The group is a small offshoot of the rationalist community. [7] [8] [2] Generally, Zizians hold anarchist beliefs, [1] emphasize animal rights and veganism, and believe the hemispheres of the brain can have different genders and conflicting interests. [2]The group has been described as radical or cult-like by publications such as The Independent, [9] the Associated Press, [10] and …

Feb 17, 2025 · At the middle of it all is “Ziz,” who appears to be the leader of the strange group members who called themselves “Zizians.” She has been seen near multiple crime scenes and has ...

Feb 18, 2025 · The leader of a cult-like group known as The Zizians, Jack "Ziz" LaSota, was arrested along with two other group members in rural Maryland after an encounter with state police.

Feb 18, 2025 · By LEA SKENE, HOLLY RAMER and PATRICK WHITTLE. CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — The leader of a cultlike group connected to six killings in three states was ordered held without bail Tuesday in Maryland ...

Mar 20, 2025 · The leader and two members of a cultlike group that has been connected to six killings in three states face new gun charges in Maryland.. Authorities have described Jack LaSota, who is also known as Ziz, as the apparent “leader of an extremist group” called the Zizians who follow her online writings on veganism, gender identity and artificial intelligence.

Feb 15, 2025 · The killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland near the Canadian border last month and five other homicides in Vermont, Pennsylvania and California have been tied to a cultlike group known ...

“Ziz” was dead. Or at least it seemed that way. Just before midnight on Aug. 19, 2022, the Coast Guard steamed through San Francisco Bay after an alarming report. The eccentric computer ...

Feb 3, 2025 · A string of killings, including the recent murder of U.S. Border Patrol agent, are believed to be linked to a purported "death cult" made up of radical, highly-educated, vegan and transgender ...

Feb 21, 2025 · The camp was hosting two groups of visitors that day. One was an alumni gathering for a nonprofit called the Center for Applied Rationality. The Bay Area group ran workshops dedicated to ...

It is considered a giant animal/monster corresponding to archetypal creatures. Rabbis have said that the Ziz is comparable to the Persian Simurgh, while modern scholars compare the Ziz to the Sumerian Anzû and the Ancient Greek phoenix. [1]There is only passing mention of the Ziz in the Bible, found in Psalms 50:11 "I know all the birds of the mountains and Zīz śāday [וְזִיז ...