Danica Swanson

@danicaswanson

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Logged into Facebook for the first time in months. Didn't want to, but I have a couple of dear friends there who insist on staying on FB. I just log in, check their updates, and log out as quickly as possible. I could barely tolerate it even for 15 minutes. I'm forever spoiled by Farcaster, in the best possible way.

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If you enjoy Swedish forests, runestones, and stone circles, take time to browse the photos on IG by renowned musician Ulf Söderberg, aka Sephiroth. We'll publish a long-awaited deep-dive interview (8000+ words) with Ulf this year. Excited to bring him onchain! https://www.instagram.com/p/B9eikLlJqMR/?img_index=1

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We're glad we waited to launch /slowcore-hq until channel passes (and broadcast-only channels) became an option. It's a way of protecting everyone's time and attention from being consumed by spambots, tip requests, and low-signal casts. We mute and hide all such content. We love good discussion in the comments!

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We (the channel co-hosts) greatly appreciate these unsolicited kind words. We don't optimize for engagement or cast frequency, so our casts may get buried. Word of mouth helps a lot. We're thinking a lot about how to encourage depth and high-quality discussion in this channel. Suggestions are welcome.

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Thanks to the kind folks from /spirituality who contributed warps to the launch for /slowcore-hq, a new channel hosted by @trishd and I for our Pagan polytheist monastery-bootstrapping project. More info: https://paragraph.xyz/@blackstonesanctuary/launch-week-recap-upcoming-releases?referrer=danicaswanson.eth

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Appreciate it. Of course I couldn't have known in advance that @edit would become such an outstanding addition to Farcaster. I just loved the Zorbitecture collection, noted that lots of other casters did too, and rounded up warps to invite the artist to FC. @edit did all the rest. It's a fun bit of lore, though!

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If you missed any of the first five releases from Black Stone Sanctuary's onchain launch week (April 8-15, 2024) or would like to peek at what's lined up for the coming weeks and months, visit our @paragraph post. https://paragraph.xyz/@blackstonesanctuary/launch-week-recap-upcoming-releases?referrer=danicaswanson.eth

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Finally I'm done with all my tax filings (fed, state, local, business) and we've completed our early channel launch plans for /slowcore-hq. I'll be catching up with my backlog: reading, cast threads, blog comments, DCs. If I promised you a response to something weeks ago, I haven't forgotten. Forthcoming this week!

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Interesting thread on the shortcomings of the word "tip" when giving to artists. I hope we'll eventually move beyond "tipping" and toward "gifting" or "patronage." An important point: "...the value is flowing two ways. If I give to an artist, it is because I have derived enjoyment from what they have produced."

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@trishd made this lovely minimalist 25-minute meditation video set to drone music. I've got it on repeat today. It's the first in a series of Zorbish meditations for Black Stone Sanctuary - /slowcore-hq. Enjoy! https://zora.co/collect/zora:0xcfa43a880fb6c783d2c2cef0cbc04e42ee10d334/3?referrer=danicaswanson.eth

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"...honoring sacred endarkenment isn't about denying light. It's about acknowledging the darkness as something powerfully positive." ~from "Came for a Goddess, Stayed for the Darkness" by @trishd https://paragraph.xyz/@blackstonesanctuary/came-for-a-goddess-stayed-for-the-darkness (new pinned cast in /slowcore-hq)

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Used Awaken to do my crypto taxes again this year. Highly recommended if you're in the US. Reviewing all the txs is much easier and more intuitive with Awaken than it's been for me elsewhere, and it generated an *accurate* Form 8949 the first time. No corrections needed. (!) Not a paid shill. Just a happy customer.

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Random request, but figured it's worth a try. I'm looking for an old working iPod that I can fill with about 1G of MP3s of my mom's favorite songs. It's for a Mother's Day gift. I don't want to buy on eBay. Anyone in Portland happen to have one gathering dust? I can pick it up. Send me a DC. Thanks.

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"Pagan Nuns of the Imaginal Realm" is a piece I created years ago, published here for the first time. It's featured on our Welcome to Black Stone Sanctuary page (pinned in the channel) and as a collectible on Zora. https://zora.co/collect/zora:0xcfa43a880fb6c783d2c2cef0cbc04e42ee10d334/1?referrer=danicaswanson.eth

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Just found this well-written article today. I'm self-employed and (like many of us) I'm working on tax matters this week. After a big airdrop-tax-liability headache in 2021, I put ETH into an Alto IRA SEP. I've been doing as @clauswilke describes ever since. What a treat to see it explained so clearly. (NFA, etc.)

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What is Slowcore? It started out as a made-up term to express distaste for hustle culture. Then it took on a life of its own. Now this concept is so fully integrated into what we're doing with Black Stone Sanctuary that we named our channel after it. (Screenshot essay snippet is from Slowcore and the Inner Genius)

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Thanks for all the kind words about "Slowcore and the Inner Genius," my first blog post for Black Stone Sanctuary's new @paragraph publication. Here's the Zora edition (with a link to the full post on Paragraph). https://zora.co/collect/zora:0xcfa43a880fb6c783d2c2cef0cbc04e42ee10d334/2/?referrer=danicaswanson.eth

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Project launch day is done. Looking forward to settling into a nice slow cadence on our new channel /slowcore-hq. As soon as my taxes are filed this week, I hope I'll finally have a chance to dig into my long-form reading backlog and return to deep-dive articles and cast threads I bookmarked from weeks ago.

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"Slowcore and the Inner Genius" is my first blog post for Black Stone Sanctuary. It's an intro, a story about failure, + an ode to the FC scenius. Zoon art by @trishd. Quotes from: @tombeck.eth @wanderloots.eth https://paragraph.xyz/@blackstonesanctuary/slowcore-and-the-inner-genius/?referrer=danicaswanson.eth

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@trishd and I would like to extend our thanks to everyone who gifted warps and degen tips to cover the first year's storage fees for Slowcore HQ, Black Stone Sanctuary's new channel on Farcaster. Special thanks to @edit, who went above and beyond as usual. We love Farcaster and we appreciate all your kindness!

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