Daniel Salcedo Rubio
What Grinds Our Knees: Being too tall
July 20, 2025Being tall might be something many want, but honestly, it’s a full-time curse. My knees? Crunchier than a Nature Valley granola bar. Running? Please. I’m one bad jog away from all my joints crumbling like a Nature Valley granola bar. Lower back? Falling apart faster than a Nature Valley granola bar. And to top it all off, I’m also more likely to get cancer just because I have more cells. Like, damn, can I live please? And it doesn’t end with physiology. The world is just not made for people my height. I know, I’m an outlier, but it’s still…
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Lotería: SFU edition
April 4, 2025SFU’s new pre-convocation event was honestly . . . not bad. There were the usual finger food and photo booth with the typical cardboard cutouts, as well as a couple of SFU-inspired board games, including my childhood favourite, Lotería. The…
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New year, no resolutions, just reflections on life
January 9, 2025I ended 2023 and started 2024 in what I can only describe now as a miserable situation. I was living in a place where I no longer felt comfortable, and was becoming unsafe. However, despite my misery, I remained for…
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The living tradition of Día de los Muertos
October 28, 2024Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a traditional celebration, originating from a mixture of Indigenous and Spanish cultures. The death cult was a core aspect of Indigenous cultures — families of those who had passed away organized…
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BC Provincial Election: Candidates, issues, and voting
July 31, 2024The provincial election is coming up soon, and for some of us it may be our first time voting in one — or just voting in general! While the election itself is not until October 19, it’s not too early…
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What Grinds our Gears: Poorly constructed scientific papers
November 30, 2023I’m a grad student in STEM. I know — it’s my own doing, and there’s no one to blame but myself for having to read overly complicated scientific papers every week. What annoys me is not the act of reading,…
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English is a ridiculous language
June 19, 2023English is an absurd language. There, I said it. For me, it was relatively easy to reach a conversational level, but English has some random pronunciation rules which . . . don’t make sense? A week ago, in one of…
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Letting go of the future to be aware of my present
March 20, 2023Content warning: mentions of disordered eating and harmful behaviour. Happiness is such an elusive concept; we look for it in every corner only to realize it’s still far away. We keep thinking we will eventually find it after some great…
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When disaster strikes, these dogs don’t just sit and stay
March 17, 2023I come from Mexico, a country where, as unbelievable as it might sound, we have nearly annual earthquakes in September, now known as “earthquake month” by the locals. I know such a thing doesn’t exist, but when three substantial earthquakes…
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Is AI painting a bright or bleak future?
January 24, 2023Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize many industries, from healthcare to finance, and yes, even art. However, as with any new technology, there are also concerns about its potential misuse. There are many present ethical issues on the…
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