2025 is most pivotal year of our lives

Why 2025 is the single most pivotal year in our lifetime | Peter Leyden

Best Trump Jokes | Drew Dunn Standup

(Kim Iversen) Israel's IDF has infiltrated US social media and Big Tech

(The Jimmy Dore Show)

'Partying is down. That's worrisome' (BBC)

Dead Kennedys: "Happy Hour is now enforced by law" (Cali Uber Alles)

People are partying less. Here’s why that’s worrying. | BBC Global

Dead Kennedys (punk rock with Jello Biafra) "We've Got a Bigger Problem Now" (in studio)

(BBC Global) Oct. 6, 2025: Over the last 20 years, there has been a decline in the amount time Americans spend at parties, especially among young people. Derek Thompson and Katty Kay dive into what the effects of decreased socializing are among young people and what can be done about it.

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AI girlfriends, abortion, Grok Hitler (TDS)

From AI girlfriends to Grok Hitler, TDS takes on AI | The Daily Show

Who needs real human flesh models? Considered the $$ advantages of digital simulations?

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(The Daily Show) Aug. 28, 2025: TDS takes on AI as AI takes over the world: Jon Stewart, Ronny Chieng, and Lewis Black examine how AI has infiltrated modern dating, made itself an integral part of college education, and even turned itself into "MechaHitler" on X.  #DailyShow #AI #Grok. Subscribe to The Daily Show: @thedailyshow

• Botika - AI generated models for fashion

Standup Jimmy Dore: "Grab 'em by the Pussy [Cat]" to launch 8/30/25

The future is Palantir (Alex Karp)

(More Perfect Union) I worked at Palantir (based on Middle Earth's Palantír): the tech company reshaping reality. Alex Karp leaks the truth. Elon Musk's PayPal Mafia (Peter Thiel, LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman)...

• (Riverwand) The demon Karp, the techo nationalist
• More Perfect Union, 2025; Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Female teachers have sex with students

Female teacher arrested for sex with underage male student in school 40+ times [bodycam]

Villain, cheater, Christian hypocrite, athlete, mean girl, stuck up, child molester (Instagram)

I groomed him when he was 14, and then he cheated on me with a teenybopper HS girl.

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I'm not a cheater. I was in love with the child.

(Criminal Minds Uncovered) July 5, 2025: All individuals mentioned in this video are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Chicago, ILLINOIS. On March 16, 2025, Downers Grove police pulled over a vehicle. This wasn’t a routine stop. They were targeting the driver, 30-year-old Christina Formella, a special education teacher and soccer coach at Downers Grove South High School.

The felony allegations (when she was 28 and the boy was 15) surfaced when the boy's mother discovered disturbing text (sexting) messages on her son’s new iPhone.

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  Hot victim, the boytoy jock?* (Alamy)

  When Christina Formella, a Downers Grove teacher and coach, was charged with sexual assault of a student, her story "splintered" across the internet. The flood of TikTok and tabloid coverage of Formella’s felony case has fractured into a thousand different story lines and angles, breaking the image of one woman into discrete villainous archetypes: the predatory teacher, the ungrateful cheater wife, the high school mean girl, the evil athlete, a perversion of Christian schooling. With each new rendering, viewers, readers, and TikTok users can be shocked and outraged and titillated again. Formella’s case: Instagram
• (August 2025) Good looking' teacher accused of child sex crimes with teen tries to duck cameras

CHAPTERS

• 0:00 - Sexting texts uncovered
• 0:48 - Formella’s arrest
• 5:01 - Who is Christina Formella?
• 6:13 - The victim's story
• 8:19 - Escalation to abuse
• 12:01 - 55 felony counts
• 14:29 - Community and school reaction

Famous female child molesters

(Women of Crime) 10 Most Twisted Female Teachers That Shocked America (2025 cases)

(Anna Solves) Hot adult catfish Alyssa Zinger, 22, who lured teen boys into her revenge trap

(Women of Crime) EXPLAINED: Formella's 3 manipulation tactics used on her teen student

• Mrs. Mary Kay Letourneau
• Mrs. Debra Lafave (Debra Jean Beasley)
• Brittany Zamora at Arizona State Prison Complex – Perryville
• Brittany Gray from small town Oklahoma
• Coach Brooke Reinhardt (Law & Case On the Case)
• Mrs. Pamela Smart (nee Wojas, molester and convicted murderer)
• Mother molests teen girls at sleepover

Why do 'hot' teachers molest? Ego?

Formella case: 'Good looking' teacher stalked 15-y.o. victim (True Crime)

• Teacher had sex with student 50+ time: new sex charges: exposed by her own cell phone digital diary | Christina Formella
• Exclusive | Accused dirty teacher Christina Formella is all smiles in court with husband — as she asks judge to let her move closer to student whom she’s ‘sexually abused 50 times’ (NY Post)
• Who is Christina Formella, the teacher accused by authorities of sexually molesting a student?
• Exclusive | Peter Goodwin of Virginia cheats on wife with former nanny: court papers
• Influencer couple dies in off-roading accident in British Columbia (People Mag)
• Travis Kelce shares rare glimpse into his love story with Taylor Swift

*No, it's probably not, and anyway his name is a pseudonym to protect the baby victim of his teacher's villainous predation. Strangely, it seems to be legal for a minor to have sex with a teacher given that they are innocent victims and nothing more.

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• Ashley Banfield x Drop Dead Serious investigates; Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Ashley Wells, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Greta kidnapped by Israel near Gaza

Greta Thunberg speaks to France 24 after her abduction by Israel • FRANCE 24 English

(Democracy Now!) Update: Greta Thunberg's crew's condition; Walk to Rafah, Hala Rharrit

• U.N.'s Francesca Albanese calls for a Global Sea Fleet to break the Siege of Gaza

• Greta gets Gaza aid past IDF to Egypt (then gets raided by Jewish IDF war criminals)
• Greta Thunberg's statement after intercepted by Israel

"Kidnapped in Int'l Waters": Israel intercepts Gaza-bound aid ship, detains Greta Thunberg and others

Just as we save the climate, we save lives

(Democracy Now!) June 9, 2025: Eleven peace activists and one journalist on board the Gaza Freedom Flotilla ship, the "Madleen," have been detained by Israeli IDF paratroopers and soldiers as their ship carrying vital humanitarian aid for starving Palestinians approached Gaza (maritime Palestine).

The ship was intercepted by Israeli forces in the middle of the night in international waters.

my daddy's temper and my mama's compassion

Its supplies were seized and communications jammed. [The occupants were sprayed with a chemical and forced to throw their cellphones into the sea, after being attacked by an IDF drone that injured four.]

The unarmed activists will likely be transported to Israeli detention or "immediately deported," says Ann Wright, a U.S. military veteran who has participated in four Freedom Flotilla journeys and now serves on the steering committee of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.

She calls on citizens of countries around the world to push for the activists' release and an end to Israel's war on Gaza.

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• The Jimmy Dore Show; Amy Goodman, democracynow.org, June 9, 2025; Crystal Q., CC Liu, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

How gov'ts spy on protestors—how to avoid it

How governments spy on protestors—and how to avoid it | Incognito Mode | WIRED
(WIRED) Law enforcement’s ability to track and profile peaceful political protestors has become increasingly multifaceted and technology-driven.

In this edition of Incognito Mode, WIRED Senior Editor, Security, and Investigations Andrew Couts and WIRED Senior Writer Lily Hay Newman discuss the technologies used by cops that put citizens' privacy at risk — and how to avoid them.

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• 0:00 How governments spy on protestors
• 0:44 Facial recognition
• 5:31 Social media
• 9:24 IMSI catchers
• 12:17 Geofencing
• 13:40 Data brokers
• 16:46 License plate readers
• 18:33 Drones
• 20:10 Emerging tech
• 23:23 How to protect yourself

Director: Efrat Kashai. Director of Photography: Brad Wickham. Editor: Matthew Colby. Host: Andrew Couts. Guest: Lily Newman. Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi. Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas. Production Manager: Peter Brunette. Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark. Camera Operator: Mar Alfonso. Gaffer: Niklas Moller. Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen. Production Assistant: Malaia Simms. Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin. Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo. Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds. Subscribe to WIRED on YouTube ► wrd.cm/15fP7B7. Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ► link.chtbl.com/wired-ytc-desc. Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ► https://subscribe.wired.com/subscribe... Follow WIRED: Instagram ► wired. Twitter ► wired. Facebook ► wired. Tik Tok ► wired. Get more incredible stories on science and tech with daily newsletter: wrd.cm/DailyYT. Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV.

ABOUT: WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.

• WIRED, April 16, 2025; Pfc. Sandoval, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

US not going to church, cellphones say

Americans exaggerate how often they actually go to church

I'm the most religious of all. - Touch it. - No.

(ReligionForBreakfast) New research using smartphone location data reveals a massive gap between how often Americans say they attend religious services and how often they actually do.

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:43 Problems with self-reported surveys
• 2:20 How the smartphone study worked
• 5:12 The results

[Cellphones are spying on me, my location, activities, and every single thing we say in private like wearing a wire for The Man even when we think the phones are off?] Are surveys wrong? Are memories fuzzy?

Here's what the data really shows about religion in America.

Why Buddhism accepts other religions (while others do not)

(Buddha's Wisdom) Why Buddhism accepts OTHER religions (while others do not)

(Buddha's Wisdom) 🔍 BUDDHISM: THE WORLD'S MOST ACCEPTING RELIGION? In a world of religious conflict and division, one spiritual tradition does something revolutionary. It welcomes them all.

Discover how the historical Buddha's radical approach to religious and spiritual acceptance changed history forever and why this solution might be exactly what our divided world needs today.

This is the story of how the Buddha's Dharma or "Doctrine" built bridges while others built walls. DISCOVER:

• Why the Buddha shocked religious leaders with his revolutionary approach
• How ancient temples prove Buddhism's unique acceptance of other faiths
• The surprising reason other religions couldn't follow the Buddha's path
• How Buddhist ideas strengthened other religious traditions [particularly what came to be known as Hinduism, derived from the Vedic and Brahminical religions of proto-India]
• Why modern scientists are fascinated by Buddhism's inclusive approach
• Why companies the world over implement "mindfulness" (sati) training courses

🎬 TIMESTAMPS

• 00:00 The most accepting religion?
• 02:05 Pattern of history
• 04:26 The defense of faith
• 06:42 Buddha's revolutionary move
• 08:52 Mind-blowing success
• 11:57 The Buddhist secret
• 14:47 Challenge

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• Religion for Breakfast, March 27, 2025; Buddha's Wisdom, Jan. 8, 2025; Amber Larson, Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Telephone Invention Day (comedy)

Now, if I could just figure out a way to get rid of this darn wire (actor portraying Bell in 1926)

"Who this?" Alexander Graham Bell places a phonecall from NY to Chicago in 1892.

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Telephone 1.0 by Gary Gulman. Sept. 29, 2016: What is a traditional phone to a modern mobile cellphone? The Orchard Enterprises Telephone 1.0 (Live). It's About Time ℗ 2015 Virtual Comedy Network, LLC Released on: 2016-09-30.

This day in history

My cellphone has an app to make voice calls

(UPI) Today is March 7th. On this date in history: In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the telephone.

[Bell may not have invented all of the components of the phone or even be the one who came up with the idea, but he is the one who gets all the credit for being the first to get a patent for a two-way transmitter-receiver that now rules our lives due to corporations like Apple and its line of iPhones. Who invented the radio? An Italian man named Gugli' Marconi. got the patent, so we say it was him. Who invented flying? Not the Wright brothers, but they get the glory. How about natural selection and the theory of evolution? If anyone answers Charles Darwin, meet Alfred Russel Wallace.]

When was the first WIRELESS phone invented?

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  It was invented in 1909 by American inventor William Dubilier (and, no, it was not a BlackBerry nor a walkie-talkie like in WW I).
• It was a new radio-powered device: #343 - Technical world magazine v.17 (1912) | HathiTrust Digital Library
• William Dubilier unveils an astonishing new "wireless telephone" to fairgoers at Seattle's Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition on June 21, 1909 (HistoryLink.org)

Wireless phone made in 1909 by William Dubilier

In 1918, Finland signed a peace treaty with Germany shortly after declaring independence from Russia.

Mistakes were made, Hitler might now admit.

In 1936, Adolf Hitler ordered Nazi troops into the Rhineland, violating the Treaty of Versailles.

In 1945, the U.S. 1st Army crossed the Rhine at Remagen, Germany after capturing the strategically important Ludendorff Bridge (also known as the Bridge at Remagen). World War II in Europe ended two months later.

In 1965, hundreds of civil rights marchers trying to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, USA, were turned back by state troopers and sheriff's deputies, who beat and injured dozens of people in what became known as "Bloody Sunday." Marchers voluntarily turned around on a ceremonial walk to the bridge two days later and, on March 21, with protection by federal and National Guard troops, the main Selma-to-Montgomery march began.

In 1984, the U.S. Senate confirmed William Wilson as the first U.S. ambassador to the Vatican [the independent country called the Holy See in the center of Rome, the capital of the current Holy Roman Empire known as the worldwide Catholic Church] in 117 years.

In 1985, "We Are the World," a song composed by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and recorded by a series of high-profile music stars was released worldwide with the goal of generating funds for the USA for Africa charity. The song and related promotions eventually raised about $63 million.

In 2010, Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Academy Award for best director for her film The Hurt Locker.

CIA: We owe much to Hitler and the Nazis

In 2013, the U.S. Senate confirmed John Brennan as director of the CIA.

In 2017, Malta's iconic Azure Window, a natural rock arch, collapsed into the sea during a storm.

In 2024, Sweden became the 32nd member of NATO after a longstanding policy of nonalignment.

Science: We're living in 'Ghost Time'

The Buddha Smiles (cartoons)

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The Buddha Smiles: A Collection of Dharmatoons

楽天ブックス: The Buddha Smiles: A Collection of Dharma Toons, Mari Gayatri Stein: 洋書

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The Buddha Smiles: Collection of Dharmatoons

There's a paperback, almost a comic book, of Buddhist humor. It was composed by author Mari Gayatri Stein back in 1999 with contributions from prominent American Buddhists (JuBus) Sylvia Bornstein, Sharon Salzberg, Joseph Goldstein, and others. It has 3.9 out of 5 stars with 7 ratings.

The Buddha Smiles is a delightful gathering of Mari Gayatri Stein’s cartoons, or "Dharmatoons" as she calls them.

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  Cambodian novice caresses the Buddha's smile

  Q: Most religious leaders don't, but the Buddha smiles? A: Yes, he is always depicted with a subtle smile, what one might describe as a gentle smirk if the connotation were not misleading. He is at ease, at peace, at rest, able to dip into the Fruits of Recluseship, namely, the bliss of the absorptions (jhanas, the eight attainments, right samādhi) at will and transcend even that supersensual happiness to touch the transcendent bliss of nirvana, the end of all unhappiness. Moreover, he smiles when he sees a noteworthy thing, of which his attendant monk, Ven. Ananda, will later inquire. The Buddha's smile acts as a signal in many sutras, an invitation to for Ananda to inquire what brought the smile about. It is unclear if the smile happened to the Buddha, as it does to us when something strikes us as funny, interesting, or curious or if the Buddha flashed it specifically to be asked what had struck him.
• Buddhist psychology (Abhidhamma) describes the hasituppāda-citta, literally the "mind-moment (citta) or consciousness (viññāna) producing mirth (smile)."
• It is found in the Abhidhammattha Sangaha as a name for the joyful mind-consciousness element (mano-viññāna-dhātu, see Table I. 72) arising as functional consciousness independent of karma (i.e., kriya or kiriya-citta), only in the arahant (Appendix) (Ven. Nyanatiloka, Buddhist Dictionary entry hasituppāda edited by Dhr. Seven).
• The Buddha is full of happiness (sukha), having found and repeatedly tested and confirmed the escape from all misery (dukkha) here and now and hereafter, namely, access to the absorptions and nirvana-with-remainder at any moment and nirvana-without-remainder once the body passes.

Clever cartoon collection by David Sipress, comic featured in The New Yorker

• Best Buddhist Cartoons (Practical Buddhism)

Zen Comics (Ioanna Salajan)

The book follows a group of humans and non-humans as they seek their enlightenment, exposing their strengths and weaknesses (and ours as well) in the process.

The Buddha Smiles gently teaches the nature of Buddhist thought through cartoons on the Four Noble Truths, The Noble Eightfold Path, and the nature of the Five Hindrances along the path.

Zen Comics, No. 2

It is the first full-length book of Buddhist cartoons unless one counts Ioanna Salajan's Zen Comics, which came out in 1974 or 1982's Zen Comics II.

Comics communicate the Zen spirit perfectly. Laughter deflates pretension, and a good rap on the head sometimes transcends so-called logic (the hubris of rationality and reason). In the words of Zen, "Nothing is left for you but to laugh!"

(Dan Piraro's comic strip Bizarro)

• The Buddha Smiles
• Mari Gayatri Stein: DavidSipress.com; Dan Piraro's Bizarro; Dhr. Seven, Shauna Schwartz, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly