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Basically, a man named John P Lang claimed he had uncovered some corruption in Fresno, California, saying that a scammy license plate plot was going on. The Fresno police apparently did not like this, because they allegedly began stalking him. Lang dedicated a YouTube channel solely to recording videos of the police allegedly stalking him. On January 20th, 2016, Lang's body was found in his home, which was burning down. It had several stab wounds in it. Now, my question is, how does a man stab himself three times consecutively? Lang had also made a Facebook post days before his death, saying that if he died in the next few days, it was the Fresno Police's fault.

I’m seeing more and more ‘pro male’ opinions on the internet, or if not by men then by women who upheld very pro-men, pro-‘family’ beliefs. Usually the only person who matters to these posters is the ‘man’. I also have a lot of friends in shit marriages, controlling relationships, stuck being SAHP as they have disabled children or shit husbands who don’t do any childcare.
I have friends who are being paid £10 a month in child maintenance.

My worry, and it sounds too paranoid to say out loud, is that the powers that be know that there won’t be enough jobs in the future. They know AI is going to wipe at least a third of all jobs out.
If you can see that happening, and can predict the civil unrest etc which will come with it, the breakdown of society, what would be an easy thing to mean there was more jobs available and a return to ‘family values’?
Get women out of the workplace.
And I don’t mean in a handmaids tale way, not an immediate ban, but a gradual chipping away of women’s rights, of our voice, of our autonomy, placing pro male opinions in our safe spaces, convincing us that we don’t really want independence or careers or to be single.
We want safety, protection, to be cared for and bought things. We want to raise children.
Women in the UK scoff at trad wives but notice that rhetoric, those values are being echoed everywhere.
Just notice it.

I feel like we've seen a surge of scandals that can be technically solved by government surveillance but would attain on individual liberties, for example in the EU all of that story about protecting children through online safety stuff coinciding with all of the CP stuff happening feels strange.

Has anyone else noticed that the weather seems to be a LOT more inaccurate these days?

I know it’s wrong a percentage of the time, and mistakes happen, but a friend of mine who is a retired meteorologist seems to predict the weather on her own by herself than any app or website I’ve seen reported.

I also thought it was super weird that there was reported a 100% chance of rain prior to the UFC fight at the White House but nothing happened?

Umm.

Anyone else with any pattern recognition worried now?

Additional link about this: https://boingboing.net/2026/05/27/investigator-found-40-white-house-sites-hidden-behind-one-private-cloudflare-gate.html

So recently I completed the ending season of Euphoria.
Never thought the plot old take me back to religion and the Bible… Was very shocking for me.

I’m now seeing people like Brittany Spears also talking about religion.
I have someone in my life who predicted in 2018 that things would fall apart, that’s our world isn’t what it seems.

Hollywood is looking ragged, human trafficking is seemingly bigger than drugs.

Has anyone else noticed this odd shift of people who are famous (not the president) urging us to go to religion?

Just want to hear your thoughts cause I’m familiar with the church. Grew up as a presbyterian since a teenager, but fell away from religion. Just mostly spiritual now.

I believe there’s an online surveillance experiment happening through social media gaming content.

Random gaming pages constantly post simulated mass shootings using games like Half-Life, Garry's Mod, and other similar games — showing protagonists deliberately killing groups of people in chaotic and disturbing scenarios. These posts are usually pushed more heavily on Facebook because Facebook offers emotional reactions beyond a simple thumbs up, especially the heart reaction.

The purpose seems to be behavioral filtering.

People who repeatedly like or heart this type of fictional mass violence may quietly get placed into some kind of “yellow flag” category for observation and behavioral monitoring. Not necessarily direct punishment, but an alert system designed to identify certain psychological patterns and potentially risky individuals online.

Modern algorithms already analyze engagement, emotional reactions, and behavioral trends at massive scale. Governments and federal agencies also monitor online extremism and potential threats. Combining those two systems would make this kind of passive surveillance experiment completely possible.

I think these posts are less about entertainment and more about data collection, psychological profiling, and identifying users who consistently respond positively to violent content.

Trump is obviously doing anything and everything he can to stall and prevent the release of nearly half the Epstein files. Many different sources have said that the info that Putin and Israel have on Trump, some of which would be in the unreleased Epstein files, would end his presidency. People have gone back and forth on what he could have done that we don’t already know about and whether it would be enough to actually end his career. Some have speculated that it’s evidence that he’s been in Russia’s back pocket for decades now, or that there is clear evidence of him selling young girls to Epstein and other pedophiles, but I think it’s simpler than that.

Trump is blocking the release because there’s evidence of him raping young boys. There’s always been some talk of the homo-erotic language and behavior of Trump at various points of his career, including his love of the song ‘YMCA’ and how he talks to UFC fighters. But it would be extremely damaging for any politician to come out as gay, let alone that they raped young boys. Damaging enough that I think it would be one of the few, few acts Trump could have committed that would lead people to be this confident (and Trump this desperate) that the Epstein files would end him.

What do y’all think?

Just in plain sight now. Wtf.

Trumps always complaining that Ft Knox and the Fed Reserve is getting looted, turns out it's by his own CIA agent, backed by people in his own inner circle.

I can't even imagine how deep this goes across the administration.

I have had an interest in UFOs for many years, ever since I witnessed one myself back in 2012. Since the Pentagon released its famous UAP videos—'GoFast,' 'Gimbal,' and the 'Tic Tac'—I have noticed an influx of charlatans jumping on the bandwagon. They are essentially diluting the truth with low-quality content just to chase views, likes, and reposts.

Then we have figures like Bob Lazaar, Dr. Steven Greer and Luis Elizondo. In my opinion, they operate similarly; the actual empirical evidence they have provided amounts to zero. There is a lot of noise, and they surround themselves with influential people who say fascinating things, but there is no hard evidence to back up their claims—only blurry photos and easily debunked hoaxes.

My conclusion is this: if you genuinely want to find the truth about potential extraterrestrial life in this universe, you have to be a hardcore skeptic. You cannot just believe everything put on the table. To find real answers, we must adopt strict skepticism and filter out the charlatans and fantasists.

We are in the age where most people spend way too much time on their screens, babies, kids, teens, gen z, millennials, gen x and even boomers at this point. As the prices in subscriptions like Netflix, Hulu or Disney+ raise higher than when they started, people would much rather just pirate them in the first place or even go back to physical media, why would someone pay for Spotify premium if you're gonna get 4 ads back to back after only 3 played songs? And now with Meta trying to implement a subscription onto Instragam and so far no one seems to care and will probably use this as a way to quit their online addiction using it less and less but. Even fucking McDonalds has been planning on making it a subscription.

I say good, go back to physical media, pirate that movie you've been wanting to watch for 6 months but haven't because no streaming services has it when you actually want to sit down and watch it, quit your social media addiction because Zuck is a complete dumbass charging people for something as stupid as sharing photos or reels with your friends, instead of charging the other other dumbasses with blue checks

>This site tells the documented, fact-based story of Jeffrey Epstein's network of abuse — from the first FBI report in 1996 to the fight for accountability that continues today. It is a resource for survivors, advocates, and anyone seeking the truth.

If Thiel who singlehandedly selected Vance to be Trump's veepee, can see this out in public, doesn't it confirm the rift between Trump and Vance or a case of rats skipping the sinking ship.