The Internet Never Forgets—But Should It?
Mistakes get screenshotted and immortalized, leaving people with a kind of digital scarlet letter.
Jack Kairos
The Drone with a Personality Problem
Maris Quinn pushed open the door of her isolated cabin, squinting against the pale sunlight filtering through the pine trees. A sharp breeze tugged at her coat as she zipped it up, boots crunching against the frost-laced ground. The creek babbled somewhere beyond the treeline, the occasional chirp of a
Is the Special Olympics Preventing Athletes from Competing in the Olympics?
The Special Olympics has been a powerful positive force in the lives of hundreds of thousands of people with intellectual disabilities, inspiring vast improvements in physical fitness and healthcare (it's healthy athletes program has helped more than 1.9 million people worldwide) as well as giving them the
Where the Arrow Points
An arrow shot across the sky.
Observers watch with keen-eyed stare,
Convinced the answer lay right there.
Pointing to the truth afar.
But eyes fixed on fleeting streak,
Mistook the signal that it seeks.
A moment's guide, a fleeting clue.
Not the truth, but a nudge,
Towards deeper
Cooking Up Hard Lessons
In early 2004, I found myself back in Oregon, desperately seeking a fresh start. The previous two years had been a dark period, driven by a hopelessness that made otherwise unimaginable choices possible. Alongside Ed, a sociopath whose nature was as ingrained as a shark in water, I had been
Echoes of the Felled
I wrote this poem out of a sense of frustration with my current approach to a memoir I'm writing. I've come to realize that the story is less about me and more about the places where the events occurred and their history, stretching back to the
Forward Together
It feels like we're moving at warp speed, the world spinning faster than we can keep pace. The future looms, a vast unknown, stirring our collective anxiety. It's as if the zeitgeist itself is broadcasting a constant stream of fear and uncertainty. Feelings that, in truth,
Reading/listening comprehension - Our education system has failed us. Jonathan Glazer's Oscar Speech.
All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present, not to say, ‘Look what they did then’; rather, ‘what we do now,' Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst. It’s shaped all of our past and present.
Right now, we stand here
Redefining Subversion From Critique to Connection
There was a time when I viewed subversive entertainment—through its dark, witty humor and sharp social commentary—as a tool for change, challenging rigid societal norms, encouraging open-mindedness, and holding a mirror up to the uglier aspects of humanity. Series like "The Simpsons", "Family Guy,"
Mastodon, the Fediverse and ActivityPub
I am conflicted about Mastodon (The Fediverse as a whole really but it's easier to understand in the context of Mastodon). On one hand, Mastodon, or a similar platform, represents what I believe to be the future of social media—a decentralized approach facilitated by protocols like ActivityPub.