Growth/Narrative. Helped to launch four platforms and 30+ protocols on Ethereum & beyond. R&D: Public Interest/Civic Tech

Chicago, IL
Joined January 2021
Should I see Naza, Digger or The Devils tonight?
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You Can See Everything reminds me a bit of the book The Lifespan of a Fact, in that truth is elastic, and there is a romance living between journalistic accuracy and artistic recollection. You need both numbers to measure force of blood pressure
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There are moments in “You Can See Everything” that had me sick to my stomach with ptsd from bd calls.. what a journey!
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keeping my little notes today, thanks for outing yourselves
You should be able to keep little private notes about X accounts that reveal key things about themselves in posts you know you’ll forget later.. (“met in person here,” “nice family,” “posted scam,”“war hawk,” “wants network states”)
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My Brian Wilson midlife manic episode might be flashing a wearable device that only runs BirdNET-pi/ Merlin Bird ID
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10 yrs helping non-technical retail w self-custody "time for bunker mode" retail sells "wait bunker mode doesn't mean sell" retail sells "no i swear bro, it's easy, all you gotta do is lattice-hash-multisig-off-chain-single-address-no-tx-curve-lattice-isogenies-world-computer"
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Incorporating Claude-isms into my irl vernacular until someone stops me. "That's the belt-and-suspenders choice."
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What happened to the instagramification of X? I was ready...
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Polled some coworking space friends and they shared that LLMs talk them out of applying for new jobs more often than help them submit - imposter syndrome v2
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You should be able to keep little private notes about X accounts that reveal key things about themselves in posts you know you’ll forget later.. (“met in person here,” “nice family,” “posted scam,”“war hawk,” “wants network states”)
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Tipping is getting out of control.
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Welcome back Zapier Automation Strategist (Customer Success)
Stripe just created a role that didn't exist 12 months ago (and they're paying multiple six figures for it) It's called the Forward Deployed AI Accelerator. They are hiring AI-native individuals to work directly with their marketing teams to fundamentally change how they work. Each person will be assigned to a cohort of 20 marketers. Their job is to build custom AI tools and agents and coach each marketer until they are self-sufficient. Basically, work with marketers until they automate their jobs. Stripe's marketing org is betting that AI should not be an occasional tool but the default mode for all work. But they also understand that most employees won't upskill themselves. They'll need someone who is embedded within their teams to build alongside them. If you are AI-pilled, this is probably the role for you. And this also gives a clear picture of where every organization within a company is heading.
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I recently realized these beautifully designed books are published by Stripe Press, as in @stripe, the payment processor. Seems they've been quietly and effectively building a publishing arm full of great design and research since 2018...
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No pithy thread here, just kudos on their long-term brand sentiment strategy: infiltration of intellectual, institutional, legacy spaces. Beautifully designed books on infrastructure, economic history, maintenance, computing, and none of it directly about payments or fintech.
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I noticed though that they've stepped back from their Current TV/Vice-esque video journalism arm. In '23 they funded docuseries on labor, tech, and connectivity (e.g. Cuba's underground DIY internet), but have since pulled back. That's a mistake imo. (see: More Perfect Union)
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holding my breath
Collins and Tillis are no on the Boundary Waters vote in Senate HJ Res 140
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Absolute losers, they lifted the protections on the boundary waters. If you’ve never been, please get a trip in this year and enjoy our public land while you can
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This is one of the saddest things. Congress voting to sell the Boundary Waters, our beautiful public land in MN, to a copper mining company in Chile that already promised the pending copper to China.
LIVE: Senators will soon consider the Joint Resolution that threatens the Boundary Waters. We expect several hours of debate, followed by a final vote tonight or in the morning. If you want to follow along live update tonight, we’re posting updates here: savetheboundarywaters.org/li…
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I'm crying, such an amazing archive of live concerts. Listening to an old Robyn Hitchcock set now (I <3 the Soft Boys), so much warmth and liveliness in the audience and room tone, a human existence that's full.. not flat
From early Nirvana to Phish, a Chicago fan’s secret recordings of 10,000 shows are now online. blockclubchi.co/4t6zW7R
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