We’re joined by one of the best critical observers of Web3 around – Molly White, creator of Web3 is Going Just Great – to discuss what made her, as a software engineer who is immersed in the tech sector and discourse, finally have to take a stand on Web3. We then break down how Web3 fetishizes its own apparent complexity-as-convolution, the pitfalls in how it is covered by reporters, the cynicism of its biggest advocates, and the internal ideological contradictions at the heart of Web3.

Check out Molly’s work:
••• Web3 is Going Just Great ​​https://web3isgoinggreat.com/ /// https://twitter.com/web3isgreat 
••• The (Edited) Latecomers Guide to Crypto https://www.mollywhite.net/annotations/latecomers-guide-to-crypto 
••• Molly’s website https://www.mollywhite.net/annotations/latecomers-guide-to-crypto
••• Molly’s twitter https://twitter.com/molly0xFFF 

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150. The Cynics of Web3 (ft. Molly White)

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It's been a long time since we’ve seen a good old fashioned bank run lead to the collapse of a venerable financial institution, but leave it to Silicon Valley to rediscover something old and call it new again. We are joined by Brian Merchant — LA Times tech columnist and author of Blood in the Machine — for a post-mortem on Silicon Valley Bank, breakdown its events and effects, and hold Ed to account for his incitements to violence against the most marginalized and traumatized people of them all: venture capitalists. 

••• Brian’s column: https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2023-03-12/column-silicon-valley-bank-is-broken-because-silicon-valley-is-broken
••• Brian’s book: https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/brian-merchant/blood-in-the-machine/9780316487740/
••• Brian’s twitter: https://twitter.com/bcmerchant

Some stuff we reference
••• The Incredible Tantrum Venture Capitalists Threw Over Silicon Valley Bank | Ed Ongweso Jr. https://slate.com/technology/2023/03/silicon-valley-bank-rescue-venture-capital-calacanis-sacks-ackman-tantrum.html
••• Silicon Valley Bank profit squeeze in tech downturn attracts short sellers https://www.ft.com/content/0387e331-61b4-4848-9e50-04775b4c3fa7
••• Startup Bank Had a Startup Bank Run https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-03-10/startup-bank-had-a-startup-bank-run
••• How Bad Was the Silicon Valley Bank Bailout? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/opinion/silicon-valley-bank-bailout.html 

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*Unlocked* – 241. Euthanasia of Silicon Valley Bank (ft. Brian Merchant)

KKED Remix ft Waziyatawin

In today’s episode we talk about the recent rebel offensive in Syria which has managed to topple the dictator Bashar al-Assad. First, we give a brief summary about Assad’s rule and the civil war since 2011 in Syria, mentioning the different local factions and foreign powers involved. Then we talk about the democratic-confederalist kurdish liberation movement in the North and Eastern parts of the country, its repression by Turkey and the fate of the project in the context of the regime change in Syria. We end by listing some media and other resources from where we personally get our news about Syria and Rojava, mentioning what biases each outlet has.

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Re(Sources):
Unsorted sources
https://medyanews.net
https://syria.liveuamap.com/
https://syria.liveuamap.com/en/time/06.12.2024

https://kongra-star.org/eng/about-us/
https://anfenglish.com/news
https://rojavainformationcenter.org/
https://medyanews.net/
https://www.freeocalan.org/about
https://internationalistcommune.com

https://twitter.com/starrcongress
https://twitter.com/SDF_Syria
https://twitter.com/MazloumAbdi


https://twitter.com/RojavaNetwork
https://twitter.com/Vigil4Ocalan
https://twitter.com/RevistaLegerin
https://twitter.com/RojavaNetwork/status/1868790045290926469
https://twitter.com/YpgInt

journalists to follow
https://twitter.com/vvanwilgenburg
https://twitter.com/fgeerdink
https://twitter.com/jamesstout
https://twitter.com/MattBroomfield1

Artwork from https://www.flickr.com/people/kurdishstruggle/, edited by Grecu.

LS. 005 – The Syrian revolution and the fate of Rojava w/ the Lenesx gang [EN]

Duminică, 21.10.2018, doi membri ai colectivului și-au anulat dulcele somn de dimineață ca să urce cu liftul cele 12 etaje ale Turnului de Fildeș al Capitalismului clujean și să ajungă pe la 10 fără 10 la emisiunea ”Matinal de week-end” cu Flaviu Petean, la EBS Radio Cluj.
Îi mulțumim lui Flaviu pentru ocazia aceasta!
[am editat noi ulterior înregistrarea, și am eliminat 15 minute de muzică]

Editura Pagini Libere la EBS Radio Cluj (21 .10.2018)

Jurnal De Furie - Pretinşii - Audiopoem de Alina Medoia

Lene radicală, lene intersecțională, lene antiautoritară. Podcastul de stânga pe care îl poți asculta când nu ai chef de nimic.

LS. 005 – The Syrian revolution and the fate of Rojava w/ the Lenesx gang [EN]

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