Post No. 3,518 - Some (hopefully) interesting reading / viewing / listening - Saturday 29th August, 2026

I recently found the following interestingoand/orouseful, and am posting them here inocase anyoneoelse does asowelll.   

• “In conversation with Daniel Nichols”   https://youtu.be/xWJ5mdmeNks   “Daniel Nichols is a life long experiencer who has a channel on YouTube(Grey Druid) that also brings experiencers together in this movement and come together in unity and empathy to change the world from darkness to light. Come meet Daniel and hear his story”   AND ALSO   “In Conversation with Amy Bond”   https://youtu.be/qx1K4imk0T0   (see also https://musingsofgnwmythr.substack.com/p/etsvisitors-and-humans-have-rights, which relates to one part of this)   

• Although this is a little too negative and too pro-tech, there are some important points about CHECKING, PROTECTION, AND (NOT MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO) CLEARING in this which should, IMO, be noted:   “Exploring Contact - and Real Disclosure”   https://youtu.be/bp2o0zTmeK8   (gender is NOT binary)   

• “The Greatest Ever Pagan Super Show Extragavaza 08/21”   https://www.youtube.com/live/f2DXiQbyx4k   “Join Rev Don and Rev Mary and Special Guest Papa Gee as they discuss AromaG's Botanica and The Feral Folklorist Podcast”    

• “Out of the Pan: Paul Byrne-Moroney intersex advocate and speaker”   https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/out-of-the-pan/id312435652?i=1000785288249   

• “The Reckoning”   https://aliensideboob.substack.com/p/the-reckoning   Strong sentiments as to who is responsible for the climate change induced catastrophe in Nepal and Tibet   

 

On neurodivergenceoand associatedomatters:    

• “autistic brains don’t habituate to sensory input”   from   https://substack.com/@bridgettehamstead/note/c-321904023     

• “Autistic teen unaware of danger - YouTube”   https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kS5DZFsDnpc   

 

On society, governance, humanorights, etc:    

• “The Shot: you’re in a class war, whether you fight back or not”   https://lucyham29.substack.com/p/the-shot-youre-in-a-class-war-whether   “When we discuss increasing inequality engineered by neoliberal strategists over the decades, we’re accused of waging class war. That reverses the guilt: the neoliberal project is class war against us”    AND ALSO   “Why does the New York Times keep calling the left ‘divisive’? | Dana Frank | The Guardian”   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/24/new-york-times-divisive-progressives   

• ““How Are We Supposed to Believe You Fled the USA for Safety If You’re Telling People Where You Are Now?””   https://alisav.substack.com/p/how-are-we-supposed-to-believe-you   “I answer, again and in greater detail, a recurring question some of you keep asking. Take notes. I don’t want to have to do this again.”    

• “What Anti-Trans Hate Actually Does To Trans People”   https://youtu.be/1Y9GS9uhdRI   “In this video, Dr. Helen Webberley explores the real world impacts of discrimination, prejudice and anti-trans rhetoric and why we need to take the experiences of trans and non-binary people seriously.   Helen looks at the evidence around mental health and self-harm. She discusses the effects of isolation, lack of acceptance, abuse and constant exposure to hostile messages in the media, online and in everyday life.”      

• “Epilogue: What History Will Say About Us (August 23)”   https://hartmannreport.com/p/epilogue-what-history-will-say-about   “The final chapters from Who Stole The American Dream?”   The book details are:   “Who Killed the American Dream? The Greatest Political Crime Ever Told” by Thom Hartmann, pub. Berrett-Koehler, ISBN: 979-8890572653, 2026;  Kobo;  Barnes & Noble;  Apple Books;  Amazon;   

 

Selectedopopularoand other posts on my otheroblogs and former YouTube channel:   

• “Post No. 620 - Magickal Maturity”   https://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2014/12/post-no-620-magickal-maturity.html   

• “The enabling and consequences of hate and amathia - including fascism and even more extreme right wing extremism [Content Warning - anger at violent bigotry]”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-enabling-and-consequences-of-hate.html   

• “A defence and a challenge [Content Warning: discrimination, violence, sexual assault, self harm]”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/05/a-defence-and-challenge-content-warning.html   

• “A commentary on this week's news”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2019/06/a-commentary-on-this-weeks-news.html     

My recent article(s) onoSubstack:   

“Noteworthy notes 005”   https://musingsofgnwmythr.substack.com/p/noteworthy-notes-005   “A basket of little goodies rescued for posterity”     

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlightopossible flaws / issues youoshouldoconsider: 

• there mayobe flawedologicaloarguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ freeoonline course “Clear and Present Thinking”;  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinkingocaps on, and make up your own minds for yourself. 

 

Gnwmythr 

teaching the "good" (balancedopositive and spirituallyomature) 
safer ways to counter the "bad" (outoofobalance, spirituallyoimmature) 

IMO, OTAAT (“one term at a time”) is the next action to save representative democracy  

If you’re new here, consider looking at the Landing Page for Newbies   

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Remember: we generallyoneed to be more human being rather than human doing, to mind our Mӕgan, and to acknowledge that all misgenderingois an act of activeotransphobia/transmisiaothat puts trans+ lives at risk & accept that all insistence on the use of “trans” as a descriptor comes with commensurate use of “cis” as a descriptoroto prevent “othering” (just as binary gendered [men’s and women’s] sporting teams are either both given the gender descriptor, or neither).

#PsychicABetterWorld   and  

  

Note that I am cutting back on aspects of my posts - see here, and Gnwmythr is pronounced new-MYTH-ear  

Copyright © Kayleen White 2007-2026     NO AI   I do not consent to any machine learning aka Artificial Intelligence (AI), generative AI, large language model, machine learning, chatbot, or other automated analysis, generative process, or replication program to reproduce, mimic, remix, summarise, or otherwise  replicate any part of this post or other posts on this blog via any means. AI was NOT used to write this article. Typo’s may be inserrted deliberately to demonstrate this is not an AI product.     Otherwise, fair and reasonable use is accepted under Creative Commons 4.0 on an Attribution-ShareAlike basis https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/  

 

 

Post No. 3,517 - Local political concerns

I have just posted the following on my Substack account, at https://substack.com/profile/322283803-kayleen-gnwmythr/note/c-324430823: 

“As 8.7 million customers sensitive data is stolen from UK airports in a cyber hack [URL 1] and AI companies call for cyber defences to be strengthened [URL 2], we find that Australia's Parliamentarians are allowing controversial foreign tech spy companies (linked to regimes of hate) access to Australians' sensitive personal data [URL 3] ... and a state government is getting cosier with the bosses, rather than the workers it claims to represent [URL 4].

 

These problems, on top of silencing and/or restriction of dissent, policing of party conferences, and revelations that the party platform is optional, raise concerns about the ALP that are exacerbated by the lack of a viable (in terms of forming a government), progressive, worker-focused alternative. 

• URL 1   https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260828-openai-anthropic-join-global-call-to-strengthen-cyber-defences   
• URL 2   https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260828-openai-anthropic-join-global-call-to-strengthen-cyber-defences   
• URL 3   https://michaelwest.com.au/palantir-is-inside-the-house-surveillance-and-the-ndis/   
• URL 4   https://michaelwest.com.au/australian-first-work-from-home-laws-stalled-again/   

The Greens tend to be too unaware of class divisions to be an alternative to the ALP;  there are other socialist parties but they have no chance of forming a government or even having a significant influence in Parliament (although they do have a good history around protests). 

When the ALP has followed the neolibs who followed the dodo into (supposedly - there is scientific evidence suggesting the myth is ... mythical) self-imposed extinction, who do progressive, environment and human rights supporting workers turn to? Can they cut the Parliamentary branch off from the rest of the party and start something new and better and genuinely connected to its foundations, or must a new party be slowly, painfully brought into being and nurtured until it can do something useful?”  

PS - see also: 

• https://museumofprotest.org/methods/total-personal-noncooperation/   

• https://commonslibrary.org/tactics-noncooperation/   

• https://www.britannica.com/event/noncooperation-movement    

• https://www.mkgandhi.org/biography/nnviolnt.php    

• https://gandhi.study/non-violence-movements-after-gandhi/methods-nonviolent-action-protest-noncooperation/    

 

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlightopossible flaws / issues youoshouldoconsider: 

• there mayobe flawedologicaloarguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ freeoonline course “Clear and Present Thinking”;  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinkingocaps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

  

Gnwmythr 

teaching the "good" (balancedopositive and spirituallyomature) 
safer ways to counter the "bad" (outoofobalance, spirituallyoimmature) 

IMO, OTAAT (“one term at a time”) is the next action to save representative democracy  

If you’re new here, consider looking at the Landing Page for Newbies   

If you appreciated this post, pleaseoshare it. I am now on SubStack, Patreon, 
and you can support me at PayPal (or PayPal Repeating Support Options) or Ko-Fi 
Any and all support will be greatlyoappreciated, and willoaid me in continuing this work 

 

Remember: we generallyoneed to be more human being rather than human doing, to mind our Mӕgan, and to acknowledge that all misgenderingois an act of activeotransphobia/transmisiaothat puts trans+ lives at risk & accept that all insistence on the use of “trans” as a descriptor comes with commensurate use of “cis” as a descriptoroto prevent “othering” (just as binary gendered [men’s and women’s] sporting teams are either both given the gender descriptor, or neither).

#PsychicABetterWorld   and  

 

Note that I am cutting back on aspects of my posts - see here, and Gnwmythr is pronounced new-MYTH-ear  

Copyright © Kayleen White 2007-2026     NO AI   I do not consent to any machine learning aka Artificial Intelligence (AI), generative AI, large language model, machine learning, chatbot, or other automated analysis, generative process, or replication program to reproduce, mimic, remix, summarise, or otherwise  replicate any part of this post or other posts on this blog via any means. AI was NOT used to write this article. Typo’s may be inserrted deliberately to demonstrate this is not an AI product.     Otherwise, fair and reasonable use is accepted under Creative Commons 4.0 on an Attribution-ShareAlike basis https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/