Perhaps one of my greatest blessings is living through one of the most incredible moments in human history. I witnessed the transition brought by the internet, and now I am witnessing the transition brought

Hello Splinters, welcome back! There’s a huge difference between accepting a situation and understanding how to use it to your advantage. A lot of people confuse the two. Accepting doesn’t mean liking

Who doesn't like good news? Sometimes the day is tiring, boring, or even dull, just another ordinary day, but it seems like everything becomes more colorful when someone tells us good news. It is always

Some random photos of my little dog, Venus. With each passing day, I find her even funnier, and after discovering that her weak spot is getting scratches on her butt, I’ve started doing it more often.

Elections are always a minimally interesting debate, even though it's the same story every single time, always during election season. Candidates show up asking for your vote, always with a proposal, always

Source On last Friday, it was Brazil’s second match in the World Cup and expectations were high, since we wou

Hello Splinters, welcome back! The rules of battle are there to be exploited, and whoever manages to turn them to their advantage starts a few steps ahead. But there’s a curious detail in all of this.

"Only God forgives" is a phrase I've heard people say a few times, and reflecting on it, we can come to understand that we are not the ones who truly possess the power to forgive, nor infinite

Hello Splinters, welcome back! There are some things in Splinterlands that we learn the hard way. No matter how many battles you’ve fought or how many seasons you’ve been through, there’s always a situation

Every crime is subject to judgment, and every act will carry the weight of justice. But there are crimes that should carry the full weight: the harshest punishment and terrible consequences for those who

Today I was rooting against France. I really wanted to see Senegal win this match, and for a good portion of the game, that seemed entirely possible. The African side put in a balanced performance and,

Everything in life has consequences, and when someone commits a crime, it is almost guaranteed that the punishment will be severe. After all, punishments like these exist precisely to somehow encourage

Mimi is my neighbor's cat and the archenemy of my dog, Margot. They do not get along very well for obvious reasons, and Mimi has the curious habit of enjoying her precious sunshine very close to where

Hello Splinters, welcome back! Sometimes we think we know something just because we’re seeing it, and it’s funny to think that much of our perception and our decisions are based on a single sense: sight.

In a few words, free will is the ability to make choices according to your own desires. But considering so many restrictions, laws, and obligations, are we truly beings who possess free will, or is it

Hello Splinters, welcome back! We have this strange tendency to believe that being stronger is always bette

If at some point in my life I were dropped into a completely unfamiliar place, with no acquaintances, no money, and no help, would I be able to establish myself? I would need to rely on my skills to do

Winter has arrived around here, and patches of sunlight have become much more sought after by our pets. Venus isn't really a fan of sunbathing, to be honest, but there are days when the cold gets a little

People say that a person's sixth sense is, in fact, instinct: the ability to sense that something is about to happen, relying only on that "something" lingering in the air or perhaps on something

It's interesting when everything is going well and how something, no matter how simple it may be, has great potential to make the day even better, or rather, its beginning. From Monday to Friday, I set