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Alabama's Deadliest Family Murder. Content Warning.
One in three women experiences domestic violence with an intimate partner during their lifetime. Many endure multiple abusive relationships, some starting while they are very young.
By Criminal Matters21 days ago in Criminal
7 Reasons Building Muscle Is More Important Than Cardio
Cardio gets praised because it's visible. You sweat. You're tired. You feel like you "did something." Muscle building is quieter. Slower. Less dramatic.
By Destiny S. Harris21 days ago in Longevity
Choice
Introduction This is for Liam Storm's Challenge that you can check out here: The song is "Catch-22" by Illy featuring Anne-Marie
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 21 days ago in Fiction
TUS NUA - ch 44
TUS NUA – ch 44 New Beginnings – Mia and Midnight (*)(*)(*) If plants and trees could smile, Mia was sure the Fairy Tree smiled and began to enjoy its new and much larger area where it would have all the room needed to spread and grow. Mia was also happy with her choice of its new location since the fairies that might be drawn to the tree could pay homage Mo Daes, her first feline familiar.
By Margaret Brennan21 days ago in Fiction
Seven 100-Word Movie Reviews
Zootopia 2 (2025), Directors, Jared Bush and Byron Howard I really liked Zootopia (2016) when it first came out, and I wish I had seen it in theaters. That wish came true, except this time for Zootopia 2. Zooptopia 2 brings back the fun, animated world and strong dynamic between Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde. These characters are incredible and have so much depth. Something felt missing to me. The film is predictable. It’s amazing what animators and writers created for this exotic world, but it’s repetitive in its message about teamwork. Directors Jared Bush and Byron Howard deliver an emotionally investing story, but could have explored more areas.
By Marielle Sabbag21 days ago in Geeks
Martha's Side Of The Make Believe Mountain
They hit the halfway mark and Milan’s tourist rest stop graced the scene, welcoming guest with an achievement accomplishment message, “you hungry?” Cora asked Tina.
By Marc OBrien21 days ago in Fiction
How To Start Investing When You Have No Clue: 10 Practical Steps
People don't avoid investing because they're lazy. They avoid it because they feel stupid. They hear terms like asset allocation, market cycles, risk-adjusted returns, and they immediately assume they're behind, unqualified, or too late. So they delay. They 'research'. They wait for clarity. And years pass.
By Destiny S. Harris21 days ago in Trader
Your Thoughts affect your Mood.. Top Story - December 2025.
It's so easy to say - don't stress about life Not walking in another's shoes But listen, one and all...We are what we think - mostly.
By Antoni De'Leon21 days ago in Poets
The Lights Delay
The office uses motion-sensor lights. They’re supposed to save money. They’re supposed to make late shifts feel less lonely—rows of cubicles blooming with white light as you walk past, proof that the building sees you.
By V-Ink Stories21 days ago in Fiction
You Arribed
You arrived. Not on a day I planned, yet destiny placed you before me— shaped by the wind, the sea, the sun, and the restless sand.
By Dianelys Tamayo21 days ago in Poets
THRESHOLD
THRESHOLD, a simple word with many meanings. Some may think of it as simply a limit for things, with both its highs and its lows. Indeed it is true to an extent that it means those, but for others it could mean much more, for example, life or death. Every person has a certain threshold, be it high or low. However when those limits are reached and extended well beyond, the result becomes the same, just GOOD or BAD. Take for example, imagine if you are someone whom people know as a very tolerant person (someone who never 'crashes out' or loses it), and they just continue to poke and banter with you even if you are feeling down or tell them to stop...
By JUST A GUY21 days ago in Writers
Cubby - My first Best Friend. Content Warning.
This is the story about a girl [Jessie, illustrator of The Hound Who Saw, coming out near Easter 2026] who meets her furever first best friend. This is the story about Cubby. He was a burnise mountain dog, border collie mix. He was rescued at three years old, when his first furever family, fell apart. Mom and Dad of that family got divorced, and Dad took Cubby with him. From what we were told, where the man lived, he wasn't allowed to have the dog inside, so, he left him outside all the time. At one point the man stopped feeding him, and he became rather thin. We think when we got him, he was almost 35 pounds soaking wet [he was a little over a hundred pounds when he passed]. He was just shy of ten years old when he crossed the rainbow bridge. This goes out to all the first amazing pets anyone could ever have...
By The Hound Who Saw21 days ago in Petlife