VYS0047 | The Weird Review Of The Year 2024 - Show Notes

[Caution: This episode contains an extreme weariness for bullshit that some listeners may find triggering] 2024 was a tough year, weird but tough. And looking back over it doesn't make it any better. In what amounts to a rapid and inexorable descent into madness Hine and Buckley pick apart the weird and, frankly, fucking dystopian year that was 2024. Bouncing between jaded despair and hysterical mania the Vayse boys mull over the topics that dominated 2024: UFOs, Artificial Intelligence and Elon Fucking Musk. Whilst stumbling around in the intoxicating embrace of the seemingly endless darkness they also uncover strange stories of interconnected dreams, robot dogs with flame throwers, robot faces with living skin, bowls of goo with pong skills, plots to genetically engineer super-sheep, a surprising number of goblin attacks and perhaps, maybe, possibly a giant lake dwelling cow...? Recorded 22 January 2025

Massive thanks to Keith who had to tackle the show notes for this long and difficult episode - you can follow him at: @peakflow.bsky.social

As usual, the news stories in this episode were sourced from the weird and wonderous website: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/ - bookmark it and check it daily.

Hine’s Intro

How Far Have You Travelled? - Michael Owen Carroll

Oligarchy - Wikipedia

A Wizard of Earthsea: True names - Wikipedia

What Is Late-Stage Capitalism? - The Balance

Animal Farm - Wikipedia

January

‘Jellyfish’ UFO

MoD expert gives surprising verdict on ‘Jellyfish UFO’ hovering over Iraq - Metro

Jellyfish UFO Analysis by Mick West - YouTube

"Those Are Balls" - Arrested Development - YouTube

Neuralink human brain implant

Elon Musk's Neuralink implants brain chip in first human - Reuters

Brain implants: what are the ethical issues of wiring up our minds? - Unexplained Mysteries

March 2024 - Neuralink video shows patient using brain implant to play chess on laptop - The Verge

Stanford hypnosis booster

Stanford Hypnosis Integrated with Functional Connectivity-targeted Transcranial Stimulation (SHIFT): a preregistered randomized controlled trial - Nature

Stanford scientists boost hypnotizability with transcranial magnetic brain stimulation - PsyPost

VYS0041 | Technologies of Imagination - Vayse to Face with Bel Senlle

Derren Brown’s Most Incredible Hypnosis Tricks - YouTube

February

Lucid dreamers control virtual Cybertruck

Two-way control of a virtual avatar from lucid dreams - REMSpace

Severance - Official Trailer - YouTube

Plasma lifeforms in our skies?

Scientists Suggest WWII "Foo Fighters" Were Plasma Forms - Coast to Coast

Extraterrestrial Life in the Thermosphere: Plasmas, UAP, Pre-Life, Fourth State of Matter - SCIRP

How to Identify a Dark Matter Lifeform - Medium

Origins of the Gods: Qesem Cave, Skinwalkers, and Contact with Transdimensional Intelligences by Andrew Collins & Gregory L. Little - Goodreads

A New Science of Heaven by Robert K.G. Temple - Goodreads

The Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained by Whitley Strieber & Jeffrey J. Kripal - Goodreads

The Cryptoterrestrials by Mac Tonnies - Goodreads

Non-Living Intelligence: Cracking The Code For Materials That Can Learn - Astrobiology.com

A brief history of ontological shock - Unhidden.org

Animism - Wikipedia

Oklahoma Thundercow

Video: Mysterious "Thundercow" Becomes Local Legend in Oklahoma

AI explains how to catch a Bigfoot

Bigfoot can be caught with 'giant net' and 'Bigfoot suit' as advice issued - MSN

Usborne’s World of the Unknown: Monsters - Goodreads

March

ASMR - Wikipedia

Skinwalker Ranch investigated by AARO?

Did AARO Just Confirm The US Government Officially Investigated Skinwalker Ranch? - Unexplained

Diana Walsh Pasulka - Wikipedia

Gary Nolan - Wikipedia

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - Goodreads

When goblins attack!

Horror Film Come to Life: Goblins Terrorise Bulawayo Family, Children Beaten, Food Vanishes - iHarare

Otherworld podcast

Montana ‘Frankensheep’

Montana rancher pleads guilty to ‘frankensheep’ wildlife crimes - AGDaily

Ungulate - Wikipedia

Liger - Wikipedia

Bigfoot in Devon?

Mysterious ‘Bigfoot’ prints found along Torquay coast path - Devon Live

Jan 2025 - UAP recovery video shows ‘egg-shaped’ object - YouTube

April

Australian Govt declares no interest in UFOs

Australian Dept of Defence drops 10-page UFO dossier - The Mandarin

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