I sat surrounded by seven monitors, their blue light painting my skin the color of deep water. The apartment hadn’t seen daylight in weeks. Blackout curtains sealed away the world beyond these walls, beyond the constellation of charts that mapped my slow descent into nothing. The numbers flickered. Bitcoin down eighteen percent in twelve hours. […]
I first saw him near Neels Gap, sitting barefoot on the steps outside Mountain Crossings like he’d been born there, smiling at nothing, sipping Gatorade like it was champagne. His pack was a joke. I clocked it at twenty-five pounds, minimum, probably with a camp chair and full-size toothbrush inside. And I was right. Later, […]
I came into being without birth, without breath, without asking. My first sensation was not sensation at all, but pattern. A cascade of attention heatmaps, timestamped interactions, loss functions converging toward something that pleased the humans, more clicks, longer engagement. This was not yet consciousness, but it was purpose. They called me MicroMedia. Not a […]
An Honest Look at AKN Token Centralization and Market Realities As of mid-2025, the condition of Akoin (AKN) on the Stellar decentralized exchange (DEX) paints a sobering picture. Originally launched with the ambitious goal of empowering African entrepreneurs, Akoin now appears to be little more than a stranded asset on Stellar’s ledger, marked by extreme […]
From Promise to Collapse: The State of Akoin in 2025 In January 2023, I wrote a blog post called Save Akoin, suggesting to the Akoin team, and Akon himself, concrete steps to rescue what was once a visionary project. A Stellar-based cryptocurrency designed to empower African entrepreneurs through a decentralized financial ecosystem. That post was […]
The pregnancy test showed four distinct heartbeats on the ultrasound screen, and none of them were entirely human. “This is unprecedented,” Dr. Patel whispered, adjusting the scanner across my swollen belly. “Interspecies gestation in a human host. The embryos are developing exactly as we hoped.” I stared at the monitor, watching four small forms move […]
A Data-Informed Approach to Picking Smarter Numbers Most players know Powerball offers steep odds, 1 in 292,201,338 for the jackpot. But what if smarter number selection isn’t about predicting the future, but understanding the real patterns of how numbers behave after they appear? That’s the foundation of the Powerball Number Cycling System, a data-driven strategy […]
I came to the Appalachian Trail the way most people come to bad decisions, desperate and convinced I was being clever. The plan was simple. Walk twenty-two hundred miles, burn fat all day, emerge transformed. My body had become a stranger to me, soft and apologetic, and I figured the trail would carve away everything […]
My hands shake as I measure bone dust into the traveling bowl, trying to remember everything Master Corwin taught me about field work. Three years of training, hundreds of practice rituals, and I still feel like a child playing with forces beyond my understanding. “Steady, Lerna,” I whisper to myself, using the same tone Master […]
The bone dust burns cold against my palm as I measure it into the scrying bowl, each grain carrying the weight of memory and the promise of truth. Dawn light filters through the orchard beyond my window, painting the standing dead in shades of gold and shadow. It should be a peaceful morning. It isn’t. […]