Post No. 3,559 - Some (hopefully) interesting reading / viewing / listening - Saturday 31st October, 2026

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

This week I came across a video titled “What Kills Us? Data from 1000 AD to 2026”   on the Data is Beautiful channel   https://youtu.be/RKbb-BnbRTI   I’m a little wary of the scope of dataset this is based on - the source is listed, but I haven’t had a chance to check it out. However there are a few points that struck me - but keep in mind this is about relative numbers of deaths: just because something is relatively lower than other causes does NOT mean it is not of concern:   (1) war is generally ~1 - 2% of total deaths, except for World Wars One (highest cause of death, peaking at just over 14% of total deaths) and Two (second highest cause of death, peaking at just over 16% of total deaths). Nothing seems to crop up for the spread of the Mongol empire or some of the internal rebellions/wars of China, which I understand caused massive death tolls (see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_wars_by_death_toll&oldid=1382851285) - which is what leads me to suspect this is maybe more European focused than global. Murder started at just over 2%, but disappears off the list at around 1700;   (2) the death tolls from Bubonic plague and the 1918 flu were also major - vastly more than any other (just over 40% of all deaths for the former [another reason to suspect this is European focused], and just over 30% for the latter). Improved sanitation and health care since the mid 1700s has, I suspect, been significant in reducing deaths from these causes.  HIV/AIDS appears at 1.4% in the late 1980s, peaking at just under 6% around the year 2000 before falling off the list around 2016 (see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epidemiology_of_HIV/AIDS&oldid=1376845492, and note that deaths were largely in Africa, and far exceeded the number of gay men) as dr_g ov_rdose deaths appear at 1% in 2017, COVID appears in 2019 at ~1%, peaking at 8% in 2022 and disappears off the list in 2025, as suicide appears at around 1%;   (3) childbirth death starts at ~8%, and reduces from around 1800 until it disappears off the list of leading causes around the time World War One starts until it returns around 1920 until around 1928,   starvation & famine starts at ~10%, peaks at ~12% after a couple of centuries before gradually decreasing to 2% and then dropping off the list around 1950 (see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Green_Revolution&oldid=1381183766),   and   car crashes appear on the list at just under 2% in the late 1960s, peaking at over 2% in the 1980s, and reducing to fall off the list in 2019;   (4) heart “disease” has been a leading cause of death since around 1910 (diseases, particularly cholera, measles, and tuberculosis were generally leading causes of death), which reflects, in my opinion, the cut-off-from-nature, subservient-to-capitalism lifestyle that has been slowly growing since the development of large scale agriculture and more so since the abuses of the industrial revolution. The recent surge in relative deaths from dr_g ov_rdose deaths and deaths by self harm further emphasise that, IMO.    

 

• “Governments have turned care into a commodity. It’s failing us all”   https://theconversation.com/governments-have-turned-care-into-a-commodity-its-failing-us-all-293337   AND ALSO   “Work wasn’t built for every brain. But it doesn’t have to be that way.”   https://drvictoriaverlezza.substack.com/p/work-wasnt-built-for-every-brain   “Why cognitive equity centered coaching matters”   

• “People Mocked This Courthouse Wedding. The Wedding Isn’t What Makes a Marriage”   https://youtu.be/aENoxbo2cCQ   Excellent comments - which I agree with - by this channel   

• “Ancestor Spirits And Veneration - Midday With Rev Don”   https://www.youtube.com/live/V8UsTAXTPvU   AND ALSO   “Werewolves And Shape-Shifting - Midday With Rev Don”   https://www.youtube.com/live/VRVpT0C2WME    

 

On neurodivergenceoand associatedomatters:    

• a friend forwarded me this excellent article:   “Into the Eye of the Storm: Strategies for Managing Unmedicated ADHD + C-PTSD”   https://drbotyler.substack.com/p/into-the-eye-of-the-storm-strategies   “Bonus Section: How Autism Moderates ADHD”   AND ALSO   “Autistic/ADHD self care”   by Adam James   https://youtube.com/shorts/v36sXGEmO7w   

• A critique of a report and the, IMO, blatant LIES being told about it:   “EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW about this UK government review into mental health, ADHD and autism”   Autistic AF   https://youtu.be/4gNrJZKV9Ig   “Everything you ever wanted to know about the Prof. Fonagy review into mental health, ADHD and autism (as well as the media circus around it!).”   The call for a “needs-led PLUS diagnosis” system is EXCELLENT!!!   

• “It’s Not the Hunter Trait That Kills You: It’s the Farmer’s World”   by Thom Hartmann   https://www.hunterinafarmersworld.com/p/its-not-the-hunter-trait-that-kills   “A new study finds the “ADHD death gap” nearly vanishes once you account for anxiety and depression ...”      

 

On society, governance, humanorights, etc (noting the childish thinking of M_G_):     

• “Politicians telling us to ‘turn the temperature down’ is peak hypocrisy – Amy Remeikis”   https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/politicians-telling-us-to-turn-down   “Violence is being normalised in Australia, and legitimate democratic dissent is not the fire – it’s the alarm”   AND ALSO   “Thorpe accuses One Nation of leaving death threats unmoderated on social media feeds”   https://nit.com.au/26-10-2026/27166/thorpe-accuses-one-nation-of-leaving-death-threats-unmoderated-on-social-media-feeds   AND ALSO   “The ‘lost opportunity’ to act on hate that Australia isn't taking”   https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/the-lost-opportunity-to-act-on-hate-that-australia-isnt-taking/kv12ayi23   “Tense and violent incidents in Australia appear to be worsening, and experts are urging the government to act”   AND ALSO   As some of us have been pointing out for YEARS,   “Online hate is spilling into the real world, AFP warns”   https://michaelwest.com.au/online-hate-is-spilling-into-the-real-world-afp-warns/   AND ALSO   “How Hobart, Sydney and Melbourne are reckoning with statues of colonial-era white men in an age of truth-telling”   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/oct/29/how-hobart-sydney-and-melbourne-are-reckoning-with-statues-of-colonial-era-white-men-in-an-age-of-truth-telling   “These misty-eyed monuments often paper over atrocities against Indigenous peoples – something that is finally being officially recognised”   

• “Does Conservatism Always Lead to Fascism?”   by Thom Hartmann   https://hartmannreport.com/p/does-conservatism-always-lead-to-037   “From the slaveholding South to Jim Crow, Reagan’s billionaire revolution, and Tr_mp’s police state, the same dangerous pattern keeps repeating. Is fascism conservatism’s ultimate destination?”   AND ALSO   “MAGA is Obsessed with Other Men”   by Lucas Bean   https://lucasbean.substack.com/p/maga-is-obsessed-with-other-men   “Why Conservative Men Can’t Stop Thinking About Other Men”   Basically, the hypocrisy of homophobes   AND ALSO   “In news that absolutely everyone in the queer community saw coming, a new study has revealed a correlation between transphobia and sexism”   https://qnews.com.au/study-finds-correlation-between-transphobia-and-sexism-who-would-have-thought/   AND ALSO   “This is the hard lesson from Israel’s election: to stop nationalist populists, you can’t play by gentlemen’s rules | Jonathan Freedland in Tel Aviv | The Guardian”   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/30/israel-election-national-populists-benjamin-netanyahu-arab-parties   

• “Labor came to power promising a big care agenda. Four years on, how has it fared?”   https://theconversation.com/labor-came-to-power-promising-a-big-care-agenda-four-years-on-how-has-it-fared-294054   Not well ... nor have we      

 

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 [BPM]) 
safer and more effective ways to counter the "bad" (outoofobalance, spirituallyoimmature [nonBPM/antiBPM]) 

IMO, OTAAT (“one term at a time”) is the next action to save representative  democracy, along with establishment of an organisation of human-rights observing  democracies as a functional alternative to the UN (especially the veto-sabotaged UN SC), along with all organisations being run using the seven "business" principles listed here, but also note this and this “Vision for Humanity” 

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#PsychicABetterWorld   and  

  

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Post No. 3,546 - Some (hopefully) interesting reading / viewing / listening - Saturday 10th October, 2026

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

• “From The Civil Rights Movement to neoliberal Individualism: How did we lose collectivism?”   https://youtu.be/oUJM8QkYRdc   I always considered these people lying, disingenuous traitors   

• “Training My Thoughts To NOT Be From My Abusers”   https://youtu.be/_L6yZoX4jGE   

• “Simon Bown 2026”   https://youtu.be/yKYIP4Xz-ZU   “Paul and Syann are both life-long contactees of the Zeta race and have clear conscious recall of their contact with the beings that they work with. They are both deep trance mediums, also working with Spirit guides to assist others.   The Primer of the Zeta Race was co-written with communication scientist William Treurniet in 2012. The book has undergone multiple revisions. This book has always been freely available as a PDF download, along with the raw transcripts that the book was based up - The Zeta Interviews. These are available to download from:   https://www.thezetaconnection.com/ ”   This is a copy of an interview of Paul and Syann by Simon Bown, and will no doubt be available on Simon’s channel in due course. One technical issue: there is a difference in volume, with Paul and Syann being much quieter than Simon.   AND ALSO   “David Grusch, Yankee Blue and the Government’s UFO Problem: I Sit Down With An Investigations Lawyer”   https://uapf.substack.com/p/david-grusch-yankee-blue-and-the   Some nuance on the topic   

• “Death is not the End – Taking on the Materialist Taboo”   here   I have not watched this yet   

• Bacteria are forming memories despite the lack of a brain or neurons   AND ALSO   a call for legal recognition of friendships   

 

On neurodivergenceoand associatedomatters:    

• “5 Physical Signs of High-Masking Autism People Often Miss”   https://youtu.be/RJjHCJcT5x0   

• “The Kids Getting Diagnosed with ADHD Now Look Like Everyone Else. That’s the Point.”   https://www.hunterinafarmersworld.com/p/the-kids-getting-diagnosed-with-adhd   “Two Danish studies show the ADHD net is finally reaching ordinary Hunters, not just the wounded ones.”   An important perspective   

• “Your Body Isn't Being Dramatic: What a New Cambridge Study Says About Autistic Physical Health”   https://theneurodivergentmama.substack.com/p/your-body-isnt-being-dramatic-what     

 

On society, governance, humanorights, etc (noting the childish thinking of M_G_):     

• “Thomas Jefferson Survives: The Cornell 7 and the Price of Great Men - YouTube”   https://youtu.be/y1kMOua-eXo   BUT ALSO   “A world without rape is possible.  In fact, it has already existed.”   https://substack.com/@smallthingsgrowing/note/c-351130505   AND ALSO   “The ‘Cornell 7’ reported rape shows why we need to rethink sexual violence prevention”   https://theconversation.com/the-cornell-7-reported-rape-shows-why-we-need-to-rethink-sexual-violence-prevention-293338   “In our newly published research, we argue sexual violence prevention needs to pay much more attention to strengths-based protective factors.   Risk-based prevention asks what is going wrong and how we can stop it. A strengths-based approach also asks what needs to be present for people to be safe, connected and happy.   Instead of only preventing harm, it aims to build the conditions that make harm less possible in the first place.”   AND ALSO NOTE   “Woman in Cornell rape allegations case targeted with threats, her lawyer says”   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/04/cornell-jane-doe-rape-allegations   “Attorney says people have threatened to silence or harm ‘Jane Doe’ if she does not withdraw civil lawsuit”   AND ALSO   “The International Criminal Court (ICC) has made public four arrest warrants against senior Taliban figures, accusing them of persecuting women and girls in Afghanistan, which amounts to a crime against humanity”   https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168521   

• “The Billionaires [who only need to capture PART of governments - easy enough with a betraying government in Australia] See the Revolt Coming. Can They Buy Their Way Out Again?”   https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-billionaires-see-the-revolt-coming-9ca   “A worldwide backlash against oligarchy is gathering force, while America’s richest pour fortunes into keeping voters angry at everyone but them ...”   “Forty-five years of “conservative” neoliberalism and austerity — all specifically designed to make the rich richer at the expense of working class people — have left average citizens furious.   And that fury is driving two parallel movements” One understands that the rich are the problem; the other have been distracted into punching down at easy targets because they - and their parents - haven’t been taught critical thinking and emotional intelligence by society’s turn-out-subservient-cogs-for-the-rich education systems.   “Then working class people and progressives got complacent, thinking this would be the new normal forever, with a single paycheck being the entrée into the middle class. The oligarchs, however, were just getting started   ...   There’s no way this one single election will settle all this. During the first Gilded Age, it took 45 years to go from the Sherman Act to Social Security — with quite a few lost elections along the way —and the people who won that fight went through it never knowing if they’d prevail or not; the biggest intervention was probably the Republican Great Depression.”   And this fight might also take 45 years ... There are a lot of excellent, specific examples in this article.   BUT ALSO   “Disability Renaissance: The D.C. Post-Mortem”   https://disabilitycommunityfordemocracy.substack.com/p/disability-renaissance-the-dc-post   “Why we must stop performing for empty buildings and build the infrastructure to save ourselves through the Curtis-Wilson Act.”   I have a feeling Tad Stoermer would be pleased by this OUTSTANDING adaptation   BUT ALSO   “Complaining NDIS families face child protection threats”   https://michaelwest.com.au/complaining-ndis-families-face-child-protection-threats/   AND ALSO   the problem of patriarchy undermining good parenting   

• The US regime - which is about to breach decency and IHL - has attacked the ICC again;    

• “FFS stop punishing households and just tax gas”   https://substack.com/home/post/p-218273604   AND ALSO   “Australia’s  Slide Into Barbarism”   https://substack.com/@timcollier679911/note/c-351511126   AND ALSO   “The public housing answer Australia already knows”   https://michaelwest.com.au/the-public-housing-answer-australia-already-knows/   “After the war, one new home in seven in this country was public housing, built under a Labor prime minister and kept going by a Liberal one, and they went to fitters, clerks and returned servicemen, not charity cases.   The OECD average today is 6 to 7% of homes. In Britain it is 16% even after Thatcher sold the council houses; the Netherlands is above 30%; Australia sits at 4% with the Americans and Canadians.”   AND ALSO   this on the vile rubbish in Australia nowadays   and   a criticism/critique of short/small focus journalism     

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 [BPM]) 
safer and more effective ways to counter the "bad" (outoofobalance, spirituallyoimmature [nonBPM/antiBPM]) 

IMO, OTAAT (“one term at a time”) is the next action to save representative  democracy, along with establishment of an organisation of human-rights observing  democracies as a functional alternative to the UN (especially the veto-sabotaged UN SC) which is a casualty of this war, but also note this “Vision for Humanity” 

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/