"Of course the really scary thing about suicide showers is that they combine that lethal combination of water and electricity. They need a lot of power in order to work and so are wired straight into the mains; you know they are working because when you turn on the water all the lights go dim. Being South America you can buy one of these things in any hardware store and simply wire it up yourself using a few bits of insulation tape. Some of the bodge jobs I’ve seen have been truly terrifying, like you really feel you are taking your life in your hands. Do I really want to be clean that much? Sometimes when you turn the water up too quickly, an electric blue flash comes out of the side of the shower head and you really feel - this is it. One of the guide books says that they are perfectly safe as long as you don’t fiddle with them and I have only ever experienced a mild shock off one, so this does seem to be true."

https://journals.worldnomads.com/will/story/1533/Argentina/The-Latin-American-Suicide-Shower

Wilson chamber to see the radioactive decay of uranium

Amidst the frigid expanse of the North Atlantic Ocean lies a land of fire and ice – Iceland.

This island nation sits right over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a divergent plate boundary that extends from the Arctic to the tropics.

Did you know? 🎓

Tourists at the Parthenon, Greece, 1860s

NEW - Garbage in, garbage out? Reddit and Wikipedia are the "top sources" for current AI models in 2025.

@disclosetv

Pornhub ban now covers more than a third of US states.

21 U.S. states have enacted age-verification laws prompting Pornhub to restrict access within their jurisdictions.
https://redd.it/1mnzaw0
@r_mapporn

👁️Holy Smokes... BQQMs are flying...
On the same day Trump federalizes Washington DC, stripping it of its sovereign corporate status under the Act of 1871, the Vatican is rocked by explosive allegations of a “skeleton key” money laundering scheme that could alter SWIFT transfers to erase financial trails...
The scheme gave the Holy See’s financial arm the ability to change sender or receiver details after transactions were sent, effectively wiping fingerprints from global money movements...
Such a capability would make the Vatican not just a passive player in corruption, but an active hub for covert capital flows, allowing dirty money to move through the heart of Christendom without a trace...
Two pillars of the Unholy Trinity... DC (military/political power) and the Vatican (religious/financial power)... get hit within hours, sending a clear message... the most protected power centers on Earth are no longer untouchable...
Only the City of London remains, and if the pattern holds, its turn is coming... all eyes on...
This isn’t random news, it’s a coordinated takedown of a centuries old control matrix, executed in plain sight...

Link: 🔗

~LH

Der Spiegel: During your career, you have kept your distance from Western style democracy. Are you still convinced that an authoritarian system is the future for Asia?

Lee Kuan Yew: Why should I be against democracy? The British came here, never gave me democracy, except when they were about to leave. But I cannot run my system based on their rules. I have to amend it to fit my people's position. In multiracial societies, you don't vote in accordance with your economic interests and social interests, you vote in accordance with race and religion. Supposing I'd run their system here, Malays would vote for Muslims, Indians would vote for Indians, Chinese would vote for Chinese. I would have a constant clash in my Parliament which cannot be resolved because the Chinese majority would always overrule them. So I found a formula that changes that."

www.spiegel.de (2005). Der Spiegel International - Interview with Singapore’s founder Lee Kuan Yew: ‘It’s Stupid to be Afraid’. Available at: https://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/spiegel-interview-with-singapore-s-lee-kuan-yew-it-s-stupid-to-be-afraid-a-369128.html.

From 1969!

The WHO has always been a terrorist organization.
https://gab.com/lightningstrikeshere/posts/114915179127273137