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    Facing the Death Sentence with No Silver Lining

    July 8, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    A brutally honest reckoning with Stage 4 cancer, financial ruin, and the lack of alternative treatment in America.

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    No Rides Left in Kolkata a Trip Through Chaos, Chai, and Sound

    July 4, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    In 2016 I roamed the streets of Kolkata with a camera and a beat. No plan, just people, noise, and a track by Horrorshow that made it all feel cinematic.

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    Naked, Tripping, and Hunting Stars in the Oregon Woods

    July 2, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    A surreal descent into primal madness, brotherhood, psychedelics, and the holy absurdity of freedom.

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    Trestles and Ghosts

    June 29, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    A lyrical ride through Southern California’s iconic break, where memory, solitude, and the sea crash together.

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    Midnight Thoughts from the Cancer Research Center

    June 27, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    One man’s heartbreak over what America has become, and the grifter who broke it.

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    The Cancer Diary: A Smart Journal System to Outmaneuver Disease

    June 23, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    A GPT-powered tracker for chemo, ketosis, cannabis, and chaos. Designed for clarity in the fight against cancer and chronic illness.

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  • Notes From The Fire Escape - Stories

    Kill Switch Protocol.

    June 22, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    Rewiring the Fight Against Cancer with Metabolic Warfare + Plant Medicine

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    I’m Not Fighting Cancer. I’m Fighting a System

    June 22, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    Why Stage 4 Patients Deserve Better Than Outdated Oncological Playbooks and 70-Year-Old Toxic Protocols

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  • Notes From The Fire Escape - Stories

    Metabolic Fight, Emotional Train Wreck

    June 20, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    Here’s the truth behind the pain and the plan to keep going.

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