Story & Verse

Step into a world where your words are the ultimate vibe, and every story or poem is a fresh take on who you are. It’s yourself, but new—with every line.

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From Alexa to Aliens: Why We Panic at the Unseen and Unknown

The internet loves a good overreaction. Right now, social media has been flooded with clips showing toddler fear of Alexa in action The setup is always the same: Mom says “Alexa..”, the blue halo flashes like it knows a secret,

Free will and survival - Crowd of people forming a world map surrounded by mathematical formulas, symbolizing humanity as data and patterns.

Are We Living a Script? – Free Will, Survival, and the Math of Life

Free will and survival – In Apple TV’s Foundation, mathematician Hari Seldon creates “psychohistory,” a science that predicts the future of entire civilizations. It’s part math, part prophecy, and completely terrifying. Because if the big stuff is already written, what

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America: The Power That Lost?

America global power lost isn’t just a headline, it’s a pattern. Power doesn’t always go to the most capable. Sometimes it goes to whoever showed up first with money, leverage, and a loud media machine. That’s how superpowers are built,

Turtle in human culture - Baby turtles crawling across sand for World Turtle Day, May 23

Turtles in Human Culture: From Ancient Myths to Pop Icons

From world-bearing gods to pop culture icons, turtles in human culture have symbolized endurance, wisdom, and cosmic power across civilizations. Here’s how their story spans 230 million years.   Turtles are more than slow moving reptiles. Across thousands of years,

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Israel Palestine Conflict Villains: Who Fuels the War and Why It Won’t Stop

The villains in the Israel Palestine conflict aren’t hiding. They’re front-row in politics, propped up by media spin, and wired directly into weapons deals. As Gaza burns, we ask: who keeps this war alive, and why does the world still

Smelly Food - Split illustration showing a “Diversity” bulletin board with inclusion buzzwords on one side and a cooking smell coming from an apartment door on the other, highlighting the contrast between theory and lived experience.

Smelly Food & Subtle Racism

Smelly food – Not everything that stinks is about food.   So, May 21 is World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development. Not exactly a calendar event with hashtags and public holiday, but it exists. on paper, it’s

Art as resistance - Illustrated close-up of Juan Salvo in a hazmat suit from The Eternaut comic, with starry night and falling comet in the background.

The Hammer and the Snowfall: How Art Became and Remains A Threat to Power

Art as resistance. From apartheid South Africa to occupied Palestine, from the American South to the streets of Myanmar, art has always been more than self-expression. It becomes survival, becomes protest, it becomes memory that outlives the bodies that carry

Pope Leo Gaza Silence - Cardinal Robert Prevost in red liturgical vestments during a Vatican ceremony, before being elected Pope Leo XIV.

Pope Leo Gaza Silence: A Step Back from Pope Francis’s Path

As Gaza continues to burn, Pope Leo Gaza silence is starting to echo louder than any sermon. Under Pope Francis, the Church showed what moral leadership could look like: he condemned the violence in Gaza, urged for ceasefires, and even