Current Events
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How I spent my life.
Right now, stories about Nick Reiner are everywhere—news articles, podcasts, comment sections filled with certainty. Watching them has shaken me more than I expected. They have pulled me back into a place I know too well. Parents argue online about what Rob and Michele Reiner should have done differently, as if love were a lever… Continue reading
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Feeding the machine.
AI has brought efficiency to science and process — but at what cost? What will we forget how to do? What will we stop being able to feel? Continue reading
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From the little girl with the glasses and frizzy hair
Yesterday, Mark Volman died. He was one of the original members of The Turtles, a US-based rock band of the 1960s. Continue reading
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Face to face with a murderer.
Have you ever found yourself staring into the abyss, only to find that the abyss is actually staring into you? Have you ever felt the sudden recognition of pure evil, in an instant, that sends a literal chill down your spine? Continue reading
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The trouble with religion.
I am usually quite private about my faith, because I’m either scoffed at or proselytized to. I don’t like either. I just like the relationship I have personally with a God of my understanding. He gets me through tough days, existential crises, and fascist regimes. I hope you have something that helps you, too. Continue reading
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It’s the end of the world as we know it.
In just a couple of weeks, Trump and Musk have tried to destroy America and remake it as some Nazi ideal, filled with only those of the Aryan race. They seek to transform us into a straight cis white male-dominated country filled with those who believe conspiracy theories, fancy themselves militants, and money grab only… Continue reading
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When do you know what to believe?
Part of critical thinking, of course, is listening and discerning the real from the fabrication. It is important to not stay static and rigid in one’s opinions. You take in new information, evaluate it based on common sense, education, and the basics of scientific knowledge, and determine for yourself whether your views have changed or… Continue reading
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Waiting for the bee man.
Of bee men and Butker. Continue reading
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Been awhile.
Bumming around the world, finding my way. Continue reading
About Me
A writer and solitary soul in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
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