For me specifically, the red flags in personality traits and signals that unmatched energy cannot be recovered from include forced obedience to stereotypes and traditional values as well as forced pressure into roles that are not necessarily appropriate for all of us nor in all cases. This is especially of concern when considering the circumstances with my best friends and ideal expansions compared to where I currently stand in society. Unfortunately, my society is not nearly radical enough to align with the values in my core.
Month: August 2025
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Ideal Week
Ideally, I would actually practice new interests every week, but most importantly on the Tuesdays of every week. Mondays would be aggressive study, and so would Tuesdays and Wednesdays as well. Thursdays and Fridays would ideally be my more social days, and Saturdays and Sundays would be reclaimed as days to just relax, with a significantly reduced risk of burnout from studying.
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Elly De La Cruz
With the Cincinnati Reds within the MLB, I would respect Elly De La Cruz above all other potential candidates, especially with influence on the future of athletic positions and positioning…
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Core Values (August 28, 2025 Edition)
Conflicts and Concerns of Influence
- Capitalism
- Illusion of Infinite Growth
- ”Traditional Values” with No Basis in Reality
- ”Safety” measures that result in less safety (including AI on YouTube)
True Ethics
- Community
- Post-Modern Values, Approaches, and Thought
- Ethical Growth, Sustainability, and Quotas
- Moral and Ethical Approaches to Safety that End Capitalist Overreach
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Main, Side, and Back Interests of the ‘topFlex Community
novaTopFlex values are more than through pure uniformity; additional surprises in the interest pool may also occur even with respect to interests in learning more about individuals through interviews. novaTopFlex shall not utilize pronouns, to the greatest extent possible and feasible, except for in response to the Daily Prompts here on WordPress; nor utilize language that may imply the usage of pronouns, as the language often corresponds to such pronouns; nor mislabel the applications and actions of the identity. Common interests may be expressed by the three core identities: novaTopFlex for technology, geoTopFlex for geography, and futoTopFlex for mathematics and additional topics of interest and surprise. Names shall not be mentioned on the novaTopFlex materials, except for with regards to WordPress content where the names are less likely to create scrutiny: content locked behind access restrictions.
Topics of Interest for Connection
The preferences for the novaTopFlex identity to expand social horizons through inspirational quotes and additional recommendations are strictly classified by different particular topics of interest, including a few potentially curious surprises, regardless of physical location, geography, proximity, or other factors:
Please note that the following topics do not necessarily represent–but may frequently intersect with–the true activities of novaTopFlex but rather interests and allyship support for the following groups:
- Sports → Usually Baseball, Basketball, Football, Golf, Hockey, Soccer, Tennis, Volleyball, and Winter Sports
- Travel → Usually Outdoor/Adventure Travel and Road Trips
- Travel Tips
- Cultural and Historical
- Traditions and Customs
- Cultural Commentary
- Subcultures
- Festivals and Holidays
- Social Issues
- Budget Travel
- Destinations
- Luxury Travel
- Food and Drink Travel
- Science and Engineering → Including Computer Science, Investing/Trading, and Technology
- Psychology and Neuroscience
- Astronomy
- Life Sciences
- Physics and Chemistry
- Earth Sciences
- Technology → Emerging, Gadgets, Digital Media, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Programming, Software
- Dance, Drawing, Music/Audio, Painting, and Podcasts
- Music → Album Reviews, Concerts, Music History/Theory, Genres, Instruments, Production
- Additional Artistic Topics
- Art History
- Art Supplies and Techniques
- Digital Art
- Photography
- Mixed Media
- Sculpture
- Design → Architectural, Industrial, Interior, Typography, UI/UX, Graphic, Web
- Business Topics
- Career Development
- Productivity
- Networking
- Entrepreneurship
- Leadership
- Marketing
- Financial
- Real Estate
- Retirement Planning
- Taxes and Accounting
- Banking and Credit
- Insurance
- Investing
- Personal Finance
- Food and Drink
- Baking
- Nutrition
- Restaurants
- Cooking and Recipes
- Food Culture and Industry
- The News
- Breaking News
- World News
- Human Interest Stories
- National News
- Opinion Pieces
- Investigative Journalism
- Local News
- Climate and Environment
- Pollution and Waste Management
- Climate Change
- Renewable Energy
- Sustainable Living
- Wildlife
- Environmental Policy
- Conservation
- Literature Topics → Author Interviews, Nonfiction, Book Clubs, Theater, and Literary Criticism
- Philosophy
- Logic and Critical Thinking
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Mind
- Aesthetics
- Eastern
- Ethics
- International
- Africa
- Asia
- Middle East
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
- Europe
- Crypto
- Blockchain, Investing, Regulations, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Crypto Mining, NFTs
- History
- Genealogy
- Military
- Cultural
- Modern
- Historical Events
- Ancient
- Archaeology
- Biographies
- Humorous Essays, Internet Memes, Funny Stories
- Education
- United States and Global Political Issues (largely Allyship and DEI) and Philosophy
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Relax.
I often relax by making plans for the future and providing reassurances that will help me network deeper and deeper down the road. Hopefully my relaxing time is also time for me to both study and learn new materials, as well.
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Regular Words to Avoid
Daily writing promptIf you had to give up one word that you use regularly, what would it be?If I had to give up one word that I feel I use regularly, it would be the word “one,” since it contains assumptions in many cases that I would disagree with as a sovereign person and entity. When I hear “the one,” I hear pronouns, and I find that in respect for all the different roles everyone may take on my life, even pronouns conflict with the values in my core.
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Holding a Grudge?
Yes, I am currently holding a grudge about being identified with—and associated with—being labeled with the word “cheater,” even if I have never used that word personally nor had anyone else encourage the usage of that word upon me.
I am also holding grudges on my lack of bonds through distance, since many of those bonds would often be stronger and longer-lasting as I would see them far less often.
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San Francisco Trip
Daily writing promptShare a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home.At the end of July, 2024, I had partaken on a trip to the San Francisco Bay Area, around two thousand miles away from where I had lived at the time. The San Francisco Bay Area trip was of particular importance to me and to my style as I would learn about my future goals in the industry of technology, but also because I would learn about a certain person named Bryan Lunduke whom is in tech journalism and focuses on covering the unfiltered truth of the industry. Additional interests had also been partaken in, but primarily from Google and other companies.
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Ideal Housing Style
If anything, my ideal home would not be in suburbia, but rather in historical urban fabric, especially as I prefer having density and a denser support network. For locations I would actually prefer placing myself within the broader Northeast Megalopolis, and most certainly a place like North Jersey.
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The novaTop Pronoun Policy
novaTopFlex has quite an unexpected level of friendships with unique quirks and twists that make general pronoun usage a bit risky and that may create tensions if pronouns are ever to be used. Therefore, from “A Haphazard Identity” onward, except for Daily Prompts, novaTop shall not use pronouns in any forthcoming articles.
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Meeting New People and Interests
The ability for me to meet both new people and all of their particular interests is actually the greatest and sweetest act that brings tears to my eye in a positive life. However, if this tear to the eyes were negative, it would be seeing people with peers from other districts since I often get jealous of having fewer social connection potentials—even though I am often known for not being stereotypical in whatever form.
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Blogging
I am currently on my novaTopFlex WordPress blog site because without this blog, I would not be able to express the fullest of my core identity. I have also first learned about WordPress technically around early 2016, but definitely relearned it as a direct result of my passion that is ActivityPub and the Fediverse.
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Feelings for August 23, 2025
I am currently experiencing mixed feelings, as a direct result of having no friends from the East side whom could invite me to their events, especially since I find having such East friendships to be absolutely necessary for a good social life come September. But I am also excited for a bicycle tour and a donut race all in one!
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Daily Habits
In the best effort to improve my mental quality of life, I check in whenever I am excessively worried about something and check in on myself repeatedly. But truth be told, my ideal best habits include situations such as checking on and even delaying myself in case of the existence of thoughts of negativity.
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Online Searches
Daily writing promptWhat was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it?The last thing I had searched for online in particular was just a notable Lakota West alumna named Brianna Rosato, whom is associated with dance and now photography but has danced from quite a young age. She is also on the WordPress system, by the way.
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Childhood TV Shows
The only real childhood TV show that I had ever watched in significant chunks was “Sesame Street” including the “Plaza Sésamo” version in Spanish.
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Preferred Time of Day
My preferred time of day would likely depend on the specific date on the calendar as well as the day of the week—what often occurs is that my favorite time of day strays around 7:00 PM on the weekdays and may be closer to 1:00 PM on select weekend dates. Over the summer, my favorite times of day would often occur once around sunrise and again around sunset.
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Favorite Recipe: “Million Dollar Baked Ziti”
My favorite recipe is the “Million Dollar Baked Ziti” recipe, particularly because this recipe contains ingredients and combinations of ingredients that result in the perfect blend of taste.
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A Haphazard Identity
Preamble
novaTopFlex shall not focus on the issues of the past, but rather on the issues of the future. The community shall focus efforts on the novelty and specialty of the identity, including surprising connections and ideals found in unexpected places. Previous years had incorporated elements of the personality in numerous spaces, including technology, geography, mathematics, and related and intersecting topics.
Confusion
Even in the most awkward and confusing of cases and circumstances, novaTopFlex shall be considered a single and sovereign, regardless of the resulting rumors and confusion. The entire networked community shall be treated as equals and with due diligence and respect by the growing novaTop community, and confusion may be an inevitable evil of novaTop hangouts in select spaces. While gossip and stories of false signals may seem inevitable, words that are not true to a given dynamic, whether based on stereotype or not, shall be avoided wherever additional context matters and is available.
Software
The novaTopFlex, geoTopFlex, and futoTopFlex identities intersect with various software applications on the associated Linux system with Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS, including the following software applications, as most commonly utilized by the Three Identities:
- QGIS → Geospatial application software commonly paired with data from various applications and services such as OpenStreetMap
- Chromium → Recommended web browser base for Ubuntu and related derivatives of Debian and Linux overall
- Firefox → No longer recommended, but Firefox has been the default web browser for Ubuntu Linux systems from effectively the very beginning.
- Okular → Okular is a document viewer, especially supportive to PDF and even Markdown (MD) files.
Free and Open Source Statement
novaTopFlex shall also freely identify with Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and general and specialized FOSS communities alike. No software that is not truly free and/or open source shall be deemed worthy under ethical consideration and/or scrutiny. novaTopFlex shall consider learning materials that align with core values of the Linux community, assuming that these materials do not conflict with the faithfulness of what is considered “free” as in “freedom” in addition to based on price. Numerous desired software applications utilized by the novaTop, geoTop, and futoTop Identities have also been officially declared under the “Digital Public Good” status, including QGIS in particular.
The Desired Future
The future success of the novaTop, geoTop, and futoTop identities alike depend particularly significantly on understanding of significant deviations and understandings of nontraditional scripts, especially where the novaTop appearance may be quite the surprise against all odds. Desired outcomes are highly inspired by Permacomputing principles as well as similar principles tailored specifically to internet access.
Recommended Events
With an overt and obvious passion in country music comes a longing for a festival dedicated specifically to country music. A separate and distantly related–or perhaps unrelated–form of art, apart from the musical scene, is also of interest: WordPress. For WordPress, novaTopFlex would recommend attendance of a WordCamp, but the ideal location of the WordCamp would certainly be Montclair, New Jersey.
Fediverse Reactions
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Exciting News!
As of August 17, 2025, the last news that I had gotten excited about was the announcement of my Labor Day trip chiefly directed toward Vermont, for a bulk of reasons that may complement one another.
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Utopia: The City of the Future
Preamble
novaTopFlex continues to believe in the principles of “Permacomputing” available at http://permacomputing.net, including, but not limited to, anarchism, decoloniality, intersectional feminism, post-Marxism, degrowth, and ecologism. All six concepts intersect to create “a utopian ideal” and challenge the status quo that we continue to be threatened under.
Idealistic Design
The City of the Future, designed by the combination persona of novaTopFlex, geoTopFlex, and futoTopFlex identities, would prioritize safer streets that are unable to support auto traffic with utopian public transport access underground and active transport access above ground, as well as a grid-like (or grid-style) pattern of street blocks that remains continuous throughout. Another very important ideal for such a city is that single-family housing units would ideally be banned entirely and outright, since communal styles are more ethical and more aligned with the principles of both degrowth theory and the challenging of previous stereotypes that had been enforced in the past. The ultimate end goal for the City of the Future would be to protest against privatization in all its forms, since capitalism has been, is currently, and will always be a crisis.
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Origin Story of this Andrew Kay (novaTopFlex)
Actually, the original joke was that my name was intended to be “Luke.” However, I go by “Drew” because of the original confusion and also because of potential copyright and trademark issues. Now for the alias “novaTopFlex” that I often use online (originating with a sit-and-reach test on February 6, 2019, but of particular significance since at least October 2020):
- “nova” signifies Andrew Kay’s new identity but may also be utilized in additional contexts.
- “Top” signifies a top score and an unexpectedly high score.
- “Flex” signifies the sit-and-reach test back in the day, but the use of “Flex” has evolved into deeper interests and passions for technology and other topics.
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Motivation: August 2025 Edition
The core facets of exactly what motivates me include all of the following: family, friends, former pets, long-distance friends, enthusiasm, YouTube, programming, geography, mathematics, various artistic media, ActivityPub and the Fediverse.
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Favorite Movies?
Unfortunately, as novaTopFlex, I do not even have a single favorite movie in question.
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Writing for the `topFlex Identity
The most ideal of the ideals about how I am writing for the WordPress blog is actually just my ideal about how to best identify myself to the greater world, especially since I may be identified as mashing three separate identities–possibly more–all in one. As novaTopFlex, I enjoy writing about the technical aspects of my thoughts and thought processes. As geoTopFlex, I enjoy creating publications about geography, history, and additional intersecting influences that may influence my life–and others’ lives–to the fullest and greatest extent. And as futoTopFlex, I enjoy finding generalist interests in addition to the core components of my separation of duties. I may also express my artistic, athletic, political, educational, documentary, and scientific sides across the board as well.
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The Bonds of Life
The lucky features of where I live include proximity to a balloon challenge in July and a country music festival in August, as well as other events throughout the year that may also be open to the public.
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Emotional Tendencies
Of all the possible emotions that I may feel about myself, the most positive of these emotions that I frequentlg feel is excitement, which is often the resukt of shocks and surprises that do not result in any excessive senses of jealousy or whatnot.
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Goal Planning
I need to identify various plans in the best effort of me to meet my personal goals in society. First off in my goal planning is the potential risks of expressing my best friendships depending on the specific circumstances in question. Another similar goal is ensuring that I am seeing myself in the correct light, especially since I am often known for violating stereotypical and traditional assumptions that have been projected onto me particularly from points south.
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Emergency Preparedness—Even if Not a Real Emergency?
Because of my relatively unique arrangements with very many of my new and existing friendships, I must also have a preparedness plan in case individuals and groups associated with more traditional regions, such as the South, begin to associate with me. It may seem awkward at first, but if there is any suspicion that I will be called out for who. I am friends with I will respond as appropriate, even if that means no response at all. But in all seriousness, I would likely need to lock my belongings as much as reasonably possible depending on the type of emergency.
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