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11k DEAD IN TURKEY & SYRIA FROM APOCALYPTIC EARTHQUAKES - Donate now!

Image Credit: The New York Times Turkey (a.k.a. Turkiye), my family's home country, has been devastated in the past few days by a historic 7.8 magnitude Earthquake - that is 32 times the destructive power of the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima - with a 7.5 magnitude aftershock the morning after and multiple tremors. The death toll is 11,000 people across Turkey and Syria and is expected to rise to around 20,000 dead. Hundreds of thousands of people (over 190,000) remain trapped under rubble of apartment buildings turned to dust in seconds. All this in the middle of winter snowstorms, forcing families to sleep outdoors while their loved ones, including infants, may still be missing or dead. My relatives were among the lucky ones, but so many others were not.  I have hosted a public fundraiser page with a goal of $500, to the Bridge to Turkiye fund, which is assisting with food, shelter, water, and warmth:    https://secure.givelively.org/donate/bridge-to-turkiye/kahram...
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My Brown University Video Introduction (Class of 2027) + Blooper Reel!

Brown University allows their applicants to submit an optional 2-minute video introduction, meant to be in place of a traditional interview. I am a Regular Decision applicant to Brown's Class of 2027 (that means I'd enroll in Fall 2023). Here is my video introduction. Pssst... if you're reading this blog post: I'll be back eventually to this blog! I promise! Hopefully by the springtime this year. But we'll see. 

My New CSW Science Article is Here!: "From Virtual Reality to 'Goodbye Malady!'"

Hello, readers! I know it's been a long time. But fear not, my blog has officially returned! What has been going on that caused me to take such an extended break? Well, multiple reasons: a. Eleventh grade was a lot. b. 2021-2022 after I made my previous post has been... a lot. c. I had so many post ideas but not enough time for them until now. d. I was also working on the article linked below:  https://curioussciencewriters.org/articles/2022/06/08/from-virtual-reality-to-goodbye-malady/ From Virtual Reality to “Goodbye Malady!” | curiousSCIENCEwriters : “In a matter of six weeks, you couldn’t even tell he had a stroke.” This is what Arik Yates, a physical therapist assistant, said about a chronic stroke patient who had tried virtual reality therapy… After my article in 2020 about wearable technology paired with machine learning algorithms being used to help counter smoking addiction , I returned to Curious Science Writers for one more article with them! This time, I knew I had to ...

So um... what exactly happened?

Good question.  To summarize, Weirdmageddon IRL happened. Both before and during COVID. Oh wait, you mean to my blog? Well... My blog has been officially on hiatus for some time. It isn't dead. Stay tuned... :) - Arca "Arjay" Baran ...  Oh wait, too short of a post? You want to know what is coming next?  How about this, I publish my 25 draft posts (not including this one)... As shown below: Ah, but most of those are either empty, or super duper outdated and irrelevant. I don't think I'll be finishing any of them... with the exception of one particular empty post. ;) That's this one:  (Sorry if the screenshot is a bit blurry, by the way.) In the future (by that, I mean either if I'm extremely bored before school is over, or mid-July... the latter seems more likely) my posts will be different than what I've been doing for the past 4 years. I'll try to make them more opinion and story oriented. So, if there's particular current events that I'm...

Arca Has a Baka Mitai Moment

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School Bedwars Tournament: I FIGHT IN THE FINAL DUEL!

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Stratton, VT Skiing Footage Montage #2! (December 2019)

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