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The real lives of businessmen, professionals, the everyday man, stay at home parent, healthy lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories.
Huge global outage impacts Amazon, Fortnite and Snapchat
When the Cloud Fell: A Metaphor for the Modern World Imagine this: you wake up, reach for your phone, and the world has gone silent. No Snapchat stories. No Fortnite battles. Even your smart speaker—the one that always interrupts your silence with cheerful “Good mornings!”—is suddenly mute.
By Omasanjuwa Ogharandukun3 months ago in Journal
How Thieves Stole Priceless Jewels from the Louvre in Broad Daylight
In Paris—the city where time slows for art, where beauty is measured in centuries, not seconds—seven minutes was all it took to steal the unstealable. Seven minutes to turn history into headlines. Seven minutes to rob the Louvre, not of paintings or sculptures, but of something deeper: its breath.
By Omasanjuwa Ogharandukun3 months ago in Journal
The Girl Who Collected Stars. AI-Generated.
They said she was strange. Every night, when the world dimmed and the streetlights flickered on, she climbed onto her roof with a glass jar and a flashlight that barely worked. She’d sit there, cross-legged, scanning the sky like someone waiting for a sign.
By James Taylor3 months ago in Journal
Limp Bizkit Announces Death of Sassist Sam Rivers Aged 48
When the rhythm stops, silence feels louder. On October 19, 2025, that silence struck the world of rock when Limp Bizkit announced the death of their bassist and founding member, Sam Rivers, at the age of 48.
By Omasanjuwa Ogharandukun3 months ago in Journal
The Soft Cruelties of Conversation: Travelogues and Emotional Safety Reflections
When you travel with someone steeped in select grievance, a gentle, loving persuasion eventually gives way to containment: kindness, limits, and exit routes — for a time. This is a short field guide from one fraught trip: how to stay humane, set boundaries, and leave without rancour when conversation turns into performance.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen3 months ago in Journal
A little About Me. Content Warning.
Just before I turned eighteen, my family moved from a rural town in Oklahoma, where I’d gone to high school, to a small city in Minnesota. I had just graduated from high school, and I didn’t know anyone. I ended up living with my parents into my mid twenties. Since I didn’t know anyone, and had difficulties meeting and making friends in person (my parents are super controlling and religious) most of the people I talked to were online. My parents didn’t really like that.
By Kittiari Clark3 months ago in Journal
Portland’s “No Kings” Protest Becomes a Symbol of American Resistance
When the streets of Portland swell with chants, banners, and thunderous footsteps this Saturday, it won’t just be another protest—it will be a reckoning. Thousands are expected to gather for the second “No Kings” march of the year, a nationwide movement that has become a metaphor for America’s pushback against fear, autocracy, and the creeping return of authoritarianism.
By Omasanjuwa Ogharandukun3 months ago in Journal
Ground Cinnamon Recall Shaking American Kitchens
Imagine this: You open your spice cabinet, reach for that comforting jar of ground cinnamon — the same one that scents your morning oatmeal, your Sunday pancakes, your grandmother’s holiday cookies — and discover it could be laced with poison.
By Omasanjuwa Ogharandukun3 months ago in Journal
China’s Military Corruption Crackdown
When the dragon turns inward, even the generals tremble. In a dramatic purge that has sent shockwaves through China’s corridors of power, nine senior military officials — including two of the country’s most powerful generals — have been stripped of their Communist Party memberships and military ranks. Among them: He Weidong, former Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and Miao Hua, former head of the CMC’s Political Work Department.
By Omasanjuwa Ogharandukun3 months ago in Journal
