SLIPKNOT is leaving. For recovery?

(Rock Feed) Clown reveals future of [burnt out] Slipknot

Why no one cares about Sudan

(Elephants in Rooms - Ken LaCorte) Darfur genocide

(TimesXP) Iran-backed Houthis celebrate as two major

Arab nations declare war | U.S. on alert | Iran-Israel War

Science: We're living in 'Ghost Time'

Election: Last Week Tonight; Mein Kampf

Election 2024: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

(LastWeekTonight) Nov. 3, 2024: A quick message ahead of Tuesday’s (Nov. 5th) election. And the worst photo that’s ever been taken of anyone. Ever.

Connect with Last Week Tonight online...on YouTube for more almost news as it almost happens (lastweektonight) on Facebook like your mom would, on Twitter for news about jokes and jokes about news, or visit official website for all that other stuff at once: hbo.com/lastweektonight.

Trump's favorite bedtime reading behind Project 2025

Mein Kampf: History's most "evil" book

(Into the Shadows) Feb. 29, 2024: Unveiling the dark pages of history, this video delves into the infamous Mein Kampf ("My Struggle," Hitler's autobiography, the "Nazi Bible"). Explore Hitler's twisted ideology, its impact, and the horrifying consequences it unleashed on humanity. Knowledge is the key to preventing history's repetition.

• How Joe Goebbels sold Hitler to Germany | Real History

Election comedy, Trump case unsealed

Legal gambling on US elections? Dockworkers' strike stokes supply chain panic

(The Daily Show) Oct. 3, 2024: Michael Kosta reports on the latest election shake-ups, including a new ruling allowing gamblers to bet on the outcome of congressional races and a dockworker strike supported by both Trump and Harris that nearly guarantees forthcoming shortages and price hikes. Plus, Grace Kuhlenschmidt joins with the scoop on how panic-buying shoppers hope to outsmart the holdout. #DailyShow #MichaelKosta #Strike Subscribe to The Daily Show: @thedailyshow.

Trump's MELTDOWN over new election fraud evidence, Mrs. Melania Trump's pro-abortion stance, and GOP hypocrisy is REAL

(Jimmy Kimmel Live) Oct. 3, 2024: A new bill was signed into law this week by California Gov. Gavin "Nazi Ken" Newsom that will allow marijuana dispensaries to serve food and non-alcoholic drinks at Amsterdam-style cafes, Trump hit Truth Social (his version of Twitter) hard last night to complain about the 165 pages of incriminating evidence the judge released detailing every step of his attempt to overthrow the previous election, he visited Michigan to rave and rant about windmills like the Man from La Mancha, before his teleprompter broke, Republicans who were very worked up about G-Joe Biden’s age don’t seem to have the same problem with senile senior citizen Trump, the MAGA faithful are still showing up and buying merch, Melania came out to promote her book and to reveal that unlike her husband she is bigly pro-choice, RFK Jr. (yet another sex-addict Kennedy) has reportedly had affairs with at least three women over the past year, Americans are panic buying rolls of toilet paper in response to the port strike (but should be looking int bidets, which leave butts much cleaner and fresher), Trump loves America a lot, and This Week in Unnecessary Censorship. #Kimmel

Trump's criminal clinging to power

(Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon) Trump "resorted" to crimes after 2020 election loss, shrugged off insurrection threat to Pence's life as rioters sought to hang the VP as a traitor who wouldn't commit treason for Trump

Jack Smith lists Trump’s election crimes | Donald to Ivanka: “Fight like hell”

Survival mode to thriving: nervous system

MSN.com ; CC Liu, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

It can seriously feel like we are constantly under siege. The barrage of news is relentless, politics are dismal, Israel won't let up, the economy is uncertain, coffee/stimulants to counter exhaustion, and our family responsibilities can be overwhelming.

Burnout is a very real danger and can affect anyone — even those who seem to have it all together. But the warning signs of burnout are easy to miss.

If we know what to look for, we can take steps to manage stressors effectively and prevent burnout from taking over our life.

Let's discuss the causes of burnout and suggest solutions that will help calm the nervous system so we can thrive during difficult times.

How does prolonged stress impact the nervous system? The economy (and our personal finances), family responsibilities, and fast breaking news all cause fatigue and contribute to the current stressors impacting our nervous system.

• Elon Musk wants Neuralink in your brain. You'll feel better?

Other things (financial, job instability, long-term financial planning) all add to the weight of daily life. At the same time, caring for children and elderly family members, balancing work and home life, and maintaining relationships under stress can be emotionally draining.

To top it all off, the constant stream of negative news and the emotional toll of global events can lead to information overload.

When these stressors become too much, our nervous system struggles. This can manifest in physical symptoms like

• headaches,
• fatigue,
• digestion problems,
• muscle tension,
• mood swings.

It can also lead to mental-emotional issues like anxiety and depression. If left unchecked, burnout can take hold and have a devastating impact on our overall wellbeing. More: From survival mode to thriving, regulating our nervous system in challenging times

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Will plasmoid technology save the world?

JJ (FunnyOldeWorld, 11/16/23); Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Lost ancient plasmoid technology? | The Thunderstorm Generator

(Funny Olde World) Premiered Nov. 16, 2023: Hey Hunters, join JJ on her quest to discover what's going on with The Thunderstorm Generator and plasmoid technology. For much more in-depth videos: @Alchemicalscience Fleishmann Memorial Project Ballsy Thinking Other useful links and open source for the tech: strikefoundation.earth

Fix a dysregulated nervous system ASAP

What it FEELS like when our nervous system is dysregulated

(Crappy Childhood Fairy) Dec. 26, 2022. "Dysregulation" is a core symptom of Complex-PTSD, which usually occurs due to childhood traumas. If we had a rough childhood, we may have thought these symptoms were our fault -- personal failings that we're ashamed we haven't changed yet. Once we know the normal signs that childhood trauma has impacted us, we can drop the guilt and learn to adopt workarounds that help us re-regulate and resolve life's problems.

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How to reset a dysregulated nervous system (in under 60 seconds)

(Brain retraining program | re-origin®) Jan. 31, 2023. Stressful events from the past can have a lasting impact on the state of our nervous system in the present and even determine our reactions in the future.

Intense emotions, fearful thoughts, negative emotions, old (dysfunctional) behaviors, and past traumatic events can all build and contribute to a totally overwhelming stress load that can cause our nervous system to become "dysregulated" (out of control), causing us to feel constantly uneasy and on edge.

Visit re-origin.com/articles/reset... to read about this topic. Link to Intro to Limbic System Retraining Exercises | re-origin.com: Intro to Limbic System...®️.

This is a science-based brain retraining program to overcome chronic conditions and reclaim health and finally feel like ourselves again. Click here to access the first and second sections of this program for FREE. re-origin.com/free-trial Learn more at re-origin.com/program. Book a call with Ben: re-origin.com/book-a-call. Testimonials: re-origin.com/testimonials. Coaching: re-origin.com/group-coaching. Community: re-origin.com/our-community. FAQs: re-origin.com/faqs. Instagram.com/reorigin_of...

Too angry? Dr. Peter Attia explains way to stop it to podcaster Huberman

My kick ass American Zen (video)

American Zen: Fighting For Our Lives TV mini-series in development (imdb.com)*

Muscle Bound Buddhist Doggone

Have you noticed how a lot of American Buddhists are bunch of sissies, snowflakes, and crybabies? Crying when they meditate, can't press into full lotus, and everything has to be so PC all the time? I'm going to do my Zen practice with viriya -- always mindful, purely vegetarian, ultra concentrated, and uber compassionate, with no ego. I mean, you can muscle these things, right? If Dōgen can do it, so can I. Look at these guns! "Nirvana or Bust"! That's what my tattoo is going to say...or my headstone. I'll report on my progress  to my girl guru Ananda. Join me!

What is a sesshin in Zen but a workout session and ordeal? (Great Vow Zendo, Oregon)

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*American Zen: Fighting For Our Lives is an upcoming TV mini-series we're excited about. It is not related to Wisdom Quarterly, Dharma Buddhist Meditation, Ananda, or Doggone.

ANANDA'S ADVICE

Zen Women: Beyond...

See, Doggone, the thing is, you're "efforting." You're trying to muscle it. It doesn't work that way. It just doesn't. But a fool who persists in his folly, there's something to be said for that. There's something to learn by that approach, like Sid did under the first tree. It was a sal (not a bodhi) tree. He pushed it to the extreme ascetic limit and nearly died. So carry on.

If Zen, Taoism, and Chinese Chan are all about being spontaneous and "natural," how can anyone will it? Christians and Jews joke, "If you want to make God (or the Universe) laugh, tell it your plans." Karma works in mysterious ways. How can you push it or "do" it? It just is. Let it be. Allow it rather than forcing it. Here, take a lesson from Zen Women.

• Ananda's further advice:
• The Life of Zen Master Dogen
• Did the Buddha ever talk about "Zen"?
• American Zen (IMDB); Comedian Arj "Sickest Buddhist" Barker; American Zen guy Doggone; I. Rony, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Dhr. Seven, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Coachella is no Woodstock (video)

Wisdom Quarterly (REPORTING) WARNING: F-word. Cee Lo Green and his all-girl band CUT SHORT at Coachella 2011

The camera adds 90 percent of the excitement to Warpaint on a hot afternoon.

What can't be seen is the heat and a palpable sense of disinterest (with boredom creeping in). For example, notice the chinks in the armor: At minute 2:40, people are walking by without looking, cars are passing, big swaths of empty lawn lay barren, and massive numbers of yellow-shirted security dudes staring at hipsters have nothing to do but sip on solar-irradiated plastic water bottles full of xenoestrogens. Love you all! Wish you were here! Yawn.

No peace, no love, and very little rock 'n roll, it's all about looking for DJs in humid circus tents to get out of the sun. It gets better at night, but only if we have been sleeping all day.

Flogging Molly "Seven Deadly Sins," live at Coachella 2011

Fun is what we make of it: friends, good company, finding in the right tents, getting good phone reception, and keeping laptop batteries from overheating in the desert while trying to recharge them using a photovoltaic device hanging off a backpack. Dehydration makes one dizzy.

But the shocking thing is how well behaved everyone is. Woodstock was all about gate crashing and being so wet and muddy in the middle of August that nothing mattered. Of course, in those days, there was a war going on. Now we have three wars (not counting the secret ones). Coachella security won't let anyone within a mile of the gate without a wristband. We were born too late. We miss the myth of the 60s. Who even played Woodstock 1969?.

Techno, the real reason people drive out to Coachella

Exhausted Dalai Lama admitted to hospital

The Dalai Lama seen here at Lerab Ling temple with France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, just before taking ill (Reuters).

THE DALAI LAMA (Reuters, August 29, 2008) -- exiled Tibetan spiritual leader and head of the Tibetan Government in Exile (Dharmsala, India), has been admitted to a hospital in India with "abdominal discomfort."

The Vajrayana Buddhist leader, who canceled two foreign trips after he complained of fatigue, was "cheerful" after reaching the hospital in Mumbai (Bombay, India), a hospital spokesman said.

Doctors said there was no cause for concern. The announcement that he had been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai came a day after the Dalai Lama's office said he was suffering from exhaustion and would travel to the city for a medical check-up.

"There is nothing major to feel concerned about,'' his personal secretary Tenzin Taklha said. "But he has been admitted to the Lilivati Hospital in Mumbai because he was feeling some discomfort in his abdomen.''

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It is expected that if he should die, the Tibetan separatist movement in China would devolve into chaos. It would also lead to some confusion regarding his succession since most Tibetans do not accept that China has abducted the Panchen Lama and nominated its own government-friendly replacement.