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Interviews with lovers, fighters and the various professionals who deal with our dysfunction.
Deep Love Quotes That Will Melt Your Heart
Love is the most profound emotion, capable of transforming hearts and souls. It is the language of the soul, whispered in glances, spoken through touch, and felt deeply in every beat of the heart. Here are some deep love quotes that capture the essence of this timeless emotion, each one crafted to resonate with your heart and stir your soul.
By Ahmed aldeabella5 days ago in Humans
Practice vs Performance
One of the quiet pressures shaping modern communication is the assumption that anything written should be immediately shareable. Drafts blur into declarations, and exploration is mistaken for conclusion. Under this pressure, writing becomes performative by default. The moment words are placed on a page, they are treated as finished statements rather than steps in a process. This expectation distorts both how writing is produced and how it is received, collapsing practice into performance and leaving little room for genuine development.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast6 days ago in Humans
Bianca Bulgaru, Reporting From Kyiv Under Fire: Civilian Life, Drones, and Propaganda
Bianca Bulgaru is a Romanian journalist and Kyiv-based correspondent for Beta News Romania. Reporting from cities including Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Sumy, she focuses on how civilians adapt to air raids, infrastructure strikes, and the long psychological aftershocks of living under threat. She also tracks the parallel war over narrative: propaganda that inflates fringe extremists into state-defining myths, and the language politics that can turn a reporting choice into an accusation. Scott Douglas Jacobsen spoke with Bulgaru about habituation to danger, the ethics of witnessing, and why transparency matters for sustaining Romanian support for Ukraine.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen13 days ago in Humans
Why Bother With The Degree?. Honorable Mention in A System That Isn’t Working Challenge. Top Story - February 2026.
“So, as you can see from my resume, I’ve just completed my degree in Accounting and Finance. I worked part-time alongside it for three years, kept my position at work throughout, and was even a student ambassador during my third year-”
By Maddy Haywood14 days ago in Humans
Falling Between Every System
Modern social systems are often described as safety nets. Employment law protects workers. Healthcare programs provide treatment. Disability benefits replace lost income. Unemployment insurance bridges job loss. Each system is presented as a safeguard designed to catch people when life disrupts their ability to function normally. Yet for many people living with disability, chronic illness, or injury, the lived experience is the opposite. Rather than forming a net, these systems stack vertically, each with its own eligibility rules, thresholds, and assumptions. Instead of catching the fall, they create gaps. People do not slip through because they failed to try. They fall because the systems were never designed to align.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast14 days ago in Humans
Two Party System
For anyone who doesn't know, I live in Canada. I live in the so called bible belt capital, the most conservative province-Alberta. Canada for the last decade has had a liberal federal government which I attribute to many current failures. However, lately politics is choosing the lesser of the two evils. In the States for example, you have the Democrats and the Republicans. I think anyone is well aware that President Trump is failing his people. He has a cult following and while his first term may have had some promise, he has turned a corner and seems to be acting on impulse and polarizing the country.
By Sid Aaron Hirji15 days ago in Humans
Roots and Fruit
Roots and Fruit Photo by Lukáš Kulla on Unsplash Most people evaluate life by what shows. Results, behavior, success, failure, growth, collapse. Fruit is easier to measure than roots, so it becomes the focus almost by default. When something goes wrong, attention rushes to what is visible and immediate. When something goes right, credit is assigned to the most recent action. But this way of seeing consistently misreads causality. Fruit is never the beginning of the story. It is the result of something that has been growing quietly, often unnoticed, for a long time.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast21 days ago in Humans
Anderson Cooper: Grief, Truth, and a Life on Air
Some journalists report the news. Others carry it in their voices long after the camera turns off. Anderson Cooper belongs to the second group. For decades, he has appeared on screens during wars, disasters, elections, and moments of national grief. His calm tone often hides the emotional weight behind the stories he tells. Viewers trust him not because he is loud, but because he listens. There is something steady about the way Anderson Cooper speaks, especially when the world feels uncertain. Yet behind the anchor desk is a man shaped by personal loss, complicated family history, and a deep search for meaning. To understand Anderson Cooper fully, we have to look beyond headlines and into the life that shaped him.
By Muqadas khan24 days ago in Humans
