Schmaints are a generative series of ready-made symbols of resistance for the digital age. They were inspired by Christian Borys' Saint Javelin of Ukraine, which was itself inspired by Chris Shaw's Madonna Kalashnikov. Saint Javelin became a popular symbol of resistance to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in 2022, which led me to think about what such a symbol might look like for other countries. With my background as a generative art archivist and collector, I was quickly down the rabbit hole, designing traits and laying out a potential collection that would render the symbol as a universalized ready-made for every independent country. With the help of Chris Rocca on vector graphics and design and OmbraRD on development and deployment, we pretty quickly had the initial version of the collection ready to drop in 2023. On the advice of one of my partners I delayed the launch at that time, and life intervened to insure we wouldn't be able to launch before mid-2025. In June I minted all of the Schmaints to myself, and then departed for Peru where I ventured to Lake 69 and made an offering of gold and cocaine to Viracocha to end the curse on web3. In the weeks that followed sentiment completely shifted, ETH rocketed up 120%, and many millions of dollars worth of Punk sweeps occurred, suggesting that Viracocha is indeed the tutelary deity of web3, per my analysis. Now filled to the brim with sami (a Quechuan concept conveying positive sacred energy) I returned to Texas and began to hand-distribute Schmaints to those who had made a meaningful contribution to web3 over the years. Most have been artists, but the community now also includes many prominent collectors, builders, journalists, and entertainers. The response has been electric! Never in my time in web3 have I seen such a positive and energetic response to a drop, especially one whose price has been fairly stable. Having worked on them for so long, it's all been one of the most gratifying experiences of my life, and I'm eternally grateful to the wider digital art community for making this possible. Distribution continues, my goal being to send out all but my pfp, Saint Pistol of the Alamo; we're on course to end up with a virtually Sybil-proof unique wallet ratio well north of 80%. I really can't wait to see where things go from here. This is the most exciting work I've been a part of, and I love everything I've seen so far! Here's wishing the Schmaints all the sami in the world.

RT @SHL0MS: well, i must admit, i disapprove of your methods - but i also fucking hate the results

Y’all gotta stop falling for the ‘mysterious new rich collector who just happens to love the Cabal’s bags’ routine. The only correct response to any new anon loudly trying to ingratiate themselves to the space is suspicion bordering on paranoia. Stop giving Mister Gross and his accomplices your precious attention and validation.

If you’re a rich collector in web3, you really need to understand that the Cabal guys are only nice to you in the same way that a bartender is nice to big tippers. Everyone else hates them for a reason, and when this all eventually blows up in their faces no one is going to want to buy the bags they finessed you into.

And next nine on Rodeo Redux by @schmrypto & @flexasaurusrex are here! Works by @TEXADELIC_EXP @clokdhd @Oknozel @unsleeping_ik @web3vee_ aerox Orin Vale Urban Spacer @Mo3lik rodeoart.lol/grid/%40namrufr…

My night nine on Rodeo Redux by @schmrypto & @flexasaurusrex with works by @djkero @MediamappingT @namrufretep_art @beruangbesars RetroLab Ulyana GOV @unsleeping_ik rodeoart.lol/grid/%40namrufr…

Punk numbers make for terrible X handles. No one can remember them, and god help you if you ever sell. Just pick a word, any word; even a made up one would be better.

making mallary twinkle in blender: perspective view

Congratulations to @flexasaurusrex and @schmrypto on making Rodeo Redux accessible to everyone !! So happy to have started collecting! ❤️

i didn't know they could get that big we're so fucked dude

nfa or anything but after dedicating a screen and 100W of audio to mtv rewind by @flexasaurusrex my studio aura has improved 475%

Well this is a new one; it seems my main wallet has just been disappeared from @opensea. It doesn’t even show up in holders lists where I’m top holder, which makes me wonder how many other large holders of collections are being hidden from us. I’m sure all of these issues happening after speaking up against the crooks running the space is just an unfortunate coincidence, like that time that Nate accidentally frontran all of those collections then accidentally went to jail for a little while.

The first 15 REWIND founding spots and cast sticks have been claimed already in just 24 hours. Support a dino turned accidental ethnomusicologist and claim yours: buymeacoffee.com/flexasaurus…

woweeee over 20 minted so far

Schmickey Schmantle

gm gm channeling mallary in blender, being childish in resolve

I have been given an allocation of more than half of today’s FWA drop. Game recognize game, that’s a pretty funny maneuver on Perfect Angel Baby’s part; I can’t claim it without conflicting myself by interacting with his dirty little slot machine. Fortunately I’m not quite clueless enough to blunder into this one.

The Cabal casino now allows for permissionless creation of their scammy strategy tokens. In case anyone creates an unwanted one for one of your collections, remember that you could always allow the strategy contract to accumulate tokens, then rug only it by airdropping a V2 to everyone else and retaining the strategy contract’s allocation for community rewards.