James Woods·PinnedMember-onlyI No Longer Feel Safe in AmericaThe story of America is increasingly becoming one where you never feel safe. — “The land of the free and the home of the brave” is supposed to be the story of America. It is something that every American is supposed to believe as a part of our national anthem. …Guns3 min readGuns3 min read
James Woods·PinnedMember-onlyHow To Break a Black Man’s SpiritThere are only so many times you can witness a system fail your people before it breaks you. — I remember growing up believing the world had my back. It was filled with endless possibilities and working hard would afford me the same opportunities as everyone else. I believed this up until I was 18 years old. For those first 18 years, I was fed a lie. …Race4 min readRace4 min read
Lisa Marie·PinnedMember-onlyTake It From a Fat Woman: People Are Never Going to Shut Up about Adele’s WeightFat women, even if we lose weight, are not allowed to exist outside of our fatness. — Last month, English singer-songwriter Adele told Vogue that “[her] body’s been objectified [her] entire career.” This is in regards to her recent-ish weight loss of 100 pounds, which she claims to have done via exercise. …Fat6 min readFat6 min read
Mallory Mosner·PinnedMember-onlyGhost Of A GenerationMillennials are ghosting friendships, romantic relationships, and all other ships straight into the digital Bermuda Triangle — Halloween is just around the corner, but ghosts are year-round now. Unlike the children veiled in spooky sheets, yelling “BOO” and festively chomping down on Snickers for one day, these ones are real, and they are among us. In fact, for younger generations, these days they are most of us.Relationships8 min readRelationships8 min read
J.P. Prag·Jan 5, 2024Member-onlyNFL Playoffs: A ReimaginingDouble Elimination League-wide Tournament to the Super Bowl — Entering the last week of any NFL season, there is generally only one question that needs to be answered before heading into the playoffs… Is there any point to all this? As an example, let’s look at the first sixteen completed games per team in the 2023–2024 timespan. Based on…NFL8 min readNFL8 min read
David Saint Vincent·Dec 31, 2023Member-onlyTake A Minute, Even If It Means You Miss The Moment:It Just Might Save Your ASS The terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas and the Hell on Earth it unleashed is doing a great deal more than just dominating our geo-politics right now. It has been in the news for almost three months and it remains the hottest of all hot button issues in the world…Social Media9 min readSocial Media9 min read
Lisa Marie·Dec 30, 2023Member-onlyAn Overlooked Reason In-Store Shopping in My Country Is Getting DifficultWhy is nobody talking about this? — At the time of writing this, I am home sick from my part-time job stocking at a local big box store. …Opinion5 min readOpinion5 min read
Ira Kawaller·Dec 17, 2023Member-onlyTackling Poverty Amidst an Economic Recovery: A Call for Action12/17/23 If I had to prioritize our domestic problems here in the US, I’d put poverty at the top of the list. …Economics4 min readEconomics4 min read
Patricia Rainsford·Dec 14, 2023Human Rights are for Life … not just for ChristmasHuman Rights for All = Peace on Earth — It looks like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which celebrated its 75th birthday on December 10th, 2023, urgently needs to come out of retirement. Born just 3 years after the end of World War II while conflicts still raged and millions of people — especially Europeans — were displaced…Peace6 min readPeace6 min read
J.P. Prag·Dec 14, 2023Member-onlyHow Many Australian Minutes is 15 American Minutes?A.I. has plenty of Artificial, not so much Intelligence — The other day, I asked Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant-that-lives-inside-of-a-hockey-puck to set a timer for fifteen minutes, a rather benign task. Then, as a little joke, I followed up by requesting, “And I mean American minutes, not Australian minutes!” You see, Alexa has a setting that allows you to change its…AI7 min readAI7 min read