You have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel your underlying contempt.

—Martin Luther King, Jr.

TYT’s The Conversation Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson goes in depth about her campaign and the Democratic primary process. Cenk Uygur host of The Conversation, breaks it down. MORE TYT: https://tyt.com/trial

OCTOBER 17TH JON CHRISTIAN FILED UNDER: FUTURE SOCIETY (futurism.com)

Rosary’s Baby

The Catholic Church has a new idea to promote religion in the age of smartphones: a $109 electronic rosary bracelet that guides users through traditional prayers.

“Aimed at the peripheral frontiers of the digital world where the young people dwell, the Click To Pray eRosary serves as a technology-based teaching tool to help young people pray the Rosary for peace and to contemplate the Gospel,” reads a press release that almost sounds like a joke but probably isn’t. “The project brings together the best of the Church’s spiritual tradition and the latest advances of the technological world.”

Like A Prayer

Users activate the gadget, which comes in a box shaped like the Bible, by making the sign of the cross. The device connects via Bluetooth to a free app that collects Fitbit-style analytics on how often believers have been praying.

A Vatican group called the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network created the eRosary, but it’s not clear whether the gimmicky gadget enjoys support among the highest levels of the Catholic Church — at press time, the Twitter-happy Pope Francis had yet to post about the project.

READ MORE: Vatican launches $110 ‘click to pray’ wearable rosary [Engadget]

More on religion: Professor: Belief in Aliens Could Replace Traditional Religion

Reuters • October 16, 2019 

Paris zoo showcases mysterious new organism, the ‘blob’

PARIS (Reuters) – A Paris zoo showcased a mysterious new organism on Wednesday, dubbed the “blob”, a yellowish unicellular small living being which looks like a fungus but acts like an animal.

This newest exhibit of the Paris Zoological Park, which goes on display to the public on Saturday, has no mouth, no stomach, no eyes, yet it can detect food and digest it.

The blob also has almost 720 sexes, can move without legs or wings and heals itself in two minutes if cut in half.

“The blob is a living being which belongs to one of nature’s mysteries”, said Bruno David, director of the Paris Museum of Natural History, of which the Zoological Park is part.

“It surprises us because it has no brain but is able to learn (…) and if you merge two blobs, the one that has learned will transmit its knowledge to the other,” David added.

The blob was named after a 1958 science-fiction horror B-movie, starring a young Steve McQueen, in which an alien life form – The Blob – consumes everything in its path in a small Pennsylvania town.

“We know for sure it is not a plant but we don’t really if it’s an animal or a fungus,” said David.

“It behaves very surprisingly for something that looks like a mushroom (…) it has the behavior of an animal, it is able to learn.”

(Reporting by Thierry Chiarello and Kathryn Carlson; Writing bu Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by Nick Macfie)

(Submitted by Janet Cornwell, H.W., m.)

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“The Universe agrees with a made-up mind.”

–Aida Rodriguez

Aida Rodriguez (born August 29, 1977) is an American comedian of Puerto Rican/Dominican descent who is best known as an outspoken commentator on TYT and for her appearance as a contestant on the eighth season of Last Comic Standing. She is also an actress, producer and writer. Wikipedia

Spreading XR’s message across India

12-13 OCT | India (rebellion.earth)

On Saturday, 50 rebels took to the streets of Odisha’s capital city, Bhubaneswar. A die-in was followed by a moment of silence to pay tribute to all fellow activists who have been arrested. Attendees signed a letter to the Chief Minister of the State of Odisha calling for immediate action to address the climate and ecological emergency.

At the weekend, XR Guwahati was at the ‘The Big Burp’ – the city’s first food and music festival. Their stall provided information on the ecological crisis and invited visitors to sign up for future actions. On the second day, group members took to the stage to address the crowd, accompanied by an XR video on the big screen. This fantastic opportunity was in part due to the XR group including members of local band Rain In Sahara.

Libra | Sept. 23 to Oct. 22

Just when things seem to be going your way, you’ll be forced to get out of bed this week.

Scorpio | Oct. 23 to Nov. 21

Nobody knows your sweet old Jeremiah as well as you do, except maybe for his secret second wife, their three grown children, and several high-ranking officers at the CIA.

Sagittarius | Nov. 22 to Dec. 21

The stars foresee a great deal of wealth and success in your future, though it’s mostly just to keep themselves entertained.

Capricorn | Dec. 22 to Jan. 19

Were it officially sanctioned, judged by an impartial panel, and taking place somewhere other than your kitchen late at night, you’d pretty much shatter all existing hot dog eating records.

Aquarius | Jan. 20 to Feb. 18

Turns out all those sandwiches weren’t named after you, and that “Turkey With Swiss On Rye” is a rather unusual first name.

Pisces | Feb. 19 to March 20

By the end of the week, you’ll know more about dental prostheses than you ever thought possible.

Aries | March 21 to April 19

Once the laughter dies down, the party favors are put away, and the monkeys led back inside their cages, you’ll finally be given a chance to explain your side of the story.

Taurus | April 20 to May 20

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out what’s been wrong with you lately. That, sadly enough, takes three rocket scientists.

Gemini | May 21 to June 20

There’s nothing a woman remembers more vividly and completely than her very own wedding day, which for you means going straight to Plan B.

Cancer | June 21 to July 22

All of your boy scout training will come in handy this week when you’re forced to fight off three grown men inside a darkened tent.

Leo | July 23 to Aug. 22

Take a moment this week to reflect on the fleeting nature of love, loss, and life itself. This should give the stars enough time to deal with some actual, important shit for once.

Virgo | Aug. 23 to Sept. 22

Nothing will be what it seems this week, especially breakfast sausages.

Combatting Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best-selling Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults

by Steven Hassan (Goodreads Author), Margaret Thaler Singer (Foreword by) 

A former cult member, now a counselor helping those affected by destructive cults, Hassan exposes the troubling facts about cults’ recruitment, their use of psychological manipulation, and their often subtle influence on government, the legal system, and society as a whole. 

This updated paperback edition includes a new preface by the author and an expanded bibliography and resource list. 

(Goodreads.com)