Youtube daily report Oct 17 2018

- Hi, I'm Jackson Bird,

and welcome to another installment of Ask A Trans Guy.

And today I am joined by Taylor Behnke.

- Hi. - Taylor,

do you wanna say a little bit about your channel?

- Yeah, so my channel is called ItsRadishTime,

and I make videos about storytelling

with kind of a social change and activism bent.

- Yeah, they're very smart, interesting videos.

You should go check them out.

Including the one that we just filmed about

my own personal mythology, so go check that out,

and subscribe to Taylor.

But, right now we're gonna do Ask A Trans Guy.

So basically what this series is,

is, as you all know, when you meet people,

or I hope you know when you meet trans people,

you shouldn't just ask them any question that you want

that you wouldn't ask any other person.

It's invasive.

You can Google it.

There are tons of resources out there,

like the ones that I make.

And this is yet another one of those resources.

So basically I invite one of my cisgender friends on

and we lift that taboo for a moment

and I let them ask me anything that they want

about me, or trans people,

and we just sort of have a more productive dialogue

within the safe space that we've established.

Which is very important if you're ever

gonna open a discussion like this.

Taylor is gonna ask me four questions,

and then I'm gonna ask her one just for fun.

- Cool.

Okay, so this first question,

when you first reached out to me

and asked me to come up with some questions,

I was like, what should I ask?

And then I thought of this time that we were at VidCon

and we had gotten into one of the cars

that were transporting people around,

and the driver said something like, "Good morning, ladies,"

and I was just, like, ugh.

But I didn't know what to say,

because I didn't wanna be okay with that,

but I also didn't wanna out you to a stranger.

- Right.

- So I didn't do anything,

and I still feel kinda bad about it.

I wanna know,

and I'm guessing it's probably

different from person to person,

but if I'm hanging out with a trans friend

and somebody misgenders them in front of me,

what should I do?

- First thing you should know is I don't remember that.

So don't feel too bad.

- Okay, good.

- But it's a really good question to ask.

I get so awkward when that happens,

'cause I don't really know how I feel.

'Cause I don't wanna make a big deal out of it.

I also know that sometimes that's actually

not about being misread and misgendered.

Sometimes it's really just a slip of the tongue

on the other person.

I think it kinda depends on the situation.

With a driver like that who probably was not gonna

ask us anymore questions, kinda just let it go.

But maybe it's another person

in the social group, in the conversation,

and if they're misgendering someone,

I do always really appreciate if someone who is not me

kinda stands up and is like, actually, he is a guy,

or he uses these pronouns, that kinda thing.

Because I'm always way too nervous

and overwhelmed to stand up for myself.

- So one thing that I have been trying to do more of

when I'm meeting new people is use my own pronouns

so that it's less awkward for other people.

We're all like blah, blah, blah,

and I'm like, oh, I use she/her pronouns,

Jack uses he/him pronouns; what are yours?

- Yeah, I think that's a great way.

On that note, should we say our pronouns?

- Oh, yeah.

- I use he/him pronouns.

- I use she/her pronouns.

- Nice.

Next question.

- Okay, I have, being a woman of color,

white friends that all hang out with

where I can tell that they're

jumping all over themselves to be really woke.

And sometimes that's annoying.

So I wanna know what's the most annoying thing

that cis people who consider themselves socially conscious

do or say around you that you wish they would stop?

- Well, first of all, I use the exact same analogy

in my head when I'm around people of color.

I'm like, I know how annoying cis people can be,

so I'm gonna try not to behave that way,

but I know I still don't do it great.

But yeah, the things that are most annoying.

I think just anyone making it any kind of deal.

- Yeah.

- Especially as a binary trans person.

It is a rare occasion when something comes up

that makes me need to be treated

differently than any other guy.

It's a little bit different

with nonbinary or agender people.

- And I know that's something that

I am definitely guilty of,

or like I can feel that I'm doing,

especially with nonbinary people.

Especially when it's people that I used to know

using different names or different pronouns

and they change them.

I suddenly realize, I'm like, oh man, I am saying they

and them so many more times than I would say she or he

and it's weird now.

- Yeah.

People using the wrong pronouns.

Either consistently 'cause you can tell

they're not trying, or if you mess up.

Which, people are gonna mess up; it just happens.

But making a big deal out of it,

never make a big deal out of it.

Just keep going as if you misspoke in any other way

that you might say the wrong word,

and then maybe later if you can

privately find them, apologize.

And don't make it about you.

- Along that same line of trying to compare this

to an experience that's completely different,

but I think about when I talk to my friends who are black

and we have certain ways of speaking.

Obviously the most notable one was that is like,

this is for black people to say

and not other people to say.

I don't even use it,

but white people can't say the N-word, right?

- Yeah.

- But certain in-groups have their own ways of talking

to each other that aren't really for other people.

Is there language like that for trans people?

That you use with your trans friends,

but should not come out of my mouth?

- Yeah.

I mean, well, we have the T-word,

which is the equivalent there.

And even as a trans guy,

it is not my place to ever use or reclaim that word.

It is just for trans women to reclaim.

We can go into that in a whole other video,

but you can Google it if you're curious.

But I think there's just a lot of

ways of talking about ourselves.

It's kind of like in the queer community,

you can make a lot of jokes about being gay.

But if a straight person made that same joke to you-

- It'd be uncomfortable.

- Yeah, it's like, that's not okay.

- I totally get that.

Especially for black communities and queer communities.

There's just our own slang and stuff.

And it's super, super weird when a straight person

or a white person starts talking

like they've been watching too much Drag Race.

And I'm just like,

this is what you think is how you relate to me,

and it's super weird,

because that's not how we relate at all.

It's a different communication style.

A lot of culture is originated by trans women of color.

- You have so much of it.

Basically anything cool.

- Yeah.

There's a poster, a T-shirt or something

that I used to see all the time that was

white women stealing from gay men stealing from black women.

And that black women is also black trans women.

- Yeah.

Even that, trying to source it, was still erasure.

- Right, right.

And so I wonder sometimes where I'm like,

even as a black queer woman, that's not necessarily for me,

so am I appropriating?

Probably.

- Yeah, I mean, I would say probably not as much as I am

if I were... (laughing) so you're probably okay.

I did think of a good example, finally, though.

And it's there are a lot of identity terms

that are, some of them are outdated at this point,

and they are not things that cis people should ever say

as an actual descriptor of a trans person.

But also a cis person should never tell a trans person

identifying with that term that they're wrong

So, for example, transsexual, transvestite.

Those were very popular around the Civil Rights era

and a lot of older trans people

and maybe some young ones highly identify with those terms

but no cis person should be throwing those around.

- Yeah.

That actually fits in really well with my next question.

Speaking of black trans women,

'cause I follow a lot of trans people on YouTube

and Twitter and stuff because I want to not be

asking these one-on-one questions.

And I was looking through the list of everybody I follow

and I realize that it is super, super white,

and I think most cis people who consider themselves

socially active and conscious know, like, Janet Mock and-

- Laverne Cox. - Yeah, Laverne Cox.

I'm struggling even to bring up her name,

but there's these two actresses,

and then if you're on YouTube you also know Kat Blaque.

That's kind of the extent of it for most people.

I don't follow a lot of trans people of color,

so if I wanna know more about what it is like

to be both not cis and not white intersecting,

who should I be following?

- Man, well, you're right that there aren't a ton.

I will say a bunch of the actresses

who are in Pose, they are so cool.

Follow them.

Aaryn, who hosts First Person,

PBS Digital,

and then Elle Hearns is not a content creator,

but she is a public speaker

and has a big Twitter and Instagram following

and she just founded the Marsha P. Johnson Foundation.

Or, institute.

But I mean, I think me struggling as a trans person

to come up with some is a problem.

The LGBT community historically has rewarded

people who are only a step below in privilege.

- Right.

- So anyone who has multiple intersecting

marginalized identities is just pushed out.

- I also think that's maybe a little reversed on YouTube

where most of the trans people I follow are trans women

because I think that there was this natural space

for especially the beauty and lifestyle communities.

- Yeah, I'm actually really relieved to hear that,

because I'm so much in the trans masculine bubble

that I've felt like it's a lot more

trans masculine people on YouTube.

- Oh, really?

- Yeah.

- 'Cause I'm like, who should I follow who's trans guys

besides you and Chase Ross?

- Yeah.

I will say I can think of a lot more

black trans women than black trans men.

Black men of color tend to go stealth,

which makes complete and total sense,

but it is hard to find representation

in the content creation world.

- Well, if you know of people I should be following,

please tell me in the comments.

- Put them in the comments, please.

- 'Cause I wanna find them.

- Was that four questions?

- That was four.

- Okay.

My question for you.

I just wanna turn your second question on its head.

What is the most annoying thing that white people do?

I mean. (laughing)

So many.

This could be an endless video.

But more in the context of things that you have experienced

with white people who think that they're woke.

- I think right now,

and this changes day to day based on

what buttons people have been pressing,

I really, really can't stand the whole trend on Twitter

and in think pieces to be like black women are heroes.

They're saving us.

They're the ones that are leading the resistance.

Or whatever; blah, blah, blah.

Making us this idolized strong black woman,

it's just a different kind of dehumanization.

If you think that we're these role models now for progress,

start following them, like, do the work,

and don't just be like, black women are gonna save us.

It's like, no, you save us.

We have to save ourselves.

We can't be saving everybody.

- I watched a great video today from Brittney Cooper

who wrote the book Eloquent Rage

just talking about how white women, white people in general

need to accept that all the really terrifying,

awful white people out there are part of our community

and we're responsible for them.

And that we don't take that responsibility.

- Right.

I can't stand when people tweet things like,

"This is not my America."

I'm like, it is.

This is happening here.

When you talk about your racist aunts

at Thanksgiving, those are your people.

Collect your people.

- Taylor, thank you so much for

joining me in this experiment. - Yeah, thanks for having me.

- And everyone, make sure you go watch

the video that we did on Taylor's channel.

And Taylor, where else can we find you?

ItsRadishTime on YouTube.

- Yup.

ItsRadishTime everywhere on the Internet.

- It's always radish time.

- Yeah, I can never get rid of that username.

(laughing)

- Awesome.

Well, if you liked this video,

you can subscribe to this channel.

And, you know, give it a like, a comment.

In the comments, we just wanna have all your recommendations

for the most awesome trans women of color.

So that's what I want in the comments today.

- Please.

- Yeah, I think that's it.

- Cool.

- Thank you all for watching.

See you next time.

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>> My name is Marcus Russell,

and I work in the Window Security space,

where we build products like Windows 10 in S mode.

S mode is a fast, secure,

simple expression of everything

customers love about Windows, all in one box.

In my daily life, I use Windows 10 S at work.

It's the device I use every single day,

and lets me do all the things

that I need to do at work with

Office and accessing services on the web.

At home, my family and I can

use those devices to access

all the apps that we need from the Windows Store,

and can do that all safely and access all the information

that we normally would but safely and securely.

I grew up in the Metro Detroit area.

My family was always really

interested and involved with technology.

My dad worked at a major car company,

building technology for in-car telematics systems,

and that kind of sparked my interest in a lot

of that side of technology.

Outside of work, I love spending time with my family

and enjoying activities with

them and just staying in shape,

playing games, sports, all those things.

My goal at work,

first and foremost, I just want to make cool stuff.

I want to build products that people love,

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 During a trip to Dubbo to visit farming families affected by the area's two-year-long drought, Meghan wore a plaid oversized blazer from her good friend Williams' namesake line — and it didn't take long for Williams to show her support

 "The face you make when you and Meghan have matching @serenablazers 😍," Williams captioned an Instagram post with a photo of herself modeling the blazer with a big smile across her face

 Meghan styled the plaid blazer with a top from Maison Kitsune, jeans by Outland and boots from J

Crew — and in true Meghan fashion, the $145 blazer is already completely sold out

 In an interview with PEOPLE earlier this year, Williams opened up about her new line

 "This collection is inspired by femininity and strength," Williams told PEOPLE. "It's bringing those two together

Who said you can't be both?"  The collection features pieces with words such as "royal," "be greater" and "slay" embroidered throughout

 On the brand's Instagram, they showed support of Markle wearing the blazer and encouraged all their customers to "be the ROYAL that YOU are" by shopping the Royal-themed collection

 Meghan and Williams have been besties ever since meeting at the 2010 Super Bowl where they immediately hit it off

They've supported one another's endeavors ever since, including the royal wedding in May, where Williams was on-hand to support her friend on her big day

 This sweet nod to her bestie is actually the second sentimental thing Meghan's worn on the royal tour

On the first day she accessorized with a pair of butterfly earrings which were previously worn by Princess Diana

 According to fan account Meghan's Mirror. Diana previously wore them during a trip to Canada on May 3, 1986 — a year after she gave birth to Harry

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Funniest Fan Videos! I React To Funny BZK Fan Clips - Duration: 10:13.

hi guys welcome back to the blast zone I scouted all of YouTube and we are gonna

react to some of my funny fan Clips you guys do some very crazy stuff on video

so we're gonna react to that and also stay tuned for the end of this video

because we have a very special announcement guys get ready to be really

funny make sure to subscribe to win the guys we're giving away to this month so

be sure to subscribe because you have your double chance to win I'm just

kidding that's French anyway so let's do this before we get started I'm not

making fun of any of these people whenever I see fan videos I think it's

really cool and I really appreciate those new guys or the best fans ever

doing it this first video is a parody of me and Zinke doing one of our first

collab so let's check it out cuz it's really funny we're back we're doing a

parody of its Zankye this is Blast Zone Kid okay so we're going to remake this

video let's go hey guys welcome to the blast zone I snuck into Zankye's virtual

studio wait a second I better shirt probably look at his mom cause I was

like this in open do this need a blast oh you showing your like stomach and

like saying please no James what are you doing here we got an awesome video cuz

for this one we got an unexpected guest James from the blast zone kid

James from the blossom good alright my life 11 years I have never seen thank

you do this no that's a dog okay you miss her I'm so excited to be here in

sync his virtual studio and I came here personally to battle him so let's have a

battle my virtual studio I got strike got Valkyrie my gun ville

I got my beer right here tornado driver

yeah alright guys I don't know tell me in the

comments below if you think that parody was good I don't know because they were

doing weird stuff I don't know no I've seen multiple fan

videos where they challenged me this one you have to check it out if you want to

ban me to come in with a big good cuz you just have like octave or whatever

there's a 95% chance I'm gonna win 5% chance you're gonna freshen up to take

five here and today I'm gonna betray that challenge blast him yet he says

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put it down in the comments below and blossom kid if you get this video then

text back alright so after that video I put in the comments I'll paddle you to

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challenge the blast don't get it and it's blacks on squad all right dude I'll

battle you or maybe see you at the next Bay tuber

brawl or my new summer tour on to the next fan video this is where a guy one

of my fence reacts the fake plater versus and I want to tell you and Freud

later this was actually one of my favorite reaction kids because you seem

really into it cuz that was the best video I have ever seen in my whole

entire life fake blader versus Angela that was the

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hypnotized I was like are you hitting me right now I was like my ball was like

this Oh like that right and like no Angela

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mean she won all those battles of a burst finish I was like okay the road

system must like yes Angela 1 and on the black oak it is pre now good alright

guys don't see more fake laners told me in the comments below alright in this

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do not make a video when you're in your mom's bathroom and she could hear you

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showers to buy some kid hey thanks bro I really appreciate all the people who did

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How Mind-Controlling Parasites Teach Us About Brains - Duration: 10:55.

Thanks to Skillshare for supporting this episode of SciShow.

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Imagine this: you're minding your own business when all of a sudden, you're mysteriously seized

by the overwhelming urge to climb to the roof of your building after work and just stand there.

All night long.

Come morning, you head back down and go about your day as if what you just did was totally normal.

And then you do it again and again, every night.

You may have heard of parasites that can hijack the brains of their victims and

cause them to behave in strange ways like this.

But what's even cooler than what these parasites can do to their hosts

is the question of how they do it.

It's a field of science called neuroparasitology.

And by studying these cases of mind control, scientists can gain deeper insights into how

animals control their own brains.

One of the most direct ways to take over an animal's brain is to move in and make yourself at home.

Which is exactly what the Lancet liver fluke does to the ants it parasitizes.

Ants are only one of this flatworm's three hosts.

It needs to move between a grazing animal, a snail, and an ant to complete its life cycle.

And while that might seem complicated, a lot of parasites have multi-host life cycles like

this, which might be because some species are more abundant and easier to control.

By moving through these intermediate hosts,

the parasites can make it more likely they'll find their way back to their main target,

their final host, where the adult parasites live and reproduce.

As their name implies, adult liver flukes live in the livers of grazing animals like cows.

Their eggs are excreted in the cows' poop, and then eaten by a snail.

The larvae develop inside that snail for several months, then travel to the snail's

respiratory system, where they're covered in slime and excreted.

And ants apparently find these slime balls irresistible.

Then the parasite needs this ant to be eaten by a cow or sheep, which traditionally don't eat ants.

They do eat grass, though, and that's where a little mind control comes in handy.

After the slime ball is ingested, the flukes break out of the ant's stomach.

They aim for the ant's head, but only the first to get there will make itself comfortable

next to one of the ant's cerebral ganglia, the ant's version of a brain.

It becomes what German scientists called the "hirnwurm": a brain worm.

Specifically, it hunkers down at the base of the ant's mandibular nerves,

the nerves that command the ant's mouthparts.

And from this strategic spot, it can control the ant's behavior in a bizarrely precise way.

During the day, the infected ant carries on with its business.

Nothing to see here, just a normal ant doing anty things.

But every evening when the temperature drops, it leaves the colony and spends the night

camped out on the tip of a blade of grass.

And it doesn't just sit on the grass.

The ant, presumably under the control of that strategically-placed brain worm,

bites down to firmly attach itself, ensuring it's not knocked off.

Since many grazers feed in the cool morning hours,

all the ant has to do is patiently wait to be eaten.

Then, if the ant is still alive when the temperature rises again,

it climbs down and carries on as if nothing is wrong.

And this happens every night until a grazer finally gobbles up the ant.

When that happens, the worm that had made it to the brain doesn't actually get to

enjoy the spoils of all its hard work.

But the flukes that were hanging out in the ant's body get to make their way to the

mammal's liver to become adults.

The brain worm has been too busy piloting its giant ant suit to develop,

so it has to sacrifice itself for its siblings.

Scientists are still trying to figure out exactly how the brain worm compels the ant,

but it may employ tactics similar to parasitic fungi that also get ants to climb up things and bite down.

Ophiocordyceps fungi infect ants and other insects and make them travel to a strategic

spot so they can spread their spores.

Studies suggest the fungi secrete compounds that alter gene expression, targeting everything

from the ant's internal clock to its ability to smell in order to ensure they'll be in

the right place at the right time.

And manipulating gene expression is a pretty useful strategy

if you want to control movement behaviors; just ask the hairworm.

The parasitic hairworm develops inside crickets, which live on land, even though as adults,

the worms live and reproduce in water.

So they get their hosts to drown themselves.

The hairworms produce a unique set of proteins to manipulate their hosts,

including ones that look an awful lot like proteins normally found in insects.

These induce changes in gene expression in the cricket's brain,

altering the levels of several proteins including ones involved in geotactic behavior,

the way something orients itself in response to gravity.

There's also evidence that the parasite affects phototactic behavior:

the way something orients itself in response to light.

And this ultimately means that the hapless cricket goes for a swim whether it wants to or not.

These studies are helping elucidate the neuroscience of navigation,

providing insights as to how animals big and small sense their world and make their way around.

Parasites can also manipulate their victim's behavior more indirectly,

by making them sick in a useful way.

Many animals act differently when they're ill, like eating less or being lazy,

and these sickness behaviors are initiated by the immune system.

So if you're a parasite that wants your host to eat less for some reason,

you don't have to figure out what neurons or genes to manipulate,

all you have to do is trigger the right immune response.

And one wasp has actually partnered with a virus to turn its host's immune system against it.

The wasp lays its egg in the soft underbelly of a live ladybug.

After about three weeks of developing inside the bug,

the wasp larva tunnels out and encases itself in a cocoon.

The ladybug then sticks around to guard this pupa,

lying on top of it and twitching to discourage predators.

And that probably happens because the mother wasp injects a virus along with her egg.

The virus replicates inside the ladybug's cells, especially brain cells.

But while the larva is still inside the bug, it somehow suppresses the bug's immune system,

so the infected cells are left alone.

Then, when the larva leaves to pupate, the ladybug's immune system kicks in to fight

the virus, and inadvertently ends up helping it manipulate the bug's behavior.

Scientists think the "bodyguarding" behaviors are neurological symptoms that occur because

of damage the immune system causes to the bug's brain when it attacks the virus.

They're still working out the details of how, but the timing of the different stages

of the infection and the onset of different aspects of the ladybug's

strange behavior line up perfectly.

This kind of research can help scientists gain a better understanding of neurological

diseases, especially how behavioral symptoms relate to immune responses.

Weirdly enough, the ladybug is one case where the victim isn't doomed.

Afflicted ladybugs sometimes recover completely from their ordeal.

Their damaged nerve cells can regrow if they defeat the virus.

For the wasp, that's totally fine, since it's already done what it needed to do.

And it didn't even have to expend energy to make complicated, mind-altering chemicals.

It got the virus to do the heavy lifting.

But sometimes, if you want a job done right, you just gotta do it yourself.

The emerald cockroach wasp doesn't take any chances.

First, a female wasp temporarily paralyzes a cockroach with a quick venomous stab.

Then, she uses her stinger to inject more venom directly into the cockroach's brain.

She'll even take her time and poke around to make sure she's hitting just the right

spot, parts of the roach's ganglia involved in locomotor processing.

The sting makes the roach calm and complacent.

The wasp can then literally lead it by its antennae to her burrow,

where its body is consumed by her young.

This zombie-like state is achieved thanks to a compound in the venom which dials down

the excitability of the neurons, making them less likely to fire.

It's not that the roach can't fight or run away, it's that it no longer wants to.

In the lab, affected cockroaches can still do things like

fly in a wind tunnel and right themselves when flipped over.

But even as the larva eats its way through the cockroach's organs,

it doesn't make any attempt to escape. It just waits patiently until it finally dies.

Understanding the neurological mechanisms employed by these wasps can help scientists

better understand how brains control decision-making.

Research like this can even give us fresh insights into the nature of free will.

Of course, the idea of having your mind, or even just your body,

controlled by another being is understandably terrifying.

But these are all insects with small, simple brains.

It's not like any of this could happen to us and our big, complex brains, right?

RIGHT? Uh… Well…

Ok, for the most part, no.

Our brains have lots of redundant connections which act as backup systems,

and that means controlling a few neurons doesn't have as big of an effect.

It would be really hard for a parasite to control our behavior in a specific way

like making us bite down on something, jump in a pool,

or be patient while we're eaten alive from within.

Also, we have these wonderful things called skulls

that prevent most parasites from getting easy access to our brains.

So if they wanted to turn on or off specific regions, they'd have to get all up in there

like a liver fluke does to an ant.

But to prevent that, we have a handy defense mechanism called the blood-brain barrier.

That's a layer of tightly packed cells separating the capillaries

that feed the brain from other brain tissue.

It keeps junk and wandering parasites that are circulating in our blood from finding

their way to our most vulnerable spots… well, most of the time, anyways.

There is some evidence that one parasite can manipulate human behavior,

although maybe not on purpose.

It's a protozoan called Toxoplasma gondii.

It's able to sneak around that blood brain barrier

by infecting the cells that line the brain's blood vessels.

And that's exactly what it does in mice.

Toxoplasma's final hosts are cats, but to get there, they first infect small animals, especially rodents.

An unlucky mouse becomes infected when it accidentally consumes Toxoplasma eggs.

The young protozoans find their way into the nerves and muscles and create cysts inside these cells.

And in mice, they seem to make a beeline for the amygdala,

a part of the brain involved in processing fear.

Though it's not clear how, these cysts alter the rodent's behavior,

mostly by making them less afraid of cat smells.

As you can imagine, that doesn't work out so well for the mouse.

But it turns out that if we spend some time around infected cats that are shedding eggs,

the parasites can get inside our brains, too.

There, they can live for decades,

and some scientists think they mess with our heads in much the same way.

For example, some studies suggest that people infected with Toxoplasma are more reckless or extroverted,

though such results are pretty controversial, and not all research has backed them up.

But such effects, if real, are more like personality nudges than outright mind control.

So, a parasite-induced zombie apocalypse is probably not something to worry about.

But neuroscientists are excited about all the new things we're learning from these

little puppeteers, especially about human brains.

Understanding mind control at the molecular level can help neuroscientists better understand

how neurons work in general, including ours.

And that could lead to a deeper understanding of how our brains work, or what precisely

happens in mental illness.

Someday, we might even figure out how to harness the chemicals these parasites use for medical

applications, like to treat mood disorders.

And totally not to take control of other people. Probably.

But there is one thing that neuroparasitology is already pretty useful for.

And that's inspiring some pretty creepy and gruesome horror stories.

And Halloween is coming up, so if you're working on decorations for your

zombie science lab haunted house,

you're going to need a classic horror portrait to tie the room together.

All this week, we're showcasing Skillshare classes we think you'll like,

and if you're into art and horror,

we think you'll enjoy the class Paint a Horror-Themed Portrait taught by Damien Mammoliti.

The class is fun and perfect for this time of year, but really all the lessons are pretty timeless.

As a digital artist, Damien shares the steps of his process to create professional, marketable art.

No matter how spooky or not you want your portraits to be,

you'll learn a lot from this class.

And Skillshare has over 20,000 other classes taught by experts in their fields.

Just click on the link in the description to take advantage of the offer from Skillshare

to get two months of free access to all of their classes.

And, if you do paint a horror portrait, may I suggest myself as your inspiration? *Rar!*

[♪ OUTRO]

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Magia Record | Narumi Arisa | Episode 2 | (Translated) - Duration: 5:16.

"The reason I'm bullied must be because I'm weak..."

"If I could get stronger - if I had more power, it could change."

That's what I thought. That's why I became a magical girl.

Arisa: ... What?

Arisa: You wanna go?

Boy 1: Ack...!!

Boy 2: W-we're sorry...!

Thanks to this power...

I really did stop getting bullied, but...

Girl 1: That girl sure has changed, lately...

Girl 2: Right...

Girl 1: I heard she put some Nishinaka's gang in the hospital...

I'm still alone.

... Nothing has changed.

Chisato: The way you've been behaving lately is inexcusable.

Chisato: Skipping class, eating and drinking in school, and getting violent...

Chisato: I can't let this slide.

Arisa: Huh... So you're a magical girl, too...

Arisa: In that case... I can go all out!

Arisa: I'll crush you!!

Clank...

Arisa: Ugh...!

Arisa: Why... Why can't I win...?!

Chisato: No matter how much power you have...

Chisato: There will always be things you can't do alone.

Chisato: Don't you know that?

Arisa: ...........

Chisato: The truth is, there are other magical girls in this town besides just you and me.

Chisato: If you fight together, you'll be even stronger!

Arisa: ... N-no way, it's too late for that.

Arisa: And I'm not good with people...

Chisato: It's okay! It's not too late.

Chisato: Now... Can you stand?

Arisa: ... Oh...

Arisa: Yeah!

Arisa: (So I...)

Arisa: (Could never look down on Chisato.)

Chisato: ... Hm? What's up?

Arisa: -------?!

Arisa: N-nothing...!

Arisa: O-oh, anyway...! ...About those three...!

Arisa: Where do you think they were headed off to?

Arisa: I heard something about a live show in the shopping district...

Arisa: O-oh, anyway...! ...About those three...!

Arisa: Where do you think they were headed off to?

Arisa: I heard something about a live show in the shopping district...

Chisato: A show...?

Chisato: Oh, could it have been this?

Chisato: Someone was passing out these flyers back there.

Arisa: Hm, let me see?

Come see the cutting-edge idol of love in the shopping district! Fumino Sayuki, the Cupid of Blades ☆ Free Live!

Arisa: What?! Sayu-Sayu is putting on a free show?!

Chisato: Oh, you know who that is?

Arisa: ... Well, a little.

Arisa: But, hey, it's already started! Let's go, Chisato!

Chisato: I-I'm not really into...

Chisato: And since when are you into idols?

Arisa: Day before yesterday I happened to hear one of her songs and it totally resonated with me!

Chisato: That's so random...

Arisa: It's fine! Just run!

Sayuki: Thanks for waiting!!!!

Sayuki: Let's wrap it up wiiiith... My most recent song!

Arisa: Awesome, we made it!

Chisato: It's practically over...

Arisa: But this is the song I'm into, so it's fine!

Chisato: As long as you're happy.

Chisato: But still...

Girls in the Crowd: Cut us!

Girls in the Crowd: Sayu-Sayu, cut us up!

Sayuki: Mission received!

Sayuki: Alriiight! Now just... How should I attack?! ♪

Rena and Momoko in the Crowd: Turn the tables!

Chisato: ............. ..............

Chisato: I... Feel like we should be retreating...

Sayuki: Well then... Sayu-Sayu journeys on!

Sayuki: "Turn Table ☆ Innocence"!

Girls in the Crowd: Kyaaaaa!!!!

Arisa: Here it comes!

Momoko: Here it comes!

Rena: Finally! Momoko...!

Momoko: Let's cheer her on with everything we've got!

Kaede: R-right...!

♪ So there was never any chance For me to change myself, someway

♪ Getting and giving pain It's just verbal sword play

♪ And my reflection in this blade's No different from before...

Arisa: ............

Arisa: ............ ............

Chisato: Arisa...? You're - crying...

Arisa: ... What?

Chisato: ... Nothing.

Chisato: Never mind.

Arisa: ..........

Arisa: "My reflection in this blade isn o different from before..." Huh?)

Chisato: (... I see.)

Girl A: That was great!

Girl B: So great!

Girl A: Yeah!

Arisa: Man, it's so touching!

Arisa: So how was it, Chisato? Your first time seeing Sayu-Sayu!

Chisato: Wasn't it your first time too?

Arisa: That's not important!

Chisato: *sigh* ...

Chisato: Well, anyway... Yeah. It suited you.

Arisa: Huh...? What's that mean?

Chisato: ... Heh.

Arisa: Jeez, but now... Gah! I'm all MAX hyped up!

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How Big The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Really Is - Duration: 3:19.

Narrator: The world produces enough plastic each year

to build 50 Pyramids of Giza.

That's over 350 million tons of candy wrappers,

PVC pipes, and synthetic T-shirts.

While most of it ends up in landfills,

eight million tons of plastic winds up

in our oceans each year

where most of it finds its way

into massive garbage patches around the world

and the biggest of them all

is called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

If you picked up each piece of plastic

in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch,

you'd carry away about 1.8 trillion individual pieces.

That's 10 times more plastic pieces

than there are stars in our Milky Way Galaxy

and it would weigh a whopping 80,000 tons

equivalent to the weight of three Statues of Liberty.

Half of the entire patch is made

of plastic fishing nets, lines and ropes

which come from intense fishing activity near the area.

The other half is mostly hard plastics and films

like water bottles and plastic wrap

but don't let the name Great Pacific Garbage Patch fool you.

It doesn't look like a giant mountain of trash at all.

It's actually scattered over a region of ocean

that's twice the size of Texas according to some estimates.

So, if you wanted to pick up every piece of plastic,

it would take you 121 days at a walking pace

of five kilometers per hour to cover the entire area.

Though in reality there's no true end

since the garbage patch

is constantly ebbing and flowing with the ocean currents.

But let's pretend we could scoop it all up into one place.

There'd be enough plastic to fill 100 Boeing 747 planes

and the patch is only getting bigger.

It's actually been growing exponentially larger

for nearly 70 years.

Partly because once the plastic is there,

it'll stick around for centuries.

Those plastic fishing lines, for example,

will take 600 years to break down

and even after they break down,

the damage doesn't stop there.

Most end up as microplastics

that are too small to see with the naked eye

but can make it into the bellies

of sea animals and, ultimately, the humans

that will eat those animals.

Worldwide, researchers have found

ingested microplastics in every species

of sea turtle, nearly 60% of whale species

and almost 60% of sea birds.

Plus more plastic is pouring

into the world's oceans each day.

In fact, experts estimate that by the year 2050,

the amount of plastic in the oceans

will outweigh all the world's fish.

Think about that the next time you toss your water bottle

in the trash because the recycling's full.

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How Mind-Controlling Parasites Teach Us About Brains - Duration: 10:55.

Thanks to Skillshare for supporting this episode of SciShow.

[♪ INTRO]

Imagine this: you're minding your own business when all of a sudden, you're mysteriously seized

by the overwhelming urge to climb to the roof of your building after work and just stand there.

All night long.

Come morning, you head back down and go about your day as if what you just did was totally normal.

And then you do it again and again, every night.

You may have heard of parasites that can hijack the brains of their victims and

cause them to behave in strange ways like this.

But what's even cooler than what these parasites can do to their hosts

is the question of how they do it.

It's a field of science called neuroparasitology.

And by studying these cases of mind control, scientists can gain deeper insights into how

animals control their own brains.

One of the most direct ways to take over an animal's brain is to move in and make yourself at home.

Which is exactly what the Lancet liver fluke does to the ants it parasitizes.

Ants are only one of this flatworm's three hosts.

It needs to move between a grazing animal, a snail, and an ant to complete its life cycle.

And while that might seem complicated, a lot of parasites have multi-host life cycles like

this, which might be because some species are more abundant and easier to control.

By moving through these intermediate hosts,

the parasites can make it more likely they'll find their way back to their main target,

their final host, where the adult parasites live and reproduce.

As their name implies, adult liver flukes live in the livers of grazing animals like cows.

Their eggs are excreted in the cows' poop, and then eaten by a snail.

The larvae develop inside that snail for several months, then travel to the snail's

respiratory system, where they're covered in slime and excreted.

And ants apparently find these slime balls irresistible.

Then the parasite needs this ant to be eaten by a cow or sheep, which traditionally don't eat ants.

They do eat grass, though, and that's where a little mind control comes in handy.

After the slime ball is ingested, the flukes break out of the ant's stomach.

They aim for the ant's head, but only the first to get there will make itself comfortable

next to one of the ant's cerebral ganglia, the ant's version of a brain.

It becomes what German scientists called the "hirnwurm": a brain worm.

Specifically, it hunkers down at the base of the ant's mandibular nerves,

the nerves that command the ant's mouthparts.

And from this strategic spot, it can control the ant's behavior in a bizarrely precise way.

During the day, the infected ant carries on with its business.

Nothing to see here, just a normal ant doing anty things.

But every evening when the temperature drops, it leaves the colony and spends the night

camped out on the tip of a blade of grass.

And it doesn't just sit on the grass.

The ant, presumably under the control of that strategically-placed brain worm,

bites down to firmly attach itself, ensuring it's not knocked off.

Since many grazers feed in the cool morning hours,

all the ant has to do is patiently wait to be eaten.

Then, if the ant is still alive when the temperature rises again,

it climbs down and carries on as if nothing is wrong.

And this happens every night until a grazer finally gobbles up the ant.

When that happens, the worm that had made it to the brain doesn't actually get to

enjoy the spoils of all its hard work.

But the flukes that were hanging out in the ant's body get to make their way to the

mammal's liver to become adults.

The brain worm has been too busy piloting its giant ant suit to develop,

so it has to sacrifice itself for its siblings.

Scientists are still trying to figure out exactly how the brain worm compels the ant,

but it may employ tactics similar to parasitic fungi that also get ants to climb up things and bite down.

Ophiocordyceps fungi infect ants and other insects and make them travel to a strategic

spot so they can spread their spores.

Studies suggest the fungi secrete compounds that alter gene expression, targeting everything

from the ant's internal clock to its ability to smell in order to ensure they'll be in

the right place at the right time.

And manipulating gene expression is a pretty useful strategy

if you want to control movement behaviors; just ask the hairworm.

The parasitic hairworm develops inside crickets, which live on land, even though as adults,

the worms live and reproduce in water.

So they get their hosts to drown themselves.

The hairworms produce a unique set of proteins to manipulate their hosts,

including ones that look an awful lot like proteins normally found in insects.

These induce changes in gene expression in the cricket's brain,

altering the levels of several proteins including ones involved in geotactic behavior,

the way something orients itself in response to gravity.

There's also evidence that the parasite affects phototactic behavior:

the way something orients itself in response to light.

And this ultimately means that the hapless cricket goes for a swim whether it wants to or not.

These studies are helping elucidate the neuroscience of navigation,

providing insights as to how animals big and small sense their world and make their way around.

Parasites can also manipulate their victim's behavior more indirectly,

by making them sick in a useful way.

Many animals act differently when they're ill, like eating less or being lazy,

and these sickness behaviors are initiated by the immune system.

So if you're a parasite that wants your host to eat less for some reason,

you don't have to figure out what neurons or genes to manipulate,

all you have to do is trigger the right immune response.

And one wasp has actually partnered with a virus to turn its host's immune system against it.

The wasp lays its egg in the soft underbelly of a live ladybug.

After about three weeks of developing inside the bug,

the wasp larva tunnels out and encases itself in a cocoon.

The ladybug then sticks around to guard this pupa,

lying on top of it and twitching to discourage predators.

And that probably happens because the mother wasp injects a virus along with her egg.

The virus replicates inside the ladybug's cells, especially brain cells.

But while the larva is still inside the bug, it somehow suppresses the bug's immune system,

so the infected cells are left alone.

Then, when the larva leaves to pupate, the ladybug's immune system kicks in to fight

the virus, and inadvertently ends up helping it manipulate the bug's behavior.

Scientists think the "bodyguarding" behaviors are neurological symptoms that occur because

of damage the immune system causes to the bug's brain when it attacks the virus.

They're still working out the details of how, but the timing of the different stages

of the infection and the onset of different aspects of the ladybug's

strange behavior line up perfectly.

This kind of research can help scientists gain a better understanding of neurological

diseases, especially how behavioral symptoms relate to immune responses.

Weirdly enough, the ladybug is one case where the victim isn't doomed.

Afflicted ladybugs sometimes recover completely from their ordeal.

Their damaged nerve cells can regrow if they defeat the virus.

For the wasp, that's totally fine, since it's already done what it needed to do.

And it didn't even have to expend energy to make complicated, mind-altering chemicals.

It got the virus to do the heavy lifting.

But sometimes, if you want a job done right, you just gotta do it yourself.

The emerald cockroach wasp doesn't take any chances.

First, a female wasp temporarily paralyzes a cockroach with a quick venomous stab.

Then, she uses her stinger to inject more venom directly into the cockroach's brain.

She'll even take her time and poke around to make sure she's hitting just the right

spot, parts of the roach's ganglia involved in locomotor processing.

The sting makes the roach calm and complacent.

The wasp can then literally lead it by its antennae to her burrow,

where its body is consumed by her young.

This zombie-like state is achieved thanks to a compound in the venom which dials down

the excitability of the neurons, making them less likely to fire.

It's not that the roach can't fight or run away, it's that it no longer wants to.

In the lab, affected cockroaches can still do things like

fly in a wind tunnel and right themselves when flipped over.

But even as the larva eats its way through the cockroach's organs,

it doesn't make any attempt to escape. It just waits patiently until it finally dies.

Understanding the neurological mechanisms employed by these wasps can help scientists

better understand how brains control decision-making.

Research like this can even give us fresh insights into the nature of free will.

Of course, the idea of having your mind, or even just your body,

controlled by another being is understandably terrifying.

But these are all insects with small, simple brains.

It's not like any of this could happen to us and our big, complex brains, right?

RIGHT? Uh… Well…

Ok, for the most part, no.

Our brains have lots of redundant connections which act as backup systems,

and that means controlling a few neurons doesn't have as big of an effect.

It would be really hard for a parasite to control our behavior in a specific way

like making us bite down on something, jump in a pool,

or be patient while we're eaten alive from within.

Also, we have these wonderful things called skulls

that prevent most parasites from getting easy access to our brains.

So if they wanted to turn on or off specific regions, they'd have to get all up in there

like a liver fluke does to an ant.

But to prevent that, we have a handy defense mechanism called the blood-brain barrier.

That's a layer of tightly packed cells separating the capillaries

that feed the brain from other brain tissue.

It keeps junk and wandering parasites that are circulating in our blood from finding

their way to our most vulnerable spots… well, most of the time, anyways.

There is some evidence that one parasite can manipulate human behavior,

although maybe not on purpose.

It's a protozoan called Toxoplasma gondii.

It's able to sneak around that blood brain barrier

by infecting the cells that line the brain's blood vessels.

And that's exactly what it does in mice.

Toxoplasma's final hosts are cats, but to get there, they first infect small animals, especially rodents.

An unlucky mouse becomes infected when it accidentally consumes Toxoplasma eggs.

The young protozoans find their way into the nerves and muscles and create cysts inside these cells.

And in mice, they seem to make a beeline for the amygdala,

a part of the brain involved in processing fear.

Though it's not clear how, these cysts alter the rodent's behavior,

mostly by making them less afraid of cat smells.

As you can imagine, that doesn't work out so well for the mouse.

But it turns out that if we spend some time around infected cats that are shedding eggs,

the parasites can get inside our brains, too.

There, they can live for decades,

and some scientists think they mess with our heads in much the same way.

For example, some studies suggest that people infected with Toxoplasma are more reckless or extroverted,

though such results are pretty controversial, and not all research has backed them up.

But such effects, if real, are more like personality nudges than outright mind control.

So, a parasite-induced zombie apocalypse is probably not something to worry about.

But neuroscientists are excited about all the new things we're learning from these

little puppeteers, especially about human brains.

Understanding mind control at the molecular level can help neuroscientists better understand

how neurons work in general, including ours.

And that could lead to a deeper understanding of how our brains work, or what precisely

happens in mental illness.

Someday, we might even figure out how to harness the chemicals these parasites use for medical

applications, like to treat mood disorders.

And totally not to take control of other people. Probably.

But there is one thing that neuroparasitology is already pretty useful for.

And that's inspiring some pretty creepy and gruesome horror stories.

And Halloween is coming up, so if you're working on decorations for your

zombie science lab haunted house,

you're going to need a classic horror portrait to tie the room together.

All this week, we're showcasing Skillshare classes we think you'll like,

and if you're into art and horror,

we think you'll enjoy the class Paint a Horror-Themed Portrait taught by Damien Mammoliti.

The class is fun and perfect for this time of year, but really all the lessons are pretty timeless.

As a digital artist, Damien shares the steps of his process to create professional, marketable art.

No matter how spooky or not you want your portraits to be,

you'll learn a lot from this class.

And Skillshare has over 20,000 other classes taught by experts in their fields.

Just click on the link in the description to take advantage of the offer from Skillshare

to get two months of free access to all of their classes.

And, if you do paint a horror portrait, may I suggest myself as your inspiration? *Rar!*

[♪ OUTRO]

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Trump Calls Stormy Daniels "Horseface," She Calls Him "Tiny," And America Continues Its Decline - Duration: 3:46.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, it's official.

We're a nation of idiots.

I don't know if you've been paying attention.

I assume everyone has because it's been all over the news for the last 24 hours even longer

at this point.

The whole Donald Trump in Stormy Daniels' feud.

Okay.

Tuesday morning, Donald Trump gets on Twitter, gloating about a court case that really was

inconsequential, and he called Stormy Daniels, the adult film star, who he had an affair

with and paid her $130,000 to not tell anybody about it.

He called her horse face.

Okay, obviously, can't do that, especially can't do that if you're the president of the

United States.

So then Stormy Daniels, AKA, Stephanie Clifford, fires back, and here's her tweet.

"Ladies and gentlemen, may I present your president."

She was responding to his tweet when she said that.

In addition to his shortcomings, he has demonstrated his incompetence, hatred of women, and lack

of self control on twitter again, and perhaps a pinch on for bestiality.

Game on, Tiny.

Now, see, half of Stormy Daniels' response there was spot on phenomenal.

You know, the part that demonstrated his incompetence, hatred of women, and lack of self control.

100% agree with you on that.

Did I need the visuals of his quote, "shortcomings" and "game on, Tiny"?

No, none of us needed that, and unfortunately, that's where we're at as a country though.

Seriously, we have the president of the United States in a bitter public feud with an adult

film star, who actually is in the right on this.

She is the hero in all of this.

But nonetheless, she is giving us information about his endowment that we never needed nor

wanted.

He is insulting her appearance, which has just caused people to say, "Well, if you think

she's got a horse face, why'd you pay $130,000 to have sex with her?"

And meanwhile, the entire public is getting dumber for it.

We're all suffering under this horrible reality show that has taken over Washington, D.C.

We have people in this country dying because they can't afford healthcare.

We have people in this country terrified about whether or not they're going to have a job

by the end of the day, because Donald Trump's trade wars are causing us to hemorrhage jobs.

Farmers out there who don't know if they're going to have enough money to survive to the

end of the month.

We have children locked in cages.

We still have bodies buried under rubble in Panama City and Mexico Beach here in Florida

that haven't been discovered yet from Hurricane Michael, and we're sitting here talking about

a woman that the president had an affair with, insulting his penis size whilst he is insulting

her appearance, and the rest of the country is burning to the ground.

This is what we get.

Maybe this is what we deserve.

Everything goes to hell, everything gets ruined, and we're just sitting there like a bunch

of jackasses watching the reality show for getting all of the real problems around us

and forgetting the fact that we're destroying this country, possibly irreparably.

We absolutely as a country, as a whole deserve what's happening right now, and that's probably

one of the most difficult things I've ever had to say.

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If I Started My Business Again | QWK01 - Duration: 19:08.

Alright, episode number one.

Let's get stuck into this.

Welcome to Questions With Kirby.

With me, Kirby, obviously.

A lot of people ask me,

"Kirby, is Kirby your real name?"

And the answer is no, it's not.

So, if you don't know who I am,

my full name is Anthony Kirby.

Great to have you in my world.

Everyone calls me Kirby.

You can call me Kirby.

The only person who doesn't call me Kirby is my mother

and my wife's grandmother.

Just for reference, just in case you wonder.

So, a lot of the time,

especially very recently,

I've been getting this question around how I've built

my business.

So, in case you don't know anything about me

let me give you bit of a background.

I started off after working with corporates

and professional in my professional life for 12 years,

I decided when my son was born that I wanted to start

my own business.

Which somewhat foolishly.

I didn't understand anything about the world of business

or at least I didn't realize that I didn't know anything

about business.

And I'm sure that's probably the same for you too.

Now, what happened was I have very successfully built

a thriving, and still continues to thrive, consulting

training business here in Australia.

And we work with thousands of people now across Australia,

New Zealand, the U.S.A.

Helping them to get more out of their business.

And helping their teams to produce more results.

And what has happened as a result of that,

unexpectedly I might add, is that a lot of you guys

have sent me messages saying, "Kirby, you know, we want

to go and talk on stage in Hawaii."

Or, "kirby, we wanna go work with Microsoft."

Or, "Kirby, we wanna go do this thing.

"We wanna get more clients, we wanna become a coach,

"we wanna become a trainer.

"We wanna write a best-selling book.

"How have you done it?"

And I started getting all of these questions

and what happened was I ended up jumping on lots

of individual calls because I'm all about adding value.

And I thought instead of jumping on those calls

where only one person gets the benefit of that answer

that I would give you guys all of the answers

through all of the questions that I'm getting via this show.

So that if you're in the position where you're starting

or continuing to grow your business.

Out there serving others or getting your message out there

or educating people and training people, inspiring people.

Whatever it might look like for you.

That these answers will hopefully help you

give you some clarity around what might be needed

for you to move the needle of your business forward

so that you can attract more of the people

that you want to work with, sell more of them more easily.

Because at the end of the day, if you can't sell

to those people you're gunna get on this Merry-go-round

of real self doubt and lacking confidence

because you're not getting the results that you're working

so hard for.

Which, ultimately means you're not gunna be able to sustain

what you're doing.

And you might have to go back to that job

that you didn't want to go to in the first place.

So, without any further ado lets get stuck into the show.

And this week I want to just cover off on one

of the real common questions that I get.

Just to get us into the show.

Which is "Kirby, how did you get started?"

And rather than take it to the kind of standard,

"How would I get started", I thought I'd dig a bit deeper

and give you more tangible stuff to work with.

And I'm gunna tell you a few of the things

that I wished that I'd known then that I now know,

that would really have moved me forward a lot faster.

So, I hope this is helpful for you.

The first thing is, something that I really struggled

with for a while is who I wanted to work with.

It took me probably , I don't know, eight or nine months

of kind of sitting there.

Hmm what do I do now?

Not really understanding who it was that I was trying

to speak to in the marketplace.

Not really understanding what it is that they wanted

from me.

Which cost me a lot of time and money.

So, if you want to get out to the marketplace

with your message or if you find that right now

you're kinda getting some results but it's not going

perhaps the way you expected, give this bit a crack first.

Just check this out.

Just think about this.

Are you really clear on who you serve?

And not only that, are you clear on the problem

that you solve for them?

Because the biggest learning that I had was

people don't pay you for what you know,

they pay you for the problem that you solve.

In their eyes.

So, you gotta understand what that problem is for them.

And if you can understand that then it's game on.

And I wish I just known that faster.

I wish I had gotten on to that much sooner.

It would have made a big difference to my business

and I hope that it perhaps will make a difference

for you and your business, so.

And understand who your target market is.

The second this is, when I kind of honed in on that niche

that I was working with at the time,

the thing that really moved the needle for me

was getting outbound.

And what I mean by that is, we've kind of been sold this

concept or this...

magical myth

that if you go and put a Facebook post up

or a Facebook advert

that suddenly the traffic will knock down your door.

Or if you go and put a LinkedIn post up that suddenly

the traffic is gunna knock down your door

and it's not right.

Not in the early days at least.

Because if you're at your first $100,000 in this business

or you're somewhere between $100,000 or $200,000

in your coaching or consulting business

or selling your services, selling yourself ultimately.

People aren't gunna be knocking down your door yet.

So, you gotta get out there.

And one of the ways that I did that was to find the type

of businesses that I wanted to work with and go to them

with free value.

And my approach was as a sales trainer,

was to say to them, "Hey, let me come and talk

"to your sales team for free."

That was my approach.

I started sending out a ton of emails and I called up

and follow up is where the money is made.

And I just said, "Look, give me a shot.

"What have you got to lose?

"It's on my dime, it's on my time.

"I'm going to come to your business for an hour, half a day

"even, in some cases, and train your sales team.

"You get them in a room and I'll train them for you."

And I did that.

And here's what happened because of that,

was they got results.

And this is this whole concept, Frank Kern talks about this,

results in advance.

If you can give people results in advance

they're going to really see more value in you.

Because you're not going to them with your hat out

saying, "Give me money."

You're going up to them and saying, "Let me demonstrate

what I can do first."

And so my question to you is, if your business isn't going

the way you wanted, what can you do right now

to demonstrate the value in advance for that client?

So that they can see that you can solve the problem

for them.

This was a big shift for me.

When that happened I got booked to speak

at a few conferences.

When I spoke at the conferences and gave them tangible

stuff when I was talking.

I wasn't just talking about high level stuff,

I was saying, "Hey, go and do this one thing.

"Go and do this one thing and then see what happens."

As a result, when they did that one thing, the people

who took action, they said, "This stuff actually works.

"This guy knows what he's talking about."

And from there, literally, my calendar filled up

within probably two months.

We had a full roster of clients at the time.

It was insane.

And so, that was really, purely only possible

because I led with value first.

And it's a big proponent of what I teach

and what I now give to all of my clients.

I say look, "What is the problem you're solving?

"Go solve it in advance, in some way.

"Give them some progress.

"Give them some hope that you're the person

"to help them through this journey."

So, give that a go.

If you're clear on who your target market is

get out in front of them and give the value.

Because it's a very competitive market.

If you're gunna advertise you better be hoping

you're bloody good at advertising.

Because you can go and waste a hell of a lot of money

on Facebook ads and you can waste a hell of a lot of time

producing content with no result.

Which is very disheartening.

I've been there, I've done it.

So, don't make that mistake.

Don't waste six to nine months like I did.

Get in front of the people.

Offer the value.

In whatever format that looks like for you & your business.

Okay?

Next one.

One of the biggest learnings which is really interesting,

I thought I would have picked this up faster.

If you look at any book on your bookshelf chances are,

if it's a book that's worth reading,

it has a framework in it.

And what I mean by a framework is a set of steps

or a system or a blue print or a method that you can follow

to get a result.

Classic example of this is

7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey.

Stephen Covey.

Stephen Covey?

Stephen Covey.

I never know how to pronounce that one.

Anyway, go look it up.

You'll work it out.

One of the biggest things as I start to develop my craft

and as I start to get into more rooms and train more teams

was that I realized I was following the same structures.

And so what I then did was turn them into frameworks.

When I turned them into frameworks they became easier

for people to remember which then became easier

for them to take action on and then get the results

which then perpetuated the results they were getting.

Therefore, made me more valuable.

Therefore, more repeat business.

So, if you've got something that you teach

but it's kind of like a consistent thing.

So, let's say you teach a way for someone

to get a result in their personal life, for example.

You might do that same thing time and time again

and sure they might only hear it once from you

but you might be doing the same thing with Bob and Jane

and John and Mary and Albert.

Albert.

Anyway.

And so, what I'd say is get that framework written down

out of your head into a framework and call it something.

Give it a name.

So we've got the Growth Quadrant, we've got the 4R

Meeting Agenda, we've got the Four Gates selling system.

We got all of these frameworks that I've developed

over the last few years.

And they're all things that I teach consistently to clients

around the world now.

And they're easy for people to remember.

So, when people talk to me about their business plan,

they talk to me about,

"I have filled in my Growth Quadrant."

It's a "thing" right?

You wanna make it a thing for these people

so it's tangible for them to take away.

I should have done that much faster.

I didn't.

I'm giving you advice now so you don't have to wait.

Okay?

Next one.

Biggie.

So many times on social media, and I've been very guilty

of this myself, you post stuff that you think is relevant

but it's not adding value to your market.

One of the first kind of "myths" that I was taught

by one of my mentors was you need to be posting

multiple times per day.

The reality is you need to be posting multiple times per day

with value.

And that was the bit that was missed in my training.

I didn't get told post with value, I just got told post.

Be there.

Be prolific on social media.

Nowadays, the algorithms have all changed

as you're probably well aware.

And the problem with that is that if your contents not good,

if it's not getting the engagement, if you're not getting

the clicks, the likes, the shares, follows, the comments,

they're not gunna show it to them next time you post.

So, make sure the whatever you post is solving problems.

Even if it's a small thing.

The other thing is share your story.

Share your journey.

Some of the best posts that I share are posts of me

getting on a plane or posts of me doing something.

In fact, you've probably seen some of those.

If you're not following me on social media,

go follow me.

@theanthonykirby

So you can keep up and see what I'm talking about.

But you should be posting valuable content.

Literally, just like this video.

This is valuable content.

Hopefully, if you're watching this you're saying,

"Geez, this is good.

"Because I'm not thinking about that thing

"or I need to be doing more of that."

So, make sure that your content adds value.

Make sure it solves the problem that you know

your market has so that when they come,

after you've done a bit of outreach, if they come to you

on social media to check you out first,

they go, "Yeah, this persons legit.

"They know what they're talking about.

"They're the real deal."

You gotta find -- you gotta make sure

that you're walking the talk.

Walk -- talk and walk.

Yeah, walking the talk.

So whatever you're telling them --

It's early, gimmie a break.

Whatever you're telling them you're making up for

on your social media presence and the value

that you're providing for them upfront

without asking for any money.

Alright?

Now, this might not be for you.

But I'm gunna encourage you to have a look at it anyway.

I'm gunna challenge you to think about this concept.

Because every client that I've worked with

I've talked to them about writing a book.

And I'm talking about companies that you would never expect

or business owners that you would never expect

would be able to write a book.

We found a way.

We found a way for them to educate their markets

through writing a book.

And pretty much all of them have gone onto sell on Amazon

as best sellers.

Which is a whole other conversation for another video.

So, if you have a book in you, if you have something

that you're teaching, start writing it out.

You know how I talked about those frameworks.

Even if you put those frameworks into a few chapters

and you released a book that was 50 or 60 pages long.

It's not necessarily that you're gunna be on

The New York Best Times --

New York Times Best Seller list.

What is going on with my words today?

New York Times Best Seller list.

But it's the credibility that you get

from releasing a book.

The good thing is you can post it to people.

If you know your target audience

and lets just say it's businesses for example,

and you know that you want to target the top 50 businesses

in your country.

You can get your book and write a hand written letter

and put it in an envelope and send it to a manager

in that company or the HR manager or whoever's responsible

for hiring the training.

Alright?

That's the power of it.

It's not about the ego.

So switch off that ego side of, "I'm not gunna sell enough,

I'm not gunna be able to put it on the best seller list."

Don't worry about that.

If that happens, awesome.

Bonuses.

Cream on the top.

The point of it is get your thoughts on paper, release it.

Even if it's an E-book.

Send it to everyone.

Give it away.

Get it in front of people.

We have now given away, at the time of recording this --

This is -- What are we in?

October 2018.

We have given away over 1,000 copies of my book.

And I haven't even pushed it that hard.

I've literally sent it to a few clients,

taken it to some events that I've spoken at.

We've had it on Facebook a couple of times.

Just as a post that people can just comment and get a copy.

And over 1,000 of them (clears throat)

Over 1,000 of them have gone out of the door already.

And thats 1,000 people reading my content

which is pretty awesome.

If you haven't got one by the way, hit me up.

anthony@anthonykirby.com

I will send you a copy which covers most of the stuff

I'm teaching in these videos.

Alright?

So, write a book.

As a bonus, the final thing I wanna talk to you about

and the biggest thing that I neglected is the concept

of looking after you.

And I don't say this lightly because

lemme give you some examples.

I remember one specific occasion where I got up early

in the morning, got on the first flight out of Brisbane.

I live in Brisbane, Australia.

I got on the first flight out of Brisbane.

Flew down to the other end of the country

which is a two and a half hour flight.

Drove from there to somebody's office

which was an hour and half drive.

So I mean, it was kind of like nearly lunch time

when I arrived.

I delivered a half day work shop.

Got back in the car, drove back to the airport.

Literally did the whole thing in reverse.

I got home at like midnight.

So let's call it a 20 hour day.

All up.

And I'm not complaining about that aspect of it,

so just hear me out on this.

Stay with me on it.

That night I experienced what I can only describe

as a mini breakdown.

Because I hadn't hydrated well enough.

I hadn't nourished well enough.

I hadn't respected sleep.

I hadn't respected time with my family.

I hadn't respected some time to just reflect on the day.

I was just go, go, go, go, go.

And now that wasn't just the moment.

I'm very aware that there was a big lead up to that.

There was lots of little things where I was compromising

my integrity through sleep, through exercise,

through nutrition.

But at the end of the day, if you are selling you,

just as I am, you need to look after you first.

Because if you're not good you're not good.

And your clients can't get the benefit.

Let me give you another example of this.

Very, very recently.

28 days ago, in fact.

Very recently.

I had an event.

I spoke all day at an event.

That night, the clients took me for dinner.

I had dinner, I had a couple of beverages

because their team was there and they were all

buying me drinks.

So you know, I had probably -- Not heaps.

I didn't get sort of wasted or anything.

But I had more beers than I would traditionally have.

The next day I had an early flight back home.

So, when I was going to the airport I felt a bit seedy.

A bit dusty.

Depending on where you are in the world

that might make no sense.

I didn't feel real crash hot.

And I said to my wife, Rameka, I said to her look,

"If I had to back this up again today.

"If I have to go and speak for another day

"or do another workshop or do another keynote today,

I can't honestly say that I would have backed it up

at 100%".

And that was a bit of an awakening for me because

I don't know about you but my vision is massive

for where I wanna go and the people that I wanna impact.

I mean I'd like to help a million businesses to do more

with their life and in their business of course.

And so to do that I've gotta be on my A-game.

And I can't do that if I'm not looking after me.

So I can have the best frameworks,

I can have a best selling book

and I can have hundreds of thousands of people following me

but that means nothing if I haven't got my health.

Because then my kids don't get the best of me

and my wife doesn't get the best of me.

I don't get the best of me.

My clients don't get the best of me.

So you have to take responsibility.

And I'm challenging you right now with this.

To drink more water.

To eat better food.

I'm not saying you have to like go full scale vegan,

dust, gluten free.

I'm saying look after yourself a bit more.

Choose to eat something a bit healthier for lunch.

Choose to move in the morning.

Choose to sleep a half an hour or an hour longer if you can.

Choose to say no to that alcoholic beverage when you're out

at a meeting with a client or you're out after an event.

Choose to say no to that.

So, that has been a big thing for me.

I'm actually 27 or 28 days now not drinking alcohol

because of that moment.

Because it just woke me up to the fact that, wow,

I wanna serve you.

I wanna serve you every time I step in front of this camera.

I gotta look after myself.

If I haven't got the energy to give you this education,

if I haven't got the energy to deliver this value

it's totally pointless.

So, there are the six things that I would say would be key

if I were starting again.

They're the things I would focus on.

I hope this has been helpful for you.

If it has, make sure you subscribe and make sure you share

this with anyone who you feel might want it.

And if you want more information like this

head on over to my website anthonykirby.com.

I'm looking down because my slides down here

and I can't -- I haven't got my glasses on

so I can't actually see what's on the screen in front of me.

Which is this screen here.

So, anyway.

You didn't need to know that.

But just in case your wondering, yes I wear glasses.

There you go.

Random facts with Kirby.

I told you it's Questions with Kirby

but this is my answer with Kirby.

Anyway, I digress.

I hope you've enjoyed the episode.

I'll see you next time.

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Manifestation Les navires restent ici - Duration: 1:11.

Why are we marching? We're marching to make sure politics don't override

economics in the Halifax shipyards. Our people are the best people to build ships.

Whose ships? Our ships! Whose ships? Our ships!

We've been doing this for 20 plus years. Who better knows these ships than the men and women of

the Halifax shipyards?

Whose ships? Our ships! Whose ships? Our ships!

Whose ships? Our ships! Whose ships?

Whose ships? Our ships!

We're here today with hundreds of our members and lot see staff all here from the Halifax shipyard.

It's essential for the National Shipbuilding strategy to have

success by retaining our skilled workforce right here in Halifax and in

order to do that, we have to close this gap and what better way than to continue

doing the same work we do day in day out, on time, on budget, together!

I've been in the sea bays all the way up to the masts of those ships, and I know every inch

of it, and that's why we do the best job in building ships, because we know those ships.

Whose ships? Our ships! Whose ships? Our ships!

Whose ships? Our ships! Whose ships? Our ships!

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Fresh Things: Who Do Cranberries Float? - Duration: 1:31.

Hi, I'm Chef Dan with FreshPoint and few things are as a ubiquitous with the

fall season as cranberries are. The history of cranberries is fascinating.

The first commercial crop was in Massachusetts in 1816, native tribes used

cranberries to make a meet based snack known as "pemmican"; very similar to beef

jerky. The pemmican sustained them through the long cold winter. Do

cranberries really grow in water? No, they don't. It's a small evergreen bush that

grows in bogs, which is old organic peated soil. Harvesting, they flood the

bogs to take advantage of one of the unique aspects of cranberries.

Cranberries are hollow and they float. They flood the bogs, they cut the

cranberries from the vine, and then scoop them up in large vacuums. In fact, some

growers use helicopters to assist with the harvest.

The main growing regions in the United States, Massachusetts and Wisconsin lead

the way, with Michigan in Oregon coming back in third and fourth. Little known

fact, if you took each cranberry grown in North America on an annual basis, and

stretched them from Boston to Los Angeles, you could make that round-trip

565 times! I'm chef Dan and Fresh Things come from FreshPoint.

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Lets roll this joint

and go to the beach right now we can just chill out.

Lets go to the park

and drop this cid with me we can stare at the trees.

Oh yeah!

You can be my, my summer love

You can be my, my summer lover

You can be my, my summer love

You can be my, my summer lover

Let's go to the bar

and take some shots of whiskey and just get free.

Let go to the club

and take these capsules to space I don't want to feel my face.

You can be my, my summer love

You can be my, my summer lover

You can be my, my summer love

You can be my, my summer lover

You can be my, my summer love

You can be my, my summer lover

You can be my, my summer love

You can be my, my summer lover

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The Saint Germain Deception - Duration: 20:54.

who is Saint Germain? and why is he important to the events happening today

Saint Germain is considered to be an ascended master by many occult groups

before his ascension he incarnated many times or lived many lives throughout

history these incarnations have been documented by his followers in theosophy

the new age, Freemasonry, the order of the Golden Dawn,

the Rosicrucians, and the Knights of Columbus, for centuries he is considered

to be the true sovereign grand master of both Freemasonry and the Knights of

Columbus some of Saint Germain's alleged

incarnations include the high priest of Atlantis, Thoth, Hermes Trismegistus, King

Solomon, Plato, Merlin the magician, Christopher Columbus, and Francis Bacon

to name a few the idea of random incarnations or reincarnation

cannot explain why he was so many influential characters a better

explanation for his many lives is that he is a powerful entity most likely Gadreel

and he uses what's called overshadowing or channeling to take

control and guide humans at various points of their lives to influence the

events of history I discussed Gadreel my last video who is Lucifer? he is Lucifer

I showed you the Lucifer's name is written in the first Book of Enoch

"and this is the one that showed all the deadly blows to the sons of men and he

led astray Eve" since Lucifer is not a name but a title the angel associated

with being the Light Bearer or the giver of knowledge or enlightenment is called

Gadreel that information along with the names of the other fallen angels as

well as countless other important historical events has been withheld from

us by the dark occultists throughout history who wanted us to remain ignorant

knowing that Lucifer's name is Gadreel will be important as I discussed the

history of Saint Germain and his many incarnations Saint Germain's followers

claim that he was Hermes an Egyptian sage who was synonymous with the god

Thoth Hermes is credited with creating alchemy and developing a system of

metaphysical beliefs that are known today as Hermeticism which is the basis

of most modern right hand path magic before he was considered a god he was

the greatest Egyptian philosopher and the founder of ancient Egyptian mystery

schools he received his wisdom while in a

meditative trance and wrote over 40 books including the

Emerald tablets it is in the Emerald tablets of Thoth or Hermes connects

himself to Atlantis claiming that he was the high priest there to the Egyptians

Hermes knowledge was so great that they saw him as a communicator with the gods

and eventually inducting him into the Egyptian pantheon of gods

another book he allegedly wrote the book of Thoth was written in Egyptian

hieroglyphs and described the key to immortality through a process of

awakening certain areas of the brain similar to the practices of Buddhist

monks alchemy taught by Thoth is an ancient path of spiritual purification

and transformation the expansion of consciousness and the development of

insight and intuition through images and symbols during medieval and renaissance

times alchemy spread through the Western world and was further developed by

Kabbalists, Rosicrucians and astrologers and other occultists it functioned on

two levels mundane and spiritual on a mundane level alchemists sought to find

a process to convert base metals such as lead into gold on a spiritual level

alchemists worked to purify themselves by eliminating the base material of the

self and achieving gold of enlightenment Hermeticism teaches that energetic

evolution or transmuted the body into a light body is the true meaning and

purpose of life in my opinion this is like saying that you save yourself

through your own works now I'm gonna try to show you that the New Age movement

fulfills a need in a world that has rejected Jesus but seeks to fill the

spiritual void left behind and before you turn this off let me just say that

if you were a victim of religious abuse through the church or your family and

I'm sorry these organizations and beliefs are usually contradictory with

the actual Living Word of God if you reject God based on the actions of men

that's like saying that you'll never eat vegetables again because you hate vegans

instead of being angry at God become angry at the people who twisted and

abused the truth for their own need for control or used it as a form of

punishment I'm going to be addressing this exact issue in a future video if

you are in the new age or in the occult please continue watching this video

because I made it to try and give you a different

perspective and a different way to think about this whole thing so back to

Hermeticism the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn is a system of magic

practiced by adepts and interestingly it is also an organization within the

Illuminati through traditional initiation and spiritual practices of

hermetic astrology magic and alchemy it promises to give you the concrete tools

to achieve the solar ascension many people today believe that there will be

a solar flash and the ones who have chosen to ascend will become light

bodies at that time if you watch my other videos the Prophetic Protocols of Q

you'll know that cue is following the protocols of the illuminated Suns of

the Golden Dawn which correlate to Saint Germain's plan for humanity most secret

societies beliefs and rituals can be traced back to the Egyptian mystery

schools or to Babylon the most powerful of these mystery schools was known as

the Royal School of the Master Craftsmen at Karnak or as the Great White

Brotherhood it's called the white brotherhood because of the white robes

that they wore and also the type of magic they practiced as well as the

white powder they made known to the Mesopotamians as Shem-an-na the high ward

fire stone the elixir of life philosopher's stone or white bread to

the Egyptians after his time as Hermes it's claimed the Saint Germain was King

Solomon the son of King David of Israel King Solomon was the author of the Goetia

and the keys of Solomon he was rich apostate followed many gods

and was one of the greatest alchemists he knew how to trap spirits into seals

and use them for his own purposes he is revered by the Freemasons and he was

indeed one of the most influential humans in the history of magic and

secret knowledge it's no wonder then that the goal of Freemasonry is to

rebuild Solomon's Temple which they know is actually within rather than being a

temple itself you are at the temple after his time of Solomon it's claimed

that Saint Germain was Plato, Merlin the magician, and Christopher Columbus, who

discovered America Saint Germain incarnated again through Sir Francis

Bacon bacon wrote under various pen names one of which being Shakespeare

Bacon was King James's Lord Chancellor a master of alchemy in the occult and is

considered to be the father of deductive reasoning

Bacon's book the New Atlantis predicted a place where freedom and peace would

reign on Masonic order without despotic rulers it

would be the place with the heritage of the house of Solomon could prosper under

a Golden Age of science and logic bacon is also credited for providing ideas for

the Great Seal of the United States in 1611 the Bible was translated from

English to Latin when the final draft was given to King James he gave it to

Francis Bacon to revise and edit it think about that the King James Bible

was handed to Francis Bacon who was most likely guided by Gadreel or Lucifer in

1626 Francis Bacon faked his own death and went to the Rakosi mansion in

Transylvania where he continued his work in alchemy Theosophists claimed that on

May 1st of 1684 he mastered the alchemical secrets and transmuted his

mortal body into an immortal body Francis Bacon chose to join the Great

White Brotherhood of Light a group of ascendant masters now ascended Bacon

chose to work with humanity to help them all ascend New Age theology says that as

an ascended master he was allowed to return to a human body in order to teach

others how to overcome the laws of the physical universe and usher in the

golden age of humanity it is said that when he reincarnated after his ascension

he was adopted into the Royal House of Francis Rakoczi II of

Transylvania when he grew up he chose the Latin name Sanctus Germanus or

Saint Germain meaning holy brother we all know that Gadreel likes his Latin names

so now we have a partial genealogy of the ascended master and into

Saint Germain he was Hermes, or Thoth, King Solomon, Christopher Columbus,

Francis Bacon, and finally the Count of Saint Germain

the Count of Saint Germain was known as the wonder man of Europe and Asia he was

a diplomat an alchemist he spoke every language he could remove

flaws from jewels and it said that he had an elixir of life that preserved his

health and youthfulness no one knew exactly where he came from

or how old he was it is said that he was seen for over 200 years if you'd like a

more complete history of Saint Germain I suggest watching the video Chang Is On

the Horizon I'll leave a link to that in the description Saint Germain worked

closely with the Rosicrucians Fraters Lucis and the Freemasons he also started

the secret society known as the Knights and brothers of Asia who studied

Rosicrucian and hermetic science in 1727 Saint Germain developed secret

money-making techniques that he shared with European royalty and bankers

instead of sharing the with humanity the banker squandered it

for themselves so in 1729 Saint Germain created the world trust he specified

that the world trust would be released by the year 2000 and that was not an

easy task and is also the subject of my next video in the 1770s his followers

say the Saint Germain worked behind the scenes with George Washington, Thomas

Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin preparing the US Constitution and

Declaration of Independence Saint Germain reformed the Freemasons and the

Rosicrucians secret societies are you noticing a pattern here? nobility, alchemy

secret societies Saint. Germain was rumored to have died in 1784 but there were no

witnesses and no record of such and no one knows where he was buried

ten years later he was sighted in Paris during the French Revolution Voltaire

once said "the count of Saint Germain is a man who was never born

who will never die and who knows everything." an effort was made in the

1800's to eliminate Saint Germain's name from modern Freemasonry and Masonic

literature when the Freemasons were taken over by a darker faction that was

more interested in creating despotic rulers than in helping people send the

new darker faction of Freemasons followed the Protocols of the Learned

Elders of Zion which are the complete opposite of the teachings of Saint Germain

despite their attempts to erase Saint Germain's name from all of their lodges

the letter G still features prominently in Freemasonry most recognizable symbol

the square encompass Mason's gives several answers when asked with the G

stands for God the Great Architect of the universe the generative principle

wouldn't it be interesting if the G stood for Germain or ultimately Gadreel

because the name Gadreel literally means Builder of God or Mason of God

to me the G could very well stand for the hidden name of God their God Gadreel

speaking of Freemasonry the Jewish year 5776 started on yom teruah which

was September 13th of 2015 now this is a very important year for Freemasonry

which has its own calendar and to Mason's 5776 is known as

Anno Lucis or the year of light this was indeed the year that Saint Germain

regained control over the Freemasons and began to wage a war on the Cabal that

darker faction that took over for so many years now in the Bible the Cabal

can be found in Revelation 13 as the first beast in America during the Obama administration

the Antichrist spirit of Belial could be found everywhere as we lived in a

constant state of heightened fear there was a fear of a military coup, cern, of

Jade helm, of mass shootings, and guillotine filled FEMA camps, apocalyptic

doomsday scenarios we started to notice a different kind of shift in 2015 when

the Supreme Court ruled on same-sex marriage when loved one now the world

literally shifted in that same season when be possibly prophetic Nepal

earthquake in April killed over 7,000 people

just like the earthquake in revelation 11 says 2015 was also the

beginning of what the Cabal called weather warfare this time in history was

the beginning of the transition between the first beast of Revelation the Cabal

to the second beast of Revelation the Alliance we've been experiencing

revelation 13:10 or the transition between the two beasts ever since and

now we are ready to see the second beast the Alliance the false prophet take over

completely in 1790 Saint Germain prophesied to his Austrian friend about

"exactly in 85 years will people set eyes on me again." 85 years from that date

brings us to 1875 it just so happens that in 1875 Helena Blavatsky founded

the Theosophical School in New York City Helena Blavatsky said that Saint Germain

was one of her ascended masters of wisdom Theosophy would introduce the

idea that man's true liberation can come from the soul within his higher self and

that each individual was indeed a part of God itself Blavatsky's works revealed

the existence of the Great White Brotherhood of Light and its hidden hand

in moving the course of events throughout history in the late 1800s

Blavatsky gave a clue as to who she followed when she published a magazine

called Lucifer the idea of Christ Consciousness is very popular today

thanks to celebrity Cabalists like Deepak Chopra (notice the red shoes) and has its roots in

Theosophy achieving Christ Consciousness is essentially the same thing as

enlightenment it claims that you were created by God and for that same reason

you are God now well any philosophical idea can sound good don't get caught up

in the wordplay anyone could argue the exact opposite

for example if God created you then you are artificial the way I a computer

programmer would create a character that character I create is not exist outside

of its own game I am still God and they are not even though I God created them

not to mention the Christ Consciousness sounds suspiciously familiar as it says

in Genesis 3:5 then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods it's

important to make this connection we know that Gadreel was in the garden when

he uttered this first lie promising Eve that she would be like a god through

enlightenment now we see that the same lie has stayed the same for centuries

and has been peddled throughout time by the same character Gadreel who was

Thoth Hermes King Solomon Francis Bacon Christopher Columbus and Saint Germain

regardless of the name the entity known as Gadreel the serpent that old dragon

Lucifer has constantly been guiding us into believing the same lie in the early

1900's the basis of the I AM movement was given to the founder Guy Ballard by

channeling ascended master Saint Germain he taught guy about the great creative

word or I am the I am presence is said to be in each person and represents a

point of contact with divine reality the I AM movement was also instructed to

preserve the idea of america a revolutionary experiment in freedom also

known as the great Masonic experiment in the 1950s Saint Germain again used another

messenger Geraldine Innocente to form the Bridge to Freedom Movement through

this movement Saint Germain revealed more about the structure of the Great

Brotherhood of Light its continued governance of world affairs and

presented its future plans to bring in the new era in 1958 Saint Germain used

another messenger Mark Prophet and formed the Summit Lighthouse Movement together

with his wife Elizabeth Claire Prophet they formed the church Universal and

Triumphant a church dedicated to Saint Germain

Theosophy and the I AM presence Elizabeth Clare Prophet describes the

ascended masters Saint Germain as the violet flame the Chohan of the seventh

ray and the sponsor of the United States this is why America is so important at

this time in history remember Saint Germain was overshadowing Christopher

Columbus who is credited with discovering America in reality he didn't

discover anything he destroyed a nation and its people from Hermes on

it is said that Saint Germain tried to liberate humanity from the tyrannical

rulers and raise human thinking and logic his followers say that the whole

earth is subject to his will as he now takes his place as the teacher for the

new Aquarian age this quote from Elizabeth Clare Prophet explains exactly

what's happening today with the emergence of Q and Trump eliminating the

deep state she says at the helm of this momentous purging of Earth's dark forces

is the great and holy master Sanctus Germanus again appearing at this

particular flashpoint as he did in the past history to guide and protect us at

the threshold of the new age Trump's sole mission is indeed the same as the

one attributed to Saint Germain to get rid of the dark Cabal or drain the swamp

so in conclusion this new age movement based on ancient secret

knowledge is just a religion for people who are not religious

not only as most of the world embraced the new age the world has also fallen

for the deception of the new worldwide religion love this new mindset instructs

humanity to love everyone because we are all one and to send love and light this

translates to avoidance of personal responsibility and avoidance of

accountability of actions when everything is permissible what is the

point in modifying your behavior unconditional love corrects instructs

and condemns that which is not true or safe truth is love and sometimes love

hurts I know some people are not gonna like what I have to say because it makes

people uncomfortable but I'm trying to present you with information you can arm

yourself with to speak the truth to people around you in your own life the

hidden knowledge within the occult is very ego driven and that it somehow has

more value because it is hidden and takes a bit of work to find when it's

really just a watered down or twisted version of truth but because it is

hidden there is a certain value placed on its information after all value is

created in scarcity but that's the thing as history will show the information

found in the ancient world that's been rebranded into the new age is not scarce

it saturated our entire world for centuries

what is extremely scarce is the truth some say that God did not want mankind

to be wise like him yet a major source of their power on earth is by doing just

that withholding knowledge from mankind whether it be through and

education, initiation or through positions of power the uninitiated or somehow less

than and unworthy of information it isn't until the initial control his

lower self or base instincts that he is worthy of learning philosophical

principles again this is contrary to everything God and Jesus did His

information was open to all people in all places how is it then that God is

cruel for withholding information but when Lucifer does it it is not cruel? It is

not logical or wise to believe that Lucifer is the god of wisdom

enlightenment and knowledge john 8:44 says he was a murderer from the

beginning and does not stand in the truth because there was no truth found

in him of course God told Eve that as she ate from the tree of knowledge of good

and evil that she would surely die Lucifer told her that if she ate from

the tree she would be like a god Eve believed him and ultimately she died so

which one of them told the truth? and then there are some who believe that

they are God so you are God why are you taking orders from other people ? or from

other gods like the ascended masters? why are you making the rules even worse why

are you subject to a plan or an agenda instead of making the plan yourself?

you're a god and yet you're still learning? you mean you're not all-knowing

Jesus teaches about this exact ideology in Matthew 24 verses 4-5 when he

says take heed that no man deceive you for many shall come in my name saying I

am Christ and shall deceive many in verse 23 He says then If any man shall

say unto you lo here is Christ or there believe in not for there shall arise

false Christ's and false prophets and shall show great signs and wonders in so

much that if it were possible they deceive the very elect not only his

Christ consciousness deceived the New Agers but even the elect or those who

identify as Christians have been deceived by Trump and Q who have

somehow managed to cancel the tribulation now if you believe yourself

to be God like such as the case with Christ consciousness how is it been the

events that are unfolding have been prophesized for centuries correlating

with the last hour of the last days when the false prophet beast system has full

control? you're in control yet we're marching full-speed into a

monetary reset begun by none other than Saint Germain and his world trust? again

our collective consciousness has not raised to a level of consciousness

needed to achieve heaven on earth rather we have chosen at a higher level to

reject the truth and that is why we are about to witness the most debated

misunderstood and feared event in human history I'm talking about the mark of

the beast in my next video I'm going to tie up how all of this relates to the

last prophecy to be fulfilled before Jesus's return I should say Jesus is

physical return and what Saint Germain, the New Age, King Solomon, Q, Trump, and gold

have to do with it and most importantly what you need to know and what you need

to do about it thank you guys for watching this video as always if you

have any questions please feel free to comment below I'll see you in the next

video sure I believe in myself why wouldn't I? Jesus coming back everywhere

and nothing can stop it it's a consciousness that lives in your mind

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How Mind-Controlling Parasites Teach Us About Brains - Duration: 10:55.

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Imagine this: you're minding your own business when all of a sudden, you're mysteriously seized

by the overwhelming urge to climb to the roof of your building after work and just stand there.

All night long.

Come morning, you head back down and go about your day as if what you just did was totally normal.

And then you do it again and again, every night.

You may have heard of parasites that can hijack the brains of their victims and

cause them to behave in strange ways like this.

But what's even cooler than what these parasites can do to their hosts

is the question of how they do it.

It's a field of science called neuroparasitology.

And by studying these cases of mind control, scientists can gain deeper insights into how

animals control their own brains.

One of the most direct ways to take over an animal's brain is to move in and make yourself at home.

Which is exactly what the Lancet liver fluke does to the ants it parasitizes.

Ants are only one of this flatworm's three hosts.

It needs to move between a grazing animal, a snail, and an ant to complete its life cycle.

And while that might seem complicated, a lot of parasites have multi-host life cycles like

this, which might be because some species are more abundant and easier to control.

By moving through these intermediate hosts,

the parasites can make it more likely they'll find their way back to their main target,

their final host, where the adult parasites live and reproduce.

As their name implies, adult liver flukes live in the livers of grazing animals like cows.

Their eggs are excreted in the cows' poop, and then eaten by a snail.

The larvae develop inside that snail for several months, then travel to the snail's

respiratory system, where they're covered in slime and excreted.

And ants apparently find these slime balls irresistible.

Then the parasite needs this ant to be eaten by a cow or sheep, which traditionally don't eat ants.

They do eat grass, though, and that's where a little mind control comes in handy.

After the slime ball is ingested, the flukes break out of the ant's stomach.

They aim for the ant's head, but only the first to get there will make itself comfortable

next to one of the ant's cerebral ganglia, the ant's version of a brain.

It becomes what German scientists called the "hirnwurm": a brain worm.

Specifically, it hunkers down at the base of the ant's mandibular nerves,

the nerves that command the ant's mouthparts.

And from this strategic spot, it can control the ant's behavior in a bizarrely precise way.

During the day, the infected ant carries on with its business.

Nothing to see here, just a normal ant doing anty things.

But every evening when the temperature drops, it leaves the colony and spends the night

camped out on the tip of a blade of grass.

And it doesn't just sit on the grass.

The ant, presumably under the control of that strategically-placed brain worm,

bites down to firmly attach itself, ensuring it's not knocked off.

Since many grazers feed in the cool morning hours,

all the ant has to do is patiently wait to be eaten.

Then, if the ant is still alive when the temperature rises again,

it climbs down and carries on as if nothing is wrong.

And this happens every night until a grazer finally gobbles up the ant.

When that happens, the worm that had made it to the brain doesn't actually get to

enjoy the spoils of all its hard work.

But the flukes that were hanging out in the ant's body get to make their way to the

mammal's liver to become adults.

The brain worm has been too busy piloting its giant ant suit to develop,

so it has to sacrifice itself for its siblings.

Scientists are still trying to figure out exactly how the brain worm compels the ant,

but it may employ tactics similar to parasitic fungi that also get ants to climb up things and bite down.

Ophiocordyceps fungi infect ants and other insects and make them travel to a strategic

spot so they can spread their spores.

Studies suggest the fungi secrete compounds that alter gene expression, targeting everything

from the ant's internal clock to its ability to smell in order to ensure they'll be in

the right place at the right time.

And manipulating gene expression is a pretty useful strategy

if you want to control movement behaviors; just ask the hairworm.

The parasitic hairworm develops inside crickets, which live on land, even though as adults,

the worms live and reproduce in water.

So they get their hosts to drown themselves.

The hairworms produce a unique set of proteins to manipulate their hosts,

including ones that look an awful lot like proteins normally found in insects.

These induce changes in gene expression in the cricket's brain,

altering the levels of several proteins including ones involved in geotactic behavior,

the way something orients itself in response to gravity.

There's also evidence that the parasite affects phototactic behavior:

the way something orients itself in response to light.

And this ultimately means that the hapless cricket goes for a swim whether it wants to or not.

These studies are helping elucidate the neuroscience of navigation,

providing insights as to how animals big and small sense their world and make their way around.

Parasites can also manipulate their victim's behavior more indirectly,

by making them sick in a useful way.

Many animals act differently when they're ill, like eating less or being lazy,

and these sickness behaviors are initiated by the immune system.

So if you're a parasite that wants your host to eat less for some reason,

you don't have to figure out what neurons or genes to manipulate,

all you have to do is trigger the right immune response.

And one wasp has actually partnered with a virus to turn its host's immune system against it.

The wasp lays its egg in the soft underbelly of a live ladybug.

After about three weeks of developing inside the bug,

the wasp larva tunnels out and encases itself in a cocoon.

The ladybug then sticks around to guard this pupa,

lying on top of it and twitching to discourage predators.

And that probably happens because the mother wasp injects a virus along with her egg.

The virus replicates inside the ladybug's cells, especially brain cells.

But while the larva is still inside the bug, it somehow suppresses the bug's immune system,

so the infected cells are left alone.

Then, when the larva leaves to pupate, the ladybug's immune system kicks in to fight

the virus, and inadvertently ends up helping it manipulate the bug's behavior.

Scientists think the "bodyguarding" behaviors are neurological symptoms that occur because

of damage the immune system causes to the bug's brain when it attacks the virus.

They're still working out the details of how, but the timing of the different stages

of the infection and the onset of different aspects of the ladybug's

strange behavior line up perfectly.

This kind of research can help scientists gain a better understanding of neurological

diseases, especially how behavioral symptoms relate to immune responses.

Weirdly enough, the ladybug is one case where the victim isn't doomed.

Afflicted ladybugs sometimes recover completely from their ordeal.

Their damaged nerve cells can regrow if they defeat the virus.

For the wasp, that's totally fine, since it's already done what it needed to do.

And it didn't even have to expend energy to make complicated, mind-altering chemicals.

It got the virus to do the heavy lifting.

But sometimes, if you want a job done right, you just gotta do it yourself.

The emerald cockroach wasp doesn't take any chances.

First, a female wasp temporarily paralyzes a cockroach with a quick venomous stab.

Then, she uses her stinger to inject more venom directly into the cockroach's brain.

She'll even take her time and poke around to make sure she's hitting just the right

spot, parts of the roach's ganglia involved in locomotor processing.

The sting makes the roach calm and complacent.

The wasp can then literally lead it by its antennae to her burrow,

where its body is consumed by her young.

This zombie-like state is achieved thanks to a compound in the venom which dials down

the excitability of the neurons, making them less likely to fire.

It's not that the roach can't fight or run away, it's that it no longer wants to.

In the lab, affected cockroaches can still do things like

fly in a wind tunnel and right themselves when flipped over.

But even as the larva eats its way through the cockroach's organs,

it doesn't make any attempt to escape. It just waits patiently until it finally dies.

Understanding the neurological mechanisms employed by these wasps can help scientists

better understand how brains control decision-making.

Research like this can even give us fresh insights into the nature of free will.

Of course, the idea of having your mind, or even just your body,

controlled by another being is understandably terrifying.

But these are all insects with small, simple brains.

It's not like any of this could happen to us and our big, complex brains, right?

RIGHT? Uh… Well…

Ok, for the most part, no.

Our brains have lots of redundant connections which act as backup systems,

and that means controlling a few neurons doesn't have as big of an effect.

It would be really hard for a parasite to control our behavior in a specific way

like making us bite down on something, jump in a pool,

or be patient while we're eaten alive from within.

Also, we have these wonderful things called skulls

that prevent most parasites from getting easy access to our brains.

So if they wanted to turn on or off specific regions, they'd have to get all up in there

like a liver fluke does to an ant.

But to prevent that, we have a handy defense mechanism called the blood-brain barrier.

That's a layer of tightly packed cells separating the capillaries

that feed the brain from other brain tissue.

It keeps junk and wandering parasites that are circulating in our blood from finding

their way to our most vulnerable spots… well, most of the time, anyways.

There is some evidence that one parasite can manipulate human behavior,

although maybe not on purpose.

It's a protozoan called Toxoplasma gondii.

It's able to sneak around that blood brain barrier

by infecting the cells that line the brain's blood vessels.

And that's exactly what it does in mice.

Toxoplasma's final hosts are cats, but to get there, they first infect small animals, especially rodents.

An unlucky mouse becomes infected when it accidentally consumes Toxoplasma eggs.

The young protozoans find their way into the nerves and muscles and create cysts inside these cells.

And in mice, they seem to make a beeline for the amygdala,

a part of the brain involved in processing fear.

Though it's not clear how, these cysts alter the rodent's behavior,

mostly by making them less afraid of cat smells.

As you can imagine, that doesn't work out so well for the mouse.

But it turns out that if we spend some time around infected cats that are shedding eggs,

the parasites can get inside our brains, too.

There, they can live for decades,

and some scientists think they mess with our heads in much the same way.

For example, some studies suggest that people infected with Toxoplasma are more reckless or extroverted,

though such results are pretty controversial, and not all research has backed them up.

But such effects, if real, are more like personality nudges than outright mind control.

So, a parasite-induced zombie apocalypse is probably not something to worry about.

But neuroscientists are excited about all the new things we're learning from these

little puppeteers, especially about human brains.

Understanding mind control at the molecular level can help neuroscientists better understand

how neurons work in general, including ours.

And that could lead to a deeper understanding of how our brains work, or what precisely

happens in mental illness.

Someday, we might even figure out how to harness the chemicals these parasites use for medical

applications, like to treat mood disorders.

And totally not to take control of other people. Probably.

But there is one thing that neuroparasitology is already pretty useful for.

And that's inspiring some pretty creepy and gruesome horror stories.

And Halloween is coming up, so if you're working on decorations for your

zombie science lab haunted house,

you're going to need a classic horror portrait to tie the room together.

All this week, we're showcasing Skillshare classes we think you'll like,

and if you're into art and horror,

we think you'll enjoy the class Paint a Horror-Themed Portrait taught by Damien Mammoliti.

The class is fun and perfect for this time of year, but really all the lessons are pretty timeless.

As a digital artist, Damien shares the steps of his process to create professional, marketable art.

No matter how spooky or not you want your portraits to be,

you'll learn a lot from this class.

And Skillshare has over 20,000 other classes taught by experts in their fields.

Just click on the link in the description to take advantage of the offer from Skillshare

to get two months of free access to all of their classes.

And, if you do paint a horror portrait, may I suggest myself as your inspiration? *Rar!*

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