samueldouglas

So, these last few years have been a time. After getting stung by ONO in 2018 (if you don't know, don't ask), I had a protracted sulk and slight career pivot. Now, academia is my side gig, and I have my

I’ve been interested in issues around censorship and freedom of speech & expression for a long time - since my first brush with On Liberty by John Stuart Mill. This interest grew into a concern with

So, another few weeks of craziness has ensued since I last posted. Mainly, I’m going to talk about ONO, for two reasons. One is that it's what I've spent most of my time working on and/or thinking about.

Well, it’s certainly been a busy couple of weeks for me, hence the lack of posts from me here. From that ongoing mountain of assignments that always seems to need grading, to being selected as a first

Hi, those of you who follow me on steemit or twitter already know me, but my name is Dr Samuel Douglas (though most people just call me Sam), and this is my public announcement that I am putting myself

In a dingy university snack-food shop, a short and unassuming looking man shuffled towards the cash register and cleared his throat. “Ahem.” The depressed looking shop assistant’s gaze never left his phone.

It is interesting to see that parallels between different ideas that were written in isolation from each other in space or time. I was reading the Tao Te Ching recently, as it's a part of the philosophy

Worried about the future? Concerned about the location of Uranus? Fear not, timid and credulous Steemians, for I will use the secret powers of the Illuminatus Philosophicus to read the stars and foretell*

Watching the drama regarding the distribution of the reward pool on steemit unfold, and in expectation of newer decentralized platforms such as ONO, I wanted to throw some ideas out there on how things

About a year ago, I wrote about the Nimbin MardiGrass, and the political malaise that has stifled the possibility of reform of how cannabis is dealt with in Australia. I argued that the existing laws failed

Everyone remembers where they were during the Big Dump of 2020. And everyone remembers what was said on the news (once the power came back on): Over-capitalisation, excessive leveraging, markets “out of

@jerrybanfield, he’s the best Because of him I did invest My life savings in a scheme To quadruple the price of STEEM Jerry, Jerry, why did you hurt me so? Jerry, Jerry, off to the moon we go! He’d shill

Inspired by @marekkaminski's great bit of investigation of a 'spam carousel' I decided to take a bit of a look at the operation he focused on, with the aim of coming up with some numbers. Specifically,

Welcome Steemians, to Monticello Civic Center for the Third Annual Ned Scott Awards for Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Excellence! This event is brought to you by Ned’s Perfect Hair tm. Remember

Those of you who know me, and pay attention, know that I occasionally write analysis and opinion pieces for a non-mainstream and politically unaligned news site: Independent Australia.( Maybe slightly

Why can't Steem Power be used as a contraceptive? Because it takes 13 weeks to fully withdraw Thank-you, I'm here all for eternity, or until cryptocurrencies cause a financial interregnum and I have to

Being new to steemit is tough. There is a lot to learn. Stuff you'll need to figure out includes, but is not limted to: How to write a post in markdown - bold, italics, tiny text, headings, how to upload

Since reading @krnel's discussion of a design failure of Steem, and @tarazkp's piece on circle-jerkers and bidbots, I got my brain back into political gear, and remembered another related concept that

The year is 2035, my name is Arzival. The Steemasis is where everyone comes to escape the daily grind by shilling, bullshitting, worshipping the very ground whales walk upon, and generally pissing in each