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Moments and eras, thoughts and hopes.

avdesing — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:27:54 GMT

I recently said to my mum: ‘How different the times are in which we both live; everything has changed in an incredible way.’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3mnqzx4z1w&t=1606s

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Often, when I recall things or circumstances I experienced twenty years ago, I feel as though they lie too far back in time, far more than twenty years, as if they were a fleeting memory or another life lived by someone else. Either things change far too quickly, or time no longer passes in the same way as it used to.

When I start thinking about times gone by, I feel that I have undergone many transformations, and I’m not just talking about the internal ones and the number of times I’ve changed in my life, because I chose to, but I’m referring to the external changes, to an entire generation that has lived through those dizzying changes intensely, transforming society as a whole.

I’ve lived through a time when the internet didn’t exist, when computers weren’t as we know them today, when mobile phones didn’t exist, and when we communicated by letter. The chance to play in the street without fear, and even to play with physical objects, real toys, rather than screens. And today, I look around me and find it incredible what’s happening; I also think about my own capacity to adapt, and how life has required me to change so many times, even in ways I didn’t choose myself.

I went from seeing groups of children playing in the streets, to other groups strolling carefree, gatherings at some of my friends’ homes, enjoying a park or a family dinner, to seeing people seemingly talking to themselves in the street, though in reality they’re talking to an AI on their phone, people who are lonelier, shut away in their homes, struggling with self esteem, where their self-worth comes from a ‘like’ on social media rather than the appreciation of family and friends.

A society where more importance is placed on a stranger leaving a little heart on a video or a post than on a hug from a loved one; a society where, generally speaking, though of course there are exceptions, the value of family, respect and kindness has been lost, and where young people walk as if in a world that isn’t this one.

I have gone from living in a world where creativity and intelligence were developed through research, reading, art and writing, to a world where I see people delegating everything to AI, because it’s easier, because it’s less work, or because the end result looks nicer. We have lost the ability to think for ourselves, intellectual development, and a logical, independent mind. Now AI thinks for us. It’s sad.

AI can be useful in some cases, such as when gathering information from different websites where an immediate response is needed for various reasons, or when it comes to technology that could save lives. But delegating everything to it, even the simplest tasks, is frightening because of the implications for the future. I wonder if we will let it think for us and, if so, what will become of the human race.

I’ve gone from living in a world where chivalry still existed amongst men, where they’d let a woman go first, hold the door open for her, give up their seat on a bus, or simply strike up a conversation with her, to a society where that no longer exists; young men look the other way, and in other cases are afraid to speak to a woman because they fear being accused of harassment. We’re witnessing some very strange times, where women call themselves feminists simply for being empowered, when in reality an empowered woman is one who decides for herself, takes care of herself and chooses her own path in life; she feels free, whilst always respecting the differences between herself and men, because we are different and that is the beauty of life and relationships.

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The day came Friday, and ...

janitzearratia — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:07:42 GMT

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There are those who have been waiting for it since Monday and those who feel that it is just another day. Because when we have a head full of pending, worries or decisions that you've been putting off, changing the day doesn't always change how we feel.

Have you ever been a co-driver in your own car? Someone else drives, decides the route, brakes, accelerates and one there, clutching the seat, thinking: "I wouldn't have crossed here."

Sometimes it's the same with life: we let fear, debts, what others think decide for us. We grow thanks to two types of experiences: the joy of winning, and the sorrow of losing.What do we do when an emotion hits us before we have time to think? The truth is that we can't always prevent the wave from coming. Because an emotion also rises, reaches a point of intensity and then changes, just like the waves of the sea do.

The problem appears when we decide just at the moment when we are most overwhelmed. We respond. We argued. We're leaving. We come back and say yes when we really wanted to say no.

And then we thought, “Why did I react like that?"Managing our emotions does not mean to stop feeling them. It means learning to recognize what was triggered, what we need at that moment and when it is appropriate to act, and to take control again, it is not about fighting the wave. It's about learning what to do when it comes in full force.
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‎The idea is to keep ourselves busy and think about the real, the tangible, what is, what we have, not to make ourselves questions like... what would have happened if..., because it will be what... and if this happens and if such a thing... and blah blah blah....

I've done everything to stop overthinking when the waves are rising and falling.I read books, listen to podcasts, try to think positive, I set out to change a thousand times, and I always end up in the same place, and behind it there are almost always years of real effort, pointing to the wrong place.

Something happened to me last week that made me think the following: when someone we love makes a mistake, we usually tell them: “Relax, try again.” But when the one who makes a mistake is one, the whip does appear there: "What a shame”, “the same thing again”, “you should do better”.

Aha, do you guys realize the difference?

We also have to learn to be on our own side, especially when things go differently than we wanted. The same happens when we are thinking about money sometimes one gets used to saying“ "When I have more money, there yes”", well, and what are we doing with what we have today?

Because we have resources, you know, I mean things, we know people, we have skills, experience. The question is what are we doing with all that.

Janitze.🌷

Separator made with Canva by @janitzearratia

Any images in this post are taken with my iPhone 12, the Infinix pro-note 30 or with the camera eighties Rolleiflex 2.8 f, and edited by me with Canva

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WTF: The Walking Dead

tarazkp — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 21:08:39 GMT

We Talk Friday

(WTF)

This is a semi-regular series that I will run on Fridays to hold discussions on a current topic from the week gone. The aim is to keep them light and conversational, though some might be heavier - regardless of the content topic itself though, just have some fun engaging and discussing with whoever happens to put in the effort in the comments section below.

We Talk Friday Ep. 73:

1. How hard is it?

I don't get it. Every day in the US around 133 people suicide and there are about 60 murders each day also. Yet, it seems nearly impossible to kill someone with a "lethal" injection. Christa Pike would have had the dubious honour of being the first woman put to death in Tennessee for 200 years, but they botched the procedure and she not only lived, her condition might be too bad to put her to death again. Like what?

Around 190 overdose deaths in the US every day.

Now, rather than using past the use by date pentobarbital as the lethal injection, why not just use a healthy dose of fentanyl instead? It is pretty effective as people die with just a small amount laced into other drugs and I am sure it is cheaper to buy and can be bought on many street corners.

Problem solved.

Note: I am not a death penalty supporter.
(Soon we will be encouraged to end our lives so the rich may live richer)

2. Putin huylo, Oi Oi Oi

Finland played Belarus in a "controversial" football game in Helsinki, due to Belarusian support for the Kremlin and its war in Ukraine. Ukraine's ambassador wanted the game cancelled or shifted, but then we would have missed out on scenes like this tifo from the fans:

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko as a cockroach.

The crowd was also chanting "Putin huylo!" throughout the match which is Russian for,

Putin is a dick!

I am not a fan of politics in sport at all, especially when the sportspeople punished are coming from autocratic and violent regimes. Even if they wanted to, they can't speak out against the regime out of fear for themselves and families, but if they don't they are treated as supporters. That is bullshit.

The game ended 0-0

But 100% - Putin is a dick.

8===D

3. We got them

"We had them under view for a long time, and we got them."

This is what Trump said about the people who were captured in the UK near an airport and he also claimed that they were planning to do "big damage" - he does have a pretty impressive vocabulary. Apparently, the US and UK had been working closely together which led to the arrests.

However....

The call to emergency was from a local woman on her way back to her farm and police arrested them about 25 minutes later. So if they were being watched by the US and UK anti-terror units and the like, where were the agencies? Perhaps they were hoping the attack would go through and they could drum up some more war support.

However, all they had in the back was some petrol apparently, with "no viable explosive devices" at all. And then, due to the lack of whatever was necessary to hold them, they had all been released oon bail the next day, which means they aren't seen as a threat to the public.

More political nonsense, by the looks.

Taraz
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The Sanctuary

xrayman — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:45:39 GMT

Just hearing the word “sanctuary” is enough to put us almost immediately into “vacation mode” or a state of relaxation. For us, a sanctuary is a place where we feel at peace and completely connected to our surroundings.

We often think of it as a sacred place, perhaps even located in a distant country or a far-off city or town, where the setting, the people—or even the combination of the two, or the absence of one (the people...)—helps us focus on what’s important to us.

Our sanctuary is a place where we are at peace with ourselves. But it doesn’t have to be that far away or difficult to reach quickly; nor does it require a several-hour plane ride, climbing a mountain, or reaching a place inaccessible by car.

Our sanctuary can be something as simple as our own home. At home, we end up feeling safe, centered, and with no need to seek comfort beyond what we already have there. It’s comforting to return every day to our starting point. Coming home usually means the end of a workday—or even a day filled with problems or challenges that we weren’t able to handle as well as we’d hoped.

It’s a place where we have our room, our bed, and our pillow. There are few situations in which these small things mean so much and are so important—both physically and mentally—to our recovery.

Only by getting a little rest, or having a moment where we’re simply at peace—without worrying about doing something or failing to do it—can we find peace and restore our energy in an almost magical way.

It’s happened to me a few times—having a couple of days off, usually two or three, with nothing planned. No trip, no specific plan to follow. No activities, no trip to the movies, not even a visit to that friend I haven’t seen in months… It feels so good to stay home.

And what about you? How do you feel about your “little corner”? How do you feel about your home, and what feelings and emotions does that simple idea evoke in you?

Or are you one of those people who, on the other hand, aren’t the least bit interested in spending more time at home than is absolutely necessary? And do you do everything you can to keep yourself busy all the time and to arrange meals out?

I wish you all a great weekend. This weekend I’ll be doing some extra work at my club. I’m sure I’ll have a chance to share something with you all in the future.

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^{Original text written by @xrayman in Portuguese and translated with DeepL.com (free version)}

Poverty Is A Stronghold; don't get trapped

hiventhusiast — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 19:15:39 GMT

I was in a bus, returning from where I went, it was a hot sunny afternoon, in a busy area of Port Harcourt, then all of a sudden i began to observe the huzzling and buzzing of the area, busy bus conductors struggling for passengers, shouting destinations, gestulating here and there looking dirty, sweaty just for the money, and agberos stopping the busses to collect their own fair share of the passengers they onboarded in the bus, like every location has one standing there to help load busses as they stop either to offload passengers or onboard new ones.

it dawn on me that this is the life of the moment, then I thought of our government who understood the metrics of the society and what's happening, they understand the myths of poverty and what it can do to a man or a people.
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it creates desperation, when people are desperate they can do any and everything for the money.

when you're hungry for instance, at that point you don't care about anything except to be fed, if you're broke and really in need of something the most important thing at that moment for you is to either get a job, work hard and earn money legitimately or others who don't have that legit mindset get into some other diabolic means to get money, now that's why they saying that an idle mind is a devil's workshop is true.

while I had captured this reality in my mind that evening I stumbled upon a video by pastor Femi Lazarus almost about the same thing.

what i understood after watching that shirt clip is that poverty is an infrastructure, like social amenities that aid productivity and helps the economy thrives, poverty works the same way.

I strongly believe the government understood the powerful mechanism of poverty which is why they hold unto it as a powerful weapon of controlling the masses, like I said if you're hungry, broke or jobless what matters to you at that point isn't whatever the government is doing, what policy they implement or not, you just want to eat, have money or get a job.

this is why the government act the way they do, for instances in my country, also I know this applies to every country of the world, the government knows exactly what to do to eliminate what they don't want, fix what they want and get things under way but they will not do it.

because if people are out of poverty, wealthy the economy is thriving, businesses are going on well people will have options and the government will have little or no psychological control over the people, so they will do everything to keep the people running around for crumbs.

poverty: A tool for loyalty
Three are things I see, I just wonder what's going on , how do people think, for instance it's about the election period in my country and the current government has done so poorly, such that the economy has been down like it has never happened in the history of our nation, things are super expensive cost of living is high, it's so bad right from the inception of the administration everybody suffered it both the rich and the poor.

the same government wants to be re-elected, with nothing to show for it, yet you see same people who have been down trodden complaining and crying when things were totally off come out to declare alignment and support for the same government, why because huge amount of monies has exchanged hands.

you see why poverty is a Stronghold, people will do anything to have money doesn't matter what's at stack, when the people are poor and you come out to give them an amount they have not seen in a year, they will go any length to back you, whether or not you govern well.

however if the people are well to do, they can say no to certain offers because of the greater good.

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Reflections: Rules and Prompts

tarazkp — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 20:16:00 GMT

The reflections community is for people who not only want to reflect on their life experience, but also want to discuss the practical steps they are taking to improve their situation, and that of the people around them. It isn't a place to spin topics, or to dribble the words of others - it is personal - a mirror of the self and the world that surrounds us directly.

Since some people can't seem to follow the rules of communities, it is good to repeat them from time to time. If you are suggesting to a friend to post into a community, explicitly tell them to follow the rules of the community they are going to post into - otherwise, they might get downvoted, muted, or ridiculed. The rules of the Reflections community aren't hard to follow as they are pretty much common sense, but it seems the some people still struggle. Anyway - follow them.

Rules

No Plagiarism
No Reposts
Keep it in English
No Spamming
Answer comments
Engage with others
Put in some effort
No AI-generated text
AI-generated images must be clearly marked
Don't be a dick

Topics

Tonight I added two more preferred topics to the list, SOCIETY and CULTURE as I find myself writing about them here a fair bit. But I thought I would also give a brief overview of each of the topics to prompt people to be intentional with their content creation, rather than just trying to shoehorn it in However, these are all so broad that pretty much anyone can write on them.

Add the relevant ones to your post:

Philosophy

I don't care to read a thesis on Plato, Socrates, or any other philosopher. Philosophy literally translates to "the love of wisdom" and can cover many areas, but I am interested in hearing your take on the world, your life philosophy. What do you observe, what understanding do you derive from it, and how do you apply it to your life. Combined with the other topics, there is so much that can be addressed and can give others an insight into unfamiliar conditions.

Psychology

Like above, I don't care to hear what Jung or Freud had to say, I want to hear about how you experience the world and how you observe your mind, behaviours, and the behaviours of others. I want your perspective, not the regurgitations of someone with a PhD in psychology.

Mindset

This is not just a theoretical topic, it is practical. We all have various strengths and weaknesses in how we think about the world, but how we perceive it drives our thoughts and actions also. Our mind is a creative force, and we can use it to improve ourselves and world, or tear them down. Sometimes, we might do both simultaneously. So, struggle or succeed, observe your mind, attitudes, and belief systems to discover where improvements can be made, or where others may be helped.

Family

Even with the most loving, considerate parents, none of us make it through childhood completely unscathed. We face all kinds of obstacles as an individual trying to navigate relationships, and we are highly influenced by the people around us - for better, and worse. That means we carry a lot of lessons from the past that we can call upon to help us, or harm us, and those around us. We are social animals, yet most of us do not explore the mechanics of relationships at all. This is a place we can.

Health

I don't ant to hear about your stubbed toe, or see pictures of it. Health covers four areas in my opinion, physical, mental, emotional, and social. This is a place to explore those four areas and discover opportunities to improve your wellbeing, and potentially help readers improve theirs too. Wellbeing is degrading globally across all of these factors. Let's do better, help each other, and be healthier.

Wellbeing

Another topic that is very open and is an umbrella for those four pillars of the self I mentioned just above. Wellbeing can also be looked at from a more generalised view of society or of a community and how it is affected by the environments in which we live. The standards and definitions of wellbeing might differ between locations and individuals, but I think we all might agree that increasing wellbeing should be where a lot of our resources are spent.

Society

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Reflections: A New Community

tarazkp — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 13:24:42 GMT

Most of my posts are reflections on life and my experiences living it, with the intent to understand why we do the things we do and whether we can improve upon them. These cover many various topics, but often I find myself not having a community to put some of them in, as they don't quite fit anywhere. So, I made a community.

C/Reflections

A community to reflect on life, love, death and everything between

The aim is for it to be a place where people can reflect on life and experience, as well as join into the conversations with others along their own journey. It can get philosophical or psychological, it can be a cathartic outpouring of emotion or a question aimed at the audience to help bring clarity and next steps in difficult situations. It can be positive, negative or neutral.

Whatever you choose

But, there are some rules and there might be more coming.

Rules:

No Plagiarism
No Reposts
Keep it in English (mostly)
No Spamming
Answer comments
Engage with others
Put in some effort
Don't be a dick

Essentially, the last one sums it all up and any to come;

Don't be a dick.

I have no idea if people will be interested in adding their perspectives on life here, as a lot of people don't want to be personal on Hive, but I do think there is some space for it, if only as a bucket for my own content that doesn't fit elsewhere.

Curation

I am not going to reward anything just because it is in the community, but those who do use it well and add some effort and value, are likely to get some votes as well as if consistent, some follows too perhaps. Hopefully, some others who might follow my work might check out the community from time to time also.

New Series

I will also be using it to add a new series I am planning to build starting from yesterday, where I ask a more philosophical question from the audience, add my own thoughts and then see where it leads, like this:

https://peakd.com/hive-166408/@tarazkp/reflection-fart-or-piss

Why?

I believe that one of the values of Hive is being incentivized to explore our world at greater depth and an opportunity to reflect on what we find in order to build our place in it. Writing daily has become a massive part of my mental health regimen and I think that if everyone spent a little time writing their mind each day, the world would become a better place.

Let's see what happens.

Taraz
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