Some of you may remember that Sverige was planning an off-grid group in Romania. I thought it was simply another plot to steal people's money, as that sociopath has been doing that for years. I mean, he used his girlfriend's swollen black eye in a YouTube video to ask for money. What wouldn't this guy do? And for anyone unfamiliar, Sverige is a Latvian Rautard from the Netherlands. Rautard meaning he thinks he knows everything there is to know about nutrition and health by reading one book about the raw primal diet. He has a several-year girlfriend named Luna, who he actually had a baby with this past year if you know, I don't know if they ate it yet. I don't know what's going on there. And is known in the past for various psychopathic behavior such as a school terrorist attack with a knife and eating a squirrel in public. Since Sverige is all-knowing, he decided it would be a good idea to team up with a bunch of strangers in a country he had never visited. But things went sour and a few stories came out about it. One of those being someone playing with his girlfriend Luna, which I was met with an email.  Now overall this guy Yamastili was pleasant, level-headed, and he seemed like he was just put in a bad situation. If you are interested in talking to him, you can reach out to that email of his Yamastili1080 at gmail.com. I'll refer to him as Yamastili for his own privacy. That's not his real name. And he originally met Sverige at a meet-up earlier in the year 2020, probably in the spring. And this story takes place about midway through September of this year. I mean, you would think you know Sverige has been doing these meet-ups for years that he would have established more friends, more relationships, but they probably all realized he was a crazy wacko-dacko psycho, so he has to make new friends every year. So the story starts with Sverige reaching out to Yamastili and asking him to stay at his place in Germany before Sverige headed off to Romania and we know this is very typical of Sverige. He mooches off people, stays with them for free. Yamastili asked Sverige if Luna was coming and she wasn't, you know, which was a red flag, seemed odd considering they had just had a child together and were both living in the Netherlands together. After getting to know Sverige a bit more, Yamastili decided that Sverige was a really weird guy and from the get-go, Sverige was telling Yamastili things like Luna threatened him with a knife three weeks into their relationship, all sorts of really personal crazy stuff. Three days after Sverige came, Luna showed up with their baby and Yamastili decided to go with Romania with them because, you know, of what was going on in the world and he did have other options, but, you know, Yamastili felt like this could be some type of adventure. So off they go and after a flight and cab ride, they arrive in their Airbnb in Romania, which to me doesn't sound too off-grid, you know, Sverige is making it sound like we're going to go into the woods and chop down some trees and build a cabin and stay there away.  Sverige, Luna, Yamastili, as well as several others who had yet to arrive agreed to split that monthly rent of around 900 euros. I mean, so they're only paying maybe 100 to 150 each per month. On the very first night, Yamastili wakes up to loud screaming, banging and Luna had locked Sverige in a room and tells Yamastili not to let Sverige out because he would hit her. I mean, Yamastili opened the door and then Luna and Sverige apparently screamed at each other for the rest of the night, leading to Luna crying. I mean, who knows if this is all an act, if Luna and Sverige are just making some elaborate plan or if this is actually how they behave with each other. Obvious relationship problems either way. Now, Yamastili happened to speak Dutch, which was Luna's primary language and Sverige doesn't actually speak Dutch. You know, so Luna started hanging out with Yamastili and being by themselves in the house, you know, with the relationship friction, Luna started messaging Yamastili on her phone, kind of like warming up to him, even complimenting him. Luna and Sverige in that house were actually sleeping in separate rooms. They weren't sleeping together and there was one large main house, kind of like a villa and a smaller separate guest house, which is where Yamastili was staying. However, Luna kept going over to the guest house to hang out with Yamastili and chat with him every single day. So after a few days of this, the rest of the off-grid group shows up. One was a younger couple in their 30s that had a baby and the other two people were the husband's brother and his friend. They were all German, so five more people, including a young child, joined the house to make it eight. So about two weeks into the trip, Luna was hanging out with Yamastili every day. He even wanted to go on walks with him late at night around 11 p.m. Obviously, you know, Sverige noticed and wanted to kick them both out despite, you know, nothing personal happening. Yamastili tried to distance himself from Luna as he didn't want to get involved, but Luna kept texting him, you know, because she noticed he was distancing himself and I guess she kind of liked him and wanted to get closer. One night around that two-week point, Luna messaged Yamastili asking if she could come over again and before Yamastili even responded, you know, she was in his room, I mean, probably a minute or two away. She said, and I quote, I want to lick you in Dutch, which is pretty funny.  Shortly after that, Sverige showed up. What are you doing here? You're always with him. It was dark. None of their faces could really be made out. Luna started panicking, getting nervous. Sverige eventually saying, you guys both leave tonight or I break both of your noses. So Luna followed Sverige back to the main house arguing back and forth with him. Yamastili was sort of relieved and happy that he had a reason to go, as even before this event occurred, you know, Yamastili was already calling up his friend in Turkey, seeing what he should do. Luna actually admitted that she was the one coming on to Yamastili. But Sverige was still angry because he expected Yamastili to tell him that himself. Then Sverige kicks out both Yamastili and Luna, told them to sleep in the family's RV, which is parked in the driveway of the Airbnb. And I mean, that doesn't really make any sense if he didn't want them together. The family ended up helping Yamastili and Luna, you know, driving them to the supermarket, to a hotel. The family saying, you know, don't worry. You know, when the month rent ends, we're going to find a solution together. Sverige then got mad at the family because of the family helping Yamastili and Luna, allegedly threatening the family with a knife and making them leave back your stuff. As expected, the family ends up leaving as well. But they had a hard time getting their money back from Sverige. Yamastili didn't actually ask for his money back. And then the two other German guys left because they didn't want to be with crazy Daisy Sverige alone. Yamastili ended up staying with Luna in the hotel for about a week. And we all know what happens in hotels. She was actually planning on going to Turkey with Yamastili.  Even after Luna told him she had personal relations with Yamastili. I wonder if Luna's kid is actually Sverige's. And just like that, happily ever after, the two psychos Luna and Sverige end up back in the Netherlands. Yamastili goes off to Turkey on his own to see his friend and is overall happy that he had the experience, learned some things. Yamastili's observation was that Sverige and Luna are very damaged individuals. Especially considering they were both telling Yamastili very personal stuff about each other that shouldn't be said, especially to a stranger. Sverige apparently addressed this in a long video on his Patreon, which upon seeing Yamastili responded that Sverige twisted the story, changed the facts around. Like Sverige said that Yamastili came on to Luna, where it was actually the other way around. And I mean here I'm inclined to believe Yamastili and you know I wish he was willing to record this video because you know he was a pretty honest guy, at least convincingly honest, as well as very level headed. As I said earlier, you guys can reach out to Yamastili if you want to know more about this. I figured some of you guys would be interested in the story and I could use all the views I can lately I guess, right? But that's YouTube. So thank you guys for joining me today. 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One week from tonight October 5th.  We escape to a deserted sandpit off the coast of Georgia Where terror stalks under the Spanish moss as Joseph Hergeshimer tells it in wild oranges What could have appeared more innocent of danger than that bare and low-lying shore of southern Georgia? What could have seemed less laden with terror than that lovely little cove so crankwell and well sheltered so Warmly bathed in late afternoon sun as we dropped the anchor of our catch and prepared our mooring and Yet there was something First it was an aroma a grove of wild orange trees in late bloom grew defiantly amid the tangled undergrowth of the shore The scent was strong and exotic and heady And as I smelled it I I felt a vape on easiness Then as I watched the shore and halved my sailor and furl the sails the mirror of the cove was shattered by a movement At first I thought it was a fish leaping and playing in the water Came round a spit of land from an inner bay and then halved was beside me That's clear sir. I would have bet there was nobody within miles of here, but that's someone swimming. Yes It's a girl. Hi, sir. You'll be surprised when she discovers us no doubt And embarrassed this you swam as well, isn't she? Yes, she had been more born in the water. Oh, she's seen us. Yes Yes, now and now she's running away That's Brentwood when an Olympic raise. Yes, I don't know what she's doing here where she comes from Perhaps there sir. Where through the trees as a house there. You can hardly see it. I spotted it a moment ago Yes, there is I Don't but it's a it's a ruin. It's rotting away. No one could have lived in that since the Civil War There may be others back there. I know but this is a deserted coast is marked as a swamp on the chart. I Don't know sir. Oh This is strange It's very strange Yes, it was strange and stranger still was this vague uneasiness that I felt As twilight fell the aroma of the wild oranges was Overwhelming and suddenly without knowing why I slipped on my jacket and went to the side and dropped into the tender Howards stood by to cast off. He asked no questions and I said nothing. What could I say? I? Didn't know myself why I was going I Pulled the tender up on the soft sand of the beach and walked up a dim path through the orange Grove Around the side of the house where a smaller portico held off the weeds A single doorway was framed in the pale light of the inner lamp As I approach I saw a shadow flip across it so Swiftly so furtively that it was gone before I realized it had been a man And then I saw her Sitting on the portico rocking softly in her chair What do you want? Oh? Nothing. I came ashore. I I thought no one was living here You're from the white boat that sailed in its sunset. Yes, and I'm returning immediately. It was like magic Suddenly without a sound you were anchored in the bay. Well, I've robbed you too I I picked a couple of your oranges. You won't like them. They run wild. We can't sell They have a distinct flavor. I should be very glad to have some of them on the boat all you want Well, my man will get them and pay you please don't Nicholas attends to that Won't you sit down? My father was here when you came up, but he went in Strangers disturbing I should be getting back. I'm sorry to have disturbed you and your father. No, it's nothing Well, good night then Good night That was all a fragment of commonplace conversation, but it was enough Now the uneasiness I felt the strangeness of this place took shape for me. I saw it in her lovely Fragile face. I heard it in her voice There'd been a hidden terror a terrible controlled fright that approached hysteria But when I got back to the boat, Halvard made it even worse fine anything sir Are there people living there? Well, there'll be water then maybe we can stay here for a couple of days What do you mean? This is good anchorage I'd like to one ship the propeller and there's some scraping to do yes I suppose you're right. We need a couple of days of work before we head into the open sea. Yes Oh, we'll do it here And so we stayed In the light of morning the strange dread I felt seemed foolish and especially when I went ashore and found the girl looking young and fresh And fragile she was fishing off a little pier in the inner bay She had a Pathetic little rod and reel and so I got our tackle from the boat and landed a big rockfish for enough for several dinners We were carrying the fish to the house and we came on a pale thin ghost of a man He's sitting on the portico. He started a swift retreat, but it was too late father wait This is my father litchfield stove. Oh, how do you do sir? You know I Strangers father, you know, I wouldn't bring anyone to the house who would hurt us And see we're fetching you a splendid rockfish Yes Just so We're alone here the man is away my daughter and I Fish is acceptable if you're carried in for me Nicholas would do it, but he's away and father isn't strong this way We have no ice. I must put it in water In here right there Thank you You've been very nice Now I suppose you'll go on across the world. Well, not tonight. We're staying here making repairs Where do you come from? Where are you going? Oh from Cape Cod? I'm going to South America South America I've traveled on maps. I was born here in this house. I've never been 50 miles away You seem like a girl who's been everywhere everywhere in the world You had the best education everything my father has many books in there.  Fear fear why no, of course not what should I be afraid of well? I don't know but I I saw it in your father's face too It's only your imagination. Yes Well goodbye then and thank you for the fishing Strange how this girl would have upset me so I tried to resist but that evening I found myself going back to her tying the tender into the little pier. I watched her as she came to meet me I'm glad you came Let's stay here by the seats so lovely in the moonlight. All right That is nice isn't it? Nicholas is back. Nicholas He's our man. I lied to you today About fear I Suppose I am afraid I Suppose my father's past some of his fear on to me and why is he afraid? That's a long story going back to the first war He was a young man then and he didn't go to war It wasn't that he was a coward exactly.  I Don't know anything else But what about you?  Let's say that I I don't like Entanglements. I see. Oh, no. No, I didn't mean to apologize. I envy you your freedom I sit here a great deal and watch the ships far out there on their water roads You are enviable sailing where you like safe and free Say There's something more than you've told me. There's more behind this fear in your voice. No Look, perhaps I can help no no, please What's that? It's Nicholas going on the count. I've got to go in wait a minute. I'm with you. No don't come you You'll be going soon tomorrow perhaps then Goodbye Goodbye Now I knew the terror that I had only sensed was real This girl was possessed by fear. This house held some terrible secret. What what could it be? Next morning.  Next time I'll take the pistol. What do you mean? Where's the casket? It's broken.  Well, I tried to explain we had permission, but he came at me with a knife jibbering He put his foot on the casket and crushed it. Well, I'll see about this. Be careful, sir. The man's not quite right He's dangerous plenty dangerous. I Went ashore and around at the back door of the house Millie wasn't in sight When I knocked a lumbering giant with pig-like eyes came to the door Are you a Nicholas? What do you want? Well, I take it you're the man who broke my water cask. It was full of our water I'm not going to argue with you I came ashore to instruct you to keep your hands off of my property in my sailor and let our water be I Told you that I I wouldn't discuss the water. I don't have to justify myself to you Just remember keep your hands off. Don't get me started. What do you mean started? I don't care what you don't get me started mind now.  Don't get me started now.  What's the matter? Well, nothing Nicholas and I had a little misunderstanding.  I knew that I must do something I rode the tendering through a drizzling rain and went up through the orange grove and stopped in some bushes by the house Someone was coming out of house, and so I crouched down out of sight It was Millie I rose and I called her Millie.  Are you you not without you? I what are you saying? That's madness. No, no I've got to talk to you. There's a lot. There's a lot that needs explaining things that I have a right to know No, not here come She led me into one of the smaller ruined buildings. We crouched far back in the dripping shadows of a corner For the first time in 12 years, I'm living again Darling, I'm in love with you. I Know nothing of it's it's quickly learned Millie Don't you feel anything anything for me at all? I don't know Perhaps if things were different someplace else. I might care very much, but I'm going to take you away someplace else I'm going to make things different. I'm gonna give you a chance. No Too late. Why why Millie? What what is this? What is this fear? Nicholas oh that's foolish. She's nothing to be afraid of has he been bothering you He says he's crazy about me. He says I must marry him. Where is he now? No, John, you mustn't something frightful would happen just not frightful just unfortunate for Nick. Oh, but you don't understand He's not human. There's something about what about him. He came here in April We were glad to get him serving some possible to get back here in the wilderness need work for the smallest wages Only only a few days ago. I found out why he was glad to be here. I was spinning his room. I found this He wanted a murder Isaac Nicholas a Homicidal maniac knows I found it knows and he's been furious and then you came and he ran and hid in the pines But he told me if I spoke about him it would happen to me And if I left with you it would happen to father now. He thinks I'm in love with you He told me to send you away. He said you must leave today. Milly. Milly. I should have realized this I'm not to stay away for longer than now. I must go look Milly He'll take us a couple of hours to get our boat ready I'm going to come for you tonight at eight Now you tell him that you saw me and I promised to go at quietly Say that you were upset that you'll give him his answer tomorrow Then at eight you bring your father and walk out to the war now. That's all but do it without hesitation or preparation Don't let him hurt us. Please don't not now. He's finished, but do just as I say Won't be long hardly three hours And then you're gonna be free Now that I knew Now that there was to be action I felt better not that I minimized the risk Halvard and I got the catch ready for sailing at eight o'clock Halvard and I tied up to the little pier The storm had led up a little but it was still raining. I Got up on the dock and I waited for Milly 10 minutes past And then 20 Something was wrong. I told Halvard to wait there with the tender then I walked slowly up to the house It was dark I Went up to the side port to go to the heavy door It was a tiny crack of light showing under I I pushed it open the light came from a parlor to the right I Looked in on the floor lay a body her father. He was dead. He was crushed his arm Twisted grotesquely under him. There was there wasn't a sound in the house Slowly I walked through the downstairs rooms nothing Then back in the hall. I heard a slight creak Upstairs someone moved was it Milly alive or Was it necklace slang and weight Groke slowly up the stairs. I didn't dare to use my flashlight would have made me a target for his knife The upstairs hall was pitch black Still there was no sound I Inched my way along the wall slowly and then Stumbled on a loose board the pistol flew out of my hand But the stumble saved my life at the same instant I felt Nicholas lunch heard the knife sing past my ear and thud in the wall I felt his great book smashing on my shoulder Somewhere on the dark floor his night was embedded in the wall now. We were grappling hand Rolling on the floor kicking tearing gouging crushing My strength and wit against the massive bulk of a maniacal killer How many minutes to that unusual and an unequal struggle last I don't know it seemed an hour Several times as if by common consent. We rested for a minute at a time Once we rolled apart me panting breast aching in my throat And then I I heard him groping along the wall searching for the knife or gun I threw myself at him again He was too big. He was too furious. I felt my strength ebbing away his fingers were Closing over my truth with one last every night. I tried to throw him off to roll him over Staggered to my feet. I was dazed. I I looked up We had fallen through the banister down the stairwell Nicholas had landed on the bottom. He lay there on the stairs sprawled his head that Grotesque angle He wasn't that he's only stunned I Leamed against the wall looking at him stupidly There was It was something that I must remember Was it then and she came down the steps and I remembered Milly I Had to walk right past him. There was no other way right past his head in my skirt. I Think we better go away. Oh Yes, yes, we'll we'll leave at once. I must tell you about my father You know in Virginia the women tied an apron on the door Because he wouldn't go to war and that prayed on his mind and he was afraid of the slightest. Yes. Yes I know but we must go upset him so he had no strength Here talk like this like a sick child was almost more than I could bear Then then I heard something Nicholas had got up He stood up and stared at us for a moment and then he started slowly up the stairs Was going after that night the least little thing upset Milly Milly look we've got to go I was to meet a man We were going away someplace where it would be peaceful But Nicholas suspected you see he asked why father'd put on his heavy winter clothes Then when I tried to go out he pushed me and do you know what father did then he came up and said Don't do that.  That's the important thing Yes, of course your father was a brave man after over please now come you you were supposed to meet a man that man's waiting for you There's no time to lose father said take your hands off my daughter Nicholas killed him of course But it was a brave thing to do is now come I Couldn't wait any longer. I I could hear Nicholas coming back I picked her up and carried her out into the night down the path to the pier Behind me I could hear Nicholas crashing through the brush like a giant animal in pursuit Are you all right, sir? Yes I'm about done in that. I'm all right here. Help me. Help me get her into the boat. Yes, sir Yeah, oh There's someone coming. This is Nicholas. He's got a knife good. I wanted to get back at him You get in sir. I'll take care of him. All right, but I I wouldn't be much help anyway Halvard went to intercept Nicholas on the path I heard them meet and struggle for a moment and then a figure came walking slowly stooped onto the pier I Got ready to shove the boat out into the water and then it's all right, sir. It's me. How about where's Nicholas? I stopped it. It was all pumped out. Are you hurt? Oh, it's just a scratch sir. I missed his hand at first in the dark It's nothing good. Well, let's get away from here then I Held Millie in my arms as Halvard wrote to the catch Eradically, I suppose because of the storm We're ready to cast off in two minutes. The last obstacle would be the narrow passage out of the Cove in this storm It would be very dangerous. I started to take Millie into the cabin. No There's Nicholas in the doorway. No nonsense. Nicholas is dead. You're on my boat.  We only have three quick clearance now You will have to hold it steady through that passage. Yes, sir. Halvard now. This is no time to be brave How do you feel I feel all right, sir? I've taken names before all right just a scratch all right fine No, no, we'll fix it just as soon as we get outside right now. Let's go pull up your anchor and turn over the engine. Yes, sir The boat headed into the tearing wind of the storm straight toward the narrow inlet They'd foot too far on either side and we'd hit and this sea that would mean death for all of us I stood far up on the bow taking soundings feeling out the passage Howling wind carried the call back to Halvard Now the boat veered again, I realized that he must have lost an awful lot of blood Slowly holding me it came around But it was anything but steady that boat wavered and swung as if an inexperienced hand was at the wheel in a moment We might hit In the passage and a half were through what I called But when I went back it wasn't Halvard at the wheel. It was Millie Millie her hand steady her eyes washed clear of any madness Millie with a little tight smile on her face, but no fear and Halvard lay rolling with the swells in the bottom of the cockpit I'm afraid John He was wounded worse than you thought. Oh Howard good heavens told me to take the wheel Said it was life or death and then he slipped down when when was this back there in the passage Just when you said three and a half I'm afraid I wasn't very good, but I held on. Oh Millie you were wonderful. No not yet But I learned John I'll learn Escape was produced and directed by Gordon T Hughes with Van Heflin starring as John Wolfook tonight We have presented Wild Oranges by Joseph Hergeshimer adapted for radio by John Dunkel Featured in the cast were Betty Lou Gerson Bill Conrad Edmund McDonald Wilms Herbert Special music was conceived and conducted by Del Castillo Next week you are following a man whom you must kill to the bleak wastes of the tiny island at the bottom of the world And you know that one of you can never escape Next week we escape with John Russell's grim story of revenge the primitive Good night, then until next week when once again we offer you escape Van Heflin is currently starring with Jennifer Jones James Mason and Louis Jordan in Metro Golden Mayors Madame Bovary Starting one week from next Saturday October 8th escape will take a regular place in the CBS Saturday night schedule That's one week from next Saturday October 8th escape Next week at this time you will hear CBS's latest addition to its fine Wednesday night shows You bet your life starring Groucho Marx this outstanding comedy quiz Highlighted by Groucho's fast ad libs has won a Peabody Award in the high place in America's comedy favorites Next Wednesday it joins the parade on CBS where it will be heard along with the Bing Crosby show and Burns and Allen on most of these same CBS stations Stay tuned now for the Bing Crosby show which follows immediately over most of these same stations All masters and speaking this is CBS the Columbia broadcasting system


Today we are starting off the vlog in New Orleans. I have personally never been here, but Ryan's been here once before, so he's kind of showing me around. We're going to walk down the street and get some vignettes. And we got recommended this restaurant by someone in the shop we were walking by, so we're going to check it out as we're all starting. So I got the Big Easy IPA. You can see the local food in New Orleans. I've had it here before, my company loves it. Then I got the taste plate, so it came with this gumbo cup first. Oh, I'm going to try it. This is whatchamalaya, right? It's gumbo. Oh, gumbo. It's like not for right now, because I'm really hot and I feel like it would be definitely way better if I was sick. You know, there's just those fruits that are like, like, thawed. When I tried thawed for the first time, it was like in Orlando and it was really, really hot. It was just not a good time to try it. So I think it's just like one of those fruits that you see when you're cold and sick. So I got the lamb ribs with this red pepper jelly. And then he got the taste plate. I can't remember what you said. Oh, it's gumbo. This is red beans.  And then what'd you get? Fried chicken. Chicken and jambalaya. So my food was really good. They said it was average, right? I didn't think it was like awesome, but it was okay. We are on our way to Cafe DuMont. Don't know what comes before that. There's a market. Want to go look at the market? Yeah. So you can see the river from there, too? There's a French market right there. Yeah. All right, we're going to go there first then. Yep. Unfortunately. But we are headed to Bourbon Street just to check it out. Yeah. It's quite hot. And on to our next destination of this big road trip to Austin. Go follow along.


In 2022, Utah, like many Republican-controlled states, decided to go on a book banning spree, and one school district in Utah removed more than 50 books from school libraries, most of those books being LGBTQ-plus-affirming material. Now towards the end of the year, Utah State Lawmaker Ken Ivory, this individual here, authored legislation that expanded this effort by giving parents the authority to challenge and potentially remove books from schools that are indecent and or contain pornographic material. Now this bill was actually passed recently and signed into law last week by Utah's governor. Now this entire effort was basically spearheaded by one far-right organization called Utah Parents United, and their ultimate goal is to ban any LGBTQ-plus-related books or content that predominantly features people of color, and they won. They got what they wanted, but this victory comes at a cost because this group and the lawmaker who sponsored this legislation seemingly didn't anticipate the ways in which this could come back to bite them. And I say this because one of the first books being challenged is the Holy Bible. Now because of this law, the district may be forced to remove the Bible from school libraries. Assault-like Tribune reports, frustrated by the books being removed from school libraries, a Utah parent says there's one that hasn't been challenged yet, but that they believe should be for being one of the most sex-written books around. So they've submitted a request for their school district in Davis County to now review the Bible for any inappropriate content, quote, incest, onanism, bestiality, prostitution, genital mutilation, fallatio, dildos, rape, and even infanticide, the parent wrote in their request, listing topics they found concerning in the religious text. You'll no doubt find that the Bible, under Utah Code, section 76101227, has no serious values for minors because it's pornographic by our new definition. District spokesperson Christopher Williams repeated what he's told other media outlets, quote, we don't differentiate between one request and another. We see that as the work that we do. He said the Bible challenge has been given to a committee to review. The process typically takes 60 days, but Williams said the committee is not done with this request due to a backlog as more parents have been questioning books. So apparently lots of parents want to ban books, but one of those books is the Bible. Now this request was submitted and if it's approved, then the Bible would indeed be removed from at least one high school in this district, Davis High School. And the school district is taking this request seriously, as they stated, because they are legally required to do that. And we just got a snippet of the parent's request from that article, but I think it's worth reading the entire letter. It's just two paragraphs basically, but it's so good to read because this is exactly what parents around the country need to do. This is a classic case of malicious compliance and this parent here is on to something. So the parent writes, I thank the Utah legislature and Utah Parents United for making this bad faith process so much easier and way more efficient. Now we can all ban books and you don't even need to read them or be accurate about it. Heck, you don't even need to see the book. Seeding our children's education, First Amendment rights, and library access to a white supremacist hate group like Utah Parents United seems like a wonderful idea for a school district literally under investigation for being racist. I noticed there's a gap, though. Utah Parents United left off one of the most sex-ridden books around. The Bible, incest, onanism, bestiality, prostitution, genital mutilation, fallatio, dildos, rape, and even infanticide. You'll no doubt find that the Bible under Utah Code, section 76101227, has quote no serious values for minors because it's pornographic by our new definition.  If the books that have been banned so far are any indication for way lesser offenses, this should be a slam dunk. And that right there, my friends, is how it's done. And according to this law, well, the Bible shouldn't even be a question. They're looking into it currently, but there is, without a doubt, pornographic and indecent content in that book. So since the law makes no exceptions for holy books, unfortunately for them, the Bible is fair game and it may very well be removed because of their law. Now what's even more hilarious about this story is the response from the author of Utah's book ban. Because when he gave parents the authority to propose book bans, he very clearly didn't foresee the Bible being one of the books that a parent would challenge. And as a result, he is quote, very sad that one parent would abuse the process and he even says that this parent who submitted this challenge to the Bible is wasting the district's time because apparently all of the other book bans, that's not wasting the district's time. But a book that he doesn't want banned, well, that's a waste of time. So as LGBTQ nation reports, Utah State Representative Ken Ivory, who sponsored HB 374, described the request as a political stunt that would drain school resources. There was a purpose to the bill and this kind of stuff. It's very unfortunate, he said. There are any number of studies that directly link sexualization and hypersexualization with sexual exploitation and abuse. Certainly those are things we don't want in schools for people to minimize and to make a mockery of this is very sad, he complained. The audacity of him. How dare this parent make a mockery of the process? Because of course, when we passed this legislation, we didn't expect the parent to propose a ban to a book that we like. And even though the Bible does objectively contain content that by the definition of our law would obviously be pornographic and indecent. Well, I like that book. So let's not ban that book. Let's just ban the books that I don't like. Sorry, it doesn't work that way based on the law that you wrote. The Bible is fair game. He just didn't like that something that he prefers in schools is now being challenged. And what I love is that I'm assuming the same people who don't want the Bible banned, who support bookbans is going to be mad about this one as well. This book is called sex. If you're scared of the truth, don't read this. And this book is being challenged because of the provocative title. But the book is actually about abstinence, but because the title is very obviously indecent or could be perceived to be indecent. Well, this also could be removed from school shelves for violating Utah law. Sorry, evangelicals, that's another L for you. So I think I think that this is an obvious point to make. But I'm going to make this point anyway, because it's really important. Whenever there's a state that has laws like this, this is what parents need to do, challenge the Bible, because this is how you use their sensorious laws against them. You challenge the material that, you know, they hold most near and dear to their hearts. And when they see how censorship laws go both ways, well, maybe that'll give them a little bit of pause before passing these kinds of draconian sensorious laws in the first place. But either way, the parent here is absolutely brilliant, well played. And again, if you live in a district that allows parents to challenge books, priority number one for you is challenging the Bible.


Am I averaged when the three-year-old living in Portland are done in a small house?  Well that's because I sold mostly everything I had at a yard sale, because I make terrible profit of my job, and I always wanted to go to a good collage so I promised myself I would never pay more than $10 for another three weeks. So I drive and look for some cheap crap, most of the yard sales had some pretty good CDs like lost, walking dead and breaking bad with whole seasons, but they were way beyond of what I had in stock. I looked through almost every part of my city and couldn't find any entertainment I'd buy. I was about two miles from home and I saw a person standing up at a table and I parked my car and saw what he had. The house he was selling at looked like a large wood cabin, then I noticed he actually was selling a small DVD and a disc for only $3. I was stunned when I saw that. Who would sell a DVD for $3? I thought, and then I took a closer image of the items and they were the same things I sold at my yard sale a long time ago. I was curious and I thought the DVD and the disc and the tall man that looked like he was in his 60s gave me a smile, not a thankful smile, a smile that said I am glad it happened. I gave him the money, took my items to my house, plugged in the DVD the DVD had the same quality as before I sold it and the disc I didn't recognize, but I looked and it looked like a regular disc that you're supposed to make something with. I sold those too. Then I turned it over and it said Bob the Builder written in black sharpie. I put it in and it end the happy, jolly theme song played instantly, nothing wrong at all just the regular theme song. After that the title card said working together it sounded like an episode that would have already been made, but what do I know? It started with Bob writing a tractor, but it wasn't the happy Bob the Builder most of us know. It was just Bob the Builder with a blank expression in his face running over dead flowers or something else I don't know. He rode the tractor for 5 minutes. Then the tractor broke down and Bob looked very angry his teeth were grinding, he just looked very pissed off. His eyes turned red then he walked out of the tractor, picked up a dagger and stabbed it at least 500 times. The tractor actually started bleeding. He charged for the other's cars and did the same thing only more times. He saw children walk by to say hi to Bob and blew them up, blew them up and hanged them by the eye in a cross and ate their organs one by one. The screen went black for 5 seconds, it went into your house and Bob stared at the screen with red eyes smiling, then he said in a very dark voice, here next. Then it went black and did nothing else. I took the disc and took it to my garage and broke it into a million pieces with a sludge hammer. I had nightmares ever since. Till one day I was cutting meat for my dinner and there was a Bob the Builder doll with a knife in his hand and I freaked out and slugged his throat with the knife I was cutting with. And nothing ever happened since. Then the next week I was stabbed at the heart.


A century ago, we lost Vladimir Lenin, a pivotal figure in history. Let's reflect on his life and the enduring legacy he left behind. Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary. He played a central role in the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, in Russia. Lenin's vision was to create a society based on Marxism and Communism, one free from the grip of incompetent monarchy and greedy capitalism. The Bolshevik Revolution was a monumental turning point in history, leading to the establishment of the Soviet Union and a new era of communist governance. During this turbulent time, Lenin displayed exceptional leadership skills, guiding the revolution and making significant strategic decisions. Nevertheless, Lenin's legacy is not without controversy, with actions like the Red Terror and the suppression of political opposition. Critics argue that these actions contradicted his professed ideals of freedom and equality, leading to a complex legacy. On the other hand, some argue that the challenging circumstances of the era compelled Lenin to take drastic measures. Lenin's death, on the 21st of January 1924, marked the conclusion of a significant chapter in Soviet history, leaving the Soviet Union in a state of uncertainty about the future. Now, a century after Lenin's passing, his legacy remains complex. He is celebrated as a champion of the working class and a symbol of socialist ideals. Lenin's influence was profound, inspiring revolutionaries globally, from Fidel Castro in Cuba to Mao Zedong in China. Whether he is viewed as a visionary or a controversial figure, Lenin's indelible mark on history is undeniable. His ideas formed the foundation for the spread of communism, shaping the course of history in the 20th century and beyond.


Hi, Psych2Goers, and welcome back to another brand new video. Have you ever thought you were going crazy? Do you struggle with expressing your emotions or properly trusting others? Does it feel like everyone else hasn't figured out but you? It can be easy to blame yourself for your shortcomings, but how you are raised also plays a role in who you grow up to be and how you handle your emotions. Your experiences throughout your personal upbringing have far-reaching effects on your life. By taking an honest look at how your parents treated you, your sibling relationships, and your family dynamics as a whole, you can spot the signs of toxicity that were present, but you are unaware of at the time. If you relate to any of these six signs, you're not crazy. It's your upbringing. Number one, conditional love. Does it feel like your parents only treat you well when you're successful? They may shower you with love and affection when it's convenient for them, but the second something goes wrong, they treat you like a disappointment and all that love and affection goes away. When someone loves you with conditions, it means that they put terms, restrictions, or rules on how they give you their love. When those conditions weren't met, your parents may have retaliated with verbal abuse or doled out the silent treatment. In extreme cases, they may have responded with physical abuse. This can lead you to think that you have to earn another person's love and you may be a chronic people pleaser or are more easily taken advantage of. So if you relate to this point, you're not crazy. It's your parents conditional type of love that contributes to many misconceptions you may have about it. Just try to remember that real love is truly unconditional and you don't have to earn anything to be worthy of it. Number two, guilt tripping. Do your parents constantly use phrases like, if you really care about me, you'd, or, I've done so much for you and this is how you repay me. When parents guilt trip their children into doing things for them, it can lead to certain misconceptions about love and that it has to be repaid. You may have formed the idea that kindness always comes with strings or struggle with feelings like you're a burden on others, including your family. Demanding respect is not something your mom or dad should hold over your head. If you struggle with accepting kindness and trusting others, you're not broken or crazy. It's likely a result of being guilt tripped as a child. Number three, taking accountability. When your parents argue with you, do they ever admit that they were at fault or sincerely apologize to you? Do they ever take accountability for themselves and how they've treated you? Some parents struggle to admit when they're at fault, especially as you are younger than them. They may feel prideful and not want to bruise their ego or think you're being disrespectful if you try and challenge them. Whether good or bad, your parents are one of your biggest influences in role models you had growing up. If they always struggle to admit to any wrongdoings, you may have internalized that as how people in positions of power should act towards you. You accepted that when in a power balance, the person in power didn't have to take accountability for their actions. You might struggle with admitting fault, taking responsibility for your words and actions or feeling too prideful yourself. Number four, the comparison game. When you were growing up, did your parents use phrases of comparison like, why can't you be more like, or when your sister was your age, they had accomplished this. Your parents are the ones who are supposed to love you and support you unconditionally. But if they said things like this to you throughout your childhood and frequently compared you to others, you may end up thinking, that's what all forms of love are like. You may find someone who is overly competitive, easily jealous of others and has low self-esteem. You may be resentful of your siblings and others who are seemingly more accomplished than you. If this describes you, know that accomplishments don't define your worth and that you are not broken. Number five, projecting flaws and insecurities. When your parents criticize you, does it ever sound like they're describing themselves? Did your parents seemingly project everything they disliked about themselves onto you? This could be a way to deflect and actively avoid their own flaws because they simply don't want to face them. When you're a kid, you don't realize that this is what your parents are doing and your self-esteem can be heavily affected when you're viewed through such a critical lens. You may be experiencing feelings of self-loathing, anxiety or depression, but you are not your parents nor are you required to take on their flaws. You also have the power to let go and move on. And number six, over-controlling behavior. Does it feel as if your parents keep an eye on everything that you do? Are they always involved in your business, needing to know who you talk to, what you're wearing or where you're going? While parents have a natural instinct to protect their child, this instinct can be taken too far when it encroaches on your own privacy. You might feel suffocated by your parents and their over-controlling behavior. You might hide things from them so they won't find out or have rebelled against them in your teen years. Or maybe you stayed sheltered under your parents and are more easily taken advantage of. Over-controlling behavior is one of the biggest causes of strained relationships between parents and their children. So if you struggle with this as well, you're not crazy and it isn't your fault. Did you relate to any of these signs? If so, which one struck home with you the most? Sometimes your parents can be toxic and emotionally harmful towards you. They might not even know or realize they've treated you like this. And while they may have had good intentions, how your parents raised you does have significant effects on you. You don't have to blame yourself for feeling the negative effects of your upbringing. It's hard to internalize, but you are not broken, crazy, or unworthy of love. Please like and share this video if it helped you and anything it could help someone else too. The studies and references used are listed in the description below. Don't forget to hit the subscribe button for more Psych2Go videos and thank you for watching. We'll see you next time.


Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here this morning. My name is Alejandra Zaragoza-Sherman. I'm an assistant professor at the Department of Psychology at OJUS BSS and the president of the Union Research Association. With me are Anna Le-Gestron-Jor, and Ada Pastor-Olivarez. Anna is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Management, and Ada is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Bioscience. We welcome you to the conference More Women in Science, More Women in Research and Call for Action. A special thank you to our speakers today for accepting our invitation. Oh, look at that. I can move it. Perfect. Also, thank you very much to the Committee for Research and External Cooperation for their sponsorship. And finally, thank you also to Talent Development for their support. The Union Research Association was created about a year ago. We represent all Union researchers at the university across faculties. If you are a Union researcher yourself, please join our General Assembly happening next Friday. You all received outside a brochure about the association. Why are we here? OJUS University has a problem. The problem is the retention and advancement of women researchers. In a few seconds, I am going to show you data from 2017 that represent the distribution of men and women at different career stages in all faculties. Here they come. This is the data for the Faculty of Arts. I hope you can see it well at the back. The second figure is the same data, but in this case for the faculty of OJUS BSS. In all these figures, the blue bars represent the percentage of men in these different positions at the career level, PhD, postdoc, assistant professor, associate professor, and professor. Then we have the data for the Faculty of Health. And finally, we have the data for science and technology. You can see that it gets from bad to worse. Taken together, these figures indicate that the higher the academic position, the fewer women there are. Across faculties at OJUS University, four or every five professors are men. And here you have a distribution for the entire faculty, the entire university taken together. Same data, same information. We are clearly losing massive amounts of talent. Why is this? We are all downfounded. Historically, it has been suggested that women do not feel senior positions because they do not apply for promotions or they do not apply for a job if they do not fulfill 100% of the job requirements. Other explanations indicate that the maternity leave damages career progression, that women lack confidence, and finally, that they might also lack the skills, the determination, or the creativity to reach these positions. As a result of this narrative, women encounter preconceptions, misconceptions, and generalizations about their lives as scientists and researchers. There is also a problem with these explanations. They do not provide the full picture. They do not take into account how internalized gender bias has a negative impact on women's research careers. Additionally, they ignore the institutional structures, contexts, and practices in which gender bias occurs and how it is perpetuated, both in the university and in society. This problem is not exclusive on universities. It happens in the arts, in the private industry, and in politics as well. But most importantly, these explanations fail to see that gender bias in any area is not a women's issue. It is a leadership issue. We must transform the current narrative from a single story to the full story, as writer Chimamanda Adichie would suggest. If you want to know who she is, she appeared on Weekend of Eastern, I think last week or two weeks ago, and there is a fantastic tech talk about the danger of the single story that if you haven't seen, I recommend that you look it up. We also, besides changing this narrative, we must also take action to solve the problem. In order to attempt to do this, we've gathered you here today to share a program with us in which we can think about solutions. For this program where we take action, first we have Karen Kea Madsen. Thank you for coming. She will describe the trends in academic careers and offer an explanation for why gender balance seems difficult to achieve. These trends are important for our objective. But what is our objective? What are we here for? What objective is to gather your input for the next action plan to improve gender balance at the university? And this will happen later today during the workshop. The current action plan for more women in research, 2016 and 2020, has been handed out to you. It's available outside in case you are not familiar with it. After that, me, Christian Nielsen, will give us an update on the program story made until now. We hope that this information will help you see what initiative seems to work in this context and which ones do not for the past few years. One potential action that the plan does not consider very thoroughly is how to partner with extended actors to improve gender balance in research. There is valuable expertise also at the university and for that reason, we have invited Inge Bielsen, who will then provide external inspiration for our efforts and our discussions. One of the initiatives that the plan does recommend is enhancing the visibility of role models. Therefore, we have an amazing lineup of leading women researchers today representing all four faculties. Lorette Meinert from Arts. Dore Benson from Ohus VSS. Lisa Wohensen from Health and Tenet Builder from Science and Technology. We have invited them to tell us about their academic life careers, to learn about their experience in academia and how they have faced obstacles and overcome them. In addition, we also selected their careers and accomplishments. The Union Research Association wants Ohus University to be a leading research institution on gender equality, setting new standards for attracting, retaining, and advancing women in science and inspiring other universities all over the world to do so. Union researchers are willing to help with the task. How are we going to do that? We start today with this conference by posting a question to you. What important actions must Ohus University take to reach gender balance? Our dream is that when we celebrate our 100th anniversary in 2028, the university is recognized as a leader for gender equality with a high quality research and innovation that diversity is known to foster. During the workshop, please have this goal in mind. In your name match, it says what table you should join, please consider that as well. We believe it will be an interesting and productive full day. After the workshop, we will close our academic program and then reconvene later at the Women's Museum downtown for a social event with dinner and a tour of the museum. If you are on social media, please use the hashtags for the event on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Take your pick. We have prepared this program for you to learn and reflect about the gender bias currently existing at our university. We invite you to be inspired, propose solutions to improve gender balance and connect to other people. Please enjoy the day. Now, Lisa Wonson, by Zeno Health, a member of the Committee for Research and External Cooperation, which I'm told has changed its name, will join me in welcoming you and in opening the conference. Thank you. For introduction, I think you did a splendid work so my voice will be very poor and compared to that. And thank you for inviting me to the conference along with everybody else. And I'm happy to be here and I look very much forward to gazing at the discussions throughout the day. As I've seen for talent development at the Faculty of Health, I'm course deeply concerned with biases that may close highly talented individuals from having a career at Orwish University. Different mindsets are crucial to generate new ideas and excellence in research and we cannot afford to lose a big pool of talent. We need every single talent for generating research-based solutions for the global challenges we are encountering. In order to stand the excellent higher education and research institution we are striving to be, it is vital that Orwish University overcome biases and promote diversity. Today, successful universities have clear and sharp policies for diversity and it is an important factor when recruiting excellent research talents from all around the world. If we look at the private sector, research clearly shows that diversity is a major asset when it comes to success of the companies. Diversity helps make companies more innovative, respected and profitable. For example, companies that have women in top management have more creativity and produce more patents. Therefore, it seems obvious to look at the expertise and experience in the private sector and consider successful principles that we can incorporate into our university practice. Gender must never become an impediment to achieving the highest research career or management career at Orwish University. And yet, we know that it still is for women and we know this from research in the field. And Alejandro, you showed some numbers on how the scissors and the gap is looking at Orwish University and it seems we know that we lose highly talented and educated women at our institution. Implementation and work with gender equality plans are not necessarily followed by increased representation of women in senior research positions. Unconscious biases are still at work. So, during this day at this conference, I hope you take several steps forward in understanding the gender biases that are at work at this institution and find ideas to how we can overcome the preconceptions. So, this is the outcome of the conference. I hope it will be a very, very excellent and good input to the next action plan at Orwish University so we can fulfill your wishes for 2028 of the 100 years anniversary. Finally, I would like to thank the Junior Research Association for taking up the challenge and organizing this conference. And I hope you everybody will enjoy the conference today. And I think we should give a hand to the association.


All right, Stefan asks why unions a negative thing and was there ever a time when they were necessary? And what would be your defense for Carnegie and Frank against those who think them moral monsters? So start with unions. I mean first, I have nothing against unions. I don't think unions are necessarily a negative thing. What makes them a negative thing is the protection they gain from government. What makes them a negative thing is that they have special protections from government, which means they have a gun. For example, there's a right to strike.  They have no right to a job. You own the business. If you don't want to employ them anymore, why is that any of the government's business? Why you don't want to employ them anymore? But now we're fighting battles that we lost a hundred years ago. So my objection to unions is not the union. I think they are context in which unions make sense and unions probably contribute to the benefit of certain workers and to the benefit of the industry of their enterprise as a whole. But when unions have extra protections as they do in the U.S. and they do on steroids in Europe, then they become a destructive force because then they've got a gun and they can get away with stuff that is illegitimate. It's illegitimate. My defense of Carnegie and Frick, I mean, my defense of Carnegie and Frick is they were giants of industry and they did amazing things. They built this country and a lot of their mistakes and they did make mistakes with regard to the way they treated labor in some circumstances. A lot of their mistakes were mistakes of ignorance, were mistakes of the first, capitalism is new, it's young, capitalism has not been tried before and the exact way in which best to relate to employees and best to help them organize or not help them organize or how much to pay them and how to pay them and the idea of company towns which was tried for a while. All of that was being experimented with and some of these guys made mistakes, there's no question about that. But to condemn them, to condemn their productive genius, to condemn everything they achieved, to condemn them bringing us out of poverty, to condemn them bringing us out of, you know, in many respects an economic dark ages and into the light of the modern world, that is a massive injustice. So, Carnegie and Frick are heroes even if they made mistakes when it comes to some of how they related to labor.