#w3pnews: April Dispatch

The Newsletter returns after a month break.

Not because we vanished, but because time is an illusion and calendars are a surveillance tool.

During our brief disappearance some protocols evolved, some institutions unraveled and, at least one AI hallucinated an entire career in privacy law.

So what's new?

The structure remains the same, though now with slightly more curation, and an alarming level of emotional attachment to some of these columns.

(0) Homebase

This is the part where we (web3privacy) check in.

Not releases, not product updates, this is where we track our own weather: what moved, what stalled, and what made us feel slightly more alive.

(1) Stuff You Should Know

We don’t catch everything, but we catch what matters.

Sometimes it’s loud. Sometimes it’s buried under 13 tabs and a deleted post. Surveillance, legislation, quiet takeovers, and those small changes that ripple for months, and the world continues to happen.

(2) From the Repo Trenches

Releases, upgrades, forks, heroic git commits, it’s all here, - dropped by people who should probably sleep more.

(3) The Voices

No, not those voices.

They are the other ones - the ones you choose to listen to instead of doomscrolling, or the ones that you pause to read.

Podcasts, rants, interviews, words stitched together by actual people with microphones or pens. The machines may generate, but they still don’t create like this.

(4) Coordinates

Sometimes the best way to resist is to show up in the flesh. And sometimes the resistance has snacks.

Here’s where the hands, hugs, and hallway chats are happening. Whether you’re speaking, sketching, watching, or just trying to find your people, these are the places to check in.

(0) Homebase: here’s what we’ve been up to (on purpose or otherwise)

Berlin Hackathon: Applications are open, the spreadsheets are multiplying, and someone may or may not be building the ultimate web3 privacy tech army.
We launched X Spaces: Listen to a fun (yes, fun!) space with Jarrad Hope, or dip your toes into regulation with EUCI. If you're feeling spicy, head over to the Memathon Space.
@winprivacy Digest: onboarding calls, Safe Space Event, spotlighting. Moving fast and with intention.
This Very Newsletter: Yes, it’s back, with a quiet determination of something that refused to be deleted.