Man who let deadly snakes bite him 200+ times could be key to new antivenom Scientists have developed a groundbreaking broad-spectrum antivenom using antibodies from a man in Wisconsin, Tim Friede , who endured over 200 venomous snake bites (and hundreds more self-injections) over nearly two decades unco.edu +15 smithsonianmag.com +15 washingtonpost.com +15 . From species such as king cobras, black mambas, and rattlesnakes, this extreme exposure triggered his immune system to produce rare, broadly reactive antibodies. Researchers at Columbia University (led by Peter Kwong) and Centivax (with Jacob Glanville) isolated two of these potent antibodies. When combined with the drug varespladib , the cocktail successfully protected mice against venom from 19 highly dangerous snakes , fully neutralizing 13 species and partially neutralizing the remaining six cen.acs.org +10 nature.com +10 wsj.com +10 . This represents a potential leap forward from today's antivenoms, which are typically...

Banks, squeezed by shrinking lending margins and struggling borrowers, are pivoting into a surprisingly old‑school role: landlords. With traditional mortgage revenue dwindling, institutions like Lloyds (UK), Commonwealth Bank Australia, and major U.S. players are quietly building and buying rental homes—blurring the lines between finance and real estate.  The trend, labelled “build‑to‑rent,” sees banks not just financing housing but owning it outright. Lloyds Banking Group plans to convert former offices into affordable rental homes through its Citra Living arm, aiming for thousands of units and investing hundreds of millions to support housing charities and local councils ft.com thetimes.co.uk . In Australia, Commonwealth Bank is exploring “land‑lease” loans for homes without land, helping young renters access property even amid high prices theaustralian.com.au . In the U.S., Wall Street giants like Blackstone, Invitation Homes, and AvalonBay have poured billions into single‑fam...

TBT REPORT: “$20 Million Price Tag of Chaos: LA's Immigration Unrest Wasn’t an Accident—It Was Engineered” Fringe conservative theorists argue that the nearly $20 million fallout from the Los Angeles immigration protests is not an accidental byproduct of poor leadership— it is a planned consequence of a long-running destabilization strategy . From this perspective, sanctuary city policies are not acts of compassion but tactical moves designed to saturate urban centers with undocumented populations, straining public services, exhausting law enforcement, and eroding the cultural and legal norms that hold communities together. These theorists believe that the refusal to enforce immigration laws isn’t about progressive values— it’s about collapsing national identity and paving the way for technocratic governance led by unaccountable global entities . In their view, the civil unrest, economic drain, and political fragmentation seen in L.A. serve a larger agenda: to replace sovereign, se...

 He is also pushing for a US-backed regime change in Iran. I would like to renominate Graham to get a one-way ticket to the frontlines of every war he wants America involved in. THE BRUTAL TRUTH JUNE 2025 The Brutal Truth Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976: Allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.

  Fast-Moving Brush Fire Triggers Evacuations in Maui as Powerful Winds Reignite Fears of Another Lahaina-Style Tragedy A brush fire, fanned by powerful gusts of up to 50 mph, exploded from a modest 20-acre ignition at about 10 a.m. Sunday to a massive 330–500 acre inferno in mere hours—prompting sudden evacuations of at least 50–105 residents from homes in Maui, Hawaii.

From a Fringe Reality perspective , the rarity of critical thinking and honest questioning in today’s society isn’t just a symptom of intellectual decline—it’s a result of deliberate engineering. This viewpoint holds that powerful institutions—government, media, academia, and tech conglomerates—have constructed a psychological architecture designed to suppress independent thought, manipulate consent, and program emotional responses. The purpose? Control. Not overtly with chains and guns, but subtly through information curation, digital echo chambers, and ideological conformity disguised as moral virtue. Education as Conditioning: Fringe theorists argue that modern education systems have shifted from teaching how to think to what to think. By standardizing testing, discouraging dissent, and pathologizing nonconformity (labeling critical children as "defiant" or "disruptive"), schools are said to mold obedience rather than curiosity. Historical events, philosophical ...

Are the British Along with Zelensky,  Planning a Staged Event?  Sources are saying that the British, with Zelensky, intend to use an old soviet missile to sink an American ship to blame Russia and instigate Article 5. I am hearing similar rumors about this in the Middle East by the Neocons to claim Iran attacked the United States. These Neocons are out of control. They cannot just order troops to fight as they were able to do under the Biden Administration. They tried to assassinate Trump as they did to JFK to wage the Vietnam War. As they say, live by the sword, you will die by the sword. From a Fringe Reality perspective , this theory posits that a covert network of neoconservatives, intelligence assets, and globalist allies—including elements within the British government and Ukrainian leadership—are orchestrating a false flag event designed to trigger Article 5 of the NATO treaty and drag the United States into a wider war with either Russia or Iran. Alleged Operation Bl...

Superflares are extreme bursts of magnetic energy observed on stars similar to our Sun—powerful enough to release up to 10,000 times more energy than the strongest solar flares. reddit.com +15 en.wikipedia.org +15 astronomy.com +15 The Unsettling Star Superflare Phenomenon Astronomers using NASA’s Kepler data and observations from telescopes like Seimei and XMM-Newton have documented superflares on solar-type and red-dwarf stars. One notable example is V1355 Orionis, which underwent a massive superflare triggered by a high-velocity prominence eruption that evolved into a coronal mass ejection techexplorist.com . Recent statistical studies show stars comparable to our Sun experience such violent events around once every 100 years alamy.com +15 space.com +15 mps.mpg.de +15 . Though rare on our Sun, superflares are nevertheless possible, with past extreme solar particle events linked to isotope spikes in tree rings—suggesting historical precedent for high-energy outbursts scientificam...

Man Suspected of Shooting 2 Minnesota Lawmakers Charged | Lakeland News The FBI and state authorities confirmed that Vance Luther Boelter, 57, was captured Sunday night in rural Sibley County, Minnesota, after a two-day manhunt following shootings that resulted in the deaths of former state House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and the wounding of Senator John Hoffman and his wife mprnews.org +15 reuters.com +15 nypost.com +15 . He now faces federal charges —including two counts of murder, stalking, and weapons offenses—as well as state-level charges of second-degree murder and attempted murder for the targeted killings and shootings of Democratic legislators and their spouses abcnews.go.com +2 people.com +2 en.wikipedia.org +2 . Prosecutors say he meticulously planned the attacks, using surveillance notes, a fake police uniform, a hyper-realistic silicone mask, and a target list of around 45 elected officials en.wikipedia.org +4 reuters.com +4 people.com +4 . Federal and...