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All easy ways to end things. I hope some if you will want to come with me. The caliber of the current project outshines anything I’ve done before.

Not just that. Magic is not a difficult or coveted resource. Instead, it’s completely intrinsic. In everything, all the time, constantly changing, as it recreates scenes as characters move through them.

@The Metabaron joined me back in the summer. He’s been working pretty hard on content, while I’m nailing the setting down.

I’m focusing on worldbuilding early, because I’ve done it before, alone and for others, I’ve been writing for 25+ years professionally, and because my goal is to publish MoonShadow in an open way, allowing writers, artists, musicians, directors, any creative to use it as their setting!! And, with their permission, events they depict will become part of the settings history. Forever. I’ve considered publishing some supplements like RPGs commonly have, as well, opening it into yet another direction of creatives.

Are you excited?? I hope so!! I’m pretty sure that is the best I’ve ever described the MoonShadow Project and its goals and purpose. The images below are my original work. From paper, through GIMP, and sometimes some Photoshop, or other, tools. When it’s an actual release of cannon content, the full tools used on each image will be listed. Check us out.

I think you’re going to like this…. 👊🏼 solidarity?

Paragraph has announced ‘Coins’ feature. You might remember this from Zora, who started doing this with NFTs a few months ago. It’s been a massive failure there, and everywhere else it’s been used.

Such as p00s, which is widely recognized as a high profile scam by all the users who put all of their faith into it.

Then, there’s Zurf. Zurf launched this exact same model sometime last year, followed by a Rug pull. One of 3 minimum the dev Daniel was responsible for last year. He’s a thief and a liar. No way around it.

Then there’s Lens. A year ago, Lens worked in perfect harmony with a dozen or more client apps. This year, Lens kicked all of the low budget developers from their system during migration to Lens Chain. In doing so, nothing that operates on that chain is now shifty as shit. Clients like Hey.xyz and orb.club still have worked out all the bugs, and instead of actually fixing the issues, they keep coming up with new ways to fleece each user.

I’m done. 1000%. I’ve lost no money at all in crypto this year, despite all of the best services clawing up my leg with new features that no one asked for, few people can understand, and even fewer can actually make a profit.

Peace assholes.

I’m done.

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• AKA @exoteric on most social sites.

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I give up. I’ve spent countless hours defending Lens, and nothing has been done to actually reproduce the simplistic and easy life that they once had on Polygon before they got heads bigger than their ability to actually accomplish anything. The following image is what Zora looks like when I open the wallet. It’s absolute nonsense and despite what it says about the values of my holdings since none of it can actually be converted to cash most won’t even trade for other tokens. This is paragraph’s future

Let’s try this out, peeps!!

I don’t take feedback, unless I ask for it specifically. I often ask for it. If you’ve got something to say about my work, hold that thought until I post again looking for feedback. Simple comments are always welcome, as long as we are not talking about my process or what I decide to publish.

That said, please leave comments and/or feedback in the comments. No feedback is acknowledged over social media.

Point:

I publish what I want to publish. I don’t go with fads or popularity contests. I don’t expect things I publish to be seen or read. I publish them because I like them, and I think it’s worth public exposure. I don’t want to hear what you think I should publish.

I will, quite often, ask for feedback. In such situations, I generally specify exactly what I’m looking for opinions on. Some things are simply complete. If something is complete, no amount of pretentious commentary will make me go back and edit it. If you find an actual issue with something like my grammar, I will thank you for bringing my attention to it, and I will fix it.

This post is very concise; to the point, as it were. That’s because it’s a simple issue that shouldn’t be hard to grasp.

I’m asking one thing from my readers, friends, and fans. That was it.

Thank you,

Jack Lhasa

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Agile Tortoise’s Terminology Dictionaryapp for iOS and iPadOS is by far the best dictionary app available. Before I learned of this app, I used Dictionary.com’s iOS app as my main source for definitions. This app blows dictionary.com out of the water.

It is a searchable dictionary, that allows users to bookmark words, leave notes on an entry, play audio of the pronunciation, links directly to Google and Wikipedia, and has a word of the day. All completely free.

Dictionary.com is a free to use app as well, but its features are extremely limited without a few purchases at $2.99 each. Dictionary.com does include a Thesaurus, so it is still worth using. This was my go-to app before Terminology was released.

Here are App Store links to both apps.

Terminology iOS

Dictionary.com for iOS

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Qualified applicants should have an eye for art, be able to follow basic instructions, have an interest in the fantasy genre, and be available for discussion 1-2 times per week, depending on length of discussion and scheduling.

In other news, I’ve posted my first animation on Rodeo for minting. The series of art and story, Only Shadow has come to an end. I am in the process of arranging all of the art and fiction into a book format. The book will include many animations never before seen. I’ll be posting some of these animation for mint.

The first animation can be collected here:

https://rodeo.club/post/0xf3D6fA558e52ff73DCDb8FC54c49433e53b46417/11

Those interested in joining my focus group can contact me directly, or fill out the form below.

Thanks!

Jack Lhasa

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Farcaster: @jacklhasa

I’ve just discovered an NFT marketplace that blows all of the others I’ve used completely out of the water.

If you look at the NFTs I have created, and you see something with multiple copies, that means they are available. If you’d like any of these, let me know. I promise that they will all be reasonably priced.

Surreal

Handles my thousands of NFTs without a single issue. Makes creating new NFTs so simple, anyone can do it!

An Oddity (Surreal NFT)

An AI rendition of my friend Akela.

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More to come, but I don’t have too many that aren’t already archived here.

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A ConWorld is the result of worldbuilding. This term is a bit dated. Its use is rather rare now. ‘ConWorld’ is short for Constructed World.

Personally, most of my worldbuilding begins with a short piece of fiction. I get the idea in my head, I write it out, and if it’s something I find really compelling, or something I can see myself continuing beyond the one story, that’s when I start to set up my new ConWorld.

Important Elements in Worldbuilding:

• Geography

• Cities

• Countries

• Cultures

• Societies

• Governments

• Factions

• Historical events

• Timelines

• Systems (Magic, technology, government, commerce, etc)

• Religions and Belief Systems

• Prominent Figures (influential characters)

That’s just to name a few of the elements involved. I’ll be posting thoughts and tips for writers who are interested in creating their own ConWorlds on a fairly regular basis.

This is an area of English composition in which I have considerable experience and knowledge.

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First published in digital format in 2025.

Part of the Exoteric Project, copyright 2022-2025

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Tramadol is the least effective prescription-only pain medications.

It's also the least likely to be abused, because its pleasurable effects are only achieved at a dose that is dangerously close to causing Serotonin Syndrome. This is extremely important if you also take antidepressants.

While I recognize the "Opioid Epidemic" as real, it should be relabeled. The Fentanyl Epidemic would be more precise.

Unfortunately, law makers are idiots. The first steps taken were to impose stronger regulations to prescription opiates that are very common and have a very low addiction rate.

This includes Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, dihydrocodeine, codeine, meperdine, and several others.

By forcing doctors to limit their prescriptions for these medications became scarce.

So, very suddenly, someone with a manageable addiction to a chemical that has a very low chance of side effects, was cut off from their source. And in the pains of withdrawal, no longer under the supervision of a doctor, they have to turn to the local dealer.

Now, with no way, legal or illegal, to get their medication, the drug dealer on the corner offers to ease the pains of withdrawal with a needle and some heroin and/or fentanyl. Addiction is now intense, and occurs within a couple of days.

In an incredibly short time, a person is forced into dangerous IV drug use. All thanks to the US government. Someone with a manageable addiction(Which is also far safer to detox), becomes a junkie for the really dangerous stuff. Thank the DEA and FDA for managing things so poorly that a person with a solvable problem turns into a full blown junkie.

This is just the latest attempt for the US Government to try to convince tax payers and voters that there exists a 'War on Drugs.' This so-called war is the longest in US History. It has failed, on every front, in every way, every day since its original inception.

Why will my opinion and insight continue to be ignored? Because the 'War of Drugs' brings in more money for the agencies executing it than any other source.

This war has been waged by police departments, sheriffs, the DEA, the FDA, and others, and it is making them all more money than you can imagine.

If a search warrant is issued for your home, and they find the smallest piece of illegal drugs, they can seize anything you own claiming it was paid for by the profits from selling drugs. Even if the charges are dropped, or you are found innocent at trial, you never get your stuff back. EVER.

This war that we've never even experienced any sort of victory in, is promoted by the use of propaganda. Propaganda taught in schools, on TV, the radio, and physical posters everywhere, don't help anything at all, and they are lies.

"Marijuana is a gateway drug"
FALSE. Alcohol is far more likely to act as a gateway to hard drugs.

"Marijuana kill brain cells."
FALSE. Proven false by countless scientific studies.

WHO was ready to publish the results of a test that proved cocaine was healthy, if used every six months, for a day or two, at most. This whole study was buried because the US government threatened to withhold funding. The documents were leaked several years later.

In summary, fuck the government. They are always abusing you. It has nothing to do with political alignment. Governments feed on their citizens poverty. Poverty means less education & less healthy foods, while making sure the individuals in poverty never have access to the tools to change it.

Support sensible and appropriate drug laws.

Ask yourself if the punishment is equal to the crime. Most people imprisoned under drug charges have never hurt anyone. The only reason they are there is because they were unlucky enough to get pulled over.

In 2002, I was pulled over by a county deputy. He claimed I crossed the line, drifting into the other lane. He asked to search my car. I said yes, because saying No means they can say that they saw drugs inside the car. They always get their search. The deputy found a glass pipe(Which, full honesty, I thought I'd lost months prior), and then they found a film container with seeds and stems in it. I'm not saying it was planted, but to this day, I have no clue whose film canister that was.

In many places, cannabis seeds and stems are perfectly legal because they contain no THC. There was less than 1gram of seeds and stems in the container.

My sentence was 24 hours in lock up, a $1000 fine, a year's probation, and 10 weeks in rehab. If you've never been on probation, let me explain it a bit. Once a month for the time you are required, you go into a very small office and hand them a check(Yes, even more money, roughly another $1000 in total), and walk back out.

Does anyone think that was a punishment equal to the crime??

Legalize Cannabis!

Support the complete and total rewriting of drug laws.

RANT MODE: OFF

• Jack Lhasa

• "No one sells drugs. Drugs sell themselves”

If you’d like things to change, but don’t know where you could help, check out NORML.

Day One is the focus of today's app spotlight. It isn't the best for long form writing, or any kind of publishing, but it makes an excellent private journal.

With Daily Prompts, the ability to post images, videos, and audio, Day One is an incredibly robust application. Personally, I use it for a pic-a-day and shorter journaling exercises. I write across dozens of genres, so I have a lot of apps for writing. This is where my private thoughts go.

Day One is available for free, but if you can afford the $35/yearly, it's worth it too.

I’ve been using it for 5 years now. I’ve paid for the premium for 2 of those years. Premium is certainly the way to go, but it’s not necessarily the best choice for everyone. The way I post my entries in it doesn’t really require the premium features. In the past I’ve paid just to support the dev team, because they are great, and constantly updating.

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• Be where your feet are.

Published to Exoteric.live on April 04, 2025

Archived on Paragraph.com shortly after.

I like it a lot, but not enough to include it unchanged in the Moonshadow canon material.

It’s on the Uncut.Network, which is filled with incredible artists. The community is actually the main reason I post there. Everyone is very cool and also very insightful.

• Jack

• ”Love is not a victory march.”

Writerly assumes you are new to writing, but there is something here for everyone. There are definitely some concepts that are new to me, and writing is kinda my whole life. Writerly is also great as a refresher. 

Creative writing can be beneficial in many ways. First off, it’s an emotional outlet. Writing can help you take control of your emotional situations. Writing fiction is enjoyable, and it provides a source of entertainment and learning for others(hopefully).  

Writing poetry can be very tough, or very smooth.  Sometimes in poetry, the beauty is in what was not said. Also, exercising your creativity within the constraints of many poetry disciplines means there is always room to grow. 

Writerly is like a full college textbook, focusing entirely on what you can do to learn to write, or leveling up your current writing techniques. 

A quick rundown of the features:

• Available on iOS, iPadOS, and MacOS

• great ways to build writing habits and overcome writers’ block

• a full suite of generators for mood, characters, appearance, Journeys and more.

• Timer & progress tracker for writing exercises

• Widgets!

• Fully adjustable fonts

• Fully encrypted, truly private

• regular updates

• Paid options aren’t subscriptions, they are one time purchases.

• Linear progress for beginners, mix-n-match options for experienced writers.

This app sold me on its upgrades while I was still going through the free content. I’m loathe to spend money on most things, because I generally don’t like have it, but this tool was worth it.

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• https://exoteric.live

There is something
that exists out there,
beyond our human brains.
It reaches out.
It calls to us.
We yearn for it.
That connection
That makes us sane.
It has no need for a name.

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• Original poetry

• “Say my name.”

Beyond the Meat Space - Exoteric

This is the first piece of verse I've written in years. It's not incredible, and it's a first draft. Turtles All the Way Down There is somethingthat exists out there,beyond our human brains.It reaches out.It calls to us.We yearn for it.That connectionThat makes us sane.It has no need for a name.

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The directory is far from expansive. It feels like something that could be updated with a simple RSS feed, to create a robust reference library. Also, the most common AI model that the prompts come for is MidJourney. Personally, I was bored with MidJourney after about a week’s use.

In my opinion, MidJourney and Dall-E are overused and they underperform. Similar to the OpenAI products GPT & Stable Diffusion, the models are very popular, but in reality, they are the low end of machine learning.

The prompts the app uses are extremely basic. This app might be good for someone new to AI image generation/editing, but experienced users are unlikely to find much of use.

The developers’ website was down at the time of this writing.

All-in-all, I don’t recommend this app. It might be worth looking through, but its usefulness will run thin quite quickly.

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on Moonshadow

I’m currently keeping activity to worldbuilding, style, characters, places, and stories. It’s my favorite part really. I feel a large pull from this project that keeps me coming back. I add to it every day. I also cut stuff from it daily. I’ll be at this til around midsummer, I’m thinking.

I’ve been working on it since the start of December. Three full months. At lot of which were spent on getting and keeping my self inspired. Now, I’m forming these early ideas into bigger finished concepts.

I’m releasing some of my early designs(that I won’t be using in Moonshadow itself) as NFTs on Rodeo, Surreal, and Uncut. I’m looking into how to release the writing. Threre are a couple of good services out there that make NFTs that are entire books. That’s tempting. It’s also tempting to publish to my paragraph, and push for people to mint entries that are canonically relevant to a final novel or novella.

It’s an odd idea to wrap up, as I come to the end of the encapsulated setting. Could a novel succeed as blog posts that are minted? Each a page, or chapter. Hmm….

• JL

• Cross posted in Exoteric.live

A ConWorld is the result of worldbuilding. This term is a bit dated. Its use is rather rare now. ‘ConWorld’ is short for Constructed World.

Personally, most of my worldbuilding begins with a short piece of fiction. I get the idea in my head, I write it out, and if it’s something I find really compelling, or something I can see myself continuing beyond the one story, that’s when I start to set up my new ConWorld.

Important Elements in Worldbuilding:

• Geography

• Cities

• Countries

• Cultures

• Societies

• Governments

• Factions

• Historical events

• Timelines

• Systems (Magic, technology, government, commerce, etc)

• Religions and Belief Systems

• Prominent Figures (influential characters)

That’s just to name a few of the elements involved. I’ll be posting thoughts and tips for writers who are interested in creating their own ConWorlds on a fairly regular basis.

This is an area of English composition in which I have considerable experience and knowledge.

• Jack Lhasa

All contents are copyright Jack Lhasa, 1996-2025, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

First published in digital format in 2025.

Part of the Exoteric Project, copyright 2022-2025

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General Updates - Exoteric

PenX Testing So, I am working with the PenX development team in testing features, finding errors, and moderating the Farcaster channel. Since the project is early in development, the Channel isn't super active right now. If you use PenX, please join the channel or join the Discord server.

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See the original post by the box above.

So, I am working with the PenX development team in testing features, finding errors, and moderating the Farcaster channel. Since the project is early in development, the Channel isn’t super active right now. If you use PenX, please join the channel or join the Discord server.

Tomorrow, on Sunday, January 12, 2025, will mark the first meeting of the January Workshop, Moonshadow, at 4pm EDT. The group for this workshop is small by intention. With a total of six people, across 4 different time zones. It’s the first workshop I’ve ran in a couple of years, so finding my groove, and keeping the group productive are the main goals. We’ll be going over worldbuilding material for my next story setting, Moonshadow, as well as to offer the participants a bit of an introduction to the concept and practice of worldbuilding in general. I’m pretty stressed out at the moment, but I am extremely excited to see what we can accomplish with this group. If you’re a member of this workshop, LFG!!!!

Perhaps the most frustrating of all is the fact that there is absolutely nothing I can do with my computer or phone that is productive, and not a complete 10-year war. Absolutely nothing works in the way that it should(i.e. the way it says very clearly). So, any time I even touch my desktop, or try to do productive things with my iPhone or iPad, what should be a 5min, in and out check, turns into 4 hours of me shouting “WHY WON’T YOU JUST FUCKING WORK!” And I am just so over it. Any task. ANY task at all is a battle. 99% of the time, I have no clue why this is the case, because I am literally doing things exactly as they are supposed to be done(according to apps, their guides, and often their support teams). It just doesn’t seem to matter. All that matters is that I can’t ever accomplish anything unless I can commit a full day to just get a single microblog post to work. It’s ridiculous, and I know when you are reading this, your first thoughts will be “oh, he’s exaggerating” or “He just doesn’t know what he’s doing.” Yet, this is absolutely not the case. Not ever. A great majority of these frustrating and ludacris events are things that I have literally been doing for decades.

As I hope you can image, my mental status is not great. The problems I mention above are constant. Absolutely any time I try to get something accomplished, I either get so upset that I just give up, or spend most of the day to accomplish 15min tasks. THis drives my depression to be much more constant. Anxiety, often in the form of aggravation, is truly constant. I have no income at all. I used to make a very small amount through a variety of freelance tasks and projects, but that has become $0 because I can’t actually get anything done at all. Even this exceptionally basic WordPress entry has been so frustrating that I’m about to get in bed and take Benadryl until I have no choice but to sleep. I have several ways to offer my writing and art in a way to make money. I’m starting up workshops, which I haven’t done in around 2 years, but trying to get the material together is a complete fiasco. A great many things that I usually do for profit require a small initial fee, which I can no longer pay.

If you’d like to help out, I’d really appreciate it. Crypto users can send ETH or USDC, preferably on the Base chain to jlhasa.eth. My PayPal is @jacklhasa. I could SERIOUSLY use any pennies you could spare. I am not okay. Nothing is okay. I’ve only rarely been so despondent, at any point in my life PLEASE help if you can. I can also be reached via the images below.