Machu Picchu, site of ancient Inca ruins located about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Cuzco, Peru, in the Cordillera de Vilcabamba of the Andes Mountains. It is perched above the Urubamba River valley in a narrow saddle between two sharp peaks—Machu Picchu (Old… Continue Reading “Machu Picchu in the Cordillera de Vilcabamba in the Andes Mountains”
Where there is a crumbling old château, there must also be a pilfering poltergeist, sinister specter, or perhaps even the ghost of a decapitated Marie Antoinette roaming the hallowed hallways. There are over 40,000 châteaux in France, many of which have endured a colorful… Continue Reading “France Castles # 1 : Château de Fougeret, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine”
Before Cinco de Mayo became associated with tacos and margaritas, the day served as a reminder of Mexico’s triumph over the French. Celebrated annually, Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over the Second French Empire, led by Napoleon III, at the Battle… Continue Reading “Mexico’s Triumph over the French @ Cinco de Mayo”
Mysterious Château de Commarque was abandoned for centuries, and even today, much of the château is in ruins. The original castle was built in the 12th century. During the Hundred Years’ War (1337—1453), the master of the castle, the Count of Commarque, was fighting… Continue Reading “France Castles # 5 : Château de Commarque, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine”
You know when you launch into a Monopoly game that drags on for so long that you feel it will never end? That’s the case for the spectral card players at Château de Trécesson, doomed to play Cheat for all eternity. Well, we don’t… Continue Reading “France Castles # 6 : Château de Trécesson, Campénéac, Brittany”
The French are renowned for their cuisine, so is it any wonder that there’s a castle with a haunted banquet hall? On a wet and windy autumn night (as tends to be the setting for ghost stories), the Lord of d’Olhain was enjoying a… Continue Reading “France Castles # 7 : Château d’Olhain, Pas-de-Calais, Grand-Est”
Artificial intelligence is being weaponized across all facets of life, and Google’s recent change of principles is a sign of things to come. Last week, Google revised its artificial intelligence principles, removing the company’s stance against using AI to develop weapons or technologies or… Continue Reading “Artificial Intelligence to become Judge, Jury and Executioner”
08.04.2025. The world around us is a scary place, with a lot of visible and invisible dangers. Some of those invisible dangers are pretty obvious, such as that of an electrical shock from exposed wiring. Some are less obvious, for example the dangers of… Continue Reading “Aqualectra 5G Smart Meter Microwave Straling bedreiging Gezondheid Bevolking Curacao.”
The World Economic Forum has boasted that surreptitious facial recognition will replace digital ID’s in Smart Cities in the near future. During one of the panels at last week’s WEF annual meeting, Avathon CEO Pervinder Johar outlined his vision of a dystopian future of… Continue Reading “WEF says Facial Recognition will replace Digital ID’s in Smart Cities”
From crimes of passion to curses and even a ghoulish horse, see what haunts the halls of these storied Châteaux. Where there is a crumbling old château, there must also be a pilfering poltergeist, sinister specter, or perhaps even the ghost of a decapitated… Continue Reading “Top-10 Most haunted Castles in France”
In the temple-schools of Mesopotamia, students learned exorcism rituals, how to mix healing atonement’s, perform astrology, and how to cure demonic possession. While these skills may seem archaic now, the temple-schools actually served as the first medical schools. They even trained their students on… Continue Reading “Demonic Exorcisms in the Temple Schools of Mesopotamia”
Scientists claim that Artificial intelligence can now replicate itself and warn that a critical red line has been crossed. According to experts in China, the absence of human intervention in the replication process could be an early indication of rogue AI’s. Rogue AI typically… Continue Reading “Experts warn that AI can now replicate itself”
Our entire Universe is intelligent and every thought we have is connected with distant worlds. What is consciousness? How does it work? Why and how do we think? Recently, physicist Stuart Hameroff of the Center for Consciousness Research at the University of Arizona put… Continue Reading “The Entire Universe is Intelligent & Connected with Distant Worlds”