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• A study by Osaka Metropolitan University researchers found that exposure to natural light before waking (20-minute dawn simulation) significantly reduces sleepiness and boosts alertness, outperforming both continuous light and artificial darkness. Over…
• Last night, Ukrainian forces carried out a massive drone attack on the city of Kursk, deliberately targeting residential areas and civilian infrastructure. According to local authorities, at least one person, an elderly woman, was killed and nine others…
• President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan has said that he’s “disgusted” by a Democrat senator’s plan to travel to El Salvador to try and return and deport MS-13 gang members to the United States. Democrat Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) has headed to…
• Ukraine was never promised NATO membership as part of any potential settlement of its conflict with Russia, the military bloc’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, has said. He made the remarks in an interview with the broadcaster MI Ukraina while on a…
• By 9:37 p.m. Moscow time the gold price continued growing to 1.72% and reached $3,354.4 per troy ounce. The price of gold futures contracts for June 2025 delivery hit a fresh all-time high during Wednesday trading on the Comex exchange (a division of…
• Xenophilia is more than curiosity or respectful admiration for the foreign. It is a psychological disease afflicting terminal civilizations. It serves as the inverted mirror of xenophobia and is a hatred of the Self masked as compassion. It appears in…
• Following a Democrat Maryland senator’s trip to El Salvador to defend a deported illegal alien MS-13 gang member, the White House invited surprise special guest Patty Morin, the mom of deceased 37-year-old Rachel Morin – who was brutally raped and…
• President Donald J. Trump announced significant changes to the Federal procurement policy to enhance competition, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. The existing Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) will be revamped through a comprehensive review by…
• Thomas Steven Sanders, a convicted child murderer whose federal death sentence was commuted by Joe Biden in December 2024 through his autopen, has been indicted for first-degree murder by a Louisiana grand jury.​ Sanders was originally sentenced to…
• There are some major indications appearing in Trends and Patterns. Some are geo-political (so this is the right blog). Some are cultural (so, not the right blog, but... so what?) There are probably Origami Trends as well, so... Jambalaya time at Smoking…