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Miss working with my CityNews Winnipeg team always, but especially on Election night! Love watching the coverage. Can’t beat working in a newsroom during these moments.

WILD. #wpg22

BREAKING: Elon Musk has now taken over Twitter. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and CFO Ned Segal have resigned and left Twitter for good.

My concern with VR is similar to some anti-crypto people's concern about crypto: a feeling that people are "in love with the idea of it" in a way that far outpaces actual applications. Just like with crypto, I do think important apps exist! But "VR for the sake of VR" won't work

The revenue-evil curve: a different way to think about prioritizing public goods funding vitalik.eth.limo/general/2022/1…

Being a pluralist requires being at peace with the fact that there are groups in the world that operate under principles very alien and uncongenial to you, and that some of those groups even have some power.

0. Let's call this idea the "Veil of Abstraction" thesis Here's why I think it's badly wrong: x.com/dabit3/status/…

Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints. No major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes.

NEW: Concerns raised over condition of Manwin Hotel in #Winnipeg as advocate says current state is a hazard for those residing in the facility, but its owner says he’s working to make the space better.

Beware the impulse to preach that "we must make sacrifices for the sake of peace" but suggest only sacrifices where other people are the ones sacrificing while you give up nothing.

I generally don't like subtweeting; it's impolite to people who do not have context. When I tweet a generality instead of just talking about a particular situation directly, I typically have at least two examples in mind. (And yes, this applies self-referentially)

Should I publicly blab my opinions about crypto regulation more? Feels unfair to let other people get attacked by CT but never actually poke my own head out.

Regs on defi frontends that *could* be more helpful may include: (i) limits on leverage (ii) requiring transparency about what audits, FV or other security checks were done on contract code (iii) usage gated by knowledge-based tests instead of plutocratic net-worth minimum rules

Also, I would love to see rules written in such a way that requirements can be satisfied by zero knowledge proofs as much as possible. ZKPs offer lots of new opportunities to satisfy reg policy goals and preserve privacy at the same time, and we should take advantage of this!

Nikolai was one of the earliest community members I came across in my journey into Ethereum and a key reason I stayed. His passionate eccentricity helped show not only that ideas like stablecoins were possible, but that they could be brought to life (Maker is now Sky). RIP Nikolai ☀️

My friends neighbour also found these in their candy bags. Awful.

Investigators have learned that the THC edibles were packaged along with regular full-size chocolate bars inside individual zipped sandwich bags. Anyone with information or to make a report is asked to contact the Major Crimes Unit at 204-986-6219. winnipeg.ca/police/press/2…

How well this works depends on exactly how much due diligence is done to make sure blue checks are who they say they are. "Pay $8/month and call yourself whatever" would damage the blue check's anti-scam role. But if there's more actual verification, the result is very different.

I don't get this critique that charging $8/month creates an economic hierarchy. The current blue check system is *far* more exclusive than even the $20/month level from yesterday. Ideally, though, verification would be charged at-cost and separate from other premium services.