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    It’s Golden for a Reason

    You know what… It has to be said. You do what’s right—because it’s right. That’s it. No scoreboard. No audience. Just that quiet, unshakable pull inside that knows what good feels like. While everyone else struggles to swim upstream, chasing their next big step, maybe try just standing still. It gets your head above the water—and once you can breathe, you can lift others up too. Just remember: even when your head’s above water, you still need a life vest. Every Choice Shapes the Current Every single moment is full of choices. And each one sends you drifting down a…

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    Content Warning: Recipes (No joke)

    I’m going to take a break from politics to discuss a very serious concern that I have regarding the cultural identity of America. Secondarily, I think this matter speaks directly to the foundation of family values. I had a message to share from an early age. I was that nerdy kid with an electronic typewriter in the 90s, sitting in his ranch duplex, typing out a chapter from some random children’s novel purchased from the grocery store. Eventually, I graduated to typing out my mother’s recipes on an HP Pavilion Slimline. I found these recipes in a box the other…

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    The Emperor and The State of His Apparel

    Content note: this piece is a forceful political opinion and uses strong language. I do not condone violence, threats, or illegal activity in any form. When I say “take it back,” I mean nonviolent, civic action: vote, organize, protest lawfully, support community-led solutions, and hold public officials and institutions accountable through existing legal channels. If you want to take action, check out Vote.org or local community organizing groups. Waking up every morning and drinking my cup of coffee while reading the latest news has lost all its charm. I am so fed up with having to read article after article,…

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    When Free Speech Gets You Fired, Democracy Is in Danger

    On September 10, 2025, a political activist was assassinated by a lone gunman. I hadn’t planned to write about it, but a Washington Post article pushed me to speak up. The piece, “In Wisconsin swing district, criticism of Charlie Kirk sparks backlash”, reported that a Wisconsin teacher was placed on paid leave after posting online remarks about Charlie Kirk. Her words angered people in her small rural town—and politicians jumped on it. Kirk had said that having a Second Amendment means accepting some lives will be lost. The teacher called his words “hate” and said people “can’t be upset.” Were…

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    A Theory of Everything: Consciousness at the Core

    For centuries, physicists have tried to unify the rules of the very big (general relativity) with those of the very small (quantum mechanics). So far, no one has cracked it. But what if the missing piece is the most familiar thing of all — consciousness? This Theory of Everything (ToE) proposes that consciousness isn’t a byproduct of matter, but the other way around: matter itself arises from conscious processes. If that’s true, the implications stretch across science, technology, medicine, AI, and even how we see ourselves and each other. 35 Potential Advancements from a Consciousness‑Based ToE Here are some of…

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    Kintsugi Consciousness

    I was watching a video about consciousness and the guest in it said (and I hope I get this paraphrased correctly), that we’re all a neurotic because otherwise we would be in a dissociative state. Now, it’s probably important to note that when the guest brings this up, I don’t think he’s using these terms in the clinical sense. I think that he’s using them in the metaphorical or philosophical sense. Like, if we didn’t have the concerns and worries of ordinary life to tie us down, we could go into a reminiscent dissociative state. I think it’s an interesting…

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    Make America Flee Again?

    It’s been a couple of days since the election. If you haven’t heard already, Trump won the presidential election in the U.S. I won’t get into politics too much. I wanted to discuss tonight what I’m seeing in reaction to the election results. I just went onto Facebook wherein I saw multiple people talking about either leaving the United States, having left and never coming back, or a variation of the like. I saw a lot of this the first time Trump was elected, back in 2016. Don’t get me wrong. The first time that Trump was elected into office,…

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    Choosing Growth

    Let’s Talk Cancel culture is everywhere. It’s like this automatic reaction: someone does or says something out of line, and boom—they’re instantly judged, shunned, or even cast out. This can happen so fast, especially with social media fanning the flames. But here’s the question that keeps bugging me: are we just creating this culture of fear where everyone’s too scared to make a mistake? Is this actually helping anyone? Instead of cutting people off at the knees, what if we just… didn’t? What if, instead, we gave them a chance to learn, to really understand why their words or actions…

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    Premium No Political Commercials

    I’m so tired of political commercials. I think they’re an assault. lol Seriously, though. I was thinking about them as they were on, trying to drown them out with my thoughts and I came to thinking… Maybe there should be a premium subscription to get rid of political ads. I bet that the media companies would make a killing on that and it would give us the opportunity to breathe. As someone from the US, I’m disillusioned by politics. Getting that out in print felt nice. But, let’s be real here. At least in the presidential elections, it’s completely frustrating…