301) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 65 — Never enough time in a day
“Okay, listen. First, we need to knock her out.” She looked pointedly at the Archer Captain. “Devona, I’ve got a potion—” but Devona had already booted the Captain in the face. She was out cold. Nobody objected.
300) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 64 — War
We tried. We tried, people of the future, if there still are people in the future. I hope you know, we tried.
299) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 63 — Stealing the Most Powerful Weapon in All the Worlds
She felt…insane. She wanted to do anything, pretty much anything at all, more than what she was about to do.
Everything is about to change.
She took a firm grip on the pommel, and gently tugged.
298) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 62 — Even Stupider than all of the Other Stupidest-things-they’ve-ever-done
“Maybe this is it, Kohra; maybe THIS is how we make a difference. For EVERYONE! For our parents, and Col, for Ms. B, for all the rest of her kids! For Juanita! And Galen! For the good people of the Borderlands! THIS is how we stand up for Eden!”
He took a deep breath. “Besides, Kohra, what IS life, if there is nothing to live for?”
297) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 61 — The Tale of Squirrelly
She scooted toward the stone houses, then up the walls, tiny claws easily gripping the rock as she ran, as comfortable running vertically as she was on the ground. Her mind whirled with exhilaration.
I LOVE being a squirrel!!!
296) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 60 — Strictly business
“Maybe she’s a Prrriest,” Gorb suggested.
Reilly shrugged. “Yeah, I don’t know. She’s creepy anyway. I don't think any of them like her. They're polite and everything, like they…. What's that word called? When you sort of bow down to the other person and do what they want and they're in charge?”
“Grovel?” suggested Lenny.
“Being a doormat?” suggested Dominic.
“Being employed?” suggested Lenny.
“Being a kid?” asked Kohra.
“Life?” suggested Dominic, laughing.
“Defer?” Lenny guessed.
“Yeah! Defer! They defer to her, but they don't like her.”
“Was it really necessary for you to find that exact word?” Lenny asked.
Reilly stuck out her tongue. Lenny stuck hers out too, and Reilly wound up to punch her.
295) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 59 — The Hidden Base
“Leave!!?” Devona choked it out like it caused her actual, physical pain to even contemplate the suggestion. “We practically just got here! We don't even know what this is all about! We haven't even seen the Hooded Man! We know little more about him than we did before! We can't just leave!”
294) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 58 — Secret Tunnel
[Melkorn] was covered in blood, his axe spraying the walls like an insane painter, breaking backs, crushing skulls and severing bodies in a grotesque festival of death.
293) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 57 — A Naughty Goat
Kohra rolled her eyes. This is the dumbest thing we’ve ever done. Which is saying a lot at this point.
292) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 56 — From Shame to Freedom, the First Step
As is so often the case, Kohra’s “failure” was the beginning of true growth. She finally gave up trying to conjure fire, and instead just felt into the Flux with a “beginner’s mind,” like Ms B had always encouraged. She felt into its currents, its ebbs and flows, like a surfer paddling around waiting for the right wave. Remembering the sheer thrill of the Flux, she began to play.
291) Dear America, on your third No Kings Day
Find inspiration in your history. You have a history of rebellion. That's what led to America in the first place. That's what ended slavery in America. That's what the civil rights movement, the women's suffrage movement, were. The great gains made in American society have come through rebellion. It's the legacy of your great heroes and ancestors.
So, rebel.
290) The hidden subtext of Mark Carney’s WEF speech, and how it shows that while “everything is changing,” nothing is changing — (Also, Reason #38 to revolt against Predatory Capitalism)
I applaud Mark Carney for his speech, for throwing down the gauntlet, for taking a sttand against the fortress-like, impoverished world of “great powers” dominating everything. It was a powerful, epoch-shifting speech, and brilliant in its pragmatism.
But the world of depraved corporate greed that puts profit over people, over Life, over rights, over love, remains firmly in place. Just diversified.
289) Mark Carney’s History-making Speech - 2026 World Economic Forum
Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition.
Over the past two decades, a series of crises in finance, health, energy and geopolitics have laid bare the risks of extreme global integration. But more recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons, tariffs as leverage, financial infrastructure as coercion, supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited.
You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.
288) Iran, America, Freedom, Tyranny
Whatever you do, don't turn away. Bear witness. Be aware. And if you have ideas of how people can make a difference, if you have expertise to offer, if you know of organizations that are helping to change things, share this. Talk about it.
Iran may, right now, be clawing its way back to freedom. The United States is collapsing its way out of it, unless things change, and fast.
287) Dear Traditional Parents: I spent 16 years listening to your daughters. Here is what they told me.
I hope any “traditional parent” who does read this will, at the very least, be logical enough to realize that, if you want your kids to grow up healthy, your own approach tends to produce the opposite. It doesn’t “protect” your children. It harms them.
I spent sixteen years listening to your daughters tell me all about that.
286) Renee Good: In the words of her wife, Becca
Her last words, spoke with a friendly smile to the man who killed her, were “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.”
285) Daniel (Danya) Naroditsky, 1995-2025
The chess world received some extremely sad news yesterday, with the loss of GM Daniel Naroditsky.
284) Death Before Dishonor?
Does "honor" actually mean anything, at least in the United States? …. Or is it a con job designed to dupe people into sacrificing their morals, and even their lives, for other people's greed?
283) Domestic Terrorism, Part 2 -- A challenge to men, all men. Yes, I'm talking to you.
Right now, teenage boys and young men all over the country have countless "influencers" telling them to hate. They need role models telling them the opposite.
282) Domestic Terrorism -- Part 1: MAGA
MAGA is a domestic terror movement. And the institutions in support of MAGA policies, financing, messaging, and influential leaders, including the White House, are terrorist organizations.