Here's why I voted against the most recent @ENS_DAO working group funding. (I've responded to people privately about this but sorry I hadn't said anything publicly yet, I've been busy with some other things.)
First, amounts. I think the ecosystem WG is asking for way too much money, they already have a lot of money, and I'm concerned ENS in general is spending tons of money without proportionate benefit.
These wg budgets plus the massive increase in the budget of the core team represents maybe a 5x increase from what we were spending not too long ago. Are things 5x better? Are we growing the ecosystem faster, spreading the word more effectively, and shipping more?
Virgil has been in solitary confinement for nearly 3 months. Not as a punishment but b/c it was the only place they had available beds in his prison π€¦ββοΈ.
He'll be moved to the general population once there's room, but it's unclear when that will be. 1/
He's of course alone all the time, only gets out of his cell an hour a day, highly limited on the things he can have in his cell or receive in the mail, e.g. he can't receive books in the mail (but can in the general prison population). He also says his food is not reliable.
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No one has been able to visit him so far.
A few ppl were set to try earlier this month (there's a process to even get permission to visit) but it was cancelled due to a covid shutdown.