Erik Maza

Making Sense of 2025 The world may be a runaway train right now, but here in New York we’re all still on the uptown local.

"Maybe the only thing worse than being complicit in an all-powerful corrupt oligarchy is being complicit in an increasingly less powerful corrupt oligarchy." - Sam Lipsyte, making sense of 2025 in @nymag.com www.curbed.com/article/sam-...

39 Reasons to Love New York Right Now From congestion pricing to Cameron Winter.

For @nymag.com's Reasons to Love New York issue, I talked to a man who built every building in the five boroughs out of balsa wood
www.curbed.com/article/reas...

The Truth About IFS, the Therapy That Can Break You Internal Family Systems is a widely popular trauma treatment. Some patients say it’s destroyed their lives.

internal family systems is a popular trauma therapy on tiktok and the mental health space. but is it a dangerous pseudoscience that can make vulnerable patients sicker? @nymag.com @thecut.com @rachelcorbett.bsky.social www.thecut.com/article/trut...

The New Gold Rush for MAGA Lobbyists A new breed of MAGA lobbyist is chasing the old firms out of Washington and updating the art of influence peddling under the new Trump administration, writes Ben Terris.

A new breed of MAGA lobbyist is chasing the old firms out of Washington and updating the art of influence peddling under the new Trump administration, writes Ben Terris.

The New Gold Rush for MAGA Lobbyists “I haven’t even had time to make it to the golf course since November,” said one lobbyist.

Ka-ching on K Street: the Trumpiest lobbyists are making a fortune off their ties to the White House @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...

Pizzagate at the Vatican MAGA Catholics play a familiar game of conspiratorial dissent, but to what end? Within days of Pope Leo XIV’s election, Steve Bannon claimed the conclave had been ‘rigged.’

MAGA Catholics play a familiar game of conspiratorial dissent, but to what end? Within days of Pope Leo XIV’s election, Steve Bannon claimed the conclave had been ‘rigged.’

Pizzagate at the Vatican MAGA Catholics play a familiar game of conspiratorial dissent, but to what end?

among the MAGA faithful at the conclave @nymag.com @racheldonadio.bsky.social nymag.com/intelligence...

The World’s Thirstiest Art Dealer Nick Hissom is over his tabloid-fodder divorce from Kameron Ramirez, even if the art dealer (and Steve Wynn stepson) is not ready to let go of his Cartier Love bracelet.

Nick Hissom is over his tabloid-fodder divorce from Kameron Ramirez, even if the art dealer (and Steve Wynn stepson) is not ready to let go of his Cartier Love bracelet.

Barry Diller: The Truth About Me and Diane von Fürstenberg Much has been written about us, whispered about us, wondered about us. I’ll just start at the beginning and let the story unfold, writes Barry Diller.

Every glamorous sentence of this excerpt blew my mind, I am now dying to read the book
nymag.com/intelligence...

on tech's pivot from supercharging startups and crypto to breathwork and AI

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a44652092/ai-bitcoin-silicon-valley-crypto-crash/ @maza.bsky.social

Step Inside a Home That's Downtown Abbey Meets Italian Cottagecore The owners of Reschio, a beautiful estate in the Umbrian countryside favored by the one percent and Gwyneth Paltrow, live out a fairy tale of rustic extravagance in their own private Eden.

a funny travel story? with a gwyneth cameo, and a swiss family robinson by way of italy cast of characters? they exist https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/travel-guide/a43991292/reschio-home-tour/

maybe theyll scare the billionaires https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a44065469/nantucket-billionaire-real-estate-battle/