Day: February 6, 2026

Unlimited Customization at Your Fingertips, Literally

Unlimited Customization at Your Fingertips, Literally

Imagine being able to match your nails with your outfits on a day-to-day basis using an app on your phone. Sounds pretty crazy, right!? A new nail product releasing soon aims to bring press-on nail technology to the next level.  iPolish nails are digital press-on acrylic nails that can change colors with the press of […]

Red, White & Royal Blue: Why the Book Is Better

Red, White & Royal Blue: Why the Book Is Better

If you are on BookTok, then you definitely have seen the book, “Red, White & Royal Blue” by Casey McQuiston.  Written originally in May of 2019, the book quickly became popular among the young adult community, praised for its beautiful writing, captivating story, and deep characters you love to follow.  Having seen people praising the […]

Saving the Planet in a Modernized World

Saving the Planet in a Modernized World

We all exist in a world powered by technology. From the cars we drive, to the materials we use made from plastics, from the gas we use to heat our house–everything in our daily life has been produced by technology and the humans who created it. Our lives are centered around these products and concepts. […]

Student Walkout

Student Walkout

‘Melt the ICE!’  ‘No one is illegal on stolen land!’  ‘ICE is better crushed!’  ‘ICE out of schools!’  Such words were plastered all over the signs and shouted in the streets by hundreds and hundreds of students based in the Seattle area as they demanded that ICE leave.  Following the recent uproar of ICE officials […]

2026 Games Most Gender-Balanced in Winter Olympic History

2026 Games Most Gender-Balanced in Winter Olympic History

Today, February 6, the world will watch the opening ceremonies for the 2026 Winter Olympics. Being held in the Italian cities of Milano and Cortina d’Ampezzo, the games have already made history by becoming the most gender equal Winter Olympics to date, with women making up 47% of the athletes competing.  When the first Winter […]

Nurses Arrested Amidst Strikes

Nurses Arrested Amidst Strikes

The New York City nurses strike has been going on for about four weeks now, with the initial walk-out beginning on January 12, 2026. Today, February 6, 2026, marks the 26th consecutive day that nurses from three major hospital systems within New York City have been on strike. While negotiations have been attempted, a successful […]

Bye-Bye Priscilla

“Daddy, please don’t!”

Priscilla’s evil stepfather, her mother deceased, trapped her in a dollhouse, first shrinking her to fit.

When it was time, he left her in his will, locked in his lawyer’s safe.

After his client died, his lawyer was seen digging his grave in a deserted alley. A dog-walking, gossip-spreading, cigar-smoking, busybody called the police. They investigated.

The sorcerer’s crime was discovered when a detective found his will.

When he removed it from its envelope, Priscilla’s decaying body fell to the floor.

After an autopsy, her remains were moved to the dollhouse.

She was the only doll inside.

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