@alpine your banner photo is INCREDIBLE

“As Maine goes, so goes the nation.” So proud of my home state for a ballot question seeking to limit the kind of massive corporate spending that has plagued this election cycle, and all elections since Citizens United.

Mainers: Vote yes on 1, fight to end billionaire influence on politics!

#USpolitics #USpol #CitizensUnited #Maine

@_elena yay! I'll pretend the timing was carefully planned

@mikej @TechDesk @coindesk "crypto voters are key to election" says guy paid to convince you crypto voters are key to election

@scribbler I do! https://www.mollywhite.net/support/ ️

@groxx @mkj fwiw both cory and I host our own websites. can't speak for him but that is my preference as far as avoiding enshittification.

@keremgo hi! :blobfoxheartcute:

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Some new crypto PACs have cropped up, including a few putting emergency funding behind Ted Cruz (R-TX) as his race appears to be tighter than originally predicted.

The weirdest new PAC is probably a very short-lived committee called “Republicans for A Pro-Crypto Senate Majority”, which raised about $200,000 from mostly Coinbase employees (including CEO Brian Armstrong), but also people like World Liberty Financial team member Zachary Witkoff.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol

Elsewhere, Coinbase’s astroturfed “Stand With Crypto” lobbying group threw a Black Keys concert to benefit Bernie Moreno (R-OH). Perhaps because so few people showed up, half the audience were left watching the backs of the performers. “Weirdest gig we’ve ever played”, said the band.

Coinbase has been promoting a new $25 million contribution to the Fairshake crypto-focused super PAC, which, like their May contribution of the same amount, appears to be in violation of campaign finance laws prohibiting contributions by federal contractors.

However, when I noted this earlier this week, I was met with a threat from Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal, who tweeted that continuing to report on Coinbase would be “.... unwise”.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #Coinbase

Newsletter: Coinbase threatens me that continuing to report on their activities would be “.... unwise”. Also, election spending hits a fever pitch, with several new crypto PACs coming out of the woodwork.

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Coinbase threatens me that continuing to report on their activities would be “.... unwise”. Also, election spending hits a fever pitch, with several new crypto PACs coming out of the woodwork.

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@paprikapink wow that sounds like quite the watch... i haven’t seen it, no

@MxVerda “pro se”. lawyers love their latin, it means representing oneself instead of being represented by a lawyer.

@MostlyTato gotcha, appreciate that! i know what you’re describing and agree with you

@MostlyTato @kim_harding i know you don’t follow me but i’d be really curious to hear if you feel that way about my posts? i do cross-post but i try to do so as organically as possible, and am curious if it comes across in the way you describe. (no worries if you don’t wish to)

@groxx @pluralistic he does. ctrl-f “my publishing process...”

@spinbackwards he doesn’t talk about Twitter/X in his piece at all, how is that his message?

Great piece on BlueSky and enshittification by @pluralistic. “I will never again devote my energies to building up an audience on a platform whose management can sever my relationship to that audience at will.”

Read more: https://www.mollywhite.net/micro/entry/bluesky-enshittification

Cory’s piece: https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/

#enshittification #bluesky