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Saturday, 20 June 2026

Post No. 3,474 - Some (hopefully) interesting reading / viewing / listening - Saturday, 20th June, 2026

I recently found the following interesting and/or useful, and am posting them here in case anyone else does as well.  

 

  

  • “When the Screen Holds Your Secret”   https://breakingthesilence001.substack.com/p/when-the-screen-holds-your-secret   “Reflections on Disclosure Day and what it stirred   ...   I’m still processing.”   This is easily the best comment about the movie I have yet come across      AND ALSO      “An A-Team for the Orbs. No One for the People”   https://mazetometanoia.substack.com/p/an-a-team-for-the-orbs-no-one-for   “Every UAP report begins as a frightened person describing what they saw. Avi Loeb’s new science council has no one trained to listen.”   This is excellent, and the points are vital.   In the human rights / advocacy field there is a saying: “nothing about us without us”, and I have often thought that needs to be used more widely. It would actually fit here, if the events are viewed properly - starting, as described by the article, with the person.   That is easier said than done. When I worked in engineering, eventually public consultations were introduced, but initially engineers thought - arrogantly - that they could do the consultations, but, in that era, engineers were taught procedures, rather than true critical thinking, and lacked basic emotional competence (two skills I would to see taught more widely, much better, and from much younger ages), and it took a few abject failures here (in the 1990s) before they got out of the way and let the true experts in.   The article mentions nurses. Here nurse training shifted to exclusively university-based a few years ago (possibly at the insistence of people like 1990s engineers?), and the human side of their training seems to me (based on my unfortunate experiences) to have been less effective, but the ability to use those skills has also been impaired by cost cutting (“efficiency“) measures. I hope that if the additional roles are implemented those who are making any decisions about resourcing have the integrity and competence to listen to and accept the recommendations of the human skills experts.      ALSO SEE      “This is How Disclosure Disappears”   https://asirpjournal.substack.com/p/this-is-how-disclosure-disappears   “A UAP Science Advisory Council assembled by blog post and revised under public scrutiny. The demands were for the files; the answer is a committee. The danger is substitution.   ...   Discovery Is Not Disclosure”      AND ALSO      “After Grusch's "Sentient Plasmoid" Remark, Scientists Explore an Unusual Possibility”   https://unknowncountry.com/headline-news/after-gruschs-sentient-plasmoid-remark-scientists-explore-an-unusual-possibility/   “After David Grusch suggested that some nonhuman intelligences may take the form of “sentient plasmoid life,” a pair of papers by Harvard astrophysicist Dr. Rudolph Schild examines whether organized plasma phenomena in Earth’s atmosphere could represent an unconventional form of life.”      AND ALSO      “The Real Disclosure Day: Scientists Revise the Rules for Announcing Extraterrestrial Intelligence”   https://unknowncountry.com/headline-news/the-real-disclosure-day-scientists-revise-the-rules-for-announcing-extraterrestrial-intelligence/   “New international protocols outline how evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence should be verified, announced, and managed—and reaffirm that no one should respond on behalf of humanity without global consultation.”   The last point, about global collaboration, is vital      BUT ALSO      While Whitley Strieber has done a massive amount of good for the experiencer and, more generally, the UFO/UAP/ET fields - including the bad experiences, every now and then he does something which makes me wary of him - such the praise at   https://substack.com/@whitleystrieber1/note/c-273311526   for the older form of the (religious [neochristian]) “Western mind”, which, as an Aboriginal woman whose people were subjected to genocide, a member of multiple minority groups subjected to the abuses of the patriarchy and capitalism and neoliberalism, and a human staring at the early devastation of the climate crisis, the so-called “Western mind”, a euphemism for “Western civilisation”, IMO, is not something to be taken as inherently or predominantly or uncritically “good” - it had its good points, but it also had slavery, colonialism, industrialisation, and the destruction of human, social, and environmental capital in Indigenous systems which created things like Yindyamarra, Yindyamarra Winhanganya, Dadirri, and Ngumbaadyil. 
    Finally, for the sake of clarity: my view is that the majority of extraterrestrials visiting this planet are part of the Gardeners of the Universe, who have the intention of serving Life (including the sort of activist intervention used by First Peoples here to turn this continent into a park for tens of thousands of years), and most western academics/investigators/experiencers struggle to comprehend that because they (1) lack the benefit of Eastern and/or Indigenous thinking, and (2) have been too warped by the patriarchy-capitalism-neoliberalism troika. When they get over an excessive focus on tech and physical evidence (some focus is necessary and good) and look at consciousness (including a whispered hint of personal/spiritual growth - of betterment as individual people) they often start to work more effectively with the complexities and nuances of 
    the Gardeners of the Universe + nonBPM extraterrestrials + other BPM nonBPM NHIs(i.e., non-human intelligences - which I point out includes a lot of sentient Earth-evolved life) and the multiple BPM nonBPM interactions that can and DO occur between those groups and the various sub-groups of humans ... AND those interactions can and do show the need of a number of those ETs to improve how they do those interactions to be more respectful and empathic;   
  • “Should we stop and stare?”   https://youtu.be/4jZZLAUHy7U   “We’re told to produce results, meet targets, hit deadlines and keep moving. We are taught that activity is a virtue and reflection is a waste of time.   I think that is one of the biggest mistakes modern society makes.   In this video, I use William Henry Davies’ famous poem Leisure to explore why creativity, imagination, innovation and good judgement all require something that our culture increasingly discourages: time to stop and think.”   
  • “Why are we wasting so much human potential?”   https://youtu.be/ug5IXLLUh8o   “Every day, people with ability, creativity and ambition are prevented from becoming who they could be. Not because they lack talent, but because they lack opportunity.   For generations, poverty, discrimination and privilege have limited people’s chances in life. Many never receive the education they need. Many are forced into work that leaves no room for personal development. Many find their ambitions fading because society has decided that simply having a job is enough.   The result is a loss that we can never measure.   We cannot count the discoveries that were never made.   We cannot count the businesses that were never created.   We cannot count the works of art that were never produced.   And we cannot count the lives that might have been transformed if people had been given a fair chance.   This is not an argument for equality of outcome. People have different ambitions, talents and aspirations. The issue is whether everyone has the opportunity to realise their potential and become who they are capable of being.   Too often, the answer is no.   In this video, I explore how poverty, inequality, discrimination and privilege continue to waste human talent in Britain today, and why a politics of care would instead seek to nurture potential wherever it exists.   A society that wastes talent makes itself poorer.   The question is simple: how much talent are we wasting, and what could we achieve if everyone was given the chance to flourish?”   This applies elsewhere as well.   As Stephen Jay Gould said:   “I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.”   

 

On neurodivergence and associated matters:    

  • “Five Reasons Doctors Are Afraid to Diagnose Fibromyalgia”   https://youtu.be/IBYq_b2r7Z4   “Getting a fibromyalgia diagnosis shouldn't feel like begging to be believed — but for millions of patients, that's exactly what it feels like. In this video, Dr. Michael Lenz, MD breaks down the 5 real reasons your doctor may be hesitating to diagnose your fibromyalgia — from gaps in medical training to outright disbelief in the condition's reality — and gives you the exact language, diagnostic criteria, and scientific evidence you need to walk into your next appointment empowered”   

  

On society, governance, human rights, etc:    

  • “Why do older people support the far-right?”   https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/06/14/why-do-older-people-support-the-far-right/   “... this generation was promised something very different. It was told that economic growth, rising asset values, private pensions, home ownership and expanding consumer choice would provide security in old age. Instead, many now face deteriorating health, growing insecurity, declining public services, loneliness and a sense that the future they expected has not arrived.   The result is disappointment, and disappointment readily turns to anger when people feel that they have been misled”   

  

My recent article(s) on SubStack:   

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My recent article(s) on Patreon:   

  • “DEI ... or a short cut? (1,082 words; 7 minutes)”   https://www.patreon.com/KayWhiteCoachingServices/posts/dei-or-short-cut-161253701   My work experience in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) began in the early 1990s, witnessing progress exemplified by better laws like the Australian Sex Discrimination Act. This legal advancement was paired with a change in societal perceptions, akin to the shift in attitudes toward drink driving. DEI has seen a sequence of improvements, moving, for example, from awareness of racism to anti-racism initiatives, and sexism issues have evolved from employment discrimination to addressing domestic violence. The prioritisation of issues in legislation is often influenced by activism and perceived urgency, which may not reflect the community's greatest needs. Additionally, social change faces resistance, prompting advocates and opponents to adapt their approaches continually, influencing the effectiveness of future DEI initiatives. One significant reason for resistance to change is discomfort with difference, which can have detrimental effects such as perpetuating harm to minority groups, obstructing objective consideration of issues, and hindering effective communication of valid points. While some aspects may lie outside the workplace DEI framework, effective progressive DEI enhances productivity, reduces staff wear and tear, improves retention, mitigates legal risks, and attracts talent. However, addressing individual discomfort with difference directly would violate personal integrity and is not feasible within workplace policies. Thus, discomfort with difference remains largely outside the purview of workplace DEI, despite the potential to alleviate some suffering if it were addressed.    

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Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider: 

  • there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking” 
  • I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.

  

Gnwmythr 

teaching the "good" (balanced positive and spiritually mature) 
safe ways to counter the "bad" (
out of balance, spiritually immature) 

 

If you appreciated this post, please share it. I am now on SubStack, Patreon, 
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Any and all support will be greatly appreciated, and will aid me in continuing this work
 

 

Remember: we generally need to be more human being rather than human doing, to mind our Mӕgan, and to acknowledge that all misgendering is an act of active transphobia/transmisia that 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 descriptor to 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. Typos 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/  


 

 

Saturday, 6 June 2026

Post No. 3,468 - Some (hopefully) interesting reading / viewing / listening - Saturday 6th June, 2026

I recently found the following interesting and/or useful, and am posting them here in case anyone else does as well. 

As an important first point

“Why Conspiracy Talk About Jews is Dangerous: A Direct Warning”   https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qeuuUpn5bdE   This is a warning video that some have used Jeffrey E’s last name for antisemitism, and therefore, as I mentioned here, I have changed the name reference I will use from here on, and I may change past references - although I cannot change public article titles etc   


  • “What a Psychopath Really Is (Most People Get It Wrong)”   https://youtu.be/DIb1HwVQoxU   “Could your boss, your neighbor, or even your surgeon be a psychopath? The truth is, real psychopaths aren't always the serial killers we see in movies - they are often hiding in plain sight.   The word “psychopathy” is thrown around a lot, but most people confuse it with sociopathy or narcissism. In this deep dive into human psychology, we break down the true meaning of psychopathy from a scientific perspective. We reveal the hidden signs of a psychopath, explore the mind of the “functional psychopath”, and explain why certain high-stress professions—like C-suite executives and surgeons - attract individuals with these dark personality traits.   🔍 In this educational psychology video, we explore:   – What a psychopath actually is (and the hidden signs you shouldn’t ignore)   – Psychopath vs. Sociopath: The critical differences explained   – The Hare PCL-R Test: The gold standard checklist used by forensic psychiatrists   – The “Functional Psychopath”: Why CEOs and surgeons rank highest on the psychopathy scale (based on Kevin Dutton’s research)   – Inside the psychopathic brain: Genetics, neuroscience, and whether they can be held morally responsible.”   The fundamental problem with amathiacs who think psychopathic traits have ANY place in management, is that they’re wrong! Servant leadership and stewardship of company resources is what is best   
  • “Medical Trauma Is Real (And It’s More Common Than You Think)”   https://youtu.be/9Uijou2QXB8   “Medical PTSD is something thousands of chronically ill and disabled people experience but it’s rarely talked about. In this video, I explore what medical trauma is, why repeated healthcare experiences can lead to PTSD, and why the media rarely acknowledges it.   We’ll discuss chronic illness experiences, trauma-informed care, and how healthcare systems can do better.   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 Introduction   05:02 What Is Medical PTSD?   11:14 Why Chronic Illness Makes Medical Trauma More Likely   20:28 The Hidden Trauma of Medical Systems    25:46 How Media Gets Medical Trauma Wrong   30:59 The Chronic Illness Community & Trauma Literacy   38:44 What Trauma-Informed Healthcare Looks Like”   
  • “Evidence That Fog Is Alive and Not just Some Weather Phenomenon”   https://youtu.be/OBzb-fHukgM   Chapter titles include:   “Fog ecosystem and unexpected findings;   What is life doing inside?   What’s inside then? What are they doing here?   Implications and suggestions   Conclusions from the study and implications for alien life   What this means for life on Earth”    

 

  • “Talking about trauma doesn’t always help. Brain scans show one reason why”   https://theconversation.com/talking-about-trauma-doesnt-always-help-brain-scans-show-one-reason-why-278794   “We found the reason some people don’t respond to treatment may lie in the way PTSD has restructured their brains.”   While this research is probably valid, they could also try looking at neurodivergence, as many neurodivergent people find CBT etc doesn't work (it is worse than useless for me) - i.e., did those for who the cognitive therapy already have a brain that was wired differently?   
  • “The 10 Neurodivergent Superpowers You Have Right Now (And How to Use Them)”   https://youtu.be/4ldgpQ9v43E   This started with an excellent discussion to set the context, cautions, and limits   
  • “Why people with ADHD can’t sleep (and what actually helps) | Hyperfocus”   https://youtu.be/-Lv7jmdqTUU   This was VERY good - although I find CBT doesn’t work for me, possibly because of the autism part of the AuDHD     

  

  • “Moving on: from normalised people to the politics of care”   https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/05/31/moving-on-from-normalised-people-to-the-politics-of-care/   The commentary about Adolphe Quetelet, who “noticed that many human characteristics clustered around an average. Height did. Weight did. Physical measurements of all sorts did. Given enough observations, patterns emerged that could be described statistically”, but “What had begun as a statistical description gradually acquired social significance” - and the Wikipedia article includes “His work on measuring human characteristic to determine the ideal l'homme moyen (“the average man”), played a key role in the origins of eugenics”, is important:   “The problem arose when averages ceased to be descriptive and became prescriptive.   An average tells us what is common. It does not tell us what is desirable. Yet the distinction between those two ideas became increasingly blurred”   The article continues on to show how this is related to the current generalised and problematic governance approaches (“what could be counted tended to become what mattered”), and how to change this.    
  • The second day of this week has seen a second outstanding political analysis/explanation article:   “Getting Poorer in Silence”   by Kos  Samaras   https://redbridgeintel.substack.com/p/getting-poorer-in-silence   “For two decades the loudest voices in Australian politics have belonged to a certain group, not the people who simply earn a wage.   ...   There is also the plain matter of organisation. Property investors have peak bodies. Retirees have lobbies. Industries have associations with media budgets and a standing line to the press gallery. There is no peak body for the person on a salary. No one convenes a press conference on behalf of the registered nurse or the regional maintenance supervisor (except unions).   Thomas Piketty gave this arrangement a name. In his long history of political cleavages he describes the modern Western party system as a contest between two elites. On one side, the Merchant Right, the party of business, wealth and the high-income professional. On the other, what he calls the Brahmin Left, the party of the educated, the credentialed, the culturally confident. The right speaks for capital. The left speaks for the diploma. Between them, the person who holds neither significant capital nor a degree-based identity is left without a home.   The left looked away too”      

    See also
       
    - “Australia's two-party system 'already collapsed' with the rise of One Nation, analyst says”   https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-23/political-strategist-says-australian-two-party-system-is-gone/106704546   
    and
       
    - “From Caretakers to Combatants”   https://redbridgeintel.substack.com/p/from-caretakers-to-combatants   “The Age of the Combatant: How Every Side of Politics Is About to Be Remade”       

    This earlier article from the same source addressed this from a more historical context, although I consider the 2019 election more of a warning sign than the 2022:
       
    - “The Death of the Brahmin Left - The Vegemite version in Victoria”
       https://redbridgeintel.substack.com/p/the-death-of-the-brahmin-left-the   “...   The question for progressive politics, in Britain, in the United States, in Australia, is not whether to acknowledge this rupture. That argument is over. The question is whether the parties that bear the left’s historic name, and the industries that serve them, can reconstruct a politics and a practice relevant to the twenty-first century, or whether they will continue refining the Brahmin project for an educated minority while the communities they once represented find their political expression elsewhere.”   
  • “Is Masculinity Just a Performance? | The Lie of Modern Masculinity”   https://youtu.be/jeuj1Dd3gM8   Hmm - masculinity is a performance to provide proof for the patriarchy ... but the role can be changed, and has through history, as it has no biological basis    

 

My article(s) on SubStack:  


Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider: 

  • there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking” 
  • I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.

 

Gnwmythr 

teaching the "good" (balanced positive and spiritually mature) 
safe ways to counter the "bad" (
out of balance, spiritually immature) 

 

If you appreciated this post, please share it. I am now on SubStack, Patreon, 
and you can support me at PayPal (or PayPal Repeating Support Optionsor Ko-Fi 
Any and all support will be greatly appreciated, and will aid me in continuing this work
 

 

Remember: we generally need to be more human being rather than human doing, to mind our Mӕgan, and to acknowledge that all misgendering is an act of active transphobia/transmisia that 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 descriptor to 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. Typos 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/