Mountain Omens

06/11/2026

your flyer looks like AI slop 😃 (installation at First Thursday (Portland OR), shot by Outer Elements Photography

06/10/2026

Fully autonomous drones with no human oversight have killed soldiers on the battlefield for the first time. This is according to a senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry, marking a watershed moment in warfare.

The one-off test involved 10 AI-controlled “Terminator” drones on the front line of the Ukraine war. Russian soldiers were killed.

“We tried it,” says drone-maker Alexander Kokhanovskyy, who supplied the technology and spoke to New Scientist at a press event hosted by the Ukrainian embassy. “It’s a test. We never implemented it [more widely].”

Read more here: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2529849-fully-autonomous-drones-have-killed-human-soldiers-for-the-first-time/

Image: Frank Herrmann/Getty Images

05/18/2026

05/09/2026

PRESIDENTIAL UNSEALING FOR UAP ENCOUNTERS.

Per President Trump's directive, the Dept. of War has declassified & released unresolved UAP records. This is an unprecedented level of transparency, no other admin has gone this far.

Files now live on WAR.GOV/UFO — additional files will be released by the Dept. of War on a rolling basis. 📂

05/09/2026

05/09/2026

"These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fueled justified speculation — and it’s time the American people see it for themselves." - Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

NASA-UAP-VM6 | APOLLO 17, 1972

05/03/2026

Astrophysicist Carl Grillmair was shot dead on February 16, 2026, in front of his isolated home in the Mojave Desert, near Llano, California. 🔫

The 67-year-old researcher at the California Institute of Technology was known for his groundbreaking work on exoplanets and the structure of the Milky Way.

A lifelong astronomy enthusiast, he joined Caltech’s IPAC science center in 1997 and contributed to several projects involving the Spitzer Space Telescope. 🌌

Grillmair had chosen to live in the desert to enjoy perfectly clear night skies, where he had set up his own observatory with multiple telescopes.

But on February 16, his life came to a tragic end. According to authorities, 29-year-old Freddy Snyder showed up at his porch and shot him.

The two men reportedly did not know each other, and investigators have not yet identified a clear motive.

Weeks earlier, however, Snyder had already been arrested near Grillmair’s property with a loaded rifle, though the charges were later dropped.

Today, the scientist’s brutal death has shocked the Caltech community and residents of this usually quiet desert area. 😔

A mysterious case… that still leaves many unanswered questions.

04/28/2026

“This was one of the most highly sophisticated thefts [the FBI] have seen in a long time, which is the main thing that has them so spooked."

04/20/2026

03/29/2026

The astronaut, Michael Fincke, experienced a medical emergency in January that rendered him unable to speak, he said.