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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 25/09/2026

Tim Tebow. Magic Johnson. Joe Montana. These are only a few of the celebs who have spoken for Life Surge, a company that sells self-improvement course packages that can reach up to $40,000. Former and current employees state that the company uses questionable tactics and Christianity to sell.

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The Gospel of high yields: Inside Tim Tebow's favorite wealth seminar

Life Surge pairs Christian celebs with hard-sell pitches. Some attendees ended up deep in debt.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

50 years ago this morning, Gen. Pinochet’s assassins murdered my colleagues Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt with a car bomb while they were carpooling to the office. I was in 5th grade and remember seeing stories on the local news. I never imagined I would be working there 13 years later.

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

did a categorically phat halfcab heelflip today please clap

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Cole Nowicki @colenowicki.com · 19/09/2026

Also, this month marks five years of writing this newsletter each week. Sincere thanks to everyone who reads, subscribes, shares, contributes to, and supports Simple Magic. Means a lot.

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“The documents show concern within the companies that the news industry could not survive if its work was taken.” Microsoft and OpenAI Workers Worry About ‘Largest Theft of Labor’ in History www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/t...

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Microsoft and OpenAI Workers Worry About ‘Largest Theft of Labor’ in History (Gift Article)

Newly unsealed court documents showed concern within Microsoft and OpenAI over the use of millions of news articles to develop A.I. systems.

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

spiritually teleporting myself to Grouper’s recent east coast shows

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

relearned this wknd that I am a simp for “live” music festival broadcasts

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

“Is a crypto-pilled NFL also-ran reality show star-cum-entreprenuer the best person to lead the "future of [action] sport"? One who proudly takes money from predatory grifters and promotes their products?”

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I am pleasantly surprised to see something politically relevant and morally upstanding coming from TMZ. Like Harvey Levin, I also lost many friends to AIDS in the 80s and 90s, but many are alive today because of the hard work of Anthony Fauci. This commentary is worth watching.

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

last night I was reminded of the absolutely unhinged beauty of this song/album/band youtu.be/TT6WM3PGzhw?...

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Peacock Skeleton With Crooked Feathers

YouTube video by The Blood Brothers - Topic

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

lucky to catch Sick Of It All in high school at the Glass House with Boy Sets Fire. unbelievable energy 🙌🏽

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

the eternal Friday debate—Saturday day trip to the Bay or stay in Sac—is exacerbated when there’s cool stuff on either side 🤷‍♀️

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

first time driving to work since 2009. first time going into work five days a week since 2020. 👀 I feel like Ferris Bueller’s dad.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16/07/2026

Women who grew up listening to KROQ have had Adam Corolla’s number since day 1

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

That’s the Esmeralda from Chile. They teach the crew about human rights on that vessel because it was used as a torture center and prison by the Pinochet regime after his 1973 coup.

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

brief pre-work visit to Southside Park

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

apparently it’s a golf simulator in Vacaville

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

pulled up to the bar with my office plant

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

quick matinee visit to Oakland’s movie palace 🙌🏽

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Cole Nowicki @colenowicki.com · 18/06/2026

Reposting because I think you might like it and also because it took me so long to make the GIF art in this piece

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

can’t stop saying variations of “down to clown” today

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

truly an amazing year for hoops

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

fun Saturday selling new zines 📖 9th annual Nighted zine megamall @ Timeless Thrills, Sacramento

tables of people selling zines inside an art gallery; window facing the street reads ART.

a wide Polaroid photo of the author of this social media post

three photography zines entitled North Long Beach by Jon Rowe; VADIPARTY by Jose Vadi and a collective zine entitled Discantbelife.

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Cole Nowicki @colenowicki.com · 29/05/2026

Wrote about Marc Johnson, one of the best to ever do it www.simplemagic.ca/take-somethi...

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You can take something that was pure thought and you can make it reality

Marc Johnson, 1977-2026

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

This is the first day in a world without CBS News Radio, which had been broadcasting since 1927. Through eighteen presidential administrations, nine popes, five British monarchs, and numerous wars. Nearly 100 years of journalism, gone like that. Bari Weiss killed it.

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

excited to read at @ucriverside.bsky.social Writers Week next week 🗣️ Wednesday, May 6th at 1pm writersweek.ucr.edu/schedule2026

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2026 Schedule

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

new short fiction “Glass Houses” in the latest @altajournal.bsky.social 🙌🏽 featuring the artwork of Victor Juhasz altaonline.com/culture/fiction-and-poetry/a61159424/jose-vadi-glass-houses-fiction order the print issue via the link below 📰

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

in addition to his skating, the Big Black song choice for Jon Rowe's part in the new Quasi video makes me want to buy his board and smash a windshield with it. youtu.be/KoNqe1Xxkco?...

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Big Black - Crack Up

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COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 19/03/2026

In the wake of investigations of the behavior of labor leader Cesar Chavez and acclaimed chef René Redzepi, our latest piece from @soleil_ho asks a hard question. Not "who should we cancel next?" but "why do we need heroes so badly in the first place?" www.coyotemedia.org/kill-the-her...

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It’s Time To Kill the Hero

On Cesar Chavez, René Redzepi, and all the men we make excuses for in the name of the greater good.

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

a brief moment of joy this morning was learning about how TAGABOW's "sour diesel" was vocally inspired by Pinback's "Tripoli"

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

We made it 👟🥾🥿👡 adjacencybias.com/journal/npf6...

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Ian Browning @ibrowning.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Here's a sentence that would have been incomprehensible to me two years ago: I wrote some short fiction for the new issue of Skate Jawn. skatejawn.com/frosted-flakes…

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Ian Browning @ibrowning.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I hit the streets of Tempe during Slow Impact to get a little slice of the weekend (and annoy people with questions about their wheelbase) for Simple Magic: www.simplemagic.ca/the-spaces-b...

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

me and @ibrowning.bsky.social unite once more for @colenowicki.com’s Simple Magic

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

so good seeing everyone at Slow Impact. bite it you scum.

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José Vadi @vadiparty.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

started a blog on my website 👨🏽‍💻 wrote about two recent shows — The Mars Volta and Black Eyes — that featured bands playing new work decades after they formed, a rebuttal to the “play the hits” trend behind recent reunion / anniversary tours. josevadi.com/01-tmv-black...

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“No Way To Press Rewind” — The Mars Volta and Black Eyes

Blog 01 – February 24, 2026 Lately, I’ve been more stoked on going to shows. Being present in a space, buying merch from the musicians themselves, going to new venues, seeing new faces, trying not …

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