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A survey of the weird, the wondrous, the wacko. Critical thinking welcomed.
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On Episode 8 of API Case Files Live, we welcomed author and researcher Jack Brewer for a wide ranging discussion, including why we should follow the money when #UFO skullduggery is suspected.

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Case Files Live Episode 9
YouTube video by API Case Files
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February 11, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Axel Törneman (Swedish, 1880-1925): Absinthe, 1902. Oil on canvas.
February 11, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889–1975): The Waterboy, 1946. Tempera on canvas.
February 11, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Rodolfo Pitti: Divine Imagination and Political Utopia: How Imagined Gods Structure Civilizations
Divine Imagination and Political Utopia: How Imagined Gods Structure Civilizations
This paper argues that political ideologies function as modern forms of divine imagination: collectively inhabited fictions that organize belief, desire, violence, and legitimacy in ways structurally ...
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February 11, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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I do wonder if this is very shallow tiny earthquakes that release energy above ground as sound. A similar phenomenon exists as the Moodus Noises in Connecticut. Seismographs won't pick up vibration (magnitude of <1) unless they are right at the epicenter.

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More mysterious boom sounds heard in Ipoh, surrounding areas
The phenomenon, which allegedly occurred between 11.50 pm and early morning, has been widely discussed again through several viral posts
www.thevibes.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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The Wednesday news briefs are LIVE at the Daily Grail!

Scientists propose link between space weather and earthquakes, the mystery of dying children who suddenly wake up, the cataclysmic ancient flood that wasn't, and much more:

www.dailygrail.com/2026/02/news...
News Briefs 11-02-2026
If your trip to Mars has been postponed, why not bide your time with the Wednesday Grail news briefs? Quote of the Day Art isn’t just the end result. PJ Holden
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February 11, 2026 at 1:34 PM
"I say to my breath once again, little breath come in front of me, go away behind me, row me quietly now, as far as you can, for I am an abyss that I am trying to cross." ~ W.S. Merwin
February 11, 2026 at 2:29 PM
John Sloan (American, 1871-1951): Travelling Carnival, Santa Fe, 1924. Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, DC. Oil on canvas.
February 11, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Unusual FAA restriction closes El Paso airspace for 10 days
No public explanation has been given.
www.axios.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Jeffrey Epstein Recruited NSA Codebreakers for Genome “Manhattan Project”
Jeffrey Epstein Recruited NSA Codebreakers for Genome “Manhattan Project”
The financier pursued cryptographers to “hack” the genetic code, and develop “new signals intelligence” to understand inter-cellular communication.
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February 11, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Donald's gift is to make people from the world richest and most powerful country feel they got that way cos everyone was taking advantage of them.
February 10, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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We have a growing collection of law enforcement records responsive to Burning Man, obtained through a public records request to the Pershing County (NV) Sheriff's Office. We subsequently designated a section of the @expandingfrontiersresearch.org Online Archive for publishing material received.
A section of the EFR Online Archive was designated for the growing collection of law enforcement records on Burning Man. Check out what has been obtained thus far and view a slide show of images included in response to our records request. www.expandingfrontiersresearch.org/items-1/burn...
Burning Man
Law enforcement records responsive to the annual Burning Man festival
www.expandingfrontiersresearch.org
February 10, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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Notice how the story has shifted.
Up t 2007: It's Ukraine's decision to join
2007-2014: Ukraine join but we have to allow it
2014 -to now: We got a promise they would never join.
February 10, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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The Tuesday news briefs are LIVE at the Daily Grail!

How psychedelics might rewire the brain to treat PTSD, how TikTok 2.0 became a surveillance weapon for ICE, how the Epstein files turned everyone into conspiracists, and much more:

www.dailygrail.com/2026/02/news...
News Briefs 10-02-2026
Thanks Glen for your generous support of the Daily Grail! Thanks to @kayorchison.bsky.social. Quote of the Day The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like humans, but that humans wi...
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February 10, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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Age verification? I used to have to make sure nobody was on the phone to use the internet
Age verification? I used to record the radio with a tape
Age verification? My first computer game was zork.
February 10, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Meme Magick and the Unseen Internet with Shira Chess
Ken sits down with Shira Chess, cultural scholar and author of The Unseen Internet, for a wide-ranging exploration of magic, myth, and belief in digital culture, examining how the internet has…
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February 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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Friends, @sittingnow.bsky.social and @shirachess.bsky.social discuss Shira's new book, The Unseen Internet – Technology, magic, and belief online. I'll be posting a review of the book in my Substack next week.
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Meme Magick and the Unseen Internet with Shira Chess
YouTube video by SittingNow
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February 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
OBSERVER magazine: The Ringmakers (Part 2) / Curious Carolinian circles cause confusion while we stick our necks out with some good ol' fashioned Archaeoastronomy
The Ringmakers (Part 2)
Curious Carolinian circles cause confusion while we stick our necks out with some good ol' fashioned Archaeoastronomy
theobservermagazine.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:58 PM
I too can love: On Luc Besson’s Dracula
I too can love: On Luc Besson’s Dracula
Luc Besson's adaptation of the iconic Dracula novel turns the Count into a gothic lover
www.artforum.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:48 PM