DAMN, SON!
Reinventing how a thousand year old instrument is played!

Is there a difference between the original cyberpunks with a focus on self-determination, decentralization, democracy (eg maybe ETH) and the grifters writing big donation checks and then got invited to the White House…?

Happy Birthday, Tracy Chapman! 🎶
What's one of your favorite Tracy Chapman songs? 🎶
Born on March 30, 1964, in Cleveland, Tracy released her self-titled debut album in 1988 to international success. The album garnered her 6 Grammy nominations, three of which she won, including Best Female Pop 👇

Ok, going to be doing my duty 👍🏻

Brilliant daily updates and stories. Thx @kairyssdal.bsky.social and team. Even when the market is down and the wah wahs are playing again before the numbers.

Impressed. @mattmahansj.bsky.social On Sam Harris’ “Making Sense Podcast” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

really a surprise?

People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses" On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.

Make it stick.

@vitalik.ca

vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024...

"Embrace the chaos of markets and other fast-paced human activity. Tweak rules in such a way that the upsides get funneled into supporting public goods (including quality of the governance itself), and downsides get capped or even outright removed for the people who are not able to handle it."

The Seahawks Are Super Bowl Champs — But Their Owner Can’t Profit From The Big Win As executor of her late brother’s estate, Jody Allen led Seattle to its second title. NFL rules, however, may cut short the celebration by forcing the team to hit the market.

The Seahawks Are Super Bowl Champs — But Their Owner Can’t Profit From The Big Win

production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA

Shanaka Anslem Perera | Substack Writing about money, tech, AI, science, physics, politics & the messy world we live in. Bitcoin included. Just trying to understand reality a bit better. Click to read Shanaka Anslem Perera, a Substac...

Reading for the last months: Shanaka Anslem Perera provides detailed research for a variety of interesting topics around industries, finance and global situation. Recommend checking it out and staying up to date. Shanaka Anslem Perera shanakaanslemperera.substack.com?r=3asbi&utm_...

Gold is pricing in something the Fed won't say out loud You know something big is happening in the world when the price of gold is not only at record highs but is also on track to have its best yearly gains in 46 years.

You know something big is happening in the world when the price of gold is not only at record highs but is also on track to have its best yearly gains in 46 years.

The Cult of Costco Its consistency is its superpower.

“In a world where everything seems to be getting worse, Costco mostly stays the same—and that’s what keeps us going back,” Jake Lundberg writes in The Atlantic Daily about the profound competence of Costco:

The new “savings account”?

Thx

$AU

John Lennon’s son worries Gen Z is forgetting the Beatles, and the music that made his dad famous “I think the Beatles’ music, and John and Yoko’s legacy, is something important for the world to kind of cherish and be reminded of,” Sean Ono Lennon said.

It’s finally happening.

Not , yet. …..

@arcticbasecamp.org #Davos @axios.com

Also thanks to University of #Chicago

Climate Disinformation Podcast Episode · Shocked · 11/10/2025 · 37m

Insightful: Listening to podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... thx to @axios.com, Amy and Michael Greenstone. When in #Davos or #Seattle, I buy you a coffee.

RIP James Watson, co-discoverer of Rosalind Franklin's notes

Every day that goes by and Bitcoin hasn't collapsed due to legal or technical problems, that brings new information to the market. It increases the chance of Bitcoin's eventual success and justifies a higher price. ~ Hal Finney, Dec 5, 2010

#Bitcoin

Five rescaled maps of Minnesota on a Mercator projection map, covering 1) a large part of northern Greenland, 2) a large part of northern Scandinavia, 3) a part of central Europe, 4) a region of southern India, 5) a region of southeastern Australia.

A website that lets you select a country or state and move it around a Mercator projection map to yield better size comparisons.

thetruesize.com, created by James Talmage and Damon Maneice

Perspective.

Arches national park, a full moon shines through the opening of red rock like the iris of an eye.

Mother Earth is watching. Don't be complicit.