Research, Return to the Land, White Supremacists, Missionary groups, Brazil
PsyPost: Socially anxious people are better at detecting subtle signs of anger
"A new study published in Behaviour Research and Therapy suggests that people with high social anxiety are more accurate at recognizing subtle angry expressions compared to people with low social anxiety. The researchers found that individuals who scored high on social anxiety tests showed stronger brain responses when viewing low-intensity dynamic angry faces. These responses occurred during later stages of processing, which may reflect increased cognitive effort to interpret socially ambiguous cues.
Social anxiety is a condition marked by intense fear of being judged or negatively evaluated by others. People with social anxiety often worry excessively about embarrassing themselves in social situations and may avoid activities like public speaking, meeting new people, or even making eye contact. These fears go beyond shyness and can interfere with daily life. One feature of social anxiety is a heightened sensitivity to social threats, especially in the form of disapproval, rejection, or criticism.
Facial expressions, particularly those signaling anger, play an important role in how people navigate social interactions. For individuals with social anxiety, angry faces can be especially unsettling, even when the expressions are ambiguous or subtle. This tendency to interpret neutral or low-intensity expressions as threatening may contribute to the anxiety and avoidance behaviors often seen in social anxiety."
Times of Israel: 'Return to the Land': White supremacists building whites-only settlement in Arkansas
Sky News visits a 40-member community that claims its classification as a Private Members Association allows it to circumvent civil rights legislation.
"A group of white supremacists is founding a settlement in Arkansas that will only allow in white Christians.
The 160-acre community in the Ozark hills near Ravenden, Arkansas, named "Return to the Land" (RTTL), was founded in 2023 by Eric Orwoll and Peter Csereby, according to a Sky News report that aired this week.
It is explicitly declared a whites‑only settlement, excluding Jewish people, followers of non‑European religions, and LGBTQ individuals, vetting members based on European ancestry via interviews and membership screening processes, Sky News reported.
About 40 people currently live on-site, and hundreds more worldwide have paid for membership. According to Sky News, some of the members are police officers and federal agents.
Those who pass the group's screening processes are offered to buy land as LLC shares tied to personal plots, which RTTL believes allows it to bypass civil rights housing laws.
Because RTTL has a legal status as a Private Members Association (PMA), the group claims that its LLC structure exempts it from the Fair Housing Act. Civil‑rights groups say the arrangement is likely unlawful."
The Guardian: Missionaries using secret audio devices to evangelise Brazil's isolated peoples
Exclusive: Solar-powered units reciting biblical passages have appeared in the Javari valley, despite strict laws protecting Indigenous groups.
"Missionary groups are using audio devices in protected territories of the rainforest to attract and evangelise isolated or recently contacted Indigenous people in the Amazon. A joint investigation by the Guardian and Brazilian newspaper O Globo reveals that solar-powered devices reciting biblical messages in Portuguese and Spanish have appeared among members of the Korubo people in the Javari valley, near the Brazil-Peru border.
Drones have also been spotted by Brazilian state agents in charge of protecting the areas. The gadgets have raised concerns about illegal missionary activities, despite strict government measures designed to safeguard isolated Indigenous groups."
" ... The first device uncovered, a yellow and grey mobile phone-sized unit, mysteriously appeared in a Korubo village in the Javari valley recently. The gadget, which recites the Bible and inspirational talks by an American Baptist, can do so indefinitely, even off-grid, thanks to a solar panel. Up to seven of the units were reported by local people, but photo and video evidence were obtained for just one."
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