#freeidea
Instead of a ConstitutionDAO, start a RepatriationDAO where you buy artifacts from American institutions and return them to the cultures that would like them back
It took Greece about a decade to make significant progress towards neutralizing the influence of the ultranationalist far-right populism-powered Golden Dawn once the group gained political legitimacy. We're in for a ride.
Today, I got to tell the world one about one of the most amazing things that has ever happened to me. It has nothing to do with raising money and everything to do with people, community, and what flows from the connections we make day by day.
“Let’s get this bread”
- boring
- idolizes money
- everyone says it
“We getting to the gout”
- lover of good foods
- literally suffering from success
- wealth as a means to an end
There should be an Art Basel type thing where hella people descend into a city but all day it’s just chill places to eat snacks while catching up on reading and then at night everyone goes to sleep early
After careful reflection I’ve realized the lesson about FTX/Alameda is that we have to stop trusting autists and return to glorifying people who are cool, who have good taste in clothes, who care about the frivolity of which club is hottest, etc
woke culture came for Panera
they are discontinuing their
charged lemonade drinks!!!!!!
in all seriousness it caused multiple deaths and teens getting into cardiac arrest (multiple lawsuits)
END OF AN ERA??
Growing convinced something happens spiritually to delivery food, like it is sapped of its lifeforce somehow. It’s not even the travel time; takeout you pick up yourself still hits.
This Travis shit is ridiculous. Rappers co-opted mosh pits and metal aesthetics but none of the values and ethics. I’ve seen bands stop playing when things are getting out of hand in a crowd of 60. This dude literally autotune crooning while watching bodies get carried away.
Normally don’t do this but enough people have asked — there was, as you can imagine, some really thoughtful and varied conversation in
@fwbtweets
about the nature of ~~existing online~~ and I shared a POV that seemed to resonate with folks 🧵
My friend dream made something beautiful that I can’t wait for the world to see. Had the honor (and responsibility!) of viewing a rough cut and it was all at once surreal yet familiar; an aptly-named work of story-showing rather than story-telling.
From ‘93-95 I began shooting for my NYU doc class. Last summer I pulled that footage out of storage. “It Was All a Dream” is feature documentary, a visual memoir, my largely verite archive from the dawn of hip hop’s golden era. It debuts at Tribeca this June. Tix on sale 4/30
Swear to god if y’all don’t physically burn the constitution for the lulz and then publish some crazy over-the-top ‘New Constitution for the Metaverse’ y’all are not really with the shits
Back in NYC and still processing everything that happened at FEST. The magical unplanned moments, the things we can do better next time around, the big bets that paid off... the reverberation of energy created by so many incredible people being in one place at one time.
I think a majority of tech folk are telling on themselves when they express a disdain for contemporary art/architecture/etc. You dabbled in caring about these things decades ago, and they outpaced your purview. You can’t make sense of it because you didn’t grow up in the pit.
I'm somewhat complicit but sometimes I wonder if by the end of this cycle people will have chewed the word "culture" to bits the same way they've done with "community"
Folks, let’s suppose that in some way, shape, or form I “make it” and somehow start having incredibly bad takes from being drunk on money and power… you all have permission to have me murked. This is a legally binding statement. I want my legacy intact.
I’m not sure what’s more weird to me; how many people (like, grown adults) don’t know Rick Rubin or how many are misinterpreting the comments in that interview
One of my favorite things about buying things on is that every time you make a purchase, your tokens are immediately split and sent to the folks whose items you're buying +
@kaitlynmdavies
, curator-at-large of our fine community wares
Also in case anyone is worried I will continue to shitpost about heavy metal, AI prompts that are too niche for current models to render accurately, learning Italian, the NY tri-state area, Gilmore Girls, Graeco-Roman cults, and pastries
I’m not jacking none of this AI shit until you can convincingly get me Michael Jackson’s voice singing on all the Neptunes tracks he rejected that ended up on Justin Timberlake’s first record
One good personal thing that has come out of this time for me has been reconnecting with memories that were sitting in the dusty attic part of my brain that was rarely accessed when life was busier
Consequently it just dawned on me that a lot of tech people who loathe criticism are just revealing that they’ve never engaged with the full contact nature of art
Actually I can’t let this one go; I’d like a really sharp political science-rooted writer to cover the ConstitutionDAO for FWB Works In Progress — who can nail this one?
I just ran into four people I know from very different eras of my life at this restaurant and now I’m afraid to get in a cab because what if I’m about to die
Our first
#FWBWIP
piece of the year takes an incredibly thoughtful deep dive into human coordination, collective futures, and what DAOs + cooperatives can learn from one another. Massive thanks to
@austinrobey_
for this:
Forty-six Puerto Rican mall goths doing kickflips over the Cross Bronx Expressway filled with the spirit of the rap part of Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
I’m a simple man— I wake up, marvel at the confluence of events that allow me to gratefully live another day, make coffee, and then put on the most evil music possible
Thank you to
@MayaBakhai
and
@daisandconfused
for a wonderful event last night. The
@spice_cap
and
@dirtyverse
empires brought out some beautiful folks, I got to call someone intellectually dishonest… this is what life is all about
Next week I will be reciting the lyrics to Drake's "Push Ups" as my response to every single question I am asked on this panel. Please prepare accordingly.
Back on NYC road and the last three days feel like a dream. Our squad really did that. This community is the realest. The forest whispers our name.
#fwbfest
Somewhere out there is someone who should be working with
@ethandaya
,
@losingmyego
, and me. We made them some signs and hope they see them, wherever they are.
Building better instruments for socialization comes down to the three Ps: people, protocols, and possibilities. So we asked ourselves, is it possible our protocol person is somewhere out there, just looking for a sign?
Excited for tweets in 9-12 months from the tech guy who migrated to Miami, scuffed a mid-level drug dealer’s white spiked Louboutins at Nikki Beach, and got his ass beat
Started to get withdrawal symptoms from too much socializing in Miami so now I’m at the Delta Sky Club well in advance of my flight to spend quality time with the internet. Missed you baby.
I get to build with
@losingmyego
and
@ethandaya
. Every day I get to wake up and strive to operate at the level of creativity and clarity of purpose that they bring to the table. It is one of the most incredible challenges I could ever hope for.
Actual last tweet about this and then I’m going to bed. The right wing memed Trump into the presidency. We memed a neoliberal money flex where we still have to partner with an established institution to execute. I complain because I want us to do better. Goodnight.
Today we’re announcing the first-ever FWB Bazaar! ❄️
What it is →
• An online holiday market featuring unique IRL goods
• An experiment in community-first commerce
• A festive celebration of web3 culture
• Powered by PYUSD
product designers who understand code can experiment ~more~ and create sick ideas that will actually make it to production.
imo, it shouldn't always be on the engineers to figure out how to implement your wild ideas 🌶️🌶️🌶️
"The role of curators will not go away - even with NFT art and online only sales." says Raihan Anwar
@raihan_
on our panel about shoutouts on
#NFTsales
!
#mthcon22
I was already stressed out about waking up every day trying to be half as good as the folks on the
@sceneinfra
team, and now we went and added another absolute slayer into the mix.
Today is my first day at
@sceneinfra
After 4 years at
@rainbowdotme
it was time for something new. feel so blessed to have worked with and learned from such a talented group of people. Can't thank that team enough, excited for whats next
🍳
@MichaelaHirsh
@joinClubhouse
Can't imagine how it must have felt to bear the brunt of that. I jumped in to try and set the record straight on disinformation and misdirected anger I kept hearing. Hate that such a vital topic got treated so indelicately.
We have spent far too much time and money on rational thinking, so-called effective altruism, all manner of disgusting pedantry. My spirit yearns for effectless hedonism.