Carlos Zayas

The 4 hidden forces underneath every argument “We can have that fight for a 1,000 years, but we could have a shot at figuring out what we both need and noticing when there's opportunities to make that happen.”

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Stephen King Reacts to Becoming Most Banned Author in the US The horror author is known for novels including 'Carrie,' 'The Shining' and 'It,' which were also turned into films.

It's interesting to watch the pearl-clutching over library books when the people ostensibly protected from "filth" are carrying the entire internet in their pockets.

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早已过气：亚马逊怎么变得这么糟糕？ Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? (www.theguardian.com) 13:47  ↑ 132 HN Points

"This moment we’re living through, this Great Enshittening, is a material phenomenon, much like a disease, with symptoms, a mechanism and an epidemiology."

@pluralistic

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/05/way-past-its-prime-how-did-amazon-get-so-rubbish

The wealth of the top 1% reaches a record $52 trillion All wealth groups saw gains over the past year, according to recent Fed data. But the growth has been fastest for those at the very top.

Let’s call this what it is: greed.

We don’t have to accept an economy where the top 10% can buy a second yacht while working families live paycheck-to-paycheck. A union contract is how we level the playing field and get our fair share.

The Right Without Wrong For decades, liberals have hoped for the de-Christianization of the American Right. It’s not all it’s cracked up to be.

When a postmodern right meets a postmodern left, everything falls apart. This is why we urgently need #metamodern reconstruction after #postmodern deconstruction.

https://jacobin.com/2024/10/the-right-without-wrong

Trump Directive Classifies “Anti-Capitalism” and “Anti-American” Views as Domestic Terrorism The FBI’s domestic terrorism watchlist is set to double in the coming months, according to journalist Ken Klippenstein, who has been reporting on President Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum titled “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Or

Also "Anti-Christian." Civil liberties organizations, including the ACLU, say the order could be used to intimidate critics and target nonprofits and activists.

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Red figures including equid and human silhouettes on a rock wall

Our shared history deeply connects people everywhere. Despite challenges in tracing some of the most ancient connections, we all emerge from the same ancestors, the same natural world. Finding the pathways our ancestors walked can lead us back to those common roots.

The unexpected wine country you need to visit: New Mexico Hispanic and Native American wine producers cultivate vineyards at high altitude and on desert plains in this southwestern state, making for some unique cellar-door visits.

NatGeo encourages wine lovers to visit New Mexico!

Earth Notes: Species from Feces Lab The Species from Feces Lab at Northern Arizona University examines DNA in animal feces. The lab’s motto is "to be number one at number two.”

The Species from Feces Lab at Northern Arizona University examines DNA in animal feces. The lab’s motto is "to be number one at number two.”

All Hail the Humble and Glorious Bean | KQED We talk to Steve Sando, the founder of Rancho Gordo, a Napa company that revitalized the heirloom bean market, and Jessica Battlana, a chef, about how beans can and should be the center of any meal.

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On New Year’s Day, Buddhist god Hotei brings gifts and good fortune in Japan The Seven Lucky Gods usher in good fortune in the new year in Japan. Among them, Hotei plays the most prominent role, for he is considered not just a lucky god, but also a buddha.

On New Year's Day, Buddhist god Hotei brings gifts and good fortune in Japan

What is mindfulness? Mindfulness, the English translation of "sati," describes a way of training the mind that is integral to all other elements of Buddhist practice.

"Mindfulness” has been defined in all sorts of ways and applied to all aspects of life, however, the Buddha never said that mindfulness can solve our problems—it’s just one skill among many on the path leading to cessation of suffering.

Learn more below!

Fabulous news everyone: Market analyst says the AI bubble is 17X bigger than the dotcom goldrush, and 4X larger than the subprime bubble that caused the 2008 crash Welcome to the future bub.

That this is from PC Gamer's site still feels exotic and weird

kafkaesque court

We are all antifa and need to be rounded up by the bureaucracy and thrown into a hellish prison camp.

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YouTube video by Alex for Albuquerque In His Own Words: What Happened with Asbestos at Gateway Under Mayor Keller?

Construction workers, providers & even officials were exposed to asbestos at the Gateway Center. Keller ignored warnings, skipped testing, overrode a stop work order & broke OSHA rules. Largest safety fine in city history. This wasn’t an accident it was willful & wrong. youtu.be/c0bKrWlipLk?...

The Socialist Politics of Tupac Shakur Tupac Shakur was murdered 29 years ago today. His status as a cultural icon is beyond dispute, but the legend that’s built up around his tragically short life has often overshadowed the radical politi...

“The Socialist Politics of Tupac Shakur” jacobin.com/2025/09/tupa...

Leo Tolstoy on Love and Its Paradoxical Demands “Future love does not exist. Love is a present activity only. The man who does not manifest love in the present has not love.”

“Future love does not exist. Love is a present activity only. The man who does not manifest love in the present has not love.”

Tolstoy, born on this day in 1828, on love and its paradoxical demands www.themarginalian.org/2016/09/09/l...

Denver’s storied tradition of sex work, then and now - High Country News In her new book, Michelle Gurule reveals her experience as a sugar baby and just how little has changed about the industry in the last century.

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, not long after the violent displacement of the Cheyenne, Arapaho and Ute tribes, Denver became a bustling mining town. Market Street, known as “The Row,” marked the epicenter of sex work..

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Labor productivity has more than doubled since the late 1960s. But workers’ compensation has barely budged.

Yes. The economy is rigged in favor of the wealthy.

What We Don’t Learn About the Black Panther Party — but Should By Adam Sanchez and Jesse Hagopian Black Panther Party history holds vital lessons for today’s movement to confront racism and police violence, yet textbooks either misrepresent or minimize the signif...

"The BPP fought in Black communities across the nation for giving the poor access to decent housing, health care, education, & much more. This local organizing . . . has been erased in the textbooks. . ." -- @jessehagopian.bsky.social & Adam Sanchez

Read below:
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At a time when children need empathy and support Albuquerque's DA, Sam Bregman, who is running for governor, continues to call for more New Mexico kids to be incarcerated

@austiejfish.bsky.social reporting from 2024

The Supreme Court Says the Constitution Is Colorblind, Unless ICE Is Searching You Chief Justice John Roberts famously declared, “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”

How is immigration law different from affirmative action law? Hmm. slate.trib.al/ZbVNJGN

The wisdom of crowds: when collective ignorance beats individual expertise - The Skeptic While the wisdom of crowds can help guess jelly beans or the weight of an ox, the real wisdom is knowing when – and when not – to rely on it

www.skeptic.org.uk?p=51673

Why Is Venus Hell and Earth an Eden? | Quanta Magazine A team of scientists has investigated how Earth’s twin became so inhospitable, and whether the same will happen to our planet.

NEW: It was a delight to contribute to @quantamagazine.bsky.social's stunning new series on climate science! Naturally, my story tended apocalyptic: will Earth ever become a climate hellhole like Venus, the most extreme world in the solar system?

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Returning to Church Won’t Save Us from Nihilism Engaging in ritual for ritual’s sake only deepens nihilism.

New article by me for @mitpress.bsky.social on the rise of "Nihilistic Violent Extremists" and why David Brooks is wrong to think that Church and "believing in belief" is the solution to nihilism rather than recognizing such empty rituals as the cause...
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The World Is About to Have Trillionaires. Enough Already. Elon Musk is poised to become the world’s first trillionaire. Still, liberals are hand-wringing about the potential pitfalls of wealth redistribution. In truth, we should have stopped the rise of the ...

My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social:

Eat Chile, Know the Land In a questioning meditation on our state’s most beloved crop, Divana Olivas reflects on how chile ties us to place.

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The Varieties of Scientific Experience: Carl Sagan on Science and Spirituality “If we ever reach the point where we think we thoroughly understand who we are and where we came from, we will have failed.”

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Zohran Mamdani Takes Up Bernie Sanders’s Torch Bernie Sanders clearly sees the future of his movement in Zohran Mamdani, who is now poised to become the next mayor of New York City. In inheriting Sanders’s movement, Mamdani inherits a daunting set of questions and challenges.

Bernie Sanders clearly sees the future of his movement in Zohran Mamdani, who is now poised to become the next mayor of New York City.

In inheriting Sanders’s movement, Mamdani inherits a daunting set of questions and challenges.