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Companies and their unreasonable standards
I can’t put into words how irritated I am whenever I request a vacation (which isn’t very often) and they question if I really want to take time off. Shocker of the century, people have limits. Everyone needs a break from their job or life sometimes and that’s not a bad thing at all. At the company I am currently employed at, management will twist themselves into knots over someone leaving fifteen minutes early. I’m sorry but it’s just insane.
By Quinn Changus5 months ago in Journal
The Hidden Reason Crude Oil Prices Keep Surging Overnight
Oil Prices Are Jumping While Most People Are Sleeping You go to bed with stable gas prices. You wake up to headlines screaming that crude oil surged overnight again. And suddenly everyone starts asking the same question:
By Raviha Imran5 months ago in Journal
What Happens if Crude Oil Hits $150 a Barrel Again?
A Global Oil Shock Could Change Everyday Life Overnight Most people don’t think about crude oil until gas prices suddenly explode. Then everything changes. The cost of driving rises. The cost of groceries goes up. Flights become expensive. The stock market explodes. Headlines start warning about inflation and recession at the same time.
By Raviha Imran5 months ago in Journal
The Side Hustle I Thought Would Change My Life. Top Story - May 2026.
Decisions to Make The hardest part of writing this, since I knew ahead of time that I wanted to write it, was trying to decide which side hustle to write about. Yes, there were several over the last many years. So, I’ve chosen not to write this about just one and instead to just give you some of the examples that I’ve come across and left. I truly thought each of them was going to change my life and my financial situation. I was wrong.
By Timothy A Rowland5 months ago in Journal
Gender Inequality
I wasn't going to write about this. Because honestly? I'm tired. Not tired of the conversation—tired of having to have it. Tired of explaining something that feels as obvious as rain. But tonight, after another story about another woman who got talked over, passed over, or just plain erased, I can't sleep.
By John Smith5 months ago in Journal
Authorship vs Refinement
Much of the confusion surrounding artificial intelligence and writing comes from a failure to distinguish between two fundamentally different acts: originating ideas and refining their expression. These acts are often treated as interchangeable, as though whoever touches the final form must also be the source of the thought itself. That assumption does not reflect how writing has ever worked, nor does it reflect how human thinking actually unfolds.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast6 months ago in Journal
Institutions Fear Inference More Than Lies
Institutions are often willing to tolerate isolated falsehoods, minor inaccuracies, selective framing, and even outright contradictions. A single lie can be corrected, buried, explained away, or isolated from the larger structure. What institutions consistently resist is not merely factual disagreement. They resist inference. They resist the moment when separate observations are connected into a pattern, and the pattern begins to imply responsibility.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast6 months ago in Journal
Immunity and Practical Unaccountability
In theory, no one is above the law. This phrase is repeated often enough that it functions as a civic mantra, a reassurance that power is ultimately constrained and that authority remains accountable to the same moral and legal standards imposed on everyone else. On paper, police officers, prosecutors, and government agents are subject to the law just like any citizen. They can be investigated, disciplined, sued, or prosecuted when misconduct occurs.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast6 months ago in Journal
Writing as Journal, Not Just Product
Not everything that matters begins as something meant for an audience. Much of what shapes a person most deeply starts as private wrestling, unfinished realization, unresolved tension, or a question that has not yet settled into a firm position. Treating writing only as a product meant for consumption misunderstands one of its most essential functions. Before writing becomes communication, it is often orientation.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast6 months ago in Journal
