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There's a word at the beginning and end of Dawn of Everything that feels self-referential right now: Kairos.
> We began this book with a quote which refers to the Greek notion of kairos as one of those occasional moments in a society’s history when its frames of reference undergo a shift – a metamorphosis of the fundamental principles and symbols, when the lines between myth and history, science and magic become blurred – and, therefore, real change is possible. Philosophers sometimes like to speak of ‘the Event’ – a political revolution, a scientific discovery, an artistic masterpiece – that is, a breakthrough which reveals aspects of reality that had previously been unimaginable but, once seen, can never be unseen. If so, kairos is the kind of time in which Events are prone to happen.
> Societies around the world appear to be cascading towards such a point. This is particularly true of those which, since the First World War, have been in the habit of calling themselves ‘Western’. On the one hand, fundamental breakthroughs in the physical sciences, or even artistic expression, no longer seem to occur with anything like the regularity people came to expect in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Yet at the same time, our scientific means of understanding the past, not just our species’ past but that of our planet, has been advancing with dizzying speed. Scientists in 2020 are not (as readers of mid-twentieth-century science fiction might have hoped) encountering alien civilizations in distant star systems; but they are encountering radically different forms of society under their own feet, some forgotten and newly rediscovered, others more familiar, but now understood in entirely new ways.
Reading this as I write something very inspired by this work feels especially serendipitous, especially at this time. When they wrote the book, I think that kairos felt more serendipitous itself. But as the frequency of opportunity increases, the veil between realities feels more malleable... that perhaps we can poke a finger through and open a portal to a completely different future than the one we've felt locked into for such a long time.
https://anarchoccultism.org/building-zion/the-coordinated-swarm-lyhr

The Marshall Islands unveils a national UBI scheme that offers payments of ~$200 per quarter to every resident citizen via stablecoin or traditional currency (Prianka Srinivasan/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025…

The Talos Principle 2 (Multi, XPd on a Linux OS PC) As 1k, the newest (and perhaps last) member of the reborn humanity, you set off on an expedition to explore a Mega Structure on a remote island. What you find could alter humanity's course forever.
So, (spoilers) as a direct sequel to the now 11yr old 1st game, you play as a new "human" that has left the Simulation and been incorporated into a body in the Real World. As human number 1000, you are the culmination of "…

“First time a duke has lost title in more than a century, says historian”
“The last time a dukedom was taken away from a senior royal was more than 100 years ago…That was in 1919, when Prince Charles Edward – one of Queen Victoria’s grandsons – lost the title of Duke of Albany for fighting on the German side during World War One”
Charles should have asked old Andy to publish his rolodex too.
#EpsteinFiles #Epstein #PrinceAndrew
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cvgw31y75ywt

The vOICe vision BCI can in principle also get around the frequency-time uncertainty principle (Heisenberg uncertainty principle) in sound waves, here by exploiting a priori knowledge of the limited set of frequencies used https://www.seeingwithsound.com/freqtime.htm

The Netherlands' first major Carbon Capture and Storage project is progressing. Its CO2 collection pipeline through the Port of Rotterdam industrial area is under construction now, with 11 valve stations to connect users.
Porthos should start to store 2.5 million tonnes/year of CO2 in a depleted offshore gas field from next year.

#porthos #energietransitie #duurzaamheid #carboncapture #ccs #co2 #co2transport #co2opslag #co2injection #co2storage #carbontransport #carbonstorage | Porthos
➡️𝐍𝐢𝐞𝐮𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬: 𝐚𝐟𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐰🚧 De Porthos-verzamelleiding is gereed. Deze landleiding volgt grotendeels het tracé langs de A15, van Pernis tot de Maasvlakte, en heeft een lengte van circa 30 kilometer. Via deze leiding wordt de afgevangen CO₂ uit industriële installaties in het Rotterdamse havengebied getransporteerd naar het compres…

Why the Jets will not fire Aaron Glenn — not now, and not in the offseason https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6722832/2025/10/17/aaron-glenn-job-security-new-york-jets-rebuild/

‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/14/dismal-health-of-worlds-forests-is-threat-to-humanity-report-warns

High 5: Report Grades after first 6 weeks https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/high-5-report-grades-after-first-6-weeks

Inside First Wap, a European-led phone tracking company in Indonesia that has exploited the SS7 telecom protocol to target politicians, journalists, and others (Mother Jones)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.