Vitalik's call for dashboard organizations to promote Ethereum alignment.

When I woke up on Friday, September 27th, the first thing I did was put on an out-of-office notification on my email. That felt so damn good. It meant that for the next twelve days, I was dialing work down to the bare minimum and going away with The Gotham Gal to recharge and refresh. We spent five days/nights in Seoul and another five days/nights in Tokyo. It was the first time for us in Seoul and the third time in Tokyo (and more broadly Japan). We did no work meetings and largely spent tim...

This morning I met online with three different ed tech founders. I was the shark in the tank, and they were making their pitches.

I am excited to announce a new podcast in addition to my existing podcast (Pod of Jake), which I plan to continue unaffected. The new one is called Purple People. For this podcast, I will be having conversations with some of the most interesting people on Farcaster. The only criteria is that the guest is on Farcaster. So I expect the guests and our conversations to be as wide-ranging as the people on Farcaster and their interests. Of course, there are certain areas of interest such as crypto ...

Kiwi runs a writing contest with Nouns. Writers will explore cc0, decentralized governance, bottom-up brand building, and other Noun-ish subjects ⌐◨-◨.

Recently I saw a vulnerability that was very new to me. I've seen authN and authZ tied to some super random things in the past; ad tracking IDs, the literal username in a header, etc, but this one takes the cake for being weird to spot. It also highlights why the headers and their values need to be interrogated for both requests and responses. Starting the test there was a previous instance of an IDOR related to accessing uploaded files. The original vulnerability was pretty bad as it allowed...

A poem on paper. Want to receive this postcard in your mailbox? I will raffle it to Trpplrs, the subscribers of my Hypersub.

In the art world, balancing passion and profit is a challenge many artists face. They must navigate fluctuating markets and platforms, which can sometimes feel more exploitative than supportive, while also trying to maintain their creative integrity. This week’s Cryptoart Question of the Week prompted various responses from artists sharing their strategies for sustaining artistic passion and financial success. Recurring themes emerged from the discussion, including basic incomes as a potentia...

As a fractional worker juggling projects, I often find that my network helps me catch missed opportunities or pulls me back into things I didn’t even realize were still in the mix.

Creators can now fully own their audience relationships without being bound by a single platform's limitations, leading to more flexibility and control over their creative output.