Every day we are faced with a seemingly endless amount of responsibilities that demand attention — from taking care of household chores, to walking the dog, to responding to work emails. In our modern-day society, there never seems to be enough time in the day to simply exist. For someone with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), it only makes it that much harder to keep up with the many demands of life. Mundane, everyday tasks...

Incidentally, I wept during one of my shifts at the observatory upon reaching the epilogue of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Insulted and Humiliated. The roman-feuilleton, published in 1861 after his Siberian exile, marked the beginning of Dostoevsky’s trove of powerful literature among the likes of The House of the Dead, Notes from the Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Possessed/The Devils, and my favorite: The Brothers Karamazov. Albeit...

”All I do is keep running in my own cozy, homemade void, my own nostalgic silence.” -Haruki Murakami

When was the last time you thought about where your food came from? In America, among several contemporary privileges, food is an excess. But when we grow food on our planet and export goods and produce, it becomes our anthropological responsibility to do so sustainably for the environment and our humanity. Luxury items especially, such as herbs and spices, coffee, and chocolate, are subject to extortion of habitats and its people.

“…or lose it.” I tested this proverb for 7 months, intending to take a break from numbers (TW), maximizing efficiency, analyzing every detail, and wanting to take control of my perspective to improve my chances against the toil for perfection (Remember when Solaria Chip tried posting everyday? Then I trained nonstop for over 2 months into my first marathon. I just love to send it).

Over the last several decades, nuclear fusion has been regarded as a potential alternative energy source in an effort to help solve our growing climate crisis. I addressed nuclear power in a previous blog post, discussing the current socioeconomic discourse surrounding the technology. This post will take a deeper dive into the science behind nuclear power, specifically in regards to nuclear fusion. Unlike fission, which involves using energetic neutrons to split a...

The coffee industry is continually booming, with a staggering 2 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide on a daily basis. I personally can’t go a day without it; I always start my day with a cup of freshly brewed coffee (preferably from a local roaster) with some almond milk creamer. If I’m at a cafe, I will always order a latte, or a cold brew if it’s a warm day. I...

Congratulations, you made it to May… but possibly struggling at the end of the day? You’ve been at work for hours, staring at a screen answering emails, taking meetings and calls. On break or lunch, maybe you spent some time scrolling through social media or texting memes to your friends. Tired, you go home and turn on the television while simultaneoulsy doing some more mind-numbing scrolling in an attempt to disengage from reality. Or maybe...

You might have come across the concept of the “triple filter” accredited to Socrates. More or less, the story goes:

Happy Earth Day. Every person that has ever existed spends each day on this Earth, from the moment of birth until death when our remains return to the soil. Earth is home to all of us, yet we are heading into further environmental decline as a result of anthropogenic behavior. We are the only species in the known Universe that harms our home and does so consciously.

In honor of Earth Day, and feeling quite reminiscent, I decided to put together a photo collage of all the places I’ve been in the last few years that encapsulate Earth’s natural beauty. From my travels to some of the Earth’s coastlines, to coming across wildlife in blissful hikes in the wilderness, I know that there is so much our planet has to offer. But in order to experience this, I believe it is...