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Neat B and I just booked some end-of-the-summer travel. We're going to bounce around to a few different places, but the plan is to end up in Paris and then spend a week there working remotely — you know, from the Paris office. And by the Paris office, I mean a generous 323 sf aparthotel with a small kitchen, workspace, and shared laundry facility that we rented in the 10th. I started by searching diligently for an Airbnb; but I couldn't find anything we liked, so I ended booking something thr...

I hate when I see someone in an anime tee when I’m out and I’m not wearing one Has high fashion gotta so big that it can’t afford to take real risks anymore? Enshittification is the funniest term because it literally means “will become more shitty” While doing next to no storytelling, BAPE has really been on their shit with clothing the last few years “The A students end up working for the C students” feels so true in crypto

The fire crackled low, and the last ember glowed like a sleeping eye. The children were quiet now—tired from hauling water and clearing trails, but alert in the way you only get when the night wraps around you like a story waiting to be told. Old Mateo leaned in, his beard still dusted with ash. His voice was a rasp, but it carried, like canyon wind.“You know,” he began, “there was a time when we weren’t ready. Not really.”A hush fell. Even the coyotes held their breath.“Back in 2025—yeah, th...

When was the first time you augmented your mind?I'm not talking about sci fi implants. I'm talking about using tools to improve your thinking and creativity. Maybe it was a crayon or a pencil. Some paper. Creating an external representation of what was in your mind. Or trying to anyway. More scribble than anything else. The more you did it, the better you got at it.

On quiet pain, healing, and the beauty and burden of feeling everything, sometimes more than I need to.

Get ready for some truly BIG NEWS and an absolutely BIZARRE opportunity for the BizarreBeasts project! I'm going BIZARRE to share that I've just submitted an application for a special edition award from Decentralized Pictures (DCP), a groundbreaking non-profit organization that’s not just changing the game for creators, it’s rewriting the rulebook for creativity onchain. This award is particularly significant because it celebrates DCP's recent migration to Base, a dedicated appchain that’s un...

Examining the possibilities of algorithmic thinking and generative methods in artistic systems through epistemological perspectives. In addition to visual elements, dynamic simulations and the nature of computation, emphasis is placed on temporality, through introducing various auditory, psychoacoustic, and sonification examples.

Brandon Donnelly @donnelly_b Man, Toronto in the summer is something else. I love this city. 1,402 4:42 PM • Jul 4, 2025 While this is true, I do I have some suggestions. At the top of the list is this: Toronto needs to make better recreational use of Lake Ontario and its waterways. More specifically, it needs a bathing culture. One of the gold standards for this is easily Zürich. The city has a long history of urban swimming right in Lake Zürich and the Limmat River. And because the city has...

Welcome to the Tso’s Tweets newsletter! Every month, I curate my best thoughts, ideas, and observations on crypto and the industry at large.

Art, Data Visualization, and Airdrops. And some more.

Over the past few months, I have become very aware that hundreds of amazing @farcaster friends are watching our BIZARRE community from the sidelines, wishing they could $BEAST it up with us in the /bizarrebeasts community. I understand that many in the FC community are facing significant challenges, whether it's economic struggles, limited local opportunities, or the severe effects of recent global events, including international monetary policy and war. These experiences and conversations ha...

Yesterday afternoon, our team had a productive in-person meeting with senior planning staff at the City of Toronto. The purpose of the meeting was to talk about the challenges associated with delivering infill missing middle housing and to brainstorm the possible solutions. Some of the key topics that we discussed: Type-G loading / garbage requirements, amenity space requirements, right-sizing the Site Plan Control process, single-stair exiting, the cost of connecting to Toronto Hydro, the ch...

In 1787 when asked by Elizabeth Willing Powel "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" Benjamin Franklin famously replied “A republic, if you can keep it.” That was now nearly 250 years ago, and the United States of America has operated as a republic for longer than any other nation in the world. Many crises have been encountered and overcome during this time period, including most of all a horrifying civil war, exactly the kind of event that has resulted in autocratic gove...

Free Roman Storm - 10 days until his trial https://freeromanstorm.com/

On the Occasion of America’s 249th Independence Day, With One Eye to 250Well now, gather 'round the fire, and I'll spin you a tale as old as these hills and as new as tomorrow's dawn. It's about a parchment, a promise, and the peculiar power of a people who dared to govern themselves. Long ago—though not so long in the eye of the cosmos—there was a Declaration. Not a whisper or a whimper, mind you, but a thunderclap written in ink and fire. A group of frontier dreamers, planters, printers, an...

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AI is reshaping our world in incredible ways, powering tools that help us feel better, work smarter, learn faster, and create like never before. Today, we’re diving into the top 5 AI use cases that are making the biggest waves in 2025. Ready? Let’s bre

If you're a regular reader of this blog, you'll know that I like trains. So when I come across a video titled "This Sahara Railway Is One of the Most Extreme in the World," there's a high probably that I'm going to watch it — even if it is over 6 years old. For a second, I thought that I may have written about this rail line before, but AI tells me that I haven't. The Mauritania Railway is one of the most iconic and famous lines in the world. It's approximately 704 kilometers long and it was ...

A few years ago, during Pride Month, I was exhibiting at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina. I added a small LGBTQ+ flag to my booth—a quiet symbol of identity and support. The response was immediate: people who had been interested in my work suddenly turned away. Silent rejection, subtle but unmistakable. As a woman and as an artist, I already felt overlooked in that environment. I hadn’t yet come out locally as bisexual, though I’ve known this about myself since my t...