satire
Relationship satire can be cathartic; when love hurts too much, just laugh.
New Year, Really?
I don't know what you did on New Year's Eve, but I was sitting listening to my neighbour rattling my house with his bass-dominated tunes. Obviously, the guy and his Mrs have a right to party, but is it really necessary to blast my wall down like the trumpeters from Jericho? Thumping bass and the volume turned up so loud that it distorts the music. Mind you, whether you can call it music is another thing. But hey, Im biased, each to their own, I guess.
By Nicholas Bishop8 days ago in Humans
Lost and Alone in the French Alps
Looking back now, I can pinpoint the moment my sense of bravery quietly rearranged itself. It began, as many pivotal moments do, with someone else’s idea. This time, it was my cousin Hannah, who introduced me to Marcus at a birthday dinner I hadn’t wanted to attend. He was charming in an understated way, the kind of man who didn’t try to impress because he didn’t think he needed to. I was drawn in almost immediately.
By Engr Bilal10 days ago in Humans
Lost and Alone in the French Alps. Top Story - December 2025.
Looking back, I can trace some of my life’s biggest adventures to a simple action from my sister. She’d introduced me to Tommy (a very long time ago), a colleague of hers, who had overshared his penchant for Italian-looking women, and I ticked that box.
By Chantal Christie Weiss10 days ago in Humans
The Attention Economy Is Quietly Rewriting Our Minds — and Most People Don’t Notice
Every time you unlock your phone, scroll a feed, or tap a notification, you are participating in something far bigger than momentary distraction. You are engaging in what experts call the attention economy — a system where human focus is the most valuable resource on Earth. This isn’t hyperbole. It’s reality. For the companies that fuel the modern internet, your attention is currency. Every second spent watching, clicking, or reacting generates data that platforms use to predict your behavior, tailor your feed, and pull you deeper into their ecosystem. And the consequences go beyond algorithms. They are reshaping how we think, feel, and decide — often without our conscious awareness.
By Yasir khan11 days ago in Humans
The Day My Phone Started Knowing Me Better Than I Did
It started with a notification I almost ignored. “Good morning, Alex. Based on your sleep patterns, we’ve adjusted your morning schedule. Coffee is ready at 7:15. You might want to leave home at 8:03 instead of 8:10.” I froze. My phone had never spoken to me like this before. Sure, it suggested playlists, predicted traffic, and reminded me of appointments. But it had never calculated me this precisely. Curiosity overcame caution. I followed its instructions. The coffee was perfect. Traffic was lighter than usual. I arrived at work feeling oddly efficient.
By Yasir khan11 days ago in Humans
Digital Shadows: How Our Online Lives Shape Who We Are
We live in a world where almost every thought, habit, and interaction leaves a digital trace. Every post we make, every story we share, every “like” or reaction contributes to a vast, invisible record of our lives. These traces—our digital shadows—are shaping more than just algorithms; they are shaping us.
By Yasir khan11 days ago in Humans
We Are Training Technology More Than It Is Training Us
Most conversations about technology focus on what machines are learning. We talk about artificial intelligence becoming smarter, algorithms improving, and systems adapting faster than ever. The common fear is that technology is watching us, analyzing us, and eventually outgrowing us. But there’s a quieter truth hiding in plain sight. Technology is learning because we are teaching it—constantly, unintentionally, and without pause.
By Yasir khan11 days ago in Humans
The Age of Invisible Technology: How Silence Became the Most Powerful Feature
Technology used to announce itself loudly. New devices arrived with dramatic launches, glowing screens, and long lists of features designed to impress. Faster processors, bigger storage, sharper displays—progress was measured by how much more we could pack into a single machine. The louder the innovation, the better it seemed.
By Yasir khan11 days ago in Humans
The World Through Different Eyes
We often believe that reality is fixed, that the world exists exactly as we perceive it. But the truth is, reality is much more flexible than we realize. It’s shaped by our thoughts, our experiences, and the lens through which we choose to view life.
By Yasir khan15 days ago in Humans
The Foundation for Order in a Collapsing Culture
This is a systems-level framework, not a polemic or a list of opinions. It lays out a sequence of foundational truths about how societies maintain order, how that order erodes, and why collapse follows when truth, accountability, and consequence are selectively suspended. Each point builds on the last, tracing a logical path from epistemology and moral agency to politics, institutions, and cultural outcomes.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast15 days ago in Humans
Iran And Israel War (When the Middle East Shook Again)
When the Middle East Shook Again On the night of 29 December, the world once again held its breath. News screens glowed in dark rooms, radios whispered urgent updates, and phones vibrated with breaking alerts. The words were heavy and frightening: Iran and Israel—conflict begins again.
By Wings of Time 18 days ago in Humans
Island Girl Coping Mechanism For When It’s Too Damn Winter. Runner-Up in The Ritual of Winter Challenge. Top Story - December 2025.
Growing up without Icelandic temperatures shapes you into a different being. And this particular being put on a valiant front until climate change upped the ante in my current location with a well-timed sucker punch some years back that became standard.
By The Dani Writer24 days ago in Humans
