Or are dumb hiveminds, having lost their queen due to whatever, and are only caring about satisfying their craving for catfood like in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_9 ?
Re:Bank of England 'must plan for a financial crisis trigger...
by bediger4000 on Monday January 19, 2026 @07:58PM
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This is the best soft reveal that the elite know about extra-terrestrial intelligence so far. We see NASA doing soft reveals about Martian life, but this is next level.
Re:Bank of England 'must plan for a financial crisis trigger...
by bell-cot on Monday January 19, 2026 @07:35PM
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I'd read it as "extreme situations triggered by previously-considered-impossible events". With a subtext of "do not make a crisis more likely by mentioning the triggers we are actually worried about".
On the one hand, ridiculous that this even made the Independent.
On the other hand, entirely plausible as a near-last resort to distract public attention from the still-unreleased Epstein files.
if little green AIlens come and get blamed for the financial crisis, I'm sold 100% on Capricorn One (1978)
Or maybe they aren't that competent, lacking collision avoidance systems when out of controlled spacetime: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangar_18_(film) :-)
Or are dumb hiveminds, having lost their queen due to whatever, and are only caring about satisfying their craving for catfood like in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_9 ?
;-)