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New COVID Variants Nimbus and Stratus Fuel Autumn Surge in Cases Across the UK
If you’re feeling unwell with a sore throat and fever this autumn, there’s a growing chance you may have caught one of the new COVID-19 variants now circulating widely across the UK. Health officials have identified two new strains—NB.1.8.1, nicknamed Nimbus, and XFG, referred to as Stratus—as the most prevalent COVID variants currently spreading among the population.
By Alexander Mind3 months ago in Humans
Yankees’ Boone Defends Decision to Pull Fried as Bullpen Falters in Game 1
NEW YORK — Yankees manager Aaron Boone once again found himself at the center of postseason scrutiny after pulling starter Max Fried during a stellar 6⅓ scoreless-inning outing in Tuesday night’s 3-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of the AL Wild Card Series.
By Alexander Mind3 months ago in Gamers
The Train That Never Arrived
The train station had been closed for almost three decades. Timetables were corroded into the walls, their figures faded into illegible stains. Benches for waiting were tough, dry, graffiti scrawled on the backs of them as if writings to nobody.
By Alexander Mind3 months ago in Fiction
Whispers at the Midnight Ferry
The first time Eli saw her, the fog was so thick he couldn’t see the dock’s end. Midnight runs on the Baybridge Ferry were usually empty except for a few drunks, shift workers, or sleepless souls. But that night, a girl in a cream-colored coat stood at the edge of the gangway, hands clasped like she was praying.
By Alexander Mind4 months ago in Fiction
The Apartment with the Violet Door
Mara lifted her head from the cracked spine of the novel and blinked at the violet door across the hallway. It hadn’t been violet when she moved in two weeks ago. It had been the color of chalky bone, peeling at the corners, like all the other doors in this aging apartment complex on the edge of downtown. Now it glowed with a muted, rich shade of purple, as if it had been painted in the night by hands too quiet to be heard.
By Alexander Mind4 months ago in Fiction
Ozymandias
The desert wind blew with a howl, scouring the dunes and whistling through the bones of forgotten empires. In the vastness of golden nothingness, two travelers approached a strange monolith protruding from the sand. It was ancient—so old it seemed part of the earth itself—weathered and cracked, yet still defiant against time.
By Alexander Mind4 months ago in Poets
Pablo Neruda: The Poet of the People and the Power of Passion
Introduction: Who Was Pablo Neruda? Pablo Neruda was more than just a poet — he was a voice for love, for resistance, and for the spirit of the human soul. Born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto in Chile in 1904, Neruda became one of the most celebrated and prolific poets of the 20th century. His work touched on everything from deep romantic longing to political revolution, earning him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971.
By Alexander Mind4 months ago in Poets
Homer: The Legendary Poet of Ancient Greece
Introduction: Who Was Homer? Homer is one of the most influential figures in world literature. As the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey, two of the greatest epic poems in history, Homer’s work laid the foundation for Western storytelling, poetry, and even philosophy. His name echoes through the ages, despite the fact that little is known about his life.
By Alexander Mind4 months ago in Poets
