This map, showing the right-of-way widths of Toronto's major streets, is one of my favorite maps. It tells you so much about the scale of the city. Even if you were entirely unfamiliar with Toronto, you could look at this map and gather from the width and spacing of its major arteries that the orange streets (20 meters) represent the oldest parts of Toronto and that the red streets (36 meters) represent the newer and more suburban parts of the city. It's also interesting to think about this m...

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The widespread use of digital technologies has given law enforcement brand new opportunities to use sophisticated tools for detecting crimes. That said, simply because technology has opened up new pathways for investigation does not mean that we should use them in ways that violate personal privacy.

In a devastating turn of events, several provinces across Sumatra, Padang, Medan and Aceh Indonesia, are grappling with the aftermath of severe flash floods and exceptionally high rainfall over the past few days. The natural disaster has led to a significant loss of life, widespread displacement, and extensive infrastructure damage. Rising Toll and Current Casualties The latest reports from disaster mitigation agencies indicate a grim and rising toll. As of the time of this report, the confir...

Week 49 was relatively quiet with just Deepseek-3.2 being the big model announcement. Rumors are strong that Week 50 might have GPT-5.2 from OpenAI and Grok-4.20 from xAI released Below is my personal website which aggregates links to many of my socials as well as content and community that I curate. Feel free to share this link to others who you think may find this content/community useful to themgoolamabbas | Instagram, TikTok | LinktreeChief Knowledge Officer @ Animoca Brands. Also assists...

On December 3, 2025, the Ethereum network activated the Fusaka Upgrade, a structural hard fork that analysts widely regard as the network's most consequential scaling enhancement since the introduction of blobs in Dencun. Named for the coordinated Fulu (Consensus Layer) and Osaka (Execution Layer), it fundamentally rewrites the data availability logic, directly empowering Layer 2 (L2) rollups and paving the road for the next phase of mass adoption. The upgrade’s impact is designed to be felt ...

This week I’m focusing on the reward function, and figuring out the best way AI can optimize for it.

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I didn't learn much in business school. For me, it was a way to move from being an engineer to an investor. And as such, it was super valuable. As an education, not so much. It did lead to MBA Mondays, which was a ton of fun to write. But I digress. There are a few occasions in business school that were "aha moments" for me. One was in a class called "Speculative Markets." The professor explained that speculating and hedging were two sides of a trade. And that there would not be hedging witho...

The ENB x MintClub staking collaboration kicked off with an exciting APY of over 300%, and as expected, the community showed up fast. With 128 stakers already in Pool 1, the APY has now stabilized around 46.3%, and that’s still a strong return for a short staking window. Why?, Because this staking event isn’t about unrealistic, temporary yields. It’s about sustainable rewards powered by real participation, real demand, and two active ecosystems working together. Here’s what the earning potent...

BASE and SOLANA are now connected through a CCIP-secured bridge. Native assets and unified liquidity unlocked.🚀 👨‍🚀

GM friends! Top Stories 👩‍💻Our highlighted updates from everything related to Giveth.🌊 Giveth is back for Superfluid Season 4! 1.226M SUP is being streamed to any donor sets a $20+/mo recurring donation to aGIVbacks-eligible projects - that’s over $28,000 in donor rewards! And this season we’re adding even more Superfluid-aligned public goods. If your project is part of the Superfluid ecosystem, apply here for priority GIVbacks review. 🚀 GIVbacks Round 103 is live! Donate $5 or more to ve...

Launched on December 4, 2025, the Base-Solana Bridge is a critical step toward a unified onchain economy, directly linking the Coinbase-backed EVM ecosystem with the high-throughput Solana network. This breakthrough is secured by Chainlink's CCIP and Coinbase's joint validation, shattering the traditional barriers between their architectures. The integration enables Base developers to natively support Solana assets ( SOL) in their applications, unifies liquidity across both massive ecosystems...

🚨 Base has launched its Solana bridge on mainnet - secured by Chainlink CCIP and Coinbase - unlocking seamless cross-chain asset trading and liquidity flow between the two networks.

The next step for reducing the withdrawal window for optimistic rollups is to agree on a reasonable defender advantage to require.

Today’s WatchTower Space gave us a chance to introduce the broader community to what we’re building, and it ended up being one of the clearest conversations yet. The hosts recently joined the orbit, but they’ve already shown genuine interest — asking strong questions, wanting to understand the architecture, and opening their platform so we could walk through the bigger picture. That curiosity matters. It’s how ecosystems grow. During the conversation, I distilled the three core pillars that d...