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This is Hope
By: Mary Hood
Tags: Self Improvement, Christianity, Poetry On Medium, Poetry, Hope

I cannot become



a better me today



No more than I



Contour another’s clay







The great I AM



Created who I am



And by His grace



I find my way







Though Satan’s scheme



Leaves bitter stains



On every soul



From breath to death







All mighty God



Ere time began



Threw down the gauntlet



To redeem man







But Heaven alone



Would not suffice



Needed more



A worthy bloody sacricice







So God the Father



Sent His Son



One who is Himself



A mystery I know







Condescended to earthy form



Servant of all



Remained humble



To His Heavenly call







Laid down His life



By will alone



But raised in glory



By the Spirit’s call







Death is dead



Redemption free



But still one’s heart



Must ask to receive







Let go the lie



You can be a better you



Take hold the truth



He makes all things new







Redemption is not evolution



Sanctification is continuing transformation
Relentless Sun
By: Mary Holden
Tags: Light, Water, Drought, Relentless, Sun

Photo by Morning Brew on Unsplash. Thank you, Morning Brew.

Light crisps the leaves.

Light dries the stone.

Light will not leave

light’s breadth alone.

That smart Solon!

He sends lasers!

Issues photons:

life’s appraisers.

Rising rises.

Set doesn’t set.

Heat’s residue

evening’s regret.

Lightful summer.

Unceasing sun.

Cloudless curse for

Arizonan.

NOTE: This year’s summer monsoon season is being called the “nonsoon.” Summer rain is ghosting Phoenix in 2020. This city just broke its record for days over 110F-degree in a year. Today will be day 38.

There is no water in fire, but there is firewater. And it doesn’t help, either.
Principal Reality
Tags: Letters, Magic, Future Of Work

There is no beginning or end. So all stories that are told with a beginning are distortions of what has happened. —Bernie Roth

When I was considering new names for this magazine, one of my hesitations with Endless was it’s association with materialist consumption as much as human capacity and there’s a tension there that I want to explore.

The digital economy is breaking things because most people running digital companies aren’t aware of the operating system that’s beneath what they’re doing. There’s a good old fashion venture capital driven operating system. It goes back to central currency and corporatism and chartered monopolies and really the way our economy works, which has worked for a good 400 or 500 years and promoted everything from the British East India Trading Company right through to Walmart and General Electric. But when you take that and juice it up with digital steroids, weird things start to happen.

I seem to be running into douglas rushkoff’s works everywhere this week. Populist as his views are, I can’t imagine he’s a very popular in Silicon Valley. Here he argues that technology is built atop an operating system that is extractive, anti-competitive and so inherently flawed. You won’t find me arguing against a contemporary academic who places British Colonialism alongside Capitalism. Well, at least the digital tether is kinder than indentured servitude.
Is Music Worse than it used to be? (Persuasive) 2
By: Israel Barraza
Tags: Music

Most people can agree on the fact that music has changed in the past 20 years, but has it changed for the better or worse. It depends on what “good” is to you.

There is no arguing that music has changed a lot. Just to name a few things according to an amazingly complex study done by Colin Morris ( study found here) shows that on average repetitiveness has increased by about 9% from the 1960’s to 2014 and on average songs of the same length are 22% more repetitive. In fact this is a statistical confirmation of what many people that are fans of older music (referred to as old-heads by the younger generation) say. They argue that older rap music is more lyrical and relies less on the producers than newer music. In my experience this is true, the repetitiveness of older rap music in a lyrical sense is much less noticeable than in newer songs while the back track is fairly repetitive compared to new music. While songs like Lil Pump’s Gucci Gang (2017) repeats the lyrics “Gucci gang” 49 times in 2 minutes and 4, however, that isn’t what the best part of the song is, the best part is the backing track which adds variety. This is reflective of how most songs now days work. They have uninteresting lyrics and complex backing tracks. This is in-contrast to older music, while the lyrics and rhyme scheme are very complex, the back track is usually fairly simple.

Lil’ Pump

Y-Axis- Compressibility Percentage X-Axis- Year

So has music progressively gotten worse? It is very dependent on what you like. If you’re more about lyrics you’ll like old music. But, if you like whats going on behind the person talking, then your more likely to like newer music
Jealous of other trans people
By: Branwen Rhiannon Drew
Tags: Children, Parents, Transgender, Jealousy

Self portrait on a bad day.

I am feeling very guilty right now. I have been reading several recent articles on Medium by others in the trans community. Many are about difficulties of coming out at anywhere from the age of 20 to 40 years and others are about how the ones they love are trying not to dead name them. They need to write these and I need to read them, but some of them hurt a great deal to read. It is not from the pain of the writer. It is from the pain I feel from what I don’t have.

Daily contact with their children

This is very difficult for me to deal with at times. I have not talked to my children in over two and a half years. They are both out of college and on their own with a partner. I text them every once in a while and sometimes get a short response but that is the exception. Neither one of them has contacted me on my birthdays, on any holidays, or when I sent out news about my art shows or poetry. Much of it is caused by how I had to take care of my self first. I don’t know how to get beyond that other than waiting it out.

Love you children. Cherish them. Be thankful if you have their acceptance and love. Accept their accidental dead-naming of you and move on.

Talking with their parents daily

When I read about people having problems talking with their parents about transitioning, I want to scream out loud and say, ”AT LEAST THEY ARE ALIVE.” My mother has been gone for 17 years and my father for close to 5 years. I am now older than my mother was when she died. I want to talk to Mom and Dad about what I have learned about myself. I want them to love their daughter Branwen as much as they loved the person they thought of as their son.

If your parents are still around and at least tolerant of you, be thankful. You still have time for them to accept you and to love you as you truly are. I can only imagine how that must feel. I will never know for sure how they would have felt about my transition.

Complaining about transitioning as an older person — 20 year old to 40 year old

This one bugs the hell of me sometimes. Everybody takes a different road on their journey. Those forty and younger are lucky because they potentially have more than half to three quarters of their life ahead of them in their true identity. I came out when I was 68 years old. I am well past middle age and statistically have from ten to thirty years ahead of me. I am unable to enjoy being a young adult woman. I will never have the joy of going to a college formal.

For you youngsters, enjoy your 20s, 30s, and 40s as your true selves. Make the most of it. I can only enjoy those years as a spectator. Raise some hell.

My journey is mine alone.

I ask for forgiveness and understanding from the trans community. My journey is not same as anyone else. We all have issues that drive us to dysphoria and depression at times. Love your children, your parents, and enjoy your life ahead. I am doing that as best I can. I have more good times than hard times. Love who you are and who you want to become.
by Martino Pietropoli
By: Martino Pietropoli
Tags: Cats, Tuesday, Art, Humor, Comics

First thing in the morning: a glass of water and a cartoon by The Fluxus.

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Why I’ve Banned Certain Phrases From My Life
By: Jj Wong
Tags: Mindfulness, Education, Self, Writing, Language

Words can build or destroy.

I think back to the most painful moments in my life. When my dad said I wasn’t his son. When I was told I was good for nothing. When I was rejected over and over again… These experiences all share a common thread — the pain inflicted by words.

Words are magic. It’s why spelling is so closely related to ideas of magic spells”and incantations. It’s why the deity of writing across cultures throughout human history is often their guardian of knowledge, wisdom and magic — The Egyptian Thoth and Seshat, Mesopotamian Nabu, Greek Athena, Hindu Sawasrati, Yoruba Orunmila, to name a few. The list goes on.

Nations have toppled, religions have waged holy wars, revolutions have sprung — all on the back of pen and paper.

I used to be careless with my words. I’d swear like a sailor and curse myself when I made a mistake. I’d complain about life’s misfortunes. I thought that words were harmless.

Now I’ve learned that words don’t just affect my life, they change and shape it. I’m not able to control outside events, the actions of others, or external circumstances, but I can always control the words I speak and the words I think.

My power lies in the words I use.

“You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” — Marcus Aurelius

My life has changed for the better since I’ve banned specific words in my life and replaced them with better ones.

Here’s why.
Flesh And Soul
By: Mark Starlin
Tags: Miracles, Poetry, Life, Baby, Soul

Flesh and soul

knitted together in the womb

intertwined

inseparable

unique

a daily miracle

life
What You Can Learn From My Struggle With Constructive Criticism
By: Jaleel
Tags: Self Improvement, Lifestyle, Self, Personal Development, Mental Health

For as long as I can remember, I’ve never handled criticism well. I squirmed whenever someone took a look at my work and didn’t like it. It was even worse when they had something to correct about it.

You see, in our household, anything less than excellent was unacceptable. You can’t really show your face at the dinner table and expect to be applauded for above-average work. That won’t sit well with the teachers, my mother always used to reprimand me.

So I strived for perfection over and over, until my parents had nothing left to say except high praises. But even then, it wasn’t enough. There was still more work to perfect.

I’ve carried this struggle well into my adult life. While I have no more parents over my shoulders to chastise me, I was still under the mercy of my colleagues and bosses. And I hated every single second of it.

For them, they were simply helping out a coworker and an employee. But for me, it was a nightmare.

Even when their criticism was well-intentioned, all I ever saw were my flaws on display. All I ever heard were doubts in my head. The worst of it all was feeling like everyone was out to get me. After all, they were all better than me. Right?

This is probably why I thrive outside of an office environment. It’s been almost a year since I’ve been doing freelance work online. I’ve figured that I always worked better by myself.

However, I’ve come to acknowledge that I’ve never healthily addressed my inability to take criticism in stride. Still, humans are intensely social creatures, and even when being alone works right now, there is much growth waiting to be discovered with others.

The best way to solve a problem is to resolve its root cause. Fortunately, there is a body of psychological research that may shed some light on the matter.
Andela Women Tech Leadership Program
By: John Kagga
Tags: Generics, The Andela Way, Wit, Andela

The Andela Women Tech Leadership program is currently a six(6) weeks program that focusses on software development, entrepreneurship and leadership. The program also aims at empowering women and equipping them with skills to enable them become world class technologists. This is in line with Andela’s mission of empowering today’s team and advancing human potential. With the belief that brilliance is evenly distributed and gender neutral.

The first cycle attracted more than 100 ladies from all over Africa. Half of the applicants (all of whom were Ugandan) were selected to join the program. This is because the program is currently running in Uganda and yet to kick off in our Andela centres.

The program was officially launched by Christina Sass the president of Andela. Christina shared inspiring stories about her journey as a woman in technology and also shared the story of how Andela was founded.

Phiona (Left) Maria, Emily, Cecilia, Christina, Gloria, Shakira and Angela

During the program, the ladies were divided into groups and given a software project to implement individually. Each group was assigned learning facilitators (Andelans) who were responsible for the progress and mentorship of the ladies.

Initiative core team

Aigo Faith a lady within the program shares her thoughts to as why you should never give up no matter what happens or what you think.

In addition to the software project, the ladies also had technical thought leadership sessions that were led by influential women both in Andela and Africa. These included Wambui Kinya the VP of success Andela, Agnes Muthoni the Director of Pre-fellowship Andela, Brenda Katwesigye, the CEO of Wazi Vision

The program has gone on to see ladies such as Dorothy Asiimwe who was new to programming go on and create her first software program and also share her experience and new knowledge with others.

Sonia Learning Facilitator(left) with Dorothy Asiimwe at the closing ceremony

If you are a lady out there with the dream of changing the world apply to join this program and also follow Andela on twitter and Facebook for all the latest programs and communications.
Contact
By: Nuance Media
Tags: Sex, Sexual Health, Toronto, Contribute, Love

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Remote Learning Round-Up: Schedules & Routines
By: Dana B Silverberg
Tags: Remote Learning, Education, Psychology, Routine, Schedule

Remote Learning Round-Up: Schedules & Routines

Source: Nadia Hafid (NY Times)

In the first two weeks of school closure, my district took the time to research and develop a remote learning curriculum. Teachers, staff, and students were given a two-week “snow day.” Snow days are not my friend. They typically pop up midweek in the midst of many open evaluations and scheduled meetings — they are never a vacation day for me. I always have something with an impending deadline, so I view my snow days as work-from-home days with the added “bonus” of some exercise (digging my car out- welcome to New England)! I enjoy the structure and routine of a schedule. After multiple consecutive snow days, I am itching to get back to work. The notion of a two-week snow day seemed incomprehensible to me.

The first day off was a blur. It was structured around returning to my office to gather whatever belongings I thought might be essential for the two-week closure (had to rescue my Girl Scout Cookies). By the beginning of the following week, without any expectations of where I needed to be, I started going to bed later and later. I found myself wide awake at night, having not done anything physically or mentally draining. It was hard to get anything started let alone finished, especially with no pressing deadlines or scheduled meetings. I was floating through my week yet all of this freedom felt stressful. I needed some structure and some new routines ASAP.

I can only imagine the sentiment I expressed above is a familiar one. It became clear to me that in the absence of a daily norm, I needed to craft a schedule for myself. One of the first types of resources I saw repeatedly online was tips and tools around creating structure and routine at home. Society has quickly needed to adapt to a new type of day. I have gathered various resources below.
Five Programming Projects Every Programmer MUST DO!
By: Shahzar Ali
Tags: Programming Languages, Programming, Python, Coding, Learning To Code

Five Programming Projects Every Programmer MUST DO!

Here are some amazing Programming Project Ideas every programmer must TRY out.

Programming has come so far since the ancient times of writing in Binary. A lot can be acheived by programming nowadays and it is very enjoyable to learn. If you have free time on your hands, learn to program.

Photo by Fernando Hernandez on Unsplash

Here are 5 Different projects you should do as a programmer.

1. Build a Web Scraper

A web scraper is kind of a bot which can extract data from websites and the programmer can use that data elsewhere.

Scraping Google for the latest stock information of any company is one of the many examples.

Building a Web scraper is very fun and enjoyable, this can be used to automate tasks like paying bills using your bank account and more. A web scraper can be built using Python.

Python is a very flexible and easy to learn language, thus many people can catch on very quickly.
Witness to the Lincoln Assassination Appeared on TV
By: Jordan Jones
Tags: Television, Assassination, History, Civil War, Abraham Lincoln

Witness to the Lincoln Assassination Appeared on TV

Samuel J. Seymour appeared on the game show “I’ve Got a Secret”

Samuel J. Seymour, last living witness to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

On 9 Feb­ru­ary 1956, Samuel J. Sey­mour, the last liv­ing wit­ness to the assas­si­na­tion of Abra­ham Lin­coln, appeared on the TV show “I’ve Got a Secret.” As part of the sponsorship of the show by a tobacco company,

they offered him a car­ton of cig­a­rettes, but he request­ed pipe tobac­co….

“I’ve Got a Secret” (9 February 1956), featuring Samuel J. Seymour

The show’s pro­duc­ers knew of Mr. Seymour because of an arti­cle that had appeared in The Amer­i­can Week­ly, a Sunday supplement published in Hearst Papers across the United States (see Sources below). In the “as told to” story, Mr. Seymour says that he was in Washington with his father, who was was an overseer, and had to go with the plantation owner to the capital on business, seeing about the legal status of his 150 slaves.

Hurry, hurry, let’s go help the poor man who fell down.

Maryland, as a state that had not rebelled in the Civil War, was not subject to the Emancipation Proclamation. However, the state’s third constitution, approved by a plebiscite on 13 October 1864, finally freed the slaves in Maryland. The new constitution of Maryland was in effect from November 1, but there were still details being worked out. It’s also possible that the five-year-old Samuel J. Seymour simply didn’t understand why the adults were going to Washington.

In any case, most everything about Washington, including the size of the hotels, seemed to startle the young Mr. Seymour. And while he did understand that Lincoln had been shot, even killed, he was also concerned for the fate of the man who he thought had fallen from the balcony onto the stage, John Wilkes Booth, and remembers himself saying, “Hurry, hurry, let’s go help the poor man who fell down.”

It is startling to see a man who was alive so long ago — before television, radio, manned flight, before the transcontinental railroad — appearing on television. When Mr. Seymour was a boy, Abraham Lincoln was president and steam locomotives and tintype photographs were relatively new technologies. Additionally, it’s interesting to hear a young boy’s perspective on the events, to hear that the injury of John Wilkes Booth also concerned him (though he didn’t appear to understand at that time that Booth was the murderer).

We tend to look at events from the perspective of “great men,” the people (men and women) who appear to change the course of history. While that is illustrative, it can have the impact of missing the ostensibly less important, less influential people, who also have a point-of-view that can help us understand complex events.

Stories in this publication, Microhistories, will focus on stories of these people who might not be great, or famous, but whose lives and experience can shed light in their times if we view history at ground level.
Why We Shouldn’t Love Less Than One Hundred Percent
By: Jocelyn Soriano
Tags: Life Lessons, Relationships Love Dating, Relationships, Relationship Advice, Love

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves.” — Jane

What People Are Saying

I have often heard people say that when we love, we should avoid giving the relationship one hundred percent of our hearts, that we should always try to reserve a certain percentage for ourselves.

Somehow, this is based on the idea that we can love other people better if we learn to love ourselves first. But is the connection to this idea true? Can we only love ourselves by holding back a certain percentage of our love?

Love is Like a Pizza?

This leads me to the thought that love is something that’s like a pizza pie. Once we give away half, all that we retain is the other half. So better to not give everything away then?

What Love Is

I think love is different. Love is not diminished like that. I believe that we can love ourselves a hundred percent and also love other people without ever lessening that love!

Our problem is not in dividing our love. Our problem is not knowing how to love one hundred percent!

Whenever we fail to give attention to our needs, we are not loving ourselves in full. Whenever we set aside our need for growth, we love ourselves less than we should.

In the same way, whenever we fail to recognize the need of our family or friends, we fail to give them the kind of love they need. We are not giving them a hundred percent of our love.

Love and Abundance

Love is not a thing that ought to be scarce. Love is abundance and fullness! Love is something that should multiply the more that we give it away.

Our problem is not in trying to save a portion of love. Our problem is being able to keep up to the full measure of what love really is!

Whenever we think that love can be given in halves, we lose the true meaning of it, we lose its very essence. For how could we love only with half of our hearts? Or how could we love only with half of our thoughts?

Love and Faithfulness

When we commit to someone, we do not promise to remain faithful for only half of the time. We promise faithfulness one hundred percent of the time! And if we ever forget that promise for even a single hour of betrayal, can we truly say that we have not forgotten love then?

We can never love with only half of our hearts. This is true whether we speak about loving ourselves or loving other people.

Love would always demand one hundred percent because it would always give its all. Love is faithful, love is true, and that shouldn’t only be true half of the time.
All The Pretty Colors
By: John Siwicki
Tags: Poetry, Life, 100 Naked Words

There are often stories that I always seem to go back to every once in awhile.

There are moments in time that seem to transcend and just will sometimes randomly pop up in your head and make you smile. So in 2004 I went to the Glastonbury festival in England and it was four days of you know I often struggle in telling the story because it was such a powerful experience for me being in an environment like that. But I still you know remember the whole weekend very vividly. There was an on hour stretch of that night that I like to remember.

So the last night of the festival I remember I was by myself just walking the grounds. Just watching things exploring different paths. There were about five or six different acts going on at at the same time. I stopped at the “Other Stage” to see Orbital. So I was way in the back during all set and it was possible and in their final shows. But I think they went on to do a few more. I just remember the sound of the lights and the and then the people. There was just this beautiful wave of people jumping up and down. There was this explosion of colors in the sky and it was it was a cold summer night. But I remember just standing mud up to my knees looking around at this moment. I knew at the time this was something special.

It’s often one of those times to where I you know. My mind is almost blank. I remember just really being in that moment. My mind was clear and I was free.

These are the moments that help me push through it. These are the moments that inspire me to create. I like to put all good memories in a little book so I can go back there.
Freelance Blogging vs. Freelance Online Journalism
By: William Ballard
Tags: Freelance, Blogging, Writing, Freelance Writing, Journalism

Writing Style For Blogs and Online Journalism Pieces

When it comes to writing for your own personal blog, this is where you are able to let your real self truly soar. It is, essentially, your own domain where you are able to try out your writing wings and grow out your wingspan until you are able to really fly high and proud like an eagle.

To be honest, this is where most sought after writers are often found. That is because these are the writers that truly know their stuff. They are experts in the topic that they are most passionate about.

Of course, it may take a few years to carefully grow a following of readers that love your stuff and trust you as the go-to person for the information, knowledge, and wisdom you have to offer to the world.

But trust me, if you are writing about a topic that you truly love, and you are writing for the love of writing rather than for fame or fortune, those few years will go by faster than you know it, and it won’t be long before you have prestigious pubs reaching out to you to write for them about the topic that you are most knowledgeable and passionate about.

In fact, that is what happened to Mary Quigley when she launched her personal blog, mothering21.com, a site where she wrote about a topic that she was most passionate about — mothering adult children.

After a few years of developing a following of readers that were interested in her topic of expertise, it wasn’t long after, that she was approached by AARP’s online editor asking if she would be interested in becoming a full-time contributor to their respected publication.

Mary Quigley stated:

“The editor assumes you know something about the topic, and they want you to bring your voice and expertise to the table.”

The Blog Writing Style is meant to be friendly, conversational, and informative. In essence, you are sharing your educational take on a subject but in a less academic sort of way. Think of it more as talking with someone over coffee.

However, writing for online journalistic pubs, in contrast, are very different. Prestigious News Source publications don’t typically embrace the voice of a writer.

The Online Journalistic Style is to adapt the voice of the pub by fusing your own unique voice into the featured piece. ​In fact, consider what Aileen E. Gallagher, assistant professor of magazine journalism at Syracuse University had to say about the subject.

“ Adapt the voice of the magazine or pub. Read similar features, and follow that. The writing style is largley dependent upon the publication.”

Now, I know that may sound hard to wrap your brain around. Of course, every pub wants each writer on their staff to have their own personality and write with a voice that is unique to them, but they don’t want the writer’s personal voice to contradict the pub’s overall voice.

I know that sounds a lot like a Catch-22 but, trust me, it isn’t.
Conversations
By: Franco Amati
Tags: Communication, Psychology, Poetry, Prose, Scuzzbucket

Conversations

What is a real conversation?

Photo by cottonbro from Pexels

A real conversation

You know it, you feel it

A meeting of minds

A synchrony of souls

When you can keep me up all night

with only your words,

playing in the filthiest of gutters,

or swimming in the murkiest of depths

When I prefer hearing your voice

over food and sleep

even sex…maybe

Good conversation is a lot like

fucking someone you love

It’s a dance of passion,

a coordinated act of vulnerability

where everyone involved

drops their guards,

removes their clothes,

bares their truest of selves

A real conversation is one

that you don’t want to end

And it need not be between two people

Could be a writer and her reader,

a lesson from a trusted teacher,

a life altering sermon from a preacher

Could be your favorite podcaster in your ear

speaking their heart out in a way

that feels like it’s only for you

Technology and modality

have nothing to do with it.

Because these methods evolve,

the delivery is always changing

We now converse with our thumbs

and through glass eyes and LED screens

But the sentiments remain the same

Sincerity

Trust

Truth

and Realness at all costs

Say what you mean

Be who you are

Put fear aside

Give meaning to all your words

That’s the path to real conversation,

because the loyalty and attention of the other person

is always at stake
Google’s Blockchain
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Google

Facebook’s CEO hinted at their involvement in research and development within the blockchain space. Now, Google is reported to be experimenting with blockchain within their cloud services group.

They claim that using blockchain can better secure customer data and allow third parties to post and verify transactions. Google is working on an internal implementation and perhaps a white label solution as part of their cloud service suite.
Letter #11: Stop being so reasonable.
By: Clayton D'Arnault
Tags: Creativity, Life, Internet

Dear Reader,

Sometimes, one of the largest drawbacks in daily life is the notion of reason. It’s not really something we can control, considering pretty much our entire existence is based upon finding meaning, purpose, and reason — what is the meaning to life? What purpose do humans serve? What is the reason for our existence?

What do you think would happen if those words, their iterations, meanings, and our understanding of the notion were removed from existence for a day? What would you do? What wouldn’t you do? What do you think you could accomplish or create?

If you’re starting to think of all the things you might regret the next day, maybe it’s time to remove it from your vocabulary, if only for the times when you start making excuses.

In this letter, discover how to let go and create, live, and build new perspectives.

A page stright out of the imagination.

Something for your inner child.

Korean author, Young-ha Kim, explores the creative benefits of being a child. Then and now. He encourages everyone, creative or not, to stop being reasonable and embrace their inner child.

“Art is about going a little nuts and justifying the next sentence, which is not much different from what a kid does. A kid who has just started to lie is taking the first step as a storyteller. Kids do art. They don’t get tired and they have fun doing it.”

You can watch the TED Talk here.

Additional:

➔ Don’t let idea debt hold you back.

Something funny, in an awkward way.

Meet Merv Neal, a serial entrepreneur since the age of 12, who was given a week to live after doctors diagnosed him with a rare bone disease called Aplastic Anaemia, and saved his own life by laughing. Laughing at what, of that I’m not exactly sure. But, I guess that saying “laughter is the best medicine” is pretty legit in Merv’s case.

Something indecipherably imaginative.

The Codex Seraphinianus, an indecipherable text with mind boggling illustrations, is the obscure brainchild of an italian artist by the name of Luigi Serafini. He describes it as an “attempt to describe the imaginary world in a systematic way.” Quite a brave venture, seeing as there’s an infinite amount of things our minds can conjure up, not to mention the imaginary world is, well, completely imaginary. But is it really? If you remove the notion of reason like Serafini, maybe you can consider the imagination a whole new world of possibility.

Additional:

➔ WIRED interviews Codex author Luigi Serafini.

Best,

Clayton d’Arnault

The Internet Traveler

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P.S. — Found something interesting on the Internet recently? I’d love to include it in a future letter. Reply tweet @cjdarnault to submit your links.
Uber of the Underworld
By: Jason Mcbride
Tags: Horror, Poetry, Fiction, Poem, Haiku

Uber of the Underworld

A very small haiku horror story

Photo by Mattia Righetti on Unsplash

Black sedan pulled up

Alert on my phone tells me

My ride is now here

Confused, I get in

“I didn’t order a ride.”

Grinning driver turns

His flesh is rotting

Glowing orbs instead of eyes

“I’m always on time.”

I turn to get out

The doors are locked and the car

Speeds into the night

I’m now drenched in sweat

“Where the hell are we going?”

I punch the window

My driver chortles

“I was told you’re a hard case

Major denial.”

Glancing out the window

Moving at impossible

Speeds on empty road

I look at my chest

I’m not sweating — it’s all blood

Remember the wreck

“Are you Death?” I ask

He flashes a decaying grin

“My name is Charon.”

“I work in transport

Uber of the Underworld

I now take crypto.”
Pusher Chatkit invites with Chirp
By: Jamie Tringham
Tags: Messaging, Chatkit, Data Over Sound, Pusher, Chirp

We’ve all been there, you need to send a link, document, or cat picture quickly to everyone in your meeting room/office/home/cat cafe — but setting up a group chat using the traditional methods is annoying and cumbersome.

To traditionally add people to a group chat you need to;

find out their numbers, usernames or emails add everyone as contacts start a new chat enter in all their numbers, usernames or emails apologize to the people you left out initially enter in the number, username or email of the person you left out then send your message

At Chirp, we believe that everyday tasks like this should be seamless and simple. That’s why we developed this tutorial, to make things frictionless. Why go through all this irritation to do simple things like creating a group chat?

With Chirp, and Pusher’s fantastic Chatkit paired up to develop a simpler way of doing it

open up a messenger using Pusher’s Chatkit send a Chirp to invite all users nearby

You can check out the Chirp x Pusher tutorial here.
Mixed Media
By: Jacqueline Dooley
Tags: Creativity, Artist, Poetry, Art, Poems On Medium

Photo Source: Pixabay

you cast your own glow, brilliant yellow

standing before fairy-lit windows

a bright contrast to the ivory-black night

youth painted in verdant strokes -

celadon green, sap green, phthalo green -

the darkest days of pre-solstice winter

can’t diminish the cinnabar flame

of your pine-scented candles

crimson, cadmium, deep scarlet

may your bell, metallic silver, always ring

rose dore lips, permanent orange shine

post you, future you, every you

each hue blending, expanding

into a new you

dianthus pink fingers, Verona gold hair

eyes — cobalt violet and brown ochre

laughter like magenta and ultramarine

lazulia tears, cold grey

with a swirl of pearlescent white

your colors are never straight from the tube

your canvas can’t be contained

at your core, a virtuoso’s beating heart

clay and paint and graphite

wire and glass and wax

bifurcated with veins;

prussian blue, manganese blue, indigo

a masterpiece of mixed media

covered in gold leaf
Reminder for a Monday morning
By: Charles Davies
Tags: Life, Auto, Work

Step down

into the river.

Step down.

I must remember

that I forget so easily.

The train of thoughts

stops at every station

looking for reasons

why I must do

what isn’t right.

Worry. Constraint. The

pressure of time. All

conspire to concoct an

inescapable slope

towards doing what is

wrong.

Oh…

As if it were a choice

Between the two:

unfulfilling avoidance

or tortured compliance.

No…

This fictional division,

this inert indecision

serves nothing.

To begin

I must find

a moment

of quiet.

Monday morning.

I clear a little space.

And in this treasure

I see the gift

of the world as it is.

The wheel dissolves.

The temptation of distraction

softens into the pleasure of

being very much really oh so here.

Everything fits together.

No better place to start than here.

No better path to walk than this.

There is nothing else to do

but revel in the eddying torrents of life

inviting hearts to participation.

Drawn by the current

I put down all thoughts

of this and that and

like a swimmer

dip a toe and

quiver

at the vitalised delight

of getting in.

I step down

and I become

the river.
It Is Time to Change the World
By: Jocelyn Soriano
Tags: Christianity, Self Improvement, Spirituality, Catholic, Religion

“Even the smallest person can change the course of history.” — Lady Galadriel, Lord of the Rings

It is time to change the world, your world. Don’t think that it’s impossible. Think instead that all things are possible for those who believe.

God believes in you, you know. He formed you in the womb and knew you even before you knew yourself.

He has great plans for your life. And if He has not yet revealed it to you, it could be that you would not be able to believe in them for now. You’d think it impossible to reach.

But what is impossible? What is it that God could not do?

God makes His miracles today as He has made them yesterday, and we are His greatest miracle!

Don’t think of your smallness, think instead of God’s greatness. Don’t think of your poverty, think of God’s great wealth! Don’t think of your fears, think of the courage God can bestow upon you.

It isn’t to the strong or to the swift that success comes. Many times, victory belongs to those who are little in the eyes of the world.

You can change the world. Let it begin by allowing God to change you and make His miracles in your life!
Weekly Digest: Turning point for Crypterium
Tags: Technology, Crypto, Bitcoin, Finovate, Digest

Hi there,

Here we go with another edition of our News Digest, and oh, what a week it has been! We are getting ready for Finovate Fall that will take place in New York, we introduced you to the easiest way to buy CRPT tokens, and the launch of our new feature is almost upon us.

Read on for more details

The easiest way to buy CRPT

If you’ve been to our app lately, you might have noticed a new button. Yeah, that one on the upper left saying “CRPT”. Click on it and discover the easiest way to buy our tokens.

The solution we offer doesn’t even require going to an exchange. You can now purchase CRPT with fiat or Bitcoin straight through the app! Enter the amount of CRPT you wish to buy and hit the “send” button. That’s all that is necessary for buying CRPT with Bitcoin.

Fiat-to-crypto solution includes one more step — after you enter the number of tokens, you’ll get an invoice with the transaction details. Once it is paid, we’ll transfer CRPT to you in a second.

New York, here we come

The team will be at Finovate on Monday showcasing our new groundbreaking feature! It has never been presented before, but as much as we’d love to give a hint on what it’s going to be — we can’t. For now, let’s just say we are definitely staying true to our mission of bringing crypto payments into daily life.

Finovate is sometimes called Christmas among crypto community members — that’s how much the event is anticipated. It has a unique blend of informal networking sessions and 7-minutes long demos.

Ours is scheduled for Sep 24, 3:25 pm (local time)

Come see us at the stage if you are there!

Interview with CEO

While you’re waiting for Finovate, you can also read Marc O’Brien’s interview with Breaking Banks, #1 fintech podcast in the world. From Crypterium live services to future use cases, to personal reasons for moving to crypto — find out what else Marc had to say.

P.S. Want to witness a big announcement from Crypterium? Keep an eye on our social media channels — on Monday we are going to give you updates on a new exchange, app features and our website!

About Crypterium

CCrypterium is building a mobile app that will turn cryptocurrencies into money that you can spend with the same ease as cash. Shop around the world and pay with your coins and tokens at any NFC terminal, or via scanning the QR codes. Make purchases in online stores, pay your bills, or just send money across borders in seconds, reliably and for a fraction of a penny.

Join our Telegram news channel or other social media to stay updated!

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Vue’s new and improved prop.sync
By: Mauro Perez
Tags: JavaScript, Vuejs, Front End Development, Best Practices, Components

In Vue 2.3, the .sync modifier, which was removed in the past, has been reintroduced in a new way.

This post is going to explore two approaches to passing props down to child components and passing up the updates. The first is the familiar v-model and it’s Vue 2.2 update, and the second will be with .sync .

v-model

The parent component binds speaks to the child with the v-model directive.

<template>

<doggie v-model="speaks" />

</template> <script>

export default {

data: {

speaks: 'bark!'

}

}

</script>

Meanwhile the child declares a value prop which has the value of speaks .

It also emits an input event when the actual <input /> fires its own input event. The value passed to that event will update the parent’s speaks .



<input :value="value"

</template> @input ="$emit('input', $event.target.value)" /> export default {

props: ['value'],

}

The child component using the prop value is just a default behavior, just like the name of the emit being input . Both can be overridden (if you’re using Vue 2.2+) by adding model to the child like this:

export default {

props: ['sound'],

model: {

prop: 'sound',

event: 'updateSound'

},

}

Furthermore, now you can still declare the value prop for the child, except it won’t be tied to v-model anymore. Here’s the final working example.

.sync

Disclaimer: This works in Vue 2.3+

On obvious difference between v-model and .sync is the syntax. Here’s how the parent component could look.

<template>

<doggie :size.sync="size" />

</template> <script>

export default {

data: {

size: 'little'

}

}

</script>

With .sync , the child doesn’t need a value prop. Instead it uses the same prop name you synced in the parent.

It also instead of emitting an input event to update the prop, you emit the conveniently named event update:prop-name . This is the main difference between the old .sync and the new one. Now we need to emit this update event to stay consistent with how we update parent component data like how we do with v-model .

This is how the child could look.



<input :value="size"

</template> @input ="$emit('update:size', $event.target.value)" /> export default {

props: ['size'],

}

Another difference is that you can sync more than one prop to a component. Here’s the final working code.

Thank you for checking this post out. If there’s something you feel I’ve left out, feel free to share in the comments below.
Kucoin hacker stole more than $200 million, Filecoin ready to launch its Mainnet
By: Gaurav Agrawal
Tags: Ethereum, Cryptocurrency, Coinmonks, Bitcoin, Blockchain

Kucoin hacker stole more than $200 million, Filecoin ready to launch its Mainnet

Justin Sun exploiting his employees, #few crypto influencers tried to scam their followers

The past weekend, Kucoin’s wallet sent some high volume transactions to a few unknown addresses. Soon after crypto twitter, noticed these activities and after few hours Kucoin confirmed the loss of north of $200 million.

Kucoin urged to block and invalidate hacked tokens. Soon after, Orion Protocol has updated its smart contract to render $8.5 million stolen tokens obsolete, Covesting has frozen the $520,000 stolen, and KardiaChain has invalidated $9 million worth of tokens. Some other protocols also followed and invalidate hacked tokens.

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Hash.Pro Miner Mac Version is now out for your MacBook
By: Hash.Pro Cloud Mining
Tags: Bitcoin, Cloud Mining Free

Dear Miners,

Today we are excited to announce the launch of our Mac Version for the Hash.Pro Miner, now you can mine bitcoin on your Mac.

This new version is now showing a better compatibility with your Mac.

With the Hash.Pro Miner account, you can track your device’s status, use mining calculator to estimate your earning, withdraw your earned bitcoins, as well as buy our cloud mining contract. The essential feature of Hash.Pro Miner is its dynamic algorithm change, the system will automatically switch algorithm to mine the most profitable coins to maximize miners’ profits. All you need is a Mac and stable internet connection, you can download the app for Mac HERE.

The daily mining profits depend on your computer’s performance, we estimate that one computer with 1080Ti Graphic Card will mine 0.7 USD daily profits.

You can contact us via our Telegram channel or leave a message to support@hash.pro.

Download Hash.Pro Miner now and start mining your first cryptocurrency!

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Inspirational Quotes to Help You Connect With People in Business
By: Jena Apgar
Tags: Memes, Networking Tips, Building Connections, Beekonnected, Inspirational Quotes

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