Reading history in general but especially about WWII, because it's recent, makes the current world very bizarre.

Here’s the Turpentine 1pager master plan—sharing here before sharing on X because this community is better : https://www.notion.so/Turpentine-1-pager-final-524e460771354cb7a84328939c5d9cf1

Open to any feedback or questions. AMA.

people don't really want to learn something from the person, they just want the episode, they don't read the original material, think hard about the topic, etc. also like weinstein puts it with his episode with Thiel, all interviews with him are stuck on the first question, no one asks two questions down the road.

Peter Thiel's insight on how LLMs will change society is very interesting!

Many Twitters now with 100k-10M users.

Threads, Mastodon, Bluesky on the left.
Gab, Parler, Truth Social on the right.
Nostr is Maximalist Twitter.
Lens is also crypto Twitter.

Probably many more I’m missing.

It’s a testament to how well-designed the original Twitter was. And how much people wanted alternatives.

I think these clusters are a proof of Farcaster's thesis for channels and for the future, channel-first clients. One network that can cluster will be much more valuable and have a higher chance of surviving than the small clusters.

Not all tyranny comes from one man, the United States for the last few decades has been living in a social tyranny guided by modernity.

airchat seems cool but it just feels very on, using it feels like walking in a very busy mall.

Tucker 2028
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ThIfbGXWTxBITTsj18aBw

i listened to this hundreds of times and have no idea what he's saying...at some point i was like, i don't want to ruin the song.

i listened to this hundreds of times and have no idea what he's saying...at some point i was like, i don't want to ruin the song.
https://open.spotify.com/track/34dx8DACTJsc3rsJdaEIQw

making /obsidian • writing stephango.com

possibly the greatest thing that will ever be sold in a groceries store

is there a way to have an obsidian folder synced to a website?

Blueprint would probably need to sell Ozempic or some derivative of it to work at scale.

Some good discussion so far in the new Geolocation proposal. If you're interested in location-based clients or other features enabled by geo data your input would be greatly valued!

Some good discussion so far in the new Geolocation proposal. If you're interested in location-based clients or other features enabled by geo data your input would be greatly valued!
https://github.com/farcasterxyz/protocol/discussions/165

Shawki Sukkar

@shawki