OPEN MIC – THURSDAY 2nd JULY 2026
FACT OF THE DAY: A sloth’s digestive system is so slow that it takes up to two weeks to fully digest a single meal.
POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them then he is always stirring up some wary or other in order that the people may require a leader.”
― Plato
POLITICAL HAIKU OF THE DAY:
The sky shimmers white.
Forests pray for cooler winds-
The Earth sweats in silence
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