HiveDiscoMod Curation Highlights June 30, 2025

"If you play with a human like that, it will break," scolded the irritated syndroid. "You've been here for three weeks, Gearox. This is your last specimen. Fail with this one and you will be removed from the leadership track, permanently" ...

Paul isn't a man of many words these days. He had seen it all. Although his eyes still held the light of someone who once stood before a crowd and made them feel things. His steps were slow ...

Happy weekend, everyone! Today is a great day to answer one of @galenkp's amazing topics for this weekend: Engagement for Week 264. Do you feel that you resist change? If yes, then explain why ...

... And it's been a long time since I've written without the aid of AI. How are things on this side of the web? I've always toyed with the idea of quitting Hive once and for all, and please don't take it personally ...

Anything for friendship.... It was her friend's son's 17th birthday and after a long time, she got an opportunity to meet several of her school friends at the same place. Unlike me, she does not go often and meet her friends, so this was kind of a rare opportunity for which she seemed to be quite excited. It's not easy for ladies to step out of home, especially when you have two growing kids, so when she told about the function, I instantly said YES, even though it was a working day ...

I remember some 10 or 12 years ago — when I first started poking around in the world of the Cryptosphere — being part of an online discussion in which several crypto evangelists and blockchainacs we're making their case for cryptos taking over the world. Being the neophyte that I was at the time, I looked at it all and felt a certain excitement and enthusiasm for what I was seeing, but at the same time offered my sincere opinion — keeping in mind that I was definitely not a Luddite in terms of technology usability — that the main reason it was not going to go anywhere anytime soon was that it was all far too complicated. It wasn't really an objection, as such, so much as simply pointing out that "tech bros" have a disturbingly myopic way of presuming that everybody in the world thinks like a tech bro when in fact almost nobody thinks like a tech bro. Accept, of course, for another tech bro ...

At the beginning of the month I visited the current (at that time) exhibition. As always I had no clue what I'm going to see, which is the best strategy in my opinion. When I entered the exhibition and saw it's going to be a travel back in time, was really glad. It's not going to happen, but I think if someone would place a camera at the entrance and capture the face of the visitors, when they have the first look at the exhibition room, and merge those short videos together, it could get a really interesting and meaningful, emotional video ...

I think I found Peaceful — here at this lake in East Kootenay, British Columbia. Have you ever went on an outdoor hiking excursion, spending several hours on the trail, and then finally getting to the end goal; which turns out to be both serene and peaceful? Well you probably have, and know what I mean! Why don’t we just sit here awhile and ponder the meaning of life — together ...

Hi everyone, how are you, I hope you have a nice day. On this occasion, as usual, I will show you some portraits of small animal species that I found a few days ago in the forest, and some of these species have unique shapes with colors that look very bright because each species of small animals has its own charm so that it looks very beautiful and attractive, and when I got there I immediately explored the small forest and hoped to get some species of small animals this time. A few minutes almost half an hour I circled around in this small forest but it was not in vain because I found a species of spider that looked so unique and interesting, and at that time I saw this species of spider crawling on one of its webs, and without waiting long I immediately took several different angles of pictures and it looked very beautiful and graceful, and on this occasion I am back to show some portraits of this species of spider and I hope you like it. Then I found another species of spider in the bushes of wild plants that grow abundantly in this small forest ...

Today was a day for a bike ride. Nothing too strenuous, just the pleasure of cycling through the streets of the town where my mother lives. It had been a while since I had visited her. It is a very rural and quiet town, with little traffic or people, a typical small town ...

Yeah yeah, i'm talking about swimming an awful lot but that is because it is rather new to me. I did some swimming in my youth competitively but I hadn't really thought about it being a useful form of exercise because it never really felt that hard to me. When I am doing my laps in the pool my heart rate doesn't factor into the equation and I can only guess that this has to do with the limitations of my own sport watch. Or maybe the laser thing on the back of the watch face doesn't work underwater ...

New research shows that spending time by the water relaxes us even more than the green of the forest. People are by far happiest by the sea and coastal areas, and clearly happier in nature than in the city. I feel also so here on the shores of Lake Annecy, France in Talloires Mont a pearl of this lake for its stunning natural beauty lakeside and mountains views. Have a Great day! ...

After procrastinating for about a million years, I’m finally back with a Vietnam post! This one’s about our last day in Hanoi (Day 4). I was already feeling a little down as the day began because I had grown to really love this city. And I had no idea when I’d get to come back again ...

I couldn't stop taking out black and white versions of the sequence of this girl in the elephant parade: The black outfit, the full red lips and her dark glasses were crying out for a 1950s deco conversion. I really don't know if the fashion or the concept of the girl's clothing has to do with it, but seeing her like that even makes me think of a beach scene with a convertible car next to her. What do you think? No podía dejar de sacar versiones en blanco y negro de la secuencia de esta chica en el desfile de los elefantes: El outfit negro, los labios carnosos de color rojo y sus gafas oscuras pedían a gritos una conversión a lo decó de los años 50 ...

It seems a curious bit of timing, the world's richest asshat starts calling attention to a certain reality TV star's connections to Jeffrey Epstein, and the next thing you know the celebrity is siccing the military on Los Angeles. Then some protests rained on the faux king's birthday parade and before I'd even hung up my gas mask, he'd gone and started a war with Iran. At the poker table we'd call that misdirection. Whatever you call it, it made for some busy days out in the streets ...

A fraternal hug for the friends of photoessay. I don't know if the taste for colors has to do with genetics and confers hereditary traits, but I know that my descendants, like me, have a predilection for the color pink. In my younger years, my closet was full of pink pieces and my son loves that color. He, due to sexist traits of society where it is highlighted that the color pink is seen only in girls, was not able to fully enjoy his favorite color, at least during childhood and adolescence to avoid bullying ...

Greetings, hiver friends ✨ Where do I find the pink shade 🏩? I misplaced it in the work of the hours on the clock. I went out aimlessly searching for it, only to discover it was silent in the small details; I had just lost sight of it. In the midst of the crowd, I distinguish it ...