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The "Seren Taun" Harvest Festival

11 Jan 2022 1 minute read 0 comments blacxarea

At the peak of mountainous area in Cisolok Sub-Regency, Sukabumi Regency, furthest end of West Java Province in Indonesia, live some traditional Sundanese natives. They are divided to some small kingdom called "Kasepuhan." On of those "Kasepuhan...

Spontaneous trip to Paris.

26 Dec 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Volfik

Good morning everyone, or evening, depending on where you are on planet Earth and when you are reading this. For me it is a late afternoon, the time when I want to tell you about my very spontaneous trip to Paris, that took place two years ago in Oct...

Frederick the Great: Tactical Genius or Lucky Opportunist? (Part 2/3)

14 Dec 2021 12 minute read 0 comments Dan_

Part 2: Frederick’s military background Portrait of Frederick II (the Great) in late 1739, only months before his succession. Oil on canvas, by Antoine Pesne (Source: DEA Picture Library, via Getty Images) This series has so far established that the...

DAOs And Mental Health

12 Dec 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Coach Viking

A lot of us come to DAOs in search of something more, something better. We had enough of the default, meat suit corporate attitudes. Or maybe we simply didn't fit into that corporate life.    Regardless of the more surface reasons, the deeper reasoni...

Thoughts on North Korea After 1 Year...

28 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Drew Binsky

Last year at this time, I was in Pyongyang, North Korea. It was the most eye-opening and surreal trip of my life. And the fact that I can speak Korean after living in Seoul, gave me a deeper understanding for what was happening around me, North of t...

Kaarthigai Deepam - Festival of Lamps

19 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Bala

Today for a change I wanted to write a different article that had nothing to do with crypto but something interesting. This is a festival we celebrate in our place every year. A few decades back this used to be one of the biggest festivals celebrated...

Travel Blog: Czech Republic

12 Nov 2021 2 minute read 2 comments b_eleven

Readers, Despite the Corona situation globally, having my vaccinations up to date made it both super easy and made me feel better about traveling abroad this week. Traveling with a group of coworkers, we hit up the Czech Republic for a whirlwind of m...

NFT Avatars: The New Status Symbols

8 Nov 2021 5 minute read 3 comments CJen

Are Punks and Apes like Rolexes and Lamborghinis for the digital-native? Image by 5598375 from Pixabay and Bored Ape #6599   On my mission to educate the world about NFTs and all their current and future use cases, I always emphasize a few key point...

The 2021 Elections' Warning Signs to the Democrats, Virginia Edition

5 Nov 2021 4 minute read 2 comments LateToTheParty

Co-published on Read.cash. Introduction All the way back in April 2021, I wrote about how Texas could be a useful barometer of where the US is heading politically. The mayoral election in border town McAllen was the biggest highlight where then-Repub...

Why Are People Spending Thousands of Dollars on NFT Avatars?

3 Nov 2021 10 minute read 18 comments CJen

There’s more to them than speculation and silly pictures World of Women, Rumble Kong League, Gambling Apes, Bored Ape Yacht Club, and 0N1 Force avatars  I recently wrote an article about the most common misconceptions about NFTs. One of these is tha...