Carlos Zayas
@cabezon666.bsky.social
beans beans beans
we're all gonna LIVE
laugh laugh laugh
all you need is LOVE
now now now
there is no other TIME
zen zen zen
Sagan shows the WAY
BANZAI!
we're all gonna LIVE
laugh laugh laugh
all you need is LOVE
now now now
there is no other TIME
zen zen zen
Sagan shows the WAY
BANZAI!
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"Our Beyond is found not on another plane of existence but instead in something worldly just beyond our grasp – an ideal of becoming a free and generous person in a fair and just society." aeon.co/essays/john-...
John Rawls, liberalism and what it means to live a good life | Aeon Essays
For John Rawls, liberalism was more than a political project: it is the best way to fashion a life that is worthy of happiness
aeon.co
October 30, 2025 at 4:32 AM
"Our Beyond is found not on another plane of existence but instead in something worldly just beyond our grasp – an ideal of becoming a free and generous person in a fair and just society." aeon.co/essays/john-...
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How to become a smart person:
Step one: recognize how stupid everyone else is.
Step two: recognize how stupid you are.
Step three, and this is the real clincher: actually read some fucking books once in a while.
Step one: recognize how stupid everyone else is.
Step two: recognize how stupid you are.
Step three, and this is the real clincher: actually read some fucking books once in a while.
December 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
How to become a smart person:
Step one: recognize how stupid everyone else is.
Step two: recognize how stupid you are.
Step three, and this is the real clincher: actually read some fucking books once in a while.
Step one: recognize how stupid everyone else is.
Step two: recognize how stupid you are.
Step three, and this is the real clincher: actually read some fucking books once in a while.
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A new paper claims that humans are evolving too slowly for the world we made in the past 300 years. I have some teeny tiny issues with this. 🧪 skepchick.org/2025/12/no-h...
No, Humans aren’t “Evolving too Slowly”
Transcript: The other day I happened upon a science news headline I found very interesting: We’re evolving too slowly for the world we’ve built, according to science, published November 19th for Ne…
skepchick.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A new paper claims that humans are evolving too slowly for the world we made in the past 300 years. I have some teeny tiny issues with this. 🧪 skepchick.org/2025/12/no-h...
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Spice up your holidays with New Mexico flavors! Serve up red chile turkey, green chile stuffing, and biscochitos for a festive feast that's perfect for Thanksgiving or Christmas.
Taste a New Mexican Thanksgiving
From red chile turkey to traditional biscochitos, explore a full New Mexican holiday feast you’ll want to make year after year.
www.newmexicomagazine.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Spice up your holidays with New Mexico flavors! Serve up red chile turkey, green chile stuffing, and biscochitos for a festive feast that's perfect for Thanksgiving or Christmas.
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“...with 'Contact,' the ever-contradictory Carl Sagan—avowed nonbeliever—offered one of the most religious science-fiction tales ever written.” Carl Sagan was born #OTD in 1934. Recently, I wrote about the lasting legacy of his most beloved work for @nautil.us: nautil.us/a-surprising... #science
A Surprising Side of Carl Sagan
In Contact, the great science advocate posed a religious question about the cosmos.
nautil.us
November 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“...with 'Contact,' the ever-contradictory Carl Sagan—avowed nonbeliever—offered one of the most religious science-fiction tales ever written.” Carl Sagan was born #OTD in 1934. Recently, I wrote about the lasting legacy of his most beloved work for @nautil.us: nautil.us/a-surprising... #science
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World's most contagious falsehoods
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data & sources
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November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
World's most contagious falsehoods
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Why Don’t People Return Their Shopping Carts? A (Somewhat) Scientific Investigation by @hwaldfogel.bsky.social
behavioralscientist.org/why-dont-peo...
behavioralscientist.org/why-dont-peo...
Why Don’t People Return Their Shopping Carts? A (Somewhat) Scientific Investigation - by Hannah B. Waldfogel - Behavioral Scientist
For reasons I can’t fully explain, people’s failure to return their carts bothers me more than it probably should. But then I realized I can do something about it.
behavioralscientist.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Why Don’t People Return Their Shopping Carts? A (Somewhat) Scientific Investigation by @hwaldfogel.bsky.social
behavioralscientist.org/why-dont-peo...
behavioralscientist.org/why-dont-peo...
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This is the very best thing about jury nullification, and you have to read it BEFORE you get called to jury duty.
beyondcourts.org/sites/defaul...
beyondcourts.org/sites/defaul...
November 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is the very best thing about jury nullification, and you have to read it BEFORE you get called to jury duty.
beyondcourts.org/sites/defaul...
beyondcourts.org/sites/defaul...
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Thrilled to share my latest long-read for @noemamag.com, in which I talked to existential risk expert Luke Kemp about why societies collapse, and why his analysis of historical data indicates that our own is heading towards catastrophe.
www.noemamag.com/humanitys-en...
www.noemamag.com/humanitys-en...
Humanity’s Endgame | NOEMA
A new history of societal collapse by an expert in existential risk argues that our globalized society is edging toward the precipice.
www.noemamag.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Thrilled to share my latest long-read for @noemamag.com, in which I talked to existential risk expert Luke Kemp about why societies collapse, and why his analysis of historical data indicates that our own is heading towards catastrophe.
www.noemamag.com/humanitys-en...
www.noemamag.com/humanitys-en...
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Note to Ben Shapiro: Eugene Debs was not a villain, but please do spread his message more widely.
freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...
freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...
November 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Note to Ben Shapiro: Eugene Debs was not a villain, but please do spread his message more widely.
freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...
freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...
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All throughout American history, political and economic elites have insisted that better policies — ending child labor, establishing a weekend — were impossible to achieve.
They were lying then, and they’re lying now.
They were lying then, and they’re lying now.
Elites Always Say We Can’t Have Nice Things. They’re Wrong.
All throughout American history, political and economic elites have insisted that better policies — ending child labor, establishing a weekend — were impossible to achieve. They were lying then, and they’re lying now.
jacobin.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
All throughout American history, political and economic elites have insisted that better policies — ending child labor, establishing a weekend — were impossible to achieve.
They were lying then, and they’re lying now.
They were lying then, and they’re lying now.
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According to the theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli, there is no such thing as objective reality — only perspectives. In a conversation with @zacksavitsky.bsky.social and a new video, Rovelli shares his own perspective on the nature of our world. www.quantamagazine.org/carlo-rovell...
October 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
According to the theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli, there is no such thing as objective reality — only perspectives. In a conversation with @zacksavitsky.bsky.social and a new video, Rovelli shares his own perspective on the nature of our world. www.quantamagazine.org/carlo-rovell...
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How Do You Become More Conscientious When You’re Not Conscientious Already? By @olgakhazan.bsky.social
The easiest way to become more conscientious is to already be conscientious. But if you can’t lean on your past self, considering your future self can help.
behavioralscientist.org/how-do-you-b...
The easiest way to become more conscientious is to already be conscientious. But if you can’t lean on your past self, considering your future self can help.
behavioralscientist.org/how-do-you-b...
How Do You Become More Conscientious When You’re Not Conscientious Already? - by Olga Khazan - Behavioral Scientist
The easiest way to become more conscientious is to already be conscientious—last week’s to-do list makes writing this week’s easier. But if you can’t lean on your past self, considering your future…
behavioralscientist.org
October 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
How Do You Become More Conscientious When You’re Not Conscientious Already? By @olgakhazan.bsky.social
The easiest way to become more conscientious is to already be conscientious. But if you can’t lean on your past self, considering your future self can help.
behavioralscientist.org/how-do-you-b...
The easiest way to become more conscientious is to already be conscientious. But if you can’t lean on your past self, considering your future self can help.
behavioralscientist.org/how-do-you-b...
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I don't want to believe. I want to know.
October 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I don't want to believe. I want to know.
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My essay "An Evolving Web of Complex Relations" was published this morning on the "Love & Philosophy" substack:
https://open.substack.com/pub/lovephilosophy/p/an-evolving-web-of-complex-relations
It's an ode to truly free love, the future of humanity, and […]
[Original post on spore.social]
https://open.substack.com/pub/lovephilosophy/p/an-evolving-web-of-complex-relations
It's an ode to truly free love, the future of humanity, and […]
[Original post on spore.social]
September 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
My essay "An Evolving Web of Complex Relations" was published this morning on the "Love & Philosophy" substack:
https://open.substack.com/pub/lovephilosophy/p/an-evolving-web-of-complex-relations
It's an ode to truly free love, the future of humanity, and […]
[Original post on spore.social]
https://open.substack.com/pub/lovephilosophy/p/an-evolving-web-of-complex-relations
It's an ode to truly free love, the future of humanity, and […]
[Original post on spore.social]
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Matthew Heizler, a New Mexico Tech emeritus researcher and former director for the New Mexico Geochronology Research Laboratory at the New Mexico Bureau of Geology, has developed an improved method for dating sedimentary rocks that do not contain obvious volcanic layers. www.nmt.edu/news/2025/di...
Dino Discovery: NM Tech Geologist Helps Uncover New Findings about the Last Dinosaurs in New Mexico: New Mexico Tech
www.nmt.edu
October 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Matthew Heizler, a New Mexico Tech emeritus researcher and former director for the New Mexico Geochronology Research Laboratory at the New Mexico Bureau of Geology, has developed an improved method for dating sedimentary rocks that do not contain obvious volcanic layers. www.nmt.edu/news/2025/di...
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“All friendships of any length are based on a continued, mutual forgiveness. Without tolerance and mercy all friendships die.”
I keep returning to this David Whyte gem on friendship, love, and heartbreak
www.themarginalian.org/2015/04/29/d...
I keep returning to this David Whyte gem on friendship, love, and heartbreak
www.themarginalian.org/2015/04/29/d...
Poet and Philosopher David Whyte on the Deeper Meanings of Friendship, Love, and Heartbreak
“All friendships of any length are based on a continued, mutual forgiveness.”
www.themarginalian.org
October 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“All friendships of any length are based on a continued, mutual forgiveness. Without tolerance and mercy all friendships die.”
I keep returning to this David Whyte gem on friendship, love, and heartbreak
www.themarginalian.org/2015/04/29/d...
I keep returning to this David Whyte gem on friendship, love, and heartbreak
www.themarginalian.org/2015/04/29/d...
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On a quest to see murals? Southwest Contemporary has this handy guide to some in the Southwest.
Southwest Labyrinth: Your Underground Guide to the Region's Mural Scene
Quest through this five-state guide to the most mercurial art field, featuring insider tips on essential murals, districts, and festivals.
southwestcontemporary.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
On a quest to see murals? Southwest Contemporary has this handy guide to some in the Southwest.
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The lure of the transcendent
We need a secular framework for human experiences of awe and deep meaning.
onlys.ky
October 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
