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QuoteA Las Vegas man allegedly killed his girlfriend and her two kids after she admitted cheating on him, claiming he "blacked out" before launching his deadly rampage.

Orona said he confronted Flores-Osuna at an apartment complex in west Las Vegas after he spotted her car near the vehicle of her ex-boyfriend, identified only as "Henry," earlier Tuesday, according to an arrest report obtained by the outlet.

Flores-Osuna allegedly admitted she had been unfaithful to him and told Orona that her ex-boyfriend was "better in bed," he told police.

https://nypost.com/2026/09/04/us-news/las-vegas-man-juan-orona-allegedly-killed-girlfriend-her-2-kids-in-blackout-rage-after-she-admitted-cheating/

QuoteA Las Vegas man allegedly killed his girlfriend and her two kids after she admitted cheating on him, claiming he "blacked out" before launching his deadly rampage.

Orona said he confronted Flores-Osuna at an apartment complex in west Las Vegas after he spotted her car near the vehicle of her ex-boyfriend, identified only as "Henry," earlier Tuesday, according to an arrest report obtained by the outlet.

Flores-Osuna allegedly admitted she had been unfaithful to him and told Orona that her ex-boyfriend was "better in bed," he told police.

https://nypost.com/2026/09/04/us-news/las-vegas-man-juan-orona-allegedly-killed-girlfriend-her-2-kids-in-blackout-rage-after-she-admitted-cheating/

QuoteBrenda Andrew was a stay-at-home mom and Sunday school teacher. She had married her high school sweetheart, Rob, and together they had two beautiful children. But at the age of 40, Brenda was having a midlife crisis. She and Rob separated.

In November of 2001, Rob stopped by to pick up the kids and went into the garage to help Brenda with the furnace pilot light. Moments later, Brenda called 911. Her husband had been shot to death and she had been wounded. She told police two gunmen had attacked them in their garage.

Police investigating the crime quickly discovered that Brenda had been having an affair with a fellow church member and insurance salesman named James Pavatt. James had recently sold Rob a million-dollar life insurance policy. Friends also said Rob was feared for his life, and had become suspicious of his wife and the insurance agent.

When police went to arrest Brenda, she was gone. So was James Pavatt. Three months later, the fugitive couple was arrested at the Mexican border.

https://murderpedia.org/female.A/a/andrew-brenda.htm

QuoteOn the night of November 29, 2006, Avis Banks, a daycare worker, was found shot and stabbed to death in the garage of her Ridgeland, Mississippi home. Her body was discovered by her fiance Keyon Pittman, and it appeared as if the perpetrator had kicked in their back door. After discovering the body, Pittman called his co-worker Carla Hughes.

Hughes was later interrogated by police, where she initially denied her sexual relationship with Pittman and later denied having access to a gun. However, Hughes's cousin indicated to police, via an attorney, that he had loaned a loaded .38 caliber 5-shot revolver to Hughes shortly before the murder, and that she had returned the gun empty. Hughes was originally charged with accessory to murder after the fact, but on December 8, 2006, the charges were upgraded to two counts of capital murder.

Prosecutors believed that Hughes killed Avis Banks so she could be with Pittman. Pittman testified for the prosecution on October 6, 2009, stating to jurors how he found Avis Banks' body in their garage and talked about his relationship with Hughes. In addition to Pittman's testimony, prosecutors were able to prove that Hughes' cousin's gun was the murder weapon and that Hughes shoes were used to kick in the door. Cell phone records also showed that Hughes was near Banks and Pittman's home at the time of the murder.

https://murderpedia.org/female.H/h/hughes-carla.htm

QuoteA man who caught his wife cheating with the camera on a robot vacuum cleaner has been jailed for an 'invasion of privacy'.

The husband, who used the video in divorce proceedings, was sentenced to five months in prison after filming his wife without her consent.

The husband initially became suspicious of his wife – who was married in 2021 – when he found a toothbrush that was neither his nor his partner's at their holiday home.

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16095193/cheating-vacuum-camera-jailed-privacy.html

Quote from: sub rosa on Aug 30, 2026, 03:07 PMThe System is literally the Darkest thing there us not only because it uses people as means-to-an-end

Quote from: sub rosa on Dec 31, 1969, 06:02 PM(Hive Survival and Expansion, where the individual is automatically replaceable); but it conditions everyone to see and use everyone else as a means-to-an-end too.

Quote from: sub rosa on Dec 31, 1969, 06:02 PMThat's the pathological "normality" humans are socialized into. One must become de-conditioned (step off the default), which only a handful of higher-minded humans with a soul and 'Light' (or something) are capable of once they get the hang of the Game.

Quote from: sub rosa on Dec 31, 1969, 06:02 PMOf course The Light Triad is always in danger of hippification because "muh goodness in every human.' Not.
That's neither The Dark nor the Light Triad.
It's The Realistic Unit.   

QuoteThe study results confirmed that participants with more depressive symptoms were shown recommendations with more depressive content, and their brain activity—as determined by frontal alpha asymmetry—was characteristic of depression. This pattern differs from their brain activity while watching generally trending videos.

"What we're finding is that if you're already feeling depressed, then the algorithms reflect that. Continued engagement reinforces this negative feedback loop," Warren said. "Participants bring in their own phones; we are not selecting videos for them. It's a new take on understanding how social media consumption affects people."

"If you're more depressed, you're more likely to be exposed to a video showing an argument or conflict," she said. "Positive videos would be about friends supporting each other, for instance. There are videos we classify as neutral as well—those lacking emotional connotation."

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-brain-scans-reveal-personalized-social.html

QuoteResearchers ran two experiments with a total of 1,750 participants to see whether voting changes how people decide to split money. It did, but not in a flattering direction. The study, published in the journal European Economic Review, argues that diffusion of responsibility, the tendency for individuals to feel less personally accountable when a decision is shared among many people, may help explain the shift.

In Study 1, about 41% of participants chose the envious, equalizing option when deciding alone. That number climbed to about 50% when they voted as part of a group, a gap of nearly 10 percentage points. Study 2 repeated the experiment with a fresh, larger sample and, unlike Study 1, was formally pre-registered before data collection began, meaning researchers committed to their methods and hypotheses in advance to prevent selectively reporting favorable results. The pattern held up almost exactly: about 57% of solo decision-makers chose the envious option, compared to roughly 68% of voters, again a gap of about 11 percentage points.

Participants completed a survey measuring where they fell on a scale from individualist, favoring personal freedom and limited government, to collectivist, favoring community and shared responsibility. Descriptively, collectivist participants showed a bigger jump in envy-driven behavior when voting compared to deciding alone, an ironic pattern given that collectivists tend to express support for policies that benefit communities broadly. But when researchers ran formal statistical tests, this difference did not hold up reliably in either study. The envy-boosting effect of voting appeared broadly consistent regardless of political ideology, though the researchers acknowledge more work is needed to confirm that.

https://studyfinds.com/voting-linked-to-envy/

QuoteGoing out for a smoke together and mimicking behaviors associated with smoking can double tobacco consumption and make quitting more difficult. Researchers from SWPS University examined mimicry as a "social glue" in interactions between smokers and published the results in the International Journal of Psychology.

During the interviews with some participants, the experimenter discreetly mimicked their movements while refraining from doing so in the control group. The participants were then invited to a smoking area. The result? The mimicked participants smoked an average of 2.5 cigarettes, twice as many as the control group, whose gestures were not mimicked. Furthermore, these participants reported greater liking for the experimenter.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-mimicry-smokers-difficult.html

QuoteAutoimmune disorders were reported by 18% of residents living within five miles of SSFL, compared with 4% of those 11 to 15 miles out. Metabolic and endocrine disorders followed the same pattern, 15% versus 2%.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-chronic-illness-climbs-closer-nuclear.html