Trigger warning: discussion of child sexual abuse I learned of the passing of Sinéad O’Connor the way much news finds me: doomscrolling on Twitter. The stories on my feed were very Apocalypse Right Now, as in: human-created End Times are upon us and have us pinned to the mat. First…

I wouldn’t be surprised if one day in the not-so-distant future, we all tap on the Twitter icon, and the app fails to load. Ever since Elon Musk took over the company, he has experienced a series of farcical face plants that demonstrate that he knows next to nothing about…

The explosion in the use and discussion of ChatGPT, Midjourney and similar tools has stormed across an ethical Rubicon, and the breaches that are occurring aren’t getting enough attention, in my opinion. If you’ve been living under a rock, a slew of so-called Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools have been brought…

Trying to Understand the Ritual Human Sacrifice at Pathways Ministries in Albion, Jamaica (Part 4) Trigger warnings: murder, suicide, sexual assault I started this series on cults in an attempt to understand how the pastor of Pathways Ministries in Albion, Jamaica convinced two of his members to murder others. From the start, I knew I would do a deep dive into the Jonestown Massacre. The…

I recently finished reading Tim Reiterman’s book, Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People. …

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve stumbled upon discussions on social media about people who couldn’t understand why they hadn’t gotten over something "small" that happened a long time ago. For some people, it was not getting the "dream job" they’d been working towards. For others, it was a…

2022 was the year I let hope go. I know it sounds bleak, but hear me out. We all have expectations and goals and exercise our free will to affect the courses of our lives. In spite of our best efforts, there is only so much an individual swimming against…

For the unfamiliar, Upwork is a site that connects freelancers with clients. I’ve been thinking about diversifying my writing more and stumbled across a thread about Upwork on Twitter a little over a month ago. I decided to take a look. The site is clean and relatively easy to navigate…

We’re getting into holiday season. This is the danger zone if there is or was a narcissist in your life. They go off the rails at this time of year. I think there are a few reasons. Narcissists guard access to their targets jealously and try to prevent them from…