Sun's solar maximum: coronal mass ejections

(Beyond the Obvious) The Sun is about to do something it hasn't done in 12,000 years

(Flash Discovery) Apollo astronaut finally admits the truth: why we stopped going to the Moon

Driving new $2K Chinese EV electric car

(Kim Java) Not a Hello Kitty toy! Driving China's cheapest EV in U.S. explains everything

It's cuter and cheaper than the Mini Cooper

• Prices start at $2,000 and go up to $6,300, all under $10,000!
• The cheapest car in the U.S. today (was the discontinued Mercedes' Smart car at $24,000 then the Nissan Versa at $18,000) is now the Nissan Sentra at $23,000.
• Average new car in U.S. costs $50,000.
• The model shown here, the Bestune Pony, is only $4,800 (the Playful Pony), the Petite Pony ($6,300)
• 2026 FAW Bestune Pony EV enthüllt: Kleiner E-Flitzer für die Stadt!
• Bestune Pony EV: tuningblog.eu
• VIDEO: 2026 FAW Bestune Pony EV world premiere | small electric car for the city

(Auto Drive) The 2026 Bestune Pony – The Ultimate Affordable Mini EV for City Driving!

Egyptian sun miracle at Abu Simbel

• Abu Simbel, Egypt
• Anubis, God of Death
• Ra, Egyptian God

Regrow Altadena workshops (9/13-14)

Episode 2: Regrow Altadena

It's FREE and live and full of music

(Frankie Norstad) April 22, 2025: Frankie Norstad sits down with Laurie Scott, founder of Regrow Altadena—a grassroots project literally rooted in healing. What began with a rescued pothos [popular houseplant] and a shelf of propagated succulents has blossomed into a powerful community effort to re-green the landscape of Altadena, one plant at a time. Scott shares how this initiative grew from personal loss and a deep love of gardening into a broader mission to reconnect neighbors with nature, hope, and each other. Together, they talk about everything from soil remediation and native plants to the quiet grief of losing more than just a house—like the beloved garden pots passed down from family or the fig tree that somehow survived. It's a conversation about rebuilding not just structures, but ecosystems, memory, and meaning. For anyone looking for tangible ways to nurture resilience and re-root themselves, this episode is a beautiful place to begin.

Saturday workshops

Community Assets - Saturday 9/13 at 5:00 pm

Heidi Adams, CEO BASEstud.io

Focus: This panel looks at how communities can strengthen resilience by building and sharing assets—whether it’s local knowledge, renewable solar power, water cisterns, public gardens, or neighborhood fire detection systems. We’ll explore how these shared resources not only improve safety and sustainability but can also generate new streams of community revenue. Panelists will discuss models that turn community-owned assets into long-term economic drivers, keeping value circulating locally while protecting against climate and infrastructure risks.

People-Focused Mobility – Saturday 9/13 at 6:00 pm

My mobility is more important than my marriage

Focus: How we move shapes how we live. This session explores the future of mobility in Altadena, from safer walking and biking infrastructure to accessible public transit and EV adoption. Panelists will share visions for reducing traffic, improving safety, and creating people-first streets that connect neighborhoods, support local businesses, and reduce emissions. The discussion will highlight how mobility can be both sustainable and deeply rooted in community needs.

Building Better – Saturday 9/13 at 6:30 pm

How tiny is big enough? Love of natural wood

Focus: This panel highlights innovations in resilient and affordable building design. From modular homes and ADUs to climate-ready retrofits, panelists will share strategies for rebuilding smarter, faster, and with long-term sustainability in mind. We’ll explore how fire-resistant materials, energy-efficient systems, and equity-centered planning can create housing that not only shelters families but also supports healthier, stronger neighborhoods.

Light Equity – Saturday 9/13 at 6:45 pm

Taming urban light pollution is very important.

Focus: Street lighting is more than infrastructure—it’s about safety, connectivity, and community well-being. This panel will look at how next-generation lighting can reduce energy costs, improve public safety, and expand access to digital connectivity. Panelists will discuss how “light equity” ensures that all neighborhoods, regardless of income or geography, benefit from resilient infrastructure—empowering communities through solar-powered lights, Wi-Fi hotspots, and adaptive lighting that protects people and ecosystems.

Sunday workshops

Future Altadena – Sunday, 9/14 at 5:00 pm

How will we get around in the future?

Focus: This panel explores how Altadena’s unique history of neighborhood identity and grassroots organizing shapes its path forward. We’ll discuss the role of micro-communities in building resilience, how thoughtful commercial and economic development can strengthen local identity, and what lessons from Altadena’s past can guide a more equitable and sustainable future. Panelists will share perspectives on housing, small business growth, cultural preservation, and creating opportunities that reflect Altadena’s diverse community fabric.

Clean & Healthy Living – Sunday 9/14 at 5:00 pm

Good food's sustainable food that's healthy for all

Focus: Resilience is not just about surviving disasters—it’s about thriving every day. This conversation will focus on health, wellness, and sustainability in daily community life. Panelists will discuss the links between clean energy, indoor air quality, access to green space, and healthy foods. Together, we’ll imagine how Altadena can ensure all residents benefit from a cleaner, healthier, and more equitable future.

• COP28 | Vegan Donut Economics (Plant Based Treaty)

Home Hardening – Sunday 9/14 at 6:00 pm

Can a home survive a high heat brushfire?

Focus: As climate threats intensify, protecting the home has become a frontline strategy for community resilience. This session will examine practical approaches to “hardening” homes against fire, flood, and extreme heat. Panelists will cover everything from defensible space design to roofing, insulation, and retrofits that reduce risk and save money. We’ll also look at programs and funding streams that make these upgrades more accessible for at-risk households.

Fire-Adaptive Vegetation & Heat Islands – Sunday 9/14 at 7:00 pm

Panel hosted by Cassy Aoyagi (FormLA.com)

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Tongva (Kizh) tribe representation

Focus: Fire risk and rising heat are reshaping how communities manage their landscapes. This panel explores how native vegetation, shaded corridors, and green infrastructure can reduce wildfire risk while lowering urban heat. Panelists will discuss approaches to land stewardship that balance ecological health with public safety, and how residents can turn yards, parks, and public spaces into buffers against fire and extreme temperatures.

Light Equity – Sunday 9/14 at 7:00 pm

What can one person do? Plant seeds?

Focus: Street lighting is more than infrastructure—it’s about safety, connectivity, and community well-being. This panel will look at how next-generation lighting can reduce energy costs, improve public safety, and expand access to digital connectivity. Panelists will discuss how “light equity” ensures that all neighborhoods, regardless of income or geography, benefit from resilient infrastructure—empowering communities through solar-powered lights, Wi-Fi hotspots, and adaptive lighting that protects people and ecosystems.

• Laurie Scott (via Frankie Norstad); Heidi Adams, Founder and CEO BASEstud.io; Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Sumerian: historic Anunnaki civilization

• Mysterious Old World: Sumerians, did they invent everything? They claim to have invented nothing. It was all given to them by the Anunnaki, those who came from the sky. Ask Zecharia Sitchin. But 6,000 years ago and longer, in a place called Sumer (reminiscent of Mt. Sumeru in Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain cosmology), there lived a people in Mesopotamia doing miraculous things they should not have been able to do.

Spring Begins: Vernal Equinox (3/20)

Tibetan Buddhist Goddess White Tara (among other Taras), whose name means "star"

(NBC News) Deadly storms expected across USA as millions brace for tornadoes before spring

Now it's called March equinox in the U.S.

No one seems to have told the rest of the country, but where the sun sets (West Coast), the sun rose this morning to a new spring. Everything is green and sunny, cool and moist, and a person's thoughts lilt towards thoughts of 

The Spring Equinox, also known as the vernal equinox, is one of the four solar festivals of the year. The equinox — which translates roughly in Latin to “equal night” — is when the sun sits vertically above the equator, making day and night equal across the planet.

Buddhist Angkor Wat, Cambodia, on the equinox

Persephone, Goddess of Spring (animalia-life)

The Spring Equinox officially marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and there are celebrations around the world to usher in longer days and springtime. [This is the real traditional New Year's Day, when the Earth (Tierra, Gaia, Bhumi) renews herself in preparation for another cycle.]

In some cultures, this day also marks the beginning of the new year, which in Iranian (original Aryan) culture is called Nowruz. The Spring Equinox is a brilliant time for new beginnings [like maybe a nice spring cleaning], no matter how one celebrates on March 20th.

Here are some Spring Equinox Activities...  More

• This is the best time to begin a regular meditation practice, graduating to walking meditation, mindfulness in nature, and deep stillness to see things as they really are.

An outfit just for practice helps.

Do the basics: Put on all white. Find a quiet spot apart from distractions. Use this spot over and over again. It becomes powerful. Set down a mat and cushion (a bundle of leaves or grass is enough to get the tailbone higher than the knees). Sit. Inhale deeply. Release. Do it again a few times, without forcing the air out. It's just about letting go completely, so completely that the body hangs as if held up by a clothing hanger, not stiff, not slack.

You're a baby in white, so go easy.

Straighter is more comfortable, even though it doesn't seem like it at first. Posture is important to attention. Bring (advert) the attention to the present moment, this moment, and to stay in just this moment, remain aware of the breath. Which breath? This breath, just the one happening now all by itself. Become the watcher (not the commenter, fixer, improver, slowdowner, or anything else), just the watcher. This is mindfulness -- clear awareness of the present without evaluation.

Whoa, what a trip! What was that? I want that again!

Set a time limit in advance and keep it. Even if it would be nice to go longer because it is going so well, know the time of rising. Even if it is going horribly with raving lunatic thoughts of a psychopath with lurid fantasies and wrath, lust and revenge, delusion and a lightshow, know the time of rising. The mind will thank you later.

Ten minutes is a good start time, slowly working up to an hourlong sit. That seems impossible now, but in time, whaddyaknow, it suddenly is possible. What changed? I'dunno. This practice is about persistence. It does itself and then there is no effort. The enemies of that are expectations, unsettled greed or desire for achieving something, and the Five Hindrances. They will come to hinder. They are already present. They can be overcome. But whether or not they have been overcome, persist. This is spring. This is the beginning. Have "beginner's mind" in place of the "monkey mind" that usually rules the cage. Smile. It helps.

Instructions are confusing because it's so simple.

It is easy to say that "meditation is NOT about thinking." That's clear. That's easy to see. Don't indulge thought; just let them be by turning your attention to this subtle breath that keeps changing. What is difficult to grasp is that "meditation is NOT about not-thinking." Not-thinking may happen. It doesn't matter. As that is not the goal, if it doesn't happen, it's okay. Giving attention to one object and bringing attention back and back again and again ("Begin again" as Sharon Salzberg says) is what is important.

Feed me, Phone-Momma! Feed me more!!

The mind like a petulant and insolent child will resist. Let it. Bring it back. Do not scold it or become upset. Let it be. Surrender completely to this moment, whatever is in this moment, not being moved to do anything no matter what the mind says it must do. See what happens. Could the mind be wrong no matter what it feels or demands or insists is true?

How did Siddhartha Gautama do it?

We'll never see things as they really are so long as we keep believing that we already are seeing them that way. We have never been seeing them that way. If we had, we'd awaken. We'd be enlightened, which is to say, Dependent Origination would make sense. And it doesn't, does it? (Hint: It's a practice, not a theory). That's a whole different kind of meditation called insight (vipassana) after getting good at this kind, which is called serenity (samatha). Don't jump ahead. Let it go. (If all else fails, sign up for a free 10-day Goenka retreat. Everyone should do at least one in life).

TODAY IS ALSO

• SPRING BEGINS - March 20, 2025
• SPRING EQUINOX - March 20, 2025
• MARCH EQUINOX - March 20, 2025
• GREAT AMERICAN MEAT OUT DAY 
• INT'L DAY OF HAPPINESS - March 20
• ALIEN ABDUCTION DAY - March 20
• ASTROLOGY DAY - March 20, 2025
• FEAST OF SAINT JOSEPH - March 20
• DOGS IN YELLOW DAY - March 20
• NATIONAL PROPOSAL DAY - March 20
• KISS YOUR FIANCE DAY - March 20

POEM: "Locksley Hall"

By Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Greco-Roman Cora

Comrades, leave me here a little, while as yet 't is early morn:

Leave me here, and when you want me, sound upon the bugle-horn.

'T is the place, and all around it, as of old, the curlews call,

Dreary gleams about the moorland flying over Locksley Hall;

Locksley Hall, that in the distance overlooks the sandy tracts,

And the hollow ocean-ridges roaring into cataracts.

Many a night from yonder ivied casement, ere I went to rest,

Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the West.

Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising thro' the mellow shade,

Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid.

Here about the beach I wander'd, nourishing a youth sublime

With the fairy tales of science, and the long result of Time;

When the centuries behind me like a fruitful land reposed;

When I clung to all the present for the promise that it closed:

When I dipt into the future far as human eye could see;

Saw the Vision of the world and all the wonder that would be.—

In the Spring a fuller crimson comes upon the robin's breast;

In the Spring the wanton lapwing gets himself another crest;

In the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish'd dove;

In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. More

• Buddhist temple: Angkor Wat on the Equinox
• NationalToday, March 20, 2025; Alfred, Lord Tennyson (The Poetry Foundation); Ashley Wells, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Dhr. Seven, Jen B. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

China hides 200 prehistoric pyramids

Which country has the most pyramids? Sudan.

When you think of pyramids, you think of Mexico, home of the largest known pyramid (Cholula) or maybe Bosnia and Indonesia with their mountain-sized pyramids that science is reluctant to certify as manmade structures. Maye it's Sudan, the country with the greatest number of pyramids. Sudan? (Which country has the most pyramids? It’s not Egypt | IFLScience). Formerly Buddhist Indonesia not only has an ancient and massive pyramid, it also has a Buddhist pyramid in the largest excavated Buddhist temple complex in the world, Java's Borobudur with its mysterious "bell" stupas atop it, each with a time traveling Buddha statue built inside it. It's very mysterious, with a pyramidal volcano in the distant mist. Egypt? Oh, yeah, the Giza Plateau has some famous African structures. There may even be more in the surrounding countries, showing how prolific a great people in the past were in passing on their technology and architectural expertise. They may not have been Earthlings or fully what we call human. But whoever built them, they must serve a purpose, like the black power plant in Alaska, that impossible structure in Antarctica, the one on Mars and maybe the Moon and a few other planets...what's going on? What were these magnificent buildings really for? The USA has some, too, across from Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula in a place called Cahokia. Lop the tops off and no one takes notice, but keep or restore the points, then suddenly they stand out like sore mysteries demanding explanation, like those superannuated structures in the Grand Canyon that keep the name but are eroding away. Okay, okay, so what if Mexico was mad about making pyramids? And Egypt, and mostly Sudan, so what? But China?

These prehistoric Chinese pyramids in China should NOT exist

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• Universe Inside You, Feb. 11, 2025; CC Liu, Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Rare planetary alignment begins

A rare alignment of all the planets is about to take place. Make sure to catch it

(The Secrets of the Universe) Jan. 10, 2025: This January, six of the seven planets in our solar system will be visible at the same time. Among them, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn will be easy to spot with the naked eye, putting on a show that’s perfect for stargazers of all levels. But it gets even better. In February, this planetary alignment will turn into a seven-planet parade, with Mercury joining the lineup — an event so rare that it’s a must-see for anyone fascinated by the local cosmos.

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Curiosity Rover found life on Mars?

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On the barren, cold expanses of Mars, a discovery has rocked the scientific world. The recent Mars rover unmanned mission has uncovered mud formations that tell tales of wet and dry spells spanning millions of years.

Could this revelation enhance the argument for life having existed on Mars? According to the research paper titled "Sustained wet-dry cycling on early Mars" published in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal Nature, the answer looks promising.

In situ observations of polygonal ridges. (CREDIT: Nature) In situ observations of polygonal ridges. (CREDIT: Nature) © The Brighter Side of News

The Hexagonal Clues

At the core of this breakthrough is the discovery of distinctive hexagonal patterns. These shapes, as scientists understand them, emerge when regions experience extended periods of wetness followed by prolonged dryness.

While it's been acknowledged that Mars holds remnants of dried rivers, lakes, and even seas -- a testament to its once wet environment -- the finding that Mars underwent wet-dry cycles multiple times potentially revolutionizes our understanding of the planet's past and its suitability for life.

• Related stories: New study sheds light on origins of life on Earth
• New discovery substantially rewrites history of life on Earth, scientists find Origins of Life?
• Scientists create RNA molecule that follows Darwinian evolution
• [Is or was there life on Mars? Of course there was and is, and the U.S. government knows it, and Andrew D. Basiago told us all about it, as did Enterprise Mission Hoagland, and the NASA photos before being smudged, scrubbed, and deleted. The humanoid life is now underground because of the atmosphere, but it is inhabited. And it may also have interdimensional beings, too.]

William Rapin, the lead researcher of the study and a distinguished scientist at the French National Center for Scientific Research in Toulouse, France, commented, “We now have for the first time vestiges of times that could have been conducive to the origin of life.” More: NASA's Curiosity Rover may have found evidence of life on Mars

FrankenSkies: Lies in the skies exposed

Weather Engineering/Collecting Oddities | Coast to Coast AM

I refuse to believe that MTG has been right about anything, but we can control the weather.

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Watch (frankenskies.com)

The lies in the skies exposed: “He who controls the weather controls the world.”

FrankenSkies is an 80-minute social change documentary regarding the solar geoengineering and chemtrail agenda that affects every living being on earth.

• Watch it free on FrankenSkies.com or Bitchute.com

The struggle of bringing awareness to this subject, despite the obstacles of a socially engineered populace and the military-industrial complex with its endless resources, is palpable in this awakening truth feature.

A well-timed, eye-opening exposé, this film reveals the campaign to normalize chemical cloud formations through atmospheric aerosol dispersals.

Up against a normalization timetable encompassing a controlled media and an indoctrinated educational and political system, activists ask the question: Are you consenting by your silence?

A shocking and informative documentary on climate engineering, frequency control, and CIA manipulation, the film’s narrative unfolds through a historical timeline of experimentation on humanity, bringing us to a modern-day lab that encompasses the air we breathe and dictates when and where the sun shines or fails to shine… More: frankenskies.com

• Beware: Agenda 2030 is coming!
• Also see Geoengineering Watch (on chemtrails, aerosol dispersing, climate management)
• Matt Landman (on Facebook, FrankenSkies.com, SparrowGear.com Clothing) on CoasttoCoastAM.com, Oct. 14, 2024; Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Were the Sumerians ET star people?

Gilgamesh's tomb found under Euphrates River

US gov't secretly stole the tomb of Gilgamesh?

Ancient Aliens: Did the Anunnaki come from the stars?!

Enki and Enlil made a lot of trouble on this planet by genetically engineering monkeys.

Fierce lions were as pusillanimous kittens to us, for we were heroes and men of renown.

Chimeras DNA manipulation: Sumerian-Lammasu, Neo-Assyrian Empire (72-705 BC)

Sumerian merchants and the establishment of a new civilization on earth (history.com)

Maria Orsic channels Sumerian

(HISTORY) Oct. 3, 2024: Are the Sumerian people of the Middle East (Mesopotamia now Iraq) the descendants of extraterrestrial star beings? See more in this compilation from Ancient Aliens. Watch all new episodes of Ancient Aliens, Fridays at 9/8c, and stay up to date on all favorite shows on The HISTORY Channel website at history.com/schedule.

Who but Zecharia Sitchin could read the cuneiform tablets, records of humanity's slave past?

Sumerian star people?

#AncientAliens #ZechariaSitchen #extraterrestrials #TwelfthPlanet #CreatorGods #Nibiru #SlaveSpecies #Tablets #GoldMining