Interested about how people can fall into "mind-control", coercive groups aka cults?

One book : Cultish, the language of fanaticism, written by linguist Amanda Montell

Must read book to understand how it works and avoid it.

#cults #mindcontrol #coercion #religions #nrm

One of the best book to encapsulate how cults are using tech, language, marketing, need to belong & your weakness to manipulate and drag you into parallel realities that are "alternatives" to nothing.

Liberating Ourselves: The Call for Action Over Idolization

#heroes #idols #stars #gurus #gods #fathers #priests #monks #influencers #nrm #religions #philosophy

https://blog.rmendes.net/2023/04/29/liberating-ourselves-the.html

@Ruth_Mottram The nationalrail website was rich in detailed information over Xmas and New Year and will almost certainly announce any planned industrial action though. #nrm #trainstrikes #ukpol

Ok, this mastadon thing is not so scary. Hi. I'm an Assistant Professor and anthropologist of religion who studies #cults and #transhumanism. I will occasionally post something meaningful, but might also post about Star Trek.

#anthropology #nrm #ReligiousStudies #socialscience #deathstudies

#Rocket is held by the Science Museum Group, and will be at the #NRM for a decade. It has been displayed in other places around the country

Here is a 3D model of how she now looks:
https://skfb.ly/6BLAz

The replica shows how she was during the Rainhill Trials:

Replica of Stephenson's Rocket in National Railway Museum York
cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Jennifer Petrie - https://geograph.org.uk/p/5594811

#Geograph #Photography #History #Railway #Locomotive

I have today been adding to my contributions to #Geograph from a holiday trip to the #Railway #Museum in #York.

I thought you would like this one, the #locomotive #Rocket, victor of the #RainhillTrials in 1829.

See https://rainhilltrials.co.uk/

The museum also has the replica built in 1979, now with the boiler sectioned for display of the revolutionary smoke tubes and blast nozzle.

"The most historic exhibit"
cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Bob Harvey - https://geograph.org.uk/p/7278814

#photography #History #NRM

https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/cyber/e/638fbab6ebaaed00108e46a7/media.mp3 "An online prophet that claims to be god. A murder in the Alabama woods. A child holding a shotgun in the middle of a camp. Reptilians. Urine therapy. The American South. Police violence. Conspiracy. Robot birds. The uniquely American black esoteric tradition.
A big & surreal story about a New Age movement that’s spread through livestreams. Decentralized, driven by belief rather than any organizing principle. #Motherboard #ConspiracyTheory #NewAge #NRM #SovereignCitizen