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Mix I

Joshua Sullivan
August 21, 2026

Here I am with another Mix article to write, along with a few of the topics I have written down in my OneNote, which Microsoft owns. OneNote is like a digital notebook; there are a few digital notebooks, or notepads. OneDrive is my favorite, and I have been using it for several years now. I hope you enjoy reading this Mix article, or at least some of the topics that will be discussed in this Mix article. I hope that every one of you is doing well! Let us dive right into the first topic without any further delay.

Here’s the list of topics for this article. If you didn’t have enough time to read the entire article, you can come back to it later and pick up where you left off by clicking on whichever topic you haven’t read yet. Or, if you’re not in the mood to read the entire article, you can click on any topic in the list below to read whichever ones you might be interested in.

Wait, Mix 1? With no date?!

For a long time, I have been adding dates to particular articles like this, such as snippets, overviews, multitopic, and whatnot, until they got the permanent name of Mix. I have decided to replace the dates with Roman numerals, with I for number one in this article and II for number two. The reason I decided to do that now is that every article already has the date where the byline is for when an article or a review has been published, so there is no reason to duplicate that, and I felt that starting with Roman numerals for future Mix articles can be easily remembered instead of the date the Mix article was published on. Besides, even without a date in the Mix article title, you can still search Mix with the date here, which will show you the result of a specific Mix article on that specific date.

So, we’ll start with number one for this Mix article, Mix I!

How to see more Facebook posts from friends and pages?

This is the web version of Facebook. I’m not sure about the app version, but I’d say it’s almost the same, though the steps may differ slightly.

For a personal Facebook profile

If some of you are getting annoyed, or already have been, that you barely see any posts from the people on your friends list and see a lot of sponsored posts/ads, there is a way to change that.

To see more posts from the people on your friends list you want to see often, go to their personal profile, find the “friends” button, click it, then click both “favorites” and “follow”. Doing that will make their posts appear more often.

For a Facebook page

If you want to see more content (posts, videos, etc.) from a Facebook page you follow or like, go to its page and click the following button (or Follow if you haven’t followed yet). You’ll see the following settings prompt box with options such as News Feed and Notifications. Click “favorites” for the News Feed, then, for notifications, click “standard” for content and “all notifications” for both video and live video. This ensures you never miss an update.

That’s it. You should now see more content from the people on your friends list and the Facebook pages you follow in your news feed.

Is the word “Deafening” offensive?

I have been thinking about this for a few weeks, trying to get my head around the word “deafening” and whether it could be considered offensive by some people. The word itself isn’t offensive, but its context is. Maybe some don’t realize this, but to some of us who are Deaf, and to me, whenever I see people use the word “deafening,” I confess that it does bother me a tad bit. The reason it bothers me a tad bit is that some people who use the word “deafening” don’t truly understand what it is to be Deaf, yet they use that word. How can something be deafening if you aren’t Deaf yourself? Think about that.

For something that is deafening for us Deaf people, it makes more sense because it is deafening for us since we are Deaf. I know I am playing around with that word a bit here, but I am just pointing out what doesn’t make sense.

If you are Deaf yourself, I would love to know your thoughts on that. Please share a comment or make a reply, and let me know how you feel when you see people who aren’t Deaf use the word “deafening”. Would you consider the word “deafening” offensive?

I am not Josh; I am Joshie.

Every article, every post, everywhere else, I add “Joshie” at the end, and I do that for a reason. It’s so you people can get used to calling me Joshie, which is my real nickname. Josh was never, and will never be, my real name or nickname. My birth name is Joshua, not Josh, and my nickname is Joshie, not Josh. Just because my birth name is Joshua doesn’t mean I am Josh, because I am not. When you come across anyone named Joshua, your mind automatically calls him “Josh” because the name is so overused that everyone assumes the nickname for Joshua is Josh. This is one of the reasons I am Joshie. I have been trying for decades to break that mindset among the people who call Joshua Josh, even though Josh was never their name to begin with, unless they were really born with Josh as their birth name. But if they were born with Joshua, then please respect that by calling us by the nickname we want to go by. Some people accept Josh as their nickname, but I don’t recognize that because mine is Joshie. If it’s serious, then call me by my real name, Joshua. Again, never Josh. Only Joshie in general, but if serious, then Joshua. Please show me a little respect, and thank you so much. It would mean a lot to me if you understood and respected this.

The death of Kaylee Hottle

A few days ago, on July 21, 2026, there was news that shook the Deaf community to the core, and that news was, unfortunately, about Kaylee Hottle, who was killed in a fatal car accident in Ijamsville, Maryland. Many of us in the Deaf community learned about Kaylee Hottle’s passing through a live video by her father, Joshua Hottle, who was seen having a hard time sharing the news while he was at the airport waiting for the flight that he said he would never want to take, which was the flight to where the body of his daughter was waiting for him. Here is the live video that was posted by Joshua Hottle. Please be aware that he uses American Sign Language, which is Deaf people’s native language, so if you don’t know any American Sign Language, then you will not understand anything that he says in his live video.

If you don’t know Kaylee Hottle or have never heard of her, she is an 18-year-old Deaf actress who appeared in two popular movies: Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. If you have already watched one or both, you would know her as Jia—the little girl who knew how to communicate with Kong (or King Kong). The little girl who portrayed Jia in both of these movies is none other than Kaylee Hottle herself, who is the person I am talking about here and who has unfortunately passed away in a fatal car wreck in Maryland. She wasn’t the driver; she was a passenger in the back of a 1995 Honda Accord, and the driver lost control of the vehicle, which then hit a culvert by the ditch in Ijamsville, Maryland. Kaylee Hottle was 18 years old when she died in a fatal car wreck, as her father said. It happened very early in the morning when it was still dark out; the driver was speeding over 100 MPH, as reported, and they traveled around 10 feet off Windsor Road into the ditch, then hit the culvert that ultimately took Kaylee Hottle’s life. Still, both the 19-year-old driver and the front passenger were fine. Reports say the driver is or was in jail. That 1995 Honda Accord showed heavy damage to the front. There are some pictures of the vehicle in the news, but I am not going to post them here because I don’t feel right about it; you will have to see them elsewhere. I will leave some news links below for you.

Read more about the death of Kaylee Hottle:

Recently, a funeral service was held at the Texas School for the Deaf to celebrate the life of Kaylee Hottle, and a livestream was available for anyone unable to attend to pay their respects. I watched the livestream for a few minutes during the service. You can watch the livestreamed video below.

My thoughts go out to the people who were impacted by Kaylee Hottle’s passing, even though it is known that some of us Deaf people aren’t fans of her father, as he is known for giving a ton of misleading information or misinformation in many vlogs he made. Still, my condolences go out to Kaylee Hottle, her friends, and most of her family, including her mother, Ketsi. Kaylee Hottle surely had a bright future as an actress. In my opinion, I have watched both the Godzilla and Kong franchises, which feature Kaylee Hottle as Jia. Still, unfortunately, she was taken too young.

A tip on how to grow your social media

There are a few ways, including tools and tips, to grow your social media presence on platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and others. But I am not going to share everything about growing your social media presence; you will have to do some research, and there are plenty of resources online to help you. But I will share one or two tips here.

To grow your social media, you need two things: followers and views. In my opinion, one of the easiest ways to grow your social media is to engage with other people. Engagement is one of the most important things for social media because it helps you gain recognition. So, if you have a Facebook page, whenever you find posts you’d like to comment on or reply to, don’t do so from your personal Facebook account or profile; switch to your Facebook page first to leave a comment or reply to someone’s post on Facebook. This is a good opportunity to engage with others and advertise your Facebook page at no cost.

Of course, don’t go around commenting on your family’s and friends’ posts using your Facebook page, since they are likely already following it, which would be pointless. Instead, on posts from people you aren’t friends with, try leaving comments on different business or brand Facebook pages, because you would be advertising your Facebook page at no cost. The more you engage with others, the better, and when I say the more, I don’t mean spamming them or overdoing it! Doing so risks making your Facebook page look like spam to others, and even worse, you could get it suspended, banned, or removed! Do so passively aggressively, not aggressively! Have a mindset where you engage with others as if you were on your personal Facebook account/profile, except switch to your Facebook page so you know to be careful. Don’t engage with others to gain or steal their followers; engage with them through honest conversation. It’s also important to build trust with them. Authenticity goes a long way in establishing a loyal audience that genuinely cares about what you share.

Since consistency is important, posting publicly where no one sees it would be pointless if you aren’t getting recognized. By engaging with others, you will encourage people to check out your Facebook page to see what you are all about, potentially turning them into followers. Engagement is one of the easiest, free ways to get noticed: put your Facebook page out there so many people see it in posts and comments. By actively participating in conversations, you expand your reach and build a community around your content. Don’t look for Facebook pages or any social media with a large following, because your comment will be drowned out; there are usually so many comments that yours won’t be seen. It would be better to engage with other Facebook pages or profiles with a decent following, so your comment won’t be easily missed when people look at the comments on those posts.

Second tip: Speaking of engagement, I would suggest joining a few social media groups, such as a Facebook group or a forum like Reddit. Most Facebook groups allow a Facebook page to join if the group creator or admin has enabled the option to accept both profiles and pages. Once your Facebook page has been accepted, do the same things you do on other pages and profiles by leaving comments, but do it in the Facebook group, where there is more potential to gain followers or views. Be sure to switch to your Facebook page before joining a Facebook group. As with Facebook page engagement, don’t spam or overdo it; that also applies to Facebook groups. Have an honest conversation with others rather than leaving a comment like “awesome” and leaving. Don’t join random Facebook groups just to advertise yourself; join groups you’re genuinely interested in so you can have honest engagement with others there.

That is all. I hope these two tips help you a little. As I mentioned earlier, there are many more ways to gain followers and viewers, so do some research on them. If you like reading books, here are a few you can read to learn more.

Was I ever bullied?

I understand why some people wonder whether I was bullied, especially when I was a child and a teenager, because I am disabled. Unfortunately, many people with visible disabilities are targets of bullies. In particular, bullies are often children and teenagers themselves. So, as I said, disabled people are targeted by bullies, and I was one of those targets, but not everyone could tell because it was very subtle and people wouldn’t notice. This happened often during my elementary and middle school years. There were a few guys who liked to bully others, but when it came to me, they tried to be subtle. I think that was because of my parents, especially my mother, who is well-known, which made them very careful about bullying me. These kids did see me as one of their friends, but as prep boys who played football and won championships, they had an ego that led them to do something unacceptable.

How did they bully me so subtly? They would often grab my hat off my head and walk a few feet away from me, knowing that I was in a wheelchair, so I’d never get it back from them until I told them to give it back in an angry voice. I hated it, but they made it look like they were “playing” with me. Like some adults who saw it would just tell me, “Oh, they’re just playing with you!” What many don’t realize is that having my hat taken off is one of the ways to make me very upset, back then and even to this day. I do not like anyone grabbing my hat off my head without my permission or say-so. They did it so many times, maybe two or three times a week, for a good few years, and because of that, it built up frustration in me, so if anyone tries to take my hat off my head without permission, I will make sure they are humiliated and know it.

Another example is that sometimes, when I am in a manual wheelchair, meaning a wheelchair that isn’t electric, a few of those same boys would quickly put their foot right in front of one of the wheels, which would make the wheelchair stop abruptly, and one of those incidents threw me out of the wheelchair, where I fell onto some kind of polished concrete or ceramic floor. That manual wheelchair didn’t have a belt; it was the same kind of manual wheelchair that you’d find at some hospital, which I had to use because I was still rehabbing my right leg, where I had broken my femur in half. It wasn’t fully healed; it had only been a few weeks since I finally got the cast off my leg, so there was a risk I’d break it again or cause further damage, but thankfully I didn’t. Because there was no belt, and the seat itself was some kind of leather, or maybe faux leather, it was slippery, so if that wheelchair stopped abruptly, I would slip out easily. They never cared about the consequences of their actions.

There are a few more stories about me being bullied, a few of which I have already shared, and this one will be the last incident I want to share. When I finally got an electric wheelchair, I was told to be careful with it, and I later found out why: electric wheelchairs back then would often stop working. When it stopped working, I would have to wait a few weeks, or one to two months, for them to get my electric wheelchair working again or replace it with another, so I was very careful with it during that time. A few of these same boys would try to catch me by surprise by pressing the power button on the joystick quickly while I was rolling. As soon as they did, my electric wheelchair would suddenly stop in its tracks. I was warned that if I pressed the power button off while I was still rolling, it would severely damage the motors due to the gears. Any time you pressed the power button while rolling, these motors would suddenly stop, which quickly grinds down the gear teeth. Then the electric wheelchair would stop working, and I would have to wait for several weeks for new motors or a replacement. It’s why it’s always important to stop first before turning off the power. Even though, after they saw that my electric wheelchair broke down and wouldn’t work at all when they pressed the power button while I was still rolling, they laughed it off, and when I finally got it working again after having a scheduled tech come to repair it, these boys continued doing it, and I asked them kindly to never do it again, but their attitude was, “chill, we’re joking with you, little buddy”.

If you know who you are, you know that messing with my wheelchair during elementary and middle school took away my independence, even if only temporarily, and I do not appreciate that at all. The same goes for repeatedly taking my hat off without my permission and putting your shoes in front of the manual wheelchair, which often nearly jerked me out of the seat, whether it happened once or twice. I will never forget it. Even if some of you didn’t mean to, intended or not, because, in your minds, all you boys were doing was “playing with me.” It wasn’t; it was bullying me.

I know some of you are still around here. Some of you are lawyers now, and some of you own businesses around here, thanks to your fathers being rich. If any of you ever do something like that again, now that I am getting old, it would be pointless to report any of you to the police, since your families have them in their pockets. I will have some of you exposed, since I have gathered so much information from knowing some of you and your families since grade school. Do not dare me; that is all I will say.

Besides those boys I kept talking about, there was one boy who wasn’t with them or part of their crowd. That freshman (I was a junior, I believe; junior is 11th grade) was mocking me while I was talking with one of my best friends in the high school lunchroom, and that feebleminded boy was mocking me by making all kinds of gestures with his friends, as if he were talking to them using American Sign Language, like I was talking to one of my best friends in American Sign Language. I took quick notice, and one of my best friends rolled his eyes, telling that little boy to quit, but that pea-sized-minded little boy wouldn’t, so I grabbed the lunch tray and threw it at him, bull’s-eye. Then he quickly stood up, thinking he could take me on, but I begged him to actually hit me so I could have the excuse to hit him. He was lucky that the lunch supervisor intervened, which sent me to the principal’s office for 2 or 3 days, while letting that little boy go in different clothes because he was soaked with milk and food. That’s another case of bullying me, the school’s own principal, and worse, the vice principal, which caused my mother to have a meeting with the board of education to tell them about this because I was punished for throwing food at that little boy while that little boy, who started it all by making a mockery of me, wasn’t punished at all, and was even given clothes to replace them, and let him go while I was suspended to the office for 2-3 days until that same day my mother came back to the office where the vice principal felt humiliated by having to apologize and dismiss me so I could go back to classes.

There are a few more bully stories, but I’ll stop here because, if I don’t, this article will be even longer than I expected. No, you who mocked me in the lunchroom in high school will never be forgiven nor forgotten!

If you are being bullied, please know that you are not alone. It’s not just you; many of us have gone through it or are going through it. I know it’s tough, but know this: you are not at fault at all; they are the ones who are at fault! If you need someone to talk to about it, I highly recommend visiting 988LifeLine.org and using their services! You can call them, text them, chat online, and, if you are deaf, video chat with them in American Sign Language! They are available 24/7, at no cost (completely free), and confidential! 998LifeLine isn’t just for bullying; they are there to talk with you about anything you are struggling with!

As I was moving on to the next topic here, I immediately remembered another bullying story I went through. When I was in middle school, between 3rd and 4th grade, they assigned me a special education teacher, or a teacher who knew American Sign Language, with whom I would have a daily schedule so that the teacher could help me with my schoolwork in all my classes. Basically, all the classwork I had that day was because I couldn’t communicate with my teachers, who didn’t use American Sign Language, so I wouldn’t know the instructions or what I was supposed to do with it. So that teacher’s job was to tell me everything that the teachers in my classes said, but in American Sign Language, so that I could finally understand what I was supposed to do with all this classwork. No, it wasn’t an interpreter; it was a teacher. I got all the instructions and whatnot from all my teachers, and then that teacher would tell me what their instructions were or what they wanted me to do with this classwork, but in American Sign Language. Also, that teacher was there to help me with anything I needed and to give me work. That teacher was named Michael V., or he went by Mike. He came from New York City (NYC), which he was very proud of. He was a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), as he mentioned that his parents were Deaf. He was very abusive to me; he often would grab my arms, squeeze them tight, scream at me, pound on the table, and cuss me out (to a 3rd-4th grader boy!).

If I started getting sleepy, he would slam some books on the table right in front of me and whatnot. I had him for a few weeks, and it got to the point where I became very afraid of him, and he made sure I knew it. Imagine how a 3rd- or 4th-grade student would feel. Sometimes I would run to the principal’s office so I could be kept away from him, and then one day I was absolutely fed up with his abuse. Not only that, but my interpreter, Delores, saw it all and would often tell him not to do this or that. Until that day, it exploded, and Delores went and found my mother to tell her what that teacher had been doing all along. So my mom came over to that small classroom, where it was only me, him, and my interpreter Delores, to pick me up and take me away from that teacher, and that teacher suddenly stood up, screaming at my mother, telling her to go to h***, threatening her, and storming out.

Ever since that day it exploded, he was no longer allowed to come anywhere near my school or me, and he disappeared somewhere—I don’t care where. A few years later, I was informed by my new replacement, a teacher named Kellie, who knew American Sign Language, for which I am very thankful and which I love. She became my permanent American Sign Language teacher right up until my high school graduation, which she attended for me. But anyway, a few years after that, he stormed out, had a heart attack, and died. So I guess karma took care of it for me, but he was the meanest person I have ever known.

Before I end this topic, I want to talk about my interpreter, Delores, and my teacher, Kellie, who taught me American Sign Language. I loved them; they were always there for me and always made sure that I had an education I could understand in American Sign Language. They were with me from what I believe was 4th grade through high school. Both of them came to my high school graduation to see me off. Just a couple of years ago, I was informed by her son, Delores’s son, that Delores had passed away from pancreatic cancer. Even many years after I graduated, she made sure to stay in touch with me, and the same goes for Kellie, whom I have been in contact with for over two decades! I was so blessed to have my ASL interpreter, Delores, and my special education/American Sign Language teacher, Kellie! Thank you both so much, Delores (I know you are no longer around to read this, but you know I am thankful for you), and Kellie, for guiding me through my school years! You both became more than just a teacher and an interpreter; you both became my friends! I was blessed with both of you! I will forever treasure my friendship with Delores and Kellie!

We allow law enforcement too much power. Where’s our red line at?!

We here in the United States of America are giving police officers, law enforcement, ICE agents, and others way too much power. When will we ever realize that we allow them to keep growing the power they easily abuse? Giving them too much power means allowing them to get militarized weapons and militarized vehicles, and having our Congress pass laws that allow them to have too much power, including immunity. The more power we give them, the more power they abuse against civilians, and they are very addicted to abusing the power that was given to them by us for decades, especially after the September 11, 2001 attacks. They have ego problems: they are addicted to the feeling of overpowering civilians, they love it when they see civilians cower before them, and they disempower them. Especially the people who are part of the BIPOC community (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) are often victims of police brutality that happens on a daily basis. We know that they love to flex their power, which they abuse daily, and that they are above the law, including the United States Constitution. No, don’t go and tell me that they aren’t that mean or that they don’t have a huge ego problem when you know that many of them like to brutalize civilians first before any questions. You know it when they approach you, and it automatically makes you nervous because you know what they’re like. Go to one of them and give them a high five. No, you won’t, because you know they would arrest you immediately if you did that, because they don’t like it when you think it’s okay to high-five them, because they see it as disrespecting their authority (power). Yes, there are a few that are good and do the right thing, but the problem is that they are rare!

Not too long ago, there was big news about massive orders of electric shock gloves for ICE agents (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and police officers to use against people. The electric shock gloves are made by The Orwellian Company, which claims they are an alternative to lethal force. They are known as G.L.O.V.E., which stands for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter. Many police departments, law enforcement agencies, ICE agents, and others are ordering them as if there were no tomorrow. By using the electric shock gloves, all they have to do is grab a person’s arm or touch their skin, and it will shock and stun them. They can come up to you, grab your arms, stun you, and cuff you instead of talking to you. Think of it like: shoot first, question later. Imagine if you are a Deaf person and try to communicate with them, and it freaks them out, so they grab your arms to shock you and arrest you, which would take away your ability to communicate. Their common excuse is that you were throwing gang signs when they absolutely have nothing to do with gang signs, as American Sign Language is a real language (if you don’t believe it, then look it up). What if there are some people who are having mental problems, or have dementia, or people with autism, and whatnot? You know, some of them wouldn’t know any better, such as people with autism who wouldn’t obey the police officers or know how to, or people who have dementia, and they would be lost, which can cause them to behave somewhat erratically.

So, are electric shock gloves the only problem? No, we are now allowing them to surveil (meaning spy on) us civilians with cameras hooked up to solar panels that you will start seeing more and more of on the road. Yes, the first thing that comes to mind when I say that is the Flock cameras! Many of them—police officers, law enforcement, ICE agents, and others—aren’t just mass-ordering the electric shock gloves; they are also mass-ordering the Flock cameras, and we are already seeing more and more of them on roads in different places, but soon they won’t be in just every other place, but everywhere in the country! It’s not only them who mass-order them, but there are also many businesses that are starting to order them as security, which then basically are free for law enforcement, police officers, ICE agents, and others to use. So that means the Flock cameras’ orders are multiplying on the roads and everywhere! After September 11th, 2001, we allowed them to have access to militarized weapons, supplies, vehicles, and whatnot. Now we are giving them even more power to abuse by allowing them to obtain the electric shock gloves and surveillance equipment, such as the Flock cameras. Don’t forget that they have what is called qualified immunity and the blue wall of silence (also known as Blue Wall and Blue Code), which often allows any law enforcement officer who did something wrong or illegal to get away with it. The question is, when will that be enough?

Is there a red line where we, as citizens, finally do something about it? What more does it take for us to finally realize that they have too much power now and that we need to start limiting their power once again, which includes placing limits on their access to militarized things? Your children get shot by them, your parents get shot by them, your grandparents get shot by them, or your sibling(s) get shot by them? Where’s that red line?!

What’s next? Don’t forget that law enforcement, government agencies, police departments, and whatnot are already using AI for many things. From predictive policing to automated surveillance, the integration is deepening every day. That includes the military, which is exploring autonomous weapon systems and AI-driven strategic planning. The question is no longer whether these technologies will be adopted, but how fast. We must establish ethical frameworks before it is too late. Without strict guidelines, the consequences could be irreversible. So I ask again, where is our red line? Does that even exist anymore? Do you know that this violates the Fourth Amendment in the United States of America? Mass surveillance without a warrant strips away our fundamental constitutional rights. We cannot afford to trade our privacy for the illusion of security.

This is just the start; they will continue to buy, add, and deploy them into our daily lives without our consent. Then it would be too late for us civilians to do anything about it, because they would have already spent so much money on them and deployed so many that reversal would be practically impossible. If we continue to allow our government, along with law enforcement, to do this, we’ll be under the government’s eyes every second, and worse than China does to its citizens! Speaking of China, did you know that the components in Flock Safety’s cameras include hardware from Hikvision and Dahua, along with RC7611 modems manufactured in China, in violation of DoD and FCC rulings? Not only that, one of Flock Safety’s financial backers is a venture capital firm with Chinese connections named Matrix Partners China and Jingwei Investments—I kid you not! Talk about a massive national security concern! If you’d like to look into that, just head over to a search engine like Google or Bing (whichever you prefer) and search for “Flock Safety cameras China.” You’ll get a list of sources where you can read about it. I will share one link below, but it will take you to a page or article where someone dissected Flock Safety’s camera, photographed the parts, and shared a list of the components used inside. If you search for the manufacturers of these components, you’ll see that some were manufactured in China, including some that are banned by the United States of America. Stay vigilant and protect your privacy.

By the way, you can see whether there are any Flock cameras in your area. I’ve discovered five in my area that I wasn’t aware of until now. You can find out whether there are any in your area by visiting this link or by downloading the FlockHopper app (iOS only for now).

JoshiesWorld and I

I usually add a topic about me—how I am doing and how I have been—as the very first topic on the topic list for Mix articles like this, but I think I will start putting the topic about me near the end, or as the last one, on the topic list from now on. But I am doing well; there has been no major update about me (knock on wood) since the previous Mix article, at least in terms of my health and well-being. The only issue I have had for a few weeks has been struggling to find uninterrupted time to focus on writing articles, reviews, and other content. In August and September, it is usually a quiet time, with nothing major for me to write about unless someone sends me tips or information to cover. Plus, I have not received anything from any company, brand, or individual to write review articles about lately, and the cost of goods (products/services) has also made it much harder to purchase items independently for review. But I am hoping that will change soon, especially since it is getting closer to the holidays such as Christmas, and that is when some companies, brands, or people would usually start sending out some of the things to us reviewers or content creators to review, where they hope that their new products or services get good reviews to encourage people to buy them for Christmas. Speaking of that, if you are a company, brand, or individual who would like JoshiesWorld to review any of your products or services, please read “Request a Review from JoshiesWorld” and feel free to reach out to me. Of course, as always, if you would like me to purchase something for review so you can make a better decision before buying, you can donate the funds to JoshiesWorld to purchase and test it for you. Contact me and let me know what you would like JoshiesWorld to review. I will then see how much it would cost me to get it and send you a link where you can donate the exact amount to get the item. I would greatly appreciate it!

All kinds of rainstorms and thunderstorms

We have been getting pounded by heavy rainstorms and thunderstorms here, which is crazy to see because every year when we get rain or a thunderstorm, it usually lasts a few hours. But this year, they come for only a few minutes and leave quickly. It is like getting hit with heavy rainstorms and thunderstorms repeatedly, almost every day. When they do come, they do not stay; they arrive, then disappear, and half an hour later they come back, or new ones roll in to repeat the cycle. For example, the thunderstorm arrives, knocks out the electricity, and causes damage; then the electrician comes to restore power, leaves, and an hour later comes back to knock out the electricity and cause damage again, repeatedly, almost every day! Because of that, the power company had to call on other power companies, their partners, and outsiders for help. Thank the Lord, we did not lose our electricity (knocks on wood) (it often blinked or went off for a few seconds, then came back on) or suffer any damage, but only a few miles away, people lost their electricity and had some damage to their homes. Again, repeatedly, on an almost daily basis. It is truly a relentless weather pattern that keeps everyone on edge. The other day, I was talking with my mother about all these storms, and I was thinking about how the western parts of the country have drought problems because they rarely get rain, which leads to many fires that firefighters have a hard time putting out. If only we could send some of our rain over to help them. Over here in the eastern parts of the country, we get plenty of it, more than enough, and sharing even a fraction of it could make such a huge difference. It is why we hardly see any fires over here in the eastern parts of the country. Even though we do get very hot temperatures that can easily set things on fire outside, those heavy rainstorms and thunderstorms prevent that from happening.

Thankfully, the weather outlook for this weekend and next week looks clear. For the next few days, there will be sun and warm temperatures, mostly in the upper 80s, which I am not a fan of because it is too warm for me! But at night for the next few days, it will be in the cool 50s, which I like. But with all those pop-up storms, I wonder what the winter will be like here. For the past few years, we have barely gotten enough snow; even when we do, it is only a couple of inches. Last year, it was okay; some years we’d get decent snow, and some years we didn’t. But with all those storms we’ve had here in the summer, it makes me wonder what the winter will be like here. Our climate is worsening, and as a result, the weather is becoming much more unstable and unpredictable. We people who live in the eastern parts of the country will have to keep our eyes out for sure!

If any of you are in the western parts of the country, where you aren’t getting enough rain and are dealing with droughts as a result, please check the weather every now and then. At the same time, check your surroundings and nearby neighbors to make sure you aren’t at risk of fire. Be sure to pack anything that is very important to you or your family, such as medicines. Have enough funds as a backup, or make sure that you have your debit card or credit card with you in case you are asked to evacuate, so that you and your family can have enough money to book a room at some hotel or motel for a few days (same with enough funds for food) until the city or county says it’s okay for you to go back to your home, and please follow the government’s evacuation order for the sake of your safety! Don’t ignore them and think that you can ride it out. This isn’t like riding out storms, flash floods, or mudslinging; this is fire, and it’s very fast. Also, be sure to have your phone with you so you and your family can keep in touch with those who aren’t with you.

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That is all for now!

I hope you enjoy reading this Mix article, at least some of the topics! As always, if you have any tips or information you’d like me to write an article about, please feel free to contact me via email. As a journalist and blogger, I believe in the responsibility to seek the truth and share information so readers can be informed and have access to it, rather than leaving people uninformed due to a lack of access. If you would like to share your opinion on some of these topics, please leave a comment below or share this article with a quote of your opinion and tag JoshiesWorld or use the hashtag JoshiesWorld! Thank you, and I hope everyone has a nice day or night wherever you are! Stay safe, and stay cool or warm!

Joshua “Joshie” Sullivan.

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