fact or fiction

Is it a fact or is it merely fiction? Fact or Fiction explores the lesser known truths in the corporate culture of Journal.

Sixty Seconds Over Palm Beach: How a Learjet 60 Went From Cruise to a Fireball
Shortly after noon, near a road in Cresthaven, Palm Beach County, Florida, a dashcam captured a fireball. The aircraft struck a residential area almost vertically, leaving a crater and debris along the shoulder. Police closed the road in both directions, and about 600 residents were asked to evacuate. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed on social media that all nine people on board died. The FAA reported that the aircraft was a Learjet 60, registration N722BD, which had departed Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was bound for the Bahamas.
By Jinabout 13 hours ago in Journal
The Dark Reality Of The Emotional Economy Boom
Written by a human, for humans, always. I am a big fan of things that are fun and make us feel good. We "should" want to feel good in life.
By H.E. Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, COIE, DFM, DHMa day ago in Journal
You Can’t Score Someone’s Character. But You Can Watch These Small Things.
Someone once asked a question: If you had to score the character of someone you know, out of a hundred, what would you give them?
By Jina day ago in Journal
American TV Never Gave Us the Perfect Ending
My first impression of American TV dramas was a little deflating: they don’t really chase perfection. The first proof was an ending I can no longer name. The main character spent a whole season fighting. The person who should have been caught got away. The person who should have stayed left. The last shot was an empty room, the door open, wind turning a sheet of paper on the desk. I stared at the screen and thought, That’s it? No reunion dinner. No embrace. No “three years later” caption telling me everyone was happy. It ended the way most things end: without a dignified bow.
By Jina day ago in Journal
The Calm You See in Senior Leaders Is Often Just Front-Stage
I once watched a senior leader get soup spilled on him at dinner. He smiled, said it was fine, and went back to work talk. Everyone at the table read it as proof of top-level emotional stability.
By Jina day ago in Journal
The Co-Branded Cup That Burst in Her Hand Was a Cost-Sheet Decision
At the end of October in Guangdong, the tap water had no temperature difference. A glass cup printed with a cartoon figure burst in the user’s hand. The broken edge severed blood vessels and nerves, and that night the person was taken into surgery. Photos of broken cups posted across the internet afterward formed a pattern. From the same batch, some cups shattered as soon as they were taken out of the box and touched a tabletop. Some cracked when they touched a sink. Some arrived by delivery already broken to pieces. No temperature difference, no impact, still unopened. The cups were breaking by themselves.
By Jin3 days ago in Journal
The Quiet Reason Hair Salons and Gyms Keep Collapsing
Demand for haircuts and workouts did not collapse. The cash-flow model did. It had four parts: high fixed costs, low-margin traffic, prepaid-card cash, and sales commissions. Hair salons and gyms ran the same machine, and they failed in the same places.
By Jin3 days ago in Journal
Why China Blocked a Gas Price Hike When Inflation Was Almost Zero
In March 2026, China’s refined oil price adjustment produced an odd result. Under the existing formula, gasoline and diesel should have risen by 2,205 yuan and 2,120 yuan per ton. The actual increases were 1,160 yuan and 1,115 yuan per ton. That is more than 1,000 yuan less per ton, or about 0.85 yuan less per liter. It was the first temporary adjustment since the current pricing mechanism took effect in 2013.
By Jin3 days ago in Journal
The Hospital Was Profitable on Paper. Then the Cash Ran Out.
One Old Zhou, the finance section chief, had two spreadsheets laid side by side on his desk. The one on the left showed a positive figure in the operating balance row: 73,000 yuan. The one on the right showed net cash flow from operating activities in the negative: minus 4.6 million. He drew a circle around that column in red pen. The circle was very round, like the perfect marks a teacher stamps in a school exercise book. Then he capped the pen with a click, stood up, and went to get water.
By Jin3 days ago in Journal
The Restaurant That Meant Well and Still Went Broke
The Changsha restaurant brand Sanwu Erli is closing. By the end of October, all of its stores will stop operating. In the notice, founder Yi Bei wrote a heavy sentence: when they checked the books, in September alone the “grocery money” had already exceeded all operating receipts for the month.
By Jin4 days ago in Journal
The $3.5 Million Airport With Nine Seats
McCook is in Nebraska. Its airport handles a few daily takeoffs and landings by nine-seat aircraft flying to and from Denver. Under the EAS contract recommended in 2024, the first-year subsidy request was $3.567 million for twelve round trips a week, less than two a day on average. The planes often fly half empty because they have only nine seats.
By Jin5 days ago in Journal
Chakra Balancing for Twin Flame Union:
Twin flame connections can feel like the most beautiful and the most painful experience of your life. One moment you feel a deep, wordless recognition. The next moment you feel anxious, confused, or completely drained. If your connection swings between bliss and chaos, the cause may not be only the other person. It may also be the state of your own energy centers.
By Wilson Igbasi5 days ago in Journal