andrewsaul.sol
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The Australian Way: Courage in adversity and kindness for those in need
Pinned
It's at least in part why you're here.
And it's why plenty of others should be as well.
#web3 #socialmedia #censorship
And it's why plenty of others should be as well.
#web3 #socialmedia #censorship
I might be overall bearish stablecoins (no one uses anything not USDT or USDC without requiring incentives), but this Klarna stablecoin on Tempo does seem very bullish.
That's because they'll not need incentives; it's only for payments.
That's because they'll not need incentives; it's only for payments.
🟪 Stepping into stablecoins
KlarnaUSD hits Tempo
mail.blockworks.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I might be overall bearish stablecoins (no one uses anything not USDT or USDC without requiring incentives), but this Klarna stablecoin on Tempo does seem very bullish.
That's because they'll not need incentives; it's only for payments.
That's because they'll not need incentives; it's only for payments.
It's back to the future with OG Defi Summer style lend borrow games
Only now it's even easier to bridge and loop.
Only now it's even easier to bridge and loop.
Rekt - House Of Cards
DeFi / Crypto - Backing a stablecoin with another stablecoin backed by the first isn't finance - it's expensive performance art. Stream and Elixir got caught playing stablecoin hot potato. In one instance, Stream turned $1.9 million into $14.5 million xUSD through recursive minting.
rekt.news
December 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
It's back to the future with OG Defi Summer style lend borrow games
Only now it's even easier to bridge and loop.
Only now it's even easier to bridge and loop.
The US is right to start to tighten up cannabis product sales. Having used medical THC/CDB myself I can attest it's very potent, even more so than the prescription painkillers I also have been taking.
www.readtangle.com/f...
youtu.be/Brm71uCWr-I...
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youtu.be/Brm71uCWr-I...
The federal hemp ban.
Plus, when do federal judges issue injunctions?
www.readtangle.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The US is right to start to tighten up cannabis product sales. Having used medical THC/CDB myself I can attest it's very potent, even more so than the prescription painkillers I also have been taking.
www.readtangle.com/f...
youtu.be/Brm71uCWr-I...
www.readtangle.com/f...
youtu.be/Brm71uCWr-I...
October was a wild month.
Still a lot of fun to come.
It's not over. Not yet.
Still a lot of fun to come.
It's not over. Not yet.
Mad Scientists - LAB Notes #5
LAB Notes #5 MAD WORLD - The Psychic Warfare Dept. Greetings, gratitude, and good tidings, MAD family <3 Remember back at the end of September when we thought “man, this is really wild. This has to be peak…”? Well, it turns out that there was, and may still be, a lot more wild and crazy in the tank. It seems that most of our readers most appreciate the broader macro perspectives and philosophical ponderances of these pages, so we are focusing mostly on these sections/perspectives this time arou...
forum.osmosis.zone
December 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
October was a wild month.
Still a lot of fun to come.
It's not over. Not yet.
Still a lot of fun to come.
It's not over. Not yet.
"All of those wallets, bridges and transaction popups are like the plungers, flippers and flashing lights of pinball.
This makes crypto investing much harder than stock market investing, but that’s a feature, not a flaw."
This makes crypto investing much harder than stock market investing, but that’s a feature, not a flaw."
🟪 Crypto is financial pinball
A Thanksgiving throwback
mail.blockworks.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"All of those wallets, bridges and transaction popups are like the plungers, flippers and flashing lights of pinball.
This makes crypto investing much harder than stock market investing, but that’s a feature, not a flaw."
This makes crypto investing much harder than stock market investing, but that’s a feature, not a flaw."
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”Reform UK's barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don't play the bullies game." Martin Shipton from @nation.cymru on being bullied by Reform's lawyers: www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...
Reform UK’s barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don’t play the bully’s game
My news organisation, Nation.Cymru, was threatened with legal action over a story involving Nigel Farage’s party in the Senedd. Instead of hiring our own lawyer, we simply told them to go away, writes...
www.thenerve.news
November 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
”Reform UK's barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don't play the bullies game." Martin Shipton from @nation.cymru on being bullied by Reform's lawyers: www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...
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This is America today. It doesn’t have to be this way.
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is America today. It doesn’t have to be this way.
I don't necessarily doubt the logic here re stablecoins, but it's the matter-of-fact way it's presented that worries me.
The GFC came off the back of a lot of similar matter-of-fact thinking. Yet when the GFC hit all those sensible logical statements went up in smoke.
The GFC came off the back of a lot of similar matter-of-fact thinking. Yet when the GFC hit all those sensible logical statements went up in smoke.
🟪 Thursday links
Stablecoins are in the eye of the beholder
mail.blockworks.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I don't necessarily doubt the logic here re stablecoins, but it's the matter-of-fact way it's presented that worries me.
The GFC came off the back of a lot of similar matter-of-fact thinking. Yet when the GFC hit all those sensible logical statements went up in smoke.
The GFC came off the back of a lot of similar matter-of-fact thinking. Yet when the GFC hit all those sensible logical statements went up in smoke.
Wikipedia is fully transparent. You can see how every article was created. Any one can submit edits.
That is why some of the most powerful people in the world are scared ****less by it.
That is why some of the most powerful people in the world are scared ****less by it.
Wikipedia and the Destruction of Trust
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youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Wikipedia is fully transparent. You can see how every article was created. Any one can submit edits.
That is why some of the most powerful people in the world are scared ****less by it.
That is why some of the most powerful people in the world are scared ****less by it.
A reminder: You can self manage your aged care for way less than you're paying a care manager.
It's probably a lot easier than you think it is.
Finding providers is the hardest part. After that all you need to do is pay them.
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It's probably a lot easier than you think it is.
Finding providers is the hardest part. After that all you need to do is pay them.
michaelwest.com.au/a...
Support at Home? First they came for the young people, now they come for the old - Michael West
"Self-management a best kept secret". Investigation of the government's new Home Care package finds 'ka-ching' for private providers.
michaelwest.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A reminder: You can self manage your aged care for way less than you're paying a care manager.
It's probably a lot easier than you think it is.
Finding providers is the hardest part. After that all you need to do is pay them.
michaelwest.com.au/a...
It's probably a lot easier than you think it is.
Finding providers is the hardest part. After that all you need to do is pay them.
michaelwest.com.au/a...
"...vPIXEL is a spend-only token so we can give it out as reward and you won’t be able to sell it on an exchange...
...I can see the PIXEL token becoming stake-only. We probably will even phase out rewarding the token in the long run..."
...I can see the PIXEL token becoming stake-only. We probably will even phase out rewarding the token in the long run..."
Luke Barwikowski on how Pixels can finally make play-to-earn work
In the latest episode of the Blockchain Gaming World podcast, editor-in-chief Jon Jordan talks to Pixels' CEO Luke Barwikowski about how the Ronin social
www.blockchaingamer.biz
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
"...vPIXEL is a spend-only token so we can give it out as reward and you won’t be able to sell it on an exchange...
...I can see the PIXEL token becoming stake-only. We probably will even phase out rewarding the token in the long run..."
...I can see the PIXEL token becoming stake-only. We probably will even phase out rewarding the token in the long run..."
"People think AGI will happen, so they’re investing in OpenAI, Nvidia, data centers, etc, which makes AGI more likely to
happen, which makes more people invest in OpenAI..."
happen, which makes more people invest in OpenAI..."
🟪 Busting the myth of efficient markets
Showing vs. telling
mail.blockworks.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"People think AGI will happen, so they’re investing in OpenAI, Nvidia, data centers, etc, which makes AGI more likely to
happen, which makes more people invest in OpenAI..."
happen, which makes more people invest in OpenAI..."
Shocking news from the crypto theatre sector
"The companies built to accumulate crypto are now selling it."
"The companies built to accumulate crypto are now selling it."
Why have Bitcoin treasuries stopped their relentless buying?
Bitcoin treasuries are firms that hold Bitcoin on their balance sheets. They’ve accumulated more than 1 million Bitcoin to date. But in October, the amount purchased slumped to its lowest level of any month this year.
www.dlnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Shocking news from the crypto theatre sector
"The companies built to accumulate crypto are now selling it."
"The companies built to accumulate crypto are now selling it."
“It’s impossible to architect a compelling experience backwards from a desired financial outcome,” Stephenson says. “If you start with the goal of ‘let's make a lot of money’ and then try to reverse engineer a creative project from that motive, it's not going to work.”
🟪 Thursday links
Snow Crash, South Park, Bitcoin’s IPO and bubbles
mail.blockworks.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
“It’s impossible to architect a compelling experience backwards from a desired financial outcome,” Stephenson says. “If you start with the goal of ‘let's make a lot of money’ and then try to reverse engineer a creative project from that motive, it's not going to work.”
“It’s impossible to architect a compelling experience backwards from a desired financial outcome,” Stephenson says. “If you start with the goal of ‘let's make a lot of money’ and then try to reverse engineer a creative project from that motive, it's not going to work.”
🟪 Thursday links
Snow Crash, South Park, Bitcoin’s IPO and bubbles
mail.blockworks.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
“It’s impossible to architect a compelling experience backwards from a desired financial outcome,” Stephenson says. “If you start with the goal of ‘let's make a lot of money’ and then try to reverse engineer a creative project from that motive, it's not going to work.”
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Fact Check: Sora Videos Of Ukrainian Soldiers Surrendering In Pokrovsk Do NOT Show Real-Life Events
Did viral videos document that Ukrainian soldiers started to surrender en masse in Pokrovsk, as of November 5, 2025? No, that's not true: The clips showed a watermark of a gener...
Did viral videos document that Ukrainian soldiers started to surrender en masse in Pokrovsk, as of November 5, 2025? No, that's not true: The clips showed a watermark of a gener...
Fact Check: Sora Videos Of Ukrainian Soldiers Surrendering In Pokrovsk Do NOT Show Real-Life Events | Lead Stories
Did viral videos document that Ukrainian soldiers started to surrender en masse in Pokrovsk, as of November 5, 2025? No,...
leadstories.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Fact Check: Sora Videos Of Ukrainian Soldiers Surrendering In Pokrovsk Do NOT Show Real-Life Events
Did viral videos document that Ukrainian soldiers started to surrender en masse in Pokrovsk, as of November 5, 2025? No, that's not true: The clips showed a watermark of a gener...
Did viral videos document that Ukrainian soldiers started to surrender en masse in Pokrovsk, as of November 5, 2025? No, that's not true: The clips showed a watermark of a gener...
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"Rudy Giuliani, there's only three things he mentions in a sentence. A noun, a verb and 9/11. I mean, there's nothing else." -Joe Biden
November 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"Rudy Giuliani, there's only three things he mentions in a sentence. A noun, a verb and 9/11. I mean, there's nothing else." -Joe Biden
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Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
Reposted by andrewsaul.sol
For all the valid criticism of Giuliani, he’s still a hero for saving New York’s egg
November 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
For all the valid criticism of Giuliani, he’s still a hero for saving New York’s egg
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It's a special Election Day bulletin: Trump threatens SNAP, rage-posts about Prop 50, and endorses Cuomo while Marge torches her own party on The View. Meanwhile, it appears voters have turned on Trump. And we're just getting started... Catch up now:
Today in Politics, Bulletin 243. 11/4/25
… With a 37% approval rating and bad election results looming tonight, Trump spent the day making a series of unhinged maniacal posts on Truth Social.
www.meidasplus.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
It's a special Election Day bulletin: Trump threatens SNAP, rage-posts about Prop 50, and endorses Cuomo while Marge torches her own party on The View. Meanwhile, it appears voters have turned on Trump. And we're just getting started... Catch up now:
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I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.
November 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.
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Several hundred kids just marched past my house because John Marshall High is doing an anti-ICE walk out.
LA's tradition of high schoolers using their voices to push back on racism and inequality is really an inspiring thing.
LA's tradition of high schoolers using their voices to push back on racism and inequality is really an inspiring thing.
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Several hundred kids just marched past my house because John Marshall High is doing an anti-ICE walk out.
LA's tradition of high schoolers using their voices to push back on racism and inequality is really an inspiring thing.
LA's tradition of high schoolers using their voices to push back on racism and inequality is really an inspiring thing.
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Sunflower Land is getting a rather lot of my time lately. Something about helping me get comfortable with web 3, while being a calming farming simulator is working well for me. Also, has me looking forward to raising chickens, because they are unlike real ones that could peck me.
December 27, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Sunflower Land is getting a rather lot of my time lately. Something about helping me get comfortable with web 3, while being a calming farming simulator is working well for me. Also, has me looking forward to raising chickens, because they are unlike real ones that could peck me.
Reposted by andrewsaul.sol
For those wondering about the latest in Sunflower Land, Easter mini game: playtoearn.com/news/earn-ex...
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Earn Exclusive Rewards in Sunflower Land’s Annual Easter Community Event Until April 28th | PlayToEarn
The Annual Easter Community Event is live in Sunflower Land until April 28th, giving players a chance to play to earn exclusive rewards by playing a casual mini-game to earn Easter Tokens that can be ...
playtoearn.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
For those wondering about the latest in Sunflower Land, Easter mini game: playtoearn.com/news/earn-ex...
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The case FOR bubbles (namely the AI one in this instance)
🟪 Friday charts
The bull case for bubbles
mail.blockworks.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The case FOR bubbles (namely the AI one in this instance)