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Do it Yourself; Tips and ideas for DIY projects to give a gift that your significant other won't return.

The Weight of Reality: The Myth of Fairness
1. Fairness Is a Human Fiction Fairness is not a natural law. It is a social illusion created by people who wish to avoid the pain of consequence. Nature operates on cause and effect, not comfort. A storm does not pause for equality. Gravity does not check whether the fall was fair. The universe is perfectly just in one sense only: every action brings a reaction. Fairness, however, is not justice. It is an emotional ideal built by those who want consequence without cost.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast2 months ago in Humans
Ruthless hard work
From my general observation of the people around me and even those far away from me, when I look at what hard work in various context is, it comes out very differently.
By real Jema2 months ago in Humans
The Sundial of Second Chances. AI-Generated.
In the forgotten corner of the city's oldest botanical garden stood a sundial that no one understood. Its Latin motto was worn smooth, but if one could read it, it would say: "I do not show the hour, but the opportunity."
By HAADI2 months ago in Humans
The Undertaker of Forgotten Stories. AI-Generated.
In a small, dusty office at the end of a quiet street, there was a man named Silas who performed a unique and somber service. He was an undertaker, but not for the dead. He was the Undertaker of Forgotten Stories.
By HAADI3 months ago in Humans
The Dreamtailor. AI-Generated.
In the quietest hour of the night, when the moon was high and the world was asleep, an old man named Elias went to work. He was a Dreamtailor, the last of his kind, and his workshop was a place that existed just on the other side of consciousness.
By HAADI3 months ago in Humans
Digital Integrity
The Storm Of The Modern World The digital world is both a miracle and a battlefield. It connects people across continents, gives voice to the voiceless, and allows truth to travel farther than any single messenger could reach in a lifetime. Yet it also magnifies pride, anger, and cruelty. What once required courage to say face to face now pours out through keyboards without restraint.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
The War of the Currents and the Man Who Lit the World. AI-Generated.
For most of human history, the night was a dominion of shadows. Fire—from a candle's weak flicker to a gas lamp's smoky glow—was the only defiance against the dark. It was dim, dangerous, and fleeting. Taming the night required not just a new kind of light, but a new kind of power.
By HAADI3 months ago in Humans
Practical Magick: Applied metAlchemy
“If we understood the power of our thoughts, we would guard them more closely. If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative. In our thoughts and words, we create our own weaknesses and our own strengths. Our limitations and joys begin in our hearts. We can always replace negative with positive.” -Betty Eadie
By Maia Gadwall the metAlchemist3 months ago in Humans
Necessary Truth
The Foundation Of All Thinking Every human act of reason begins with an assumption. The assumption is that logic exists. When we say something is true or false, when we draw conclusions or recognize contradictions, we rely on fixed laws of thought that we did not invent. These laws are universal, consistent, and independent of personal opinion.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
When Logic Becomes A Weapon
The Rise Of Performative Reason We live in an age where people worship logic but rarely use it with integrity. Reason has become a stage performance rather than a search for truth. Arguments that once served to clarify reality now serve to elevate ego. Debate has become entertainment. Outrage has replaced understanding.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
Concentric Circles in Space
My mind travels in concentric loops. It moves in circles around a point, like the planets revolve around the sun, or like water around a toilet bowl. (Dr. Patty Lovarco just screamed at me that planetary orbits are ellipses and not circles.)
By A. S. Lawrence3 months ago in Humans
Artificial Intelligence and the Reflection of Humanity. AI-Generated.
In the age of rapid technological advancement,AI has emerged not just as a tool for efficiency but as a mirror reflecting the deepest aspects of human nature. From decision-making to creativity, AI systems are increasingly resembling humans in ways that challenge our understanding of what it means to be human. This raises profound questions about consciousness, empathy, and the future of humanity in an era where machines can mimic—or even surpass—human capabilities.
By Slaninova3 months ago in Humans