PinnedL.D. Van TartwijkYou Are What You Consume. I Am Not Talking About FoodListen, watch, and read with discretion. It’s in your best interests.3 min read·Jan 18, 2021----
L.D. Van TartwijkGrow a backbone. Ditch the content mill and the overlords making you miserable.Unless you enjoy life as a whipping post — or if you’re method acting to fully understand Stockholm Syndrome5 min read·Jan 18, 2021----
L.D. Van TartwijkDid you watch Surviving Death on Netflix ?Here’s what you should watch next, and what fuels our morbid curiosity.3 min read·Jan 5, 2021----
L.D. Van TartwijkWhy SPI Energy Stock is Up 600 PercentFollowing recent years as a fugitive from the Chinese government, SPI Energy CEO and most-wanted list alumnus Mr. Xiaofeng Peng is making…3 min read·Sep 23, 2020----
L.D. Van TartwijkThe Golden Age of FraudLiars, Titans, and Bailouts — oh my! How the pandemic has created an invisible playing field shared only by those with a duplicitous…5 min read·Sep 22, 2020--1--1
L.D. Van TartwijkIs Nikola Motors The Next Theranos?Is Trevor Milton the next Elizabeth Holmes?5 min read·Sep 21, 2020--1--1
L.D. Van TartwijkParadise Lost: Divine Law and Natural Law at Odds in EdenReaders of Milton’s 10,000 line epic poem are often left astonished and puzzled by the author’s concurrent fulfillment and defiance of…6 min read·Sep 15, 2020----
L.D. Van TartwijkComposer Spotlight: Claude DebussyOn August 22, 1862, Victorine Debussy gave birth to her first child in an old, rented three-floor house in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, a…5 min read·Sep 15, 2020----
L.D. Van TartwijkEthics Amid a Pandemic: A Consideration of UtilitarianismThe COVID-19 pandemic has upended life-as-is. As humanity faces a common plight to minimize the virus’ death toll, decision-makers must…6 min read·Sep 15, 2020----
L.D. Van TartwijkInto the Spider-Verse: An Apotheotic Marriage of Comic Book Tradition and FilmThrough the use of animation in lieu of live action, graphic design elements that mimic the look and feel of drawn comics, and a plot…5 min read·Sep 15, 2020----