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Shamontiel L. Vaughn

·2 days ago

Use your at-home COVID-19 tests before they expire

While the tests are free, they are for a limited time — Craigslist and Freecycle are two of my favorite places to be online. I’m always looking for a good deal for things I never even knew I needed. This month alone, I got a massive box full of school supplies that checked off every single thing I needed for my home…

Coronavirus

3 min read

Use your at-home COVID-19 tests before they expire
Use your at-home COVID-19 tests before they expire

Shamontiel L. Vaughn

Shamontiel L. Vaughn

·3 days ago

I once Catfished a friend before I knew what Catfishing was

Then karma taught me a hard lesson by being the victim of a Catfish — MTV’s “Catfish” is now in its eighth season, and I’m still puzzled by how people keep falling into these traps — especially considering I was once a “Catfish” myself. I don’t embarrass easily, but this was not one of my finest moments. I was in elementary school and chit-chatting with…

Catfish

6 min read

I once Catfished a friend before I knew what Catfishing was
I once Catfished a friend before I knew what Catfishing was

Shamontiel L. Vaughn

Shamontiel L. Vaughn

·3 days ago

The baby daddy fight over McDonald’s

Are basic manners not basic anymore? — “If you don’t have enough for everybody, then you don’t have enough for anybody,” my mother used to tell me as a kid. It was one of those rules that was baked into my head early on. I observed her cook massive meals for a handful of people — be…

Motherhoood

6 min read

The baby daddy fight over McDonald’s
The baby daddy fight over McDonald’s

Shamontiel L. Vaughn

Shamontiel L. Vaughn

·5 days ago

Great Resignation continues, but beware of hustlers

When a job seems too good to be true, best believe it (usually) is — Something was off. I couldn’t put my finger on what it was, but when I walked into this building, I just couldn’t shake the feeling that I needed to leave. I’d quit my job in Corporate America and said I would never go back. But then I got a recruiter…

Pyramid Schemes

6 min read

Great Resignation continues, but beware of hustlers
Great Resignation continues, but beware of hustlers

Shamontiel L. Vaughn

Shamontiel L. Vaughn

·Jun 24

If ever there was a time to push sex ed, the Supreme Court outlawing Roe vs. Wade is it

Parents, start talking about the Birds and the Bees earlier — At 40 years old, I fall right into the pool of geriatric pregnancy odds. Still, I am extremely pissed off by the Supreme Court (with GOP new Supreme Court judges Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett largely responsible for this near-50-year-old law being overturned). After the “pro-lifers” overturned Roe vs…

Pregnancy

5 min read

If ever there was a time to push sex ed, the Supreme Court outlawing Roe vs. Wade is it
If ever there was a time to push sex ed, the Supreme Court outlawing Roe vs. Wade is it

Shamontiel L. Vaughn

Shamontiel L. Vaughn

·Jun 24

The hatred for landlords is getting weird

If you hate landlords that much, wait to own instead of renting — The worldwide pandemic has created an even further hostile divide between tenants and landlords. Since 2020, there have been an estimated 989,080 evictions in six states and 31 cities. While some states and grants scrambled to mediate eviction and help both property owners and tenants with lost finances, others just…

Landlords

6 min read

The hatred for landlords is getting weird
The hatred for landlords is getting weird

Shamontiel L. Vaughn

Shamontiel L. Vaughn

·Jun 16

LaMDA may not be sentient, just smarter than most — politics included

Capitol Riot hearing proves that opinions can change, politically, culturally and socially — “Watch FOX News,” my grandfather would tell me on occasion. “You have to always know what your enemy is thinking.” Considering he was a veteran who fought in a war, I understood why he thought this way. I even respected his open-minded views about giving someone unlike him “the floor”…

Artificial Intelligence

6 min read

LaMDA may not be sentient, just smarter than most — politics included
LaMDA may not be sentient, just smarter than most — politics included

Shamontiel L. Vaughn

Shamontiel L. Vaughn

·Jun 10

From ‘Boy Soldier’ to slain children in Ukraine

Schoony’s artwork is a reminder of when kids are robbed of their youth — Whether you were for or against the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the general consensus was that those wars went on for far too long and led to too many deaths. In fact, since 2001, 2.77 million service members have served on 5.4 million deployments across the world, primarily from…

Schoony

5 min read

From ‘Boy Soldier’ to slain children in Ukraine
From ‘Boy Soldier’ to slain children in Ukraine

Shamontiel L. Vaughn

Shamontiel L. Vaughn

·Jun 7

PSA: Black women are allowed to go on dates

The Lori Harvey hate unleashes men’s own insecurities — Outside of Beyonce, there is probably no black woman who rattles hoteps’ cages quite like Lori Harvey. In the past week, gossip mags circulated, assuming that Lori Harvey and Michael B. Jordan have called it quits. While neither of them have posted a picture of each other on their Instagram…

Dating

5 min read

PSA: Black women are allowed to go on dates
PSA: Black women are allowed to go on dates

Shamontiel L. Vaughn

Shamontiel L. Vaughn

·Jun 3

Upwork client scammers who fly under the radar

Part 2 of 2: Troubleshooting problematic freelancing contracts — My car radio is set to NPR whenever I turn the ignition on. In the past few months, there’s a 99% chance I’ll hear about the Great Resignation — more than 4 million Americans have quit their jobs every month for 11 months straight in the past year. Even before…

Upwork

9 min read

Upwork client scammers who fly under the radar
Upwork client scammers who fly under the radar
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