Noteworthy notes 001 (~1,670 words, ~11 minutes)
A basket of little goods rescued for posterity
A lot of what Substack categorises as notes from me are comments that will not suffice as an article on their own, but they nevertheless are comments I would like to be able to refer to, reuse, or direct new readers to. Therefore, I have decided to start collecting those notes for an occasional article.
(I MIGHT try to find some of the older ones, but I suspect that will be too difficult, given Substack lumps reports in with original notes)
19th May, 2026 - URL https://substack.com/@kayleengnwmythr/note/c-261430190
“Globally speaking, one of the biggest vulnerabilities to political corruption or susceptibility to influence is the need for money to run realistic election campaigns.
To minimise that, how about candidates nominate on the basis of serving just one term, then have the next term back in civvie life before standing again (which is the approach Chile takes with their President - see en.wikipedia.org/w/inde….
That won’t eliminate the problem, as money will still be needed for election, but the incumbent will be less attractive to those trying to buy influence.
Exemptions would be needed, IMO, for those who are Ministers or senior in government, perhaps, but … imagine if every single electorate got used to choosing someone and their policies (they might still be part of a political party) afresh for each election …
This might also reduce the wear and tear on the families of MPs/Senators.”
(Also, consider “Post No. 3,422 - Restoring trust in (more) Australian politicians”gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2… )
https://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2026/04/post-no-3422-restoring-trust-in-more.html
19th May - https://substack.com/@kayleengnwmythr/note/c-261238631
“Engineers Australia have welcomed “Federal Budget initiatives to bolster productivity, lift housing supply and slash red tape”.
Yes, we definitely need more houses - which, IMO, is largely because of:
the evil of those who developed neoliberalism,
the amathia and emotional competence of those who agreed to be willing tools of that evil and push it and unqualified/inappropriate faith in markets despite the growing evidence of the problem of the profit-motive (bias towards most profitable housing units, which doesn’t favour those that are affordable),
the greed, selfishness, shortsightedness, and hate of community of those those who became part of the landlordism plague,
every politician who had at least one residential investment property but was still allowed - unethically, IMO (but not theirs - I have asked) - by Parliament to take part in housing affordability debates despite what I (but not them) consider the egregious conflict of interest since around the 1960s, and
every person who hid or failed to make known the growing unaffordability of housing over the last three decades - especially the ones motivated by greed and hate of community (i.e., to “maintain housing value” - which, IMO, comes with a plethora of deplorable, anti-community local planning rules).
There’s another issue here: the climate crisis
On current Australian housing:
“Australia’s poor housing contributing to cold-related deaths”architectureau.com/arti… “A medical study has found Australians are almost twice as likely to die from cold weather than the Swedes. Australian experts blame the high rate on the country’s poor housing and they say over 1,000 lives could be saved if Australian housing was better constructed and better insulated.”
“Australia’s still building 4 in every 5 new houses to no more than the minimum energy standard” theconversation.com/aus…
From 2022: “New research shows Australians want more efficient housing”renew.org.au/advocacy/n…
“Australian houses are getting larger. For a more sustainable future, our houses can’t be the space for everything”eveningreport.nz/2025/0…
In fact, Australian houses have been described as functionally little better than tents. I once worked for a few weeks in Mongolia, where, with winter temperatures down to -30°C, a colleague of mine there commented that the coldest he had ever felt was in a house in Australia.
So, given that, will the new houses be suitable for the future, as well as being allowed to be small enough/simple enough to be affordable and more sustainable/energy & cost efficient?”
17th May, 2026 - URL https://substack.com/@kayleengnwmythr/note/c-260483739
“I just started a chat with this:
“Recently I found the excellent Breaking the Silence project, and that tied in very well with the trend in the UAP/UFO/ET field in recent years (in my experience) to publicly acknowledge that much of this field is really about raising/broadening/deepening humanity’s consciousness.
That is all good, but I am also stumbling back into the areas that drove me away from this field for quite a while: the physical evidence based, conspiracy-suspecting people who, as pointed out by the BTS people, are, out of the pain inflicted by abuse and unfounded/unreasonable/excessive scepticism (there is a healthy form & amount of scepticism) seeking validation in the wrong way/place.
This also reminds me of the spiritual bypassing and wilful disengagement of “spiritual”/higher consciousness people/groups/movements that drove me out of the “spiritual”/higher consciousness area.
Unlike the UAP/UFO/ET field, the latter seem to me to still need to learn about applied spirituality - you cannot be spiritual/of a higher consciousness/loving if you do nothing about the homeless in your neighbourhood, or poverty and other global problems, or being anti-bigotry, including of structural/systemic bigotry (in its myriad forms and manifestations). If you don’t do anything about those, you are risking doing nothing but (possibly high [over] priced) escapism (while noting that some people genuinely need recovery time/withdrawal for healing/refining/developing their skills).
I had similar concerns about most politics in these decades of neoliberalism, but many voters now understand that they were scammed, and that neoliberal capitalism and other problems such as corporate and other forms of capture of political parties is ultimately harmful of everyone and everything. In places that have been savaged the most, such as the formerly democratic USA, awareness and resistance are improving and developing apace. Even here, where the first of the two main political parties is in the final stages of destroying itself (mostly over climate denialism, but also various forms of bigotry) and the second is bouncing around between the same sort of self destructive path and some belated attempts at making life better, awareness is improving - although attempts to change things for the better are lagging.
The thing is, these things are not separate: consciousness frames our worldview, and those both shape what we do/say/think or don’t do/say/think.
Consciousness frames spirituality and religion ... which, in our current poor world state, are often viewed as entirely separate or at best with a minor overlap, which is a reflection of the extent that dogma and ideology have captured religions - many, if not most or all, of which started as societal revolutions. A question I have often used - and I know others do as well, so this is not something I came up with (it predates this current life of mine by a few millennia) - is: how is the person and the world better for having a particular religious/spiritual faith/worldview? Are there fewer homeless in your neighbourhood/poor people in the world, or better inclusion of minorities & better anti-bigotry measures to protect those minorities, or better politicians in your electorates, as a result of you having your religious/spiritual faith/worldview? (Or are you trying to hold on to social status/privilege, including patriarchal lies that infantilise and limit women or lock people into being tools of the power elites?) If not, I would suggest you have missed what should be the main point of your having a particular religious/spiritual faith/worldview: agape style (spiritual) love - something which improves with improved consciousness, something the world would benefit from more politicians and others with social-political-economic-social power/coercive influence having as well (so they can dismantle patriarchy and our various current destructive hierarchies).
If your religious/spiritual faith/worldview, whether it includes UAPs/UFOs/ETs or not, does that, then great - pat yourself on the back, and please continue.
If not, please reconsider ...””
I restacked this with the following comment:
“My reflections on the Breaking the Silence project have confirmed to me that the UAP/UFO/ET field actually should aim to broaden humanity’s consciousness. However, I have concerns about those who seek validation through physical evidence, often due to trauma including from others’ excessive skepticism. This also reflects a disconnect in “spiritual” movements that fail to engage with real-world issues such as poverty and bigotry, instead practicing escapism. I critique neoliberal politics and the self-destructive paths of major political parties, noting that growing awareness is necessary, and arguing that consciousness shapes spirituality and our worldview, and questioning the societal impact of religious beliefs on issues such as homelessness, minority inclusion, and political integrity. Ultimately, the note emphasises that genuine spiritual practice should manifest in improved consciousness and social responsibility, and urges reflection on the true purpose of one’s beliefs.”
17th May, 2026 - URL https://substack.com/@kayleengnwmythr/note/c-260192757
“I recently did an interview with a UFO experiencer group (I’ll post a link when the interview is ready to be posted - which will be on on YouTube), and that was just after a recent sighting. That seems to have helped strengthen my connection with my BPM Guides and my Deities of Tutelage and Service as well as the ETs that I work regularly with. I have been working at recovering from 15 years of damage from neoliberal workplaces over the last few years, and I feel very much that these two recent events have led to a bit of a personal reset - with flow on effects including a change to how I use my air filter and thus better management of one of my health problems, and working out a safe way to have one curtain open so I can see the night outside, which has improved my sleep, equanimity, and various health matters (I love the clear night sky, but I’ll take what city night sky I can get 😁). When I rejoined the Correllian tradition a bit over a year ago, I felt I had returned to a group of “my people”; I am getting that sensation again - more strongly - with the experiencer group. I have come home, in a sense.
You can see this note with the links as the “PPS” at https://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2026/05/post-no-3449-couple-of-thoughts.html”