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Gaza, Genocidal Destruction, and the Erosion of Humanity

5 Sep 2025 1 minute read 6 comments Vladan Lausevic

TLDR       A May 2025 investigation in +972 Magazine by Meron Rapoport and Oren Ziv (“Render it unusable: Israel’s mission of total urban destruction”) documents how Israel’s military campaign in Gaza has gone beyond targeting Hamas. Bulldozers, expl...

Proverbs of Smog #3

5 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"That's not all, MCs have the gallTo pray, to pray for my downfall."Biggie Smalls   Biggie Smalls went down. He did not heed the wisdom of the Proverbs of Smog. Don't be like Biggie. Today is not the day of salivation. Turn from your wicked deeds tod...

Proverbs of Smog #2

4 Sep 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

My cat caught me plagiarizing from the future tomorrow night, and has accused me of planting the so-called "Proverbs of Smog" in his litter box so that he could "discover" them and feel like he'd accomplished something significant.  I have been indic...

#34 🔸 The power of patience: why rushing steals our peace and results

4 Sep 2025 2 minute read 0 comments luciman

We live in a world that glorifies speed. Everything has to happen fast: a quick career, quick money, overnight results. We’ve come to believe that if we don’t succeed “now,” we’re falling behind. But this constant rush drains us and, paradoxically, k...

The Stillness Between Heartbeats

3 Sep 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Prompted Beauty

Click to animate 🌿A short story, born from this art... Marcus discovered death wasn't an ending—it was the world's first honest pause. For thirty-seven years, he'd lived like a man being chased by silence. His days blurred together in a symphony o...

#33 🔸 Why we self-sabotage and how to break the vicious cycle

3 Sep 2025 2 minute read 0 comments luciman

Have you ever felt that, even though you know exactly what you should do to succeed, you are the one putting obstacles in your own way? Whether you keep postponing important tasks, give up too early, or tell yourself you’re “not good enough,” these a...

The Animal Trials of Medieval Europe : Animals as Criminals

2 Sep 2025 1 minute read 2 comments Aura516

    In medieval France and other parts of Europe, animals were sometimes held legally responsible for crimes especially if they hurt or killed a person. These trials were taken extremely seriously: the animal would be assigned a lawyer, brought befor...

#32 🔸 Why we avoid confrontations and how this affects our financial and personal life

2 Sep 2025 2 minute read 0 comments luciman

Have you ever noticed that sometimes it’s easier to say “yes” even when you want to say “no”? Or that you prefer to stay silent in a conversation, afraid of hurting someone, even though your silence hurts you instead? This is a common psychological m...

A Look into the Life of Franz Kafka

2 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Rupanshu kumar

Hello everyone, I hope you're all doing well! Franz Kafka, an enduring icon of modern literature, crafted a philosophy that remains profoundly relevant and widely cherished even a century after his time. Kafka was a frail boy, yet he was capable of...

When Governments Shuffle Their BTC Wallets

2 Sep 2025 4 minute read 3 comments zulonga

The Geopolitical Chessboard of Bitcoin The idea of a nation-state accumulating Bitcoin is no longer a theoretical exercise. Whether through seizures from criminal activities, strategic mining, or direct purchases, governments have become significant...