<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Desk Of Tim Ozman]]></title><description><![CDATA[Blog of Tim Ozman, host of Infinite Plane Radio.  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The speaker argues that mainstream and alternative news cycles are part of a singular]]></description><link>https://timozman.substack.com/p/ips-deprogram-724-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://timozman.substack.com/p/ips-deprogram-724-part-1</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Ozman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:34:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208491422/8df9f14075fdb5d7fd938014e07e645e.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This episode outlines the objectives of the <strong>IPS Deprogram</strong>, a think tank focused on <strong>media deconstructionism</strong> and the establishment of a perspective called <strong>Realville</strong>. The speaker argues that mainstream and alternative news cycles are part of a singular <strong>psychological warfare</strong> apparatus designed to manipulate public reactions through <strong>staged events</strong>.</p><p> Central to this theory is <strong>predictive programming</strong>, where government entities allegedly use <strong>Hollywood films</strong> to subconsciously prepare the population for future social and political shifts. The text explores the concept of <strong>Mind War</strong>, a military doctrine shifting the battlefield from physical locations to <strong>human consciousness</strong> through information control. </p><p>Finally, the narrative examines various <strong>pop culture symbols</strong> and historical events, suggesting they are interconnected scripts used to maintain <strong>societal management</strong> and neutralize dissent.</p><h3><strong>5 Key Quotes from the Architect of Realville</strong></h3><ol><li><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re talking about <strong>media Gnostics</strong>. Media Gnosticism versus mainstream and alternative beliefs, which are both part of the establishment.&#8221;</p></li><li><p>&#8220;The ground you&#8217;re fighting over... is not a hill or a city. <strong>It&#8217;s inside of your head. Your consciousness is the battlefield.</strong>&#8220;</p></li><li><p>&#8220;If it&#8217;s a breaking news event, and it&#8217;s some kind of a staged psyop, <strong>it&#8217;s not breaking news, only to you</strong>.&#8221;</p></li><li><p>&#8220;Shooting people the old dumb way to win a war is no longer necessary... It&#8217;s more effective to <strong>overwhelm the enemy with argument</strong> and make them align with your side voluntarily.&#8221;</p></li><li><p>&#8220;<strong>We live in a metaverse dominant society.</strong> And it&#8217;s the fake events that get the attention, dominate the news cycle, and steer us down a predetermined path.&#8221;</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://timozman.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://timozman.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3><strong>5 Essential Talking Points</strong></h3><ol><li><p><strong>The Transition from Psyop to Mind War</strong>: Traditional physical warfare is being replaced by a more sophisticated &#8220;Mind War&#8221; strategy designed to capture human consciousness. This approach aims to achieve total victory without firing a shot by using psychological, informational, and environmental levels to make target populations <strong>voluntarily align with the aggressor&#8217;s side</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Media Gnosticism as Cognitive Deprogramming</strong>: The sources promote the concept of &#8220;Media Gnosticism&#8221;&#8212;becoming an informed disbeliever who rejects both mainstream and alternative media narratives. This involves breaking out of the &#8220;<strong>Westworld Syndrome</strong>&#8220; of the daily news cycle to recognize a long-term continuity of staged events, transitioning from a &#8220;believer&#8221; to a &#8220;knower&#8221;.</p></li><li><p><strong>Entertainment as a Tool for Predictive Programming</strong>: Major motion pictures and entertainment are viewed as conduits for &#8220;<strong>predictive programming</strong>,&#8221; which the government uses to prepare the public for future psychological operations (psyops). High-profile directors are characterized as &#8220;metascripters&#8221; who embed symbols and themes in their films&#8212;such as Christopher Nolan&#8217;s connection to nuclear subtext or James Cameron&#8217;s recurring &#8220;sinking of the West&#8221; motifs&#8212;to <strong>preemptively shape public perception</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>The Establishment of &#8220;Realville&#8221; and the Off-World Perspective</strong>: &#8220;Realville&#8221; is presented as an intellectual colony for those who have adopted an &#8220;off-world stage perspective,&#8221; functioning as a think tank for <strong>media deconstructionism</strong>. The goal is to provide a &#8220;mental immune system&#8221; patch that inoculates individuals against &#8220;government mind viruses&#8221; and the constant reactivity of the &#8220;mediated worldview&#8221;.</p></li><li><p><strong>Systemic Triangulation and the Illusion of Choice</strong>: The power structure maintains control through &#8220;<strong>narcissistic triangulation</strong>,&#8221; a tactic that keeps the population divided and fighting over fake events. By favoring the mainstream and scapegoating the alternative, the system ensures that citizens remain &#8220;<strong>trapped on the wrong side of the screen</strong>,&#8221; following a predetermined script while the real agenda is built behind them.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://timozman.substack.com/p/ips-deprogram-724-part-1?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://timozman.substack.com/p/ips-deprogram-724-part-1?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intro To Metascript Section 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Three Types of Media Consumer: MSM, MSM+, MSM-]]></description><link>https://timozman.substack.com/p/intro-to-metascript-section-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://timozman.substack.com/p/intro-to-metascript-section-1</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Ozman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:27:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7yFu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F483e1966-6813-4447-b916-858d918ef63b_1107x717.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>The term Mediation here refers to media Influence on perception; Mainstream Mediation in this context refers to how the media doesn&#8217;t just report on reality, but actively mediates (filters, frames, and programs) our entire perception of it. Its intended purpose is not to inform our minds, but to conform them to a prefabricated historic timeline.<br><br></span><strong><span>All media consumers are subject to Mainstream Mediation (MSM) but there are three distinct modes of processing information relating to the observer&#8217;s point of view:</span></strong></p><p><span>In addition to the MSM perspective, there is a subset which we term (MSM+), and the third category exists outside the MSM framework (MSM-).</span></p><p><span>MSM and MSM+ co-exist in a belief system that the MSM- explicitly rejects.</span></p><p><span>MSM and MSM+ reflect a passive acceptance of events as presented, while MSM- reflects an active and skeptical approach to events which are analyzed rather than automatically accepted.</span></p><p><span>Let&#8217;s examine the three possible ways one can process media:</span></p><p>Mainstream Mediation (MSM)<span> represents the universe of ideas as presented by all mass media, including both mainstream and alternative. This is the dominant paradigm as broadcast, as published, and presented to us, as we are indoctrinated to accept. Everyone begins with this as the default perspective on consensus reality. The MSM perspective automatically rejects alternative viewpoints as &#8220;conspiracy theory&#8221;.</span></p><p>Mainstream Mediation PLUS (MSM+<strong>)</strong><span> is the subset of the MSM closed informational system containing alternative media and conspiracy theories. They accept the essential reality of the reported events. Their worldview is still within the MSM closed informational system. However, they believe the mainstream is lying or covering up the &#8220;truth,&#8221; so they attempt to correct the lies. Those operating on this pretense are known as conspiracy theorists or &#8220;truthers.&#8221;</span></p><p><span>Truthers automatically assume Mainstream Mediation misrepresents the facts about reported events. They believe the news happened, just not as reported. Their disagreement is about who is to blame. A conspiracy theory is an attempt to replace the assumed falsehood with an explanation that fits their alternative, anti-mainstream perspective. The &#8220;plus&#8221; in MSM+ refers to the additional narratives and assumptions piled atop the MSM version of events.</span></p><p><span>For example:</span></p><p><span>MSM reports that Charlie Kirk was shot by a Leftist. The Truthers immediately come up with conspiracy theories that start with the assumption Kirk was assassinated, but shift the blame to anyone or anything other than the shooter. The &#8220;second shooter&#8221; or &#8220;inside job&#8221; is a typical MSM+ narrative.</span></p><p><span>Whether they blame an exploding microphone, a palm pistol, or an unknown exotic weapon, all MSM+ explanations start with the MSM assumption that he died, but provide a myriad of alternative culprits. MSM+ effectively turns a &#8220;what actually happened/ what is it?&#8221; question into a &#8220;who did it?&#8221; question.</span></p><p><strong>Mainstream Mediation MINUS (MSM-)</strong></p><p><span>Of the three points of view, the only skeptical one is MSM-. The minus represents the subtractive view that doesn&#8217;t take the mainstream version at face value. Instead, it subtracts what can&#8217;t be verified or safely assumed to be true. The MSM perspective processes all televised news as fundamentally real; MSM+ processes the same news as real with a different culprit; MSM- questions whether the event actually happened as broadcast.</span></p><p><span>MSM- is not built upon the appeal to the authority fallacy; the MSM and MSM+ are.</span></p><p><span>Example:</span></p><p><span>The MSM- point of view questions whether Charlie Kirk was assassinated at all.<br><br><br><br></span></p><h2><span>Summary:</span></h2><p><span>We are all mediated by default. MSM is part of our environment. It puts media consumers into the same worldview. The consensus is built upon agreements. MSM and MSM+ both constitute a consensus.</span></p><p><span>&#8220;History is lies agreed upon&#8221;-- Napoleon Bonaparte.</span></p><p><span>The MSM and MSM+ agree on the alleged reality of reported events, but disagree on details. The MSM- point of view disagrees that reported events can be assumed to be true. It relies on facts. Until that can be established, arguing over details is pointless.</span></p><p><span>MSM and MSM+ begin with an appeal to authority. To understand the appeal to authority fallacy, consider these key points:</span></p><ul><li><p><span>It occurs when someone argues that a claim is true simply because an authority figure endorses it.</span></p></li><li><p><span>This fallacy ignores the need for evidence and reasoning to support the claim.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Just because an authority believes something does not guarantee its truth.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Critical thinking requires evaluating the argument based on evidence, not just authority.</span></p></li></ul><p><span>The MSM- position seeks corroborating evidence from multiple reliable sources and accounts for &#8220;news bending&#8221;, influence operations, psyops, media fakery, the presence of predictive and/or concurrent programming, and pattern recognition.</span></p><p><span>Pattern recognition is a key element to MSM-, which recognizes that all staged, faked, and simulated events exist within the same context. The sequence of fake events superimposed over our timeline can be described as a Metascript. The worldview arrived at by combining the Metascript with reality is the World Stage, a fusion of fiction with reality.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7yFu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F483e1966-6813-4447-b916-858d918ef63b_1107x717.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7yFu!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F483e1966-6813-4447-b916-858d918ef63b_1107x717.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7yFu!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F483e1966-6813-4447-b916-858d918ef63b_1107x717.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7yFu!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F483e1966-6813-4447-b916-858d918ef63b_1107x717.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7yFu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F483e1966-6813-4447-b916-858d918ef63b_1107x717.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7yFu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F483e1966-6813-4447-b916-858d918ef63b_1107x717.png" width="1107" height="717" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/483e1966-6813-4447-b916-858d918ef63b_1107x717.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:717,&quot;width&quot;:1107,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7yFu!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F483e1966-6813-4447-b916-858d918ef63b_1107x717.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7yFu!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F483e1966-6813-4447-b916-858d918ef63b_1107x717.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7yFu!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F483e1966-6813-4447-b916-858d918ef63b_1107x717.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7yFu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F483e1966-6813-4447-b916-858d918ef63b_1107x717.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The world stagers are prejudiced. They automatically believe their own side explanation for events and they automatically disbelieve the other side that&#8217;s prejudiced. They are credulous about their own side they automatically believe they&#8217;re incredulous about the other side. And what credulity refers to here is how willing you are to believe something and in this case we&#8217;re talking about personal incredulity as a reason to reject the other side. This is not the same as skepticism.</p><p>So if you&#8217;re incredulous about something you wave it away just hand-wave it perhaps you build a straw man and you dismiss it. That is not the same thing as skepticism which requires suspending judgment until you have more facts and then as a more informed observer you look at the facts and you determine whether or not you think it&#8217;s legitimate or not, but you&#8217;re not constructing a straw man or flippantly rejecting something it&#8217;s actually from a perspective of being informed.</p><p>So I&#8217;d like to point out that informed disbelief weighs more than low-information belief or auto-belief. Someone who just believes the headlines doesn&#8217;t have the intellectual high ground over someone who has thoroughly researched the matter before arriving at a judgment. So the prejudiced nature towards the other side and the incredulity towards the other side are used instead of actual skepticism which is where we are coming from.</p><p>So the off-world stages automatically consider potential fakery on both sides, and we question their starting premise. Is the thing they&#8217;re fighting for even real? Are they fighting over a PSYOP? Have they assumed the premise established by the news that this thing happened? And operating from that premise, they&#8217;re engaged in some left versus right ideological warfare, which is generally the case.</p><p>So the off-world stage or the MSM minus perspective is equally skeptical of both sides. Not incredulous. We suspend judgment until facts to support our claims.</p><p></p><p><span>MSM and MSM+ exist within a closed system referred to here as the &#8220;World Stage.&#8221;</span></p><p><span>This is the version of the world as interpreted through the lens of Mainstream Mediation. It builds upon the previous news cycles with a presupposition that these reflect reality rather than distort it. The consensus worldview is formed without accounting for or referencing media fakery, psyops, and the long-term effects of accumulated news cycles corrupted by staged events. This &#8220;bending&#8221; of the news, or &#8220;news bending&#8221; is inherent to MSM and MSM+.</span></p><p><span>Over the decades, our history has diverged from an objective, fact-based assessment of the past. This isn&#8217;t a bug; it&#8217;s a feature. MSM and MSM+ are specifically designed to bend history itself. The map given to media consumers is not the territory. The World Stage is a version of the world the masses are programmed to exist within. It&#8217;s a frame of reference, a point of view, and a system of beliefs.</span></p><p><span>To live within that model, the World Stager is required to be a believer, rather than a knower. They react to the scripted events with a tacit acceptance of their fundamental reality. MSM true believers are programmed to contextualize their worldview within the World Stage model.</span></p><p><span>By contrast, the MSM- perspective, factoring in structural, systemic fakery in mass media, rejects the MSM belief system. Instead, it leads to Informed Non-Belief. The MSM- point of view is grounded in reality, aware of the World Stage as a model, and is detached from it.</span></p><p><span>This &#8220;Off-World Stage&#8221; point of view rejects the programming, choosing to analyze and deconstruct the World Stage rather than exist within it. Here, programming refers to the scripted events that believers react to and participate in.</span></p><p><span>The continuous sequence of scripted events constitutes The Metascript.</span></p><p><span>The Metascripted collection of stories built upon stories constitutes our history.</span></p><p><span>Both MSM and MSM+ exist within a prefabricated historical timeline and in ignorance of systemic media fakery.</span></p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YQK_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9fdfa880-5e99-4381-9774-974ab5ae98b7_1107x717.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>World stage constitutes a closed system containing both mainstream and alternative that is considered one perspective. Off world stage is a separate one. What this perspective, the off world stage perspective adds to its interpretation of what we see in media is an awareness of news bending which is the influence of staged events on the real news, how the real news bends or warps around the simulation. History-bending which is the cumulative effect of fake news over time and how that affects the present with regard to how you interpret current events. If your interpretation of current events is not inclusive of many decades of previous current events being faked, then your perspective isn&#8217;t grounded in reality but rather in the world stage, which is a simulation that we internalize and superimpose over reality.</p><p>This perspective also takes into account media fakery itself, the techniques, technologies, how it&#8217;s done. Crisis actors are just the tip of the iceberg, but it&#8217;s awareness of fake ability. What can be faked? What can be faked at scale? What can&#8217;t be faked is a better question today. Also, this perspective takes into account predictive and concurrent programming, which refers to those instances where entertainment correlates its messaging with the present fake event, which is always a propaganda event. A PSYOP is a PR stunt and it&#8217;s used to advance some propaganda, some event that will now become a fixture in our history because the fake events become, fake news becomes fake history. You could look at a news cycle as a page in the history book and our history book is full of what I would call systemic fakery.</p><p>So the off-world stage perspective has the situational awareness to include in its assessments a collusion that can be demonstrated to exist between government, entertainment, and news media. By contrast, the world stage perspective is bifurcated into a pro versus anti dialectic on every main issue. Mainstream and alternative are part of what you could consider a duopoly. The two sides are triangulated against one another and they have a corresponding position to one another on every major issue creating this constant back and forth. This result of triangulation, while they ignore the central manipulator. So it&#8217;s left and right, misandry misogyny, anti-racist versus xenophobic, progressive versus traditional, science versus religion and this breakdown into two compartments is the fundamental split that every psyop is built upon. Every fake event, every fake person, every staged event is introduced in such a way that the two sides will fight.</p><p>And you do have the political horseshoe on the diagram as well which overlaps the triangulation and the far left and the far right. The woke left and the woke right have identical ideologies but they just differ on the scapegoat whether it&#8217;s critical race theory or critical Israel theory. It&#8217;s structurally the same and wokeism also would include Red Pill Woke, but their central presser is a little more mystified, like Jesuits or Illuminati. They don&#8217;t actually name a specific nation. And Red Pill Woke and Woke Right are actually part of the same subset. All conspiracy theories are a subset of J-Pill. Behind all the conspiracy narratives, eventually it does go point to that one spot every single time. And that&#8217;s built into it so again conspiracy theories are there to lead you into work right politics.</p><p></p><h1><strong><span>Fakeablility</span></strong></h1><p><span>What are the questions that we would ask as to whether the story is viable?</span></p><p><span>First of all, you would ask, is it fakeable? Fakeability is one of our key concepts here.</span></p><p><span>We don&#8217;t say everything is fake. We&#8217;re not starting with generalizing from our observations.</span></p><p><span>We are stating the fact that fake events exist and are presented through the news media. Simulated events do exist. That doesn&#8217;t mean everything&#8217;s fake.</span></p><p>We consider each event with a skeptical approach. We <span>ask, is it fakeable? How is it faked? Could the event be simulated with a squib, with CGI, with any other type of hypothetical prop or special effect? Because if it&#8217;s fakeable, then it could be fake. There&#8217;s room for doubt.</span></p><p><span>As a rule, if it can be faked in the movies, it can be faked on the news.</span></p><p><span>Additionally, we examine each event in the context in which events are routinely faked. We recognize n</span>ews-bending and, if you consider 70 years of consecutive psyops in a sequence on a singular script superimposed over our consensus version of reality, history-bending.</p><p>If you assume that it&#8217;s real until proven fake, that&#8217;s mainstream. Real until proven fake is the position of the believer.</p><p>MSM minus says it should be considered possibly fake if fakeable. Fake if fakeable until proven real. Meaning if doubt has been raised, then they have to prove it&#8217;s real. By doubt, we refer to any hoax-indicator that raises a reasonable doubt.</p><p>The burden of proof to accept what the media is reporting, and this includes alternative media, lies with them. Any hoax indicators shift the burden away from the news consumer.</p><p>Hoax indicators shift that burden of proof back on the media:</p><ul><li><p>predictive programming,</p></li><li><p>concurrent programming,</p></li><li><p>deviations from standard protocol with law enforcement and emergency personnel, funeral &amp; autopsy arrangements</p></li><li><p>the event unfolds according to a predictable template</p></li><li><p>psyop actors from other events play a role</p></li><li><p>immediate political agenda triggering left versus right political circus</p></li></ul><p>Until the News Believer can address each of these and refute that they are indeed indicators of media fakery, they have no truth claim.</p><h4><strong>Hoax indicators must be refuted before one can stand upon a mainstream knowledge claim.</strong></h4><p></p><p>The convergence of real and fake occurs in the presentation of staged events as they are disseminated through the usual channels. News media, entertainment, celebrity influencers, and all other propaganda conduits amplify the stories, which generate predictable reactions.</p><p>The two sides of the World State respond uniformly; each accepting the reality of the event, and each blaming the other for causing it. The mutual scapegoating is the result of mainstream media versus alternative media&#8217;s triangulation by a central manipulator. Mainstream is &#8220;pro&#8221; and alternative is &#8220;anti&#8221; the premise as presented.</p><p>These predictable ideological battles over each successive Psyop is how the public consumes each staged event. This consumption process begins with the premise established in the report, primarily that the event happened. The debates and arguments are what make the staged event real in the minds of the participants</p><p>By examing the staged spectacles in a sequence, in their continuity, these can be discerned as existing on a timeline. Consider this hypothetical:</p><p>Right now, we can look back Season 2026: Episode 6 (for June). The Psyops of the month revolve around high-profile killings that have been made into activist causes. Earlier episodes this season involved a trip around the moon, riots over immigration enforcement, and political fanatics worshiping a gold statue of their leader.</p><p>Each of these events contained the typical (predictable) hoax indicators. These amount to evidence of pre-planning and reveal the coordination between psyops in the news, and mass entertainment.</p><p>Season 2026: Episode 9 (for September) has already been written, rehearsed, and is coordinated with upcoming releases in mass entertainment.</p><p>As with a schedule of television shows, the Metascript is on a program, future psychological operations necessarily exist on a calendar.</p><p>This calendar of events constitutes a timeline that synchronizes with our lived experiences in the present time. We experience these events as spontaneous happenings, as breaking news, but in reality, these are contrived and premeditated events. Moreover, these events on this separate timeline merge with our consensus agreement about the past.</p><p>Thus, the fake timeline merges with the real one through our concious participation and interaction with it. The two timelines become one because to the World Stager, the staged events are assumed to be real and isolated happenings, intead of simulated events existing inserted into our timeline by deception.</p><h3>All Psyops Occur In The Same Fictional Universe</h3><p>Spotting a staged event in isolation is a no-brainer at this point. The next leap forward recognizing these exist on a timeline and recognizing how far back this process goes. This inclues the recognition that our worldview is the result of long-term distortion, or History Bending.</p><p>To exist in the present without knowledge of what came before, of what didn&#8217;t actually happen, is to live in in the fusion of the two timelines.</p><p>Until one discerns the two timelines as distinct, one is programmable by each incoming staged event, as the simulated events presume the authenticity of past staged events. The fake news of today builds upon the fake news of yesterday; each news cycle becomes another page in the history books.</p><p>To take an oppositional position to the mainstream one on any issue, to become an &#8220;anti&#8221; is to participate in the simulation. The pro and the anti position mutually reinforce the assumed reality of each fake.</p><p>The deprogrammed are those who not only each to be programmable by incoming simulations, but who also contextualize these in that sequence of psyops extending far into the past. Deprogramming occurs when one decouples their individual worldview from the false timeline of events while remaining firmly planted on the real one.</p><p>Many truthers begin to discern the glitches in the simulated news and mistake these for evidence that the world itself is a simulation. They falsely equate simulated news with simulated reality because they mistake the map for the territory, leading them to interpret errors in the map with errors in reality. We have corrected this misunderstanding by demonstrating the simulation to be an internal, mental construct resulting from consuming worldview-bending lies.</p><p>Each simulated event in the false timeline of events is argued over by the triangulated factions until it permeates the entire media ecosystem. Participating in these with the operational premise they are actual events, is what creates and maintains what eventually becomes established history.</p><p>History is a record of what is known and what is believed to be true. The believers in the false timeline, the Metascript, are like believers in a religion with total faith in scripture.</p><p>Metascripture, conveyed via the News-Testament, creates a paradigm that approximates a religious one.</p><p>Until one recognizes and rejects participation in the Pro vs Anti and adopts the Non position, one is part of the process of history fabrication. The<span> entertainment and the news are so intertwined they cannot be considered separate.</span></p><p><span>So what is this really pointing out? Well, it&#8217;s pointing out that the fake news events done at behest of government by media are also supplemented by entertainment that prepares you to accept it.</span></p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aUgt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc6043261-bfff-4d94-a68c-c8bee394091f_1107x717.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aUgt!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc6043261-bfff-4d94-a68c-c8bee394091f_1107x717.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aUgt!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc6043261-bfff-4d94-a68c-c8bee394091f_1107x717.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aUgt!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc6043261-bfff-4d94-a68c-c8bee394091f_1107x717.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aUgt!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc6043261-bfff-4d94-a68c-c8bee394091f_1107x717.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aUgt!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc6043261-bfff-4d94-a68c-c8bee394091f_1107x717.png" width="1107" height="717" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c6043261-bfff-4d94-a68c-c8bee394091f_1107x717.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:717,&quot;width&quot;:1107,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aUgt!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc6043261-bfff-4d94-a68c-c8bee394091f_1107x717.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aUgt!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc6043261-bfff-4d94-a68c-c8bee394091f_1107x717.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aUgt!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc6043261-bfff-4d94-a68c-c8bee394091f_1107x717.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aUgt!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc6043261-bfff-4d94-a68c-c8bee394091f_1107x717.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>So now you have the world stage map. You have it divided into MSM and MSM plus because the mainstream mediation includes all the entertainment as well as the education. And anything really that&#8217;s platformed on major platforms for entertainment or news. The mainstream dominant paradigm as broadcast is MSM. The conspiracy version is MSM Plus. So they think that there&#8217;s a cover up or not all the information is out or something&#8217;s been hidden. So they add on to it. So a conspiracy theory does not subtract. It offers a separate story which has built in other assumptions. And that would be the plus. So it&#8217;s additional.</p><p>The off world stage perspective by comparison is subtractive. So MSM Minus which means instead of adding to what is presented to make it palatable we subtract what can be verified. So instead of becoming alternative believers we become informed non-believers. It&#8217;s the rejection of a story that&#8217;s incomplete rather than filling in the blanks which is what conspiracy theories all do.</p><p>Now you&#8217;ll see the two timelines so the twin timeline convergence refers to the real timeline and the fake event timeline which tells us becomes then history. Now the fake event time referred to as the meta script, it includes all of the fake events that will be inserted into the world stage. And these fake events that exist on a separate timeline are part of the same sequence. They exist in the same fictional universe. They build on one another. If you have a fake mass shooting event, and a few years later, another one, they will often reference one another because they&#8217;re part of the same operation. So I refer to this as the Metascript because it contains all these other scripted events.</p><p>So the Metascript enters into the two sides, pro and the anti, and they fight over who did it. But they agree that it was. So as you can see, the Metascript fake event timeline merges with and fake plus real events constitute our history. So our frame of reference is a prospect that includes the assumption that previous fake events were real. That is built into the system. You think the real timeline is unwritten, but the meta script exists in the future. It consists of our future history which is being faked for us through the new cycles and then it becomes our shared history.</p><p>So the twin timeline convergence refers to the merging of real and fake. The believers, the off-world stage perspective does not participate in the convergence. We don&#8217;t allow them to combine the two. We act and retroactively what fake events we may have accepted as real in the past as we decouple our perception from this murder. So the off-world stage perspective is only possible if you are aware of the sequence of fake events, not individual psyops, but the systemic fakery itself, because that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re actually revealing here, is that this is a feature of what media is and what it does. These are not anomalies. It is in fact systemic to it.</p><p>Okay next after timeline convergence let&#8217;s talk about the two perspectives. We already covered this for the most part but I just want to point out that everything in the world stage circle is MSM. MSM Plus is a subset. It&#8217;s not outside of it. Pro anti the off world stage perspective is anti pro just like the antis are but we&#8217;re also anti anti. Our position on every issue that&#8217;s brought into this triangulation dynamic is non. It&#8217;s no longer acceptable to claim to be let&#8217;s say an anti fill in the blank because once you take an anti position now you&#8217;re in the political horseshoe with a bunch of people who don&#8217;t know anything&#8217;s fake. So you essentially have just joined in with the collective of the deceived. And without their participation in the fake events, these things wouldn&#8217;t become real. It does require your engagement.</p><p>So taking an anti-position is fundamentally and ethically no different than taking a pro-position. Again, it&#8217;s a controlled opposition, the entire thing. All conspiracy theories are in fact subplots within the meta script itself so that&#8217;s how fundamental our differences are.</p><p>The off-world stage perspective is non on everything so here again to clarify MSM and MSM plus have a common agreement that the events from the meta script are real so all the events here on the fake event timeline are processed as real whether you&#8217;re mainstream or alternative they just disagree on the cause or the party to blame. There could be some wildfires msm will say climate change msm plus will say space lasers they both agree it happened. The skeptical approach would be um can we accept the story at face value. And oftentimes we cannot, that this is something intentionally planted for the two sides to fight over.</p><p>So the MSM minus off world stage perspective sees all of this. We see the convergence of the twin timelines. We see the news becoming history and our awareness of it allows us to step outside of it. And to not get caught up in any pro or anti position. So our awareness situationally includes news bending, history bending, systemic fakery, the psyop and hoax indicators, those clues that would make us suspicious or doubtful, predictive and concurrent programming, and general pattern literacy are all included in our assessment of media events, which means that in addition to looking at the present event in question, we have in our field of awareness, a history of fake events. So our skepticism is backed by empirical research. So we&#8217;re not flippant about calling things fake.</p><p></p><h1><strong>History Bending</strong></h1><p>The concept of <strong>&#8220;history bending&#8221;</strong> represents a shift from the traditional understanding of history as a record of the past to history as a <strong>proactively manufactured media illusion</strong>. According to the sources, history is no longer just something that is recorded; it is something that is <strong>scripted, scheduled, and simulated</strong> to manage the &#8220;human herd&#8221;.</p><h3><strong>The Proactive Manufacturing of Reality</strong></h3><p>Unlike &#8220;retconning&#8221;&#8212;which involves editing the past or burning books&#8212;<strong>history bending is proactive</strong>. It involves the creation of a &#8220;metascript&#8221; where world events are planned years or even decades in advance. As the source explains:</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;The manufacturing of history is proactive. It&#8217;s not retconning. It&#8217;s not editing the past and burning books. No, they&#8217;re proactively creating history by <strong>faking or simulating events on the world stage</strong>, which get accepted as real&#8221;.</p></blockquote><p>These simulated events, which range from mass casualty incidents to political theater, are inserted into the news cycle to dominate public consciousness and become part of a <strong>&#8220;consensus reality&#8221;</strong>. This process is described as a form of <strong>&#8220;timeline hijacking&#8221;</strong> that grants the &#8220;world government ultimate creative control over our internalized model of the world&#8221;.</p><h3><strong>The Role of Predictive Programming</strong></h3><p>A vital component of history bending is <strong>predictive programming</strong>, where the masses are acclimated to narratives and characters through fiction&#8212;movies, books, and video games&#8212;before they &#8220;appear&#8221; in the real world. This use of media serves to open the <strong>&#8220;Overton window,&#8221;</strong> defining the boundaries of what the public perceives as possible.</p><ul><li><p><strong>Acclimatization:</strong> &#8220;We are acclimated to the stories and the characters before they actually exist on the world stage as real, real people, real events&#8221;.</p></li><li><p><strong>Concerted Messaging:</strong> The &#8220;metascript&#8221; uses repeated themes, names, and symbols across different media platforms to create an <strong>&#8220;inescapable echo chamber&#8221;</strong>. For example, the sources point to the repeated use of the name &#8220;Nicholas&#8221; or themes of &#8220;victory&#8221; across various 2024 news cycles and entertainment releases.</p></li></ul><h3><strong>An Internalized Truman Show</strong></h3><p>Ultimately, history bending functions as a modern form of <strong>mass mind control</strong>, replacing traditional state religions with a <strong>&#8220;mainstream mediation&#8221;</strong> that provides society with its myths, miracles, and martyrs. The source notes that even the <strong>Wizard of Oz</strong> in a modern film adaptation summarizes this reality:</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;The truth is not a thing of fact or reason. <strong>The truth is just what everyone agrees on</strong>&#8220;.</p></blockquote><p>By reacting in uniform to perceived universal threats&#8212;such as pandemics or climate change&#8212;the public becomes part of an <strong>&#8220;immersive illusion&#8221;</strong> or an <strong>&#8220;internalized Truman Show&#8221;</strong>. In this framework, the distinction between mainstream and alternative media is a <strong>duopoly</strong>; both sides operate from the same premise that the manufactured events are real, thereby maintaining the fictional universe of the &#8220;metascript&#8221;.<span>So newsbending is part of our perception here when we look at news media we know that they&#8217;re bending it they&#8217;re distracting us they&#8217;re distorting it but then because even regular run-of-the-mill truthers have figured out psyops bending news cycles distractions but the part that the subplot obsessed conspiracy theorists miss the red pillars miss is that news bending becomes history bending which means your perspective on what&#8217;s happening is incomplete unless you&#8217;re aware of short and long-term effects of media manipulation at this level because it does something to the minds of the consumers to their perceptions it frames their interpretation of everything else that they get subsequently and so their framing is their bias their prejudice.<br><br></span></p><div><hr></div><p><em><span><br></span></em><span><br>Bending Time</span></p><p><span>Mainstreamers are prejudiced against conspiracy theorists they don&#8217;t actually look at what they&#8217;re saying they just dismiss it they&#8217;re prejudiced conspiracy theorists similarly automatically reject the mainstream and again it&#8217;s not the result of skepticism it&#8217;s their built-in bias it&#8217;s their framework and that framework is an inhibitor when it comes to understanding what&#8217;s real and what&#8217;s fake and delineating between the two so what we have done is we broke down all the guard rails in the mainstream we remove those from our frame of reference they&#8217;re built-in assumptions and from the truther worldview because the alternative is not an alternative as you can see in this diagram the vent it&#8217;s a subset it&#8217;s not like it&#8217;s two different camps no they&#8217;re the same team and they&#8217;re coming from the same source and one of the things I often point out and I have a graphic for this but basically is that these two are all in the same box but also they have the same triangulator and the triangulator would of course you know be the psyop entertainment complex the media and their triangulation is intended to keep them criticizing each other fighting each other trying to discount each other truthers want to prove the media liars the media wants to censor and shut up the truthers so they&#8217;re always engaged in this dialectic but they never look up and recognize that they&#8217;re part of the same system.</span></p><p></p><p><span>Conspiracy Theories as Subplots</span></p><p></p><h1><strong><span>SUBPLOTS OF THE METASCRIPT: ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMMING</span></strong></h1><blockquote><p><span>The subplots exist in the world stage fictional universe, so if anybody&#8217;s a subplotter, stuck on conspiracies, you can automatically categorize them as having a world stage-centric position.</span></p><p><span>The world-stage-centric position is very limited.</span></p><p>Many have called our Charlie Kirk as possibly alive, but they assume it was to hide from the &#8220;Deep State.&#8221; Other claims include nonsense such as &#8220;President Trump allowed the Deep State to shoot his ear as part of a ritual.&#8221;</p><p>Even if they stumble upon the plausibility that something could be staged, they contextualize it within their reality-compromised timeline.</p><p>The problem with that view is that it doesn&#8217;t consider the scale of an operation required to fake an assassination or a terror attack, and how it&#8217;s bigger than Deep State versus MAGA narratives. The staged history involves a level of coordination in which both sides are equally implicated.</p><p><span>If one part of an event appears to be fake, the whole thing has to be scrapped. If you can falsify the story, you have to start with &#8220;fake until proven real&#8221;. You can&#8217;t start with the assumption of a real death. With that as a starting point, one is only entertaining a subplot of the main fake story.<br><br>Logically, one must reject the story when there are any serious doubts about its veracity. You must step back. That&#8217;s why I say the subtractive position, which is skepticism, is the only logical path forward.</span></p><p><span>Skepticism is based on the concept of suspending judgment until you have all the information, as opposed to automatically believing. That&#8217;s why we refer to the mainstreamers as auto-believers.<br></span></p><p><span>Right-wing or left-wing psyops, each side benefits from its own type of psychological operation. The left can leverage the death of school children to grandstand about the Second Amendment being a bad thing. Similarly, the mainstream Republicans benefit from Islamic terrorist attacks because that&#8217;s their paradigm. Each side benefits from psyops, and neither side calls out those used by the other.</span></p><p>The <span>media is not what the viewing public thinks it is. There are not two different teams. There are not two different perspectives. This is one point of view. Mainstream and alternative are the same point of view. They all buy into the same premise. They argue and fight over lies.</span></p></blockquote><p></p><p>THE REST IS AVAILABLE HERE (FREE):</p><p><a href="https://the-ips-institute-for-metascript-deconstruction.teachable.com/l/pdp/introduction-to-the-metascript">https://the-ips-institute-for-metascript-deconstruction.teachable.com/l/pdp/introduction-to-the-metascript</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can JLB Debunk 'Concurrent Programming'?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I listened to JLB&#8217;s video &#8220;Messi / Yamal Coincidence 'Goes Viral' (but why?).&#8221;]]></description><link>https://timozman.substack.com/p/can-jlb-debunk-concurrent-programming</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://timozman.substack.com/p/can-jlb-debunk-concurrent-programming</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Ozman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:04:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/-2YrENIGHsU" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I listened to JLB&#8217;s video &#8220;Messi / Yamal Coincidence 'Goes Viral' (but why?).&#8221; </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2YrENIGHsU&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;WATCH VIDEO&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2YrENIGHsU"><span>WATCH VIDEO</span></a></p><p></p><p>His take on the Messi/ Yamal coincidences is that there aren&#8217;t really logical explanations for what he calls outrageous coincidences. Moreover, he makes a point of emphasizing that those of us who think there is a coordination between mainstream entertainment and fake events are crazy:</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230;from what I can gather the people who spend a lot of time focused on this stuff a lot of them do seem to end up completely losing their freaking minds and going way off into La La Land and then they start to believe that if they study Netflix and the movies at the cinemas that they can somehow predict future events on the television&#8230;&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;&#8230;they end up with completely cuckoo answers and basically losing their minds i wonder if there is someone or something that stands to benefit from the algorithms pushing this stuff but anyway I do want your comments leave your comments in the comment section below i'm very open-minded&#8230;.&#8221;  -JLB</p></blockquote><p>(He even added a nice little cuckoo bird sound, but he implied he was talking about penguins.)</p><p>Since when is calling out the entertainment and psyop relationship grounds to be called crazy by somebody who claims to be open-minded for entertaining simulation theory as an explanation for predictive programming?</p><p>I feel like some people are just caught in a time loop. Ignoring concurrent programming and calling the noticers &#8220;crazy&#8221; is only going to build a consensus that one is gatekeeping and not directly confronting the claims.</p><p>Reducing it to a straw man of claiming that we advocate &#8220;predicting the news&#8221; based on Netflix is an oversimplification. I can point to the <strong>Charlie Kirk is Not Dead </strong>course for evidence of strong correspondences between streaming entertainment and fake events. </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://the-ips-institute-for-metascript-deconstruction.teachable.com/admin-app/courses/2998330/curriculum/lessons/66191286&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Charlie Kirk is Alive&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://the-ips-institute-for-metascript-deconstruction.teachable.com/admin-app/courses/2998330/curriculum/lessons/66191286"><span>Charlie Kirk is Alive</span></a></p><p></p><p>He speaks as though predictive and concurrent programming aren&#8217;t already recognized as persistent phenomena. By claiming that it&#8217;s a mystery and that it&#8217;s unexplained, that there are no logical explanations, he leaves the door open to all kinds of wild speculation. </p><p>However, he does so without even acknowledging The Metascript and its systemic implementation. The fake news has been bending history for a long time. The sequence of fake events occurs on a timeline of future events that are presented in the news as authentic.</p><h3>The entertainment and the news media work in tandem to perform the Bread and Circus acts at the behest of the global government. I am not crazy for noticing this. You&#8217;d have to be crazy not to.</h3><p></p><p>Labeling those of us who are noticing the consistent relationship between drills and fake events and entertainment &#8220;crazy&#8221; is not the same thing as debunking our claims from a skeptical perspective. </p><h2>Skepticism rises above ad hominem. </h2><p>The facts are on our side. These can only be conveniently ignored as long as Realville remains small. We are not confused, nor are we at a loss for a logical explanation. </p><div id="youtube2--2YrENIGHsU" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;-2YrENIGHsU&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-2YrENIGHsU?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>I think it would be interesting if a number of you were to ask him how he explains the real-time concurrent programming connecting the HBO series The Boys with events surrounding Donald Trump, and the Tempest and its connection to Charlie and Erika Kirk, specifically with the down-to-the-day timing.  </p><p>He claims there is no explanation, but he entertains simulation. We are suggesting that the repeated examples over a long span of time display something systemic, something built into the structure of media itself. </p><h4>The IPS claims that entertainment is coordinated with psychological operations; JLB makes cuckoo-bird noises and says we lost our minds. </h4><p>I would be curious to know how he explains these things away, or is he satisfied with the appearance of a mystery? Because when something is understood, and someone calls it a mystery, they are technically engaging in what is called an appeal from ignorance fallacy. I want to know if he&#8217;s debunked the concept or if he&#8217;s dodging it altogether. </p><p>If he has an excellent debunk to repeated and predictable instances of concurrent programming, then I would like to hear it.</p><p>My question: </p><p>Is JLB dodging the implications of Concurrent Programming by falsely asserting there&#8217;s no logical explanation?  </p><p>Also, let&#8217;s not forget that there&#8217;s no logical basis for being &#8220;open-minded&#8221; enough to entertain the &#8220;simulation&#8221; hypothesis for fake news events. This is technically a Divine Fallacy, appealing to a higher power to cover over gaps in one&#8217;s existing explanations for a given phenomenon. </p><p><strong>In this instance, rather than considering that the creators of propaganda have hijacked mainstream entertainment for psyop-reinforcement purposes, they assert that God or an equivalent entity was responsible. </strong>We can prove that man creates propaganda and that man exists; to assert that &#8220;the simulation&#8221; was involved, you must first prove that &#8220;the simulation&#8221; exists. </p><p>Let me hear your thoughts. 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class=\&quot;tweet-fake-link\&quot;>@realjesseonfire</span> \n<span class=\&quot;tweet-fake-link\&quot;>@AJNlive</span> \n\n&#128308;WATCH/SHARE THE LIVE X STREAM NOW: &quot;,&quot;username&quot;:&quot;RealAlexJones&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Alex 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data-component-name="Twitter2ToDOM"></div></blockquote><p>Alex Jones is seemingly entertaining the idea that Charlie Kirk is alive; however, before you think he&#8217;s getting close to the truth, it&#8217;s only because he&#8217;s leaning into a guardrail. A guardrail is a safe conspiracy theory, one which preserves the narrative structure of the Psyop itself.</p><blockquote><p>Note: Jesse on Fire offers disclaimers that he doesn&#8217;t know and can&#8217;t prove his case.</p><p>&#8220;I have to preface with the caveat that this is just a thought exercise and I have no way of knowing.&#8221; &#8212;Jesse on Fire, self-discrediting disclaimer</p></blockquote><h4>First of all, let&#8217;s just establish that, as per evidence, the assassination was a planned, simulated event and not a premeditated murder. The hoax indicators, predictive and concurrent programming, and the terrible performances of the individuals involved make this abundantly clear. </h4><p>This story existed in the Metascript for decades. The Metascript is the timeline containing future fake events. These simulations require careful planning and coordination  and are not spontaneous events. </p><h4>Any conspiracy theories built on the premise that it was a real event can be rejected as subplots in the Metascript.</h4><p> </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wZ4X!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fda7e59ba-3a0b-496b-840f-970ced39438a_797x817.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wZ4X!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fda7e59ba-3a0b-496b-840f-970ced39438a_797x817.webp 424w, 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>This Subplot allows them to entertain the notion that Charlie Kirk is not dead, that a Squib was used to simulate his death. </p><h4>However, this version doesn&#8217;t expose MEDIA FAKERY. It rests on the claim that Charlie&#8217;s TPUSA crew did the special effects and tricked the media and observers.</h4><p>This Subplot maintains the illusion that Charlie Kirk was a real person and that he was or is a true Christian patriot who had to go into hiding. Why?</p><ol><li><p>To avoid assassination by the Mossad. </p></li><li><p>To avoid prison because President Biden was going after him and TPUSA.</p></li></ol><h3>Purpose Of This Guardrail:</h3><ol><li><p>This explanation preserves Charlie Kirk, Erika Kirk, and Candace Owens as real, not scripted characters. </p></li><li><p>This explanation preserves both the Left vs Right and the Woke Right vs Mainstream Right dialectics. </p></li><li><p>This explanation doesn&#8217;t call into question the media itself and its role in facilitating fake events. </p></li></ol><p>This gives cover to paid misinformationist liar Candace Owens to grow the alternative media demographic on the woke right who tacitly accept the premise that Israel controls America.  Woke Left and Woke Right are part of the world stage Triangulation structure. </p><p>Additionally, the conspiracy theories emphasize the schism on the right between mainstream anti-Islam and the woke right, anti-Israel factions. </p><h3>Conspiracy theories are built into the political theatre. </h3><p>All the conspiracy theories around Charlie Kirk are intended to engage the alternative media in the fabricated events. </p><ul><li><p>To accept the premise that he was assassinated by someone other than Tyler Robinson is to align with the  woke right.  </p></li><li><p>To be aligned with the woke right is to accept the World Stage and its fake history as objective reality and to ignore decades of fake events that frame contemporary events.</p></li></ul><p>The Squibbing of Charlie Kirk is too easy to expose, and the explosive microphone theory is ludicrous, so they have their guardrails in place for the skeptics: they agree that yes, his death was fake, but it was to hide from Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, or Erika Kirk and the TPUSA. </p><p>What the Guardrails ignore:</p><ol><li><p>Charlie Kirk was an act. He didn&#8217;t exist except as a construct.</p></li><li><p>Erika Kirk is only playing a villain on TV. Her backstory is fake and was planted there to foment conspiracy theories.</p></li><li><p>Candace Owens knows Kirk is alive; her character, this role she is playing, is part of the same script in which Charlie would be assassinated on 9/10/2025.  </p></li></ol><p></p><p>SUMMARY:</p><p>Conspiracy theories attached to fake events are subplots. </p><p>Guardrails are planted narratives to prevent anyone from calling out the structural and systemic fakery. This includes a variety of psyops, all performed through mass media and reinforced by popular entertainment. Prefabricated, historically significant events go back decades and are provably scheduled decades in advance.</p><p>The Metascript is the timeline of fake events that we have been psyop&#8217;ed by in the past and those that we will experience in the future.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://the-ips-institute-for-metascript-deconstruction.teachable.com/l/pdp/introduction-to-the-metascript&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Intro To Metascript Theory&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://the-ips-institute-for-metascript-deconstruction.teachable.com/l/pdp/introduction-to-the-metascript"><span>Intro To Metascript Theory</span></a></p><p></p><p><br>We will discuss this live today.</p><p></p><p>Tim Ozman,</p><p>IPR HOST</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>CHARLIE IS ALIVE <a 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governments and power elites exert control by hijacking history and simulating news events. The speaker argues that the news cycle is a &#8220;house of cards&#8221; built on decades of &#8220;history bending,&#8221; where simulated events are used to create a singular worldview that legitimizes authority.]]></description><link>https://timozman.substack.com/p/ips-deprogram-live-june-23-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://timozman.substack.com/p/ips-deprogram-live-june-23-2026</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Ozman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:08:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204383882/8b67440afacf9d358823227d84033726.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://the-ips-institute-for-metascript-deconstruction.teachable.com/l/pdp/introduction-to-the-metascript&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Intro To MetaSCRIPT&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://the-ips-institute-for-metascript-deconstruction.teachable.com/l/pdp/introduction-to-the-metascript"><span>Intro To MetaSCRIPT</span></a></p><p></p><p>This discussion surrounds the <strong>&#8220;Metascript,&#8221;</strong> a framework used to analyze how governments and power elites exert control by <strong>hijacking history and simulating news events</strong>. The speaker argues that the news cycle is a <strong>&#8220;house of cards&#8221;</strong> built on decades of &#8220;history bending,&#8221; where simulated events are used to create a singular worldview that legitimizes authority. This analysis is applied to recent events like the <strong>staged assassination of Charlie Kirk</strong> and the <strong>Montreal shooting</strong>, which are characterized as manufactured &#8220;PsyOps&#8221; designed to &#8220;pre-sell&#8221; the public on future social changes, such as <strong>internet censorship and digital IDs</strong>.</p><p><strong>List of Topics</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>The Metascript and Pattern Literacy:</strong> Understanding the continuous, structural script upon which all fake events occur.</p></li><li><p><strong>Predictive and Concurrent Programming:</strong> How movies and media (e.g., <em>The Boys</em>, <em>The Tempest</em>, <em>Sinners</em>) foreshadow real-world simulated events.</p></li><li><p><strong>The Manufacture of &#8220;Woke Right&#8221; Extremism:</strong> Analyzing the Montreal shooter and his manifesto as a &#8220;J-Pill&#8221; caricature designed to demonize specific demographics.</p></li><li><p><strong>Crisis Acting and &#8220;Lifetime Actors&#8221;:</strong> The role of individuals like Charlie and Erica Kirk in performing scripted personas on the world stage.</p></li><li><p><strong>&#8220;Disease X&#8221; and the Mind Virus:</strong> The narrative of dangerous ideas as viruses to justify internet &#8220;quarantines&#8221; and lockdowns.</p></li><li><p><strong>Racialized Martyrs:</strong> The use of the <strong>Henry Novak and Austin Metcalf</strong> cases to fuel &#8220;White Lives Matter&#8221; sentiment through timed media coordination.</p></li></ul><p><strong>5 Quotes from the Sources</strong></p><ol><li><p>&#8220;Governments taking control over history and using this to create a <strong>singular worldview that justifies, legitimizes, and maybe even gives a divine mandate</strong> to their authority.&#8221;</p></li><li><p>&#8220;You can <strong>no longer rely on the visual deconstruction</strong> to say something is fake... you have to have a better form of assessment.&#8221;</p></li><li><p>&#8220;Predictive programming is a form of foreshadowing its purposes are... <strong>pre-selling us on future fake events</strong> so that we get involved in the event rather than... get stuck on the question of is it real.&#8221;</p></li><li><p>&#8220;Once you see a <strong>mind virus</strong>, it signifies that you&#8217;re aware of these things and how they work... a mind virus is essentially an <strong>unsubstantiated belief</strong>.&#8221;</p></li><li><p>&#8220;I advocate here for, we foment here, a <strong>culture of disbelief</strong>... If the facts don&#8217;t support knowing it to be true, I will remain an informed disbeliever.&#8221;</p></li></ol><p><strong>Summary</strong></p><p>The sources present a theory that global events are no longer organic, but rather <strong>carefully choreographed performances</strong> designed to guide public response through &#8220;guardrails&#8221;. By identifying <strong>&#8220;common denominators&#8221;</strong> across media and news&#8212;such as the specific neck and heart wound locations found in movies like <em>Snake Eyes</em> and <em>Sinners</em>&#8212;the speaker claims to expose a <strong>manufactured future</strong>. Key examples include the <strong>Montreal shooter&#8217;s manifesto</strong>, which is viewed as an AI-generated tool to create fear of the &#8220;woke right,&#8221; and the <strong>Henry Novak death</strong>, which is linked to symbolic imagery on <em>The Economist</em> covers and movie plots to launch specific political movements. Ultimately, the sources advocate for <strong>&#8220;pattern literacy&#8221;</strong> to see through these PsyOps and recognize the <strong>structural collusion</strong> between government, entertainment, and news media.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[live 830am mdt]]></title><description><![CDATA[YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@infiniteplanesociety/live]]></description><link>https://timozman.substack.com/p/live-830am-mdt</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://timozman.substack.com/p/live-830am-mdt</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Ozman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:19:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8ac104196752289b90a361baea" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="pullquote"><p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span>YOUTUBE: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@infiniteplanesociety/live">https://www.youtube.com/@infiniteplanesociety/live</a></strong></em></p><p 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The common symbolic element of the sun and moon merging over the monoilth. In this case, the monolith is the black mirror, the screen, and the sun and moon are represented by real and fiction, or waking and dreaming, converging staged fakery within the context of our real lives. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zhj9!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc5b876af-e41c-42ee-80f1-08de9b4ca05b_1107x717.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zhj9!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc5b876af-e41c-42ee-80f1-08de9b4ca05b_1107x717.png 424w, 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The second perspective isn&#8217;t that of the conspiracy theorists; it is the Off World Stage perspective. </p><p>This includes an awareness of News Bending, History Bending, Media Fakery, Predictive and Concurrent programming, and the collusion between government, news media, and entertainment required for this to work.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!H18Y!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F50961547-f6c7-4425-af51-0326a36785c4_1107x717.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!H18Y!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F50961547-f6c7-4425-af51-0326a36785c4_1107x717.png 424w, 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>World Stagers both make their assessments from a flawed starting position on every issue. </p><p>So far, the MSM+ have not offered a critical analysis of Metascript Deconstruction. Those in that camp are stuck on &#8220;muh coincidence&#8221; explanation. </p><p>These are part of the Teachable Course, which should be completed today. We shall return to a regular livestream schedule after.</p><p></p><p>TIm Ozman</p><p>IPR HOST</p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is The "6/11 Prediction" Valid?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Explaining the Metascript]]></description><link>https://timozman.substack.com/p/is-the-611-prediction-valid</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://timozman.substack.com/p/is-the-611-prediction-valid</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Ozman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:23:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5V85!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedf865ae-9f08-4bf6-81c8-f25bf2597a99_1170x490.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s be clear: The &#8220;6/11 prediction&#8221; is not really a date-specific thing, but a Metascripted Event, as indicated by decades of predictive programming&#8212;concurrent, if you consider the elevator scene in the movie Final Destination matching the real Space Needle&#8217;s new elevator. This Metascripted Event pertains to the destruction of Seattle on par with or more severe than 9/11.</p><p>To minimize our observations because &#8220;6/11&#8221; did not occur on a particular date misunderstand what we are looking at. These patterns exist and demonstrate the government-entertainment-news media collusion in Worldview creation via prefabricated history.</p><p>Events foreshadowed in entertainment, usually by established Metascriptors, happen in the news in the form of psyops or staged events. Certain numbers and dates appear repeatedly within these narratives and should be recognized as recurring motifs rather than treated as precise predictions.</p><p>This isn&#8217;t to say that numbers and event dates have been strongly correlated. We &#8220;predicted&#8221; 3/11/20 as the ground zero in Seattle for some global event using this approach. However, this was after incorrectly guessing 11/3 was the date to watch.</p><p>Therefore, by the programming, 11/6 could also be a valid and informed guess. For example:</p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5V85!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedf865ae-9f08-4bf6-81c8-f25bf2597a99_1170x490.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5V85!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedf865ae-9f08-4bf6-81c8-f25bf2597a99_1170x490.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5V85!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedf865ae-9f08-4bf6-81c8-f25bf2597a99_1170x490.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5V85!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedf865ae-9f08-4bf6-81c8-f25bf2597a99_1170x490.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5V85!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedf865ae-9f08-4bf6-81c8-f25bf2597a99_1170x490.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5V85!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedf865ae-9f08-4bf6-81c8-f25bf2597a99_1170x490.jpeg" width="1170" height="490" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/edf865ae-9f08-4bf6-81c8-f25bf2597a99_1170x490.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:490,&quot;width&quot;:1170,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;The sims that destroyed Gotham - befores &amp; afters&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The sims that destroyed Gotham - befores &amp; afters&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="The sims that destroyed Gotham - befores &amp; afters" title="The sims that destroyed Gotham - befores &amp; afters" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5V85!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedf865ae-9f08-4bf6-81c8-f25bf2597a99_1170x490.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5V85!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedf865ae-9f08-4bf6-81c8-f25bf2597a99_1170x490.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5V85!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedf865ae-9f08-4bf6-81c8-f25bf2597a99_1170x490.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5V85!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedf865ae-9f08-4bf6-81c8-f25bf2597a99_1170x490.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><blockquote><p>&#8220;Wednesday, <strong>November 6th.</strong> The city is under water. The National Guard is coming. Martial law is in effect, but the criminal element never sleeps. Looting and lawlessness will be rampant in the parts of the city no one can get to. I can already see things will get worse before they get better. And some will seize the chance to grab everything they can...</p><p>Vengeance won&#8217;t change the past. Mine or anyone else&#8217;s. I have to become more. People need hope. To know someone&#8217;s out there for them.&#8221;</p><p>&#8212; Batman, closing monologue</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p>We have a model. It has demonstrated predictive capability. We should be testing it.</p><p>You are supposed to attempt to falsify your own model, or at least understand the conditions under which it would no longer be valid, so that it does not become unfalsifiable. Anything unfalsifiable can ultimately be ignored. Transvestigationism and Simulation Theory are examples. No matter what inconsistencies are pointed out, such theories simply move the goalposts.</p><p>Metascript deconstruction and the subsequent attempt to interpret predictive programming as foreshadowing is not falsified by an incorrect date prediction. To falsify the Metascript model would require demonstrating that the recurring patterns, narrative structures, predictive programming elements, and concurrent symbolism are either nonexistent or lacking explanatory power.</p><p>Gematria and calendar-date decoders, however, are falsified by their failed predictions because they appeal to the authority of numerology calculations. They miss more than they hit because their outlook is based on the premise that events can be predicted through numerology. Their approach is inseparable from a selectivity bias and the Texas Sharpshooter fallacy.</p><p>Metascript deconstruction, by contrast, does not rely upon subjective numerical interpretation but upon informed contextual analysis. It operates with an awareness of news-bending, government-media-entertainment collusions, and the broader mindwar environment in which individual psyops can be understood as existing within the MSM fictional universe, a closed narrative system that actively ignores criticism from outside its boundaries.</p><p>Few endorse Simulation Theory or occult forces behind predictive programming any longer. Like the numerologists, their models are flawed and don&#8217;t answer any of the questions the Metascript deconstruction answers.</p><h3>Some Thoughts On Paradigm Control:</h3><p>The worldview we share is largely the result of collective agreement about what was and what is. This is the result of our personally lived experiences, but include the institutions that provide us a context in which to live our lives.</p><p>History describes the past; news media describe the present. The future is considered unwritten by the media consumers. The Metascript describes the future that has been written in advance, which is performed in front of us in the form of psychological operations in the news media. </p><p>The result of news media colluding with government in the performance of psyops is a distortion of our worldview. These distorted news cycles aggregate and become history. </p><p>The sequence of psyops or simulated events that populate our history books and our news cycles can be determined to have been planned decades in advance of their execution. All of these require collusion between news media, popular entertainment, and government. </p><p>This sequence, this program of fake historic events, starts far in advance of us, converges in the present with every simulated event, and dominates the historical record. This superimposed, fake history is the Metascript, and it&#8217;s how the elite keep all mankind in a mental Truman Show, a closed informational system operating under the premise that media and entertainment aren&#8217;t instrumental in paradigm control.</p><p>In terms of worldview building, the Metascript has replaced religious scripture. The media has superseded religion as the dominant force in this regard, by design. You may consider the news as the News Testament and Metascript, like scripture, containing the big stories that bind us to a consensus, to the World Stage: a worldview that combines real and fake.  </p><p>Now that Seattle is not a focus, I am presently working on a Teachable Course to present these concepts in an easy-to-follow order, complete with infographics, video lessons, audiobooks, and written explanations.</p><p>(COMING SOON)</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Htlj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40613b9c-dc6a-409d-83f6-f11d847eda17_564x590.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>Thank you for subscribing,</p><p></p><p>Tim Ozman,</p><p>IPR Host</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Post-NonApocalypse Seattle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Review]]></description><link>https://timozman.substack.com/p/post-nonapocalypse-seattle</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://timozman.substack.com/p/post-nonapocalypse-seattle</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Ozman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:34:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TElS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdb26f904-a39e-4e3f-aabd-574334181f77_4080x3072.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We have preempted the Seattle event. Just because the date wasn&#8217;t the one we imagined it to be, which we admit was partially subjective, doesn&#8217;t invalidate the point: the major events of our lives have largely been faked, and what we are examining in the form of predictive programming represents a coming attraction.</p><p>Here are a couple of takeaways:</p><ol><li><p>The IPS is now moving to the "reality testing&#8221; phase of our media-deconstruction, and all future and past staged events are what we are focusing on. We will send reporters to all the major hoax sites to gain additional context. </p></li><li><p>We planted a flag in the form of discussions, images, and media analysis, which pointed to such an event, and if we are correct, then when it occurs, the alt-media plants won&#8217;t monopolize its interpretation. The IPS has paved a rabbit trail for the skeptics.</p></li></ol><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TElS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdb26f904-a39e-4e3f-aabd-574334181f77_4080x3072.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TElS!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdb26f904-a39e-4e3f-aabd-574334181f77_4080x3072.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TElS!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdb26f904-a39e-4e3f-aabd-574334181f77_4080x3072.jpeg 848w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>t</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;516b9009-5c57-4bdf-a8de-df6c2e5d8a9c&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>Here&#8217;s something else to think about:</p><p>This means that the Psyop Entertainment Complex, that is, the contractors,  politicians, operatives, and all those developing the next big one, are being watched for the first time by those of us who have had a sneak peek. </p><h3>Does our &#8220;noticing&#8221; in any way change the outcome?</h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kY8B!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc70747d2-26f5-4119-9c31-6c0cc4eccc4e_4080x3072.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kY8B!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc70747d2-26f5-4119-9c31-6c0cc4eccc4e_4080x3072.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kY8B!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc70747d2-26f5-4119-9c31-6c0cc4eccc4e_4080x3072.jpeg 848w, 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kY8B!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc70747d2-26f5-4119-9c31-6c0cc4eccc4e_4080x3072.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kY8B!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc70747d2-26f5-4119-9c31-6c0cc4eccc4e_4080x3072.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kY8B!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc70747d2-26f5-4119-9c31-6c0cc4eccc4e_4080x3072.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kY8B!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc70747d2-26f5-4119-9c31-6c0cc4eccc4e_4080x3072.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"></figcaption></figure></div><p>I would argue that no, it does nothing to change the inevitable </p><p>Our history is going according to the program, which I presume to be unalterable, as the metascript aligns media with religion, entertainment, and the astrological layout. </p><p>Nothing happened there on 6/11 because that&#8217;s not the scheduled date. But now, when it does, there will be this one unapproved rabbit trail in place.  </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aOZC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb484d102-262f-44a1-92ef-8afaa32eb65a_4080x3072.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aOZC!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb484d102-262f-44a1-92ef-8afaa32eb65a_4080x3072.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aOZC!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb484d102-262f-44a1-92ef-8afaa32eb65a_4080x3072.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aOZC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb484d102-262f-44a1-92ef-8afaa32eb65a_4080x3072.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aOZC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb484d102-262f-44a1-92ef-8afaa32eb65a_4080x3072.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aOZC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb484d102-262f-44a1-92ef-8afaa32eb65a_4080x3072.jpeg" width="1456" height="1934" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b484d102-262f-44a1-92ef-8afaa32eb65a_4080x3072.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1934,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:7972396,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://timozman.substack.com/i/201918404?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb484d102-262f-44a1-92ef-8afaa32eb65a_4080x3072.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aOZC!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb484d102-262f-44a1-92ef-8afaa32eb65a_4080x3072.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aOZC!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb484d102-262f-44a1-92ef-8afaa32eb65a_4080x3072.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aOZC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb484d102-262f-44a1-92ef-8afaa32eb65a_4080x3072.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aOZC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb484d102-262f-44a1-92ef-8afaa32eb65a_4080x3072.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h3>Is it possible that nothing ever will happen? Sure. Of course&#8212;but it would be off-brand and out of character for the psyop entertainment complex not to follow through with one of their most advertised events. </h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_t8c!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa85ff7ac-6204-42a2-9d37-69fac7ce7b23_4080x3072.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_t8c!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa85ff7ac-6204-42a2-9d37-69fac7ce7b23_4080x3072.jpeg 424w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The Off World Stage point of view is represented by the media organization, which we call The IPR Press Club. It was established in 2020 and is now open to new field reporters.</p><p>The OWS perspective factors the following into its assessment of media events:</p><ul><li><p>The psywar containing the individual psyops</p></li><li><p>predictive and concurrent programming</p></li><li><p>metascripting</p></li><li><p>news bending</p></li><li><p>history bending</p></li><li><p>public myth construction</p></li><li><p>entertainment and government collusion with mass media</p></li></ul><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://ko-fi.com/s/197185f0fa" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!q2PM!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe521ebe2-bbbb-4f36-86f8-9276502ab62a_780x548.jpeg 424w, 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stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://ko-fi.com/s/197185f0fa&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;IPR PRESS PASS&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://ko-fi.com/s/197185f0fa"><span>IPR PRESS PASS</span></a></p><p></p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://timozman.substack.com/p/post-nonapocalypse-seattle/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://timozman.substack.com/p/post-nonapocalypse-seattle/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p>Thank you for your support of the IPS and Off-World Stage reportage.</p><p>Tim Ozman,<br>IPR Host</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[IPS Update 6/9/26]]></title><description><![CDATA[Newsletter]]></description><link>https://timozman.substack.com/p/ips-update-6926</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://timozman.substack.com/p/ips-update-6926</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Ozman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:55:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7cd73f8a-d3f6-412e-a989-e46df60eb74b_300x168.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello, and thank you for being a subscriber to this newsletter and blog. I am making the final preparations for the trip. </p><p>I picked up some watercolor paper and water-soluble graphite pencils. I will be doing several landscapes and still lifes while I am out. My subjects are the Space Needle, </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VVyk!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea2add96-524c-44aa-9938-621af70609d3_300x168.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VVyk!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea2add96-524c-44aa-9938-621af70609d3_300x168.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VVyk!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea2add96-524c-44aa-9938-621af70609d3_300x168.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VVyk!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea2add96-524c-44aa-9938-621af70609d3_300x168.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VVyk!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea2add96-524c-44aa-9938-621af70609d3_300x168.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VVyk!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea2add96-524c-44aa-9938-621af70609d3_300x168.jpeg" width="300" height="168" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ea2add96-524c-44aa-9938-621af70609d3_300x168.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:168,&quot;width&quot;:300,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;FIFA World Cup 2026 &#8211; KIRO 7 News Seattle&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="FIFA World Cup 2026 &#8211; KIRO 7 News Seattle" title="FIFA World Cup 2026 &#8211; KIRO 7 News Seattle" 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fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>the statue of Chris Cornell,</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fLHN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F86c11f25-33a8-4958-85c3-f61716ff087f_348x348.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fLHN!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F86c11f25-33a8-4958-85c3-f61716ff087f_348x348.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fLHN!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F86c11f25-33a8-4958-85c3-f61716ff087f_348x348.jpeg 848w, 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y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p> the Fremont Troll,</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xQyf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdbb13c6a-d062-4d9b-885a-6ebe8e927006_270x312.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xQyf!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdbb13c6a-d062-4d9b-885a-6ebe8e927006_270x312.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xQyf!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdbb13c6a-d062-4d9b-885a-6ebe8e927006_270x312.jpeg 848w, 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xQyf!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdbb13c6a-d062-4d9b-885a-6ebe8e927006_270x312.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xQyf!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdbb13c6a-d062-4d9b-885a-6ebe8e927006_270x312.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xQyf!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdbb13c6a-d062-4d9b-885a-6ebe8e927006_270x312.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" 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y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p> and hopefully Chazistan.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rM61!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4fb87cc6-c9b9-41f4-b8d3-76e822519a0f_2508x1672.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rM61!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4fb87cc6-c9b9-41f4-b8d3-76e822519a0f_2508x1672.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rM61!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4fb87cc6-c9b9-41f4-b8d3-76e822519a0f_2508x1672.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rM61!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4fb87cc6-c9b9-41f4-b8d3-76e822519a0f_2508x1672.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rM61!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4fb87cc6-c9b9-41f4-b8d3-76e822519a0f_2508x1672.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rM61!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4fb87cc6-c9b9-41f4-b8d3-76e822519a0f_2508x1672.jpeg" width="329" height="219.40865384615384" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4fb87cc6-c9b9-41f4-b8d3-76e822519a0f_2508x1672.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:971,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:329,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Rex Murphy: Claiming the Trucker Protest Was an Attempted Government Coup  Is Beyond Ridiculous | The Epoch Times&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Rex Murphy: Claiming the Trucker Protest Was an Attempted Government Coup  Is Beyond Ridiculous | The Epoch Times" title="Rex Murphy: Claiming the Trucker Protest Was an Attempted Government Coup  Is Beyond Ridiculous | The Epoch Times" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rM61!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4fb87cc6-c9b9-41f4-b8d3-76e822519a0f_2508x1672.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rM61!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4fb87cc6-c9b9-41f4-b8d3-76e822519a0f_2508x1672.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rM61!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4fb87cc6-c9b9-41f4-b8d3-76e822519a0f_2508x1672.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rM61!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4fb87cc6-c9b9-41f4-b8d3-76e822519a0f_2508x1672.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h3>The IPS will have boots on the ground several hours before midnight (me). I have the livestream phone open for calls and voicemails, which I will play live:</h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">1-888-886-HOAX</h3><h3><strong>Follow along here:</strong></h3><ul><li><p><strong>Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@infiniteplanesociety/live">https://www.youtube.com/@infiniteplanesociety/live</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong>on X <a href="https://x.com/realtimozman">https://x.com/realtimozman</a> and</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Kick: <a href="https://x.com/realtimozman">https://x.com/realtimozman</a></strong></p></li></ul><p></p><p>I am going as a member of the Press to document what many suppose to be ground zero for a major &#8220;psyop&#8221;.</p><p>I am not there to warn, convince, debate, or otherwise clue anybody in on what many expect to be a real possibility. I am there to observe, record, and report.</p><p>You can support &#8220;Off World-Stage reporting&#8221; by subscribing, sharing, and <a href="https://ips.monster/">contributing.</a></p><h2>What is OWS Reporting?</h2><p>Documenting events from a perspective that takes into account</p><ol><li><p>Media fakery</p></li><li><p>Predictive and Concurrent Programming</p></li><li><p>News Bending, History Bending</p></li><li><p>Metascript </p></li><li><p>The mainstream and alternative media are establishment; one offers the official story, and the other offers subplots.</p></li><li><p>That mainstream and alternative media constitute a closed informational system that acts in ignorance of 1-5. Even when alt-media notices psyosp, they bury it with scripted subplots, mixing real with fake just as their mainstream counterparts do.</p><p></p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://timozman.substack.com/p/ips-update-6926?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://timozman.substack.com/p/ips-update-6926?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://timozman.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://timozman.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><h3>We will be live later today. I must first complete some short-form videos.</h3><h3>Our regularly scheduled FAKEOLOGIST show will be on Thursday, 6/11 instead, live from Ground Zero.</h3><p></p><p>Tmi Ozman,</p><p>IPR HOST</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Plan For 6/11]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sleepless in Seattle]]></description><link>https://timozman.substack.com/p/the-plan-for-seattle</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://timozman.substack.com/p/the-plan-for-seattle</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Ozman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 02:47:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/aebc4ae3-0bc3-4a16-a96b-a5c50443a8a2_613x817.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>WHAT I EXPECT:</h3><p>If something happens---I'll be there to intercept and interrupt non-autohoaxing media. We&#8217;ll be ground zero at the psyop of the century.</p><p>If nothing happens, the IPS Think Tank will still benefit from the attention our coverage attracts, as I will direct traffic to the introduction to Metascript and Autohoaxing videos. </p><p>I&#8217;ll be in Seattle before midnight and will cover the entire day beginning at midnight. In my opinion, it will most likely occur in the early AM hours. </p><h3>WHAT I AM TAKING WITH ME:</h3><ul><li><p>2 live streaming phones</p></li><li><p>1 laptop</p></li><li><p>Several phone chargers</p></li><li><p>Watercolors and Charcoal + Sketchpads</p></li></ul><p>Finally:</p><p>I will acquire one of these before I leave:</p><ul><li><p>Body cam with adequate audio/video recording time:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_o-V!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2faa5658-42f4-4e28-9b54-7d43b6c93f54_1134x192.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_o-V!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2faa5658-42f4-4e28-9b54-7d43b6c93f54_1134x192.png" width="1134" height="192" 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fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Thanks to Wild3, we will have a bodycam to record the night&#8217;s activities:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!O3PI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fab6afc13-56d0-4819-a798-e0b2b4530ab1_1193x573.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!O3PI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fab6afc13-56d0-4819-a798-e0b2b4530ab1_1193x573.png 424w, 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fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div></li></ul><h3>WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?</h3><p>If something big and fake happens, I&#8217;ll remain in place.</p><p>If nothing, then I&#8217;ll drive back and make a few stops. </p><p>I didn&#8217;t get a return ticket because I don&#8217;t know how this will turn out, and I have to remain flexible. </p><blockquote><p>This could be huge, or it could be nothing, but it&#8217;s necessary for establishing the IPR Press Club and our above-ground reportage. The plan is always to have our own reporters on location for such occasions.</p></blockquote><p><br>What are your opinions or thoughts about a 9/11-scale psyop on 6/11?</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://timozman.substack.com/p/the-plan-for-seattle/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://timozman.substack.com/p/the-plan-for-seattle/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2pqN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6184d2fd-8734-4ebd-9a24-810bc733209c_254x299.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Tim Ozman,</p><p>IPR Host</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[IPS Deprogram June 3, 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Video and Synopsis]]></description><link>https://timozman.substack.com/p/ips-deprogram-june-3-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://timozman.substack.com/p/ips-deprogram-june-3-2026</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Ozman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:05:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200629940/2b83edc17889798187641bae0a334114.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The following outline and synopsis are based on the IPS Deprogram transcript from June 3, 2026, detailing the host&#8217;s analysis of current events as scripted &#8220;Metascript&#8221; performances.</p><h3><strong>Synopsis</strong></h3><p>The June 3, 2026, broadcast of the IPSD program focuses on the systematic &#8220;bending&#8221; of history through manufactured news events and psychological operations. The host opens with a critique of the Henry Nowak case in England, an 18-year-old student stabbed with a ceremonial knife whose death in police custody is being used by &#8220;opportunistic&#8221; influencers like Steven Crowder and Nick Fuentes to fuel a &#8220;White Lives Matter&#8221; agenda and a &#8220;sublimated race war&#8221;. The host argues that these events are designed as &#8220;mind viruses&#8221; to create martyrs for political causes, noting the suspicious &#8220;Scooby Doo Justice&#8221; where complex cases are resolved within 30 minutes with convenient manifestos and &#8220;granular details&#8221; meant to overwhelm the public.</p><p>A major portion of the broadcast is dedicated to the &#8220;Seattle 6-11&#8221; scenario. The host is traveling to Seattle for June 11th, anticipating a &#8220;9-11y event&#8221; involving the Space Needle and an EMP-induced blackout. He identifies a web of &#8220;predictive programming&#8221; in films like <em>Wicked</em>, where the Emerald City is hit by an EMP, and the Seattle Kraken&#8217;s &#8220;1-1-3&#8221; coded trailer. He links the number &#8220;113&#8221; to the Challenger and Columbia shuttle disasters, and the number &#8220;42&#8221; to the dimensions of the Space Needle and historic New York blackouts, suggesting these are &#8220;code numbers&#8221; used by the &#8220;programmer class&#8221; to sign their work.</p><p>The host further deconstructs &#8220;Nasatology&#8221; and &#8220;Alienology,&#8221; describing them as a &#8220;one world religion&#8221; tailored for the scientific age, where space serves as &#8220;heaven&#8221; and aliens are &#8220;rebranded angels&#8221;. He highlights the role of &#8220;Metascripters&#8221;&#8212;high-level directors like Steven Spielberg and James Cameron, alongside political figures like Barack Obama&#8212;who coordinate &#8220;concurrent programming&#8221;. Specifically, he cites the TV series <em>The Boys</em> for foreshadowing real-world political violence and &#8220;Trump Bible&#8221; motifs years in advance, proving that the coordination between entertainment and news is &#8220;systemic and real&#8221;.</p><p>Finally, the host rejects &#8220;Simulation Theory&#8221; and the &#8220;Mandela Effect&#8221; as &#8220;mystified explanations&#8221; that exonerate the human culprits of these hoaxes. He advocates for the &#8220;Off-World Stage perspective,&#8221; a state of &#8220;informed disbelief&#8221; where individuals practice &#8220;loosh retention&#8221; by refusing to personalize or fear the &#8220;psyop deaths&#8221; presented on the world stage. He concludes that the goal of the IPSD &#8220;Think Tank&#8221; is to deconstruct this &#8220;decentralized FEMA camp&#8221; where humanity has been &#8220;crate trained&#8221; to accept their own manipulation.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Ten Topics and Key Quotes</strong></h3><ul><li><p><strong>The Metascript and Historical Manufacturing:</strong> The idea that history is a proactive performance created through accumulated fake news cycles.</p><ul><li><p>&#8220;Our history is being proactively manufactured, created and then performed for us and then it becomes permanent agreed-upon lies&#8221;.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>The &#8220;White Lives Matter&#8221; Agenda:</strong> The use of specific stabbing victims to create a right-wing counterpart to the George Floyd narrative.</p><ul><li><p>&#8220;They&#8217;re basically gathering all the martyrs and they&#8217;re saying they shouldn&#8217;t be dead in vain... this is the White Lives Matter agenda they&#8217;ve been trying to kick up&#8221;.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Hoax Indicators (Scooby Doo Justice):</strong> The pattern of rapid case resolutions involving convenient manifestos and contaminated witness testimony.</p><ul><li><p>&#8220;Case closed within 30 minutes... you get the manifesto, you get to find out why they did it, who to blame&#8221;.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>The Seattle 6-11 Scenario:</strong> The prediction of a massive, scripted cataclysm in Seattle on June 11th based on media foreshadowing.</p><ul><li><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re talking about a 9-11y event, something on that scale... I have to be there for the entirety of 6-11&#8221;.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Numerical Coding (113 and 42):</strong> Recurring numbers found in disasters, dimensions, and media that act as signatures for scripted events.</p><ul><li><p>&#8220;42 is reoccurring code for blackouts and also for UFOs and the end of the world... it&#8217;s one of their main code numbers as prevalent as 33&#8221;.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Nasatology and Alienology:</strong> The replacement of traditional religion with a science-fiction-themed belief system involving NASA and extraterrestrials.</p><ul><li><p>&#8220;Media is the world state church and it&#8217;s giving us a new religion... aliens are the perfect angels&#8221;.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Metascripters (The Programmer Class):</strong> The directors and politicians who write and execute the global narrative through entertainment and policy.</p><ul><li><p>&#8220;High level directors who are involved at the level of writing our future, executing our future&#8221;.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Concurrent and Predictive Programming:</strong> The use of pre-recorded media to prepare the public for future &#8220;fake&#8221; events.</p><ul><li><p>&#8220;The coordination between mass entertainment and fake events is actually systemic and real&#8221;.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>The &#8220;Bloody Guardrail&#8221; and Loosh Retention:</strong> The psychological barrier created by belief in death, and the practice of withholding emotional energy from psyops.</p><ul><li><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not personalizing these psyop deaths... I believe in loosh retention. You shouldn&#8217;t just indiscriminately give it out to every martyr story out there&#8221;.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>The Off-World Stage Perspective:</strong> A position of objective skepticism that rejects the controlled &#8220;duopoly&#8221; of the mainstream and alternative media.</p><ul><li><p>&#8220;The off-world stage perspective is unaffected by these events of the day because nothing that&#8217;s happening today is current news&#8221;.</p></li></ul></li></ul>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Are METASCRIPTORS?]]></title><description><![CDATA[World Stage Concepts Explained]]></description><link>https://timozman.substack.com/p/what-are-metascriptors</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://timozman.substack.com/p/what-are-metascriptors</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Ozman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:16:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HLv5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16fb48f5-1d24-405b-a4f0-25b2f738fa4b_784x1168.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Filmmakers are called <strong>metascripters</strong> in this paradigm because they are viewed as high-level collaborators who coordinate with the government to create and sustain the <strong>&#8220;meta-script&#8221;</strong>&#8212;the sequence of manufactured events and psychological operations (psyops) that coalesce into what the public perceives as history</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HLv5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16fb48f5-1d24-405b-a4f0-25b2f738fa4b_784x1168.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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and memes for future psyops. This ensures that when a fake event occurs, the public already has a framework to understand it.</p></li><li><p><strong>Predictive Programming as &#8220;Product Placement&#8221;:</strong> Metascripters use media to put specific visuals and concepts into the public&#8217;s imagination, where they are <strong>&#8220;stored as a memory&#8221;</strong>. This &#8220;product placement for history&#8221; makes manufactured events feel familiar and authentic when they finally &#8220;drop&#8221; in the news.</p></li><li><p><strong>Creating New Belief Systems:</strong> High-profile directors like <strong>Steven Spielberg</strong> are described as metascripters who explicitly aim to create <strong>&#8220;belief systems&#8221;</strong> in their audience&#8212;such as the new state religion of &#8220;Alienology&#8221;&#8212;to lock the population into a new paradigm.</p></li></ul><p>We identify several prominent metascripters and their contributions to the script:</p><ul><li><p><strong>James Cameron:</strong> His work, specifically <em>Terminator 2</em>, is cited as the &#8220;definitive cinematic depiction of a nuke event&#8221; used to prime the mass consciousness for nuclear-themed psyops.</p></li><li><p><strong>Christopher Nolan:</strong> Identified for his consistent use of <strong>&#8220;predictive and concurrent programming&#8221;</strong> in films like <em>Oppenheimer</em> and <em>The Dark Knight Rises</em>, which are seen as foreshadowing real-world events.</p></li><li><p><strong>Roland Emmerich:</strong> His disaster films, such as <em>Independence Day</em> and <em>Moonfall</em>, are viewed as preparation for falling infrastructure and space-related catastrophes.</p></li></ul><p>Ultimately, the paradigm posits that entertainment is a <strong>&#8220;substrate of government itself&#8221;</strong> and that these filmmakers are the primary architects of the internalized &#8220;Truman Show&#8221; reality that the public inhabits.</p><p></p><h2>Here&#8217;s a preview of ALIENOLOGY, an ebook I am writing out of recent transcripts:</h2><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>ALIENOLOGY:</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">Religion of The New World Order</p><p style="text-align: center;">By Tim Ozman</p><p>Contents:</p><h3>Introduction: Reading the Script</h3><p>We are living through a period where the underlying structure of our shared worldview is being revealed as a series of stories woven together within a very particular architecture. This is not a matter of &#8220;cherry-picking&#8221; or coincidence; rather, it is the study of the &#8220;meta-script&#8221;&#8212;the sequence of fake events inserted into our news through psychological operations (psyops) that eventually become our &#8220;fake history&#8221;. To understand our current reality, one must move beyond the &#8220;subplots&#8221; that trap most conspiracy theorists and learn to read the script itself.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research Project: Seattle Destruction Scenarios in Fiction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Predictive Programming Compliation Part 1]]></description><link>https://timozman.substack.com/p/research-project-seattle-destruction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://timozman.substack.com/p/research-project-seattle-destruction</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Ozman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 14:53:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/0iQhOmebDqo" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;re going deep.</p><p>I&#8217;m making a video this week so we can introduce the purpose of the upcoming trip.</p><p>The research is ongoing in the Discord server.  Here are some of our initial findings:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>this first one has an &#8220;8/4&#8221; reference that many of you will find interesting.</p><p></p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Lm8W!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F09167692-3e98-4ab3-8272-7213a433cce8_278x358.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Lm8W!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F09167692-3e98-4ab3-8272-7213a433cce8_278x358.webp 424w, 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Pakula. A tense chase and assassination attempt unfolds on the observation deck of the Space Needle, highlighting its precarious height and isolation. </p></li><li><p>Life After People (2008) - Director: Various (documentary). The Space Needle corrodes and collapses after 200 years without maintenance, showing structural failure over time. </p></li><li><p>10.5 (2004) - Director: John Lafia. The Space Needle (spelled &#8220;Spaceneedle&#8221;) dramatically crumbles and topples during a massive earthquake in this miniseries. </p></li><li><p>Chronicle (2012) - Director: Josh Trank. Teens with superpowers cause chaos near Seattle landmarks, with the Needle visible in shots implying potential for aerial destruction. </p></li><li><p>Seattle Superstorm (2012) - Director: Jason Bourque. A weather catastrophe triggered by a crashed object leads to the Space Needle being struck and collapsing in Syfy-style CGI disaster. </p></li><li><p>Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025) - Director: Zach Lipovsky &amp; Adam B. Stein. A flashback opening scene set in 1968 at a fictionalized Space Needle depicts a deadly disaster and collapse during its early days.</p></li><li><p>Comic Books/Graphic Novels Featuring the Destruction of the Seattle Space Needle Here is a list of comics where the Space Needle is explicitly shown or described as being destroyed. Unlike movies, there are far fewer direct examples in comics. Godzilla (Marvel Comics) #2 (September 1977) Writer: Doug Moench | Artist: Herb Trimpe Godzilla rampages through Seattle and famously destroys the Space Needle (often depicted as biting or smashing through the top of the tower like a &#8220;cheeseburger&#8221;). </p></li><li><p>This is one of the most iconic comic depictions of its destruction. Secret Warriors #20 (2010) Writer: Jonathan Hickman | Artist: various In the Marvel Universe (Earth-616), the Space Needle is destroyed during the war between Hydra and Leviathan. Leviathan bombs a Hydra base located underneath it, leveling the landmark in a major explosion and causing widespread destruction in downtown Seattle</p></li><li></li></ol><p>Sonic the Hedgehog 2 While chasing criminals in the streets of Seattle, Sonic throws bombs into the sewers causing explosions and a flood. His reward is a $100 bill</p><ul><li></li></ul><h3></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kwos!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd2feae8-4181-4263-8fa0-6febc0d6d786_550x268.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kwos!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd2feae8-4181-4263-8fa0-6febc0d6d786_550x268.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kwos!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd2feae8-4181-4263-8fa0-6febc0d6d786_550x268.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kwos!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd2feae8-4181-4263-8fa0-6febc0d6d786_550x268.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kwos!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd2feae8-4181-4263-8fa0-6febc0d6d786_550x268.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kwos!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd2feae8-4181-4263-8fa0-6febc0d6d786_550x268.webp" width="550" height="268" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bd2feae8-4181-4263-8fa0-6febc0d6d786_550x268.webp&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:268,&quot;width&quot;:550,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Image&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Image" title="Image" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kwos!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd2feae8-4181-4263-8fa0-6febc0d6d786_550x268.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kwos!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd2feae8-4181-4263-8fa0-6febc0d6d786_550x268.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kwos!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd2feae8-4181-4263-8fa0-6febc0d6d786_550x268.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kwos!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd2feae8-4181-4263-8fa0-6febc0d6d786_550x268.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><ul><li><p></p></li><li><p>I</p></li><li><p>The Century Project The Century Project was the largest renovation in the Space Needle&#8217;s history. Launched in 2017 and completed in its main phase in 2018, it aimed to modernize the landmark (built in 1962 for the World&#8217;s Fair) for its next 50+ years while preserving its iconic look. Key features added in the Century Project: Dramatically increased glass for 360&#176; views (floor-to-ceiling glass barriers). The Loupe &#8212; the world&#8217;s first rotating glass floor (a 90-foot diameter spinning glass disk at the lowest observation level). Open-air outdoor observation deck with glass benches.</p></li><li><p> New stairways, interiors, and seismic retrofits. LEED Gold sustainability upgrades. The project was designed by Olson Kundig Architects and cost around $100 million (privately funded). It kept the tower open to visitors during construction. The New Elevator (Opened in 2025) The elevator modernization is considered the final major component of the Century Project. In May 2025 (Memorial Day weekend), the Space Needle debuted the Skyliner &#8212; North America&#8217;s first double-deck, floor-to-ceiling glass outdoor elevator. Each cab is fully glass, giving riders panoramic views of Seattle and the inside of the tower structure during the 41-second ride. It is a double-decker (two levels in one cab). The first cab (north-facing) opened in May 2025. The other two elevators are scheduled for completion in 2027 and 2028.</p></li><li><p>The Crack in the Floor This refers to the Loupe (the rotating glass floor introduced in 2018). In early July 2025, a viral video showed what looked like a crack in the glass floor, sparking safety concerns online. The Space Needle quickly clarified that it is not a structural crack. </p></li><li><p>The visible &#8220;crack&#8221; is only in the top protective scuff plate (a sacrificial top layer designed to take shoe scuffs and scratches, similar to a phone screen protector). There are multiple layers of structural glass (at least 10 layers) beneath it that remain completely intact and undamaged. This top layer is routinely inspected and replaced twice a year. Officials emphasize the floor is &#8220;absolutely safe,&#8221; undergoes daily checks, and was engineered far beyond normal safety standards (it can handle much higher loads than typical building floors).</p></li><li><p>Connection to Final Destination: Bloodlines and the &#8220;Cracking Floor&#8221; Theme The timing and visuals created strong online buzz and Final Destination-style memes in mid-2025: Final Destination: Bloodlines (released in 2025) opens with a premonition sequence set in 1968/1969 at a fictional &#8220;Skyview Tower&#8221; &#8212; clearly inspired by the Space Needle. In the scene, a chain-reaction disaster causes the glass floor/dance area to crack and shatter under dancing guests, followed by explosions and the tower&#8217;s partial collapse. Many people fall to their deaths through the breaking glass. Just weeks after the Skyliner opened, in early July 2025, a viral video showed what appeared to be a visible crack in the Loupe (the Space Needle&#8217;s rotating glass floor, installed in 2018). Social media immediately exploded with jokes and concerns linking it directly to the movie &#8212; &#8220;Final Destination is coming true,&#8221; &#8220;Don&#8217;t step on the glass!&#8221;, etc.</p></li><li></li></ul><h3></h3><ol><li><p>Skyliner Elevator Ride Videos</p></li></ol><p> Official Space Needle Instagram reel (short, clear view of the new double-deck glass elevator in action): </p><div class="instagram-embed-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;instagram_id&quot;:&quot;DKAYlABvXKs&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Instagram&quot;,&quot;author_name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;thumbnail_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/__ss-rehost__IG-snapshot-DKAYlABvXKs.jpg&quot;,&quot;like_count&quot;:null,&quot;comment_count&quot;:null,&quot;profile_pic_url&quot;:null,&quot;follower_count&quot;:null,&quot;timestamp&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true}" data-component-name="InstagramToDOM"></div><p> KOMO News full segment (good overview with riders experiencing the Skyliner): </p><div id="youtube2-pzlruTNPgOs" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;pzlruTNPgOs&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/pzlruTNPgOs?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p> TODAY Show segment (shows the elevator and overall renovation): <a href="https://www.today.com/video/inside-the-100m-renovation-of-seattle-s-iconic-space-needle-240104517930">https://www.today.com/video/inside-the-100m-renovation-of-seattle-s-iconic-space-needle-240104517930</a></p><ol start="2"><li><p>Viral Crack in the Loupe Glass Floor Footage</p></li></ol><p> KOMO News report on the viral video (includes footage of the crack and official explanation): </p><div id="youtube2-VvTIlL0feho" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;VvTIlL0feho&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/VvTIlL0feho?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p> Visitor&#8217;s original Instagram reel (the one that went viral in early July 2025): </p><div class="instagram-embed-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;instagram_id&quot;:&quot;DLlACacBKBj&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Instagram&quot;,&quot;author_name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;thumbnail_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/__ss-rehost__IG-snapshot-DLlACacBKBj.jpg&quot;,&quot;like_count&quot;:null,&quot;comment_count&quot;:null,&quot;profile_pic_url&quot;:null,&quot;follower_count&quot;:null,&quot;timestamp&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true}" data-component-name="InstagramToDOM"></div><ol start="3"><li><p>Final Destination: Bloodlines &#8211; Opening Scene (Skyview Tower / Space Needle-like collapse)</p></li></ol><p> Best available full opening scene clip (the cracking glass floor + tower disaster sequence): </p><div id="youtube2-0iQhOmebDqo" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;0iQhOmebDqo&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0iQhOmebDqo?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p> This scene shows people dancing on a glass floor that starts cracking, followed by chaos and the tower&#8217;s partial destruction &#8212; which fueled all the memes when the real Loupe crack video appeared. These should give you a perfect side-by-side comparison of the real Skyliner + Loupe events versus the movie&#8217;s dramatic take. Let me know if you want more!</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/">YouTube</a></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC__2_0RJ8XnHt2angfw6S1Q">KOMO News</a></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzlruTNPgOs">Space Needle unveils North America&#8217;s 1st Skyliner elevator in $100M...</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jCrs!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5b5f119-6ac4-401c-9414-55645547a52a_1280x720.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jCrs!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5b5f119-6ac4-401c-9414-55645547a52a_1280x720.webp 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><ul><li></li></ul><h3></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NdkI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5dfceb4a-f0ac-4251-9470-145e0c6733ce_378x350.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NdkI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5dfceb4a-f0ac-4251-9470-145e0c6733ce_378x350.webp 424w, 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NdkI!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5dfceb4a-f0ac-4251-9470-145e0c6733ce_378x350.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NdkI!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5dfceb4a-f0ac-4251-9470-145e0c6733ce_378x350.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NdkI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5dfceb4a-f0ac-4251-9470-145e0c6733ce_378x350.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><ul><li><p><strong>Here are the best available video links</strong> for the dystopian (or dystopian-adjacent) movies featuring the Seattle Space Needle:</p></li></ul><ul><li><ol><li><p><strong>Trouble in Mind (1985)</strong></p></li></ol><ul><li><p><strong>Official Trailer</strong> (shows the dystopian Rain City atmosphere with Space Needle vibes):<br>[</p></li></ul></li></ul><p><br>[</p><div id="youtube2--pkCwK97bmA]" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;-pkCwK97bmA]&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-pkCwK97bmA]?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><ul><li><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Chronicle (2012)</strong></p></li></ol><ul><li><p><strong>Final Battle / Space Needle Chaos Scene</strong> (highly recommended &#8211; shows the tower prominently):<br>[</p></li></ul></li></ul><div id="youtube2-x_lJ65r9Xf4](https://www.youtube.com/watch" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;x_lJ65r9Xf4](https://www.youtube.com/watch&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/x_lJ65r9Xf4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><ul><li><ul><li><p><strong>Psychic Pranks Clip</strong> (earlier scene with the group):<br>[</p></li></ul></li></ul><div id="youtube2-sBSibz9xdic](https://www.youtube.com/watch" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;sBSibz9xdic](https://www.youtube.com/watch&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/sBSibz9xdic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><ul><li><ol start="3"><li><p><strong>Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025)</strong></p></li></ol><ul><li><p><strong>Full Opening Scene &#8211; Space Needle / Skyview Tower Collapse</strong> (the most relevant dystopian disaster sequence):<br>[</p></li></ul></li></ul><div id="youtube2-0iQhOmebDqo](https://www.youtube.com/watch" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;0iQhOmebDqo](https://www.youtube.com/watch&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0iQhOmebDqo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><ul><li><ul><li><p><br><em>(This is the viral one with the cracking glass floor and tower destruction.)</em></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><strong>Another Deadly Freefall Clip</strong> from the tower:<br>[</p></li></ul></li></ul><div id="youtube2-JN66p4HqyNw](https://www.youtube.com/watch" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;JN66p4HqyNw](https://www.youtube.com/watch&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JN66p4HqyNw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><h3><strong>Bonus &#8211; Disaster Adjacent</strong></h3><ul><li><ul><li><p><strong>10.5 Apocalypse &#8211; Space Needle Collapse Scene</strong>:<br>[</p></li></ul></li></ul><div id="youtube2-Hmm-CllmsAA](https://www.youtube.com/watch" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;Hmm-CllmsAA](https://www.youtube.com/watch&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Hmm-CllmsAA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><ul><li><p></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/">YouTube</a></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB96tjecq9SNdo7bvo2W7XQ">Unseen Trailers</a></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veg4lAjX0bs">Trouble in Mind (1985) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]</a></strong></p></li></ul><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ma98!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdf5c7bbb-41db-48b1-83be-2a1a51658fb7_1280x720.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ma98!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdf5c7bbb-41db-48b1-83be-2a1a51658fb7_1280x720.webp" width="1280" height="720" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/df5c7bbb-41db-48b1-83be-2a1a51658fb7_1280x720.webp&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:720,&quot;width&quot;:1280,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Image&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Image" title="Image" 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/">YouTube</a></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4YCUp7EWKA5MFL94gMRxLQ">City Cast Seattle</a></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pkCwK97bmA">Reviewing Trouble in Mind #seattle #moviereview #movierecs #pnw</a></strong></p></li></ul><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_51c!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f311208-1c9d-47fc-9aad-7a7dfd36f92f_1280x720.webp" 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Disinfo About Hyperrealistic Masks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deep Fakes]]></description><link>https://timozman.substack.com/p/jake-the-awakes-unintentional-disinfo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://timozman.substack.com/p/jake-the-awakes-unintentional-disinfo</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Ozman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 22:00:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/0qlqBrIkUKM" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After considering Jake The Awake&#8217;s last video about Robert Harward&#8217;s neckline, I&#8217;ve realized something.</p><p>Although he called me a liar for saying it&#8217;s not a mask and even said I am purposefully spreading disinformation, it occurred to me that this video is super-viral because they want to conceal and discredit the real ones, which aren&#8217;t obvious or detectable.</p><p><strong>He&#8217;s misinterpreting a shadow as a &#8220;seam&#8221; on a mask. He asserts it must be an intentional reveal, perhaps to discredit the idea.</strong></p><p>That could be true, but we must recognize that it&#8217;s the conspiracy theorists who are spinning this lighting error as a mask. They are also adding wild theories about &#8220;THEY ARE MOCKING US!&#8221; and &#8220;DISCLOSURE!&#8221; which we have heard for years. The conspiracy crowd is predictable and super-attached to their theories, facts be damned.</p><p>In his rush to keep up with the TikTok conspiracy clickbaiters, Jake the Awake jumped on this without pausing to see what other information was available. </p><p><strong>The AUTOBELIEVERS fall for stuff like this all the time, whether mainstream or alternative autobelievers.</strong></p><p><strong>The AUTOHOAXERS, by contrast, are skeptics. We pause and assess rather than rush to judge. 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But look at the skin quality&#8212;obviously the light smoothed him out, and note the darkness of the shadows over the eyes compared to the second image^. </p><p>To be fair, I published a book on this in 2019, which you may download for free here:</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://ko-fi.com/s/90867b6c1d&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;https://ko-fi.com/s/90867b6c1d&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://ko-fi.com/s/90867b6c1d"><span>https://ko-fi.com/s/90867b6c1d</span></a></p><p>I am not saying such a technology doesn&#8217;t exist. As I often say, anything that can be faked in movies can be faked on television. However, making errors like this only discredits the notion entirely. I&#8217;m not saying he&#8217;s intentionally muddying the waters, but he and his subscribers are part of the disinformation campaign by taking this misperception or &#8220;trutherbait&#8221; at face value.</p><p></p><p>Tim Ozman,</p><p>IPS DEPROGRAM</p><p></p><h3><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@infiniteplanesociety/live">CATCH US LIVE TODAY at 430 PM MDT</a></h3><p>Also see the shop for the latest PSYOP TRADING CARDS such as &#8220;Hyperrealistic masks&#8221;:</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://ko-fi.com/s/58476e55ad&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;https://ko-fi.com/s/58476e55ad&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://ko-fi.com/s/58476e55ad"><span>https://ko-fi.com/s/58476e55ad</span></a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://ko-fi.com/s/58476e55ad" 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url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!47iT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d659213-28c4-41da-840e-dfd83d2c3ee3_1080x1920.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>QAnon influencer and Hunter Biden laptop publisher <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;GEORGE NEWS&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:533125,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;pub&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://open.substack.com/pub/georgenews&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3ebfc8f3-aba5-4b04-bcc7-59386df6f5a1_400x400.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;bca482fc-4b2a-40f4-80aa-c19283b3ebb8&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> somehow knew Ashley St. Clair (Elon Musk &#8220;baby mama #17&#8221;) was pregnant before it was reported.</h4><p>A few things about him:</p><ul><li><p>George News is behind the JFK Jr conspiracies among the QAnon cult. </p></li><li><p>He is in the White House Press Corp.</p></li><li><p>He works with Garret Ziegler on MarcoPolo501c3 </p></li><li><p>He is a hacker and a cybercriminal </p></li><li><p>He&#8217;s friends with Joe Rogan and Alex Jones. Both knew that &#8220;QAnon&#8221; was run out of the White House by Marcus Goldfinch/ George News</p></li></ul><h4>In this X post, he shares how he sent her a DM and bragged about knowing her pregnancy status:</h4><div class="twitter-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://x.com/georgenews/status/2058693955118620781&quot;,&quot;full_text&quot;:&quot;Did we ever tell you of the time we congratulated Ashley St. Clair, regarding her pregnancy with Elon, way before anyone else in the media knew she was having his child? \n\nOn June 3rd, 2024, we messaged her here on X: \&quot;CONGRATULATIONS!!&#127863;&#127863;\&quot; -at 4:12pm. \n\nShe replied back almost &quot;,&quot;username&quot;:&quot;georgenews&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;GEORGE NEWS&quot;,&quot;profile_image_url&quot;:&quot;https://pbs.substack.com/profile_images/1882209323796881408/_-nn3I6L_normal.jpg&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-24T23:37:42.000Z&quot;,&quot;photos&quot;:[{&quot;img_url&quot;:&quot;https://pbs.substack.com/media/HJHy_y5WEAAtaAj.jpg&quot;,&quot;link_url&quot;:&quot;https://t.co/pCy0V71F64&quot;}],&quot;quoted_tweet&quot;:{},&quot;reply_count&quot;:9,&quot;retweet_count&quot;:16,&quot;like_count&quot;:120,&quot;impression_count&quot;:4596,&quot;expanded_url&quot;:null,&quot;video_url&quot;:null,&quot;video_preview_media_key&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false}" data-component-name="Twitter2ToDOM"></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!upEn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a0ffe0e-16eb-447c-a5a0-f08ee7fc061b_317x159.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!upEn!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a0ffe0e-16eb-447c-a5a0-f08ee7fc061b_317x159.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!upEn!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a0ffe0e-16eb-447c-a5a0-f08ee7fc061b_317x159.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!upEn!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a0ffe0e-16eb-447c-a5a0-f08ee7fc061b_317x159.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!upEn!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a0ffe0e-16eb-447c-a5a0-f08ee7fc061b_317x159.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!upEn!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a0ffe0e-16eb-447c-a5a0-f08ee7fc061b_317x159.jpeg" width="437" height="219.18927444794951" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6a0ffe0e-16eb-447c-a5a0-f08ee7fc061b_317x159.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:159,&quot;width&quot;:317,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:437,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Marcus Goldfinch going by MARCUS PAUL- Cyberstalker, Cyberstalker, Internet  Hacker, Personal Trainer &#8212; Steemit&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Marcus Goldfinch going by MARCUS PAUL- Cyberstalker, Cyberstalker, Internet  Hacker, Personal Trainer &#8212; Steemit" title="Marcus Goldfinch going by MARCUS PAUL- Cyberstalker, Cyberstalker, Internet  Hacker, Personal Trainer &#8212; Steemit" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!upEn!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a0ffe0e-16eb-447c-a5a0-f08ee7fc061b_317x159.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!upEn!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a0ffe0e-16eb-447c-a5a0-f08ee7fc061b_317x159.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!upEn!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a0ffe0e-16eb-447c-a5a0-f08ee7fc061b_317x159.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!upEn!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a0ffe0e-16eb-447c-a5a0-f08ee7fc061b_317x159.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="twitter-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://x.com/metascripted/status/1546743559264407553?s=20&quot;,&quot;full_text&quot;:&quot;Alex Jones knows who \&quot;Q\&quot; is, and will tell Eddie Bravo over steak dinner with Joe Rogan. <span class=\&quot;tweet-fake-link\&quot;>#georgenews</span> <span class=\&quot;tweet-fake-link\&quot;>#infowars</span> &quot;,&quot;username&quot;:&quot;metascripted&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Tim Ozman&quot;,&quot;profile_image_url&quot;:&quot;https://pbs.substack.com/profile_images/1798087024412643328/KN7oK6wL_normal.jpg&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2022-07-12T06:29:36.000Z&quot;,&quot;photos&quot;:[{&quot;img_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/upload/w_1028,c_limit,q_auto:best/l_twitter_play_button_rvaygk,w_88/qgygvsrjvuixassp1qrk&quot;,&quot;link_url&quot;:&quot;https://t.co/cAsyBvTBlq&quot;}],&quot;quoted_tweet&quot;:{},&quot;reply_count&quot;:2,&quot;retweet_count&quot;:15,&quot;like_count&quot;:18,&quot;impression_count&quot;:0,&quot;expanded_url&quot;:null,&quot;video_url&quot;:&quot;https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1546743091628875776/pu/vid/1280x720/UM5EmfqStlProQjR.mp4?tag=14&quot;,&quot;video_preview_media_key&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false}" data-component-name="Twitter2ToDOM"></div><h4>Notice his glee at taunting a pregnant woman whose privacy he violated:</h4><blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s fair to say, she (@stclairashley) was &#8216;shook&#8217;. One day we&#8217;ll tell you the rest of that story. The &#8220;how&#8221; and the &#8220;where&#8221;.</p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nv4i!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff675d17b-66c1-4dbd-b053-228812c7480d_36x36.svg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nv4i!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff675d17b-66c1-4dbd-b053-228812c7480d_36x36.svg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nv4i!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff675d17b-66c1-4dbd-b053-228812c7480d_36x36.svg 848w, 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url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gL4a!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e6ab549-d868-4ec1-8b4c-5bbbbb874bce_1080x802.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In response to a couple of comments on last night&#8217;s livestream, I want to clarify a few points about my take on Navy Vice Admiral Robert Harward&#8217;s neck. </p><h3>The first comment:</h3><div class="pullquote"><p>&#8220;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/@suzetteanne">@suzetteanne</a>: Regarding Robert Harward, the issue is NOT the shadow on his neck which can clearly be seen moving as he speaks.  The issue is the OBVIOUS jagged neckline of the mask.  The mask could be real, CGI or AI.&#8221;</p></div><h3>My response:</h3><p>This commentator&#8217;s base assumption is that it is an &#8220;OBVIOUS&#8221; mask neckline&#8212;the only question being whether the mask is &#8220;real, CGI or AI.&#8221;</p><p>Nobody disputes the appearance of a line. The issue is the rush to conclude that it&#8217;s a mask, and not a lighting issue:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gL4a!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e6ab549-d868-4ec1-8b4c-5bbbbb874bce_1080x802.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gL4a!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e6ab549-d868-4ec1-8b4c-5bbbbb874bce_1080x802.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gL4a!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e6ab549-d868-4ec1-8b4c-5bbbbb874bce_1080x802.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gL4a!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e6ab549-d868-4ec1-8b4c-5bbbbb874bce_1080x802.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gL4a!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e6ab549-d868-4ec1-8b4c-5bbbbb874bce_1080x802.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gL4a!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e6ab549-d868-4ec1-8b4c-5bbbbb874bce_1080x802.jpeg" width="1080" height="802" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4e6ab549-d868-4ec1-8b4c-5bbbbb874bce_1080x802.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:802,&quot;width&quot;:1080,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Just Navy Seal Things: retired Vice Admiral Robert Harward (age 70) wearing  high quality Robert Harward silicon mask in FoxNews and freaking out the  internet : r/Military&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Just Navy Seal Things: retired Vice Admiral Robert Harward (age 70) wearing  high quality Robert Harward silicon mask in FoxNews and freaking out the  internet : r/Military" title="Just Navy Seal Things: retired Vice Admiral Robert Harward (age 70) wearing  high quality Robert Harward silicon mask in FoxNews and freaking out the  internet : r/Military" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gL4a!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e6ab549-d868-4ec1-8b4c-5bbbbb874bce_1080x802.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gL4a!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e6ab549-d868-4ec1-8b4c-5bbbbb874bce_1080x802.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gL4a!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e6ab549-d868-4ec1-8b4c-5bbbbb874bce_1080x802.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gL4a!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e6ab549-d868-4ec1-8b4c-5bbbbb874bce_1080x802.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>What&#8217;s the difference?  <strong>Unfortunate lighting and video compression inside a remote broadcast van created an optical illusion on his neck</strong>.  </p><p>The guest, retired Navy Vice Admiral Robert Harward, appeared on <em>America&#8217;s Newsroom</em> on May 19, 2026, to discuss the conflict with Iran. The interview went viral as &#8220;Maskgate&#8221; after viewers noticed a dark, sharp line separating his face and neck, making it look like the edge of a realistic rubber mask.  </p><h2><strong>The Technical Explanation</strong></h2><p>According to official statements from Fox News and Harward&#8217;s representatives:</p><ul><li><p><strong>The Setup:</strong> Harward was broadcasting remotely from a mobile studio van operated by an outside vendor.</p></li><li><p><strong>The Shadow:</strong> Harsh overhead lighting inside the van contrasted deeply with his dark suit jacket, casting an unnatural, horizontal shadow directly across his neck.</p></li><li><p><strong>Video Quality:</strong> Heavy live-television data compression and low-resolution social media reposts flattened the image, turning a normal shadow into what looked like a definitive prosthetic seam.  </p></li></ul><p>Harward&#8217;s team laughed off the online conspiracy theories and noted that he did another interview just an hour later on Fox Business using his personal device under normal conditions, proving his face was entirely real. </p><h2>The second comment:</h2><div class="pullquote"><p>@Jaketheawake: &#8220;Tim saying it was just a shadow is pretty suspect. Tim also says Dave Chappelle was never replaced and that Dave was never funny. Tim also says the new Jim Carrey just got some botox.  It's obvious Tim is purposely lying and spreading disinformation about certain subjects.&#8221;</p></div><p>Jake The &#8220;Awake&#8221; (formerly Jake the A******) says it&#8217;s &#8220;suspect&#8221; for me to suggest it&#8217;s a shadow. This is not the first time this has been addressed:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!S3Xr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fde762c99-8780-49eb-8a81-49ec7bc44970_957x572.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!S3Xr!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fde762c99-8780-49eb-8a81-49ec7bc44970_957x572.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!S3Xr!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fde762c99-8780-49eb-8a81-49ec7bc44970_957x572.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!S3Xr!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fde762c99-8780-49eb-8a81-49ec7bc44970_957x572.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!S3Xr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fde762c99-8780-49eb-8a81-49ec7bc44970_957x572.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!S3Xr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fde762c99-8780-49eb-8a81-49ec7bc44970_957x572.png" width="957" height="572" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/de762c99-8780-49eb-8a81-49ec7bc44970_957x572.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:572,&quot;width&quot;:957,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:765008,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://timozman.substack.com/i/199123143?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fde762c99-8780-49eb-8a81-49ec7bc44970_957x572.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!S3Xr!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fde762c99-8780-49eb-8a81-49ec7bc44970_957x572.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!S3Xr!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fde762c99-8780-49eb-8a81-49ec7bc44970_957x572.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!S3Xr!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fde762c99-8780-49eb-8a81-49ec7bc44970_957x572.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!S3Xr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fde762c99-8780-49eb-8a81-49ec7bc44970_957x572.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>The problem with the mask theory is that the guest didn&#8217;t have it later that day. </strong>So this leaves them to wonder why it was obvious. Explanations vary:</p><ul><li><p>&#8220;They&#8221; want us to see it as a form of &#8220;disclosure" that Trump is in charge, and everyone on TV is an actor. This is the QAnon interpretation.</p></li><li><p>White Hats (good guys on the inside) are revealing that the news is fake for those who can see.</p></li><li><p>They accidentally revealed it.</p></li></ul><p>There is no coherent reason why they&#8217;d go through the trouble to fake a person by using a mask and make it obvious. Thus, the conspiracist must invent explanations. These are what I call &#8220;Metascript Subplots.&#8221; The MSM+ version of events is the mainstream PLUS whatever theory is needed to fill in the gaps.</p><h4><strong>The automatic conclusion that it&#8217;s a mask is &#8220;Autobelief.&#8221; Mainstreamers automatically believe everything on television is real, and alternative/ conspiracists automatically believe everything mainstream is a lie.</strong></h4><p>The &#8220;automatic&#8221; arrival a at a conclusion is the result of prejudice. The argument for it being a mask is that it looks like one. However, the same phenomenon occurs under the same conditions. This effect can be replicated.</p><p>Occam&#8217;s Razor would favor the lighting effect as a more reasonable conclusion, especially since the same guest did not have the same line with better lighting angles.</p><p>The skeptical take would examine the assertion that it&#8217;s just a lighting error and see if it has happened before. </p><p>Footage of Dr. Anthony Fauci from a 2021 NBC <em>Meet the Press</em> interview circulated alongside conspiracy theories claiming jaw and neck shadows were evidence of a "mask" or body double</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jP9u!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F520ebe58-376e-48b7-8a7c-75bea89e5cf0_910x276.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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This leaves the conspiracy theorists confused, yet they remain assured of their correctness. This is not because of skepticism and critical analysis so much as incredulity and bias.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xese!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd188efa1-edaa-47d6-a3cf-c5407c467bcb_681x277.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xese!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd188efa1-edaa-47d6-a3cf-c5407c467bcb_681x277.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xese!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd188efa1-edaa-47d6-a3cf-c5407c467bcb_681x277.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xese!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd188efa1-edaa-47d6-a3cf-c5407c467bcb_681x277.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xese!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd188efa1-edaa-47d6-a3cf-c5407c467bcb_681x277.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xese!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd188efa1-edaa-47d6-a3cf-c5407c467bcb_681x277.png" width="681" height="277" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d188efa1-edaa-47d6-a3cf-c5407c467bcb_681x277.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:277,&quot;width&quot;:681,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:49409,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://timozman.substack.com/i/199123143?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd188efa1-edaa-47d6-a3cf-c5407c467bcb_681x277.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xese!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd188efa1-edaa-47d6-a3cf-c5407c467bcb_681x277.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xese!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd188efa1-edaa-47d6-a3cf-c5407c467bcb_681x277.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xese!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd188efa1-edaa-47d6-a3cf-c5407c467bcb_681x277.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xese!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd188efa1-edaa-47d6-a3cf-c5407c467bcb_681x277.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>As to Jim Carrey and Dave Chappelle being &#8220;replaced&#8221;, we see the same issue. No explanation with any coherence. Just personal incredulity and a bias against mainstream, coupled with a refusal to consider less fanciful explanations. This occurs in other areas as well, such as &#8220;chemtrails,&#8221; despite a century of observations and research data on frozen jet exhaust (condensation trails).</p><h4>As to Jake the Awake&#8217;s statement that I am &#8220;purposely lying and spreading disinformation&#8221;, I&#8217;d just point out the ironic nature of his projection: He&#8217;s spreading popular viral trendy conspiracy nonsense that only validates flawed logic, bias, and confusion over a more skeptical analysis.</h4><p>I could just as easily accuse him of unwittingly &#8220;lying and spreading disinformation.&#8221; </p><p>I&#8217;m a media-deconstructionist and not a Tiktok Clickbait Conspiracy Truther.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://timozman.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://timozman.substack.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><p>Thank you for subscribing. Leave comments below for on-air discussion:</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://timozman.substack.com/p/about-robert-harwards-neckline/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://timozman.substack.com/p/about-robert-harwards-neckline/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p><p>Tim Ozman,</p><p>IPS DEPROGRAM</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concurrent Programming In The Boys ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Admitted but misunderstood]]></description><link>https://timozman.substack.com/p/concurrent-programming-in-the-boys</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://timozman.substack.com/p/concurrent-programming-in-the-boys</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Ozman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 16:57:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CnCq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.substack.com%2Fnews_img%2F2057563227060617217%2F2V_TvKVd%3Fformat%3Djpg%26name%3Dorig" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been discussing The Boys, in which the antagonist, The Homelander, is a &#8220;predictive programming version&#8221; of President Donald Trump. The cast and director have commented on how coincidental the show was with regard to the Homelander/ Trump parallels. </p><p><strong>The Season 4 Finale mirrored the assassination attempt on Donald Trump nearly to the day:</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2Yvb!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F830a7f8d-d8e8-4431-9698-1e627019f9e3_1152x295.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2Yvb!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F830a7f8d-d8e8-4431-9698-1e627019f9e3_1152x295.png 424w, 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Two competing stages, two approved narratives, two mirrored tribes feeding off one another while claiming independence from the other. The result has been an artificial intellectual enclosure where dissent itself is often pre-packaged, monetized, and redirected back into the spectacle.</p><p>A new perspective has entered the arena.</p><p>The &#8220;Autohoaxer&#8221; does not emerge from the traditional conspiracy movement, nor from institutional journalism. It represents an Off World Stage position: an external analytical framework that rejects the manufactured binary between MSM and ALT-media ecosystems.</p><p>Unlike the &#8220;truther,&#8221; whose identity is often tethered to specific narratives, or the &#8220;flat earther,&#8221; whose role has become culturally compartmentalized, the Autohoaxer operates from a broader premise: all mediated narratives, regardless of ideological branding, are subject to scrutiny as staged perception-management systems.</p><p>This is not a faction seeking permission from gatekeepers. It is not competing for a seat at the existing table. Its purpose is to expose the existence of the table itself&#8212;and the invisible walls surrounding it.</p><p>The emergence of the Autohoaxer represents a marketplace disruption in the realm of information analysis. By existing outside the conventional MSM/ALT framework, the Off World Stage perspective introduces a new option for observers who no longer identify with institutional narratives or controlled opposition movements.</p><p>The first phase is simple: visibility.</p><p>To exist openly within the discourse-space previously monopolized by establishment pundits and alternative-media personalities is itself a strategic act. Recognition of the Autohoaxer perspective expands the conceptual territory available to independent thinkers operating beyond pre-approved categories.</p><p>Those capable of recognizing the limitations of the existing framework will inevitably engage with the Off World Stage model&#8212;whether through alliance, acknowledgment, or opposition. The point is no longer consensus. The point is differentiation.</p><p>As support infrastructure grows, the movement expects acceleration through decentralized participation rather than centralized authority. Future phases may involve direct challenges to entrenched media dogmas across both mainstream and alternative ecosystems.</p><p>For now, the objective remains clear:</p><p>Establish the existence of a perspective outside the stage-managed dialectic.</p><p>The Autohoaxer is not asking to be admitted into the system.</p><p>It is demonstrating that the system is smaller than advertised.</p><p> </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mu-g!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd1a87aeb-f007-4d0d-9816-705ee611a6c8_679x690.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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