is your social media content signal or is it noise

conspiracy theories are brain rot change my mind

take time off social media during the holidays thank me later

likes and comments are vanity metrics always have been what matters the most is the positive impact your content makes on other people’s lives

the moment you stop yapping for engagement and start writing about the things you care about is the moment you attract real attention

gotta up my nostr game

Paul McCartney is releasing a new silent track as a protest against AI, with all proceeds going to the non-profit organization Help Musicians The protest is part of a larger movement by creators fighting for their livelihoods and IP rights against the use of AI in the entertainment industry

Paul McCartney Invents a New Kind of Protest Song

The culture war of the future has just started

Today, I received my last name as a handle on X The process of getting it took a month, which is insanely slow! At some point, I thought the X team ghosted my request for this handle Thankfully, they didn’t Also, I didn’t pay anything to X for this transfer Next target is my first name

X (formerly Twitter)

petar.base.eth (@kashev) on X

Crypto Class 2017 ⟠ Past: @ambire @AdEx_Network ⟠ @Safaryclub Cohort 2 ⟠ Research / opinions are my own

https://x.com/petar

Yesterday, I got access to the Handle Marketplace on X and immediately requested @petar. The account was created in December 2006 but nothing has ever been published on it Fingers crossed the X team will give this handle to me

X Handle Marketplace

X Handle Marketplace

Browse and request inactive X handles

https://x.com/petar

Grok estimates the value of petar to be between $10,000 and $50,000, considering its handle age, inactivity, and status as a common first name (a Slavic variant of Peter) with potentially moderate global demand I hope Grok is wrong

A brilliant video essay on Nirvana’s cover of a mysterious song.

Nebula

Polyphonic — Nirvana's Spookiest Song

The long history of Where Did You Sleep Last Night

X launches Handle Marketplace - an industry-first solution to redistribute handles that are no longer in use I’ve been waiting for something like this for a long time. The petar handle on X has been dormant since December 2006. I may finally be able to claim it

X Handle Marketplace

X Handle Marketplace

Browse and request inactive X handles

https://x.com/petar

"The prosperous, comfortable lives of Singaporeans comes from subsidy by the state, and yet this prosperity is more of a socialist prosperity, which is distributed in service of social outcomes, rather than a prosperity that is generated through the +EV effort of Singaporeans creating economic value." A fascinating insight into life in Singapore

X (formerly Twitter)

ryze. (@0xRyze) on X

Singapore is an air-conditioned nation. The plant which grows in the greenhouse cannot withstand the storm. Its citizens suffer from two malaises:...

"A study found that developers using AI tools actually took nearly a fifth longer to complete tasks, highlighting the need for careful evaluation of AI’s role in coding." The perils of vibe coding

Client Challenge

What will be the ATH price Bitcoin reach during this cycle?

"AI doesn’t take your job, it lets you do any job." A very good post by Balaji Srinivasan on the current state of AI

AI is polytheistic, not monotheistic

And ten more thoughts on AI.

Back in October 2018, I wrote my first article on Bitcoin It’s wild how far Bitcoin has gone for the past 7 years

Medium

The Curious Case of Bitcoin

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