"I was delighted to learn, via Hans Schantz’s Podcast: Sir Francis Bacon – Father of Scientism?, of the paper “The New Universal Church” by the late French mathematician Alexander Grothendieck.

"The Church Grothendieck identifies is scientism, which is indeed universal among elites the world over. As a religion, scientism has its own founding myths (used in the old and not new meaning of the word). Grothendieck counts six and steps through each. My favorites, for I think two are the same, explain how we devolved into an expertocracy as our form of government."

https://open.substack.com/pub/wmbriggs/p/on-the-myths-of-scientism?r=lp6h7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

🗓  On September 15, 1916, the first ever use of tanks in combat took place.

Tanks were used by the British during the Battle of the Somme: a large-scale offensive against German troops in the First World War.

49 armored vehicles of the Mk.I model were involved in the tank attack. However, due to low technical characteristics, only 18 combat vehicles participated in the battle, the rest failed because of malfunctions or got stuck in a swamp. Nevertheless, the tanks participating in the battle were able to advance 5 km deep into the defense in 5 hours. The first line of German defense was taken almost without loss due to the psychological effect: many Germans, who had never seen anything like this before, threw down their weapons in a panic and fled.

By morning, the fuel supply in the tanks began to come to an end, the crews were forced to stop the attack and return to base. The offensive on this, in fact, ended, and the losses of the British were 20 times less than usual.

Baby ducklings make their first jump.

BREAKING: Kash Patel just CONFIRMED that police are currently targeting the left-wing NGO FUNDERS of political violence. This is massively overdue.

"We follow the money. Whether it's terrorism or attacks based on ideology or attacks on institutions of faith or people of faith, someone is paying for it...We are reverse engineering to hold those accountable in our investigations to who funded them."

This was Charlie's last wish to Stephen Miller. Make it happen.

Eric Daugherty

Geomagnetic storms Now and future forecast.

#weather #storm #magneticstorm #geomagneticstorm #sun #sunactivity

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🇮🇱 Israeli snipers admit to intentionally shooting starving children in large numbers as they try to get food - Israeli Haaretz

A sniper in the Nahal Brigade said, “Every day we have the same mission: to secure the humanitarian aid in the north of the Strip.” Those waiting for aid try to move forward to get a good spot in line, but there is a boundary in front of them that they can’t see. “A line that if they cross, I can shoot them,” Beni explains. “It’s like a game of cat and mouse. They try to come each time from a different route, and I’m there with the sniper rifle, and the officers yell at me, ‘Take them down, take them down.’ I fire 50–60 bullets every day. I stopped counting Xs. I have no idea how many I’ve killed, a lot. Children.”

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Holbean dagger, Switzerland, dated 1563.

A Map of all Norman Conquests
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NEW - EU Commission now admits that the COVID mRNA injections were released for use in humans without "complete" safety data.

@disclosetv

A ton of work has gone into the Dollar Lake Fire in the Bridger Teton National Forest since it last looked like this. Acreage has increased slightly to 19,487 acres and is now 63% contained. A myriad of actions are still being taken on the fire, including launching UAS and helicopter missions to monitor fire activity in the wilderness, line construction in the wilderness, dozer line rehab, chipping, road rehab and more.

The fire received light precip and fire behavior has decreased with cooler temps. The current management team is evaluating suppression actions on the remaining active edge while considering exposure risks to resources. Thanks to the subscriber who shared this view of the extreme fire activity on the Dollar Lake Fire in its initial stages.

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☕️DISSING UNITY ☙ Tuesday, September 16, 2025 ☙ C&C NEWS🦠

Charlie Kirk fundraising shatters the scales and C&C launches its own multiplier— sending a clear message of resolution and unity. That, plus more good news, in today's roundup.

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/dissing-unity-tuesday-september-16

Forget Pi Day. Pythagoras Day is my new favorite holiday.

What if rivers turned into trees? (3/24) I present to you the Danube Linden, Tilia Danubius [OC]
https://redd.it/1nd8ie3
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