years from now. We're losing them right now," said marine biologist
Julia Baum of Canada's University of Victoria. "We're losing them really
quickly, much more quickly than I think any of us ever could have
imagined."
Even if the world could halt global warming now,
scientists still expect that more than 90 percent of corals will die by
2050. Without drastic intervention, we risk losing them all. "To lose
coral reefs is to fundamentally undermine the health of a very large
proportion of the human race," said Ruth Gates, director of the Hawaii
Institute of Marine Biology.
Coral
reefs produce some of the oxygen we breathe. Often described as
underwater rainforests, they populate a tiny fraction of the ocean but
provide habitats for one in four marine species. Reefs also form crucial
barriers protecting coastlines from the full force of storms.
They provide billions of dollars in revenue from
tourism, fishing and other commerce, and are used in medical research
for cures to diseases including cancer, arthritis and bacterial or viral
infections. More
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