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@seriations.bsky.social
Historian of science, espionage, and the occult in the Cold War.
"Discordian warlocks and unstable informants" is too 2022. "狐狸和老鼠" is what we're saying in 2026.
February 5, 2026 at 7:25 AM
"Discordian warlocks and unstable informants" is too 2022. "狐狸和老鼠" is what we're saying in 2026.
Randi alternatively claimed this tape was either altered by Byrd to defame him, or it was actually part of a police sting designed to entrap actual child predators.
He can't have it both ways, so seems to me Randi was just flailing for excuses after the tape was produced through discovery.
He can't have it both ways, so seems to me Randi was just flailing for excuses after the tape was produced through discovery.
January 29, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Randi alternatively claimed this tape was either altered by Byrd to defame him, or it was actually part of a police sting designed to entrap actual child predators.
He can't have it both ways, so seems to me Randi was just flailing for excuses after the tape was produced through discovery.
He can't have it both ways, so seems to me Randi was just flailing for excuses after the tape was produced through discovery.
Listener question we answered on this episode: what evidence is there that James Randi was a pedophile?
The evidence comes from a defamation suit against Randi, as covered in this Baltimore Sun article. There's also a folder simply titled "Randi's Pedophilia" in Marcello Truzzi's archive at EMU.
The evidence comes from a defamation suit against Randi, as covered in this Baltimore Sun article. There's also a folder simply titled "Randi's Pedophilia" in Marcello Truzzi's archive at EMU.
January 29, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Listener question we answered on this episode: what evidence is there that James Randi was a pedophile?
The evidence comes from a defamation suit against Randi, as covered in this Baltimore Sun article. There's also a folder simply titled "Randi's Pedophilia" in Marcello Truzzi's archive at EMU.
The evidence comes from a defamation suit against Randi, as covered in this Baltimore Sun article. There's also a folder simply titled "Randi's Pedophilia" in Marcello Truzzi's archive at EMU.
This was written in 1994. The imbalances in terms of persecution and sheer death toll are now even more stark.
January 3, 2026 at 7:38 PM
This was written in 1994. The imbalances in terms of persecution and sheer death toll are now even more stark.
I should've read this ages ago. A stunning book.
January 3, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I should've read this ages ago. A stunning book.
The Gnomiary are taking listener questions for our first episode of the new year. This is last call for requests before we record!
January 2, 2026 at 12:54 AM
The Gnomiary are taking listener questions for our first episode of the new year. This is last call for requests before we record!
Let's fucking go
December 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Let's fucking go
From "Alien Discussions: Proceedings of the Abduction Study Conference Held at M.I.T"
December 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
From "Alien Discussions: Proceedings of the Abduction Study Conference Held at M.I.T"
November 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I had a blast recording this episode with the Gnomiary. Tap in for the inside story on King Charles III's obsession with the occult, as well as some sandhill crane content 👇
November 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I had a blast recording this episode with the Gnomiary. Tap in for the inside story on King Charles III's obsession with the occult, as well as some sandhill crane content 👇
This social history of ufology in Britain is an absolute joy to read. 10/10 highly recommend.
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This social history of ufology in Britain is an absolute joy to read. 10/10 highly recommend.
"Voice from the Swamp", John Heartfield, 1936
"Three thousand years of consistent inbreeding proves the superiority of my race!"
"Three thousand years of consistent inbreeding proves the superiority of my race!"
April 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"Voice from the Swamp", John Heartfield, 1936
"Three thousand years of consistent inbreeding proves the superiority of my race!"
"Three thousand years of consistent inbreeding proves the superiority of my race!"
From "lobotomies again" by Tacie Dejanikus in Off Our Backs, Vol. 2, No. 9 (May/June, 1972), pp. 2-3
December 21, 2024 at 2:31 AM
From "lobotomies again" by Tacie Dejanikus in Off Our Backs, Vol. 2, No. 9 (May/June, 1972), pp. 2-3
The Qanon extended universe belief that Trump is one such “walk-in” originates with Montgomery’s 1985 book, in which she predicts that America would soon elect a “walk-in” president. She was a rising star in Hearst’s news empire until pivoting to psychic phenomena in the 1960s.
November 19, 2024 at 3:05 AM
The Qanon extended universe belief that Trump is one such “walk-in” originates with Montgomery’s 1985 book, in which she predicts that America would soon elect a “walk-in” president. She was a rising star in Hearst’s news empire until pivoting to psychic phenomena in the 1960s.
Early in her career, Ruth Montgomery, journalist who popularized “walk-ins” — alien souls who take over someone’s body following trauma or an NDE, imbuing them with a cosmic mission & changing their personality — went undercover in the white supremacist cop-filled “Black Legion” to solve a murder.
November 19, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Early in her career, Ruth Montgomery, journalist who popularized “walk-ins” — alien souls who take over someone’s body following trauma or an NDE, imbuing them with a cosmic mission & changing their personality — went undercover in the white supremacist cop-filled “Black Legion” to solve a murder.
@themountaingoats.bsky.social It's a crazy & deeply sad tale. If the episode is too long (very understandable) you can read Belita's own version here, but the version I tell on the episode is much easier to follow & really went deep: web.archive.org/web/20220828...
June 16, 2024 at 3:15 AM
@themountaingoats.bsky.social It's a crazy & deeply sad tale. If the episode is too long (very understandable) you can read Belita's own version here, but the version I tell on the episode is much easier to follow & really went deep: web.archive.org/web/20220828...
@themountaingoats.bsky.social since you named Satanic Corpse as one of your influences back in 2009, please listen to my episode on frontwoman Belita Adair's wild life story: tannerfboyle.substack.com/p/programmed...
June 16, 2024 at 2:56 AM
@themountaingoats.bsky.social since you named Satanic Corpse as one of your influences back in 2009, please listen to my episode on frontwoman Belita Adair's wild life story: tannerfboyle.substack.com/p/programmed...
New on Getting Spooked: An early release of a forthcoming 7-part Programmed to Chill podcast series on starseeds featuring myself & Jimmy Falun Gong. First 5 episodes are out now and the appendices will drop over the next 2 weeks.
tannerfboyle.substack.com/p/programmed...
tannerfboyle.substack.com/p/programmed...
April 15, 2024 at 2:55 PM
New on Getting Spooked: An early release of a forthcoming 7-part Programmed to Chill podcast series on starseeds featuring myself & Jimmy Falun Gong. First 5 episodes are out now and the appendices will drop over the next 2 weeks.
tannerfboyle.substack.com/p/programmed...
tannerfboyle.substack.com/p/programmed...
Dream manipulation is one of the oldest forms of magic, dating back at least 5000 years. Today, with surveillance devices on every nightstand and telemedicine on the rise, adtech firms & intelligence agencies combine these methods with unprecedented access to your dreaming mind
October 6, 2023 at 6:48 PM
Dream manipulation is one of the oldest forms of magic, dating back at least 5000 years. Today, with surveillance devices on every nightstand and telemedicine on the rise, adtech firms & intelligence agencies combine these methods with unprecedented access to your dreaming mind
Important to note she’s a practiced liar all the way back to her time as a spy in college. This globe & mail article treats the idea as a joke, but it’s obvious. She was already fluent in Ukrainian, she had cash, computers, & cameras to hand out, and she was allowed to use a diplomatic pouch
September 23, 2023 at 10:12 PM
Important to note she’s a practiced liar all the way back to her time as a spy in college. This globe & mail article treats the idea as a joke, but it’s obvious. She was already fluent in Ukrainian, she had cash, computers, & cameras to hand out, and she was allowed to use a diplomatic pouch
Deputy PM & Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland must’ve known Hunka’s Waffen SS background and likely orchestrated this standing ovation herself. Just like she lied about her grandpa’s nazi collaboration despite knowing about it and saying she was “proud” of him. She’s an intergenerational fascist
September 23, 2023 at 10:10 PM
Deputy PM & Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland must’ve known Hunka’s Waffen SS background and likely orchestrated this standing ovation herself. Just like she lied about her grandpa’s nazi collaboration despite knowing about it and saying she was “proud” of him. She’s an intergenerational fascist
The virgin 2023 "shield your tiny dick from wifi" boxers vs. the chad 1897 "zap your balls with vitalizing electricity" jock strap
September 19, 2023 at 6:36 PM
The virgin 2023 "shield your tiny dick from wifi" boxers vs. the chad 1897 "zap your balls with vitalizing electricity" jock strap
World's Fairs were sus because they were festivals of imperialism. They had "human zoos" at these things putting imprisoned indigenous people on display! Whole eugenics exhibits! Fairs were demonic because the advanced civilization they covered up were the indigenous ones ravaged by colonization!
September 4, 2023 at 9:06 PM
World's Fairs were sus because they were festivals of imperialism. They had "human zoos" at these things putting imprisoned indigenous people on display! Whole eugenics exhibits! Fairs were demonic because the advanced civilization they covered up were the indigenous ones ravaged by colonization!
Stay the hell out of my airspace
August 9, 2023 at 5:58 AM
Stay the hell out of my airspace