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World Leaders React to Imminent Alien Invasion . Top Story - May 2025.
Israel — We Sold Them Mobile Phones In a bold preemptive move, Israel's Ministry of Defense announced it had successfully marketed “Earth's finest communication devices” to the extraterrestrial fleet. “Our agents disguised as Verizon sales reps convinced them the Galaxy S24 Ultra was a 'peace offering,'” said a spokesperson. “Their self-destruct feature activates at midnight.”
By Scott Christenson🌴about a year ago in Humor
Angelique's Repose. Top Story - May 2025.
Angelique hides quietly in a shrub as bees and birds flit around her. A ladybug climbs up her arm to rest on her shoulder. As she watches clouds, a napping, curled cat floats in the sky, followed by a strand of pearls spreading vertically and horizontally. There are many cloud shapes: eagles, mountains, a sleeping baby, and a canoe drifting along the sky river. Leaves brush against Angelique's immobile and ageless form, a concrete maiden frozen in time.
By Andrea Corwin about a year ago in Poets
A Hack You Can Try To Become a Creative Hero. Top Story - May 2025.
I’ve stopped writing on Vocal. Well, evidentially, I haven’t – I’m writing on Vocal right now. Look at me go. The point is that I had stopped writing on Vocal for quite a while. And now, like Arnie, or 90s fashion, I'm back. For a bit.
By Jamie Jacksonabout a year ago in Art
My Experience on Vocal. Top Story - May 2025.
Celebrate good times, come on! 🎶 Today marks a special little milestone: I’ve officially been on Vocal for one whole month! In this piece, I want to take a moment to reflect on my experience so far, including all the lovely people and creativity that I found along the way.
By Dalma Ubitzabout a year ago in Journal
How Poetry Became My Portal to Abundance. Top Story - May 2025.
For years, I turned to writing as a quiet place—pages filled with thoughts, heartaches, and hope. But something changed when I stopped writing just for release and started writing to create. That change gave birth to my new book, Manifesting Through Verse – The Manifesting Poet.
By Denise Larkinabout a year ago in BookClub
I will use my voice . Top Story - May 2025.
To My Fear of Speaking Up, I’m done. There’s no official notice, no warning, and definitely no two-week grace period. You don’t deserve one. You’ve been running my life for too long, and I’m finally ready to walk away.
By Diani Alvarengaabout a year ago in Journal
The Junko Furuta Case: Japan’s Most Disturbing Tragedy of Torture and Injustice. Top Story - May 2025. Content Warning.
On 25th November 1988 in Japan, 17-year-old Junko Furuta was kidnapped. She was brutally gang-raped and tortured for 40 days and then murdered on 4th January 1989. The monsters who did this were Hiroshi Miyano, Shinji Minato, Jo Ogura, and Yasushi Watanabe, who were all aged between 16 and 18 years old. Hiroshi and Shinji, despite being teenagers, were already serial rapists. On 25th November 1988, they were out looking for a victim and spotted Junko who was returning home from her part-time job. All of them went to the same high school. Previously, Hiroshi had confessed his feelings to Junko and she had rejected him politely. That night, he decided that their victim would be Junko as a way to take revenge for rejecting him. Hiroshi told Shinji to run away after kicking her off her bicycle and then he would swoop in to help her. Shinji did as he was told. As planned, Hiroshi then went up to her and helped her to her feet. He offered to walk her home and she accepted, not knowing what she was getting herself into. She got off her bicycle, and they started walking and talking. After some time, Hiroshi stopped following her directions and tried to take her into an abandoned warehouse that allegedly had ties with the Yakuza.
By Dharrsheena Raja Segarranabout a year ago in Criminal
Yuge. Top Story - May 2025.
My former Americans, Over the last two years, I have tried to make this country…well, you already know that, don’t you. All those hats and flags and t-shirts and the other things you do to show that you really believe in what that great nation can be… Could be… Would be…
By Kendall Defoe about a year ago in Journal
