1.4 trillion metric tons of stocks of carbon in the arctic permafrost and 1.2 trillion tons of methane! Accelerated out

 

Hi Jim: The 2022 NOVA arctic sinkholes doc actually corroborated the methane stored in the arctic: 

"In the late '90s into the 2000s, people start to look at the stocks of carbon in permafrost. And it's, it's a lot, it's about 1,400 billion metric tons....Methane released by thawing permafrost has a particular chemical fingerprint. When the scientists at Esieh Lake studied the methane in the bubbles, they discovered it originated deeper inside Earth. Much deeper....Miles beneath the permafrost, deep in Earth's crust, lie huge fossil methane reservoirs. While methane from permafrost comes from organic matter thousands of years old, fossil methane comes from organisms that decomposed millions of years ago.... what you can see here is a thaw chimney going from somewhere below 150 meters to the surface, where we see the rising bubbles.... a warmer, semi-permeable passageway through which fossil methane rises to the surface. So, thawing permafrost means not one, but two sources of methane for our atmosphere."

And from this article by 

Heiner Kubny, PolarJournal: 

"Researcher Katey Walter Anthony and her team from the University of Alaska Fairbanks investigated methane emissions from taliks in the Yedoma uplands....upland taliks release significantly more methane in winter than in summer. Given that the Arctic is warming almost four times faster than the global average, this additional methane source could trigger a self-reinforcing cycle of rising temperatures and further permafrost thaw."

House cleaning list for the week with vinegar and soap mix

 

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Pangolin as reservoir species for Covid 19 still not confirmed

  We support the view that the Guangdong Pangolins are the intermediate hosts that adapted the SARS-CoV-2 and represented a significant evolutionary link.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9408936/ 

 . Although SARS-CoV-2 uses ACE-2, five of the six critical amino acid residues in the RBD
are different from those of SARS-CoV but identical to those of pangolin SARS-CoV, leading to speculation that the SARS-CoV-2 RBD may have arisen through recent recombination events in pangolins or that SARS-CoV-2 and pangolin SARS-CoVs represent the result of coevolution [45].
In reality, bats are rarely consumed in Central China, where market photos usually show Indonesia. The pangolin trade remains a major problem in other Chinese cities and shopping centers, but not in Wuhan.

https://www.allmultidisciplinaryjournal.com/uploads/archives/20251008124748_MGE-2025-5-143.1.pdf 

  70% of all diseases affecting humans originate in animals, such as avian flu, HIV, Ebola, and so on

 ...............

 In a study by Xiao et al. (2020) [48], entitled “Isolation of SARS-CoV-2 related coronavirus from Malayan pangolins, ” and published in the prestigious journal Nature, they demonstrated that a coronavirus, called pangolin-CoV, isolated from a Malayan pangolin, exhibits 100%, 98.6%, 97.8%, and 90.7% amino acid identity with SARS-CoV-2 in the E, M, N, and S proteins, respectively. Notably, the receptor-binding domain of the pangolin-CoV S protein is nearly identical to that of SARS-CoV-2, with one non-critical
amino acid difference. This comparative genomic analysis suggests that SARS-CoV-2 may have originated from the recombination of a pangolin-CoV-like virus with a RaTG13-
like virus. The pangolin-CoV virus was detected in 17 of the 25 Malayan pangolins analyzed. Infected pangolins showed clinical signs and histological changes, and circulating
antibodies against pangolin-CoV virus reacted with the S protein of SARS-CoV-2.

 pangolins—the most trafficked mammal in the illegal wildlife trade—could pose a
future threat to public health if the wildlife...........

 This wouldn't be the case with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The phenomenon known as "zoonotic spillover" is when a pathogen/etiological agent passes from a wild/natural reservoir (bats and pangolins) to human............

https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2021/06/08/bats-and-pangolins-not-sold-at-wuhan-markets-says-oxford-research/ 

 Research by Oxford's Wildlife Conservation Fellow, Professor David Macdonald, has shown that neither bats nor pangolins were sold at Wuhan's wet markets........

 Pangolin trade is still a significant issue in other Chinese cities and trading nodes, but not in Wuhan. What were there, however, were 47,381 individuals from 38 species, including 31 protected species, all kept in dreadful conditions and teeming with all kinds of other infectious diseases, ready to be slaughtered on demand, if not sold as pets.”

• • Later, more in-depth genomic analyses revealed that while similar, the pangolin coronaviruses were not a perfect match to SARS-CoV-2 across the entire genome and likely represented a parallel host infected by a common ancestor virus.
  • The binding affinity of the pangolin ACE2 receptor for SARS-CoV-2 was also later reported to be low, further casting doubt on it being the direct intermediate.
  • No firm conclusion has been drawn, and other potential intermediate hosts, such as raccoon dogs, are still being considered. 

Ultimately, the exact animal responsible for the jump to humans remains unconfirmed, but the pangolin is considered a victim of illegal wildlife trade rather than the primary culprit. The unsanitary conditions and close proximity of diverse species in wildlife markets are widely considered the human-driven factors that facilitate such zoonotic disease transmission events.

 

The Universe Inside Us: 12 zodiac meditation in Judaism is the "small universe" alchemy qigong

 the early christians took a vow, grew their hair, didn't drink wine, as Nazirites... The name "Christian" didn't start till 65 a.d. " Orpheus and Hermes were conflated with Jesus... in the tombs... by the 4th Century the Literalists "had won." In the first century Jesus is portrayed as a legal teacher...

the biblical Nazirite vow (Numbers 6) to consecrate themselves to God

. This involved abstaining from wine and grape products, not cutting their hair, and avoiding contact with dead bodies. Paul the Apostle, for example, took such a vow, as seen in Acts 18:18"

 What an occasion for quoting any information bearing at all on the subject from Papias, who had questioned those who had been acquainted with both! His attention is so pointedly turned to John at the very moment when he makes his quotations regarding Matthew and Mark, that I am fully warranted, both by the conclusions of Dr. Lightfoot and the peculiar circumstances of the case, in affirming that the silence of Eusebius proves that Papias said nothing about either the third or fourth Gospels.

 Supernatural Religion

the truth of Jewish Christianity is nondualism

Logos took the place of a human spirit yet Christ assumed humanity but he has to be fully human to save humanity.... 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlmKl6zNLx4

"once the land was conquered" - why in the passive tense? 

"I saw the 11 stars bow down before his"... (Joseph and his brothers).... the 12 sons of Jacob represent the 12 months as a symbol... Joshua son of Joseph means "Jehovah saves" means "Jesus" or Yeshua in Greek....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhx1NFeGa1s 

Galileans were of the tribe of Joseph - and skeptical of Judeans...  

John is presenting Jesus as son of Joseph... 

 

how to dig and construct a brick-lined well

 Dutch bricks made for well lining have a trapezoidal shape, with sloping sides so that they can be fitted into a ring.

 

Create a Guide: Use a cast-iron or steel ring as a guide, or start by building a circle of bricks on the surface, with a diameter 4 inches greater than the casing.

Excavate: Dig inside the ring/circle to a shallow depth, such as 2–3 feet.

Build the Wall: As the soil is removed, the heavy structure will slowly sink. Continuously add bricks (using cement or mortar) to the top of the ring to raise the height.

Repeat: Repeat the digging and brick-laying process until the well reaches the desired water table.

Secure the Structure: Use Trapezoidal "Dutch" bricks, which are designed to fit together in a ring, ensuring a stable, safe structure

 

 Cement brick linings are stronger, unlikely to deform, and the courses can be linked structurally.

 many people opt for pre-cast concrete rings rather than bricks, allowing the heavy rings to sink under their own weight during excavation.

 Then, you begin digging out the center of the ring, gradually undermining it. As it sinks, you start building the brick lining on top of the ring, ABOVE ground. You keep this up, and the lining sinks under its own weight as you dig, sliding into the ground. Soon, you have one person digging at the bottom... and another up top, adding the bricks and emptying the buckets of dirt. Eventually the water starts coming in, and you keep digging until you can't continue. He said that the farmers typically waited until until the dry season - the dryer the better... that way, they could be sure that they would have water year round. If they were then hit with a long-term drought, they could use the opportunity to dig existing wells even deeper, by simply starting up the process again - send one person down the hole to dig, and have another up top adding bricks. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick-lined_well#:~:text=Dutch%20bricks%20made%20for%20well,fear%20of%20the%20walls%20collapsing. 

https://www.quora.com/How-were-water-wells-dug-throughout-history-up-to-and-including-in-the-ancient-world-without-modern-day-auger-equipment-How-were-these-wells-constructed-without-collapsing-in-upon-themselves 

 He went 30 ft deep, belled out to 15 ft wide at the bottom, all solid blue rock. He would drill 1.5" holes in the rock with a big electric drill motor, then stuff a half stick of dynamite in the hole with a blast cap and fuse, pack the hole full of mud clay, and light it. Not a single rock would exit the top since the dynamite blew down, fragmenting the rock which was then taken out via a cable and bucket system Dad built. It took over a year to finish. He ran all the gutters from our house into it and it stayed full up to 6 ft from the top almost year round. We watered our hogs and cattle from it for years but did not use for our domestic human use, and it still holds water.

 https://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/threads/ot-hand-dug-wells-brick-lined.1242763/#:~:text=Well%20Construction%20Method:%20One%20method%20described%20for,wider%20at%20the%20bottom%20than%20the%20top.

 There is a story in the Foxfire books that an old welldigger told. It's well worth reading - I remember he said that when you are in the bottom and look up, the circle of daylight at the top looks as big as a dime. And then there was the time some smart alec pitched a cat in with him. I think he was forced to kill the cat - it was all over him - and when he finally got out the cat pitcher was long gone.

  cast round concrete curbing.

 Getting the bricks started was the hard part while water was running in. Said he wouldn't ever do it again.

My Uncle told me that they would use the steel rings off of wooden wheels and lower it down as you dug to make sure the whole was round. Then as you went deeper you always made sure the dirt bucket was in the center of the hole. This told you that you were digging straight down and not at an angle. My uncle had the old home made wooden hoist they used to lower the buckets up and down with. One full bucket of dirt would come up while the empty was going down. Then just the opposite with the bricks. Full buckets going down with empties coming up.

 Lone behold when he got down deep enough there was flammable gas that was heavier than air that had settled into the well. It ignited -exploded and killed the man. So be careful when going into a well. 

 Modern "Dutch self-locking bricks" use trapezoidal or similar interlocking shapes, allowing for quick, mortar-free construction with vertical safety clips

 

 

 

 

Dr. Robert M. Price vs Bart Erhman's tautological argument for the history of Jesus

 The Great Debate on the historicity of Jesus

Bart Erhman's argument is that 1) because thousands of people were crucified therefore it's not surprising no one heard of Jesus 2) Because the Gospel Mark was written in 70 AD and the letters of Paul in 50 AD therefore Jesus as Savior was based on the historical Jesus previously unknown. 3) Therefore all the "archons" and gnostic aspects of Hellenistic Judaism of the 2nd Temple enochian writing can be ignored

Robert Price counters that 1) assuming Jesus was real with no evidence makes no sense unless Jesus was considered too significant to be ignored 2) The significance of Jesus was precisely the same as the gnostic context of archons/eons/angels of Hellenistic Zoroastrian Judaism 3) The Gospels were later works of fiction based on that earlier syncretic context of the Essenes, etc. 

Erhman counters that Gnostics are actually just a 2nd century construct, not an earlier work - as is the "popular" view now. Price disagrees. Erhman is arguing that absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence but this same claim can be made for Bigfoot and ET aliens in UFOs abducting people, etc. Price argues in contrast that there is a great deal of detailed evidence for a largest intercultural context of the creation of Christianity. 

"We thank thee, our Father, for the holy vine of David Thy servant, which You madest known to us through Jesus Thy Servant" comes from the early Christian text,

the Didache (Chapter 9). It reflects an early, possibly Jewish-Christian or Ebionite, understanding of the Eucharist, emphasizing Jesus as God's servant and the "vine of David"

It appears, as Price suggests, that most of what is known about Jesus came by way of revelation to Christian oracles rather than by word of mouth as historical memory. In addition, the major characters in the New Testament, including Peter, Stephen, and Paul, appear to be composites of several historical individuals each, their stories comprising a mix of events, legend, and plot themes borrowed from the Old Testament and Greek literature.

In the New Testament world, theology developed gradually along different trajectories, with tension between the charismatic ascetics such as Marcion and Thecla, as examples, and the emerging Catholic orthodoxy of such clergy as Ignatius and Polycarp. The tension is detectable in the texts themselves, many of which represent “heretical” points of view: Gnostic, Jewish-Christian, Marcionite, and proto-orthodox, and were later edited, sometimes clumsily, in an attempt to harmonize all into one consistent theology.

What may occur to many readers, among the more striking aspects of the narratives, is that the earliest, most basic writings, such as Mark’s Gospel in inarticulate Greek, are ultimately more impressive and inspirational than the later attempts by more educated Christians to appeal to sophisticated readers with better grammar and more allusions to classical mythology and apologies

 

Chronic alcohol withdrawal dizziness as GABA receptor damage: too much glutamate

 We further found an association between the minor allele in rs211014 (GABRG2) and higher SRE-scores, linked to dizziness and motor incoordination. Genetic variation in GABRG2 has previously been associated with processes involving motor coordination (alcohol withdrawal, febrile- and epileptic seizures).

Dizziness  

Alcohol-induced

GABA dependency can begin developing rapidly, with acute tolerance or changes in GABA receptor sensitivity appearing after even a single episode of heavy drinking. Long-term, chronic consumption, typically defined as heavy daily drinking (e.g., >5 drinks/day), causes sustained downregulation of GABA receptors and decreased production, often leading to physical dependence within weeks...After stopping alcohol, it takes at least two weeks for the brain to start returning to normal levels of neurotransmission, with complete stabilization often requiring 1 to 5 months...

 Alcohol Use Disorder: GABA signalling

 

Caffeine does not "reset"

-Gamma-aminobutyric acid (

) receptors after alcohol; rather, it acts as an adenosine receptor antagonist that masks alcohol's sedative effects. While both substances affect GABAergic systems, caffeine primarily increases alertness, creating a "wide-awake drunk" effect. It does not speed up alcohol metabolism or reverse GABA receptor alterations induced by alcohol....

  the "gamma" in GABA refers to the position of the carbon atom where the amino group is attached, relative to the carboxyl group...To say a carbon is alpha to a carbon would mean that it is right next to it. To say that a carbon is beta to a carbon would mean it is two carbons next to it. To say that a carbon is gamma to a carbon would mean it is three carbons next to it, which the amino-bonded carbon is, relative to the first carbon.

As a stimulant, caffeine blocks calming adenosine receptors and decreases GABAergic transmission, which leads to increased alertness, neurotransmission, and sometimes anxiety... Alcohol increases the effect of GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), the brain's main inhibitory neurotransmitter, by acting as an indirect agonist on GABA_A receptors. This enhancement boosts GABAergic neurotransmission, causing decreased neuronal activity, which results in feelings of relaxation and sedation... 

Long-term alcohol use can disrupt GABA networks, reducing the body's ability to produce GABA naturally, often leading to tolerance and dependence....The cessation of alcohol in dependent individuals causes a significant GABA deficit,

Once in the organism, ethanol metabolism happens in the liver but also in the brain due to the presence of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), catalase, and P450 (CYP2E1) in both organs. Such metabolism routes produce mainly three metabolites: acetaldehyde, salsolinol, and acetate (Gil-Mohapel et al., 2019; Wilson and Matschinsky, 2020). After reaching the brain, ethanol and its metabolites induce diverse disturbances such as reduced glucose uptake, increased monocarboxylate uptake, dopaminergic, GABAergic, and glutamatergic alterations (Peana et al., 2017)....Acetaldehyde in the brain causes euphoria at low doses and plays a vital role in ethanol’s reinforcing properties, thereby facilitating alcohol addiction...Acetaldehyde has been shown to stimulate dopaminergic neurons (Melis et al., 2007) and μ opioid receptors (2014)...

  "In the absence of alcohol (withdrawal), the GABA activity decreases but the increased glutamate (as compensation) levels remain about the same and leading Glutamate > GABA state."

AI says: Alcohol withdrawal induces severe GABA dysfunction, characterized by reduced inhibitory neurotransmitter levels and decreased

receptor sensitivity, causing brain hyperexcitability. This GABA system impairment, paired with excess glutamate, contributes to symptoms like tremors, anxiety, and motor instability. While not explicitly linked to chronic proprioception damage in the provided text, this neuroplasticity, if persistent, can affect cerebellar function, potentially influencing balance and spatial awareness

Key Aspects of GABA Dysfunction and Withdrawal

• Reduced Inhibition: Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant that increases GABA activity; in withdrawal, GABA levels drop below normal, leading to CNS hyperactivity.
• Receptor Downregulation: Chronic drinking reduces the sensitivity and number of
  
  receptors.
• Hyperglutamatergic State: As GABAergic inhibition declines, glutamate (an excitatory neurotransmitter) activity increases, leading to withdrawal tremors, anxiety, and seizures.
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•  Impact on Motor System:
  
  receptors are highly active in the cerebellum, a region responsible for balance and coordination. Damage to GABA systems can affect motor control and balance (proprioception)
•  Stabilization: Neurotransmitter systems generally require 1–5 months to stabilize after stopping alcohol.  https://www.reddit.com/r/stopdrinking/comments/rqidln/was_nerd_perusing_articles_interesting_thoughts/
•  Back to GABA. Alcohol, like the benzodiazapenes, not only binds to GABA receptors: it desensitizes them. For this reason, the most startling damage to the brain can occur during alcohol withdrawal. What happens is that the brain, having decreased the sensitivity of its GABA receptors over time in response to the constant exposure to alcohol, suddenly displays an excess of activity that can cause damage. This is known as "kindling," and it's one of the reasons that some cases of alcohol withdrawal should be medically managed.