The Trump administration may have just pulled the ultimate troll.
For weeks, UFO enthusiasts were told to get ready for a major reveal. A website called aliens.gov was teased, and speculation spread rapidly throughout the UFO community. Many believed it could become a hub for government disclosure related to unidentified aerial phenomena, extraterrestrial life, or long-classified files.
UFO journalist and investigative reporter Jeremy Corbell expressed concerns that things might not be exactly what they seemed. As it turns out, that concern was well-founded.
When aliens.gov went live, the site wasn’t about extraterrestrials at all. Instead, it focused on aliens of a different kind: illegal immigration. The website’s messaging stated that “they have walked among us for 60 years” and proceeded as an anti-immigration platform rather than a UFO disclosure portal.
Now, to be fair, we don’t yet know what the long-term plans for the website are. It is entirely possible that information regarding UFOs, UAPs, or even what some would call aliens of the third and fourth kind could eventually appear there. But as of right now, that’s not what people found.
The reaction has been predictable. Those who have spent years following the disclosure movement feel frustrated and misled. Meanwhile, many who never trusted the Trump administration’s promises regarding UFO disclosure are feeling vindicated. In their eyes, the ultimate trolling job just happened.
Whether the website eventually becomes a legitimate source of information remains to be seen. What we are witnessing right now, however, is a segment of Trump’s own support base becoming disappointed. Many people who believed he would be the “disclosure president” are suddenly questioning whether they were sold a promise that was never intended to be fulfilled.
And honestly, why not join the club?
A lot of Americans, regardless of political affiliation, have looked at the visual images of the White House coming out of Washington this week and wondered the same thing: if we’ve somehow stumbled into an episode of Idiocracy, how exactly do we find our way back out?
Box office watchers are saying to prepare for a possible shock this weekend.. both BACKROOMS and OBSESSION continue to score high and rake in cash … Meanwhile the 2000s called and asked for the Mandalorian back..
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Kane Parsons has won over a younger generation.. his film is connecting with the under-35 demo (a massive 87% turnout since Thursday night) with Backrooms now on track to hoard a $76M to $79M after a $33M-$35M Friday at 3,442 theaters, which includes Thursday night’s $10.4M. Some are expecting an $80 mil opening!
But even bigger is Curry Barker’s horror world..
A24/Chernin Entertainment co-financed movie isn’t even hurting business for Focus Features’ Curry Barker Obsession, which is going over $100M in its third frame after what’s shaping up to be a 3-day of $25M at 2,780 theaters …
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu has seen a 69% drop from its first week..
The summer of 2026 is already shaping up to be the summer that changes horror… and possibly movies in general.
There’s a new generation of young directors making creative horror films such as Obsession and Backrooms.. and especially with Obsession, there’s been a word-of-mouth popularity surge that really hasn’t been seen since probably The Blair Witch Project. It became the sleeper hit of the late spring season almost entirely because people kept telling other people to go see it. Audiences wanted to know what all the buzz was about, and once they got there, they thoroughly enjoyed it.
The movie is getting rave reviews and, more importantly, it feels different. That’s the key.
For too long horror has relied on remakes of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Exorcist, and countless recycled ideas from the past. People grew tired of it. The villains that once terrified audiences during the late 20th century slowly started becoming pop culture jokes instead of actual horror icons.
But this new breed of horror filmmakers is giving audiences something fresh again.
Obsession is an absolutely perfect example of that. The movie reportedly only cost around $750,000 to make, yet it’s already tracking toward potentially making close to $100 million. The profit margins are insane, but it’s not just about profit. People are genuinely enjoying the art behind what this movie provided. They’re talking about it afterward. They’re debating it and recommending it to friends.
And even more interesting than the box office itself is the demographic showing up to see it.
The audience is heavily made up of the 18-to-25 crowd!
When I went to see it, I felt like a geezer… and I’m not even that old. The theater was packed with teenagers, college kids, and younger adults. That means something. Younger audiences are actually returning to theaters when a movie feels worth leaving the house for. They’re sitting through the 25 minutes of ads and commercials and eventually, if you’re at AMC, that famous Nicole Kidman theater speech about why movies are better in a dark room with strangers.
For years people have cried that movie theaters were dying out, but maybe the formula was always simpler than we thought: people will still go to theaters for movies that are actually good. Go figure..
And horror has always been on the cutting edge of culture.
Horror reflects the fears, anxieties, politics, and social atmosphere of its era better than almost any other genre. The SAW movies probably would not have exploded in popularity during the 1980s, but during the War on Terror era it hit audiences at exactly the right moment. The same thing happens throughout horror history over and over again.
Oddly enough, professional wrestling and horror movies might be two of the greatest indicators of where society is emotionally at any given time. Both constantly evolve alongside culture, controversy, fear, anger, escapism, and public mood.
Unfortunately horror also gets a bad reputation with the elites and Red Carpet Crowd because of the endless flood of cheap, lazy, ridiculous films pushed out simply to make a quick dollar. But there’s a new generation of filmmakers emerging right now with creativity, atmosphere, originality, and actual vision. They’re changing not only horror itself, but possibly the movie industry as a whole because their success is proving audiences still care deeply about cinema when it feels unique.
Now we’re on the verge of another major moment in the summer of 2026.. this is really not an overstatement but clearly a cultural moment is being defined by a new set of talented people .. FINALLY..
As this post is being written, all eyes are beginning to shift toward Backrooms, directed by young filmmaker Kane Parsons, known online to many as Kane Pixels. There’s a real possibility that this film pushes things even further and helps cement the summer of 2026 as a turning point for modern filmmaking.
For those paying attention, something historic honestly feels like it’s happening here.
You can feel it in the air.
Movies do not have to be what they once were in order to succeed. In fact, if you simply recreate movies exactly the way they used to be made, chances are audiences may not care anymore. People want something different. They want creativity and atmosphere.. along with originality. They want filmmakers willing to take risks again.
And this new spirit of filmmaking is finally giving audiences that thing they’ve been searching for.
So cheers to good movies… and cheers to hopefully seeing full movie theaters again in your neck of the woods.
Because this weekend people will undoubtedly be lining up excitedly to see Backrooms… and maybe, just maybe, another horror film will make history.
We just got finished watching the The Boroughs on and we are highly recommending it. \First off, this review is going to stay mostly spoiler free, and honestly, we recommend you go into the show that way as well, binge away or space it out.. there is a lot to ‘consume’ in this show.
Let’s go through some of the positives and negatives.
The biggest compliment that can be given is this: this feels a lot like Stranger Things, just with an elderly population.
As a matter of fact, the very last sequence of episode eight gave off serious vibes of the final scene from the first season of Stranger Things. And maybe that’s not surprising considering the Duffer Brothers are executive producers. To clarify, they didn’t actually write the show, but their fingerprints are definitely all over the atmosphere and tone.
Where was this spirit during Season 5!?
There’s also a mixture of classic Steven Spielberg style science fiction throughout the series, and even the theme music at times felt inspired by old-school sci-fi scores or even the theme music for M Night Shymalan’s SIGNS. Some people may call it borrowed, but honestly it feels more like a tribute to that era and genre of storytelling.
Beyond the mystery and supernatural elements, the show surprisingly carries some real emotional weight about aging, respecting the elderly, and understanding that time itself is a thief. That message becomes evident across many of the episodes, and it gives the series more heart than people may initially expect. It also chose perhaps the only Bruce Springsteen song that seems tolerable..
The soundtrack was solid, the graphics and effects were fun, and nearly every episode ended with some sort of cliffhanger that kept us wanting to immediately continue.
If there’s one major complaint, it’s honestly that the episodes were too short. There just wasn’t enough episode in some of the episodes. Several ran under 47 or so minutes, and with credits lasting around five minutes each, they moved very quickly. But if anything, maybe that gives fans hope that a season two could be filmed and released faster, especially considering the glitchy ending this season leaves viewers with.
Overall, this show is highly recommended. It has a great summer feeling to it, it’s creative, it’s different, and for Stranger Things fans longing for something remotely similar, this absolutely scratches that itch. It may not be the perfect replacement, but it’s a really fun addition to the genre and definitely leaves you wanting more.
The only thing we would have changed? The song “Mother” should have played during the ending credits.
Google announced several days ago that it’s moving toward a more AI-based chat box experience as opposed to its traditional and long-running search engine model. That announcement had a huge ramification almost immediately, with reports of a major increase in downloads for alternatives such as DuckDuckGo. Some reports claimed downloads jumped by around 30 percent as people began looking for search engines that still function more like the internet many of us grew up with.
It’s an interesting concept. Google is moving toward a more ChatGPT-style model in which the search engine anticipates what you’re searching for and becomes more conversational instead of simply finding the websites you wanted to find in the first place.
People who have used Google for decades know the changes over the past several years have been very noticeable. Tons of sponsored ads in the first results. Queries that come back saying there are only ten pages of results when you know there are twenty years of internet history connected to the search term you typed in. And somewhere between all the fluff, sponsored content, SEO manipulation, and results that have almost nothing to do with what you searched for, you occasionally find something genuinely useful.
Alternatives like DuckDuckGo and Startpage have increased in popularity over time, but this new wave of anti-AI sentiment will probably push that even further.
At this point, everyone is going to be watching to see just how successful Google’s initiative and transition really become. What makes this especially interesting is the timing. Colleges are now booing speakers talking about AI during graduation ceremonies. Corporations such as Chase Bank are running advertisements centered around people instead of prompts in an effort to make customers feel more comfortable and human again. Meanwhile, data centers are front and center across the country as debates rage at town halls over massive AI-related developments moving into local communities.
So Google’s reliance on AI may actually be arriving at a strange and possibly ill-timed moment given the sentiment brewing around parts of the country.
People often say, “If you don’t like AI, don’t use it.” But the counterargument is simple: companies are increasingly forcing it onto consumers regardless of whether they want it or not. That’s part of the reason DuckDuckGo and other alternatives are becoming more popular in the first place.
And that’s not to say those search engines won’t eventually become AI-driven as well. They probably will.
But one of the biggest and most interesting consequences of search engines going full AI could ultimately be the slow killing of the internet itself.
Think about it. Little websites with a wealth of information, personality, niche knowledge with bad Gifs, or just good common sense about the topics they discuss may no longer show up in search results the way they once did. Instead, users may simply receive an AI-generated answer inside a chat window without ever clicking through to the source material. Traffic to websites could absolutely collapse over time because of that.
This is a reinvention of the internet itself because Google has been instrumental for decades in determining which websites gained credibility, notoriety, popularity, or visibility.
We’ll see how it all turns out, but one thing is for sure…
The internet ain’t what it used to be.
Remember when there were dozens of search engines to choose from? Remember when different search engines gave you completely different results? Remember discovering strange little websites, forums, fan pages, conspiracy pages, archived newspaper scans, weird hobby sites, and independent voices that somehow felt more human than corporate?
That era feels like it’s ending.
Now we have chat windows and AI models that will probably anticipate your next search before you even finish typing the current one.
What started as a bizarre internet creepypasta and YouTube phenomenon has now turned into one of the most anticipated horror films of the summer. Backrooms, directed by young filmmaker Kane Parsons, is being predicted to have a potentially big box office weekend coming..
Parsons, known online for his eerie Backrooms videos that exploded in popularity on YouTube, managed to turn a simple concept of endless yellow hallways and mundane existential dread into a full-fledged feature film backed by a24films..
Some internet users began speculating that Parsons did not truly direct the film himself and that someone else may have secretly taken over production behind the scenes.
The rumor spread across social media quickly, with some people claiming that a young creator like Parsons could not have realistically handled a movie of this scale.
Mark Duplass spoke out.. he pushed back on those claims and defended Parsons. Duplass confirmed that Kane Parsons absolutely directed the film and that the speculation was absurd.
In many ways, the rumors almost speak to the disbelief some people still have that a young internet creator could successfully transition from YouTube horror shorts into a major theatrical release. But Parsons already proved with his online work that he understands atmosphere, tension, and the kind of surreal horror that modern audiences connect with.
In the end, Backrooms represents something bigger than just another horror movie release. It is yet another example of internet culture and independent creators finding their way into mainstream Hollywood.
What started as grainy videos uploaded online may now become one of the surprise horror success stories of the year.
One of our favorite topics here has always been UFOs and UAP disclosure, and few people have been more at the forefront of that movement than Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp. Corbell, who became widely known for documentaries including Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers and more recently Sleeping Dog, appeared recently on NewsNation to discuss the latest UAP disclosures that were quietly released right before Memorial Day.
But surprisingly, Corbell did not seem particularly impressed by the document dump.
According to Corbell, much of what the government is now unsealing is not truly “new” information at all. Instead, he argued that independent UFO journalists like himself and Knapp had already pushed many of these incidents into public view years ago through leaks, investigations, witness testimony, and video releases. In Corbell’s view, the government is essentially confirming material that had already been circulating within the UFO research community for quite some time.
What these files do appear to confirm, however, is something much bigger and perhaps more unsettling: that the United States government has been documenting strange aerial encounters, unidentified craft, military sightings, and unexplained phenomena for decades while revealing very little of it publicly. That alone is enough to keep fueling public distrust and fascination.
Corbell even went a step further during his recent appearances, claiming that individuals connected to various “alphabet agencies” have privately contacted him seeking guidance on how disclosure information should eventually be presented to the American public.
Whether one believes all of Corbell’s claims or not, it is undeniable that he and Knapp have become central figures in the modern disclosure movement.
And now, seemingly out of nowhere over the past several days, another strange rumor mill has started developing online and within the inner political discourse of Washington D.C. Rumors continue to swirl that Donald Trump could be preparing to reveal or comment on a much larger piece of UAP-related information. At the moment there is no single credible source driving the speculation, and much of it appears to be spreading through podcasts, social media channels, insider chatter, and UFO communities rather than official confirmation.
Whether any of it turns out to be true remains to be seen.
But one thing has become increasingly evident in recent years: if people want to hear about UAP incidents before the government formally acknowledges them, many are turning not to official press conferences, but instead to voices like George Knapp and Jeremy Corbell..
In many cases, the journalists appear to be several steps ahead of the official disclosures themselves.
Call it the summer of comfortity gate.. or just a refresher for fans who long for the summer of 2019 when Stranger Things season 3 got released in the fourth of July proving that one summer casln change everything ..
But we are fans.. so we will bite..
The official account went to the socials on Memorial Day to showcase a number of nostalgic images from season 3.. but some are wondering if there’s a hidden message that aa summer of stranger things is coming !!
People are wondering could this be a hint or just a cheap plot to play on the emotional fragility of fans still dealing with season 5 instability …
The modern day Memorial Day was first observed as Decoration Day, a day to honor and put flowers on the graves of Union soldiers who perished during the Civil War..
I am oppressed with a sense of the impropriety of uttering works on this occasion. If silence is ever golden, it must be here beside the graves of fifteen thousand men, whose lives were more significant than speech, and whose death was a poem, the music of which can never be sung. With words we make promises, plight faith, praise virtue. Promises may not be kept; plighted faith may be broken; and vaunted virtue be only the cunning mask of vice. We do not know one promise these men made, one pledge they gave, one word they spoke; but we do know they summed up and perfected, by one supreme act, the highest virtues of men and citizens. For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue. For the noblest man that lives, there still remains a conflict. He must still withstand the assaults of time and fortune, must still be assailed with temptations, before which lofty natures have fallen; but with these the conflict ended, the victory was won, when death stamped on them the great seal of heroic character, and closed a record which years can never blot.
By the early 1900s, Memorial Day became a more popular title for the day.. Eventually several other war dead were included with the decoration and memorials, well beyond the war dead from the Civil War..
It may be the unofficial start of summer.. but give pause for honor and respect to those who fell in battle and perished in war for the United States..
Pope leo has been seen and caught multiple times now doing the famed ‘6-7’ hand gesture that kids are doing (or were doing, it’s pretty flamed out now)..
But Pope Leo has also taken to speaking out about something else happening in modern society.. AI:
Pope Leo XIV called Monday for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war.
“Magnifica Humanitas” (Magnificent Humanity), Leo’s first encyclical, has been eagerly awaited ever since history’s first US-born pope announced days after his election that he considered AI to be the biggest challenge facing humanity today.
In the text, Leo denounced the “culture of power” driving the AI race, especially in developing ever more sophisticated methods of remote warfare. He declared that it was “not permissible” to entrust irreversible, lethal decisions to AI systems, setting up another flash point between the American pope and the Trump administration, which has worked aggressively to deregulate AI development.
He also said there are new forms of slavery coming with AI..
