MagZuma - Local News & Culture

22/12/2020

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Today, the Winter Solstice - a major nodal point of the year unto itself - great guru Jupiter finally catches up to chthonic timemaster Saturn, and the two align for their closest conjunction in centuries.

21/12/2020

https://magzuma.news/top-stories/lake-arenal-marks-40-years-from-the-shocking-and-miraculous-accident-of-its-founders

On a sunny morning on December 18th, 1980, Chief engineer Miguel Dengo and seven crew members set sail to document the dam’s sinkhole of man-made Lake Arenal. It was the most ambitious project in Central America at the time.

08/12/2020

While psychedelics teach us that we can have heaven on earth, they also teach us we have to work for it and how much work there is still left to be done in making this world a better, kinder and more supportive place for all beings.

25/11/2020

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Aim high, take time. Now is your time to make the Mark and shoot the apple out of Adam’s hand. The world, reborn, is waiting for your consent to birth it.

23/11/2020

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To know the future, one must learn the past, and when history isn't clear, we must question the narrative, but it does not happen. What actually happens is the deletion and reclamation of Old World structures and alternate histories. Everyone takes part in it.

02/11/2020

The latest Ta**us Ascending DeFi column: https://magzuma.news/top-stories/d694q9k1jwnwxhqmly0y4uw9o7m7p7

Now we understand the value of our data. So what do we need in order to capture this content, safeguard it, and have exclusive rights to monetize it for themselves? Well, a bank of course.

11/10/2020

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Unburden your heart to open the space for something new to enter. Honor the Fall and the setting autumn sun. A different world is rising.

09/10/2020

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At the crossroads, where every other day would have counted a line of three blocks around the corner, they read the Five NOS.

07/10/2020

https://magzuma.news/top-stories/protests-grip-the-country

Protests have gripped the Costa Rican countryside and blocked roads both on the peninsula, leading to the Paquiera ferry, and on various major highways on the mainland.

10/09/2020

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They say the darkest is deepest in the moments before the dawn. Let’s enjoy the night.

08/09/2020

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Can we use blockchain (as a relational framework) to secure our digital avatars and reclaim our information for our own ends? Or is assimilation into the Google/Facebook/Amazon mainframe inevitable and resistance futile?

04/09/2020

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Only 7% of the people ever lived are here right now, but almost every generation feels they live in the most meaningful time.

25/08/2020

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Though the primary goal of the demonstration was to highlight the inadequacy of the local justice system in its protection of those that need it most, a much larger cry was heard challenging a long standing worldwide culture of violence and subjugation of women.

11/08/2020

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And if you dare, stay up all the way to see this morning star glinting as the dawn chorus begins to resound. The gate of the heart is open. Step through.

05/08/2020

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Do less. Love more.

02/08/2020

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Residents of Montezuma and Delicias are cautioned to keep their pets safe.

30/07/2020

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Whether your tool is a pen or a hammer, a saxophone or a zoom conference, a protest sign or an acupuncture needle. Pick it up. Wield it. Push.

25/07/2020

THE LATEST COLUMN FROM OUR RETIRING VAMPIRE!

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We rarely choose our neighbors, what if we try to forget they are there? What if we don't check who the neighbor is before buying a house, selecting a workplace, a community, a life partner, picking the train seat? What if this question remained unasked?

21/07/2020

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Take time today to feel those polarized edges, and dive into the juicy empty space between them. When we believe in ourselves, we are big enough to encompass it all. I believe in you!

14/07/2020

MAGZUMA LAUNCHES ITS ASTROLOGY COLUMN. FIRST ARTICLE HERE:

https://magzuma.news/top-stories/0d6dqmscvgk2j1x8ttaas4hvujrxk1

It’s retrograde season, baby. We’re still here, standing on our heads and breathing all the way down the spine. Upside down and thriving.

04/07/2020

Chris and Eber @ Mochas BBQ live!

03/07/2020

Join Chris Low, live at Mochas tomorrow 3-7pm (music starts @ 4).

https://magzuma.news/magzuma-events/dinner-amp-live-music-mochas-bbq-glcrj-mcp3r-h7p3h

Dinner & live music at Mocha’s BBQ in downtown Montezuma every Tuesday through Saturday, 5pm - 10pm. Ignus live @ 6:30 (happy hour 5-6)

03/07/2020

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Do we have to agree on a specific story, fight for it, decompress from it, die for it, why do we need only one account? Why can't we make our own stories and live in peace with all the other stories?

01/07/2020

Our newest DeFi (Technology) column, Ta**us Ascending.

https://magzuma.news/top-stories/taurusascending1

The genie is out of the bottle. A world in crisis has in some cases forced, and in other cases needlessly empowered, government and tech companies to collect and use more human digital property than potentially necessary.

30/06/2020

https://magzuma.news/top-stories/humanity-must-overcome-its-fear-to-survive

Yes, we must keep our at-risk neighbors safe. But at what cost? Where is the nuance to our approach when we unquestioningly follow the contradictory dictates of a one-size-fits-all approach?

29/06/2020

New from The Retiring Vampire Column

https://magzuma.news/top-stories/weeklylog205-have-you-ever-spoken-to-the-ocean-and-the-ocean-spoke-back

I felt trust in the ocean; on this day, we have spoken a language that can not be taught, a message that can not be expressed by our physical senses.

24/06/2020

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When you eye at the sculpture of the couple, at first, you see a s*xual act, but then, you notice tenderness and softness, everything but the s*x itself.

24/06/2020

https://magzuma.news/magzuma-events/dinner-amp-live-music-mochas-bbq-8ed9b

Dinner & live music at Mocha’s BBQ in downtown Montezuma every Tuesday through Saturday, 5pm - 10pm.

22/06/2020

Latest video profile of Montezuma community member Patty. (Video by Olina Lorencova)

https://magzuma.news/top-stories/mama-afrika-wants-to-be-a-famous-singer

Video profile of Montezuma community member Patty.

21/06/2020

21/06/2020

21/06/2020

https://magzuma.news/top-stories/welcome-the-rains-and-mushroom-season

The rains don't just bring the green back to Montezuma and its jungle canopy on the coast, they provide fertile ground for the emergence of millions of tiny spores that manifest themselves in a variety of ways.

20/06/2020

20/06/2020

https://magzuma.news/top-stories/local-residents-spearhead-food-drives-during-economic-shutdown

Several local heroes have taken it upon themselves to ensure that their community survives the pandemic.

20/06/2020

https://magzuma.news/top-stories/fake-news-facts-news-what-do-i-trust-more-real-life-or-internet

from the Retiring Vampire.

20/06/2020

https://magzuma.news/top-stories/chris-low-and-ariel-de-lion-drop-the-mic-at-mochas

Thursday nights local musician Chris Low headlines entertainment at Mocha's Monchis Grill Restaurante in downtown Montezuma.

20/06/2020

https://magzuma.news/top-stories/miss-boa-seven-meter-snake

New Montezuma resident Ariel De Lion encountered another native local, the seven foot kind.