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Love and Leopold

15 Feb 2026 3 minute read 0 comments mildandred $0.02

Trevor Getz makes some heavy claims about Leopold in his article about the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, which was convened by said Leopold. He writes that: "The immediate reason for the Berlin Conference was the jealousy of the king of a small cou...

You're a War

14 Feb 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.07

Zelle: [email protected] You’re a War Letting goof how I feelthe circus floorthe roulette wheelthat steers the worldinto a ditch,dries your tears,blows out your brains,and makes you rich Hitch a ridewith my dreamsshow me whattrue freedom...

Editorial comments (and style choices that are either dying or dead - and they should stay dead)

13 Feb 2026 2 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted $0.11

Language evolves, including in writing. And as someone who's been writing professionally for about a decade or so, there are a few things I've noticed, and I wanna share them. All-caps headlines - no, just no please This used to be a thing in Engli...

Is INSURANCE a Cost or a Protection?

13 Feb 2026 3 minute read 0 comments RionWeb3 $0.01

Insurance can be viewed by the user as either an expense or as protection against the worst-case scenario, depending on the perspective. While there are cases where a person pays and doesn't use the service, there are also cases where a person pay...

The day you're destined to lose

13 Feb 2026 3 minute read 0 comments Kovichni $0.18

Did you ever have those days where everything you did was wrong? And I do mean everything, like doubting between two multiple choice answers on exams and picking the wrong one, to buying crypto and then watch it crash a few minutes later, all the way...

Proverbs of Smog #43

12 Feb 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.04

Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Forty-Three 1. The freeway is a feast. 2. A takeaway buffet. 3. Traffic is a priest. 4. Slow and in the way. 5. Avoid the biting flyway. Take instead 6. The ever wonder whyway. 7. Repent!...

I Can't Get Started: The Melancholy of Starting Over

11 Feb 2026 1 minute read 2 comments floc1960 $0.10

A short essay with a jazz soundtrack Soundtrack (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2BuWDhuT2I I was resting for a moment, the coffee machine refusing to stop, and I stumbled into a song that feels like a human truth dressed in velvet. Bunn...

How to Escalate an Email

11 Feb 2026 4 minute read 1 comment rah $0.07

One of the frustrations we face in our professional lives is that of waiting for information - and more to the point waiting for an email that never seems to come despite repeated requests. This article is based on a resource that I put together for...

Economic Reality Check — Day 2: The 6-Cent Insult (Writing Naked Against the System)

11 Feb 2026 1 minute read 11 comments floc1960 $0.04

Yesterday, 232 people spent their most precious asset—time—reading my words. In the cold, calculated world of digital platforms, that moment of human connection was valued at about $0.06. Let’s call it what it is: an insult. Not only to me, but to yo...

The Problem is not in the INVENTIONS, but the USE!

10 Feb 2026 2 minute read 0 comments RionWeb3 $0.14

We live in an era of technological revolution. Old cartoons most likely depicted the year 2026 as a futuristic world, with flying cars, virtual reality, and robots doing household chores. Well, many old cartoons and movies ended up getting their p...