First Draft Club

Congrats to all who wrote a /firstdraft this past week!

First Draft Club members who wrote received $5 back: https://basescan.org/tx/0xd5d1ecd3d16589b6e7942778f48796b4d595aff17c0135875bda05f7ecff6b33

Below is a thread of each member's submissions👇

second piece published this month

https://paragraph.com/@manifestory/lightpage-chronicles

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** The Farcaster Settlement ** (my /firstdraft )

I was talking to someone struggling to find their way on FC & wanted to give them an illustration of life here. And I wanted it to not only explain it but give them something to feel. 

I like the Singapore illustration--low population, high GDP--but it's hard to feel. So, I said FC is like a group settling a new frontier. To me, this captures the positive-sum nature of FC. How does a group of people settle a new world? People find their roles in serving the greater good, serving the existence of the village.

It seems the people who have best found their way on FC, have found their role in supporting the village. A new settlement needs governing. Here, that's the FC team especially @dwr.eth & @v . It needs economic support & development. That's the biggest list here, but especially @jacek @betashop.eth @deployer . The village needs 'spiritual' or moral help like @july . 

But it needs all kinds of people...

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The best scripts are written by Life...

A little over a month ago, I went to a Vipassana course
- a 10-day silent meditation retreat known for its intensity, structure, and strict discipline.

I left on Day 6.

Not because the sitting was too much.
Not because I couldn’t handle the silence.
Not because I was rebelling.

I left because at some point I had to choose my values over discipline & traditions. I had to follow my own path rather than someone else's.
And all of it surfaced because my Love got sick very bad.

I chose presence over dogma.
Compassion over completion.
My own decision over following.
And since then, it changed how I engage & relate to my environment completely.

My partner and I are creating a video series about these turning points that changed our Life & shaped a movement we bring to life called Planet.108.

This is a /firstdraft script.

https://warpcast.com/bodhilama/0x28ea3a2b

draft on part 2 of cool tech being built rn in Web3.

https://warpcast.com/0xtheweb3nerd/0xf9409c2e

today i allowed myself the luxury of being offline all day.

grass touching day

and this is what i was thinking about

Trending Topics Should Be 🌸

❀ In Japanese culture, sakura symbolizes impermanence (mujō): nothing lasts forever, and that’s what makes it meaningful. 

❀ Current trending topics linger too long: they shouldn’t dominate the feed for days.

❀ Farcaster trends need to pop and fall quickly, like sakura petals after rain.

❀ You can’t hold onto sakura blossoms and you can’t hold attention with stale topics.

❀ If a topic stays too long, spammers and LLMs will hijack it and that kills the vibe.

❀ Sakura season is communal — people pause and share the moment. Trending topics should feel the same:
	❀A shared, ephemeral experience
	❀A reason to check the app often
	❀A way to find cool people talking about cool things

I cherish the Sakura. Make me cherish trending topics taking up space on my home feed.

Today is Day One at my new job – the first time I’ve had full-time employment in 22 months. This past chapter was a mix of contracting, freelancing, bootstrapping, tinkering, advising, and general exploring.

It is true that not all who wander are lost, but at many times throughout this period, I felt that way. After being laid off in June 2023, just six months into my job, I needed a break from corporate life and felt destined to explore more independent paths. The past two years have been stimulating yet professionally isolating, full of possibilities but devoid of structure. I’m excited about the new constraints I’ve chosen for myself.

https://warpcast.com/robhardy.eth/0x35c3e814