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1989, December: A hunting trip to Maine (part two)

29 Aug 2026 18 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey $0.05

We are awakened again at what seems like a ridiculously early hour, to begin the next leg of our journey. This is actually not so bad as it turns out, because some unexpected sights await down in the kitchen. Though Tyler is not accompanying us on t...

The Real Cost of Staying Angry - 5 Ways to Stop Letting Other People Control Your Day

28 Aug 2026 3 minute read 0 comments DaVinci7 $0.07

【 Introduction 】 Someone says something rude at work. A friend cancels at the last minute. A stranger cuts you off in traffic. The moment itself may last only a few seconds. Yet you can spend the next several hours replaying it in your head. The ot...

In the USSR, a Factory Worker Could Have More Authority Than His Boss

28 Aug 2026 2 minute read 0 comments SovietStories $0.01

There was a particular kind of person on a Soviet factory floor who didn't need an important title to be taken seriously. He might have spent twenty years working with the same machines. He knew the production line, understood how the equipment behav...

Article 2: “Controlled Drawdown; Consistent Profit”

28 Aug 2026 2 minute read 0 comments CubanCrypt $0.05

(from the series: 60 Days in Green, Before and After the Storm)   Introduction In the previous article ( Article 1: “Forget ROI… The Curve Is the Mirror” ), we talked about mindset. But mindset without technique is just toxic positivism. Today, I’ll...

Left-Handed Children in the Soviet Union

27 Aug 2026 2 minute read 1 comment SovietStories $0.02

I remember how unusual it was for a child to write with the left hand in the Soviet school system. Today, a left-handed child usually causes little concern. Schools can make small adjustments, and teachers generally understand that some children simp...

Rain — the permission to rest I no longer needed anyone to give me

27 Aug 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nurnobi Islam $0.45

For the first time in longer than I want to admit, I didn't feel like I owed anyone an explanation for going quiet. It happened last Tuesday, when the sky didn't clear until evening. There was no urgency to it. No flooding to worry over, no umbrella...

I Don't Care What You Think. Except… Apparently I Do.

27 Aug 2026 2 minute read 0 comments TheEverydayMind $0.04

How one person's opinion can somehow become the loudest voice in your head. You don't even like this person. Not hate. That's too much effort. You just... don't particularly care for them. Maybe they're arrogant. Maybe they're rude. Maybe they once s...

Is Voting A Criminal Act?

27 Aug 2026 7 minute read 0 comments Ancient Warrior $0.09

The core question in this essay was inspired many years ago through a lecture from Eric WhoRU Williams. The argument presented here as follows, however, is my own exploration of where that question has lead me. Defining The Terms Before I take a dee...

The Wild Times of Washington DC Just Keep On Going

27 Aug 2026 1 minute read 3 comments Cje95 $0.20

I am currently out of town taking care of some medical stuff but that doesn’t mean DC is going to stop DCing! Yesterday afternoon, Capitol Police came upon an illegally parked vehicle…. Except it wasn’t just any vehicle…  It was a truck with a freaki...

What Does Financial Freedom Consist of and How Can Monero Help?

26 Aug 2026 10 minute read 11 comments Ancient Warrior $0.16

What does financial freedom actually mean? Most people probably think of having enough money that you don't have to worry about where your next paycheck is coming from. Maybe it's being debt free, owning your home, having enough saved to walk away fr...