Recent well liked threads
1/ On how to make it in crypto as a normal person.
There is one rule only: SURVIVE!
There is one rule only: SURVIVE!
2/ Survival means four decisions:
a) Should you invest?
b) How much you invest?
c) In what should you invest?
d) Are you levered?
All of these are hugely personal, relate to your view of the world, your financial situation and, most of all, your psychology
a) Should you invest?
b) How much you invest?
c) In what should you invest?
d) Are you levered?
All of these are hugely personal, relate to your view of the world, your financial situation and, most of all, your psychology
3/ The purpose of this thread is not convince people who are not invested in crypto to invest in crypto.
Nor is it to convince you to invest more in crypto.
On average, anon, I am trying to get you to invest *less* in crypto so you can survive over the long-run
Nor is it to convince you to invest more in crypto.
On average, anon, I am trying to get you to invest *less* in crypto so you can survive over the long-run
1/ On 72,000 hours
Is that a lot?
Is that a little?
Is that a high % of your life?
What can you do with 72,000 hours?
Will any of this matter in a world of AI?
Is the very nature of life going to change?
Is that a lot?
Is that a little?
Is that a high % of your life?
What can you do with 72,000 hours?
Will any of this matter in a world of AI?
Is the very nature of life going to change?
2/ It is summertime in Europe.
"Everyone" is in the Mediterranean - Spain, France, Italy, Greece, the islands, large and small.
The sun is shining. The sea is shimmering.
The Aperol Spritz, Prosecco, Mythos are cold.
"Everyone" is in the Mediterranean - Spain, France, Italy, Greece, the islands, large and small.
The sun is shining. The sea is shimmering.
The Aperol Spritz, Prosecco, Mythos are cold.
3/ Mediterranean countries are really world-class at the "relaxed restaurant-cafe in a quaint historic pedestrianized area" format.
You can sit outside and watch people for hours.
So what do you see?
You can sit outside and watch people for hours.
So what do you see?
1/ On So Few NFTs, So Many NFTs
Are NFTs the scarcest assets in the crypto universe?
Are NFTs an endless no-barriers-to-entry stream of good, mid and worthless tokens?
Buckle up. This is a long one. 60+
Are NFTs the scarcest assets in the crypto universe?
Are NFTs an endless no-barriers-to-entry stream of good, mid and worthless tokens?
Buckle up. This is a long one. 60+
2/ A few days ago, we discussed that a necessary, but not sufficient factor, for Bitcoin’s success was its 21M hard cap on tokens.
If you have not read this thread, go ahead and read it now
If you have not read this thread, go ahead and read it now
3/ Today, I am going to ignore the other factors of Bitcoin’s success and focus on the scarcity aspect.
A common phrase was: “If every millionaire wanted to own a bitcoin, there are not enough bitcoins to go around"
A common phrase was: “If every millionaire wanted to own a bitcoin, there are not enough bitcoins to go around"
That’s why the foundational liberal Adolphe Thiers defended parliamentary representation of the top ~0.1% like so: “Instead of submitting to the influences of courtiers, women, & confessors, [the King] experiences the influences of public opinion affecting him gently & regularly”
He continued: “If that is true monarchy, it is also a true republic, but a republic without dangers." He was *the* left-lib; his rival in 1848—his 1830s & 1850s ally *the* right-lib Guizot (“the day will not come for universal suffrage”)—split from him for being too pro-democracy
Again: the radical pro-democracy wing of 19thC liberalism viewed incrementally expanded property-holding parliamentary representation under bourgeois constitutional monarchy as the *counterweight against* natural feudal forces of submerged social conformity (women, priests, etc).
The satanic Process Church of the Final Judgment was described by convicted Son of Sam killer David Berkowitz as a criminal network that supplied children for secret parties attended by powerful figures, including Roy Cohn, Donald Trump's mentor and close friend. 
Sources:
1. Satanism: A Reader by Per Faxneld and Johan Nilsson
2. Ordo ab Chao: Volume Five: The New Age by David Livingstone
3. The Ultimate Evil: The Search for the Sons of Sam by Maury Terry
4. One Nation Under Blackmail – Vol. 2 by Whitney Webb
1. Satanism: A Reader by Per Faxneld and Johan Nilsson
2. Ordo ab Chao: Volume Five: The New Age by David Livingstone
3. The Ultimate Evil: The Search for the Sons of Sam by Maury Terry
4. One Nation Under Blackmail – Vol. 2 by Whitney Webb
Karpathy's AutoResearch is changing how campaigns get optimized and most marketers haven´t heard of it yet.
Ole Lehmann tested it on landing page copy, 56% → 92% pass rate overnight.
here´s how it works for marketing / skills 🧵
Ole Lehmann tested it on landing page copy, 56% → 92% pass rate overnight.
here´s how it works for marketing / skills 🧵
2/8 the pattern is called AutoResearch (Karpathy coined it for ML but it maps to marketing perfectly)
how it works:
> AI edits one variable in your copy
> runs a short test against a single metric
> measures the result
> keeps wins, discards losses
> repeats
~12 iterations per hour. while you sleep
how it works:
> AI edits one variable in your copy
> runs a short test against a single metric
> measures the result
> keeps wins, discards losses
> repeats
~12 iterations per hour. while you sleep
3/8 everyone gives AI agents more autonomy. more tools, more freedom, more context
Karpathy went the other direction with one file, one metric, 5 minute cap per experiment
the constraint becomes the feature, small loops with fast feedback beat big open-ended runs every time
Karpathy went the other direction with one file, one metric, 5 minute cap per experiment
the constraint becomes the feature, small loops with fast feedback beat big open-ended runs every time
Friends, my son asked for help
He’s serving in a rear unit
And they are often overlooked
Right now their headquarters needs a few basic laptops and a charging station
We found affordable options:
$370–460 per laptop
$600 for the station
Any help really matters
DM me if you can help🙏❤️
(My sister has already sent $60 to start)
He’s serving in a rear unit
And they are often overlooked
Right now their headquarters needs a few basic laptops and a charging station
We found affordable options:
$370–460 per laptop
$600 for the station
Any help really matters
DM me if you can help🙏❤️
(My sister has already sent $60 to start)
Friends, here’s a quick report
My son ordered a welding machine for his unit’s HQ
He realized they also needed a small welding machine, in addition to laptops and a charging station
There was a great sale, so he ordered this model ($137)
Photo report later, when the machine is delivered to the unit
DM if you can join this fundraising❤️
My son ordered a welding machine for his unit’s HQ
He realized they also needed a small welding machine, in addition to laptops and a charging station
There was a great sale, so he ordered this model ($137)
Photo report later, when the machine is delivered to the unit
DM if you can join this fundraising❤️
Friends, here is the promised photo report
My son was on leave today, received the welding machine we ordered and has already delivered it to his company HQ
His commanders are very impressed and send their sincere thanks to all of you for your support
As I said rear units are severely underfunded, they need help too
I continue the fundraiser for a charging station
Soon I hope to receive laptops from volunteers in Romania
Together we are a great force
DM me if you want to support my son's military unit❤️
My son was on leave today, received the welding machine we ordered and has already delivered it to his company HQ
His commanders are very impressed and send their sincere thanks to all of you for your support
As I said rear units are severely underfunded, they need help too
I continue the fundraiser for a charging station
Soon I hope to receive laptops from volunteers in Romania
Together we are a great force
DM me if you want to support my son's military unit❤️
HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK 🧵
Following the WHO press briefing, I wanted to compile a thread with the key points.
1/ ISOLATION OF PASSENGERS
Concerningly, it seems the WHO are NOT recommending to isolate cruise ship passengers (even high-risk contacts) UNLESS they develop symptoms.
Following the WHO press briefing, I wanted to compile a thread with the key points.
1/ ISOLATION OF PASSENGERS
Concerningly, it seems the WHO are NOT recommending to isolate cruise ship passengers (even high-risk contacts) UNLESS they develop symptoms.
Just to quickly recap, it has been confirmed that the passengers & crew (including the 30 who disembarked on 24 April in St Helena) come from a total of 28 different countries.
The full breakdown of countries for both passengers 🟥 & crew 🟦 is detailed below ⬇️
The full breakdown of countries for both passengers 🟥 & crew 🟦 is detailed below ⬇️
When the 146 people remaining on the ship are repatriated to their home countries, each country will adopt their own local protocols.
However, the WHO are only recommending:
▪️SYMPTOMATIC cases ➡️ isolation
▪️ASYMPTOMATIC cases ➡️ monitoring
However, the WHO are only recommending:
▪️SYMPTOMATIC cases ➡️ isolation
▪️ASYMPTOMATIC cases ➡️ monitoring
None of Russia, China or Iran intrinsically poses any threat to the US. They all wanted into our unipolar game. We willingly went after them one by one bc we were drunk on our own power. If they now pose a threat, it is because of our own hostile actions against them.
Iran sent a far-reaching proposal for a modus vivendi on very attractive terms through the Swiss in 2003. We did not even bother to respond. static01.nyt.com/packages/pdf/o…
The Russians wanted to join Nato. We laughed them out of the room. Putin himself played ball with us until our aggressive policy of Nato expansion and color revolutions in the Soviet space drove him to revolt against the West.
Ketika Militer Menyerang Sipil
Saat merangkum Podcast ini perasaan saya tidak menentu, ada rasa miris sekaligus jengah.
Biar kamu update sudah saya rangkum 50 menit podcastnya Akbar Faizal dengan Soleman Ponto.
Berkaitan dengan Kasus penyiraman air keras terhadap Andri Yunus oleh 4 anggota TNI dari Denma Bais.
Peristiwa yang menunjukkan dua masalah besar: psikologi institusi militer kita, dan lubang menganga di sistem hukum Indonesia.
Mari kita bedah satu per satu. 🧵
Saat merangkum Podcast ini perasaan saya tidak menentu, ada rasa miris sekaligus jengah.
Biar kamu update sudah saya rangkum 50 menit podcastnya Akbar Faizal dengan Soleman Ponto.
Berkaitan dengan Kasus penyiraman air keras terhadap Andri Yunus oleh 4 anggota TNI dari Denma Bais.
Peristiwa yang menunjukkan dua masalah besar: psikologi institusi militer kita, dan lubang menganga di sistem hukum Indonesia.
Mari kita bedah satu per satu. 🧵
1/ Konteks dulu.
Andrie Yunus adalah aktivis sipil yang pernah masuk ke Hotel Fairmont saat ada pembahasan RUU TNI. Ia menerobos masuk ke dalam Acara.
Peristiwa yang dianggap sebagai kegagalan oleh para penjaga dari unit Denma Bais.
Akibatnya? Mereka kena sanksi disiplin: tidak naik pangkat, tidak bisa sekolah militer.
Andrie Yunus adalah aktivis sipil yang pernah masuk ke Hotel Fairmont saat ada pembahasan RUU TNI. Ia menerobos masuk ke dalam Acara.
Peristiwa yang dianggap sebagai kegagalan oleh para penjaga dari unit Denma Bais.
Akibatnya? Mereka kena sanksi disiplin: tidak naik pangkat, tidak bisa sekolah militer.
2/ Singkat cerita,
Keempat anggota TNI itu kemudian menyiram Andrie Yunus pada malam hari dengan air keras.
Saat Andrie sedang menuju pulang ke rumah.
Alasan yang diakui dalam putusan: dendam.
Dendamnya? Karena mereka dihukum akibat Andri masuk ke ruang yang mereka jaga.
Mata Andri rusak permanen.
Keempat anggota TNI itu kemudian menyiram Andrie Yunus pada malam hari dengan air keras.
Saat Andrie sedang menuju pulang ke rumah.
Alasan yang diakui dalam putusan: dendam.
Dendamnya? Karena mereka dihukum akibat Andri masuk ke ruang yang mereka jaga.
Mata Andri rusak permanen.
Kasparov: This is a global war. Russia and Iran are working together, and behind them is the Chinese dragon.
China helps Putin openly, supports him economically and technologically, and the outcome in Ukraine will be felt from Taiwan to Nicaragua, Belarus to Zimbabwe. 1/
China helps Putin openly, supports him economically and technologically, and the outcome in Ukraine will be felt from Taiwan to Nicaragua, Belarus to Zimbabwe. 1/
Kasparov: Ukraine changed military strategy. The battlefield is radically different from five years ago.
A few good drone operators can decimate battalions, and Ukraine has built a wall of drones where the dead zone is not barbed wire, but 50 kilometers of drones. 2/
A few good drone operators can decimate battalions, and Ukraine has built a wall of drones where the dead zone is not barbed wire, but 50 kilometers of drones. 2/
Kasparov: How could America attack Iran without preparing for Iran’s main weapon — drones? The country with the best experience against drones is Ukraine.
Ignoring that was insanity, and it cost America lives, enormous prestige, and exposed old military thinking. 3/
Ignoring that was insanity, and it cost America lives, enormous prestige, and exposed old military thinking. 3/
Codex made me money without me doing anything..
Huge turning point for me today, I asked Codex to go off and make me $5. It went out, found a small open-source security/audit bounty path, made a legit PR, followed up with the maintainer, kept my payment details private - (without me asking), handled the GitHub proof/verification loop, and got the work merged.
it spent about 22 hours working on multiple security audits.
Today I received my first payment from that experiment: $16.88.
That’s a $506.40/month run-rate if repeated daily.
Not life-changing money yet, but it's deeply exciting to live out Sam Altman's vision for AI, where it will just go out and make money for you. It's awesome to start to see the beginning of that.
Huge turning point for me today, I asked Codex to go off and make me $5. It went out, found a small open-source security/audit bounty path, made a legit PR, followed up with the maintainer, kept my payment details private - (without me asking), handled the GitHub proof/verification loop, and got the work merged.
it spent about 22 hours working on multiple security audits.
Today I received my first payment from that experiment: $16.88.
That’s a $506.40/month run-rate if repeated daily.
Not life-changing money yet, but it's deeply exciting to live out Sam Altman's vision for AI, where it will just go out and make money for you. It's awesome to start to see the beginning of that.
I had GPT images give me the outline for this photo, here’s the original with the $.88 in it
history
1🧵 Just 4 days before inauguration, UAE's Spy Sheikh, the UAE's National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoon secretly bought 49% of Trump's crypto firm [World Liberty Financial/WLF] for $500M.
$187M went to Trump and $31M went to his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff.⚠️
...then months later:
✅ UAE got restrictions lifted on AI chips.
✅ UAE signed Pax Silica
✅ UAE' MGX got 15% of TikTok U.S.
✅2 of the Sheiks senior aides were appointed to President Trump's personal WLF Board of Directors.
||| No Congressional approval. Ever. |||
$187M went to Trump and $31M went to his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff.⚠️
...then months later:
✅ UAE got restrictions lifted on AI chips.
✅ UAE signed Pax Silica
✅ UAE' MGX got 15% of TikTok U.S.
✅2 of the Sheiks senior aides were appointed to President Trump's personal WLF Board of Directors.
||| No Congressional approval. Ever. |||
2🧵I think there's a strong legal argument for the
Trump/WLF/UAE/Witkoff scam being potentially Illegal.
📜The Constitution explicitly prohibits a president from receiving payments from foreign governments or state-linked entities without Congressional consent. This is under the Foreign Emoluments Clause [Art. I, §9, cl. 8].
👉The claims that this incidence violated the Foreign Emoluments Clause are:
🔹Sheikh Tahnoon = UAE's National Security Adviser = agent of a foreign sovereign.
🔹$187M flowed to Trump-controlled entities from that foreign sovereign [Tahnoon].
🔹No Congressional consent was sought or obtained.
⚠️No criminal charges filed. No court has ruled. The clause has no independent enforcement mechanism, it requires Congressional action, a DOJ willing to prosecute or civil litigation standing, none of which have materialized under the current administration.⚠️
Trump/WLF/UAE/Witkoff scam being potentially Illegal.
📜The Constitution explicitly prohibits a president from receiving payments from foreign governments or state-linked entities without Congressional consent. This is under the Foreign Emoluments Clause [Art. I, §9, cl. 8].
👉The claims that this incidence violated the Foreign Emoluments Clause are:
🔹Sheikh Tahnoon = UAE's National Security Adviser = agent of a foreign sovereign.
🔹$187M flowed to Trump-controlled entities from that foreign sovereign [Tahnoon].
🔹No Congressional consent was sought or obtained.
⚠️No criminal charges filed. No court has ruled. The clause has no independent enforcement mechanism, it requires Congressional action, a DOJ willing to prosecute or civil litigation standing, none of which have materialized under the current administration.⚠️
3🧵The Kicker: The UAE signs the Pax Silica agreement, thus gaining access into an U.S-led global Ai alliance on Jan. 14, 2026. This on its face seems innocuous to until you know that the Pax Silica MOU was signed by the US Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Jacob Helberg.
Helberg is significant here because;
🔹He's not only former Google but he's also a former Palantir employee & worked for Alex Karp.
🔹He was arguably the single most influential private-sector architect of the TikTok ban & forced-sale legislation
🔹 His role created a direct pipeline from Silicon Valley lobbying to a Trump administration policy position.
🔹Prior to this position he had never been in government.
At only 36yrs of age it's clear his position was directly related to his efforts regarding the TikTok ban. Trump was pleased with Helberg as seen in a video message at the 2024 Hill & Valley Forum, with Trump saying;
"Jacob, I want to thank you".
Helberg is significant here because;
🔹He's not only former Google but he's also a former Palantir employee & worked for Alex Karp.
🔹He was arguably the single most influential private-sector architect of the TikTok ban & forced-sale legislation
🔹 His role created a direct pipeline from Silicon Valley lobbying to a Trump administration policy position.
🔹Prior to this position he had never been in government.
At only 36yrs of age it's clear his position was directly related to his efforts regarding the TikTok ban. Trump was pleased with Helberg as seen in a video message at the 2024 Hill & Valley Forum, with Trump saying;
"Jacob, I want to thank you".
A new study from MIT just revealed something huge about AI. And if you use ChatGPT for work, school, or writing, you need to hear this:
Researchers ran a simple experiment. Students wrote timed essays using only their brains, their brains plus Google, or their brains plus ChatGPT.
The ChatGPT group didn’t just do worse. They couldn’t remember a single accurate quote from what they had just written.