In case you’re new to following me, I write a blog and monthly newsletter called Thumbs’ Update. It largely focuses on decentralization and technology through the lens of leftist politics, though it explores other topics too.
Right now I’m on a two month hiatus while I travel—I’ll be returning to regular posting in November—so there’s lots of time to read back issues!
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A nice little post sharing a quote from my article “Greener Pastures” warpcast.com/catabolismo/0x6309cae0
There’s probably no better evidence that we should abandon representative democracy in favour of direct/liquid democracy than seeing Republicans blocking funding government agencies every few years until they are elected and can take credit for the benefits reaped by that funding.
Callous, political games that stifle efficiency, cost a fortune, have tons of negative externalities, all in an effort to protect the jobs of incumbent politicians making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in taxpayer-funded salaries.
Social media trends nowadays be like “share the street you grew up on, your mom’s maiden name, and the security code you just received by SMS”
And y’all clamour to be the first from your group to post
So MakerDAO is now called @sky Ecosystem, sub DAOs are called Stars, and DAI is getting replaced by USDS.
Did I get that right?
New Zora app looking good. Basically onchain instagram with all the complexity of minting and wallets obscured away.
Sign in with email, mint with “sparks”
Well played. zora.co/collect/zora:0x3ebc2578aaa3722842e4705bf2fe019b1d7de153/4?referrer=0x0834c4643e8f7bdff419a951b7d82bc927533090
