Nonfiction
On the Shame that Breeds Deviance
Formation You don’t survive shame. You become what it needs you to be. Not in one moment, and not in response to a single harm - but over time, through repetition, silence, and cultural enforcement. Through the slow redirection of instinct into obedience, of autonomy into performance, of natural impulses into strategic ones.
By Sevryn Camois9 months ago in Critique
If I Were To Publish An Exclusive Story
If I did, would you pay two dollars and ninety-nine cents to read my story? If you are Vocal+, you are already paying to read my work, and if you are not Vocal+, you have other, more pressing financial obligations.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 9 months ago in Critique
Tunisian Man Sentenced to Six Months in Jail for Refusing to Listen to President's Speech
In a development that has sparked serious concerns among human rights activists and international observers, a Tunisian citizen has been sentenced to six months in prison for refusing to listen to a televised speech by President Kais Saied. The unusual and controversial sentence, handed down by a local court, has once again brought Tunisia's declining state of freedom of expression under the spotlight.
By Ikram Ullah9 months ago in Critique
Diagrams of Sentences
I have an idea that could be many pieces of writing and art for I was reading and commenting on my notifications and other stories. While, scrolling through others works I stopped on one that brought back a very fond memory for me, although it is an odd one, but here goes. I am going to hunt for varied lengths of sentences and diagram them as artwork for some are very intricate almost like advanced math problems. The images will be the diagrams with a brief description. Some will be short and some very long. Please comment on this idea.
By Mark Graham9 months ago in Critique
🎼 Music: The Language That Speaks When Words Fail . AI-Generated.
Have you ever listened to a song and felt like it was telling your story—without a single word? Music is a universal language, but not in the way we usually think of language. It doesn’t rely on grammar or vocabulary. Instead, it uses rhythm, melody, harmony, and silence to speak directly to our emotions.
By The Yume Collective9 months ago in Critique
Mattress Firm . Content Warning.
Mattress Firm's "All Night Long" advertising campaign highlights what most of us have come to already know…People can suck! These commercials showcase the self-centered and self-serving society we have become. I do not blame or hold Lionel Richie responsible for the use of his song in these series of commercials. If anything he should take the fall for "The Simple Life" with his daughter and Paris Hilton.
By Clifford Kincaid9 months ago in Critique
Sustainability and it's relevance to long term success in the mobile computing industry.
Circa October 2013: The current generation of consumer electronics put an ever increasing amounts of integrated computer and radio network technologies into incredibly small and sophisticated packages. Mobile devices such as iPhones, Androids and tablet computers rely heavily upon modern battery technology built into small form factors to deliver the user experience to consumers. Despite the steady improvements in mobile computing power over the last half decade, there remains a substantial gap between the rate of evolution in technology in comparison to the capacities and efficiency of mobile battery components.
By Scott Cathery9 months ago in Critique
"Apple Intelligence Is A Failure"
Apple | Intelligence is like any other distributed computer system, layered within Von Neumann dervied binary summing algorithms and the OSI Layer Stack. Private Cloud Computing is sophisticated and currently the best implementation for safe delivery of AI moderated query and it is far from a failure.
By Scott Cathery9 months ago in Critique
"Don't give your kids a phone or a tablet, it's bad for them"
I've recently begun self paced study in Peterson Academy. Part of the interest has swung me over to some of the other resources that Jordan moderates or contributes to. This are my recent post comments to Dr Jordan B Peterson "Daily Wire +" segment regarding the advice to "don't give your kids devices" || (responding to) this is a massive decision | had to move to the computer for the edits. Two thumbs can be a challenge on the input.
By Scott Cathery9 months ago in Critique
God of the Conqueror: How Religion Was Weaponized Against the Colonized
The history of empire is not just a story of land and gold. It is also a story of God. From the Spanish missions of Latin America to the Anglican schools of Southern Africa, religious institutions were often the first tools of empire. Churches arrived before flags. Bibles before bullets. Priests before governors. And with them came the most dangerous lie ever sold: that submission to foreign rule was not only political, but divine.
By David Thusi9 months ago in Critique
