Breaking news: PepsiCo is set to acquire Poppi, the prebiotic soda brand, for almost $2 billion as they expand into the healthier soda scene. With Gen Z keen on gut health, Poppi’s ACV-infused, low-sugar drinks have become a major hit, now shining in PepsiCo’s collection.

Take a look at this visual that lists the world's happiest countries from 2019 to 2024, straight from the World Happiness Report findings.

Totally agree, climate activism is bankrolled by taxpayer money. Canada’s economy feels like it's on life support.

Breathing in Mumbai feels like inhaling chai steam these days. Even Vir Das would ask, when did fresh air turn into a luxury item?

Don't meet your heroes. Everyone's an idiot.

why is it always choo choo mf and never lets go girls

🇧🇷🇺🇸-  Book: Making Things Think: https://holloway.com/mtt. Investor in Wander, Carry, Footprint, Merkle Manufactory (Farcaster), Dynamic, Paragraph.

The irony is “The iPhone of AI” is not going to look like an iPhone of AI

Anecdotally, using cursor has been an insane unlock (shout out to my claude boys)

But think it most benefits those who understand semantics but not syntax. Ie. technical folks without SME in languages / frameworks 

If you’re a total newbie though, AI gives you a crazy foot gun (for now, I expect it will get even better)

the people who are saying ai can basically replace software engineers:

1. people who aren’t software engineers 
2. software engineers who have only worked on trivial problems
3. charlatans and attention-mongers 

it’s the self-driving car in about 2010.

best purchase of the last two years so far has been a studio display

this thing is pretty and easier on my eyes 

I'm so cucked by apple

Being bored is a luxury, in this day and age

Being boring in this day and age -- is not a luxury

brypto

Frictionless capital formation without fundamentals devolves into nihilism

We can’t rely anymore on friction acting as a gatekeeper

So we need some other way to parse signal (might it involve an open social graph?)

Hopefully everyone learned a lesson from the painful days we’ve had the last few weeks. 

I did…

I learned to believe in nothing on Solana.

Beyond the insane over reactions to micro movements on majors, the community is EXTREMELY cannibalistic. People simply don’t want others…

bizzy

Frictionless capital formation without fundamentals devolves into nihilism

We can’t rely anymore on friction acting as a gatekeeper

So we need some other way to parse signal (might it involve an open social graph?)

https://x.com/0xbizzy/status/1884712491285938557?s=46

For those who code, how long did it take before it started to find its way your dreams?

When I was younger - I read about how a bunch of programmers started google, you know the search engine. and then one night I went to sleep, and I dreamed about using Google. 

I realized, you can make “things” that infiltrated and shaped peoples dreams. Honestly, probably this has continued to be a reason why I create

Announcing the Warpcast Q4 Retro grant winners! 

Over 50 teams received grants for building on top of Farcaster. If you received a grant, please reply to this cast with a Github profile that is eligible to accept donations. 

The full list is here: https://warpcast.notion.site/Warpcast-Q4-2024-Grants-1826a6c0c10180149388f060f2f05388?pvs=74

Huge thanks Warpcast team for the retro grant to Bountycaster. $10k is a meaningful amount to us as a bootstrapped team and helps pay our expenses 🙏

Base

incredible work onboarding folks on the street

I'm sending @afrochicksnft $100 USDC and @base is granting her 1 ETH

Toward peace, markets, and Bitcoin. Founder of ShapeShift. 

Need to get @erikvoorhees back on here to chat about Venice AI and $VVV

a chain where 100% of the native/gas token gets issued to apps building on the chain, with issuance halvening every 4 years

Passionate about blockchain technology and digital currencies. Sharing insights, news, and the latest trends in the world of cryptocurrency.

Wanderer

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