Way back when everyone wanted to buy development land, my friend Jeremiah Shamess of Colliers used to always tell me that the only way to do this was to either (1) pay the most or (2) believe in something that others don’t. This — making non-consensus bets — is something I like to talk about a lot on this blog, but what did that mean back then? Well, when sites were seeing dozens of offers and the market was hyper-competitive, you really had to work to find any sort of overlooked value. Maybe...

Two important studies dropped four days ago. On the same day. Anthropic analyzed 100,000 real conversations with Claude and found that AI cuts task time by 80%. Tasks that would take 90 minutes without AI? Done in 18 minutes with it. McKinsey mapped skills across 800 occupations and reached a starker conclusion: 57% of all US work hours can be automated with technology that exists right now. Not in five years. Not "when the models get better." Today. The numbers are extraordinary. If this sca...

I got a Seeker phone and set it up yesterday. My son showed me his a month or so ago and I immediately wanted one of my own. The Seeker phone is an Android phone, very similar to my Pixel 9 Pro in most respects, but also has a Solana hardware wallet and Solana dApp store on it.I moved my Helium Mobile phone number from a second SIM on my Pixel to be the primary phone number on the Seeker. I got the Helium Mobile app from the dApp store on the Seeker phone. I like the idea of a crypto native p...

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BizarreBeasts ($BB) is running at full power on ProductClank, the leading platform for project discovery and community validation on Farcaster. Our strategy is simple: launch high-value campaigns to drive BIZARRE growth and directly reward our supporters.Lior (@lior) cast on Farcaster@bizarrebeast is probably one of the earliest to believe in ProductClank and use it to grow their own community of believers, which in turn resulted iFarcasterBecause of our success, the BizarreBeasts community i...

The decentralized Web3 economy, propelled by platforms like Base and Farcaster, has made earning digital assets like USDC commonplace for creators. Yet, for users in markets like Africa, the promise of onchain earnings was often betrayed by the reality of off-ramping friction. The journey of Minisend began with the personal struggle of its founder, Chris, an experienced software developer, Web3 consultant, Base East Africa Ambassador and Devrel. Despite successfully earning USDC tips and rewa...

Upbit’s parent company was bought for $10B—then the exchange lost $30M hours later. The chaos behind Korea’s wildest crypto day is all here.

Yo! I've been working on a platform called fivestar, an NFT rating platform focused on art and good taste. Rate things, engage in the ratings of others, and discover great art. In an effort to make things about the art again, fivestar was born. Check it out at http://five---star.com Here's a video of me talking about it I run through the site and its features here. Hope to see you there!

Should Trump be the Disclosure president? Trump’s administration, at least in part, appears to be operating outside of Deep State, Legacy Program, and Globalist-Internationalist interests: If global collaboration under alien influence and intervention means that the ET reality continues to be hidden from humanity, then might an increasingly fractured and multipolar world actually bring about Disclosure?¹ Despite domestic bipartisan support, these are some of the considerations that Dan Farah’...

Woltemessi?Every once in a while, a new player gets compared to Messi. If you've been around long enough, you know the drill. It's usually a bright young wonder kid, a good dribbler, great in tight spaces, and can play multiple positions across the forward. After a few good games, people start throwing terms like "Messi-esque" around when describing them. This year, Newcastle signed 23-year-old Nick Woltemade from VFB Stuttgart, and I noticed fans of the German club referring to him as "Wolte...

Earlier this year, I wrote Copper and Tin, a reflection of the vibe shift from 2024. The conditions have never been better for bleeding edge software like the World Computer and AI, but societal conditions continue to fray. In crypto, 2025 has so far been a continuation of infrastructural victories, starting with the Pectra upgrade, including the lifting of sanctions on the Tornado Cash, and extending to the imminent Fusaka upgrade. There was also a global realization of a common bottleneck t...

If Base launches a token, how big could it really be?Over the last year, Base has gone from “just another new L2” to one of the most active chains in the Ethereum ecosystem. DeFi, NFTs, gaming, SocialFi, memecoins – all of that is already happening on Base. But the question that really keeps coming back is:“If Base launches its own token… how big could that be?”Some traditional finance analysts have already floated estimates in the tens of billions of dollars in potential market value if a Ba...

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Reflections - Finding the uniqueness in our product market fit has been fraught with so much uncertainty and pivots it’s hard to keep count. But that’s what building a start up is all about. You have an idea, a vision and determination to see it through, which more often than not, means changing direction when and where it’s needed. We started Hangry Animals with a grand vision of an animated series, toys, games, comics and a want to share the joy of creating something with a community who care

The Power of a Positive Attitude: Why It Matters for Caregivers of Autistic and Special Needs Individuals Caring for a neurodivergent loved one is one of the most demanding, emotionally layered, and deeply human roles anyone can take on. It requires energy, patience, flexibility, and a level of emotional presence that many people never fully understand. But at the center of it all is something that shapes every moment, every decision, and every outcome: attitude. A positive mindset isn’t abou...