Summer of Protocols

What happens when a smart city learns to balance perception like bandwidth? Fault Tolerance explores the quiet horror of being optimized out of existence.

tl;dr: I co-wrote some sci-fi. I'd love if you'd give it a read.

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On now @nayafia and @timber talking about Nadia’s new antimemetics book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze9pqaIrebY

Kickoff / Q&A starting in 10 minutes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E1YnHpIfws

The SoP 2025 season kicks off tomorrow at 14:00 UTC with an opening Town Hall ☀️

Join us for a deep dive into this year's program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E1YnHpIfws 📺

https://identityweek.net/eu-project-recommends-qr-cryptography-protocols/

Here’s a Tamil joke

What do you call an informal ai to ai greeting 

aiaiyo

I spent a shocking amount of time going back and forth with others on what timezone they are in, what timezone the call is in, how many hours that is from now. 

I vote we all use UTC+0 for calls.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1eYYt94xJicG0WtQH2vm62?si=BhXNh7KPRpyTDy2DwIivhw&t=1019&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A1IXldCXztfTaZeHbtcDRQI

This state sanctioned bag pumping is hard to watch

Revisiting my essay from 2023, continues to age well.

“Creators are now “Content Liquidity Providers”, in a similar manner that capital providers deposit liquidity into decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols. By selecting the protocol for their content, creators select the capabilities and limitations of their digital assets, while empowering the underlying protocol with their assets. As a result, creators are shaping the future of media through their choice of protocol.”

https://rafa.mirror.xyz/xL3kzVKOt56hOD_lxC1UXiEVDUb7Ygpr7rPCtr11qJI

https://www.turkiyetoday.com/region/kyrgyzstan-and-tajikistan-sign-final-protocol-on-border-determination-122723/

Issue 003, the premiere sci-fi story of the (re)launched magazine, is out now. Written by the talented @sach

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Issue 003, the premiere sci-fi story of the (re)launched magazine, is out now. Written by the talented @sach 

https://protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/haven-tailors

Wordcel noise is the applesauce that helps the pill go down

The world is full of invisible dams holding back countless disasters