โ˜ฆ It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. Proverbs 25:2

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Procession of Saint Demetrios in Thessaloniki ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท
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A man named Yeshua Ben David (literally: Jesus, Son of David) is running for Prime Minister of Israel with the Gan Eden (Garden of Eden) party. His proposals include rebuilding the Third Temple, serving as its high priest, and introducing the digital shekel. Probably nothingโ€ฆ
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โ€œAnd the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.โ€ Revelation 17:16
CJB - Samson Option: How Israel Plans to Blow Up the World youtu.be/3FaDhmRhgUg?si=a3liโ€ฆ
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ืชืงืจืื• ืืช ื”ื“ื‘ืจื™ื ื”ื—ืฉื•ื‘ื™ื ืฉืœ ื™ื•ื‘ืœ ื‘ืœื•ืžื‘ืจื’: ืžื“ื™ื ืช ื™ืฉืจืืœ ื ืžืฆืืช ื‘ืกื›ื ื” ืงื™ื•ืžื™ืช ืืžื™ืชื™ืช ื•ืžื•ื—ืฉื™ืช. ืื ื”ืื™ืจืื ื™ื ื™ืฉื™ื’ื• ื’ืจืขื™ืŸ, ืฉื•ื ื“ื‘ืจ ื›ื‘ืจ ืœื ื™ืฉื ื” ื™ื•ืชืจ. ื”ื›ืœ ื›ืœ ื›ืš ื˜ืคืœ ืืœ ืžื•ืœ ื”ืกื›ื ื” ื”ืงื™ื•ืžื™ืช ืฉืœ ืื™ืจืืŸ ื•ื”ืฆื™ืจ ื”ืฉื™ืขื™. ื”ืกืขืจื•ืช ื”ืžื‘ื•ื™ืžื•ืช ื•ื”ืžื•ืžืฆืื•ืช ื—ื“ืฉื•ืช ืœื‘ืงืจื™ื ื ื•ืขื“ื• ืœื”ืกื™ื˜ ืืช ืชืฉื•ืžืช ื”ืœื‘ ืžื”ื“ื‘ืจ ื”ืื—ื“ ืฉื”ื•ื ื”ื—ืฉื•ื‘ ื‘ื™ื•ืชืจ: ืกื™ื•ื ื”ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ื‘ืื™ืจืืŸ. ื–ื” ื ื•ื’ืข ื‘ืงื™ื•ื ื”ืคื™ื–ื™ ืฉืœ ื›ืœ ืื“ื ื•ืื“ื ื›ืืŸ. ื™ืฉ ืœื ื• ืขื•ื“ ืฉื ืชื™ื™ื ืฉืœ ื˜ืจืืžืค ืœืกื™ื™ื ืืช ื”ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ื‘ืื™ืจืืŸ, ื•ืื™ืŸ ืœื“ืขืช ืžื” ื™ื”ื™ื” ืœืื—ืจ ืžื›ืŸ, ืื ื–ื• ืชื”ื™ื” ืงืžืืœื” ื”ืืจื™ืก, ืื• ืชื•ืื ืžืืžื“ื ื™ ื›ืœืฉื”ื•. ื–ื” ื—ืœื•ืŸ ื”ื–ืžืŸ ืฉื ื•ืชืจ ืœื ื• ื›ื“ื™ ืœื”ืฉืœื™ื ืืช ื”ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ื”ื ื“ืจืฉืช ื›ื“ื™ ืœื”ื‘ื˜ื™ื— ืืช ื”ืงื™ื•ื ื”ืคื™ื–ื™ ืฉืœื ื• ืœืฉื ื™ื ื”ื‘ืื•ืช. ื›ืœ ืžืฉืื‘ื™ ื”ืžื“ื™ื ื” ื”ื ื“ืจืฉื™ื, ืฆืจื™ื›ื™ื ืœื”ื™ื•ืช ืžื•ืฉืงืขื™ื ื‘ืžืฉื™ืžื” ื”ื–ื•. ืงื˜ืืจ, ื—ืจื“ื™ื, ืื•ืจื™ืš, ื’ื™ื•ืก, ื”ืชืจืื•ืช. ื”ื›ืœ ืžืกืš ืขืฉืŸ ืขื ืงื™ ื›ื“ื™ ืœื”ืกืชื™ืจ ืืช ื”ื ื•ืฉื ื”ื™ื—ื™ื“ ืฉื ื™ืฆื‘ ืžืขืœ ื›ื•ืœื ื‘ืคืขืจ. ืื ื™ืคืœื• ื‘ืžืจื›ื– ื”ืืจืฅ ืฉืชื™ ืคืฆืฆื•ืช ืื˜ื•ื, ืืช ืžื™ ื™ืขื ื™ื™ื ื• ื›ืœ ืกืขืจื•ืช ื”ืกืจืง ื”ืืœื”? ื”ื“ื•ืจื•ืช ื”ื‘ืื™ื ืœื ื™ืกืœื—ื• ืœื ื• ืื ื ืคืกืคืก ืืช ื—ืœื•ืŸ ื”ื”ื–ื“ืžื ื•ื™ื•ืช ื”ื”ื™ืกื˜ื•ืจื™ ืฉืžืืคืฉืจ ืœื ื• ืœื ืกื•ืช ื•ืœื”ืฉืœื™ื ืืช ื”ืžืฉื™ืžื” ื”ืงืจื™ื˜ื™ืช ื‘ื™ื•ืชืจ ืฉืขื•ืžื“ืช ื‘ืคื ื™ ื”ื“ื•ืจ ืฉืœื ื•. ื–ื” ืœื ื™ืงืจื” ืขื ืจืืฉ ืžืžืฉืœื” ืฉืžื•ื—ื–ืง ื‘ืฆื•ื•ืืจื• ืขืœ ื™ื“ื™ ื”ืื—ื™ื ื”ืžื•ืกืœืžื™ื ื•ืกื™ื™ืขื ื™ ื”ื˜ืจื•ืจ. ื–ื” ืœื ื™ืงืจื” ืขื ืจืืฉ ืžืžืฉืœื” ืฉืœื ืžืกื•ื’ืœ ืœื”ืจื™ื ืืช ื”ื˜ืœืคื•ืŸ ื•ืœื ื”ืœ ืฉื™ื—ื” ืื™ื ื˜ื™ืžื™ืช ืจืฆื™ืคื” ืขื ื˜ืจืืžืค. ื–ื” ืœื ื™ืงืจื” ืขื ืจืืฉ ืžืžืฉืœื” ืฉืœื ืžืกื•ื’ืœ ืœืขืžื•ื“ ื‘ืœื—ืฅ ืฉืœ ืจืื™ื•ืŸ ื˜ืœื•ื™ื–ื™ื”. ื”ืฉื™ื ืื” ืœื ืชื ื™ื”ื•, ื›ื›ืœ ืฉื”ื™ื ืขื•ืœื ื•ืžืœื•ืื• ืขื‘ื•ืจ ืžื—ื ื” ืฉืœื, ืœื ืชืขื–ื•ืจ ืžื•ืœ ื”ื’ืจืขื™ืŸ ื”ืื™ืจืื ื™. ื›ืœ ืื—ื“ ืฉื“ื•ืื’ ืœืงื™ื•ื ื”ืคื™ื–ื™ ืฉืœื•, ืฉืœ ืžืฉืคื—ืชื•, ื•ืฉืœ ืื”ื•ื‘ื™ื•, ื™ื“ื• ืฆืจื™ื›ื” ืœืจืขื•ื“ ืœืคื ื™ ืฉื”ื•ื ื‘ื•ื—ืจ ื‘ืžื™ืฉื”ื• ืฉืœื ื™ื”ื™ื” ืžืกื•ื’ืœ ืœื”ืฉืœื™ื ืืช ื”ืžืฉื™ืžื”, ื•ื‘ื›ืš ืœื“ื•ืŸ ืืช ืขืฆืžื• ื•ืืช ืžืฉืคื—ืชื• ืœืกื›ื ื” ืฉืœ ืฉื•ืื” ืฉื ื™ื”, ื‘ื’ืœืœ ื”ืฉื™ื ืื” ื”ืคื•ืœื™ื˜ื™ืช ืฉืœื• ืื• ื‘ื’ืœืœ ืกืขืจืช ื“ืžื” ืžื˜ื•ืคืฉืช ื•ื—ืกืจืช ื—ืฉื™ื‘ื•ืช.
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ื ืชื ื™ื”ื• ืืžืจ ื‘ืงื•ืœื• ืฉืื™ืจืืŸ ื›ื‘ืจ ืœื ืื™ื•ื ืงื™ื•ืžื™ ื•ืฉื”ื ืฆื—ื•ืŸ ืขืœื™ื” ื™ืขืžื•ื“ ืœื“ื•ืจื•ืช x.com/IsraeliPM/statโ€ฆ x.com/IsraeliPM_heb/โ€ฆ
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"Put a city into your brain," but also, "Cities are psychedelic pharmakon"
NEW - EPFL neurotech lab in Switzerland develops "LogSync," an implantable brain chip that measures how different parts of the brain communicate with each other, then uses that data to decide when and how to trigger electrical stimulation to treat mood and anxiety disorders.
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Solovetsky Monastery on the White Sea Solovetsky Islands, transformed by the Soviet government into the Solovetsky Special Purpose Camp (SLON) in 1923, prototype and "mother" of the nationwide Gulag system
โ€œWeโ€™ve entered a global digital prisonโ€โ€”Metropolis of Corfu lecture on digital totalitarianism orthochristian.com/181060.htโ€ฆ The monastic and author spoke on the evening of Wednesday, October 21, at the Spiritual Center of the Holy Metropolis of Corfu. His talk opened the lectures of the local Churchโ€™s Free University, with digital totalitarianism and the freedom of the human person as the first topic.
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Thanks to @pseudodeucalion for informing me that The Universe As Symbols and Signs is back in print! stmpress.com/products/the-unโ€ฆ
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Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: Revelation 18:9-10
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The upshot of Peter Thiel's fourth Nashville Antichrist lecture, "The New Rome": the United States is the new Rome, but as a katechontic force, it runs the risk of flipping into something antichristic. Rome, he argues, lies somewhere in the morally ambiguous middleโ€”in Biblical terms, neither Babylon nor the New Jerusalem.* The investor charts a trajectory from Rome to the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium) to the Holy Roman Empire. After Napoleon (who, as Thiel has noted, was likened to the Antichrist in his time) brought down the HRE, things get muddier. He lays out what he believes to be the three key elements of a New Rome: It must be a military superpower (citing Daniel 2:40, in which King Nebuchadnezzar dreams of a kingdom "as strong as iron"); it must be a financial superpower that monitors and controls payments (citing the apocalyptic Revelations 13:17); and it must be an ideological or religious superpower that wins hearts and minds (citing Matthew 24:24, which reads, "For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.") "I don't like Russia" as a candidate for the New Rome following the (much earlier) fall of Constantinople, Thiel says, arguing that the country's trajectory after the Bolshevik takeover raises a question that is difficult to answer. Thiel says he can't look into Vladimir Putin's heart to see if he's more of a Christian or more of an ex-KGB agent (while God alone knows, "I have my suspicions"); at any rate, in Thiel's judgment, a New Rome, as something katechontic that can become antichristic, would need to be more powerful than Russia. Back to the 18th/19th century: Thiel hits the War of Spanish Succession, describing it as the last effort to create a Catholic superpower (and quoting Robert Southey's 1796 "The Battle of Blenheim"). The next best candidate for the New Rome, he argues, was Great Britain. Although the British were, in his judgment, somewhat scared of Thomas Hobbes, they adopted the naval power that his image of the stateโ€”"the Leviathan"โ€”may evoke. In Thiel's lecture, Alfred Lord Tennyson's 1842 "Locksley Hall"โ€”among other things, a prophecy of "the federation of the world"โ€”unites the Brits with their successors, the Americans, through a dream of world empire. (President Harry Truman carried it around in his pocket.) The investor lists various ways the United States has self-consciously imitated Rome, from the Latin pseudonyms adopted by the Founders in the Federalist Papers to the appearance of George Washington, like Caesar Augustus before him, on currency. The United States, Thiel argues, may be the one truly sovereign country, with the president as something like mayor of the United States and dictator of the rest of the world. Five Eyes/ECHELON, the SWIFT payment system, and the dollar's reserve currency status all bolster its power. Thiel argues that the United States' high level of violence, at least relative to other developed countries, is part of a package deal. (A slide, "We police ourselves as violently as the rest of the world," shows what an outlier the U.S. is with respect to the death penalty, including Russia.) Thiel contends that Americans "haven't totally neutered ourselves" and abdicated their katchecontic responsibilities. *William Blake's Biblical image for England, adopted as its anthem, and distinct from the Sermon on the Mount's "city on a hill."
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Some very relevant $PLTR articles and videos on Palantir's decision to support Israel๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ: Alex Karp, the CEO of Palantir, says he learns about a foiled terrorist attack in Europe almost every week. He added: "I believe that if those terror attacks had happened, you'd have a very different political reality, and that is super motivational." businessinsider.com/palantirโ€ฆ ------------------------------------------------------- 2020 @nytimes article: Karp said from a young age that his background made him vulnerable (His father is Jewish; his mother is African-American): โ€œYouโ€™re a racially amorphous, far-left Jewish kid whoโ€™s also dyslexic โ€” would you not come up with the idea that youโ€™re [expletive]?โ€ Karp said: If the far right came to power, he would certainly be among its victims: โ€œWhoโ€™s the first person who is going to get hung? You make a list, and I will show you who they get first. Itโ€™s me. Thereโ€™s not a box I donโ€™t check.โ€ His fear, he said, โ€œpropels a lot of the decisions for this company.โ€ nytimes.com/interactive/2020โ€ฆ ------------------------------------------------------- In Karp's interview at the World Economic Forum, he said that Palantir Gotham singlehandedly "stopped the rise of the far right in Europe." Pray for #Israel ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
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