JD Roy

@jdroy
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Author of jdroy.us. BS in Biotechnology, two decades of industry experience, and training to transition to a bioinformatics/data-oriented role. Much of my fiction and writing are performance art. Proceed accordingly. Disabled, Bi/Poly, Jewish/Agnostic Kabbalist (in a Jungian/Gnostic sense), wishing for a unity movement to end the capitalist/fascist hold on our society. Sorry democrats, but in many ways Stalin was right about liberals/social democrats. You are just the moderate wing of fascism.
Websitejdroy.us
LocationAppalachian Ohio, USA
PoliticsLeft-Independent
PronounsHe/Him/His
Beyond the Machine: Reclaiming Human Dignity in an Age of Extraction

Most people I know are exhausted. Not because they are lazy or incapable, but because the very structure of modern life seems calibrated to grind us down. We wake up to notifications designed to…

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Demons in the Circuit Board: A New Story for Psychosis

The first time my mind shattered, I was seventeen. It wasn’t a gentle crack; it was an explosion. Reality dissolved into a firestorm of terror, my thoughts twisting into alien broadcasts, the shadows…

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Bismuth is the next Gold: The Metamaterial Revolution Hidden in Plain Sight

In the dusty corners of mineral shops and the forgotten waste streams of shuttered mines lies a metal that embodies one of the greatest investment opportunities of our generation. Bismuth-a…

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After the Quiet War: Act I: Chapter 1 - Joshua Roy - Medium

The hum is the first thing you notice, even before you fully wake. Not a jarring, mechanical drone, but a soft, pervasive thrum that vibrates through the floor and settles in your bones. It’s the…

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Why China Will Lead the World by 2055 (And America Shouldn’t Stop It)

While America obsesses over military dominance and trade wars, China is quietly building the infrastructure of tomorrow. Here’s why that might be exactly what the world needs. In the shadow of media…

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Don Coyote: a loving rip off of Cervantes’ public domain classic. Act I: Chapter 1.

The wind bit hard that morning-the kind of sharp, mournful breeze that arrived on the eve of a garage sale, hovering somewhere between numbing your knuckles and sending a chill straight to your…

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When Pen and Paper Fail: How AI Is Opening Doors for Writers Like Me

I’ve been a writer for years-not a novelist or a celebrated poet, but a technical writer. My work was always grounded in structure, templates, and clarity. I knew the rules, the formats, and the…

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Every time a reporter mentions the Epstein list, Donold gets pissed.

It’s a helpful reminder that Donold is on the Epstein list.

The Boy with the Glass Fox

"You will not recognize the awakening when it begins. It will not arrive with trumpets, but with trembling. A single child. A misaligned frequency. A lost animal who remembers the stars."—[ISKRA Fragment, Core 17.8.01] The forest frowned on trespassers, but Lio had learned long ago that survival trumped superstition. He crouched beneath a leaning pine,...

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