“I got action!” (a few things I learned on the streets about manhood and women) — Mickey Z.

(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust May 6, 2021 Since it’s become both hip and profitable, the umbrella name of “Astoria” is now used to cover a lot of real estate. When I was younger, the speci ...

Conversation as Commons | John Michael Greer

May 5, 2021 (EcoSophia) -- A little while back I fielded yet another attempt to bully me into censoring my comments pages. It was the same schtick as always. One of my commenters had expressed a poin ...

Birds vs. Tweets: Which Sounds Are You Tuned Into? — Mickey Z.

European Starlings (Photo: Rachel Wood/Great Backyard Bird Count) Mickey Z. — World News Trust May 3, 2021 While walking in my neighborhood the other day, I heard a beautiful and astonishingly comple ...

That Time I Almost Accidentally Joined the NYPD — Mickey Z.

(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust April 29, 2021 In my youth, it was very common for the guys I hung around with to seek out city jobs: police, fire department, sanitation, etc. Steady pay, go ...

Are You a Free Agent or a Cyborg? — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World New Trust April 26, 2021 “If something strikes me as probable, I say it; and that is how, unlike everyone else, I remain a free agent.” (Cicero) In a recent article, I shared with y ...

How an E-Mail from AOC Made Me Question the COVID-19 Death Count — Mickey Z.

(Instagram screenshot) Mickey Z. — World News Trust April 22, 2021 On April 6, 2021, I got an email from the offices of AOC (she’s my congressperson) informing me that “those who lost loved ones to C ...

Pentagon COVID Microchips: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust April 16, 2021 I looked up “irony” in the dictionary the other day and found a video of a contemporary human being declaring: “I’ll put up with health passports to get my ...

BOOKS: The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic: Preliminaries | John Michael Greer

April 14, 2021 (EciSophia.net) -- Last month we wrapped up three years of monthly discussions of The Cosmic Doctrine by Dion Fortune, arguably the 20th century’s most important work of occult philoso ...

What If I Told You the COVID “Rules” Make No Sense? — Mickey Z.

(screenshot from The Matrix) Mickey Z. — World News Trust April 14, 2021 Last year, the #woke crowd had a field day mocking Trump’s mention of injecting disinfectant and/or drinking bleach. They were ...

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 ...

Saks, Lies, and the Folly of Street Activism — Mickey Z.

(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust April 8, 2021 We begin this long and winding ode on August 7, 2012 — a classic hot-and-humid Big Apple summer day. I was taking part in a demonstration called ...