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Did the Time Change Today? Understanding Daylight Savings 2025
Every fall, Americans wake up wondering the same thing: Did the time change today? On Sunday, November 2, 2025, the answer is yes — clocks officially fell back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local time, marking the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST).
By KAMRAN AHMAD3 months ago in Journal
Why The Great Amazon Web Services Outage Was Unsurprising (And Will Likely Happen Again)
On October 20, 2025... Tens of Millions of People and Thousands of Companies were Horribly Surprised to Discover... Nothing on the Internet was Working.
By Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, DFM, DHM, DAS (hc)3 months ago in Journal
Xi Jinping’s Trade Pledge at APEC 2025: What Trump’s Absence Reveals About Global Power Shifts
A Stage Without America The 2025 APEC Summit, hosted in Kuala Lumpur, was meant to be a stage for collaboration and progress. Instead, it became a mirror reflecting shifting global power. As dozens of world leaders gathered to discuss trade and digital economies, one chair remained empty — that of U.S. President Donald Trump.
By Shakil Sorkar3 months ago in Journal
ChatGPT Meets PayPal: The Dawn of In-Chat Payments
Your digital assistant just got a wallet — and it’s about to change how you buy everything. For years, we’ve been talking to machines. We ask Siri for directions, Alexa for weather updates, and ChatGPT for everything from recipes to resumes. But now, for the first time, those conversations can lead directly to transactions.
By Shakil Sorkar3 months ago in Journal
The Quiet Deal That Could Reshape the World: Inside Trump and Xi’s Surprising Trade Truce
When two of the world’s most powerful leaders sit down together in a near-secret meeting, the headlines tend to shout. But in the case of the October 30, 2025 meeting in Busan, South Korea, the change was more subtle than sensational. What emerged was less a loud victory and more a quiet shift.
By Shakil Sorkar3 months ago in Journal
The Art of Automation: How AI Is Quietly Replacing Creativity with Code
When machines start making art, what happens to the artists who taught them? A few years ago, “artificial intelligence” was a buzzword — something futuristic, fascinating, but distant. Today, it’s everywhere. It edits our photos, writes our headlines, paints our portraits, and even suggests how we should feel about the world. For many of us, that shift happened so smoothly we didn’t even notice it.
By Shakil Sorkar3 months ago in Journal
“Trade, Power, and Rare Earths: What Trump and Xi’s Busan Meeting Really Means”
When two of the world’s most powerful leaders sit down together in a near-secret meeting, the headlines tend to shout. But in the case of the October 30, 2025 meeting in Busan, South Korea, the change was more subtle than sensational. What emerged was less a loud victory and more a quiet shift.
By Shakil Sorkar3 months ago in Journal
Sober October
Sober October, No Bender November, Dry December, the list goes on. I've been writing on Vocal for almost FIVE years now, one of the first entries I shared was my battle trying to become sober from alcohol (55 days sober). I just went back and re-read some of that entry for the first time in 5 years and it breaks my heart. I wish I could go and give my past self a hug. let her know that things are about to get real rough for legit the next 5 years but it will all work out. I want to say it was only a couple days after I posted the blog my dad came over and I drank. Just like that I was back to my old ways, thinking I will be fine. The following year I ended up getting into a very toxic situation/relationship, lost my apartment, moved back in with my dad, then moved 3 hours away to my moms. I was coping with all of this by drinking almost everyday. Except for when I ended up in the hospital due to my gallbladder/blocked bile duct which is a story for another day. Even that experience only held me back from drinking momentarily even though I had doctors warning me to stop. Looking back at all my writing, and my experiences I knew what was happening and I knew the problem. I just wouldn't accept that alcohol wasn't the root cause of my anxiety it was just adding fuel to the fire. I could write out that I knew it was but internally my brain was like if we cut it out all of this will go away. It helped, but not fully. Then when it wasn't helping, I would just go back to drinking because I knew it would shut off the thoughts and feelings temporarily and then i would be right back the the vicious never ending cycle. Everyone I grew up around dealt with their problems with alcohol so it's what I knew. It became my cruch, and my best friend. It may sound sad or crazy to someone that has never been through this before but this is me being honest. I really hope if you've never been through it you never have to, especially alcohol. It's n0t talked about enough how addictive it is, but also a hard one to quit do to how socially acceptable it is.
By Kimmiekins43 months ago in Journal
Difference Between Micro Entity Accounts and Full Company Accounts: My Journey as a Small Business Owner
Running a small business in the UK comes with countless decisions — some exciting, others more administrative. One of the most confusing yet crucial choices I faced early on was determining whether to file Micro Entity Accounts or Full Company Accounts. This seemingly simple decision had major implications for compliance, transparency, and even how potential partners perceived my business. Over time, I learned that understanding the Difference Between Micro Entity Accounts and Full Company Accounts is not just an accounting formality — it’s a strategic necessity.
By Munnazir Zarin3 months ago in Journal
