The Weekend Shift: DeFi Revenge, Blockbusters, Retro Gaming

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Welcome to the 66th Weekend Shift!

What’s the deal? Over the weekend, we’ll update this post with some of the most interesting articles, podcasts, charts, and opinion pieces we’re too busy to write about.

OK, only crypto? Not necessarily. We do that Monday to Friday, so we try to explore new subjects on weekends.

Feel free to join in and submit entries on Twitter. Any topic is fair game.

May 7

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Starting off with our latest investigation looking into how Mark Cuban got his revenge on DeFi with KlimaDAO.

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Will Putin declare some sort of victory over #Ukraine on Victory Day? Or will he plunge #Russia into war with the rest of the world? No one can know what Putin will do next, but I tried to think through some possibilities here in @TheAtlantic:https://t.co/KHg1Ec9nvC

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 3, 2022

Brace for impact.

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.@kendricklamar teams up with Converse for two new sneakers. (You'll have to wait a few more days for the album) https://t.co/BtjecRUw7B

— GQ Magazine (@GQMagazine) May 3, 2022

The album is coming, but first some sneakers.

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One subject that has been passionately debated among Wikipedia editors is whether Musk’s page should quote people who describe him as a “sociopath.” https://t.co/nWw3ayhvMQ

— Slate (@Slate) May 3, 2022

Some might say he is a sociopath.

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Everyone loves new retro-looking games, but if you really want to scratch that nostalgic itch, you need to revisit the classics. These are the retro gaming consoles worth your time. https://t.co/lOJ1tFjcpT

— WIRED (@WIRED) May 3, 2022

Trade out PS5 for one of those?

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Lille’s defence of the Ligue 1 title has gone from bad to worse to disastrous | By @ericdevin_ https://t.co/sc6lvZIWJp

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 3, 2022

That was quick.

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It's a war crime to target cultural heritage, but cultural sites are often treated as a second front: looted, damaged, or destroyed.

Vox Video interviewed three experts actively working to safeguard Ukraine’s artistic treasures. Watch: https://t.co/y3CqaUERTm

— Vox (@voxdotcom) May 3, 2022

Doing everything they can, then some more.

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One company, partially owned by the Putin regime, is responsible for mining 27% of the world's diamonds https://t.co/irjukNxLOX

— TIME (@TIME) May 3, 2022

Kremlin diamonds?

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2023 Porsche 911 Sport Classic – https://t.co/Gg9uoxSq5m pic.twitter.com/OnPHYaTLJO

— Cool Material (@coolmaterial) May 3, 2022

The new generation.

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Full interview with @BillGates: https://t.co/myt2tV5jkz

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) May 4, 2022

Bill has some ideas about preventing the next pandemic.

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"Moon Knight" was a risk for Oscar Isaac, even though his résumé includes some of the biggest fantasy franchises Hollywood has made, including "Star Wars" and "X-Men." He explained why, in the end, playing the film's title character felt right. https://t.co/5mtWVx3Qsv

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 5, 2022

Poor Oscar.

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“Elon Musk is now literally the king of Twitter, there is nothing stopping him from accessing your direct messages or handing them over to a government—perhaps one in a country where Tesla is trying to do business.” https://t.co/nncLaMyx5u

— WIRED (@WIRED) May 5, 2022

Interesting times ahead.

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