My most controversial take: https://t.co/qKy11mEjPk

— MJ Murphy (@hothingsgirlsay) October 30, 2026

CHAD JACKSON: . . . legitimization of the struggle in the minds of the public is exactly what communists during the Cold War were trying to achieve when they produced martyrs.

By far, one of the most chilling footnotes I've read or heard about communism, the communist Party, or the American Communist Party. 

 

 

Barbara Boyd of Promethean Action,

Yes, there were Communists in the NAACP and SCLC.  Yes, the Civil Rights Movement was very much influenced by the Frankfurt School.  But that heroic struggle "to be judged by the content of the character," it really led to a fundamental change in the United States, which was fought for with blood and with dedication.  Marin Luther King did give his life, he did go to the Mountaintop.  He died for a cause which was very important.

00:27. What you must come to understand, and it's important that you get this, is that legitimization of the struggle in the minds of the public is exactly what communists during the Cold War we're trying to achieve when they produced martyrs.  The idea being that if we draw a lot of attention to a given activist, draw attention to their demonstrations, their speeches to the extent that they are killed in the process, it suddenly legitimizes everything they ever said, every speech they ever gave.  Their movements only become "noble" and "righteous" and at that point it becomes very difficult to dispute because someone died for it.  Even Martin Luther King's friend, James Baldwin, who once was a card-carrying member of the Communist Party, left the Communist Party much earlier on because he saw that the Communists were willing to kill their own people for the cause.  Although he would chalk this up to the lie that it's only the American Communist who would do such a thing and he himself would remain sympathetic to communist aspirations until the day that he died.

I had been a communist, you know, when I was 19, and I learned a great deal about the American Communist Party.  Most people lost their lives because the American communists were also after all Americans, you know, and you worked for them like you worked for everybody else, except that they were communists. You know, you're not supposed to say you worked for them."

King on the other hand remain dedicated to the cause.  He would continue to take orders from well-connected communists and continue his subversive role.  As an attendee of the Communist training institute, known as the Highlander Folk School, he learned what is known as non-violent direct action.  He was warned that those who partook in it could suffer bodily injury or even death but that martyrdom was necessary to draw attention to the demands of the cause.

There is nothing in the non-violent discipline that says if you engage in non-violent activity you will not be the recipient of violence.  You will not be the recipient of suffering even it doesn't say you won't be the recipient of death.  Indeed, it says that you must be willing to die for something that you believe.

And by the way, there are numerous blacks today who are not professional victims, who work hard, who have good upright moral character, who get along fine with the United States of America in the same way that their grandparents and great grandparents got along fine in America on the basis of their merit, on the basis of their character, long before King ever told people about this dream that he has.  They were doing this on a peer-to-peer basis and genuine progress was being made well before Martin Luther King.  So I don't give any credit to Martin Luther King for people deciding to judge me by my character as opposed to my skin color.

Every single word of this is 100 percent true. Can expand if necessary. If people understood how these things actually work, and how actual psychopaths operate (and are selected systemically), how information is siloed, etc, they would be appalled. https://t.co/0MT2S4EO2G

— Andrew Zywiec, M.D. (@AndrewZywiecMD) October 30, 2026

J. MICHAEL WALLER: The eradication of the cartels from this hemisphere will be one of the greatest regional accomplishments of the 21st century.

The eradication of the cartels from this hemisphere will be one of the greatest regional accomplishments of the 21st century. Snuffing the cartels was always a military issue first. It wasn't long ago that the Washington establishment considered the idea absurd.

— J Michael Waller (@JMichaelWaller) October 30, 2026

DECENT OVERVIEW OF TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S RECORD ON DEPORTATIONS.

If we had another 10 years of Trump's immigration/deportation policies, we might begin to have a country again.

— Jared Taylor (@RealJarTaylor) October 29, 2026

BREAKING: Enoch Burke confronts Archbishop John McDowell in Armagh - “A traitor to the Church of Ireland ethos”

St Enoch Burke -

— @realDianaWest (@realDianaWest) October 29, 2026

BREAKING: Enoch Burke confronts Archbishop John McDowell in Armagh - “A traitor to the Church of Ireland ethos”

Today Enoch Burke, the teacher who was suspended from the Church of Ireland’s Wilson’s Hospital School in Co. Westmeath, confronted the Primate of All Ireland, Church of Ireland Archbishop John McDowell at his Cathedral and See House in Armagh. 

Archbishop McDowell acts as Patron of Wilson’s Hospital School. In 2022, the School commanded all teachers at the school to refer to a student by a new name and the “they” pronoun. Enoch Burke refused to do so. He was suspended by the Board of Management.

Enoch Burke today asked the Primate why he had been silent while he had languished in prison for over 700 days. “I have languished in a prison cell for upholding the Church of Ireland ethos,” he said, “and for refusing to forsake Scriptural truth. What do you have to say about the Archbishop? You are silent, your lips are sealed.” He noted that the Church of Ireland doctrine that the Archbishop is sworn to uphold is “man and woman, male and female.”

Archbishop McDowell first attempted to flee the scene. He then walked out of the gates of the Cathedral and into his residence, the See House, saying he was “going about his lawful business” and refusing to provide any answer. He was accompanied by the Dean of the Cathedral who sought to shield the Archbishop from answering questions. “Look at this man, his lips are silent; this is what he does, this is what he gets away with while this [transgenderism] is being promoted in every school, in Wilson’s Hospital School,” Enoch Burke said, “You will not get away with that Archbishop McDowell.”

The encounter ended when Archbishop John McDowell and his Dean disappeared into the See House and slammed the door.

Archbishop John McDowell is the reason why Enoch Burke has spent over 700 days in prison and counting. The people of the Church of Ireland should not be deceived by this man who is sworn to maintain the Church of Ireland ethos and doctrine but is silent when the affirmation of transgenderism is forced upon the teachers and students of Church of Ireland schools.

SAM FADDIS:

@ColonelTowner 👀 the late Sam Faddis referred to them as the Modern Praetorian Guard

— Katie Scarlett (@Katiescarlet2) October 29, 2026

WORKAROUNDS TO AVOID GETTING A TB SHOT

Getting a TB injection?  Ask for other options.

1:45.  How does this work?  I have to show that I am clear of TB.

1:50. And they said, well, it's very simple.  We just inject you like it's a little prick with the TB, and then later we check to see like if you have TB.  Ah, yeah, that would be no.  What else have you got for me?  And she said well we can do a non-invasive screening okay what's a non-invasive screening well we're going to ask you some questions and she did she said have you been around anybody who is infected with TB have you ever had TB have you recently traveled to a country where there's a TB outbreak and interestingly she said have you been on a farm and were you wearing shoes?  It was a very strange question but apparently you can, we were told, you can track TB from farm animals on your shoes into your home. 

So I said no, no, no, no, no, no, and then she looked at me and said, "Stick out your tongue.  You look like you're healthy," and she cleared me as being cleared for not being infected with TB.  So that's exactly what you could explore in your situation.  There are some nursing students who went through and got blood drawn to show that they were not infected with TB.  I wouldn't do it, but I suppose you could get a chest x-ray to show that your lungs are cleared as well.

Friends, you know that I am standing up for our rights to not have these Public Health officers impose there medical requirements upon us.  I live in Freedom . . . ideally I live in Freedom.  That is what I'm fighting for, and I reject all of these shenanigans that these Health agencies are trying to inflict upon us.  So what say you? 

JOHN GUANDOLO: . . . remember Abdurahman Alamoudi? He was the largest Al Qaeda fundraiser in North America and served as the "Islamic Advisor" to President Clinton for 8 years...and he created the Muslim Chaplain Program for the @DeptofWar....and he was a "Good Will Ambassador" for the @StateDept.

No one should be surprised Abdul El-Sayed is linked to Al Qaeda via his parents. His US Senate run is considered the most important line of effort for the Muslim Brotherhood in North America right now. Not the first time an Al Qaeda turd made this bold of a move...remember Abdurahman Alamoudi? He was the largest Al Qaeda fundraiser in North America and served as the "Islamic Advisor" to President Clinton for 8 years...and he created the Muslim Chaplain Program for the @DeptofWar....and he was a "Good Will Ambassador" for the @StateDept.

— John Guandolo (@JGuandolo54271) October 29, 2026

JOHN GUANDOLO: Until citizens deal with this leaders will continue to commit treason and aid and abet enemies of America. There is no cavalry coming.

Until citizens deal with this leaders will continue to commit treason and aid and abet enemies of America. There is no cavalry coming.

— John Guandolo (@JGuandolo54271) October 29, 2026

Mayor of Temple Terrace, Florida, Andy Ross. 

WILL TANNER: What happened to the WASPs? Once pre-eminent as an American ruling class second only to the Virginia gentry, they've faded near-entirely from that commanding position So, what happened? Inflation, insouciance, and spiritual decline.

What happened to the WASPs? Once pre-eminent as an American ruling class second only to the Virginia gentry, they've faded near-entirely from that commanding position So, what happened? Inflation, insouciance, and spiritual decline. Check out my show on it here: https://t.co/zNxBFNd8LG

— Will Tanner (@Will_Tanner_1) October 29, 2026

REBEL NEWS: The forgotten history of Ireland: Muslim slave traders emptied an Irish village in a night in 1631 🇮🇪 More than 100 villagers were captured during the Sack of Baltimore and sold into North African slave markets as part of a wider era of Muslim raids across Europe’s coasts that have been ongoing throughout history.

The forgotten history of Ireland: Muslim slave traders emptied an Irish village in a night in 1631 🇮🇪 More than 100 villagers were captured during the Sack of Baltimore and sold into North African slave markets as part of a wider era of Muslim raids across Europe’s coasts that have been ongoing throughout history. On June 20, 1631, the small harbour village of Baltimore in County Cork, Ireland, was devastated when Muslim slave traders descended on the community and carried off its people. During the attack known as the Sack of Baltimore, men, women and children were captured by Muslim pirates operating from the Barbary Coast and transported to slave markets in Algiers. Some captives were eventually ransomed, but most disappeared into forced labour, domestic servitude or sexual slavery. The raid was part of a broader campaign of slave-taking carried out by Muslim raiders between the 16th and 19th centuries. Historians estimate that more than a million Europeans were captured in coastal attacks stretching from Ireland to Iceland and throughout the Mediterranean. The threat became significant enough that the Barbary Wars were later fought by the United States to protect its ships and citizens from the same Muslim slave raiders. Today, Baltimore has been rebuilt as a fishing and tourism village. A memorial plaque marks the tragedy, though the story remains little known outside historical circles. The past shouldn’t be weaponized or erased, and the Sack of Baltimore is a reminder that Europe’s history includes both outward conquest and vulnerability at home

— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) March 1, 2026

This book was referenced, The Stolen Village: Baltimore and the Barbary Pirates, Des Ekin, 2008.

 

SCOTT MECHKOWSKI: . . . I would suggest you re-evaluate what you think you know. “Crimmigration” is real.

John , I would suggest you re-evaluate what you think you know . “ Crimmigration” is real . I’ve followed cases throughout my career and can tell you NYCs DAs don’t work for the victims, they work for the violator’s who aren’t Citizens. You may think you know them but trust me you haven’t a clue . A two tier justice system in NYC . I would love to sit down and discuss this at length with proof . It won’t be long until you realize they hate NYPD and anything that resembles law enforcement.

— Scott Mechkowski (@ScottMechkowski) October 29, 2026

Today’s episode of “you can’t make this up” In NYC the DAs provide “Crimmigration” training to help non citizens avoid a deportation charge . @QueensDAKatz sent an email to a NYPD detective and advised him that the deal was “ Immigration Safe”…. Two sets of justice in NYC one for citizens and another for Non citizens and absolutely nothing for the VICTIMS. @ICEgov @DHSgov @USCongress_ needs to act now and stop this madness. @Phase2Deport

— Scott Mechkowski (@ScottMechkowski) October 28, 2026

MJ MURPHY: So when an idea becomes attached to a desirable identity, many people stop evaluating whether it's true. They start asking what do people like me believe?

Identity Hijacking: https://t.co/Hf6o4uZaBo

— MJ Murphy (@hothingsgirlsay) October 29, 2026

All right, breaking the spell: identity hijacking.  So one of the most powerful persuasion techniques isn't changing your argument, it's changing your identity because once your identity changes you're thinking often follows.  I call this identity hijacking.  

Here's how it works.  

Instead of asking, "Is this idea true?" the conversation quietly shifts to "What kind of person believes this?"  

Notice the difference. Notice a difference.  We are no longer debating evidence, we're debating identity.  

Suddenly you're told "a good person believes this."  

"A compassionate person says this."

"An educated person knows this."  

"Only hateful people question this."  

Do you see what happened?  The argument disappeared.  Now your reputation is on trial.  This is incredibly powerful because human beings don't just want to be right, we want to be good.  We want to be good.  We want to belong.  We want other people to think well of us.  So when an idea becomes attached to a desirable identity, many people stop evaluating whether it's true.  They start asking what do people like me believe?  This happens everywhere.  Politics, religion, marketing, corporate culture, families, social media, even friendships.  Companies don't just sell shoes, they sell identity. Political movements don't just sell policies, they sell belonging.  Activists don't simply argue ideas, many also invite you into a moral community where agreement becomes part of who you are.  Once that happens, disagreeing doesn't just feel like changing your mind, it feels like betraying yourself.  That's identity hijacking.  Instead of asking people to examine an idea, you teach them to become the kind of person who would never question it.  And once identity is attached, evidence becomes much less persuasive because facts threaten conclusions. Identity threatens belonging.  That's why identity is often the strongest force.  

The antidote is surprisingly simple.  Separate the person from the proposition.  

Ask yourself, "If someone I admired believed the opposite, would I at least examine their evidence?"  

Or, "if this idea came from someone outside my tribe, would I evaluate it differently?"  

Those questions break the spell because your identity should never become a prison.  You are not your political party.  You are not your ideology.  You are not your hashtags.  You are not your social media bio.  You are a person that is capable of changing your mind when the evidence changes, and that's a strength not a weakness.  And that's exactly why I wrote Breaking the Spell.  It's about recognizing the psychological patterns that quietly shape how we think before we even realize they're happening. 

DR. BRYTE: Dave Foley was ordered to pay his ex-wife $17,700 a month in child support. That was five times what he actually earned. If he set foot in Canada, he would be arrested at the border.

@thedrbryte The child support laws are predatory. No wonder men don’t want to get married or have kids. Even sperm donors have been chased down for support payments.

— Tim Scoles (@Drunk_on_Books) October 28, 2026

Dave Foley was ordered to pay his ex-wife $17,700 a month in child support. That was five times what he actually earned. If he set foot in Canada, he would be arrested at the border. When he asked the judge how he’d feed his daughter from his second marriage, he says the court’s answer was simple: “They can rot in hell.” In 1997, Foley was starring on NBC’s NewsRadio and making about $1 million a year. That year, he separated from his first wife, Tabatha Southey. An Ontario judge set his payments at $17,700 a month, or $212,400 a year after taxes, based on his sitcom salary. Two years later, NBC canceled the show. His income dropped by nearly 80%. He went back to court to lower the payments. The judge said no. The court ruled he had made $1 million once, so he should keep paying like he still did. His ex-wife lived in a $2.5 million house on a park in Toronto. Foley rented a small loft in downtown LA. By 2011, he owed more than $500,000 in back payments. Ontario threatened to pull his passport and issued a warrant for his arrest if he came home. In the video below, Foley explains the math: “I’m paying about five times my income every month in child support, based on a show that hasn’t been on for 12 years.” He couldn’t work in Canada again until he landed a new sitcom in 2014 and had his paychecks garnished at the source. The case for the court: a parent shouldn’t get to slash support just because their career slows down.

The case for Dave: locking a canceled actor into 1990s sitcom money under threat of prison is extortion. 

Should child support be tied to what you earn today, or the best year you ever had? 

SPYCRAFT101: In April 1953, biochemist Dr. Sydney Gottlieb was chosen to head a new program at CIA called MKUltra, exploring the use of chemical and biological agents for covert operations. The following month, he sent a man to Switzerland with a briefcase full of cash, intending to buy Sandoz’s entire supply of LSD.

A Swiss farm girl inoculated rye with ergot fungus in 1942. Once cultivated, the ergot produced the primary alkaloid compounds needed to synthesize lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD. The Swiss pharmaceutical company Sandoz recruited farmers in the Emmental valley to deliberately infect their crops with ergot beginning in the late 1930s. Ergot was normally seen as a toxin to be destroyed on sight to prevent illness and even psychosis if it was accidentally baked into bread and consumed. But Sandoz had already brought several profitable medicines to market developed from lysergic acid and sought to ramp up their supply of ergot. Before long the Emmental farms were transformed by the new cash crop which they sold only to Sandoz. Intelligence organizations, particularly CIA, saw great potential in LSD. In April 1953, biochemist Dr. Sydney Gottleib was chosen to head a new program at CIA called MKUltra, exploring the use of chemical and biological agents for covert operations. The following month, he sent a man to Switzerland with a briefcase full of cash, intending to buy Sandoz’s entire supply of LSD. Gottlieb set up front companies all over the US and dosed unsuspecting test subjects in order to observe the results. He financed research in dozens of universities, none of whom knew their funding was coming from CIA. And at least 33 people outside the US were covertly dosed without their knowledge, all in an effort to learn how to better control and direct the human psyche. Dr. Frank Olson, a CIA bacteriologist, jumped (or was pushed) out of a high window two days after being dosed with LSD in November 1953, in an incident which is still not fully understood. Meanwhile, LSD and other psychedelics made their way into popular usage and had a radical impact on American culture for years to come. For episode 169 of the Spycraft 101 podcast, I spoke with Norman Ohler, author of Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age. We discussed the impact of LSD on culture, politics, medicine, and intelligence operations worldwide. The episode is available now. #lsd #cia #psychadelic #coldwar #mkultra https://t.co/9uNgQW5cbZ

— Spycraft101 (@spycraft101) October 28, 2026

A Swiss farm girl inoculated rye with ergot fungus in 1942. Once cultivated, the ergot produced the primary alkaloid compounds needed to synthesize lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD.

The Swiss pharmaceutical company Sandoz recruited farmers in the Emmental valley to deliberately infect their crops with ergot beginning in the late 1930s. Ergot was normally seen as a toxin to be destroyed on sight to prevent illness and even psychosis if it was accidentally baked into bread and consumed. But Sandoz had already brought several profitable medicines to market developed from lysergic acid and sought to ramp up their supply of ergot. Before long the Emmental farms were transformed by the new cash crop which they sold only to Sandoz.

Intelligence organizations, particularly CIA, saw great potential in LSD. In April 1953, biochemist Dr. Sydney Gottlieb was chosen to head a new program at CIA called MKUltra, exploring the use of chemical and biological agents for covert operations. The following month, he sent a man to Switzerland with a briefcase full of cash, intending to buy Sandoz’s entire supply of LSD.

Gottlieb set up front companies all over the US and dosed unsuspecting test subjects in order to observe the results. He financed research in dozens of universities, none of whom knew their funding was coming from CIA. And at least 33 people outside the US were covertly dosed without their knowledge, all in an effort to learn how to better control and direct the human psyche. Dr. Frank Olson, a CIA bacteriologist, jumped (or was pushed) out of a high window two days after being dosed with LSD in November 1953, in an incident which is still not fully understood.

Meanwhile, LSD and other psychedelics made their way into popular usage and had a radical impact on American culture for years to come.

For episode 169 of the Spycraft 101 podcast, I spoke with Norman Ohler, author of Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age. We discussed the impact of LSD on culture, politics, medicine, and intelligence operations worldwide. The episode is available now.

"#169: MKUltra and the Real Mind-Altering Potential of Psychedelics with Norman Ohler," Spotify, October 14, 2024.https://

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DR. MAALOUF: While Muslims in the West are rising to the highest positions of power, Christians are relegated to the dirtiest, most degrading, and most humiliating jobs under Islamic social norms.

Get ready

— @realDianaWest (@realDianaWest) October 29, 2026

from Dr. Maalouf,

Christians make up 2% of Pakistan’s population but account for 80% of sewage, sanitation, and street-cleaning workers. In Egypt, Coptic Christians make up 10% of the population but are responsible for collecting over 90% of the garbage. They are called the “garbage people.” This is not a coincidence. Across the Muslim world, Christians are relegated to the dirtiest, most degrading, and most humiliating jobs under Islamic social norms. Yet in the West, Muslims are rising to the highest positions of power. If they become the majority, they will treat Christians and others exactly like that.

April 2026: American Marxists at Barcelona Marxist Global Progressive Mobilisation: Clinton, Sanders, Murphy, Walz, Mamdani!

Progressive = Marxism it always has.

— Linuxhippie (@linuxhippie) October 29, 2026

Hillary Clinton, Chris Murphy, Bernie Sanders, Tim Walz, and New York Mayor Mamdani. 

American Speakers at Barcelona Marxist GPM: Clinton, Sanders, Murphy, Walz, Mamdani! The Global Progressive Mobilisation (GPM) Summit. Interesting that Hillary Clinton attended remotely... she is involved with Eric Holder regarding election war game exercises ahead of U.S. midterms. The Global Progressive Mobilisation (GPM) took place on 17–18 April 2026 in Barcelona. It was convened by the Party of European Socialists (PES) with partners including the Socialist International, the Progressive Alliance, the S&D Group in the European Parliament, and FEPS. About 400 delegations from 75 countries took part. More than 3,000 people attended the first day. Close to 7,000 attended the second day, with over 5,000 in the final plenary. Organizers presented the event as a response to authoritarianism, inequality, and far-right advances. Speakers called for international progressive coordination against figures such as Donald Trump. American participants included in-person speakers and remote video messages. Neera Tanden, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, spoke early as a co-organizer. She criticized Trump’s policies for burdening working people while benefiting the wealthy. She called for an agenda focused on lowering costs for housing, health care, energy, and childcare. U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut delivered a keynote later in the program. He said the situation in the United States was “the most significant threat to American democracy since the Civil War.” He stated that “Donald Trump in our country is trying to end our democracy… We are not on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.” Murphy accused the administration of seeking control over courts, law enforcement, media, and elections for oligarchic purposes. He urged global progressive unity. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz also spoke in person. He described certain Trump-era actions as fascism. He highlighted Minnesota’s progressive policies, including an expanded child tax credit and paid leave. He asked the audience not to “give up on the American people.” He urged them to “keep the pressure on” and “keep calling it out.” Remote video messages came from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Senator Bernie Sanders, and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Clinton’s message thanked organizers for creating a space to address global issues. She said: “Around the globe, we see citizens demanding dignity, safety, and opportunity… We see communities standing up for truth against disinformation, for their rights against repression and for hope over fear… Let’s keep standing up for freedom, for justice, for equality, for the simple but powerful idea that together we can shape a better future, no matter what the odds may be.” Sanders’ message warned that leaders including Trump, Netanyahu, and Putin were “plunging this world into international anarchy where might makes right.” He highlighted extreme wealth concentration, noting that the top 1 percent owns more than the bottom 93 percent in the U.S. He called for international working-class solidarity. Mamdani’s message thanked Pedro Sánchez and progressive leaders. He described everyday cost-of-living struggles in New York as reflective of global inequality. He said the path to combating inequality “is a path that we will have to take together, hand in hand.” Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva also addressed the gathering. He stressed consistency between campaign promises and governing actions. He called for progressive forces to deliver on social justice and democracy without betraying public trust. The Barcelona gathering is part of an international coalition mobilized against Trump, fascism, and capitalism. It is interesting that Hillary Clinton attended remotely given that she is involved with Eric Holder regarding election war game exercises ahead of U.S. midterms. The specific election-related involvement with Holder are external to the GPM event itself. They were not part of the Barcelona proceedings or the speakers’ remarks there.

MASSIMO: Through these chemical signals, the egg exerts its own biological selection, influencing which sperm manage to get close. The egg appears to favor sperm that offer optimal genetic compatibility with its own genome, particularly in genes related to the immune system, which may help produce healthier offspring.

Fertilization is not random, and the fastest sperm does not always win: in reality, the egg decides who succeeds. While for decades we were taught that fertilization is a race won by the fastest sperm, a study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows how human reproduction actually works. Scientists analyzed follicular fluid from 60 couples undergoing fertility treatment at St Mary's Hospital in Manchester, UK. They discovered that the egg releases chemical signals (chemoattractants) that actively attract sperm from certain men over others. Through these chemical signals, the egg exerts its own biological selection, influencing which sperm manage to get close. The egg appears to favor sperm that offer optimal genetic compatibility with its own genome, particularly in genes related to the immune system, which may help produce healthier offspring. Interestingly, this cellular preference does not always align with the couple’s conscious partner choice. In many cases, eggs showed stronger attraction to sperm from non-partner males. This chemical communication demonstrates that female biology continues to evaluate and select options even after intercourse. Understanding this process could lead to more precise solutions for unexplained infertility. Science continues to reveal the remarkable level of biological interaction that occurs during reproduction. [Fitzpatrick, J. L. et al. (2020). Chemical signals from eggs facilitate cryptic female choice in humans. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287(1928), 20200805. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.0805]

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 28, 2026

Fertilization is not random, and the fastest sperm does not always win: in reality, the egg decides who succeeds. While for decades we were taught that fertilization is a race won by the fastest sperm, a study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows how human reproduction actually works. Scientists analyzed follicular fluid from 60 couples undergoing fertility treatment at St Mary's Hospital in Manchester, UK. They discovered that the egg releases chemical signals (chemoattractants) that actively attract sperm from certain men over others. Through these chemical signals, the egg exerts its own biological selection, influencing which sperm manage to get close. The egg appears to favor sperm that offer optimal genetic compatibility with its own genome, particularly in genes related to the immune system, which may help produce healthier offspring. Interestingly, this cellular preference does not always align with the couple’s conscious partner choice. In many cases, eggs showed stronger attraction to sperm from non-partner males. This chemical communication demonstrates that female biology continues to evaluate and select options even after intercourse. Understanding this process could lead to more precise solutions for unexplained infertility. Science continues to reveal the remarkable level of biological interaction that occurs during reproduction.

[Fitzpatrick, J. L. et al. (2020). Chemical signals from eggs facilitate cryptic female choice in humans. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287(1928), 20200805. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.0805] 

WHAT IS YOUR ANTIBIOTIC OF CHOICE?

Effects of whiskey on bacteria https://t.co/p622kbseX6

— Science girl (@sciencegirl) October 28, 2026