Nicholas Lepley

sincere but never serious

[Nicholas Lepley @lepoIas]

@Aella_Girl Should my identical twin have to get my consent before having children?

[Nicholas Lepley @lepoIas]

@Aella_Girl I don't feel an instinctive sense of ownership over my genes. I certainly didn't do anything to earn them.

I have non-zero concern about the potential loss of genetic diversity, but historically we've eliminated lots of male lineages before.

[Nicholas Lepley @lepoIas]

OpenSea analytics page is pretty high quality. A number of NFT data start-ups we've seen pop up are going to struggle since they built a feature, not a product.

[Nicholas Lepley @lepoIas]

Honestly, the arguments around the case are fascinating, and the interstate commerce clause being weaponized as part of the culture war has always been a reliable source of minor constitutional crises. NBC coverage is pretty decent:
https://t.co/L1GMOFl0Ui

[Nicholas Lepley @lepoIas]

How it started:
Californians vote that pigs should get bigger pig pens.
How it's going:
DOJ admitting their argument implies support for slavery.

[Lewis Bollard @Lewis_Bollard]

Justice asks if, during slavery, a free state would have been barred from stopping the sale of goods produced by slaves...

DOJ (representing the US government): "the logic of our position would say yes"

[Nicholas Lepley @lepoIas]

@masonnystrom @starwars @Pokemon @OnePieceAnime This thesis has interesting implications. Most of the big franchises are focused on appealing to children, while most PFP collections aren't. Monetization via merch is much more viable for "cute" collections than stuff like Mutant Apes.