So many of us, even those with full-time jobs, are looking for ways to make a little extra money. It’s vital not only for these challenging economic times, but it’s also a huge factor in creating real financial freedom. This is certainly something most millionaires have figured out. But it can be hard to figure out what that side hustle could be. It's even harder to know whether or not the effort we put in will pay off in dividends. Many of us have a distorted concept of “passive income,” thinking that the side hustle we choose will require zero effort at some point. Unfortunately, other than investing, that’s not entirely true. However, there are definitely ways to drum up side hustles that make sense with your lifestyle, that draw on your own interests, skills, and values, and truly add to your life, whether they be through acts of service, reselling items online, or creating new items (be they artistic or practical).You can see this reflected in the answers given when someone on Reddit recently asked, “What’s something you do on the side that makes real extra money?” This OP added that they were hoping to raise an extra $2,000 a month, and people were quick to be candid about how doable that really is. As someone pointed out, "$2K/mo is really more like a second job than a side gig" in terms of how much time and effort is needed. Still, there are some pretty unique and time efficient ideas below, like private baseball coaching and being an elderly companion, that could get someone close to $500 a week.Here are some of our favorite Reddit responses:1. "I sell rare house plants on the side. ""If I want some money for a spa or date night, I’ll just chop and propagate some plants for an easy $300-$500…Rare alocasias, monsteras, and anthuriums. There are a ton of people who collect, trade, etc. It’s my hobby, which has made it so easy to turn into a side hustle. Best part is it’s all cash." House plants. Photo credit: Huy Phan/Pexels 2. "Election work.""Literally in 14 days this year, I'll gross $6,900. Long days, easy peasy work."3. "I host bar trivia." "It's usually three hours a night, and it makes me about $150 a night (plus tips). I'm actually trying to make this my full-time job; I enjoy it so much. It's not hard to buy trivia games or hook up with an existing company. I am independent and write my own games that I try to sell on the side."4. "I have a kettle corn pop-up.""I do fairs, festivals, pumpkin patches, and can turn $300 of product and space rent into $6k+ sales in a day. Some states require [a food or vendor license] but in my popcorn is exempt from licensing because of its very low risk for foodborne illness."5. "Landscaping." "Cash under the table, you dictate how many jobs you want to take on, and you can focus on one specific neighborhood to limit gas mileage. A mower, trimmer, blower, and small trailer will all pay themselves off in three weeks. It’ll beat you up a little, but it’s rewarding work. It’s also extremely straightforward. As long as you do what you’re supposed to do, the customer will be happy. Don't target people with complex yards. Drive through the neighborhood and find someone who's obviously over a month behind on mowing their lawn. Knock and offer to do it for $40. Tell them you'll come back every two weeks if that works for them. Get to a point where you've got 10 or so yards on rotation and you can knock them out in a day. $400 for a day's work every two weeks, under the table. Do more or less depending on how much or little you want to make."6. "I used to flip furniture on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace. "I did have to invest in a small trailer and a good cleaner. But I would get free or cheap furniture. Clean it and spruce it up. Sell it for a couple hundred bucks. Mostly couches." Two brightly colored chairs. Photo credit: ERIC MUFASA/Pexels7. "I make cosplay props for people.""I use my personal social media, and I have a commissions page on Ko-Fi. People will see what I usually make and ask me if I am able to make a certain prop. I will then make an agreement with the customer before starting the work."8. "I put up and take down Christmas lights on weekends and evenings from October to January." "$24k a season is very doable, but you gotta be able to haul and carry ladders, confidently and safely climb up and down ladders, and be OK with working in the wind and rain in the coldest part of the year. It isn’t glamorous, but it can be a nice chunk of extra money."9. “If you're even a little handy, you can make good money as a handyman in elderly neighborhoods." "My dad started out just helping neighbors with hanging curtains, painting bathrooms, etc... after about a year he was busy enough to quit his full time job and just work for himself. You don't need a lot of tools or an expensive truck, but if you can operate a drill, swing a brush, and are good with old people - there's good paying work out there for you.”10. "I work as an ad model." "All kinds of ads. Internet, TV, print. Work is sporadic and irregular, which means you'd better have solid income from a main source. But a little $500-$800 check from time to time sure comes in handy. "Generally, one can set up an account for a small annual fee on places like castingnetworks.com or actorsaccess.com. Specifically, it would be better if you would connect with a local talent/modeling agency. They will also ask you to sign up for a talent website, and you’re going to need professional photos. Spend money on THAT, for sure. Good photos are critical!"11. "I did Rover for three years, boarding dogs in my home." "I made $11k a year consistently. Month to month could vary widely, $0-$2k, but I always finished the year the same. But you really should have some experience and be an actual responsible person, because dogs are living beings and deserve proper care. You also need to account for things like Rover fees (20%), taxes, insurance, supplies, and licensing laws. You will end up working all holidays because that's the busiest season for dog sitting, and you'll need to commit your schedule months in advance." Two golden retriever puppies. Photo credit: Chevanon Photography/Pexels12. “Over ten years ago I started my own hummus business." "Took a bit to get started but once I was accepted to different farmer’s markets, I made pretty good dough. But omg setting up a tent and tables at 5:30am on weekends was not fun after a couple of years. It was called Bean There, Done That and I had tons of creative flavors (and punny names).”13. "I started a YouTube channel a few years ago, and now it’s actually pulling in between $1,500 and $3,000 a month!" "It’s nuts!!! It was just a hobby. I talk about tech stuff. I review computers, network-attached storage systems, and occasionally a tech company I follow pretty closely. My channel name is the same as my Reddit name. It did take several years before money started flowing, but now it's a pretty great side hustle because it's something I would do for free anyway."14. "I participate in focus groups and research studies." "They're a pretty cool way to spend a couple of hours, and they usually pay $150-$250 a pop. I do this with several research companies in my area because most of them only let you participate once every few months. So, if you keep filling out questionnaires and screeners with various research companies, you can rotate through them and get picked more often. Using this method, I participate in one or two studies per month. I've actually been grinding hard on applying for research studies for the last few months to pay off my credit card debt. Been making some pretty good progress!"15. "Deliver pizza for a local place under the table." "You can do pretty good Friday night through Sunday."16. "My very first month of donating plasma, I made $900." "Paid for my three-and-a-half week road trip last summer to Canada. I only do it once a week now because the center closest to me changed their hours, so I get $40 a week instead of my usual $100, but that’s still an extra $160 a month I put back into savings that doesn’t have to come out of my normal paychecks, it’s just extra. So that’s nice. I do miss the $400 months, though."17. "None of these enterprises have made me two thousand a month individually, but all of them combined have equaled that over many months of production." "Edible mushrooms. Microgreens. Composting worms. Compost. Vegetable plant starts. Cloned fruit trees. I've been doing these for years, and I sell directly to consumers, no restaurants or middlemen."18. "I make about $120/hr coaching baseball lessons." "I’ll spend a weekend with 10 lessons coaching middle school to college athletes. I also charge $75/month to program throwing/pitching training. This can be 10-30 pitchers a session, ranging from high school to professional. It’s about 5-15 extra hours a week." Baseballs on the ground. Photo credit: Steshka Croes/Pexels19. "I used to sell my artwork online, it was a good $15,000 to $20,000 a year."20. "I work freelance in the arts." "I’ve done a decent job advertising my own business and have developed a side hustle doing social media marketing for other small businesses. Writing posts, finding imagery, and scheduling the posts in advance. The amount of actual work varies from month to month, but the retainer fee does not, and it’s made my life much easier and more predictable."21. "I started a cleaning business." "It was very easy, and I did it on Saturday afternoons. I just posted my contact info, services, and prices to local online communities. I worked for a young, wealthy couple cleaning a condo two to three times a month. I got around $600 extra per month for just a general cleaning. I also now include move-out cleans, which can get me $400-$600 per job. It's not huge cash, but it helped me kick a car note down from $24k to $16k. And that was with one client."22. "During the winter, I sell 3D-printed ornaments and make between $100 and $300 a week for the first two to three weeks of December." "I specifically target the last-minute crowd and get most of my work through word of mouth. Production cost per ornament is $1.04. It takes me under an hour to make/edit the model, and then it takes 5-8 hours to print, but that can be done while I'm sleeping. I charge between $15 and $25 for an ornament. Last year, I also started selling name ornaments for $5 a pop, but they take under two hours to edit and print, so they're easy to make in large batches. These customers also tend to message me throughout the year, so I make around $600 during the Christmas season and $20-$100 other months. So kinda $20 here and there with a big yearly payout."23. "Real estate Photography." "It's usually $150 per house, $300 if it's a large property, and I need to use a drone. It takes about an hour to shoot and less than an hour to edit. I usually do two to three houses throughout the week. I'll stop on my way home from work, then on Saturday, I can group appointments by location. My busiest Saturday was seven houses. It's really easy. You just need a camera capable of HDR and a lens with a wide angle. I use a Nikon 16-24mm and a tripod." A house for sale. Photo credit: Pixabay/Pexels24. “I do side work car repairs." "And by repairs I mean mostly just brakes. To get 4 brakes and rotors done at a shop today is typically around $1000 or more, because they up-charge parts and labor. I am able to do it for people for around $600. I charge $300-400 in labor (for 2 hours of work), and the parts just cost what they cost. So I save people a few hundred dollars and I make a few hundred myself. Sometimes I do one of these a month. Sometimes I do a few of them. I would like to get one a week, cause then I could legit get an extra $300 a week.”This article originally appeared in June

Back in 1905, a book called "The Apples of New York" was published by the New York State Department of Agriculture. It featured hundreds of apple varieties of all shapes, colors, and sizes, including Thomas Jefferson's personal favorite, the Esopus Spitzenburg.That was 120 years ago, when commercial apple orchards were still pretty rare and when even in the biggest of those orchards, everything was done by hand. 1905, image of an apple orchard in OregonPublic Domain Yeah, yeah, yeah. But why is that apple book such a big deal? The book is significant because most of the apples listed in it have all but disappeared in the past century. DISAPPEARED. In fact, we used to have thousands of apple varieties, but most of those have largely vanished due to industrial agriculture. Now, many varieties are only found tucked away in agricultural research centers and preservationist orchards.Fact: Today, the 15 most popular apple varieties account for 90% of all apple sales in the U.S. The most commonly sold apple? Red delicious.2025 looks so differentThe fate of all those apple varieties is not uncommon. "In the last century, nearly 75% of our agricultural crops have disappeared. They're simply gone. Today, farmers primarily grow 12 crops. And of these, we mainly eat potatoes, rice, corn, and wheat." The apples we eat today are a small fraction of what used to be available.Photo credit: CanvaSo what gives? Why the huge shift? In part, the shift has a lot to do with seed regulation. Back in the day, farmers would save seeds from year to year and share them with friends and neighbors. But nowadays, most seed production is controlled by big companies — and those companies patent their seeds, prohibiting things like seed saving or sharing.So what do we do now?Not all hope is lost (yay!). It may be an uphill battle, but there are lots of small farmers working to preserve the freedom to freely share and use seeds. People store thousands of seeds from all around the world in buildings called seed banks, and trade with other farmers at seed swaps."They're preserving culture and biodiversity, one seed, one plant, and one person at a time." How 'bout them apples? (No, really, I bet those antique apples they're swappin' are ridiculously tasty.)To check out the full story from The Lexicon of Sustainability, watch the video below:In the years since...Since we first covered this story, there have been some changes in the world of Apples. Nationally, Red Delicious is no longer the top seller; Gala has held the No. 1 spot in recent seasons (about 17% of U.S. production in 2024–25), with Red Delicious, Granny Smith, Honeycrisp and Fuji rounding out the leaders. Newer darlings like Cosmic Crisp continue to climb—especially in Washington, the country’s largest producing state—where it’s now among the top five grown.Meanwhile, the hunt for “lost” apples has accelerated. The Lost Apple Project and partner sleuths keep turning up forgotten cultivars across the Inland Northwest and beyond, publishing a 2025 master list of rediscovered varieties and inviting the public to help track down more. It’s a small but hopeful countercurrent to the last century’s big consolidation. This article originally appeared last year.

Men discovering all that women go through physically and hormonally can be a fun ride. It's a journey that generally starts with the denial that things are bad in the world of women's health, then quickly transitions into shock. The men who publicize their parlay into women's health generally don't share much after the first couple of mind-boggling discoveries. But one man has been documenting new-to-him discoveries about women's health for weeks.Women's health is a topic that many people, including women themselves, do not fully understand. This isn't for a lack of trying on the part of women, but due to the lack of interest in scientific research regarding women's health. Science is still a male-dominated field, which means that oftentimes the struggles that women have faced for generations are overlooked. There's even a book called Invisible Women (2019), about how male-centric research has left women out of the loop of safety in multiple areas. Woman at the doctor's office. Photo credit: CanvaThe medical gaslighting that seems to happen around the concerns women bring to their doctors is pervasive if you're inclined to believe women's lived experience. Thankfully, in more recent years, researchers, medical doctors, and some men have been taking women's health much more seriously. Researchers have been making groundbreaking discoveries in the research of female-bodied individuals. René Jay recently embarked on a journey of his own to learn more about women's health issues. He uploads a video every time he learns something new so he can share with his audience his utter shock and dismay. It's been something that some women have started looking forward to, even offering up areas he should explore. View this post on Instagram A post shared by René Jay ?? (@bornwithadarktan)In his first video posted to Instagram, he is already feeling frustrated. "I feel like women should be madder," he says. "Bro, how are y'all even remotely accepting this, but then you're like, wait, they're not accepting it. This is why every woman I've ever met she talks about her own health, she immediately gets angry, and I've been like, 'Why are you getting so angry?' Now I get it, because you go to the doctor, and the doctor is so consistently condescending about your health."Jay continues in the video, sharing how doctors will simply act as if they have no idea how to answer or help with seemingly simple concerns. This initial video shares what he's learned in the first 48 hours, but his journey continues in subsequent videos. By hour 72, the curious man learns about the tenaculum, a medical device used to hold the cervix during gynecological procedures. He is shocked by the thought of women only being offered Tylenol considering the level of pain inflicted during the use of the device. View this post on Instagram A post shared by René Jay ?? (@bornwithadarktan)On day 10, Jay expresses frustration with the medical system on behalf of women. "I'm trying to figure out why in the hell, every single time a woman goes to a doctor, she's told that she has to lose weight. But it doesn't really make sense to me because I've been trying to figure out, like okay, logically, what if the weight gain is the symptom? And I'm like, really having trouble figuring that out." He shares that he's truly baffled by how doctors seemingly ignore serious concerns while only offering birth control or weight loss as a solution without thorough investigation. By day 21, the man seems to be reaching his limit for the medical nonsense women can face. After looking up what a cervical biopsy is and how it's done, his frustration is clear, "It's day 21, I just looked up what a cervical biopsy is. Y'all need more drugs. Listen, who do I need to fight, who do I need to write, because that? Y'all need more drugs for that." Woman at the gynecologist.Photo credit: CanvaHe shares that he understands the importance of a cervical biopsy; he's simply objecting to the lack of pain medication provided. Jay animatedly demands that women should be provided pain management before during and after the experience. He also notes that the "pinch" doctors claim women will feel during the procedure is much more than a pinch. View this post on Instagram A post shared by René Jay ?? (@bornwithadarktan)In every video uploaded, Jay either finds himself horrified or angry. But he's not just learning about modern day women's health, he's learning about the history as well, including that the chainsaw was invented to cut through women's pelvises during childbirth. According to How Stuff Works, the method was called a symphysiotomy and was only used when the baby wasn't able to descend out of the birth canal naturally. While a literal chainsaw like we're used to seeing today wasn't the tool used, it was a smaller hand cranked version, and it sparked the idea for the bigger one that cuts down trees. Jay is continuing his journey into women's health, determined to learn as much as he can while calling for more research. Women have become the biggest champions of his self education with one woman saying, "I want you to know this video series makes me so happy, and also I’m learning things I didn’t know about my own body." Women's health.Photo credit: CanvaAnother woman writes, "Absolutely love you for learning and becoming knowledgeable about women’s health and health issues.""As someone who has had both a cervical biopsy and a LEEP procedure I'm so sorry that you are going to be educated in this way. I am thrilled that you're taking the time to educate yourself but yeah this one's a rough one," someone else shares.One person is enjoying the journey, writing, "I absolutely LOVE your videos! Watching you learn and seeing your reactions gives me a moment of happiness in this crazy world we live in. Thank you for sharing your journey with us all!!!"

There are some dogs who are undoubtedly stoic. Other dogs are extremely helpful, and simultaneously adorable. But when it comes to the goofy dogs in our lives—some breeds have that title on lock.Of course, some can (and do) often argue over which breeds are the "goofiest." Some even debate as to what "goofy" or "silly" even means. It's often hard to define, but here's one example. When it's time to go "walkies," my dog sees me putting on my shoes. Every time, he grabs a shoe and runs around the apartment with it until I chase him. There's a whole song that follows called "Where Ya Gonna Go with My Shoe?" As I share this, I'm realizing that perhaps I'm the goofiest one, but he's a close second.It's those floppy, silly, clumsy, and also purposely funny, canine clowns who are in the running. IHeartDogs.com, a site dedicated to understanding dog breeds, nutrition, and other health needs, compiled their list of goofiest dogs. Goofy dancing Giphy Disney Writer Ivan Rodriguez listed the top ten goofiest breeds, at least according to him, which include: The Bulldog The Boxer Pembroke Welsh Corgi French Bulldog Springer Spaniel Yorkshire Terrier (Yorkie) Labrador Retriever Miniature Bull Terrier Border Collie Siberian Husky Rodriguez lists different traits for each breed listed. Adjectives like silly, mischievous, and playful often fit the bill. But the traits these dogs seem to have in common? Intelligence and stubbornness. (Perhaps these two characteristics go paw and paw.)People in the vet world weighed in on the matter. Upworthy spoke with Stacy Cole, a certified vet tech in Wisconsin, whose thoughts on the goofiest breed were quite clear. "Frenchies are absolute clowns, and if you could put them in human form, they'd be comedians," she said. "They are the most fun and outrageous breed I've ever met. They are nature's antidepressant, as far as I'm concerned." See on Instagram A close second, she says, are Golden Retrievers: "They're sweet and nutty. They will seek out puddles just to jump into."Annie Mae-Levy, a professional dog trainer with the online app Woofz, had her own picks. "In my opinion, the most ‘goofy’ dog has to be the Irish setter!" she said. "These guys are known for having tons of personality and rarely taking life too seriously. They are generally very playful and silly dogs and their faces are full of expression most of the time. In terms of smaller breeds, Boston terriers often seem to have a lot of that silly personality types especially in the home or when playing with other dogs outside!"Speaking of Golden Retrievers, they get their own thread over on Reddit called "The goofiest dog I've ever had." Many of the commenters include photos of their Goldens in various positions, often with their rear hind sticking up for no apparent reason.A Redditor who goes by the name abbstractassassin shares their big, nutty dog: A Golden Retriever gives a goofy face for the camera.Photo Credit: Reddit, abbstractassassinObviously, it's not all about Goldens (though their "people" might tell you otherwise). On the subreddit r/dogs, someone asks, "Inherently goofy dog breeds?" Boxers are a popular answer, with many excited to share their goofy nature. Again, Goldens and Frenchies are mentioned. But truly, it seems nearly everyone gives their breed a shout-out.Some of the most adorable comments include: "English Mastiffs are doofuses." "Bull Terriers are hilarious dogs. The only breed that could conceivably be a spokesperson for a brand of beer."When it came to Malamutes, this Redditor shares, "Digs holes that resemble something a Hobbit lives in? Eat everything that’s not 7’ off the floor? Howl like a demented banshee because, why not? I have had exactly ONE Malamute puppy. She about broke me. Only adults and seniors now!" Beagle puppies snoop around. Giphy Aww Puppies GIF And then of course, there's the Beagle. From experience, I can tell you these are the silliest billies on Earth. Will they eat a roll of toilet paper when you're not looking? Of course. Will they dig holes and drop your keys in the dirt? Sometimes. They are the most fascinating creatures made up of pure love and mischief that I've ever had the pleasure to know. And yes—both intelligent and stubborn. (They may not always SEEM intelligent, but they are.)Whatever the breed, or the level of goofiness, our dogs are little bright lights in this world.

The average American commutes a staggering 27.2 minutes one way to work, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That's a number that has been on the rise for many years and shows no signs of going down any time soon. A lot of different factors come into play when discussing long commutes but, at least in part, many people are moving further away from job hubs due to affordability issues and the rise of hybrid and remote work.Typically, long commutes are associated with office jobs rather than blue collar or service work, which can often be more localized. But at least one person out there believes a good service job can still be well-worth a longer-than-average commute.A man named Austin, who goes by TinMan on TikTok, recently shared his payout after a full day of bartending. It's a job that has him in the car for over an hour each way."Austin, why do you commute an hour to bartend?" he asks, echoing the question he gets a lot regarding his "strange" choice. "I'll tell you why."He then shows off his payout from the day's work, holding a receipt that indicates $543.09 in credit card tips. When you add in his actual hourly wage ($5/hour) and a few extra bucks in cash tips, Austin says he made a total of $72/hour for the 8-hour shift."Not bad for a cute little bartending job," he says. @tinman_ok Cuz duh #paytransparency #bartender #serverlife Making over $500 in tips during a shift is no rare occurrence for Austin. In another post, he shows off a similar haul.In one comment, he admits that he has slower days from time to time, but his point remains: Not bad. Not bad at all.For reference, Austin's $72/hour would be significantly higher than a graphic designer, nurse, marketing consultant, or even a plumber or electrician in most parts of the country. It theoretically puts him in highly trained company like nurse practitioners or certain kinds of doctors and lawyers.In fact, the newly introduced "No Tax on Tips" income tax deduction could make service work even more appealing in the near future. TikTok · TinMan www.tiktok.com Hundreds of thousands of viewers watched Austin's pay transparency video, and many were either surprised by his revelation or happy to echo that his experience matched their own."I really wish bartenders and servers would stop sharing how much many can be made... keep it our secret pls," one commenter wrote."Left my office job in November, started working as a server and learning bartending a couple months ago. Can’t wait to be really good at it," another added."This is why I’m in my thirties and STILL serving/bartending. .... I sent my kids to Disney three times by picking extra shifts up," said another.Of course, there's no guarantee a bartender or service worker can stack together 40-plus hours per week at such a high rate of pay. But Austin, and others like him, are opening up big conversations around pay transparency and how we think about work and career.Another TikTok bartender, Randi Coleman, says she was recently asked by a customer: "What do you want to do when you grow up?"To put it politely, the question pissed her off."Not every server or bartender is using that job as a stepping stone to get to the next place in life," she says. "I've done this my whole life, I choose to do this, I enjoy doing this." @randilcoleman Yes this is the career I have chosen! I have been in the restaurant industry my entire life. I have seen it alllll. And yes I pay my taxes! #salarytransparency #incometransparency #howtosavemoney #cashtips #moneytok #investmenttips She then shows off her total haul of cash tips for the month: $6,305. Factoring in her modest paychecks, she estimates that she earns around $80,000 per year doing something she enjoys.Simply put, not a lot of people know or realize that you can make that kind of money in the service industry.Being a bartender or server has its downsides, of course. To make good money, you have to work weird hours and give up most if not all of your Friday and Saturday nights. It's also a career that doesn't typically include paid time off so taking vacations can be difficult and costly. The income is also variable and not always predictable from month to month or even day to day.But on the other hand, it's an active, social job, and while the work can be grueling, it doesn't follow you home in the form of emails and Microsoft Teams messages. It's also predicted to be stable, if not experience big time growth, in the coming years, even as A.I. disrupts or eliminates a lot of white collar work. A growing number of people of all ages, but especially young people, find those elements appealing in a career and it could be transforming the way we think about job aspirations in our country.The proof is in the pudding that finding a service job that provides you with enough money for an enjoyable and comfortable lifestyle is definitely possible, even if you need to drive out of your way to get there.

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Why would scientists purposely try to make the flu more deadly?  During the flu pandemic of 1918, it is estimated that somewhere between 50 and 100 million people died globally.  But apparently that is not good enough, and so they have come up with a far deadlier version, and they have published their findings so that any terrorist organization in the world could potentially copy their work.  As I have repeatedly pointed out to my readers, man-made pestilences are one of the greatest existential threats that we face.  What they are doing is literally insane, but nobody is going to stop them. In a research paper that was recently published, a team of American and South Korean researchers reveal how they created a version of the bird flu that is “100% fatal in mammals”… A September Science Advances paper confirms that U.S. and South Korean researchers have engineered a “Frankenstein” chimeric bird flu virus that is said to be 100% fatal in mammals, infect human immune cells, and spread throughout the body—including into the brain. The international team—led by Young Ki Choi of the Korea Virus Research Institute and Richard J. Webby of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee—rebuilt and genetically modified the North American H5N1 avian influenza strain A/Lesser Scaup/Georgia/W22-145E/2022 (GA/W22-145E/22). These mad scientists mixed Eurasian and North American bird flu viruses, and two very specific genetic changes were made to make the new virus “far more aggressive”… The researchers focused on two specific genetic changes—PB2-478I and NP-450N—that together made the virus far more aggressive, able to infect a wider range of cells, and capable of spreading throughout the body instead of staying in the lungs. So what happened when they tested this “Frankenstein” virus? Well, it killed every single one of the mammals it was tested on, and the researchers discovered that it could infect human blood cells, that it could use human immune cells to spread, and that it could actually invade the brain… Killed 100% of mammals tested, Infected and replicated in human blood cells, Spread systemically through immune cells, and Invaded the brain. The fact that this virus can infect human immune cells directly makes it a weapon of mass destruction that must not ever escape a laboratory setting under any circumstances. But now that they have told the whole world how they did it, just about anyone could potentially recreate this virus. What an exceedingly irresponsible thing to do. Now that the cat is out of the bag, I am warning all of you so that you can get ready for what is ahead. It is just a matter of time before someone decides to use this as a weapon. Once it gets out, the death toll will be cataclysmic. Of course even if a killer virus is not released any time soon, it is still shaping up to be a very rough winter. In Japan, authorities have just officially declared a flu epidemic… Most Americans are sick and tired of epidemics, pandemics or any other “emics.” Many people want to forget about face masks, vaccines and viruses. Sadly, though, the pathogens are not taking a break. Japan has just declared a flu epidemic! That’s because public health authorities are reporting thousands of cases of influenza there. According to a report in Nature (Oct. 14, 2025), over 100 schools and childcare centers have closed. Over 6,000 cases have been reported from sentinel medical institutions. That’s way more than would be expected at this time of year. Influenza doesn’t usually take off in Japan until December, much like in the US. It generally lasts until March. Are you ready for a flu epidemic in the United States? In the Midwest, we are being told that the bird flu is back with a vengeance… Bird flu is spreading again, now that wild water fowl — geese, ducks and cranes — have begun their seasonal migrations. As the birds travel, they mingle at lakes and ponds and share viruses. In poultry, bird flu cases are spiking earlier than expected. More than 4 million poultry birds have been culled in the last month, in states including Minnesota and Iowa, after members of their flock tested positive for the virus, called H5N1. The trend corresponds to a spike in infections detected among wild birds in northern states. Some state officials are bracing for a challenging autumn, which is when cases have typically spiked in past years. And in California there have been several cases of people with no recent travel history becoming infected with a severe strain of mpox… Health officials in Los Angeles County said on Friday they are investigating a possible local spread of a more severe strain of mpox. Two cases of the strain were identified among Los Angeles County residents with no recent travel history. It comes after the first U.S. case of the more severe strain of mpox without known travel was identified in a patient from Long Beach, California, bringing the total number of cases in the state to three. This strain of mpox can cause extreme pain, and it has a death rate in humans of up to 10 percent. If it starts spreading all over the United States, there will be a tremendous amount of fear. Interestingly, an outbreak of mpox has also suddenly erupted in the Namibian city of Swakopmund… Namibia’s ministry of health and social services on Sunday declared an outbreak of mpox in the city of Swakopmund. “Surveillance, contact tracing, and response teams have been activated to contain the spread,” the ministry said in a post on Facebook. It has been estimated that 45 to 50 million people around the world died from disease in 2024. The global death toll in 2025 will almost certainly be even higher. But if a “killer virus” like the one that American and South Korean scientists just created ever gets out, hundreds of millions of people could be wiped out. So enjoy this period of relative calm while it still exists. 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