YouTube Movies & TV Frank Lloyd Wright is an American icon – it’s most famous modern architect, and probably it’s most prolific – over 400 buildings in a 60-year career. But his most revealing constructions are his houses, revolutionary in their open plan design, and conceived as an expression of Wright’s philosophy of a perfect harmony between man and nature – ‘organic architecture’ as he called it. Wright’s houses also embody an ideal for living based on calmness and order, but his own life was characterized by public scandal, financial chaos and personal tragedy. The story begins with the most dramatic and terrible event in Wright’s life – the brutal murder in 1914 of his mistress and her two children and a terrible fire that destroyed the house, known as ‘Taliesin’, which Wright had built as a private sanctuary. Wright had invested so much of himself in Taliesin that, despite the tragedy, he could not bear to abandon it. He immediately set about rebuilding and over the next forty years the house became a piece of living architecture – continually extended and remodeled. Taliesin was, in effect, Wright’s alter ego – order born out of chaos. We then go back in time to examine the history of Wright’s early life and career leading up to that incident. It will show not only how Wright developed his unique style, but how he constructed his own myth and cultivated his reputation in his relationships with his wealthy clients. They, in turn, indulged his ‘genius’. This film reveals the extremes and eccentricities of the man through interviews with individuals whose lives he touched – acolytes who knew and lived with him at Taliesin and those who encountered him during the construction of some of his most famous buildings. Frank Lloyd Wright is a dramatic, surprising and entertaining portrait of a master builder whose most enduring edifice is his own legend.
“You can only be afraid of what you think you know.”
~ Krishnamurti.
Jiddu Krishnamurti was an Indian spiritual figure, speaker, and writer. Adopted by members of the Theosophical Society as a child, Krishnamurti was raised to fill the mantle of the prophesied World Teacher, a role tasked with aiding humankind’s spiritual evolution. Wikipedia
May 2026 will feature a rare blue moon that is also a micromoon, peaking early on May 31 and visible worldwide under clear skies.
This only happens once in a blue moon, literally. May’s second full moon is almost here, and not only is it a rare blue moon, but it will also be a micromoon.
The blue moon will take place soon, giving us two full moons in the month. Usually, the full moon only occurs once a month. May’s the Flower Moon has already occurred on the first day of the month, and the blue moon will occur on the last day of the month.
Here’s what else to know about May’s blue moon, and what to expect.
When will May’s blue moon peak?
The moon is set to peak on Sunday, May 31, at 4:45 a.m. ET, according to the Farmer’s Almanac.
The blue moon will be visible around the globe, but cloudy skies might obscure backyard astronomers’ views, so be sure to check the weather in your area before going out to check the night sky.
What is a blue moon?
The blue moon occurs when there are two full moons in one month, but the moon won’t actually look blue.
The term originated in the 16th century, when people said “the moon is blue” to mean something that seemed impossible, according to Encyclopedia Britannica.
It isn’t a common occurrence, hence the expression “once in a blue moon,” and only occurs every 2.5 years, according to NASA.
The last blue moon occurred on Aug. 19, 2024, when the moon was a super blue moon, meaning, unlike the micromoon, it was closest it had been to Earth that month and appeared brighter and larger.
What is a micromoon?
A micromoon is a phenomenon that occurs when the moon is at its farthest point from Earth during that month, according to NASA. The moon could be around 251,000 miles away from our planet.
Because of the distance, the moon might appear smaller than usual.
The phenomenon happens because, unlike a calendar month, which is around 30 to 31 days, except for February, the moon’s lunar cycle is around 29.5 days, according to NASA.
So, once every two to three years, a full lunar cycle will occur within a month, giving us a full moon at the beginning of the month and another at the end of the month, which is what we know as the blue moon.
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The next time two full moons will take place in the same month will be in December 2028, according to Time and Date.
2026 full moons
The moon will be full on the following dates, according to the Farmer’s Almanac:
Blue Moon: Peaks May 31, at 4:45 a.m. ET
Strawberry Moon: Peaks June 29, at 7:57 p.m. ET
Buck Moon: Peaks July 29, at 10:36 a.m. ET
Sturgeon Moon (partial lunar eclipse): Peaks Aug. 28, at 12:18 a.m. ET
Harvest Moon: Peaks Sept. 26, at 12:49 p.m. ET
Hunter’s Moon: Peaks Oct. 26, at 12:12 a.m. ET
Beaver Moon (super moon): Peaks Nov. 24, at 9:53 a.m. ET
Cold Moon (super moon): Peaks Dec. 23, at 8:28 p.m.
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“Leadership will discuss program progress, including new industry partners and mission plans.”
Update for 5:45 p.m. EDT: NASA’s moon base update today unveiled a series of new contract awards by NASA for two commercial lunar rovers, built by Astrolab and Lunar Outpost, as well as awards to Blue Origin to land the rovers on the moon with its Blue Moon lander, and an award to Firefly Aerospace to deliver up to four hopping MoonFall drones to the lunar surface in the next few years. Read our full story. See a full replay below.
NASA will give an update this afternoon (May 26) about its plans to build a moon base, and you can watch it live.
The U.S. space agency will host a press conference Tuesday at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) at its headquarters in Washington, D.C. “to share Moon Base plans and highlight progress toward a sustained presence on the lunar surface,” NASA officials wrote in a media advisory on May 20.You may like
You can watch the event here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA.
NASA plans a to build a permanent base near the moon’s south pole in the early 2030s. (Image credit: NASA)
During the event, NASA leaders “will discuss program progress, including new industry partners and mission plans,” agency officials added in the advisory.
Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Carlos García-Galán, program executive, Moon Base
The moon base is a core part of NASA’s Artemis program of crewed lunar exploration. Artemis aims to establish a permanent human presence on and around the moon over the next decade or so, developing knowledge and skills that can help get astronauts to Mars in the not-too-distant future.
Two Artemis missions have launched to date: the uncrewed Artemis 1 flight to lunar orbit in late 2022 and Artemis 2, which sent four astronauts around the moon and back to Earth last month.
We got a big update about NASA’s moon strategy in late March, just a week before Artemis 2 lifted off. In that news drop, the agency revealed that it’s pausing work on Gateway, a small space station planned for lunar orbit that was long a key piece of Artemis’ architecture, to focus on the surface base.
And there was another big change in late February: Isaacman announced that the Artemis 3 mission, which is slated to launch in mid to late 2027, will no longer land astronauts on the moon. Instead, it will test docking operations between the Orion crew capsule and one or both of Artemis’ privately developed lunar landers (SpaceX’s Starship and Blue Origin’s Blue Moon) in Earth orbit.
The first crewed lunar landing since the Apollo days will now take place on Artemis 4, which NASA wants to launch in late 2028. That will help lay the foundation for the moon base, which will be built near the south pole between 2032 and 2036, if all goes to plan.
Michael Wall is the Spaceflight and Tech Editor for Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers human and robotic spaceflight, military space, and exoplanets, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, “Out There,” was published on Nov. 13, 2018. Before becoming a science writer, Michael worked as a herpetologist and wildlife biologist. He has a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology from the University of Sydney, Australia, a bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona, and a graduate certificate in science writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz. To find out what his latest project is, you can follow Michael on Twitter.
“Determined Assumption”In this lesson, the third and final of the “Greater Freedom” series, Thane explores the ways in which our unrecognized determinations can subvert the joy and satisfaction of our heart’s desire. He further develops one of the fundamental principles of Mind practice, the principle of assumption. Thane provides insights into many metaphysical and spiritual questions, drawing upon of lifetime of experience in spiritual studies as well as in entertainment and public speaking.
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Documentarian Louis Theroux is denied admittance to the Church of Scientology’s headquarters, setting into motion a clever, confrontational and funny plan to try and reveal the inner workings of the mysterious organization. Inspired by the Church’s use of filmmaking techniques, and with the aid of real ex-scientologists, Theroux uses unconventional methods to expose and antagonize the Church. In a bizarre twist, it becomes clear that the Church is also making a film about Louis Theroux. Infused with a good dose of humor and moments worthy of a Hollywood script, My Scientology Movie is stranger than fiction.
Popular Philosophy May 24, 2026 In 1806, the night before the Battle of Jena, a philosopher sat in his rooms finishing a manuscript while Napoleon’s army moved through the streets below. When he looked out his window and saw the emperor ride past, he wrote to a friend that he had seen the world spirit on horseback.That philosopher was Hegel. And what he meant by that sentence cracked the history of philosophy in two.This episode is the third in our series on the birth of continental philosophy. We follow Hegel from his student days in Tübingen, through the revolutionary fever of the 1790s, to the moment his system came together in Jena and changed everything. We look at how he answered Kant, what he meant by the dialectic and by Geist, and how his ideas generated two of the most powerful thinkers of the 19th century, Marx and Kierkegaard, while simultaneously provoking the birth of an entirely different philosophical tradition that wanted nothing to do with any of it.This is the story of how one man’s ambition to think everything at once split the modern mind into two halves that have barely spoken since. Primary Texts: Hegel, G.W.F. Phenomenology of Spirit (1807) — The central text of this episode. The journey of consciousness from sensation to Absolute Knowing. Hegel, G.W.F. Elements of the Philosophy of Right (1820) — Where his political philosophy and theory of history mature. Hegel, G.W.F. Lectures on the Philosophy of History — The source of the idea that history is the unfolding of Spirit toward freedom. The world spirit on horseback lives here in its fullest form. Kant, Immanuel. Critique of Pure Reason (1781) — The wall Hegel was responding to. Essential background for understanding what he was trying to overcome. Marx, Karl. Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 — Where Marx’s debt to and departure from Hegel is most visible and raw. Kierkegaard, Søren. Concluding Unscientific Postscript (1846) — Kierkegaard’s most direct confrontation with Hegel’s system and its inability to contain the individual. Secondary Literature: Beiser, Frederick. Hegel (2005) — The most accessible serious introduction to Hegel’s full system. Pinkard, Terry. Hegel: A Biography (2000) — The definitive English language biography. The Napoleon letter is here in full context. Taylor, Charles. Hegel (1975) — Demanding but essential. The best account of how Hegel’s system holds together as a whole. Singer, Peter. Hegel: A Very Short Introduction (1983) — For newcomers who want a clean entry point before tackling the primary texts.
New York Times Opinion and The New York Times May 21, 2026 Sexual violence by Israeli forces against Palestinians is widespread, according to new reports and harrowing first-hand accounts. The Opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof details a pattern of systemic abuse and “unrestrained power” within Israeli detention centers that challenges the moral silence of the international community. Read Kristof’s column here: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/op… Read a Q&A about his column here: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/op…
By Nicholas Kristof
May 11, 2026 (NYTimes.com)
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Sexual violence by Israeli forces against Palestinians is widespread, according to new reports and harrowing first-hand accounts. The Opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof details a pattern of systemic abuse and “unrestrained power” within Israeli detention centers that challenges the moral silence of the international community.
When Israel was attacked on Oct. 7, 2023, officials were quick to condemn the sexual violence of Hamas. “You’ve heard of the rape of Israeli women. Where the hell are you?” “Women raped, assaulted, paraded as trophies.” “Uses rape as a weapon of war.” “Sexual violence as a weapon of war by Hamas.” I went to the West Bank to talk with Palestinians who experienced sexual assault firsthand by Israeli soldiers, settlers and prison guards. Their harrowing accounts, backed by lawyers, surveys and international reports, suggest that sexual violence by Israelis against Palestinians is widespread. And that raises the question: Where is the revulsion against sexual assault now? I don’t see any evidence that Israeli leaders order rape, but they have built a security apparatus where, according to a 2025 United Nations report, sexual violence is a a major element in the ill-treatment of Palestinians. Prime Minister Netanyahu has called accusations of sexual violence by Israelis baseless. But my reporting suggests that sexual violence has greatly worsened under Netanyahu in recent years. What exactly does this look like? Here’s what I found. This is Sami al-Sai, a freelance journalist for international news organizations. They [prison guards] took me to a solitary cell, while handcuffed, leg cuffed and blindfolded. They put me on the ground in kneeling position with head down. They took off my pants and boxers, and started raping me with sticks and carrots in a very aggressive and painful way and harassing and touching my genitals in a very painful and forceful way. I spoke to a farmer who recounted how 20 settlers rampaged through Palestinian homes and used a hunting knife to cut off his clothes. I got out of the tent. I was standing right here. They pulled me inside. They used those zip ties, tied my hands with more than one zip tie. They tied my legs too. Hit me in the eye with a fist. They pulled me inside right here and started pouring dirt on me and water. They took off my pants and zip tied my penis and started pulling it. The zip ties were still on the ground when I visited. And this is Mohammad Matar, a Palestinian Authority official —— —— who says he was with two other Palestinians trying to protect a Bedouin village under attack from settlers when the settlers seized them, stripped them, beat them. And he says one tried to rape him with a stick. And he actually has some evidence of this interaction with the settlers in the form of a photo that the settlers posted to social media. One woman, 23 at the time of her detention, told me that she was regularly stripped naked, forcibly bent over and groped all over her body by male and female guards. One journalist said he had been held down and raped by a dog, a claim backed by other accounts from prisoners who report they underwent the same thing. I’m appalled by this pattern of abuse, partly because our American tax dollars subsidize the Israeli security forces. I fear that leaves us complicit. The United States has leverage, and we could use it to insist on an end to the impunity and to demand that Red Cross visits be restored for Palestinian detainees. Look, whether you consider yourself pro-Israeli or pro-Palestinian, here’s one thing we should be able to agree on: We’re anti-rape. The horrific abuse inflicted on Israeli women on Oct. 7 now happens to Palestinians day after day after day.
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