A Donald Trump impersonator entertained crowds in Tel Aviv as the first Israeli hostages were released amid a US-brokered truce. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/donald-trump-lookalike-steals-show-with-mimicry-as-israelis-celebrate-hostage-release-watch-video-vay9x2t3?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DonaldTrump #USPresident #Doppelganger #Israel #HostageRelease

How László Krasznahorkai’s Nobel-prize winning genius slowly spread around Europe

Why did they put a picture of Bill Bailey? 😁

https://theconversation.com/how-laszlo-krasznahorkais-nobel-prize-winning-genius-slowly-spread-around-europe-267265

#TheConversation #Doppelgänger #BillBailey

Naomi Klein 's #Doppelganger knap samengevat https://youtube.com/watch?v=jCrtGSLsjSo&si=M07KIiX_4POQuhfA

La quarta ipotesi: doppi, deliri e predestinazioni https://www.carmillaonline.com/2025/09/23/la-quarta-ipotesi-doppi-deliri-e-predestinazioni/ #dottorJekylleilsignorHyde #letteraturafantastica #letteraturascozzese #letteraturainglese #SteveSylvester #doppelganger #WalterScott #Recensioni #JamesHogg #Scozia

Thiel's theory is "that the Antichrist would use the threat of Armageddon, or some looming crisis, in order to consolidate control and create a “one-world government.”"

And yet he is doing the same with #Palantir and #AI - and the apocalyptic #broligarchy

So is AI a sort of #doppelganger to the #climatecrisis?

@askesis @letcesar
Na minha perspectiva, #LeticiaCesarino usa o termo doppelganger para demonstrar como a desinformação de hoje vai muito além de mentiras pontuais: é a construção ativa de uma realidade alternativa coerente e mobilizadora (o #doppelganger), que compete diretamente com o mundo factual e é instrumentalizada para ganho e manutenção de poder. O "#MundodoAvesso" é particularmente relevante por analisar esse fenômeno com o pano de fundo do governo #Bolsonaro.

Como no livro da @letcesar:

"Tagging Mr. Robinson’s username on Discord, a messaging platform, the acquaintance attached the images and wrote “wya” — where you at? — with a skull emoji, suggesting that Mr. Robinson, 22, looked like the man being sought.

Mr. Robinson replied within a minute. His “#doppelganger,” he wrote, was trying to “get me in trouble.”"
#charliekirk
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/us/kirk-killing-suspect-online-chat.html?unlocked_article_code=1.l08.J50J._q4WDP4LuaGd&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Les éditions Aux forges de Vulcain ont la joie de vous annoncer que le roman DOPPELGANGER, de Gerard Guix, traduit du castillan par Carole Fillière, est en première sélection du Prix Médicis.

Si vous êtes journaliste ou libraire, vous pouvez nous écrire à editeur@auxforgesdevulcain.fr 

Attachée de presse : Estelle Roche.

Relations libraires : Joanie Soulié.

#auxforgesdevulcain #rentréelittéraire #edition #medicis #prixmedicis #littérature #doppelganger

Why Is The #Sky #Dark at #Night? : Medium

The search for #Earth’s most #Mysterious #Creatures is turning up extraordinary results : Vox

Can an #AI #Doppelgänger help me do my #Job? : Tech Review

Check our latest #KnowledgeLinks

https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks

TV review: Curon

Curon is a relatively new supernatural drama series, released on Netflix in 2020.

The plot revolves around a mother, Anna, who returns to her mysterious hometown of Curon with her teenage twins, Daria and Mauro, after 17 years of absence. As soon as they arrive, strange and unsettling events begin to unfold, deeply connected to the town’s troubled past. There’s a local legend that states if the bells of the submerged church tower ring, something sinister will happen. Unsurprisingly, those bells do ring, and as Anna suddenly disappears with no trace, the teenagers attempt to find her, uncovering all kinds of secrets in the process.

This Italian series was filmed in the real-life town of Curon Venosta, in the mountainous northern region of South Tyrol / Trentino – Alto Adige. The lake with the submerged tower is also real, as are many other details shown in the series, including the occasional use of a German dialect spoken in the area. The plot uses various elements of actual history and culture of the region, adding a layer of folkloric belief in doppelgängers: as we learn early on in the series, the place is beset with these supernatural doubles of living people. Representing the deepest longings and unfulfilled, frustrated desires of their original living selves, they emerge from the lake, haunt their originals, and…

Obviously, I won’t add any spoilers, just to add that the series, dark and spooky as it is, feels more like a psychological thriller than a fantasy. The main characters may be the two teens, but the series is a lot more mature than your typical supernatural teen fantasy. There’s not much gore, either, as its forte lies in creating eerie atmosphere and maintaining suspense.

I rarely binge on TV shows, but I watched all seven episodes of Curon in two sittings. I initially picked it just so I could watch something in Italian for my language practice, but I ended up enjoying the storyline and all the lore behind it. I particularly liked the creative interplay between the fictional narrative and the real-life Curon, as it added a lot to the sense of authenticity. The release of season 2 is scheduled for June 2026, and I’m looking forward to it!

Four stars out of five.

LINKS

Curon – Netflix official site

The secrets of the sunken village of Curon in South Tyrol

Doppelgänger – Wikipedia entry

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Senator Bryce Wexley smiles the same smile in two cities… minutes apart. The Bureau confirms: a perfect copy walks among us. Same scars. Same rhythm. But the eyes… too steady. Too cold.
Is this a deepfake in flesh? Or something older slipping through the veil?
👁️‍🗨️ Trust no face.

🜏 OPERATION WATCHTOWER drops 9/11

🔗 https://watchtowerintel.com
#doppelgänger #conspiracy #surveillanceState #occult

One of the premiere mid-2000s post hardcore releases.

#TFOTBand #TheFallOfTroy #doppelganger #metal #music #vinyl #NowSpinning

Started reading Naomi Klein's "Doppelganger", a book about how she is often mixed up with Naomi Wolf (former feminist icon turned conspiracy nut/grifter). It's... tedious. I haven't gotten to the parts that are praised on the back cover yet. So far it has been 100 densely-printed pages of philosophical and historical treatise. Interesting for sure, but I would have preferred this as a much much shorter essay so far. Will continue to read, but it's work.

#NaomiKlein #doppelganger #bookstodon

Conspiracy theorists claim Trump may have met a Putin lookalike in Alaska, sparking viral debate over the Russian leader’s presence. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/did-trump-really-meet-putin-or-was-it-just-a-perky-body-double-alaska-summit-sparks-doppelganger-theories-no7vly2b?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DonaldTrump #VladimirPutin #AlaskaSummit #Doppelganger

#Doppelganger, also called the Spider-Doppelganger, is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is a near-mindless duplicate of Spider

25 ans (et un mois) que ces toiles n’avaient pas vu la lumière du jour (et ça craquelle) !
La troisième reprend en partie une planche de The Third Mask (les quatre cases), un comics de 1996 écrit et dessiné par Katsuhiro Otomo dans l’anthologie Batman: Black & White.
Peintures à l’huile (2 toiles de 150x150cm, et l’autre 250x???cm, je sais plus et j’ai pas de mètre).

#painting #oilpainting #draw #drawing #selfportrait #double #doppelganger #thethirdmask #katsuhirootomo #batman

#NaomiKlein argues in her book #Doppelganger that when we - as individuals or collectively - deny our own failings & locate all evils in an objectified Other, we perpetrate on others the abuses that have deeply scarred us. This cycle is broken only when we learn to embrace our whole selves, acknowledge our histories & to heal. Individually & collectively.

#genocide #Gaza #colonialism #denial #AusPol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-26/israel-starvation-aid-global-pressure-gaza/105555092?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

Well, it’s been about a year since it was said last, and just as randomly - person on the street, waiting for a traffic light, looks at me briefly then away - then back at me for a longer look. Then, to me -
“This may sound weird, but you remind me of Robin Williams”.
I smile and thank them.
“Have you heard that before?”
“Oh, yeah. For years. But thanks. Maybe I could have played his younger, less furry brother in movies?”
We laugh and go our separate ways.
#robinwilliams #doppelganger