What A Mess (News and Opinion)Mar 04, 2025
What a Mess. Political satire hidden within actual news and life lessons.
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A Poetic Journey of Two Soulmates
This stream is a compilation of poetry written to me by my wife Michele D. Davis. Her words come from real life experience and a real place, her heart. Some of the poems I'll be sharing are romantic and risqué like, “Blue Eyes”, for example. Others are more spiritual or religious in nature such as, “There Is A God” and “I Wished”. Of course there is also a few here and there that deal with the occasional struggle that comes along with a journey such as ours. This compilation is titled, “For the Love of Buck”, and we hope it reaches out and touches somebody's heart.
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Sacred Stories Yoga: Pathworking
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Shena
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The weight of the white flag Dec 03, 2025
How To Love Yourself First
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Gothikrose Poetry
I am a 46 year old mom that has recently started writing poetry. I use AI to help me with writing. Several people have told me that my poetry is really good. I wanted to share my writing with people who will appreciate it.
Joyful Sadness Dec 02, 2025
Chaos Soliloquy
The daily thoughts of a semi stable 38 year old in 2026 America. The point of this is to express some things, get feedback and build a base to make something more of my life. Always open to hearing from those who may follow.
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GeoFields
Hello everyone and welcome to the GeoFields blog! Here, we explore the world in depth, from the towering mountains to the vast oceans, and everything in between. Whether you're a student looking for help with a report, a traveler planning your next adventure, or just someone who loves to learn, you've come to the right place. We'll be diving into the fascinating details of countries and states, sharing educational resources, and answering your most pressing geography questions. So, get ready to expand your horizons and discover the world with us!
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Trump Is a Horrible President 
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In this article it talks about three main policies that make Donald J. Trump a horrible president. It talks about the economy, abortion, and immigration policies that effect the entirety of the USA.
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150 Scripts: A Journey into the Heart of Filmmaking
Dr. AY Heath Dec 23, 2024
Hello. My name is Dr. AY Heath; you can call me Angel. I'm here to chronicle a big goal for myself. And trust me, it is a very big goal. So what is this big goal. I’m going to read and break down 150 film scripts. That does sound like a lot, but it’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while and, after stepping away from my corporate job, I dove into film school and have been diving deep into the process of storytelling. But I want to do more than just learn technical skills; I want to understand what works and doesn't and see where we're in this big filmmaking industry.
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Thought-provoking sentences that encourage you to dream like a child again, peel back layers of trauma, embrace oneness with God, and unlearn useless idolatry in worldly matters. Come in, have a seat, and let us trance in real time and dance like '99 (:
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I didn't mean to put my FOOT IN MY MOUTH
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If you cover your face with both hands long enough, then you might as well keep them there. These hands aren't no use touching another soul, another single living body. With these hands that I place below my feet, I too, don't want to breathe. There's light in the shadows, but shadow, don't you get to tracing me.
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A distant lover. Is she having an unfailing desire to a lover's lasting promises? Maybe the shattered frame will fall and the picture will break apart no matter how full it seems..
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A collection of short stories exploring the intricate cycles of life, emotions, and personal transformation. Each story delves into themes of resilience, identity, and the life cycle, capturing the depth of human experience through vivid storytelling.
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"Key-Kee!" Nadine echoed, her tiny hands gripping the floor as she crawled forward, her voice bubbling with excitement. "No, it is Kit-Ty," Harold corrected, shaking his head. "She says it wrong. She is still a baby," Elise said gently. "Meow, meow… meowww," Nadine mimicked the family cat, her tiny frame wiggling like a kitten in play. Eli dropped to his hands and knees beside her. "Meowww!" he exaggerated, scrunching his nose and wiggling his fingers like whiskers. "Ugh, this is ridiculous," Harold groaned. As Nadine moved, the soft fur of her costume brushed against her arms, keeping her warm against the cool fall air. She did not know it yet, but this was something she would carry forever. Her orange-striped costume tail flicked behind her. It was her first Halloween, the night she would start transforming into something more. Later, as shadows stretched across the walls, she whispered her first sign of something greater. "Here, Key-Kee."
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How to Connect With Donors When the Economy Feels Hostile
How to Connect With Donors When the Economy Feels Hostile: Notes on Uncertainty, Generosity, and the Politics of Nonprofit Survival in 2026 The year 2026 arrives not as a marker of progress but as a reminder of the elasticity of crisis. Inflation has become a kind of national background noise—persistent, dull, and impossible to tune out. Economic forecasters talk about “cooling” in the cautious tone one uses to describe a fever that has lowered by a degree but still threatens what it inhabits. For nonprofits, especially those that survive on the thin membrane between donor optimism and donor fatigue, this is the landscape: ambient anxiety, deferred generosity, the ever-present suspicion that giving—once a gesture of civic participation—is now a luxury.
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Why You Should Visit Bilbao: Hidden Gems and More
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"Finally made it to Bilbao! A personal travel story and guide to the best of this Basque city. Discover Casco Viejo, pintxos, the Guggenheim, and hidden gems in the heart of northern Spain." You know the feeling when you keep telling yourself, “I have to go there”? Somehow, you just… never do. That was me with Bilbao. For years. It kept popping up on my list, quietly sitting there, waiting. But this time, I finally did it. I went to the north of Spain, to the heart of the Basque Country. I discovered a city that completely surprised me.
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"Finally made it to Bilbao! A personal travel story and guide to the best of this Basque city. Discover Casco Viejo, pintxos, the Guggenheim, and hidden gems in the heart of northern Spain."
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150 Script Journey
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150 scripts. That’s my challenge—to read and analyze each one to uncover what makes a story unforgettable, from the big ideas to the small details. Along the way, I’ll break down story elements, share my discoveries, and reflect on the lessons I learn. Ready to join me on this journey?
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Blade Runner - Script #1: A Deep Dive into Humanity, Morality, and Identity Dr. AY Heath Dec 24, 2024
Released in 1982, Blade Runner has solidified itself as one of the most influential films in the sci-fi genre. Inspired by Philip K. Dick's novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the film challenges the audience with timeless questions about what it means to be human. It delves into the complexities of identity and explores the consequences of artificial life in a profoundly relevant way today.
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Tales of Jistoa
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Everything previously published under Tales of Jistoa is no longer canon. Those drafts, those stories, those experiments — they were stepping stones, but they are not the living world anymore. From this point forward, what I publish here is the canon. This is Jistoa as it stands today — sharper, truer, and built to last. My plans have expanded. Welcome to the new fire.
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This Month in History - December
December is a paradoxical month. In the Northern Hemisphere, the soil hardens and the fields go dormant, yet history tells us this has often been a month of frantic motion and shattered boundaries. As we approach the Solstice—that pivotal moment when the planet begins its slow tilt back toward the light—we look back at the moments in December history where humanity redefined its relationship with the Earth and the skies above it.
I'm Thankful for the Chaos this Season
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The Borderless Silence of Digital Poverty
In the northern districts of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, there is a neighborhood where dusk arrives before the sun sets. The light doesn’t dim early—rather, the absence of illumination is imposed by rolling blackouts, the quiet prelude to what locals call “digital silence.” It’s the kind of silence that accumulates over years: thin, granular, nearly invisible until it becomes total. When the electricity cuts out, cell-phone towers stutter. The few public Wi-Fi kiosks blink off. And the digital life that people elsewhere take as a fact of modern existence collapses for hours at a time, revealing that for millions across the global South, the much-touted information age is less an era than a rumor.
The Hunger That Persists: Fighting Childhood Hunger in Developing Countries
The problem with hunger — particularly the hunger of children — is that it is both ubiquitous and invisible. It exists in plain sight, in the way a child fidgets too much or too little; in the persistent cough that accompanies malnutrition; in the mother who measures out portions with the precision of a scientist, except this experiment does not end with discovery. It ends with survival, if she is lucky.
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Life can be complicated, but we break it down here with meaningful advice, reflections, and stories that help you make sense of the everyday journey.
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The Role of Teacher in Relationships
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New York Sophistry
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What's the relationship between Deliberative Democracy theory and Debating? It seems that not a lot of instructors of rhetoric and debate have commented on this.
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John Cena To Call It A Career In 2025
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A different make up of souls strut on by without a care in the world. Taint my spirit with one strike; turn your dollar to make not one cent.
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No one ever said the boy who cried wolf was perfect. Some days must’ve been better than others. And in the days that were good, there was still something wrong with him.
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Yur my POISON, and I’m OKE’ w/ dying
A lovely night under the sun, can’t beat how many times you beat your meat, just for me to come home and I say ‘no’ to you. If it will be, then let matters be.
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