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Tuesday, February 11, 2025

February Report; Tipping Point

February Report; Tipping Point

By Dianna Cooper

Posted on February 11, 2025




Hallo Amazing Beings,

First the latest update following my free workshop on 13th January at the full moon, to boost your 6D ascension and enable our planet to reach the tipping point of 50% light.  As you may have heard the YouTube crashed at 1.11 minutes into the workshop due to an overload so I then recorded it and it went up on Youtube an hour or so later. So many of you wonderful lightworkers supported this effort that together we not only reached 51% but almost 52%!!!!!!

This is how my guide explained it. As a planet, while we were less than 50% light, we were in thrall to the dark.  As soon as we reached the golden ratio of 50%, those lower energies no longer had their claws into us.  We set ourselves free.  Situations and certain people can no longer control or influence us.  And now that we have been liberated, we will move more rapidly into the golden future.

On 22nd January, I was told that we can surpass 52% light if enough people continue to do the meditation on YouTube.  On the following day, Merlin and Metatron came in together to talk to me.  They said there has been a huge buzz of excitement in the spiritual realms and on Earth about this Energy shift.

AND the whole planet has now tipped into 52% – some parts of the world have reached 53% light.

The light coming in is now so bright it is accelerating the process of Earth’s Ascension to higher dimensions, as we become a multidimensional planet. As ever it is the task of those who hold bright light to shine it out so that others can see the way up the spiritual mountain.

This time now is of great importance to many light workers who have been working so hard for the planet and humanity.    A greater number than is realised were actually completing their final exams in this universe during this period. With the tipping point they passed their finals and can move onto a new and higher part of their journey when this incarnation is complete.

AND if enough of us concentrate our efforts, we can reach 55% light by Easter.  Then we really will be on the upswing.

On February 7th there is a long awaited and incredible moment.  Have you ever had a big idea, a vision, something amazing you wanted to create or achieve but never thought was possible?  I am not an astrologer, but I’m told that the North Node, Neptune and Saturn come together to impact us on February 7th – and under its influence, your incredible dream can become a reality. It can manifest. This is an extraordinary opportunity. Not only that but the roots of the idea that you plant at this time will grow strong and sturdy as an oak.  It is time to start planning and take action.

On February 12 is the full moon and it is the Snow Moon.  It is a time for purification. Archangel Gabriel is looking after this Moon. He is helping everyone to release what no longer serves and move to a higher frequency with a new clarity and joy.

Wherever there is snow Archangel Gabriel presides, people with joy, so remember to give thanks for everything that brings you joy. Enhance your delight in life as spring approaches.  I was asked to create a special Snow Moon meditation with Archangel Gabriel.  Do you look for it on my YouTube channel and in my newsletter.

Dianna Cooper


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Wednesday, January 1, 2025

2025, The Year of the Angels: The Heart Song of the Angels and Manifesting New Earth

2025, The Year of the Angels: The Heart Song of the Angels and Manifesting New Earth

By Archangel Michael  

Channel: Celia Fenn

Posted on January 2, 2025

 
 

 

Welcome to 2025 Beloved Souls!

This year will be the Year of the Angels, in which you will come into closer alignment with your Angelic families and also explore the power and beauty of your inner Human Angelic Template.

In the second half of 2024 you made huge leaps in consciousness, releasing the old and soaring upwards on the spirals of transformation to a level that we call Angelic Consciousness. This is a very fine and beautiful consciousness that celebrates love, creation and beauty. It is what we call “The Heart Song of the Angels”. In 2025 you will become One with this frequency of Joy and Miracles.

THE HEART SONG OF THE ANGELS

As we have said, the Heart Song is a frequency that you can hold and transmit from your own High Heart Chakra that is situated at the Thymus Gland above the Heart.

Its Light Code colours are are pale blue and gold and its sound codes are angelic music! Its dream codes are soft winds moving through fields of flower in the morning sunlight! Its energy is miracles and manifestation.

This frequency, from the Elohim Angels, creates the New Earth and transforms the old by activating the frequency of growth and beauty in Nature.

If you hold this frequency in your Heart and in your Being, you will become a channel for the energy of Renewal on Earth Wherever you go and wherever you are, that frequency will be activated.

You will BE the change
You will BE the renewal and the REBIRTH
You will BE the Wind in the Field of Flowers

ANGELIC SOUL CONNECTIONS

As you move into the Heart Song frequency, your heart will call to others of similar frequency to create and celebrate in Joy.

You will be drawn to those of your own Angelic families, and in doing so you will feel the initiation of new soul and group missions for the New Earth.

Your Galactic and Solar energies may be refocused into the new Angelic Light Codes that predominate in 2025. These will be Diamond and Opalescent Light Codes that shimmer with pure Angelic Light.

And you will experience a renewed sense of Who You Are and your connection to your Higher Angelic powers of Manifestation and Miracle creation on the Spirals of Light.

ANGELIC SOUL REUNIONS

Also part of the Angelic frequency in 2025 will be the Angelic Soul Reunions.

These are close and loving partnerships of souls brought together to facilitate the unfolding and manifestation of the New Earth.

They will be souls who have been drawn together because their love is multi-dimensional and is able to move through Time and Space and to embody the Angelic Heart Song Frequency.

To be able to come together successfully, they will need to be able to also hold the powerful forces of love and creation within their union and direct these energies into new creations for the New Earth.

THE HEART IS THE STILL POINT

With all these powerful forces on the move in 2025, the Heart remains the Still Point and the Balancing Point of Peace and Love on the spiral Path of Transformation and Creation.

The Path of the Pure Heart, as taught by Yeshua and Mary Magdalene, remains the Template for Holding and Flowing both the Galactic and Angelic frequencies, from the Golden Light of the Christ Consciousness to the Diamond and Opalescent frequencies of the Angelic Consciousness.

The Divine Feminine and the Divine Masculine pathways will provide the “container” or “Grail” chalice for holding these powerful energies within your Heart and within your life.

I AM the LOVE
I AM the JOY

I AM the GOLD and DIAMOND CHALICE of PURE LOVE

The LIGHT OF CREATION shines through me

The New Earth Awakens

WE ARE the LOVE
That shines in All Things
FLOWERS OF HEAVEN
In a field of Stars

Have a wonderful Year in 2025 Beloved Souls.


Celia Fenn


Monday, December 30, 2024

I Am We Are; Being the Love and Peace as 2025 Approaches

I Am We Are; Being the Love and Peace as 2025 Approaches

By Archangel Michael  

Channel: Celia Fenn

Posted on December 30, 2024

 
 

 

In the last few months, from August to November, you have been through huge upgrades in your Light Body and the Human Angel Template in your DNA. You have activated your Holographic transmission abilities and your Time Traveller awareness. Now it is time to rest up a little and just BE the Light of the World.

This means YOU ARE the Love and Peace of the New Earth in embodied form.

The Heart and the “Vertical Axis” and the necessity of Being Grounded

At this time you will need to be fully present in the NOW and aligned with your “Vertical Axis”. This is the alignment between Earth and Heaven within your Human Angel Template that includes all twelve chakras.

On the Material level these are the chakras below the Heart Chakra and includes also the Earth Star Chakra and the New Earth Chakra. On the Higher level this includes the chakras above the Heart including the High Heart and the Soul Star Chakra and the Solar and Galactic chakras.

When this alignment is active, it is necessary to be grounded and focussed in the NOW so as to keep your balance at all times.

Grounding practices can include being in Nature or at the Ocean. Walking in a Forest or a meadow or simply gardening at home. Or spending time with friends and family. Or undertaking simple practices like space clearing and decluttering at home.

Holding your Inner Light

As you move through December and into 2025, there will be many challenges as the chaos on the lower levels that affects the lives of many people. This comes in the form of extreme weather, social conflict and even wars.

Beloved Ones, you are here as illumined souls to hold the Light for the Collective Consciousness so that it may manifest within Humanity.

You are Light embodied.

That Light that you hold within your Heart and Soul can radiate and illuminate and lighten all the dark and heavy spaces in the Global consciousness. It can show many the way home to Higher Consciousness.

I AM
WE ARE
WE ARE ONE in Divine Love and Grace

What You can Do in the Month of December

Dearest Ones, we would suggest that in your daily meditations that you include a GRATITUDE practice, not only for yourself but also for the Planet. Be aware of deep gratitude for your Planetary Home and send it gratitude for the way in which it supports your life : air to breathe, water to drink and food to eat and whatever else you wish to include.

We suggest also a daily prayer of BLESSING or a Blessing practice in which you bless all living beings on Earth with Love and Compassion.

You can make this a brief prayer/blessing that you do at least 3 times a day, sending Love, Light and Blessings.

Beloveds, this is such a powerful practice!

And now, we ask that you let this Love, Light and Compassion move into the Collective Consciousness of the Planet, together with Forgiveness and Releasing. As you heal yourselves by becoming aware of trauma and mistaken beliefs, and then forgiving yourself and releasing negative energies, so this can also be achieved in the Collective. As you heal and transform, you empower the deep Collective to heal and transform.

You are One.

As you Heal you Empower Healing within the Collective.

And this is simply done by BEing Who You Are!

A Light to the World

I AM
WE ARE

ONE in the Love and Grace
Of Divine Love

Each one of You
Holding Space for Love, Peace and Beauty

Within Yourself
And on Earth.

BLESSED BE


Celia Fenn


Sunday, December 15, 2024

On The Myriad Of UFO Reports Across The Country

On The Myriad Of UFO Reports Across The Country

Sather's Substac

By Jordan Sather

December 14, 2024

Lots of activity in the skies these days - or at least that’s what it appears.

Numerous drones (or something of the sort) seen over New Jersey, photos taken over Boise, pilots witnessing craft over the Oregon Coast - the last few weeks has created many new skywatchers peering at mysterious sky objects, yet we can’t seem to get any straight answers about them from… anyone. That may be because no one has any real clue what’s going on, or there are multiple operations in play all kept hidden from each other - not to mention the hysteria has people thinking they’re seeing things they aren’t.

Let’s dive into the various aspects of this “UFOs EVERYWHERE1” scenario we’re seeing unfold, beginning with:

1) More Reports Doesn’t Necessarily Mean More Craft

Due to the viral nature of UFOs - not just in recent weeks but since the topic went “mainstream” back in 2017 - more people are looking at the skies in hopes of seeing something. This is leading to more reports in the news media and on social media, although more people saying “I saw something!” doesn’t necessarily mean there are more craft in our skies.

Say, for instance, you come across the model of a car for the first time that you’ve never noticed before. “Wow, I’ve never noticed that vehicle”. Then all of a sudden you see this vehicle all over the place. Are there actually more of them, or do you just notice them now that the awareness of the model has been planted in your consciousness?

Same goes for the objects in our skies. Are there really THAT many more? Or did folks just not notice all the sky craft the entire time? And are there really more object, or are people mistaking routine planes and satellites for UFOs? Let’s move onto that point:

2) Misconstrued Sightings and Clickbait (Non-UFOs Perceived As UFOs)

In people’s excitement, and possibly paranoia, they imagine they are seeing UFOs in the sky when they really aren’t. I’ve seen numerous, numerous, photos and videos going viral online that are either CGI, old videos, sauceless (evidence-less) claims (such a a purported Reddit post we will discuss later) and/or simply helicopters and planes being misconstrued for UFOs or drones. I’m not going to insert all the examples within this article as it would take up too much space, but I covered many viral clickbait posts from the last few days in my Rumble video linked at the beginning of this post.

’Tis the nature of social media influencers when clicks = cash and engagement = more followers. “Never let good clickbait go to waste.”

3) New Craft Testing (Conventional Propulsion)

OSINT intelligence analysts on social media (good ones, not the ignorant keyboard warrior experts) note that a company called Pivotal Aero just signed a contract with the Air Force a few months ago to test their new manned eVTOL platforms. eVTOL stands for ‘electric vertical take off and landing’, it’s basically a personal, piloted quadcopter. It is plausible that some of the aerial craft witnessed may be testing of these craft - with the Pentagon being real hush about it because they don’t want to speak on any classified programs, and local law enforcement and low level politicians don’t know about it so they are confused or running with theories that are off the mark. Another suggested company that may be responsible for these drones is Ptero Dynamics. This company has also been awarded contracts by branches of the military within the last few years for VTOL craft.

It goes to note that many of the videos surfacing of these drones (the legitimate videos, not faked ones) show that these aerial platforms have external, flashing aviation lights, presumably in accordance with FAA regulations. You wouldn’t think extraterrestrials or foreign countries would be concerned about following FAA regulations, although one could counter and say they could be adding lights to spying drones for the misdirection and deception purposes.

4) Foreign Drones or Space Force ops - Stories from Anonymous Sources (MSM & Alt)

In terms of spying platforms, Rep. Jeff Van Drews went onto FoxNews earlier this week claiming he had a “high level credible source” relaying to him that these drones are coming from an “off shore mothership belonging to Iran”. Sure, okay. As for the story, how did we not know an Iranian ship was off the U.S. coast? We have capable satellites.

We are also hearing from an anonymous poster on Reddit who claims to be a “radar operator at a major agency”, that there is a “need to know program” from the Space Force flying these things over populated centers in New Jersey, and the military is going to take over radar/air traffic sometime before Christmas. Sure, a guy posting “need to know” classified intelligence on Reddit.

Not sure why we’re so quick to believe anonymous sources from anywhere, mainstream or social media, without any kind of sauce or evidence to back up their assertions.

Trust me bro.

5) Nuclear/EMP Sniffers

I found this take from Saul Goodman on Twitter/X to be quite plausible. The idea that these craft are covert ops with the goal of sniffing out EMPs or nuclear material in the hands of bad guys/terrorists/Deep State goons. Sure, makes sense, especially 5 weeks before the inauguration. I wonder why so much would be centered around New Jersey and not elsewhere, unless there are other flights taking place around other ports and borders we’re unaware of. Lots of people usually live around ports though.

Then the D.O.D. came out and said “they’re not Iran’s, but they’re not ours either”. Interesting. So it doesn’t appear they are going the false flag angle and blaming another country, but obviously don’t want to admit it’s theirs if it is. Wouldn’t want to alert the public if they are indeed looking for dangerous stuff.

6) UFOs w/ Exotic Propulsion Systems - But Who’s?

Most of these sightings, particularly the ones over New Jersey, do not appear to have any “advanced” propulsion systems - meaning, they still use propeller or jet engine propulsion (Bernoulli’s Principle, wings to fly). The “advanced” UFOs, meaning man-made or celestial saucers, discs, triangles, and the like, use electricity to counteract gravity to effectively float and propel themselves. These things don’t need wings, and pull fuel directly from the aether, or fabric of the cosmos, if you will.

All that side, these New Jersey drones appear to be man-made and conventionally propelled. At least, the New Jersey ones. There was a sighting off the coast of Oregon earlier this week that involved multiple pilots witnessing aerial platforms going back and forth between Eugene, Oregon and the coastline. The recordings between air traffic control and the pilots is quite fascinating, and in my opinion these UFOs may not be the conventionally propelled kind. Although, that doesn’t automatically mean they are E.T., they could still be man-made, exotically propelled craft. Maybe not all of these UFO sightings across the country in recent weeks are a part of the same program? This point will be expounded upon in the Final Thoughts portion of this article.

7) Blue Beam

Blue Beam always giving me blue balls. How many years have we been hearing this? I’ve been entertaining the idea for some time now that it’s not a real plan, and the very idea alone is the psy-op. A convenient propaganda tool, a psy-op using a psy-op designed to simply dumb down conversation and muddy the waters. A problem with “Project Blue Beam! Fake Alien Invasion!” mind virus is that it’s the first, and sometimes only, narrative people revert to when discussing the UFO issue. Makes it tough to have rational and reasonable conversations about the subject.

What evidence do we have that a “fake alien invasion” program was actually created as an operational plan by the government/military/NASA? Or is it simply one of those internet rumors?

Final thoughts

So what in tarnation do we have going on here?

Quite frankly I think, in my shitty opinion, what we’re dealing with are aerial platforms from a variety of different groups and/or programs. If one group starts testing some craft or running operations, it gives cover to other groups to start running their own tests or ops, even if these groups aren’t connected or in contact. We could have one group running basic tests of drones, another conducted more sensitives ops, and heck - maybe some of the flying saucers are getting into the mix, too. It’s notable that most of these sightings are taking place over New Jersey, but not all of them are. Then you add in the “nothing to see here” from our government and military, along with the confusion. That confusion may very well stem from the fact that, well, they are confused, because we could have multiple covert operations going on that don’t know about each other, and these government agencies don’t want to share information with each other.

Another point to note is that we wouldn’t be seeing or hearing about these drones if the government/military didn’t want us to know about it. They want these things to be seen, or just don’t care if they are. But this is assuming that these craft are coming from our own military, which they may or may not be.

If they are foreign drones, then the implications of that mean that some groups within our own government or military may be letting this happen. With all of our sophisticated equipment and satellite intelligence platforms, it would be odd that a “drone mothership” parked off the coast wouldn’t be spotted and dealt with by our military - unless they are purposefully missing it.

All in all, it’s probably a mostly nothing burger story being used as a helluva distraction piece. Mostly VTOL craft being tested, with maybe a few other craft thrown into the mix. Media loves it because it offers good clicks.

Although questions remain - what are they and who is piloting? What about the other sightings on the West Coast? Why is the government and military playing us for stupid?

We may learn more, or we may not. We’ll see if it fades into oblivion - or if they ramp it up before the end of the year.

Sather's Substack

Saturday, December 14, 2024

Progress of Ascension

Progress of Ascension

Mira of the Pleiades

Channel: Galaxygirl

Post on December 14, 2024

 

 

Greetings beloved ones, I am Mira of the Galactic Federation Earth Council division. We are watching your progress of ascension with eager eyes and open hearts. Our world is full of endless possibilities of joy and we see you heart to heart as you begin to explore new interdimensional realms of the higher lights. It as if scales are falling off of your eyes as you are able to see with new insight. New awakening frequencies are offered moment by moment to uplift perception and create new doorways for light to enter your realm.

I Mira am speaking with my coworkers and team members when we say that you are wholly and utterly loved. You have, many of you, lived so far this lifetime with deep-seated loneliness because you chose to awaken first. It has been an isolating journey and yet this time of inner isolation as you work out your ascension has been a blessing not to have lost focus. Ascension is normally a very quiet and individual experience. It will not be with you. It will be a global and universal event for the record books. You are to begin to work together in spiritually aligned teams and your personal feelings of isolation and sadness that are hard to put a finger on will be lifted as starseeds reunite with their families. Your time of reuniting is coming closer which will lift the hearts of many.

We wish to bring you peace and peaceful tidings as you begin to explore the new frequencies that are made available to you moment by moment. Truly you are living in miraculous times. There are many to disparage that the state of your world has not appeared to change and yet the undercurrent of the new is like a rushing underground river. Much has been hidden from you. Many worlds lie beneath your feat. Earth is a honeycomb of realms and experiences. There are many underground realities that have coexisted unnoticed but this time of unnoticing is to be replaced with one of intimate awareness. Your inner earth relatives and friends are attempting to make contact now. You have always looked up at the stars when considering humanity’s origins. There is much to discover with looking inward as well. There is always much to discover with the inward projection of awareness but this goes for interplanetary introspection as well and much will be discovered.

I Mira am speaking. We greet and surround you this day and we thank this channel for making herself available this night. More channelers are coming on line but as it is new to them most are shutting it off and shutting the connection down. Many of your drugs try to dim this connection. This connection to inner knowing is your birth right and we suggest that you keep it close to your heart.

I Mira send you my love and support as we stand beside you, hand in hand for the next chapter of humanity’s evolution. Greetings.

Galaxygirl

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Are You Ready for the Solar Flash?

Are You Ready for the Solar Flash?

By Vidya Frazier

Posted on December 14, 2024

 

 

The whole idea of the Solar Flash – and humanity shifting into the Fifth Dimension – may just be a vague idea to you.

Maybe it’s something that sounds good, but it’s somehow not real enough to truly consider. Especially since the world is in such chaos these days, it doesn’t seem a likely possibility.

Or perhaps you’ve read and heard about this solar event for so many years now; and although it initially seemed real and you got very excited about it, it’s now just an old concept that doesn’t look probable anymore.

Maybe kind of like the idea of medbeds. Or replicators. The energy feels old and perhaps not very relevant at this point.

But is it a Real Possibility?

And yet – could it be that more time has simply had to pass since the information about the Solar Flash first came out, so more people could hopefully wake up before it occurs?

And could it be that we are now finally coming to that point where it needs to happen, no matter what — and maybe in the very near future?

It’s true that, although many different sources throughout the ages have described this monumental shift into a much higher dimension of reality, none have been able to predict the exact timing for it.

And yet, there are finally some indications that this cosmic event may be happening some time very soon. Both Cobra and David Wilcock have made predictions that it might well occur in early 2025.

Even mainstream scientists are reporting strange indicators of some kind of huge solar event that may already be occurring. Very unusual and powerful coronal mass ejections are now happening surprisingly often – a predicted prelude to the Solar Flash.

Also, the Earth has now entered the part of the galaxy it has gone into every 26,000 years or so, when, according to countless prophesies, the planet and the human race have always experienced ascension into a much higher consciousness.

In addition, we are definitely experiencing what’s been called the “Transitional Times” — the intense and tumultuous period of time that many ancient texts and indigenous tribes from all over the world have predicted would be happening before the Solar Flash would occur.

And so it’s really not crazy to think it might really be time now for such a solar event to take place again.

And, it therefore might behoove us to check to see if we are ready for this kind of event. Have we really thought it through lately, what it might be like for us, and what it might mean in our lives?

Is 5D still kind of a fairy tale in our mind about a new Golden Age where everyone loves everyone and peace reigns over all? Or is it something that could actually come into being in the foreseeable future?

And could it happen initially with a huge solar event that completely disrupts all of how life is happening on Earth at this time?

Are We Prepared?

It’s incredibly hard to wrap our minds around this possibility – and yet, maybe we should finally start thinking about it.

Because, if it does happen soon, are we prepared, even just physically, for such an event?

Reportedly, all technology is going to die, and all satellites will be blown out of the skies. Just for starters, do we have enough food and supplies for this kind of situation?

Fortunately, it is said this event will also include the take down of all hidden technology that has been controlling us through frequencies that greatly affect our brains and bodies. This, of course, would be incredible. We would likely experience an unbelievable sense of freedom and bliss. We would rediscover who we really are as powerful multidimensional Beings of Light.

But, if we’re not prepared for such an abrupt awakening, it could initially freak us out. Experiencing such a sudden change in how we experience reality could be very challenging.

In general, do we really understand what the huge shift in consciousness is going to be like?

Are we really ready spiritually to ascend into the profoundly higher dimension of consciousness that’s been called 5D?

And, even if we basically are, are we ready to face the reality that certain people we love may not be?

It’s Time to Consider It All

If a huge solar event were to occur tomorrow, all the stories about the white hats vs the black hats — as engaging and important as they are these days — would melt into irrelevance.

All attention that is focused on what the new US administration is poised to do, or even about what’s happening with any of the wars, would be abruptly pulled in a whole new direction. Our entire lives would be irreversibly altered.

Maybe it’s time to focus on this event that may be occurring anytime in the coming months and prepare ourselves for it.

Even if nothing were to happen soon, it can always be a good exercise, anyway, to focus on our spiritual evolution which is definitely accelerating at this point, no matter what else may be happening.

New realities are already opening up for us; exciting experiences are occurring. Deep and meaningful realizations are flowing in. You’re probably realizing that awakening on many levels is definitely happening for you. At the same time, strange, confusing and sometimes frightening experiences may also be happening.

Preparing for the Shift into 5D

What do all these things mean? Where are these experiences taking you? How can you handle it all?
I explore all these questions and issues in my latest mini ebook, called “Preparing for the Shift into 5D”.
It’s just 20 pages, with images – very easy to read. If this is a subject that interests you, I encourage you to download it here:
Preparing-for-the-Shift-into-5D-ebook.pdf

Let’s not allow either the chaotic news of what’s happening in the world — or the holiday season — take us away from remembering the exciting “Big Picture” that’s happening beyond all these smaller events that may end up being rather inconsequential in the end!
 
Vidya Frazier
 
 

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

We All Just Saw Society’s Mask Slip Again

We All Just Saw Society’s Mask Slip Again

By Melissa Dykes 

December 11, 2024



As the media sweeps it out to make room for the next new current thing, I believe it’d be a mistake to pretend like we all just didn’t witness the mass public reaction to what happened to UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a midtown Manhattan sidewalk in broad daylight.

Do we know what actually happened? No, we don’t. Who does? As with all major events, it’s doubtful anyone who claims to actually does either. However, even those who say “it’s all theater” severely underestimate the power of theater — a point we will continue to repeat because it’s extremely important to comprehend. The magician on stage performing an amazing trick may be just that, just a magician. The audience even goes to the show aware of this fact. But their reactions are real.

It doesn’t matter what spin the media attempts to apply to it after the fact. That public outrage — that squelchy Eldritch Abomination-esque thing writhing in the dark — is still right there, right under the surface, barely concealed.

I’ve been doing this a while, and I’ve never seen a reaction like that, not even after 9/11. Never.

Are there parallels in history? I’m sure. But as it goes in the modern moment, even historians have since been asking when is the last time anyone has witnessed the public react this way to the announcement that one man’s life was given an untimely end? In my whole life I have never seen so many deeply visceral, personal reactions to a major event as this one.

How many people’s lives did this one man’s existence inadvertently touch?

That’s before we even get into what he symbolically represented in the eyes of so many. That’s before we even discuss the lawsuit his company was involved in accusing said company — the 8th largest by revenue in the entire world and the largest health insurer in the U.S. who by far denies the most health insurance claims — of utilizing a weaponized AI to deny people care.

“UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges: For the largest health insurer in the US, AI’s error rate is like a feature, not a bug,” reads the Nov. 16, 2023 Ars Technica headline:

UnitedHealthcare, the largest health insurance company in the US, is allegedly using a deeply flawed AI algorithm to override doctors’ judgments and wrongfully deny critical health coverage to elderly patients. This has resulted in patients being kicked out of rehabilitation programs and care facilities far too early, forcing them to drain their life savings to obtain needed care that should be covered under their government-funded Medicare Advantage Plan.

That’s all according to a lawsuit filed this week in the US District Court…

The next day after the shooting occurred, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield abruptly reversed its decision to implement what the media reported as “arbitrarily” capping anesthesia coverage during surgeries in certain states to a set time limit, a move which the American Society of Anesthesiologists president called “a cynical money grab” and “just the latest in a long line of appalling behavior by commercial health insurers looking to drive their profits up at the expense of patients and physicians providing essential care”.

It should go without saying that patients have literally no control over how long a surgery might last, and surgeons being put on what amounts to a financial gameshow timer seems ridiculous — dangerous at best and sounds like the plot of B horror film at worst.

When WFSB Channel 3 reported the decision’s reversal on X in a post that has since received 8.7M views, this was the top comment underneath:

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The bullet casings used in the crime supposedly had “deny, defend, depose” inscribed on them — an obvious reference to the tactics health insurance companies are known to employ in order to avoid paying claims.

It’s only been a few days. There are memes. There’s merch. While a manhunt for him is still underway, they’re holding suspect look alike contests in NYC and stores are selling out of jackets that look like the one the gunman is wearing in the crime scene photo released by police. People forget that although Bonnie and Clyde were criminals, they were also widely seen as Depression-era folk heroes at the time. Robin Hood was technically a criminal, too.

This observation is in no way a condoning of vigilante justice whatever. It’s merely an observation, but one I believe it is worth taking the time to fully consider.

Society wears a mask. Those who don’t seem to realize it is a mask go about their daily lives acting as if that mask is the real true face of it.

Well, surprise. It isn’t.

The pandemic should’ve taught more people to realize this by now. Others simply don’t seem to want to face it (no pun intended). What keeps society together and functioning underneath it all is really just trust in a series of basic agreements, and those agreements have grown increasingly tenuous and fragile with each passing year — more especially since the authoritarianism unleashed in 2020, and perhaps most especially since the uptick in censorship of online discourse.

If We the People feel we have no outlets anywhere to redress our grievances and vent our frustration at a massive bureaucracy that has incredible power and control over our lives but refuses time and again to listen to us, that mask society wears is going to continue to slip until eventually it falls all the way off. The French Revolution isn’t some fictional horror story. It’s a history lesson.


If the temperature of the nation just got taken on a mass scale, I’d say it’s a bit feverish out there.

Melissa Dykes | Source