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Ten pieces to start with. If you only read one, read the first.

Darby Jones on a sidewalk, looking alarmed, with the trunk of a giant pink fibreglass elephant up his shirt outside a used car lot
Warning: May cause giggle fits, workplace write-ups and societal stink-eye.
  1. Headlines of Hope

    A 5-YEAR PROJECT curating all the good news in the world (and Far Side cartoons). TECH, ENERGY, and MEDICAL “miracles” that’ll save us.

  2. The BIGGEST Revolution You’ve Never Heard Of

    It’s not AI or crypto. FIND OUT why doom culture is becoming bad science and help me shine a light.

  3. Fasting as Medicine for Cancer and Chronic Disease

    The most powerful medicine costs the same as your grocery bill. How hunger triggers repair without the poison.

  4. I Almost Died at Ani DiFranco’s Show

    I accidentally gave the wrong wife a massage, but I’m pretty sure a joke kept my face symmetrical. 2-min. read

  5. The Coolest President of All Time (Part 1)

    White House prankster, deadpan legend. Disappearing acts behind the drapes. An irreverent portrait of the strangest and funniest U.S. presidents of all time.

  6. I Weaponized My Face For Free Alcohol

    The behavioral science of not being a dick and scoring free drinks. It’s ridiculous.

  7. My White Privilege at Black Poetry Night

    When a cowboy brings a guitar to a poetry fight and decides to rap instead. Super sexy and deliciously absurd.

  8. How to make love to a tree

    I was born on a volcano – Mt. Shasta. The title isn’t a metaphor. It’s my origin story, and an alternate way to join the Mile High Club.

  9. The Greatest Theft in History (Part 1)

    Naked shorting is bleeding America dry. A trillion-dollar heist hiding in plain sight.

  10. All Animals Are Equal

    One cop shrugged at an ounce of weed in a shirt pocket. Ten miles later, another one decided we were criminals. Same laws, different animals.

Darby Jones in a suit, with his dog
And the one that started the argument

When Power Corrupts, YOU ARE THE POWER!

How citizens are holding government accountable

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