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I make rockets IRL.
I reserve the right to shamelessly recast for degen reasons. 
Soldier once upon a time.

Agreed.

I’ve written a number of posts looking at the history and meaning of oft-used political identifiers, in the hopes of demystifying this stuff. 

In “All Together Now,” I talked about the definition of anarchism with reference to the writing of Noam Chomsky and collectivist anarchist watch makers in Switzerland.

In “Whose Left Is It Anyway?” I talked about the left origins of libertarianism and how it correlates to crypto.

In “Punks in Space” I connected the dots from DIY punk rockers to solarpunks, lunarpunks, and more.

In “Pillars of Support,” I reflected on Kropotkin’s research into mutual aid in the animal kingdom and how it might correlate to web3.

In “Greener Pastures” I discussed solarpunk’s anarchist roots and paraphrased the goals of the degrowth and accelerationist movements.

And in “Tales from the Mushroom Commune,” I compared fungi to DAOs and discussed so-called “venture communism.”

I stopped calling the newsletters because hopefully, these articles are relatively timeless. 

Here’s a selection of my favourites and what each one discusses, at its core.

All of these can be read for free at blog.thumbsup.me and can be collected as NFTs if you like onchain patronage as much as I do 💚