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Nat Emodi

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what are the best blog posts / essays written about crypto this year?
TIL nearly half of Ashkenazi Jews are descendants of four women who lived in Europe 1,000 years ago

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/01/060117083446.htm
these young’uns with their autonomous bounty AIs will never know the thrill of waiting 3 hours for a transaction to fail on Ethereum mainnet during a gas war
Anyone running compliant payroll in USDC (or other stablecoin) as a US entity to a non-US contractor?
TIL that Lewis and Clark’s journals, one of America’s greatest cultural artifacts, are actually a bunch of diaries and notes discovered and added to over 220 years.

Many have been found in unexpected places, including an attic desk in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a used bookstore in Philadelphia.

There are big gaps of time missing and for decades historians have speculated that more will be discovered.

https://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/item/lc.sup.missing

/history invite pls
catching up on recent channel changes

know someone who should be invited to /gen-art? reply below!

demonstrated cast activity as an artist, collector, enthusiast, or curator is a requirement
Any recs for wallet-aware ecommerce (Shopify?) solutions for a very simple online store?

We're thinking about selling some merch and other stuff and would love something with on-chain abilities, including discounts for NFT ownership.
Informal poll: if you use Google workspace (Drive, Gmail etc) on your team, are you upgrading to use Gemini?

1) Yes
2) No
3) Considering it but not yet
The 2000s were all about invention; the 2010s, consolidation.

The 2020s are all about invention again.
hiring, retaining and promoting people should be based on functional expertise + demonstrated judgment that delivered results.
if you need to have a lot of meetings, normalize 20 mins instead of 30 mins

if you have 6 per day M-F, you get 11 days back every year
Hearing from a lot of creators looking for support on onchain video, music, and media projects.

Highlight isn’t just for visual artists — our tooling is endlessly flexible and can support most use-cases.

If you’re trying to figure something out, happy to chat through your specific project.
Recent movies I enjoyed:

• Anatomy of a Fall (murder mystery; French)
• Past Lives (love story; American & Korean)
• Zone of Interest (holocaust / history; German)

All are atypical of their genre
The NFT meta is evolving, and we’re bullish on @rodeodotclub as a key layer for artists and creators to grow their audience.

Right now, digital art releases are a bit like asking comedians to debut new material on SNL—high pressure events with limited ability to grow an audience. Rodeo is the smaller venues where creators can refine their craft and connect with a supportive audience, a win for passionate collectors and creators alike.

We’re excited to partner and help strengthen relationships across the ecosystem.
/Rodeo
surprisingly excellent
not an AI doomer but it costs me nothing to thank Claude every time just in case
/AI
new BasePaint Masterpieces minting now

picked up this little hero:

https://highlight.xyz/mint/66df38c606a5d1ff57737902/t/181
been a minute:

1. what do you love about @highlight?

2. what do you hate about Highlight?

3. what should we focus on next?
seeing some Farcaster FUD in all the CT reaction to FriendTech

always revealing to see a subset of users who cynically view every blockchain-related project as inherently financial / speculative
Shipped this week: personalized recs powered by your Farcaster social graph directly on the Highlight homepage
bullish af on September