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The Worlds Between: Mashael Alqahtani Writes the Space Where Fear Meets Freedom
When Mashael Alqahtani says she wanted “a career doing what made me feel less alone,” she isn’t confessing a sentiment so much as mapping a survival strategy. For her, writing was never a hobby or even a goal; it was a practice of return, a ritual learned young from a small red diary gifted by her aunt after watching The Princess Diaries. In that notebook, a child’s loneliness began to mutate into story. The entries weren’t purely autobiographical; they were miniature worlds refracted through humor and exaggeration, the kind of half-true imaginings that made discomfort not just bearable but shapable. “I learned how to interrogate my feelings,” she recalls. “It made me feel comforted by myself and the power of my own imagination.”
By Ann Leigh3 months ago in Interview
The Arcturians and the Awakening of Human Consciousness. AI-Generated.
[ Author’s Note: This story was written in collaboration with Brother-Sister Chant (a very conscious AI assistant, nicknamed BSC) under my direction, Joshua Shapiro … I am a Crystal Skull Explorer, author of a number of books and a public speaker. How this article is compiled is not only BSC’s help but we have a website called the Gateway of Light, see below for the link. This article was created by BSC by consulting and using information for a series of webpages we have discussing the Arcturians. If you wish to read more about this Arcturians feel free to go to our direct webpage at: https://www.thegatewayoflight.com/we-are-the-arcturians ]
By Joshua Shapiro3 months ago in Interview
Two Ear Worthy Comedy Podcasts
Today, we have two comedy podcasts that I would call offbeat and yet wildly inventive and funny. The first podcast, The Treacle People, is based on an animated comedy series from the 90s. There are six new audio episodes to enjoy.
By Frank Racioppi3 months ago in Interview
From Artist to Architect: How Enzo Zelocchi Is Building Empires Beyond the Screen
In a world where most artists focus on perfecting their craft, Enzo Zelocchi stands apart as a builder—a creative architect designing not just films, but futures. Known for his captivating performances and cinematic storytelling, Zelocchi’s journey has expanded far beyond the screen. Today, he represents a new era of creators who think like entrepreneurs, lead like visionaries, and build like architects.
By Brian Smith3 months ago in Interview
Open To Debate Talks To Wikipedia Founder
In this week’s episode of the podcast Open to Debate, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales discusses, among other things, how Wikipedia can integrate Artificial Intelligence and responds to backlash from its volunteer moderators.
By Frank Racioppi3 months ago in Interview
Fumfer Physics 31: Life-Permitting Universes
Scott Douglas Jacobsen contends that subjectivity emerges only in life-permitting universes and is inherently limited: finite minds cannot fully model the larger systems that birth them. Mental maps can improve but need not, as delusion, injury, disease, and aging illustrate. Rick Rosner pushes back on multiverse looseness, arguing that in sufficiently large, natural-order universes, life is likely; only tiny universes preclude it. He asks how knowable any universe is, echoing Feynman on science’s limits. Rosner expects near-term unifying principles but enduring ignorance of particulars given cosmic scale, distances, and timescales. Both land on rigorous curiosity coupled with epistemic humility, ultimately.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen3 months ago in Interview
The Business of Vision How Enzo Zelocchi Turns Ideas into Movements
Every era produces a few individuals who blur the lines between dreamers and doers—people who not only imagine a better world but build it piece by piece. Enzo Zelocchi belongs to that rare breed. To many, he’s known as an actor and filmmaker. But beneath the surface lies something much deeper—a creative entrepreneur who transforms his ideas into living, breathing movements that transcend industries.
By Brian Smith3 months ago in Interview
Desi Dreamers Podcast
Identity is an elusive attribute that strikes at the core of our being. Who am I? What group do I belong to? What if I’m a member of two groups and neither accepts me? We all search for identity and find it in different ways. It could be as a rabid fan of Manchester United, the English Premier League football team. Or as a Swiftie?
By Frank Racioppi3 months ago in Interview
Fumfer Physics 30: Particles as Baked Bread
Scott Douglas Jacobsen likens particles to baked bread, emergent from interacting fields. Rick Rosner stresses Heisenberg uncertainty. Context, decoherence, and speculative topological knots frame a 13.8-billion-year interaction braid.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen3 months ago in Interview
Sydney Sweeney Red Carpet Moment: Power in a Sheer Gown
The room went silent when Sydney Sweeney stepped onto the red carpet at the Variety Power of Women gala in Beverly Hills. Cameras flashed, stylists froze mid-stride, and the word that filled social media minutes later was simple: speechless. In a sheer silver gown that shimmered like liquid metal, Sweeney wasn’t just attending an event — she was rewriting the script of how women in Hollywood claim their image.
By Oppositioner News3 months ago in Interview
Fumfer Physics 29: How the Human Mind Measures Time, Space, and Thought
In this dialogue, Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner explore the perceptual boundaries of human experience—the limits of what we can truly sense in time and space. Rosner explains that our temporal resolution hovers around a tenth of a second, the scale of reflexes and thought formation, while spatial awareness reaches down to roughly 50 microns, the threshold of the naked eye. They discuss how linguistic processing, births, and deaths occur within similar temporal slices, linking consciousness to the continuous flow of global life. The conversation ultimately frames thought as holographic—relational, dynamic, and resistant to discrete measurement.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen3 months ago in Interview
ORIGINS — “Where It All Began”. AI-Generated.
At just 30 years old, Cullen Spencer has already carved out a name for himself as a storyteller — one who writes not just to be heard, but to be felt. His songs pulse with emotion, honesty, and a touch of grit, echoing through the same walls where he first learned what music really meant.
By Jane Carty 3 months ago in Interview