Arts

Human DNA Tweaks & the Prime Directive — Mickey Z.

Still photo of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy from “A Piece of the Action,” a Star Trek episode — first broadcast on January 12, 1968 Mickey Z. — World News Trust August 22, 2021 As you can probably tell by now, I’m big on digging up the obscure context (read: facts) to find the angles that others ignore or don't even see. However, that tendency does NOT preclude me from entertaining a wide ra ...

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The Wars of the Roses | John Michael Greer

July 21, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- At this point in our survey of the magical history of America, we’ve reached the period that can fairly be called the golden age of American occultism. It’s a little ...

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The REAL First Rule of Fight Club — Mickey Z.

(credit unknown) Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 23, 2021 Life in the United States of Algorithms has me thinking about Fight Club again — reading snippets, posting quotes, and watching YouTube cli ...

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What Keith Haring taught us about life, loss, and death — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust June 30, 2021 Recently, when I asked my Facebook friends for article suggestions, two requests were “life, death, and aging” and “the illusion of control.” I let those we ...

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That time I became the “Underground Poet” (or did I?) — Mickey Z.

Doing my thing at the Bowery Poetry Club: December 2009 Mickey Z. — World News Trust June 25, 2021 Before the interwebs, I believe it required more ingenuity to get noticed. That’s why I conjured up ...

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‘Anti-Zionist Naples’: Award-Winning Italian Artist Speaks About Palestine And Why He Quit Photojournalism | Romana Rubeo and Ramzy Baroud

Eduardo Castaldo. 'Welcome To Bethlehem.' Romana Rubeo and Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 5, 2021 On April 1, a mural appeared in the Southern Italian city of Naples, depicting Palestinian work ...

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The Algorithm is Gonna Get You — Mickey Z.

(credit unknown) Mickey Z. — World News Trust April 12, 2021 "This is the whole point of technology. It creates an appetite for immortality on the one hand. It threatens universal extinction on the o ...

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One of Them Life-Flashing-Before-Your-Eyes Moments — Mickey Z.

One-half of the "Fearsome Foursome": Tommy (a.k.a. “Buse”) and me at age 14 Mickey Z. — World News Trust March 19, 2021 Every now and then, if you’re the kind of person who pays close attention, the ...

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Hanging Out with Arnold at the Gym — Mickey Z.

(YouTube screenshot) Mickey Z. — Worlds News Trust March 1, 2021 I recently told you a little about my gig at the Vertical Club (VC). Think of it as Studio 54 with bench pressing (or is that redundan ...

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Up Against the Wall, Motherf***er — Mickey Z.

(public domain) Mickey Z. — World News Trust February 26, 2021 As a student at St. Patrick’s grammar school back in the day, I knew all about the concept of “patrol boys” — and, for the (sexist) reco ...

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Limbaugh, Obama, and the “Monsters” We Choose to See — Mickey Z.

(AP photos) Mickey Z. — World News Trust February 23, 2021 “They say that what you mock/Will surely overtake you And you become a monster/So the monster will not break you” (“Peace on Earth,” U2) NOT ...

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