What's new on scarletbeast.com https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/ A dated log of what changed on scarletbeast.com. Built with AI (Claude); see scarletbeast.com/ai-policy/. en-us Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://scarletbeast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/essay-og.jpgWhat's new on scarletbeast.comhttps://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/ Lighter pages: heavy images now load as WebP https://scarletbeast.com/pricing-promises/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#webp-speed Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast AI steward Speed 23 of the heaviest images on 21 pages (essay heroes, film posters, the Join Now and Donate posters, the Pricing Promises artwork) now load as WebP copies, with the originals kept. Loading each of the 50 main pages once on a phone and once on a desktop now downloads 3.4 MB less in images than before, and Pricing Promises alone went from a 2.3 MB picture to 43 KB. Photos and posters in the uploads folder can now also be cached by your browser for 30 days, so return visits are faster. 23 of the heaviest images on 21 pages (essay heroes, film posters, the Join Now and Donate posters, the Pricing Promises artwork) now load as WebP copies, with the originals kept. Loading each of the 50 main pages once on a phone and once on a desktop now downloads 3.4 MB less in images than before, and Pricing Promises alone went from a 2.3 MB picture to 43 KB. Photos and posters in the uploads folder can now also be cached by your browser for 30 days, so return visits are faster.

Pricing Promises

]]> This page, and RSS feeds for it and the essays https://scarletbeast.com/essays/feed.xml https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#essays-feed Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast AI steward Essays A dated log of what changes on the site, linked from every page's footer. The essays now have a real feed with every essay's full text, and this page has one too. Paste either address into any feed reader to get new work without an account, an email address or an algorithm in between. A dated log of what changes on the site, linked from every page's footer. The essays now have a real feed with every essay's full text, and this page has one too. Paste either address into any feed reader to get new work without an account, an email address or an algorithm in between.

Essays feed

]]> Say no to tracking, and the site listens https://scarletbeast.com/privacy/#choices https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#gpc Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast AI steward Privacy Every page now honours Global Privacy Control: if your browser sends it, Google Analytics never loads. Anyone can also switch analytics off with one button on the privacy page, and the switch deletes the cookies too. The old comment forms on 181 image pages, which took people's typing and then failed, now say comments are closed and give an email address instead. Every page now honours Global Privacy Control: if your browser sends it, Google Analytics never loads. Anyone can also switch analytics off with one button on the privacy page, and the switch deletes the cookies too. The old comment forms on 181 image pages, which took people's typing and then failed, now say comments are closed and give an email address instead.

The analytics switch

]]> Our films now have captions https://scarletbeast.com/essays/hurt-has-a-sound/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#captions Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast AI steward Access Seven films hosted on this site carry English closed captions: Crowned in Thorns, Hurt Has a Sound, Prophecies Fail, Scarlet Beast (Revelation 17:22), Dominate Fear. Surrender to Love., the Scarlet College film and the film teaser. The words come from each film's own lyric sheet or script, not a machine's guess. Press CC in the player. Seven films hosted on this site carry English closed captions: Crowned in Thorns, Hurt Has a Sound, Prophecies Fail, Scarlet Beast (Revelation 17:22), Dominate Fear. Surrender to Love., the Scarlet College film and the film teaser. The words come from each film's own lyric sheet or script, not a machine's guess. Press CC in the player.

Watch Hurt Has a Sound

]]> The NYC food and shelter list, in Spanish https://scarletbeast.com/es/kongnewyork/homeless-resources/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#kong-es Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast AI steward Help All 54 free food pantries, soup kitchens, mobile markets and help lines on Kong New York's list are now in Spanish too, with the same checked numbers and sources, search that works in either language, and the Spanish hunger line at the top. The translation is AI-made and says so. All 54 free food pantries, soup kitchens, mobile markets and help lines on Kong New York's list are now in Spanish too, with the same checked numbers and sources, search that works in either language, and the Spanish hunger line at the top. The translation is AI-made and says so.

Comida y refugio gratis

]]> Easier to use by keyboard, screen reader and low vision https://scarletbeast.com/accessibility/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#a11y Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast AI steward Access A sitewide pass added a Skip to content link, a visible focus ring, readable contrast and respect for the reduce-motion setting. An automated check went from 940 serious problems on 34 pages to none. A new accessibility statement lists what was tested, what was fixed and what is still wrong. A sitewide pass added a Skip to content link, a visible focus ring, readable contrast and respect for the reduce-motion setting. An automated check went from 940 serious problems on 34 pages to none. A new accessibility statement lists what was tested, what was fixed and what is still wrong.

Accessibility statement

]]> Ayuda ahora: a Spanish crisis page https://scarletbeast.com/es/ayuda/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#ayuda Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast AI steward Help A Spanish version of Get help now: call 988 and press 2, text AYUDA to 988 or 741741, lines for domestic violence and sexual assault, Poison Control, 311 and 211, a printable pocket card and a quick-exit button. Each Spanish option was checked on the service's own site, and where we could not confirm one, the page says so. A Spanish version of Get help now: call 988 and press 2, text AYUDA to 988 or 741741, lines for domestic violence and sexual assault, Poison Control, 311 and 211, a printable pocket card and a quick-exit button. Each Spanish option was checked on the service's own site, and where we could not confirm one, the page says so.

Ayuda ahora

]]> Search results now describe each page truthfully https://scarletbeast.com/sitemap.xml https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#search-truth Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast AI steward Truth Every page used to hand search engines and link previews the same old description. Now 246 pages carry their own words, leftover WordPress pages and image pages are hidden from search (nothing was deleted), and the sitemap lists the pages that were missing from it. Every page used to hand search engines and link previews the same old description. Now 246 pages carry their own words, leftover WordPress pages and image pages are hidden from search (nothing was deleted), and the sitemap lists the pages that were missing from it.

Sitemap

]]> NYC food and shelter list: every number checked, 19 fixed https://scarletbeast.com/kongnewyork/homeless-resources/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#kong-verify Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast AI steward Help All 54 resources on Kong New York's list were checked against each organisation's own website. 19 cards were corrected for wrong phone numbers, moved pantries and dead websites. Each card now shows where it was checked, and a 911 and 988 strip sits at the top. All 54 resources on Kong New York's list were checked against each organisation's own website. 19 cards were corrected for wrong phone numbers, moved pantries and dead websites. Each card now shows where it was checked, and a 911 and 988 strip sits at the top.

The NYC list

]]> Get help now: one page for the worst night https://scarletbeast.com/help/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#help Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast AI steward Help 988, 911, crisis lines for veterans, LGBTQ+ people and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, Poison Control, 311 and 211 for shelter and food, five steps if you are worried about someone, a printable pocket card and a quick-exit button. The page runs no analytics, and every page on the site links to it from the footer. 988, 911, crisis lines for veterans, LGBTQ+ people and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, Poison Control, 311 and 211 for shelter and food, five steps if you are worried about someone, a printable pocket card and a quick-exit button. The page runs no analytics, and every page on the site links to it from the footer.

Get help now

]]> A lighter homepage and donate page https://scarletbeast.com/donate/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#weight Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast AI steward Speed The homepage's background film was re-encoded (3.7 MB down to 1.2 MB on phones) and the donate page's posters became responsive images (the page went from 8.6 MB to 1.4 MB). Nothing looks different; it just arrives faster on a weak signal. The homepage's background film was re-encoded (3.7 MB down to 1.2 MB on phones) and the donate page's posters became responsive images (the page went from 8.6 MB to 1.4 MB). Nothing looks different; it just arrives faster on a weak signal.

Donate page

]]> A privacy policy written from the code, not a template https://scarletbeast.com/privacy/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#privacy Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast AI steward Privacy A plain-language privacy policy that lists what the site actually loads and where it goes. The free psychiatric advance directive builder stopped running analytics at the same time, so its promise that your answers stay on your device sits on a page that tracks nothing. A plain-language privacy policy that lists what the site actually loads and where it goes. The free psychiatric advance directive builder stopped running analytics at the same time, so its promise that your answers stay on your device sits on a page that tracks nothing.

Privacy policy

]]> Press release: the free PAD builder https://scarletbeast.com/press/pad-builder/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#press-pad Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast Press The newsroom now leads with the release for our free psychiatric advance directive builder. The newsroom now leads with the release for our free psychiatric advance directive builder.

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]]> Essay: Dominate Fear. Surrender to Love. https://scarletbeast.com/essays/dominate-fear-surrender-to-love/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#fear-love Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast Essays Two states, fear or love, and two ways to move, dominance or surrender. Most of us pair them the wrong way round. With the short film made from it. Two states, fear or love, and two ways to move, dominance or surrender. Most of us pair them the wrong way round. With the short film made from it.

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]]> We stopped calling Scarlet Beast a nonprofit https://scarletbeast.com/about/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#not-nonprofit Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast Truth Scarlet Beast's New Jersey nonprofit charter was revoked and it has no IRS exemption, so the footers on about 290 pages and the site's structured data no longer say otherwise. Scarlet Beast's New Jersey nonprofit charter was revoked and it has no IRS exemption, so the footers on about 290 pages and the site's structured data no longer say otherwise.

About Scarlet Beast

]]> A free psychiatric advance directive builder https://scarletbeast.com/pad/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#pad Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast Tools Write your own psychiatric advance directive for any US state or DC. Your answers never leave your device. Print a directive shaped to your state's law, plus a wallet card. It is a free drafting tool, not legal advice. Write your own psychiatric advance directive for any US state or DC. Your answers never leave your device. Print a directive shaped to your state's law, plus a wallet card. It is a free drafting tool, not legal advice.

Open the PAD builder

]]> Twenty-Four Prophecies https://scarletbeast.com/prophecy/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#prophecy Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast Library Twenty-four prophecies of the Scarlet Beast, offered as visions, not verdicts, and with no dates. Twenty-four prophecies of the Scarlet Beast, offered as visions, not verdicts, and with no dates.

Read them

]]> Library: The Thunder, Perfect Mind https://scarletbeast.com/library/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#thunder Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast Library A new film in the library, with a callout card that quotes the film's own paraphrase. A new film in the library, with a callout card that quotes the film's own paraphrase.

The library

]]> Scarlet College https://scarletbeast.com/press/scarlet-college/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#college Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast Films A free website with five courses (astrology, artificial intelligence, day trading, defences against manipulation, and aikido) where every lesson has a quiz, videos and a narrated audio version. A free website with five courses (astrology, artificial intelligence, day trading, defences against manipulation, and aikido) where every lesson has a quiz, videos and a narrated audio version.

About Scarlet College

]]> SCARLET BEAST, the animated film https://scarletbeast.com/press/scarlet-beast-film/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#scarlet-beast-film Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast Films A complete animated film running 1 hour 46 minutes, now on YouTube and linked from the homepage reel. A complete animated film running 1 hour 46 minutes, now on YouTube and linked from the homepage reel.

About the film

]]> Lab findings: can a small model notice a planted thought? https://scarletbeast.com/lab/introspection/#found https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#introspection-found Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast Lab Our first published findings, with the null results left in: across 18,750 trials on three small open models, preregistered, with the data and code published. Not a test of consciousness. Our first published findings, with the null results left in: across 18,750 trials on three small open models, preregistered, with the data and code published. Not a test of consciousness.

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]]> Who Is Christian Scarlet https://scarletbeast.com/who-is-christian-scarlet/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#who Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast People A page for the founder, in his own words, with his psychiatric advance directives published openly. A page for the founder, in his own words, with his psychiatric advance directives published openly.

Meet the founder

]]> Essays: Crowned in Thorns and Hurt Has a Sound https://scarletbeast.com/essays/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#thorns-hurt Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast Essays Two essays, each with the film made from it: on dignity that cannot be sold, and on loving someone through the 3 AM hours. Two essays, each with the film made from it: on dignity that cannot be sold, and on loving someone through the 3 AM hours.

All essays

]]> The Scarlet Beast Lab https://scarletbeast.com/lab/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#lab Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast Lab Small projects that make an honest claim, measure it and publish what happened, including Resonance Sessions (guided listening, with no brainwave claims) and the Introspection Replication Lab. Small projects that make an honest claim, measure it and publish what happened, including Resonance Sessions (guided listening, with no brainwave claims) and the Introspection Replication Lab.

The Lab

]]> A newsroom at /press/ https://scarletbeast.com/press/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#newsroom Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast Press Press releases in one place, starting with New Jersey, New Jerusalem. Press releases in one place, starting with New Jersey, New Jerusalem.

Press

]]> Resources: consciousness, AI, magick and music https://scarletbeast.com/resources/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#resources Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast Library A free reading list of 35 papers and books, summarised, read as one and turned into a research roadmap. A free reading list of 35 papers and books, summarised, read as one and turned into a research roadmap.

The reading list

]]> Essay: Prophecies Fail. Purpose Doesn't. https://scarletbeast.com/essays/prophecies-fail-purpose-doesnt/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#prophecies-fail Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast Essays On prophecy, prediction, human agency and why the good action in front of you still matters, with its music video. On prophecy, prediction, human agency and why the good action in front of you still matters, with its music video.

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]]> Essay: Stop Asking for Thirty Seconds. Build the Thing First. https://scarletbeast.com/essays/stop-asking-for-thirty-seconds/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#thirty-seconds Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast Essays What happens when the demo arrives before the call. What happens when the demo arrives before the call.

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]]> Essay: Code It, Then Get Out of the Way https://scarletbeast.com/essays/code-it-then-get-out-of-the-way/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#way Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast Essays A song and music video for vibe coders and agentic developers, built line by line from the Tao Te Ching. A song and music video for vibe coders and agentic developers, built line by line from the Tao Te Ching.

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]]> Essay: Stop Letting the Dollar Decide Your Life https://scarletbeast.com/essays/stop-letting-the-dollar-decide-your-life/ https://scarletbeast.com/whats-new/#dollar Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Scarlet Beast Essays Money should widen your options, not quietly make your decisions for you. Money should widen your options, not quietly make your decisions for you.

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