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The world can always use some inspiration and hope. Those are the most import things Superman has to offer us.

The Draconids are named after the constellation Draco.
To the Full Moon and all the ships at sea,
the journey continues under your watchful eye with Venus as your guide.
October 9-16, 2022 - Sukkot
I haven't been in a "hut" since I was a little girl. Though I went to Hebrew school I have never been able to wrap my head around any concept of religion. It's all mythology to me sort of like metaphysics and a Band-Aid to keep humanity either controlled or believing in free will and all will be OK. Never bought into any of those concepts but there are those who are enjoying this holiday and I wish them all well in the new year. Once you get past religion what's left? Truth!!

Norse explorer Leif Ericson discovers Vinland becoming the first known European to set foot in North America.

Columbus Day celebrates the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas on October 12, 1492 as the future American Experiment moved across the Atlantic to its final chapter. Columbus and his crew's arrival in the New World initiated the colonization of the Americas by Spain, followed in the ensuing centuries by other European powers, as well as the transfer of plants, animals, culture and history, religion, human populations, technology - not to forget certain deadly viruses and bacteria, such as smallpox, measles, typhus, and cholera - between the Old World and the New World.

On Columbus Day we go to a theory that postulates Columbus was guided to the Americas by alien intervention. It takes us to the October 11, 1492 Light Sighting noted as a wax candle that went up and down. What he saw would be called a USO as it came from below the sea.
The 1492 light sighting was witnessed by some crew members of Santa Maria, Pinta and possibly Nina shortly before the landing on Guanahani. The light was reported in Columbus' journal, Ferdinand Columbus' Vita del Amiraglio (The Life of the Admiral), the proceedings of the Pleitos Colombinos (the long lawsuit involving the heirs of Columbus) and some other sources. Columbus described the light as "a small wax candle that rose and lifted up, which to few seemed to be an indication of land". He received the royal reward for the sighting. His son Ferdinand also characterized it as a candle, that went up and down.
Columbus wrote: There exists the possibility of never leaving this legendary sea. My compass acts strangely. This sea seems to have the ability to draw things in from all over the Atlantic like a catch-basin.
Indigenous Peoples' Day - In the News
Native American Day celebrates the Indigenous peoples of North America.

The First Thanksgiving - Painting by Jean Louis Gerome Ferris
Thanksgiving in Canada is celebrated the second Monday in October.
To the Crystalinks readers in Canada - enjoy your day.

The Fifth Solvay Conference in 1927 featured a debate between Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein about whether the mind and consciousness (Bohr) are or are not (Einstein) part of physics.

Thor Heyerdahl Norwegian Adventurer - Videos - Kon-Tiki
the reality that proves that time does not exist. ~ Thor Heyerdahl
Reality is merely an illusion albeit a very persistent one. ~ Albeit Einstein

In 1947, Thor Heyerdahl became famous for skippering a tiny balsawood raft, the Kon-Tiki, on a 6,000km (3,728 miles) journey from Peru to Polynesia. His expedition proved, he said, that ancient cultures could have sailed to, and populated, the South Pacific. He excavated and photographed the Moai for the first time in the 1950's.
The Moai had been toppled in tribal wars through the centuries, but beginning in the 1950's renewal and reconstruction began. The Moai were allegedly depictions of native their ancestors the Rapa Nui who had one diety - Make Make. They sit on rocky lava strewn about allegedly telling a story of fallen monuments of a long lost civilization who created them.
Sacred Easter Island statues suffer irreparable damage after nearby Rano Raraku volcano razed more than 100 hectares (247 acres) of the island, damaging its famous stone-carved statues known as 'Moai' which were created by a Polynesian tribe over 500 years ago. CNN - October 6, 2022 - - Easter Island
Do these images depict time travelers? I don't think so.

A painting from the 1860s has a detail seemingly swiped from modern times: a woman hunched and walking with her eyes seemingly glued to a phone. It looks like a book. We interpret what we want to see. A man crouches in wait to spring a flower on her.
Let's time travel to this video from a 1928 Charlie Chaplin film
which allegedly depicts a woman (?) talking on a cell phone

Voting for Fat Bear Week gives fans another long-awaited opportunity to root for their favorite tiny-eared floofs in this year's bracket of contestants.
'Tis the season to livestream fat bears feasting on salmon and vote for your favorites
Fat Bear Week: Race is on for Alaska's bulkiest grizzly
Bears: Facts, Symbolism, Mythology, Shamanism, Medicine, Constellation
We May Finally Have Evidence of The First Stars in The Universe
NASA had been designing lunar bases for decades before Armstrong first set foot on the moon
Juno gets highest-resolution close-up of Jupiter's moon Europa
SpaceX, NASA launch 3 astronauts and 1 cosmonaut to the ISS. Here's everything you need to know
Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Produced Global Tsunamis Up to 2.8 Miles High
Our Galaxy Could Be Evaporating as Dead Stars Flee The Milky Way
Giant impact could have formed the Moon more rapidly, scientists reveal in new simulations
India loses contact with budget Mars orbiter after eight years
Climate tipping points could lock in unstoppable changes to the planet. How close are they?
Slight shifts in magnetic field preceded California earthquakes
Seasonal change in Antarctic ice sheet movement observed for first time
Making the invisible water crisis visible
Sydney smashes annual rainfall records
NASA study finds climate extremes affect landslides in surprising ways
The Pacific Is Destined to Vanish as Earth's Continents Meld Into a New Supercontinent
Melting permafrost increases greenhouse gas from Arctic lakes
Ancient ice age valleys offer clues to future ice sheet change
As winters warm, nutrient pollution threatens 40 percent of US
Monitoring Two Atlantic Systems For Possible Tropical Development
Study finds US future floods becoming more frequent, wider spread, less seasonal
Video: Ian Drastically Altered Gulf's Appearance
Heavy rain swells rivers, causing floods in much of Thailand
Pollen Can Trigger 'Thunderstorm Asthma', Even if You Typically Don't Have Asthma
Scientists Made a Video Game That Boosts Short-Term Memory in Older Adults
Researchers Track an Ultra-Rare Disease That Turns Muscle to Bone
Going on a vacation to try to improve your sleep habits
Every Life Form on Earth Uses The Same Chemical For Energy. This Could Explain Why
New research points to health benefits of eating earlier in the day and within a 10-hour window
Investigating rare genetic mutations led scientists to surprising blood pressure discovery
Here's How Events in Your Grandparent's Lives Could Affect Your Genes
New Discovery Means Parkinson's Could Be Diagnosed With a Swab in Just 3 Minutes
Shrine discovered in Egyptian temple with evidence of previously unknown rituals
Who was the ancient Egyptian god of death?
Scottish fossil revealed to be pterodactyl ancestor
Researchers find 1 million-year-old marine DNA in Antarctic sediment
Unique Remains of What Could Be The World's Largest Bird Found in Australia
Buried treasure of 44 Byzantine gold coins found in nature reserve in Israel

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