Solar Storms, AI Whistleblowers & the Black-Basalt Abyss - May 17, 2025

Tonight, Art Grindstone slams the mic with a six-pack of headlines that blur the line between breaking news and midnight myth:

• Space Weather vs. Fault Lines – A G3 geomagnetic storm barrels toward Earth; could the incoming particle barrage really shake the San Andreas? Art weighs prepper tips against hard-nosed USGS skepticism.
• Death of a Code Keeper – OpenAI engineer Suchir Balaji is found dead hours before a leaked memo warns GPT-5 could deepfake elections and crack 2048-bit crypto. Conspiracy, coincidence, or corporate cover-up?
• China’s 11-Kilometer Drill to Hell – Beijing’s mega-rig bites into the Taklimakan Desert in a race for rare-earth riches, geothermal power…and bragging rights over the Soviet Kola borehole.
• Alien Halls Under Antarctica – A retired SEAL describes gravity-null corridors of polished black basalt. Satellite data says no; legend says otherwise.
• The Black Knight Satellite Returns – From Tesla’s 1899 signals to STS-88’s “blanket,” Art charts the myth that refuses to de-orbit.
• Bigfoot in the Mirror – Tribal lore, bear DNA, and the psychological need to turn wilderness into a shaggy reflection of ourselves.

Plus: cyanide-munching microbes that could upend gold mining, a looming asteroid fly-by, and Art’s signature ash-tray wisdom on staying curious when the grid flickers. Strap in for 55 minutes of hard science, dark speculation, and that gravel-voiced reminder that the truth might just go bump in the night.

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