Maria Bustillos

What might be the most mansplainy thing yet written about blockchain technology appeared last week on the blog of fiction writer and former Twitter executive Robin Sloan. The author describes himself as “not merely a skeptic, but a full-fledged enemy of Web3,” though in the essay that follows, he proceeds to hedge like crazy: Web3 […]

how many credit cards have you got?

despite the grief

on crypto energy use

why Satoshi Nakamoto invented Bitcoin

"If it were deliberate, it could not have been done more efficiently... you couldn't design a more efficient system to choke press freedom."

A call for submissions from our friends at the new CAPE MAG

We found these bees in the attic and called a bee guy to rescue and “rehome” them. Fear converted into multilayered relief.

We’ll figure out how much JB spends on himself and his own needs—his personal expenses to do his life, each year—and calculate income taxes for that sum as if it were what working people call “income.” Because that would be fair.

Amateur means “someone who loves,” and the Brick House is definitely Amateur Hour.

A windfall may be coming your way, for srs

'It is very seductive shiny material and the viewer looks at this and feels for the moment economically secure.'

The pretend populism of Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar