"One hundred and fifty years of intervening research and archaeology have done little to unscramble this puzzle, and there is hardly one point in the topography of the Holy City to which scholars are entirely agreed. Hershel Shanks, Editor-in-Chief of Biblical Archaeology Review, succinctly summed up this dilemma in 1999, with a bold and unsettling observation: โEverything you know about Jerusalem is wrong.โ"
https://popular-archaeology.com/article/antonia-the-fortress-jerusalem-forgot/#:~:text=One%20hundred%20and,Jerusalem%20is%20wrong.%E2%80%9D
https://popular-archaeology.com/article/antonia-the-fortress-jerusalem-forgot/#:~:text=One%20hundred%20and,Jerusalem%20is%20wrong.%E2%80%9D
Popular Archeology
Antonia: The Fortress Jerusalem Forgot
A controversial theory challenges long-held tradition and scholarship on the Fortress of Antonia, with game-changing implications for the location of the Jerusalem temple of biblical times.
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"Over at Quest: Thoughts about God, Truth, and Beauty, an author named Kirk Durston has a fascinating article about J. D. Unwin and his book Sex and Culture. Written in 1934, this book presents the findings of Unwinโs study of 86 different cultures. He breaks the culture down by levels of society and by degrees of sexual freedom.
"The results?
"The highest level of society has only ever been maintained by cultures with premarital chastity and monogamy without easy divorce.
"Societies with sexual freedom collapse within three generations."
https://open.substack.com/pub/ljagilamplighterwright/p/sexual-freedom-destroys-society?r=lp6h7
"The results?
"The highest level of society has only ever been maintained by cultures with premarital chastity and monogamy without easy divorce.
"Societies with sexual freedom collapse within three generations."
https://open.substack.com/pub/ljagilamplighterwright/p/sexual-freedom-destroys-society?r=lp6h7
Substack
Sexual Freedom Destroys Society
Based on the study of 86 different cultures
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TIL GPS satellites run about 38 microseconds faster per day than clocks on Earth due to Einstein's theory of relativity. If scientists didn't intentionally adjust for this time difference, global GPS tracking would lose accuracy by about 6 miles (11 km) every single day.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz23G_UXCGA
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YouTube
Something is jamming GPS over Europe. Here's what we found
Something is disrupting GPS signals across Europe. Sponsored by Ground News. Go to https://ground.news/Ve for 40% off the unlimited Vantage plan.
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In 2025, we launched the Elements of Truth game on Kickstarter and were thrilled by the response. Weโre nowโฆ
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The USAF is now Scrambling To Buy What Few MQ-9 Reapers It Can Find
The USAF needs to scrounge-up any now out of production Reapers to replace the dozens lost in fights against Iran and the Houthis.
After reportedly losing dozens of MQ-9 Reaper drones while battling Iran, the Air Force on Friday confirmed to TWZ that it is planning to purchase an undisclosed number of unused ones from General Atomics, who made the aircraft. The company, however, said it has less than 10 of these drones to offer, and it remains unclear where else the Air Force can find more.
All of this continues to raise serious questions about the Air Forceโs near-term ability to plug gaps left by the losses fighting against Iran and in other recent operations in and around the Middle East. The downed Reapers have a reported combined value of about $1 billion.
Furthermore, despite the top Air Force officer recently praising Reaper as โperhaps the most valuable playerโ in the air war against Iran, the aircraft have been in the crosshairs of service officials. They have openly questioned the droneโs survivability and, by extension, general value in future operations. The Air Force has made several half-hearted efforts, without success, to find a successor. It is now in the early stages of a new attempt at acquiring an โMQ-9 Next.โ
It will be years, if ever, before โMQ-9 Nextโ comes on line. Meanwhile, the search is on for existing replacements.
โThe USAF intends to purchase several unused MQ-9A Block 5 from GA-ASI [General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.],โ a spokesperson for the service told TWZ today. โA number of MQ-9A Block 5 aircraft were manufactured based on forecasted purchases for other customers but are no longer needed. The available aircraft are currently GA-ASI owned aircraft.โ
โThe USAF has received funds to begin the acquisition process,โ they added.
Tabor also said at that time that the Air Forceโs total MQ-9A fleet had shrunk to 135 aircraft. Official budget documents say the Air Force had 165 Reapers in inventory as of the start of Fiscal Year 2026, which began on October 1 of last year. This had already marked a significant year-over-year decrease, down from 231 MQ-9As at the beginning of Fiscal Year 2025.
โBetween parts in stock for new builds, and company-owned Reapers with some number of flight hours on them, there are less than 10 total โnewโ MQ-9As available to any customers anywhere in the world,โ General Atomics spokesperson C. Mark Brinkley told TWZ earlier this week.
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USAF Scrambling To Buy What Few MQ-9 Reapers It Can Find After Epic Fury Losses
The USAF needs to scrounge-up any now out of production Reapers to replace the dozens lost in fights against Iran and the Houthis.
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New Atlas
Magnetoelectric antenna aims to boost underwater comms 800 billionfold
Most underwater robots lose contact with the surface the moment they descend. But a new antenna technology, borrowed from the physics of medical implants, is rethinking how submarine machines talk to each other โ and to us.
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Forwarded from Rerum Novarum // Intel, Breaking News, and Alerts ๐บ๐ธ
๐บ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฑโก๏ธ- The White House says the United States was not involved in the Israeli strikes on Iran.
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TIL that the Great Salt Lake was originally Lake Bonneville which was so large it extended into modern day Idaho and Nevada.
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"Even in the most civilized nations, courts decide only the tiniest sliver of human reality. The vast majority of civilizationโtrust, restraint, honesty, the silent agreements that make daily life possibleโexists below the threshold of formal law. Verbal promises and everyday decency were never meant for judges. They rest on an internalized moral order.
"In India, that moral order does not exist."
https://www.unz.com/article/predation-wearing-the-mask-of-civilization/#:~:text=Even%20in%20the,does%20not%20exist.
"In India, that moral order does not exist."
https://www.unz.com/article/predation-wearing-the-mask-of-civilization/#:~:text=Even%20in%20the,does%20not%20exist.
The Unz Review
Predation Wearing the Mask of Civilization
https://counter-currents.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/predation.jpg=https://counter-currents.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/predation-200x300.jpg Institutions reveal their true character in two places: in the gray zones where rules are incomplete, ambiguousโฆ
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"Here is what a language model actually does. It has read an enormous amount of text, and from that text it has learned, with real brilliance, what tends to come next. Give it some words and it predicts the words likely to follow. That is the whole trick. It is a magnificent trick โ it gives us machines that write fluent prose in any voice on any subject โ but look at what it optimizes for. It optimizes for plausible. It was never, at any point, optimizing for true. Truth was not in the objective. Plausibility was. And plausibility and truth often travel together, which is precisely why we confuse them โ but they are not the same thing, and the gap between them is the whole story."
https://www.cringely.com/2026/06/08/genai-is-fluent-in-everything-but-faithful-in-nothing/#:~:text=Here%20is%20what,the%20whole%20story.
https://www.cringely.com/2026/06/08/genai-is-fluent-in-everything-but-faithful-in-nothing/#:~:text=Here%20is%20what,the%20whole%20story.
I, Cringely - on technology
GenAI is Fluent in Everything, but Faithful in Nothing | I, Cringely
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"According to the lawsuit, Nichols was admitted to Gila Regional with sudden heart problems and lab results consistent with acute heart failure. Instead of transferring her to a facility with a cardiology unit, the hospital placed her in an observation unit and discharged her hours later. She died seven hours after discharge, at an assisted living facility, without ever receiving a complete cardiac evaluation."
https://www.fandompulse.com/p/a-jury-awarded-nichelle-nichols-family#:~:text=According%20to%20the,complete%20cardiac%20evaluation.
https://www.fandompulse.com/p/a-jury-awarded-nichelle-nichols-family#:~:text=According%20to%20the,complete%20cardiac%20evaluation.
Fandompulse
A Jury Awarded Nichelle Nicholsโ Family $13 Million For Wrongful Death
A New Mexico jury deliberated two hours on June 4 before returning a $13 million verdict in favor of the family of Nichelle Nichols against Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City.
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"A squadron of drones has been launched from Yemen towards Israel."
Forwarded from Middle East Spectator โ MES
โ ๐ฎ๐ฑ/๐ฎ๐ท/๐ต๐ธ NEW: In response to Iranโs ballistic missile attack, Israel has decided to stop the flow of food and humanitarian aid into Gaza
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Jared Kushner purchased an island that was once a Secret Military Base for $1.4 billionโ which includes a network of 3,600+ bunkers & Cold War Underground Tunnels
๐ป Details:
Jared Kushnerโs investment firm is leading a huge project to develop Sazan Island โ a small, uninhabited island off the coast of Albania. The island was a secret military base during the Cold War, packed with about 3,600 concrete bunkers and roughly 10 miles of underground tunnels.
The Albanian government approved the project in late 2024, giving it special โstrategic investorโ status.
What the Resort Will Look Like and Be Used For?
This will be high-end luxury eco-resort aimed at wealthy tourists: Hotels and private villas. A marina for large yachts
Restaurants, spas, and wellness centers
Walking trails and scenic viewpoints. Some of the old bunkers and tunnels will be preserved and turned into unique attractions for guests.
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https://x.com/mjtruthultra/status/2062561202723500393?s=46
Jared Kushner purchased an island that was once a Secret Military Base for $1.4 billionโ which includes a network of 3,600+ bunkers & Cold War Underground Tunnels
๐ป Details:
Jared Kushnerโs investment firm is leading a huge project to develop Sazan Island โ a small, uninhabited island off the coast of Albania. The island was a secret military base during the Cold War, packed with about 3,600 concrete bunkers and roughly 10 miles of underground tunnels.
The Albanian government approved the project in late 2024, giving it special โstrategic investorโ status.
What the Resort Will Look Like and Be Used For?
This will be high-end luxury eco-resort aimed at wealthy tourists: Hotels and private villas. A marina for large yachts
Restaurants, spas, and wellness centers
Walking trails and scenic viewpoints. Some of the old bunkers and tunnels will be preserved and turned into unique attractions for guests.
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https://x.com/mjtruthultra/status/2062561202723500393?s=46
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TIL that U.S. General George S. Patton competed in modern pentathlon in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics when he was a 26-year-old officer. He fainted from exertion after running 2.5 miles; used a .38-caliber weapon instead of .22; and placed fifth, with Swedish athletes winning bronze, gold, and silver.
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U.S. forces disabled an unladen oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, June 8, after the vessel violated the ongoing blockade against Iran by attempting to sail to an Iranian port.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) disabled Palau-flagged M/T Marivex as it transited international waters in the Gulf of Oman toward Iran.
An F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) fired a precision munition into the ship's engineering and steering spaces after the crew failed to comply with directions from U.S. forces.
Marivex is no longer sailing to Iran.
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