#694 | COWGIRLDAO, Radical Friends & Pure Esctasy ꩜

Source: COWGIRLDAO

We hope that you’re all enjoying your holiDAOs 😎 We’ve been busy sharing our 100 Days a DAO in Barcelona and meeting some of our members & friends in Paris for the first of our Good Growth Round Table - you can read the juicy write-up here 👀 

We also asked your motivations for buying a Protein NFT 💚 and our very own Kes spoke to Molly Dickson, founder of female-led COWGIRLDAO, about the social impact of DAOs and their incredible fight for abortion rights in the US 🤠✨ You can listen back to the episode here👂and make sure you follow our Twitter for future updates.

Calling all LDN members 🇬🇧 free you calendars on Tuesday 16th August, as we’re hosting a long overdue IRL meetup at Protein Studios in Shoreditch. You can RSVP here 💫 and we can’t wait to see you!

Finally, next month is a bit of a landmark for us, but more on that then …

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OK, let’s get on with the links …

• Cryptohun3y on decentralized media in web3 is not what you think it is (PM)

• Another excellent report on crypto philanthropy from The Other Internet

• Radical Friends is a new book exploring DAOs in the art world

• The Gu1de is for artists & creators to better understand smart contracts (PM)

• Non-Fungible Territory is a NFT Short Film from Nemus

• Cabin & Montaia present Summer in the Sierras

• A worthwhile read on if B Corp really signals a force for good or just less bad?

• Navigating the self + the body on the internet from AIxDesignCo

• What can web1 teach web3?

• CARBON is the new metaverse fashion zine from Jamie Reid and Ben Ditto 

• Caryn shares her experience of being interviewed for a web3 role (PM)

• Don’t Pay UK is a resistance movement against the cost of living crisis in the UK - get involved now! 

• How degrowth will save the world with Jason Hickel

• A very helpful matrix on how to legally structure your DAO

• James Bridle talking about the future is worth a listen

• What is a DAO community and when is it healthy?

• Reddit is launching a NFT avatar marketplace

• Memestrilism is the digitisation of minstrelsy

• ThursDAO is London’s crypto co-working hub

• So, where do NFTs go from here?

• A beautiful new impact report from Pangaia 🌱

• SOS Fund is a new $200M climate fund from Craig Shapiro

• Weaving Trust: brief journey into self-discovering networks

• Polyformer is an open-source machine that recycles plastic bottles into 3D printing filament

• Vitalik Buterin on what he thinks about network states

• What DAOs can learn from Rainbow, a 50 year old Decentralized Autonomous Gathering

• DAO Directory for land based projects

• Could this be the world’s first MDMA shop? 😵‍💫

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THANKS

We give 200 $PRTN for any link that makes the Protein Supplement. So, a big shoutout to the following folks, we’ll be in touch shortly to sort your tokens:

jackiedaytona#7389, ☻alice☻#2421, lostwithliv#7743, Mel🤍#4350, hashbrown#5836, shradz#7097, Syntonikka#6188, CarynTan#0040, maxine23#6910, Andrea Brena#6950, MathewK#4975 x2, letfrz#1159, Gilad Peled#6772

Until next month, your friends at Protein 💚

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