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SNL #217: The Ozempicization of Everything

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# One year of Stacker News Zine

### *the FUN page of bitcoin*

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I hope you enjoy this issue! Images featured this week are from an old LIFE magazine, specifically an article on the brain. So these red and blue funky flourishes I've used are brain scans from the 1960s.
I visited a local thrift store for various crafts, tools and trash (the [Austin Creative Reuse](https://austincreativereuse.org/)) and came away with three issues of LIFE which will continue to inspire the zine! Because don't all good ideas get cut out of LIFE?

cover and back page
![](https://m.stacker.news/136082)

final feature page
![](https://m.stacker.news/136083)

# READ [Web](https://github.com/janakelsay/snz/blob/main/issue52web.pdf)

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# featured

https://stacker.news/items/1459857 a newcomer shares what they're building
https://stacker.news/items/1459137 block analysis
https://stacker.news/items/1459321 ProductionReady
https://stacker.news/items/1459569 how scooters make renting fun
https://stacker.news/items/1460231 play a new LN game
https://stacker.news/items/1460047 more block details
https://stacker.news/items/1459051 memes
https://stacker.news/items/1460928 bitcoin.rocks!

# Back after a short break!

Publishing Issue #52 is a milestone I will acknowledge by taking a break next week to think about SNZ and its longevity. I'll be reflecting on what is going well, what I can change, where I might want help, what new ideas I can try. You'll be hearing more about this because I want your participation, of course!

THANK YOU ALL <3

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"My Prodigal Brainchild" - Neal Stephenson on the metaverse, wearable computers

StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears

news to me that nealstephenson.substack existed

Tag what you’re referencing so we can learn :)

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If         , you’re already behind - @futurepaul

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lightning

The Splicing spec just got merged 🥳

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you sound like a sleepy toddler with his stuffed animal up his nose.

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Don DeLillo’s Ribald Hockey Romp Will Return to Stores

the movie adaptation was pretty artistically satisfying too!

so yall have also read White Noise? Or nah

![](https://m.stacker.news/135096)

*a series of reflections on art as I take my screen printing class*

[first](https://stacker.news/items/1449623) -  [previous](https://stacker.news/items/1452491)

# Busy working in the Stu'

This week in screen printing I *nearly* finished my first set of art prints in three colors. Well, I got to two of those colors. Next week we'll rip into the third. Class time was busy and focused, everyone set their minds to their work, everyone began and ended at different places, and our seriously amusing instructor flitted around the room making herself dizzy, I imagine, but keeping confident ease. I am really enjoying the vibe and settling in. The class is more like studio time, whatever you want to accomplish, you have the tools to do it. Therefore, I've been having lots of ideas about what I can make:

* a mural of all my family's cats
* the eye of Sauron on a t shirt (for @bitcoinplebdev)
* funky orchids
* mimics of linocut prints
* SNZ covers

As the class sessions naturally unfolded, I decided to give myself the permission to do small things first. This art print in progress is nothing special, it is three small shapes without overlap that converge into an image of my coffee cup. I wanted to focus on the process, so I chose this doodle from my sketchbook. Looking around the room, the others have upped it and amped it, really displaying their artistic POV in the images they've put together. I love that for them. And for me, I love that there's no stressing the outcome, but instead there's curiosity where there might have been apprehension. Enjoying the process!

Here's a photo of one such print on the drying rack:
![](https://m.stacker.news/135338)

# SXSW and selling out

This past week was SXSW (south by south west) in Austin. I haven't lived in the city for a long time, but I've come to know this festival as a marketing parade. It's where big brands out-do each other in the name of having fun, being relevant, making money. And there's music and art, but these are kind of hidden in highly monetized walled gardens. I don't know, maybe it's just me that feels they're hidden because I don't go seeking the artists and musicians.

In all the years I've lived here, there's been a bitcoin event during SXSW. Attending these is sort of like participating in the overall festivities, however the mismatch of alignment makes them feel like they don't interact - the city and the bitcoiners in it. When we get together, it's like dropping out of outside bullshit to do something that lasts.

I think there was a time when Austin celebrated freaks, when they moved through the city like it was made for them. Today, they're presence is felt, certainly, but they're more like squatters brazen in their right to occupy space, while everyone else attempts to cover them up.

At the same time, when I first moved here, I did feel that the city was for me. Distinctly, I remember that feeling. And look, I'm here and I'm *doing art*. I engage with it on the terms that I want. I feel supported to pursue it. I've completed my first book here, and released my poetry volume. I've started a zine. I've started a print shop. I've done florals for weddings, for funerals, with zero prior knowledge of the craft. I've tattooed, I've painted. My creativity has been unleashed! The doubt and the fear I used to feel were part of me have unfurled their decorative leaves! Is it thanks to the city?

I'm thinking about this because @k00b was asking me great questions that I couldn't answer very well, except to share from my own experience. We talked about the artist's connection to the city, and survival within it. I spoke disparagingly of sellouts because SXSW brings it to the front of my mind. But I don't think I've earned that opinion, actually. I think I just like to believe I'm different.

What is the relationship between an artist and the city they practice in? I mean it's an incredibly important relationship, and every one has its distinct character. I'm not sure that character is easily named. I've read about it in many outstanding novels.

# Rambling and rambling on
I'll leave off now, not sure I made a point, but hey, I can do what I want. This is my blog.
I'll leave you with the poem I wrote about Austin the city.
![](https://m.stacker.news/135456)

BLOG: Do Ya Like Art? No. 3 SXSW and selling out

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A Wintery Mix

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Amazing and wonderful! I am heartened to hear this from you!! Thank you for doing things intentionally that will stir in the world for a long, long time

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