Holden Desalles
Holden Desalles is a pen name for Brandon Gorrell.
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The 3 Most Important Things We Can Learn from NASA’s Current Trip to the Moon
Everything about the future of space travel and interplanetary living hinges on this. 1. The Moon base depends on mineable ice Whether a permanent Moon base is even possible comes down to one question: is there mineable ice at the south pole or not. If the ice exists in usable quantities, it becomes oxygen and…
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Funded Startup Proposes Brainless Cloned Bodies for Aging People to Use
The company R3 Bio gave its first public interview to Wired on March 23, 2026. The version they told Wired: the company was raising money to build nonsentient monkey “organ sacks” as a replacement for lab animals. Full organ systems, no brain. Cofounder Alice Gilman said R3 eventually aims to scale the technology to humans…
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Dear Apple, Bring Back the iPod Not for Nostalgia but for Parents Who Want Their Kids to Love Music and Audiobooks Without Social Media Attached
Bring back the Walkman spirit for 2026, not a dopamine casino disguised as Spotify. The Sony Walkman came out in 1979. It played cassette tapes. The Game Boy came out in 1989. It played cartridge games on a greyscale screen. The Nokia 3310 made calls and let you play Snake. The iPod launched in 2001…
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The Ethicist From The ‘Social Dilemma’ Asked AI Leaders Why They’re Really Doing This…
Tristan Harris is a former Google design ethicist who became one of tech’s most prominent whistleblowers. He co-founded the Center for Humane Technology and was featured in the Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma.” He’s been warning about AI risks for years. In recent interviews, Harris shared something disturbing. He and a colleague have been interviewing…
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The 3 Excuses Epstein’s Legal Team Used, And What They Expose About Elite Immunity
The audacity of powerful men and their lawyers knows no bounds. When Palm Beach detectives built their case against Jeffrey Epstein in 2005, they documented dozens of underage girls, some as young as 14, coming and going from his mansion. The evidence was overwhelming, including phone messages pulled from his trash, witness testimony, and a…
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This Viral “Relationship Guide” Is Teaching Men The Same Strategy Billionaires Use To Control Women
A relationship strategy called “Secretarymaxxing” gained 2.3 million views in 48 hours. The framework instructs men to assign their girlfriends administrative tasks like grocery lists, appointment scheduling, and travel research. The core argument is that women need to be given orders or they’ll become bored and leave. What The Guide Actually Says The guide’s opening…
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An Interview From 2036 With Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos And Sam Altman
This looks like a Black Mirror episode and feels so real. Three men are sitting in a boardroom. They’re pitching their company, Energym. The business model is elegant in the way that only truly disturbing things can be: humans work out, their energy powers the machines that replaced them, and in return, they receive something…
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Jeffrey Epstein’s Girlfriend and the Columbia University Admissions Controversy
Columbia University admitted Jeffrey Epstein’s girlfriend, Karyna Shuliak, to its dental school via an “irregular process” that coincided with fundraising solicitations by former faculty and alumni to Epstein. The emails and documents released by the US Department of Justice reveal a sequence the University now states “does not meet Columbia’s standards for integrity and independence…
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The FBI Had Evidence Against Jeffrey Epstein in 1996, They Did Nothing
Newly released documents reveal that Maria Farmer filed an official FBI report on September 3, 1996, detailing Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation. The report, documented as form FD 71, was labeled under child pornography and described stolen photographs of underage girls, including Farmer’s sisters who were 16 and 12 at the time. Farmer named Ghislaine…
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3 Highly Disturbing Trafficking Claims Virginia Giuffre Made Against Prince Andrew
Virginia Giuffre died by suicide in April 2025 at the age of 41. She was a mother of three. She was also the woman who did what no one else could. She named Prince Andrew publicly, sued him, and forced the world to look at what the British royal family wanted buried. On February 19,…
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14 Bizarre Details From the Epstein Files That Prove Billionaires Are Not Normal People
Here are 14 of weird facts about Jeffrey Epstein’s daily life, all pulled directly from the files. 1. He tipped Instacart delivery drivers $2. Epstein’s actual Instacart receipts were found in the DOJ document dump. A man worth close to a billion dollars, who owned a private island and multiple mansions, consistently tipped his grocery…
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‘Eyes Wide Shut’ Was Made In 1999. After The Epstein Files, It Feels Like A Different Film
Is Eyes Wide Shut Actually About Jeffrey Epstein? Since the Epstein files dropped, this question has been everywhere. The comparisons are hard to ignore. It feels like Kubrick was telling us something. But was he? Here’s what’s actually true. The film was based on a 1926 novel called Traumnovelle by Arthur Schnitzler. Kubrick wanted to…
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James Van Der Beek Moved His Family To Texas, And Still Went Broke Fighting Cancer
A few years ago, James Van Der Beek took his family out of Los Angeles. He moved his wife Kimberly and their six kids to Texas, bought a house and fixed it up himself along with the property. He was, by every account, a humble man who loved being a dad. “When you think you’ve…
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Did Hungary Really Build Solar-Heated Tunnels To Keep Stray Dogs Warm This Winter?
It’s going viral that Hungary not only takes care of its homeless, but also its stray dogs. Solar-powered shelters in Budapest. Insulated tunnels keeping strays warm through freezing winters with no electricity. Volunteers placing them in parks. No. It’s not real. No credible Hungarian news source has reported on it. The story traces back to…
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9 Signs You’ve Found Yourself A Godly Man
Many “desirable” traits in today’s masculine ideal are at odds with goodness, or at least difficult to possess while also having moral virtue. However, for women who take the time to seek out a Godly man, they are rewarded with a loving, mature partner who encourages them in their own walk with Jesus. “Where are…
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16 Struggles Of Just Wanting To Call Everyone Out On Their Bull But Being Too Polite To Do So
If there is one thing true of humans, it is that we are fallible, unpredictable, self-protective, ego-driven creatures (among other, more noble things), and we love to carry on with our attention-seeking, problem-avoiding, procrastinating, lazy, ignorant nonsense so we don’t actually have to face ourselves. You do it, I do it, we’re all guilty in…
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9 Ways You Know You’re With A Godly Man
He puts God first. This is an obvious principle to state, but a difficult one to live by. Doing what is right by God isn’t always (or usually) popular, especially today with casual sex and a buffet of options on dating apps. Men especially are pressured to be sexually active in order to be seen…
