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✨🦊 She’s older than Scotland itself.
A fae who’s watched empires rise and fall from a hidden cottage in The Dark Reach. Now, after centuries, Sorcha is sharing her journals.
This is Chapter 1, Part 1 — read by Sorcha herself.
The Dark Mile Journals 📔
New parts weekly. Ancient truths for right now.
Full series (free to read) 👇
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Which era or “dot” from history do you want Sorcha to unpack next? Drop it below. 🕯️
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I KNOW THAT LOOK, PIZZA MAN
Walt Z was stocking Red Baron pizzas in a Michigan store when a prankster played a fake payment sound, claimed he’d taken $10 from him and kept filming.
Walt has four kids. They’d gone to bed without him. He was already late getting home, had to be up at 5 a.m. to do it again, and was struggling to pay his mortgage.
Then he pointed out that the person recording him was probably making money from this.
That part fucking hurt.
I’ve lost my house. When he started talking about working his ass off and still being afraid he couldn’t keep his, I knew exactly why ten dollars wasn’t the slightest bit funny. You can only carry that much worry for so long before something spills out. And there he was, trying to explain his whole life to some prankster holding a fucking phone, recording it all.
The encounter happened in August and went viral this week. Red Baron says Walt is still employed.
Then people did something amazing. A fundraiser naming him as beneficiary had raised $475,951 by 8:46 a.m. Central Friday. GoFundMe is working to get the money safely to him.
I hope it gives him some evenings with those kids. Some sleep without the mortgage sitting on his chest, and a chance to breathe before the alarm goes off again.
But Walt is one of so many people living like this right now. That’s why his words hit so fucking hard. We know what it feels like to work until we’re exhausted and still be scared it won’t be enough. Politicians keep promising relief, but the bills don’t wait on ‘The Plan’. Most of us just don’t have a camera there when we finally fall the fuck apart.
We are all Walt.
☕️ Gσσԃ Mσɾɳιɳɠ! ☕️
A sheep led police on a food pursuit. GM settled driving-data allegations. A working dad said what too many people are feeling.
Also: Iran warnings, ghost students, Voyager and Halloween wildlife. Friday’s Dots👇️️️️️️:
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I KNOW THAT LOOK, PIZZA MAN
Walt Z was stocking Red Baron pizzas in a Michigan store when a prankster played a fake payment sound, claimed he’d taken $10 from him and kept filming.
Walt has four kids. They’d gone to bed without him. He was already late getting home, had to be up at 5 a.m. to do it again, and was struggling to pay his mortgage.
Then he pointed out that the person recording him was probably making money from this.
That part fucking hurt.
I’ve lost my house. When he started talking about working his ass off and still being afraid he couldn’t keep his, I knew exactly why ten dollars wasn’t the slightest bit funny. You can only carry that much worry for so long before something spills out. And there he was, trying to explain his whole life to some prankster holding a fucking phone, recording it all.
The encounter happened in August and went viral this week. Red Baron says Walt is still employed.
Then people did something amazing. A fundraiser naming him as beneficiary had raised $475,951 by 8:46 a.m. Central Friday. GoFundMe is working to get the money safely to him.
I hope it gives him some evenings with those kids. Some sleep without the mortgage sitting on his chest, and a chance to breathe before the alarm goes off again.
But Walt is one of so many people living like this right now. That’s why his words hit so fucking hard. We know what it feels like to work until we’re exhausted and still be scared it won’t be enough. Politicians keep promising relief, but the bills don’t wait on ‘The Plan’. Most of us just don’t have a camera there when we finally fall the fuck apart.
We are all Walt.
The bobcat came dressed as a bobcat. Nobody tell it that’s a lazy costume. I’m not filling out that incident report. 😂🎃
Photographer Mark Girardeau spent two months capturing wildlife investigating Halloween displays in Southern California’s Santa Ana Mountains.
Please enjoy some animals minding their business after an entire morning of humans refusing to.
This story and more in today’s Daily Dots on Substack.
Report: ABC7. Photography: Mark Girardeau.
🌳🌲THE DARK MILE JOURNALS❄️:
A king’s man is looking for a house. It’s behind him.
Sorcha is trying very hard to let the protection do its job.
The First Sanctuary brings The Dark Mile Journals to its final chapter. Come back to the Reach for one last journal entry. 🤍👇️️️️️️
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NEW HERE? START THE JOURNEY AT CHAPTER ONE👇️️️️️️: sorchasjournals.substack.com…
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A middle initial needs a security detail in Alaska, the FTC wants to know how your shopping apps set prices, and Armenia’s parliament would like you to duck.
We finish with Milwaukee’s first Brewers championship and three baby capybaras. Their father has been in the pool with their aunt. Rodney. Sir.🤣️️️️️️
Thursday’s Dots are here. ☕
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Edinburgh Zoo has three new capybara pups. Mum Luna and the babies are doing well. Older brother Bru is grumpy about losing his only-child status.
Then there’s Dad.
The zoo revealed that a viral photo of Rodney’s intimate pool encounter was with Cali. Cali is Luna’s sister.
Three babies, a jealous older sibling, and Dad in the pool with Auntie. Edinburgh Zoo has accidentally commissioned a soap opera.
Rodney. Sir. 🤣
This story and more on The Daily Dots Substack
Source: STV News and RZSS Edinburgh Zoo.
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A hacking attempt has disrupted the FEC’s campaign-finance filing system. The political ads, unfortunately, remain fully operational.
Flávio Bolsonaro has arrived in Miami, the FBI searched a former Swalwell donor’s Beverly Hills mansion, and someone tried to pet a fucking great white shark.
A short Dots with plenty going on. 👇
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🦈During a shark-tagging trip off Tybee Island, Georgia, a woman reached toward a great white.
The crew said she was never in danger. Personally, I’d prefer to remain never in danger from farther the fuck away.
This story and more in today’s Daily Dots on Substack.
🎥 Knot Lucky Fishing via CBS News
#GreatWhiteShark #SharkTagging #TybeeIsland #Wildlife
🚨 UPDATE to this morning’s Dots: Flávio Bolsonaro has reportedly left Brazil and is heading to the United States, according to Folha and Metrópoles, citing his allies. This follows the court order barring him from leaving Brazil and requiring him to surrender his passports.
His arrival in the U.S. has not yet been independently confirmed. Well, shit. That story moved fast.Source: Metrópoles teapawt.org/EricLDaugh/status/2115…
☕️ Gσσԃ Mσɾɳιɳɠ!☕️
Today’s Dots: Dollar General gets sued over checkout prices, and Wedgewood admits faking polls. Receipts and actual voters would’ve been helpful.
James Comey faces new charges; Maurene wins a back-pay ruling. Two former FBI officials face added obstruction allegations. Newsom predicts the DSA’s rise, Flávio must surrender his passports, and NYC plea deals draw scrutiny.
Trump promises $1 million for voter-fraud tips leading to arrest AND conviction. Neil Young wants $10 million from Trump’s committee.
Then: a glowstick salamander study and a hippo demolishing a pumpkin. Finally, competent pumpkin management.
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JUST IN🚨️️️️️️: The FBI has RAIDED a Beverly Hills mansion as part of its investigation into Eric Swalwell, Fox News reports.
CNN reports the property belongs to a donor, rather than Swalwell himself. No new charges have been confirmed in connection with this search.
☕️ Gσσԃ Mσɾɳιɳɠ!☕️
Today’s Dots: Dollar General gets sued over checkout prices, and Wedgewood admits faking polls. Receipts and actual voters would’ve been helpful.
James Comey faces new charges; Maurene wins a back-pay ruling. Two former FBI officials face added obstruction allegations. Newsom predicts the DSA’s rise, Flávio must surrender his passports, and NYC plea deals draw scrutiny.
Trump promises $1 million for voter-fraud tips leading to arrest AND conviction. Neil Young wants $10 million from Trump’s committee.
Then: a glowstick salamander study and a hippo demolishing a pumpkin. Finally, competent pumpkin management.
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OTTERS 🦦🏀
Last week, my flock carved a pumpkin. Now Oregon Zoo’s otters are dunking theirs. I’m not showing this to Hank. We cannot afford a poultry athletic department.
Finally. A sport I understand.
Video: Oregon Zoo / @OregonZoo
This story and more on today’s Daily Dots👇
☕️ Gσσԃ Mσɾɳιɳɠ!☕️
A Tennessee artist built a sculpture, set it on fire and gave every Oblivion player a reason to worry.
That’s our way into today’s Dots. The Pentagon’s backup plans, Democracy Files, Markle pedo allegations, Brazil and Utah are in the middle. Otter pumpkin basketball is waiting at the end.
I would never leave y’all in there without an exit.
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PORTAL 🔥
Just in time for Halloween, a Tennessee artist has opened a fucking portal to Oblivion. I’m not accepting this quest. My inventory is full and I have chickens to feed.
Andrew Nigh’s planned sculpture burn at Chattanooga’s Fire Up the Fields. Video via @appodlachia on X.
More in today’s Daily Dots 👇
☕️ Gσσԃ Mσɾɳιɳɠ!☕️
A Tennessee artist built a sculpture, set it on fire and gave every Oblivion player a reason to worry.
That’s our way into today’s Dots. The Pentagon’s backup plans, Democracy Files, Markle pedo allegations, Brazil and Utah are in the middle. Otter pumpkin basketball is waiting at the end.
I would never leave y’all in there without an exit.
Monday's Dots is live👇️️️️️️
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☕️ Gσσԃ Mσɾɳιɳɠ!☕️
A Tennessee artist built a sculpture, set it on fire and gave every Oblivion player a reason to worry.
That’s our way into today’s Dots. The Pentagon’s backup plans, Democracy Files, Markle pedo allegations, Brazil and Utah are in the middle. Otter pumpkin basketball is waiting at the end.
I would never leave y’all in there without an exit.
Monday's Dots is live👇️️️️️️
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☕️ Gσσԃ Mσɾɳιɳɠ!☕️
A rare Saturday Daily Dots, because the news declined to take the weekend off.
Rubio’s public CIA pitch, Alaska’s two-Sullivan dispute, charges against two former FBI officials, satellite emergency alerts, and more.
We close with my chickens and guineas carving my Halloween pumpkin. They’re accepting payment in pumpkin.
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