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BROWSE POSTS
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You Are Human
But here, you’re treated like cattle. Sedated, reduced from the most capable creature on the planet To just a pair of eyes and a thumb. This is by design. Why do you think every social media company Created their own vertical video black hole? Because it’s insanely addictive. They call it persuasive technology, But it’s…
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Chew, Chew, Swallow
The ability to taste what you are eating has benefits. One significant advantage is that you can tell if something is wrong with your food. This is not an issue for snakes because snakes are pure carnivores and their food is almost never poisonous. Animals that eat plants, on the other hand, face the constant…
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When Grief Calls
“Hello?” 7 months, 20 days, and 2 hours had passed since she last called him 7 months, 20 days, and 2 hours since she allowed herself to turn on her phone and listen to the comforting crackle of his voicemail. Elia knew it wasn’t a good sign that Malory was the first person on her…
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Poet Heart
Long before you were her world, She’d type and write and scribble There was so much to write about She’d do it till her heart felt simple. She would wake up in the morning And ache for the release of words, Hunched over a new Google Doc, Loving that she could feel heard. It felt…
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Sunsets
I once read a quote by Rumi – “true love transcends physical attraction.” By my own relationships, I know this quote to be true. When I threw my hat up in the air, I looked forward without paying attention to how or where it might land. I looked forward, scared. I’m scared. I’m petrified and…
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Library Shenanigans
28/06 “Ebony, you really need to start preparing for your mock exams. What if you unexpectedly get cyanide poisoning two days before your exam and can’t sit it??!” Why should I care about mock exams? It’s not like I’m going to suddenly be ill, die, and dissipate a day before my real exams. While laying…
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Journal Entries for the Unmotivated
23/04/2027 So close, yet so far – I forgot the assessment deadline, so I ended up failing. Wah wah, whatever. I hate law school. There is a pile of laundry in the corner of my room – in the corner where the eggshell walls join up against the stiff wooden boards my landlord forgot to…
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Back To Earth
Esa was often right. It wasn’t something he liked to think about, but his intuition would always worm in, like larvae digging into the fruit of his flesh. Whatever he was worried about would come true, like his very own Murphy’s Law, taunting him with the knowledge of what would come but never the opportunity…