Avery K. Tingle, The Gamer Author

Good morning! I’ve been in Vegas about a week now. I’m fairly certain the sun is homicidal. We’ve been dealing with triple digit days and it’s wreaked havoc on the bird population here. Don’t ask. It’s not pretty.

Beyond that I’ve been adventuring to the Hoover Dam, Pokémon hunting at the strip, and loading up tiktoks for the next week when I officially return to social media. I’m also prepping a ton of photos to blast to Instagram and Facebook (I’ve aged into That Guy).

After a few days of running and one night of way too much tequila, I’ve decided to put my phone down for a few days to clear my head. In the meantime, enjoy the day’s reads, and I hope the end of your week is treating you well.

What would you do after stealing a car and hitting a cop with it? You get you some chicken nuggets from McDonald’s, that’s what.

Here’s five tips for nailing your first in-person presentation from public speaker Eileen Smith.

Being unemployed does not mean you have to go without health insurance.

Victoria Song examines the very real possibility of no longer owning any gadgets within the next decade.

On a personal note, I’ve never been a fan of the subscription model service. It’s always felt unnecessarily capitalistic: why pay for something once when you can pay for it forever? Victoria Song at least makes the model make sense.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/376038And finally, America needs to seriously re-examine its relationship with healthcare. The richest country in the world has no reason to bankrupt its poorest citizens if a medical emergency arises. The crisis has become so severe that people are having fewer children. I’m not saying that our medical professionals don’t deserve to be paid (especially in the covid age) but tying healthcare to full-time employment is no longer feasible, if it ever was.

Thanks for reading.

Avery K. Tingle is a scifi/fantasy author currently residing in the Las Vegas area. Owned by two cats, he is passionate about social justice, Star Wars, and mental health. Connect to his award-winning writing and social media here