TIMES, TIME, AND HALF A TIME. A HISTORY OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM.

Comments on a cultural reality between past and future.

This blog describes Metatime in the Posthuman experience, drawn from Sir Isaac Newton's secret work on the future end of times, a tract in which he described Histories of Things to Come. His hidden papers on the occult were auctioned to two private buyers in 1936 at Sotheby's, but were not available for public research until the 1990s.



Monday, January 27, 2020

Coronavirus Roundup: The Struggle to Control the Narrative Begins


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Here is the coronavirus roundup for today, mainly from medical sources and reports on evacuations. It is very difficult to pinpoint exact information, and so conclusions and discussions - whether formal and informed or not - vary wildly. There are indications that the Chinese government has not fully disclosed the extent of the outbreak; or perhaps they do not know. People on Chinese social media criticize the government, while the government strives to control the narrative. Meanwhile, the usual suspects are at work in western countries, and are using this issue as an excuse to crack down further on the alt-media and social media and to eradicate any rogue narratives.

Initial medical studies - based on very limited, preliminary information - are not encouraging and are also conflicting. A commenter from Reddit wrote today:
"The Lancet study of the first 41 patients paints a shocking picture: They were all 'stable' for 10.5 days on average before suddenly needing to go on respirators and 6 of them dying even more days after that."
Links:
  • Map; another map; numbers tracking
  • Chinese government press conference (28 January 2020)
  • Assessment in Viruses (2020, 12, 135, doi:10.3390/v12020135) published 24 January 2020: Makes no mention of the Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory, despite acknowledging that some infected people had no contact with the seafood market
  • CBC (27 January 2020): Online claims that Chinese scientists stole coronavirus from Winnipeg lab have 'no factual basis': A CBC News report was distorted to create conspiracy theory circulating online
  • Business Insider (27 January 2020): A new report indicates that the deadly Chinese coronavirus may not actually have originated at a wet market in Wuhan
  • CCN (27 January 2020): Scientists Pinpoint 2 Causes Behind China’s Deadly Coronavirus – They’re Both Shocking: two possible causes are consumption of bats and snakes; or a release from the Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory
  • Washington Times (27 January 2020): China silent amid growing doubts over coronavirus origins
  • WHO statement (23 January 2020); WHO assessment (26 January 2020); WHO statement (27 January 2020)
  • US CDC coronavirus main page; summary page
  • Public Health Agency of Canada coronavirus main page; press meeting 27 January 2020
  • Taiwan Daily (25 January 2020; hat tip: Natural News) reports on a Lancet study (The Lancet (24 January 2020): A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster; DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30154-9), published by Hong Kong and Chinese researchers, based on a tiny family sample of 5: 15% mortality rate from this virus (!); it features person-to-person transmission; transmission possible by asymptomatic infected individuals: 83% (!) of those exposed are infected; 3-6 day incubation period; another article states that those who are infected and survive suffer permanent heart injury
  • The Lancet (24 January 2020): Emerging understandings of 2019-nCoV; DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30186-0
  • The Lancet (24 January 2020): A novel coronavirus outbreak of global health concern; DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30185-9
  • The Lancet (24 January 2020): Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China; DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30183-5
  • The Lancet (24 January 2020): Data sharing and outbreaks: best practice exemplified; DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30184-7
  • Nature warned in 2017 (Nature 542, 399–400 (23 February 2017) doi:10.1038/nature.2017.21487) that a bioweapon could escape from the BSL-4 lab facility in Wuhan
  • Science (24 January 2020): Policy for reviewing risky virus experiments under reconsideration
  • Natural News (26 January 2020): Speculation that the seafood market origin of the coronavirus is a cover story
  • Bloomberg (26 January 2020): China Names HIV Drugs in Treatment Plan for New Virus
  • NYT (26 January 2020): France to Repatriate Citizens From Wuhan as Virus Spreads
  • ABC News (27 January 2020): US to evacuate consulate staff from Wuhan to San Francisco amid coronavirus outbreak
  • The Guardian (27 January 2020): Britons in Wuhan decry ‘pathetic’ UK government coronavirus advice; see also: The Independent
  • National Post (27 January 2020): First Canadian coronavirus case officially confirmed, second is presumptive, 19 people under investigation
  • Reports on evacuations of: New Zealanders in Wuhan; Australians; Germans; Indians; Italians; Japanese; Dutch nationals; Russians; South Koreans; almost 5,000 students from 12 African countries (students who leave now may lose their degrees)
  • The Star (27 January 2020): Canada is exploring whether to evacuate citizens from coronavirus quarantine in China
  • American Action Forum (24 January 2020): The Economics of Pandemics
  • FluTrackers.com: Pandemic Discussion Forum; topics include: Operating a Small Business in a Disaster; Ethical Considerations in a Pandemic; Economics in a Pandemic

New paper wrt transmission (not peer reviewed; BioRxiv- Posted January 26, 2020) from r/China_Flu

Disparity between China cases and International Cases from r/China_Flu

Resources to stay up to date on the 2019-nCoV outbreak from r/China_Flu

Early estimation of epidemiological parameters and epidemic predictions | R0 of 3.8, and 94.9% of cases are unidentified, travel restrictions in Wuhan likely ineffective | 24JAN20 from r/nCoV

Wife of Canada's first coronavirus patient tests positive, 19 under investigation from r/nCoV

nCoV vaccine prognosis | 27JAN20 from r/nCoV

Russian scientists in Novosibirsk's VECTOR developing two novel coronavirus vaccines from r/China_Flu

A glimmer in the distance. Monday morning 9 AM EST | (27JAN20) from r/nCoV

Chart 1: Case/Deaths by country | Chart 2: Cases by Country| Updated: 26JAN20@UTD11:15 from r/nCoV

WHO advice on home care for mild cases from r/nCoV

Asymptomatic man infects 14 medics with coronavirus. They are calling him "超级传播者" (Super-spreader), he took more than 15 days to start feeling symptoms, even though he was able to infect the doctors and nurses. from r/nCoV


Villagers close roads and guard with knives and spears in rural areas. Desperate measures in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (Source and gallery in comments) from r/nCoV








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Wuhan Coronavirus Hospital Construction Livecam


Live: View of construction site of Wuhan's novel coronavirus hospitals武汉火神山、雷神山医院施工现场 (live from 27 January 2020). Video Source: Youtube. Updated here.


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Sunday, January 26, 2020

Coronavirus Stories: Thermonuclear Pandemic Level Bad



Regarding the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, the following information is circulating, according to tweets and videos reproduced here. Bear in mind that some may be disinformation, faked or staged information, or wrong information; also bear in mind that it took approximately six weeks from Patient Zero's case in Wuhan to explode into an epidemic. First cases are now appearing in the USA and Canada:

Contagion (2011) Official Exclusive 1080p HD Trailer (13 July 2011). Video Source: Youtube.

Plague Inc: Evolved Official Launch Trailer (20 February 2014). Video Source: Youtube.

Trailer for Netflix Docuseries "Pandemic" (22 January 2020). Video Source: Youtube.

Hol up from r/CoronavirusMemes

恭喜發財 from r/CoronavirusMemes

Home of umbrella. from r/CoronavirusMemes

I’m worried. Send help from r/CoronavirusMemes





















Dr. Liang Wudong, a surgeon who was treating patients in Wuhan, become the first doctor to die from the new Coronavirus at Hubei Xinhua Hospital. A reminder that while everyone else is trying to avoid it, frontline medical staff are risking their lives to cure it and help others. from r/China_Flu

Asymptomatic man infects 14 medics with coronavirus. They are calling him "超级传播者" (Super-spreader), he took more than 15 days to start feeling symptoms, even though he was able to infect the doctors and nurses. from r/Coronavirus

Doctor speaking on conditions in a Huanggang hospital (Southeast of Wuhan) (24 January 2020). Video Source: Youtube.

MUST WATCH! CHINESE NURSE REVEALS THE TRUTH SITUATION ABOUT CORONA VIRUS OUTBREAK (25 January 2020). Video Source: Youtube.

[ENG SUB] Wuhan Coronavirus: Doctor confirms over 100,000 infected. (24 January 2020). Video Source: Youtube.

Inside Wuhan: Daily life in China's coronavirus quarantine zone (26 January 2020). Video Source: Youtube.

[Wuhan Coronavirus] Wuhan citizen seeking help from the world (25 January 2020). Video Source: Youtube.

Coronavirus spreads before symptoms show (China/Global) - BBC News - 26th January 2020 (26 January 2020). Video Source: Youtube.

BILDERBERGER Ted Turner Supports Population Reduction To 2 Billion (2 June 2012). Video Source: Youtube.

Event 201 Pandemic Exercise: Highlights Reel (4 November 2019). Video Source: Youtube.

Caption for the above video: "Selected moments from the Event 201 pandemic tabletop exercise hosted by The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on October 18, 2019, in New York, NY. The exercise illustrated the pandemic preparedness efforts needed to diminish the large-scale economic and societal consequences of a severe pandemic. Drawing from actual events, Event 201 identifies important policy issues and preparedness challenges that could be solved with sufficient political will and attention. These issues were designed in a narrative to engage and educate the participants and the audience. [pandemic prep exercise, 18 October 2019, October 2019, New York City, New York, USA]."

Did Bill Gates & World Economic Forum Predict Coronavirus Outbreak? An Inside Look May Shock You! (25 January 2020). Video Source: Youtube.


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Friday, January 24, 2020

Wuhan: Leaks and Speculation


Day 1 In Real Resident Evil City Video Leaks-Wuhan-People Fell Down,Doctor Broke Down.Heart Breaking (). Video Source: Youtube.

As the coronavirus spreads from China to other countries through airports, speculation about the origins of the virus proceeds apace. Leaked phone videos are filtering out of Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, the locked-down epicentre, which suggest that the outbreak is much worse than the Chinese government is admitting. Twitter commenters, who are poring over videos, are convinced that the outbreak has also been going on for longer than the stated start date of 12 December 2019:
"This is no pneumonia. They had a breach of a bioweapons facility. Hemorrhagic fever on the loose. Think Ebola type shit and other pathogens. Look at the blood."
And:
"It looks like he coughed up blood. we've been seeing videos of this happening to chinese people for months now... just how long has the virus actually been around?"
Some trolls and Anons distrust any media coming out of China, and assume that even leaks are intentional and government-vetted. It is difficult to tell who made these videos, because real leakers would have to obscure their identities and source origin to get past the electronic Chinese firewall.




The most concerning of these leaked videos is that of a doctor who breaks down on the telephone to superiors or colleagues at another hospital in the city. He repeatedly yells: "What did you guys do?" He accuses them of not accepting enough patients.



Image Source: Twitter.

Internet conspiracy theorists are convinced that Wuhan is the site of a bioweapons research lab, the National Biosafety Laboratory, which opened in 2017. This comes via gossip that there are people in Wuhan who work there and are telling loved ones abroad about their work.


In the footage above, notice the blood around the collapsed man's head. Trolls and Anons believe that this disease is a manmade virus that was accidentally or deliberately released. Conspiracists are digging through records of patents and vaccines and are examining suspicious film scenes, which they believe show predictive programming. They are placing into this context past comments from notable figures such as Prince Philip, who said in 1988:
"In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, to contribute something to solving overpopulation." 
The main investigation of this type is being undertaken by someone with the Twitter handle, OctoberReignz, who joined Twitter in October 2019.




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Thursday, January 23, 2020

A Journal of the Plague Year



For today, hear the full audiobook of Daniel Defoe's (1660-1731) novel account of the plague in London in 1665, A Journal of the Plague Year. It was first published in 1722. Although medical standards have changed, people's psychology has not. The book reveals how people react to a full-blown epidemic.


A Journal of the Plague Year Part 1 a Tale of Black Death, Real Life Horror Audiobook (27 July 2014). Video Source: Youtube.

A Journal of the Plague Year Part 2 a Tale of Black Death, Real Life Horror Audiobook mp4 (27 July 2014). Video Source: Youtube.


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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

A New Moon and an Old Omen


Image Source: Straits Times.

There is a new moon in Aquarius on Friday 24 January 2020 (4:42 p.m. Eastern; 9:42 p.m. UTC). Astrologers expect a purge of what has been stagnant or stuck, a jackhammering of old deals and agreements, followed by disruptive, shocking, crazy changes, and a subsequent, exhausted recovery through recognition of suppressed truths. After that, there will be a series of brand new developments in completely uncharted territory. Venus is extremely bright in the southwestern night sky and will have a rare conjunction with Neptune.

Image Source: Chinese New Year.

The tone is echoed by the MSM: this is - could be - the calm before the storm. On 25 January, much of Asia, and Asians abroad, will mark the lunar New Year of the Rat, already overshadowed by its potential for a sparking a coronavirus pandemic.

The conspiracy theories about the virus began to swirl yesterday, when Green Pill Youtuber Jordan Sather found a 2015 coronavirus patent.














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Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Dead and Alive in Time


THE HAUNTED ABANDONED MANSION (SOMETHING GOT THROWN AND SCREAMS IN THE BASEMENT) (31 December 2019). Video Source: Youtube.

For today, see two videos. One is an urbex exploration of a reputedly haunted French château. The incredible workmanship, tiles, wood carving, wallpaper, lamps, fireplaces, the lead paint, and the marble work are a reminder that material wealth is no protection against the waste of ages. Even in our brief lives, or across a few paltry generations, placing faith in materialism it is like holding up an umbrella against a hurricane of time.

Image Source: Bloomberg.

The irony is that in previous eras, people were generally more religious. However, the apex of their world view was plainly defined by solid, physical expressions of wealth to anchor themselves in time. A glance tells us that this is the tragic, beautiful esthetic of the dead, a set of choices no longer available to most of us and sadly no longer relevant. Material immobility entraps us in a dead past. Those who still cling to materialism in this old sense use it to construct their social personae; they are deceived if they think that this will help them survive.

Noah takes a photo of himself every day for 20 years (11 January 2020). 7263 days. Video Source: Youtube.

By contrast, the second video is the monumental output of Noah Kalina, entitled Everyday. I have covered Kalina's work previously here and here. Kalina has photographed himself daily for the past twenty years. Kalina achieves a dynamic permanence in virtual reality. The two videos show the tremendous jump in values and perspectives between the 20th and 21st centuries. 21st century cameras and computers propelled the 20th century's monumental, immovable, time-anchored objects into the virtual sphere, and rendered everything that was once tied down by wealth and authority into evolving, shifting phenomena.

Kalina started his project on 11 January 2000, before the launch of Youtube, yet the project was tailor-made for a Youtube space. Younger Youtubers were unsettled by the video. Some were born after 2000 and they thought that Kalina looks depressed and old.

I see in his valiant effort a distinction between the fragile person with dark circles under his eyes, who physically ages, and the eternal self. There are glimpses of personal habits which gave Kalina temporary comfort, stability and security - a beard, a favourite shirt, a girlfriend or wife, an apartment - but these inevitably fall away. What gives him real security and permanence is the Everyday project, in which, regardless of what was happening, he repeated the same activity every day to create a vision of a higher purpose.

Image Source: Spirituality and Health.

In the video, Kalina looks like a superhero flying through, and transcending, the decades. He remains the central figure, his work provides a subtle message about the positive implications (and applications) of technology for those who will follow after him. He is planting a seed of understanding and wisdom.

Image Source: pinterest.

It is an unusual and admirable artistic statement, to capture through photographs and the Youtube mirror the unchanging true self, moving in time, which is continually clinging to, and divesting itself of, its transitory ego-masks and all its props and crutches.

Image Source: AZ Quotes.

Image Source: Verywell Mind.


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