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“I know what you think I know what you've heard but everything I've ever learned I learned in the big white van” -Conti,Thaddeus.Æpoetics.Lavender Ink,2008.

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thebigwhitevan
@thebigwhitevan May 1, 2019, 4:21 PM UTC

Plutus Unblinded (A Look at Cryptocurrency through an Ancient Greek Lens)

This post is an exploration of the most hopeful, naïve (and probably incorrect) belief I hold concerning cryptocurrency. The Ancient Greeks spoke of wealth in the personified form of Plutus (Πλοῦτος)…

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@thebigwhitevan Mar 16, 2019, 3:18 PM UTC

Zone of Absolute Terror

I made this video after discovering the concept of “dance covers” and going through a long YouTube rabbit hole journey. Putting it together took many times longer than it should have because my edito…

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@thebigwhitevan Mar 11, 2019, 7:13 AM UTC

Follow the Melody #3: Le Rap Celtique

The French region of Bas-Bretagne (the “Lower Britain” which makes Great Britain “Great”) is inhabited by descendants of the indigenous people who fled the Saxon Invasion to settle on the European ma…

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@thebigwhitevan Mar 4, 2019, 1:05 PM UTC

Minnow I - Come In! The Water's Fine!

The intended audience of this post is people who do not yet have an account on the STEEM blockchain or are still acclimating to the platform. In order to keep this to a manageable length, every point…

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@thebigwhitevan Feb 22, 2019, 11:31 AM UTC

Much Ado about Implied Canine Ideology

Before writing this, I made a quick check and... It appears that Count Dankula continues to avoid checking in at the stone hotel. I suppose the fact that I had to check shows that I haven't had much…

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@thebigwhitevan Feb 17, 2019, 11:55 AM UTC

Follow the Melody #2: That Other 80s Song about Africa (or The Kony 2012 of 1984)

To the extent that “the past is a foreign country”, the 1980s is a region known for the strangeness of its local customs. A prime example of this is the time (1984-1985) that a great many people deci…

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@thebigwhitevan Feb 11, 2019, 10:50 AM UTC

Minnow II – Getting Ahead of Myself

I am writing the text of this post well in advance of when I expect to reach my promotion to Minnow II. The topic is a production tip that is seemingly obvious enough that it will doubtlessly be usef…

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@thebigwhitevan Feb 10, 2019, 10:04 AM UTC

Brosef.Stalin.CCCP v.s. Mitch Hedberg

Disclaimer: Although I do not judge this post to warrant the nsfw tag, some might find the video to be disturbing as it features real security camera footage of a dangerous mishap. Please, be advised…

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@thebigwhitevan Feb 9, 2019, 10:01 AM UTC

Follow the Melody #1: How much cider will we drink (for 7 days)?

This post is meant as the first in a series in which I explore threads through the history and evolution of music. As a starting point, let me direct your attention to this piece of throbbing electro…

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@thebigwhitevan Feb 7, 2019, 12:34 PM UTC

Reminiscences of My Time as a “Russian Troll”

At a time when the general consensus was that the YouTube algorithm had come to grossly favor quantity or over quality, I began an experimental channel to see if a stream of low effort content could…

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