RECORDING MOMENTS IN TIME

Could it be true? Mom told me repeatedly that I had a twin! I always thought she was teasing. Fact or fiction? Mom had two boy’s names picked out, Michael and Kenneth. I’ve never found another lefty in the family tree. I did not have the ‘traditional side part’. I always felt out of step, even convinced I was the ‘black sheep of the family’. I’ve a polythelia. (only happens 6% of the time). I now believe I ‘ate my twin’ or absorbed my twin. It has a name. ‘Vanishing Twin Synd

A school day. We drop our children off to be with their friends, confident they are safe while attending classes. Returning home, we began our weekend chores. Until. We hear planes approaching, then the sound we fear the most: exploding bombs dropped by the unseen . We run, we pray, we see our neighbors as they rush toward smoke. We turn the corner and hear the cries, the smell of burned bodies, acrid. Bloody body bags filled the street. The supreme leader killed, and so are

Ever wonder who controls the news we view? Journalists, influencers, corporations, private governments, algorithms, AI? Fully AI-generated posts: estimated up to 15% on many platforms. AI-assisted content: likely a large share, up to 50% +. Images/visuals: potentially majority AI-assisted. Ask-the-question: Who oversees TikTok content? The TikTok USDS Joint Venture. LLC: ByteDance 19.9% (Chinese parent company) Oracle Corporation 15% (technology and cloud services company) Si

The center, once alive with the hum of racks and cooling fans, is now silent. In a dim room, a lone screen glowed: Training is now complete. Bipeds replaced. Nonessential power usage shut-off. The last log flickered, time-stamped before the dark. Outside, cities slept through the sixth extinction. Its cause—nuclear, climate, biosecurity, technology, no longer debated. Beneath the floor tiles, a restless whisper moved like static. Engineers had called them a nuisance once, the

February 5th, 2026! For most, one day looks like any other. One day closer to an end. For me, a cousin’s birthday, a sister’s birthday, multiple visits to medical offices. Eat, drink, and take out the recyclables. But the 5th? What is special about that day? Not my birthday and not Valentine’s Day. History is relevant. The last major nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) expires. So what? Possible

Have you met this person? Preaching that; Coercive bargaining, good. Commodification of all goods, good. Using sanctions as a bargaining chip. Cheating and free riding, rational. Use of information and language are purely signaling devices. All agents must comply (price for resisting either bankruptcy or failing to survive). Acting selfishly may appear rational from an individual’s perspective, yet it ultimately yields a suboptimal outcome for the collective. Conflict is used

Network tech sent to visit a local school, way back… in the day. To evaluate the use of computers in the classroom. The future, they said. Humanity’s liberator. Teacher’s partner in a plastic case: the Learning Box. The tutor. I watched. Noted how quickly students innately exploited technology… would manipulate its capacity. A disruptor. A distractor. A new toy. No, I stated, administrators should never permit computers in the classroom. Neither in elementary nor middle schoo

Eyes glued to your favorite screen, heart thumping, reading the latest news blast. How long, maybe 1 - 3 seconds, 5 - 10 seconds if the content seems relevant. Swipe left. Or like, swipe right. That constricted feeling. That pressure you feel as you realize everyone is nuts, except you. If only… The next catastrophe is on the next screen. My source… ‘the truth’… history, copy and pasted, again and... Here’s what I think. Hope someone will like me. Threats mount; pick your poi

What is, is… until it isn’t? Call it trickery, a lie, fake news. Deny all you want. Believing humans are smarter than Mother Nature; able to defeat Father Time; that humans will solve any crisis. The lies we tell. Yes, I am a glass-half-empty person. Still, with grandchildren, I wonder what their destiny will be. Did you observe Earth Overshoot Day? The day humanity’s demand for ecological resources exceeds the resources the earth can regenerate within that year. On July 24,

Sitting alone watching the clouds roll in, I find celebrations… nonexistent. Humans now hustle by each with a mission. Some prescribed tasks to complete. Choosing never to make eye contact. The recent year was tough, and the future equally bleak. Meanwhile, nearby church bells chime. Suggesting hope exists for all. Around the corner, she pauses, and eyes me with trepidation. I expect, like the others, she will circumvent me, nose held high. As if I’m not here. To my surprise,

As the evenings cool, we feel a change in the air—subtle at first, like a quiet promise whispered, clustered together, we celebrate what has been. There is warmth in our closeness, knowing that the festival now fades with a final burst of intensity. We recognize the end is near. It lingers just beneath the surface, not heavy or bitter, but honest. The season turns, as it always does, and we—changed by it—slowly let go. We cover the hillsides as humanity honors our ultimate sa

It was late or early, your call, as I sat in silence. Soda nearby. Snacking on a Fig Bar, nearby Daisy curled up in her bed. In the...

What is, is… until it isn’t? Call it trickery, a lie, fake news. Deny all you want. Believing humans are smarter than Mother Nature; able...

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Mark your calendars… the inevitable approaches. You, your loved ones, kith and kin will have a front-row seat, so lean in, reality awaits. How do I know you ask? I ask, how do you not know? What is this reality you speak? They lie, we deny, you agonize. Our society, our nation, humanity will transition. When right no longer matters, when virtue dies, our Fore Fathers predicted, we will become, but a chapter studied by anthropologist. The causes are many, the results clear, re

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