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*posts sign on lawn*

What have I missed? Did something happen?

Hell yeah

This is it. This app is generally available now. This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for.

Saying you’re impressed by a decentralized app because it “reliably doesn’t break” is like saying you’re impressed by a plant-based meat because it doesn’t make you vomit.🤮 “Not breaking” is table stakes, especially when well-established competitors like Google Docs and Notion exist. Most people won’t use a half-broken Google Docs just because it’s decentralized. And we shouldn’t encourage people in general to use such software until it’s better than Google Docs. We should not be enthusiastic about products simply because they are decentralized. We should be excited about them because they are excellent. Mediocrity is the enemy of decentralization.

You, opening your Farcaster feed:

なんかヤバいとこ来ちゃった

Farcaster: Tell us your unpopular opinion!!!!! Clay Higgins: hold my beer

May I coin you?

This post will go viral.

Sold all my crypto except for Bitcoin. AMA

Dance like there’s nobody watching. Love like you’ll never be hurt. Post like nobody follows you. Long like you’ve never lost money. Become ungovernable

I will not comment on the NYC mayoral election because I do not live in NYC, I believe in self-sovereignty at all levels of government, and I have no wish to exert what would be seen as malign Massholian influence on transmunicipal politics. Good luck to all NYers today!

Who’s watched the Chainsaw Man movie?

Memorializing the fact that trading Bitcoin used to be cool and transgressive. The ticker is $MANBUN

The way you know we’re still very early is that we still discuss crypto class/year like it’s a thing - because it is. Can you imagine doing that with finance / tech? “Been here since the Panic of 1907” “Joined Xerox Parc in 1972” We are legitimately still early.

Coinbase Developer Platform’s Embedded Wallets are now Generally Available. Now you can integrate Coinbase’s trusted infra into your app and enable self-custody wallets in seconds with email, SMS, or social login. Scalable. Seamless. Secure. A new era of consumer crypto is here.

We are living in an absolute golden age of anime. Demon Slayer movie. Chainsaw Man Reze Arc. Dandadan Season 2. It’s never been better.

It’s certainly possible that we’ve seen the local top. But “this cycle is different”, unironically. Every institution is integrating crypto for payments and trading. It’s not exploratory; it’s happening. This would imply a long-term secular uptrend: a supercycle, if you will.

A common misconception about classical music performance is that it is a creative art. In fact, it is the opposite, more akin to athletic competition where the standards against which individuals are judged is highly objective. Rhythm, intonation, and above all, the faithful reproduction of the composer's intent, are the parameters under consideration. The notion of "expressivity" in classical music derives from a miniscule range of dimensions deemed acceptable by its participants, which are entirely inaudible to modern ears. A slight rubato here, more vibrato there, it's all irrelevant to the listener whose TikTok playlist flits between violently contrasting genres on a 10-second basis. This is why I hesitate to mention that I am a musician when I say that I am a conductor. To the extent that to be a musician is to be creative, conducting is not at all musical; it is far more scientific and managerial.