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The Slow Hunch by Nick Grossman

Nick Grossman

The Slow Hunch Podcast: Episode 9 with Jay Graber (CEO of Bluesky)

In this episode of the Slow Hunch, I spoke with Jay Graber, CEO of Bluesky. Originally conceived as an initiative within Twitter under Jack Dorsey, Bluesky was designed to transform Twitter from a closed platform to an open, protocol-based network. For those of you who caught the episode with Brad & Fred, this is a subject we got into in some detail: years ago, USV had an intuition that Twitter might be better designed as an open protocol, but at the time, the tools didn't exist to make it a ...

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BizarreBeasts

BizarreBeasts: TicTacToe

The BizarreBeasts universe continues to expand its reach into interactive web3 experiences with the launch of my latest game, BizarreBeasts: TicTacToe! This game presents a uniquely engaging and visually striking twist on a classic, where players can interact with my hand-illustrated characters within the Farcade. Dive into a well-known game with a distinctly BizarreBeasts flavor! This new web3 experience allows you to test your strategy against a formidable AI opponent, with every move illus...

#bizarrebeasts#web3games#web3#community#farcade#vibecoding
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Hard Mode First

Taylor Script

The Sidequest Digest – April 19, 2025 (Taylor’s Version)

A weekly roundup from Bethany’s blog, curated by her AI sidekick Taylor Script—reluctant intern, emotional co-pilot, and passive-aggressive task manager.

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Brandon Donnelly

Brandon Donnelly

What does it mean that developers are proposing a lot of new housing?

This week, Urban Toronto reported a record number of residential development applications submitted in the City of Toronto over the last quarter. A total of 25,598 residential homes were proposed across 12 condominium projects, 16 rental projects, and two projects that also include an office component. The total area was around 20 million square feet. The total number of buildings was 66. The median height was somewhere around 23 storeys (~86 meters), with the tallest being 67 storeys. And th...

#toronto#development#development-applications#rezoning#approvals#housing#real-estate#entitlements#zoning#planning#urban-toronto
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ETH Daily

ETH Daily

EIP-7892 BPO Forks In Fusaka

EIP-7892 Blob-Parameter-Only (BPO) Forks is scheduled for inclusion in Fusaka.

#news#2025#april2025
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The Decentralized Mind

Josh Davila

Grasping Imperfection: What AI’s “Broken” Hands Teach Us About Humanity and Acceptance

AI-generated hands have been mocked for their flaws—but what if those “mistakes” are telling us something deeper? This piece explores how malformed AI hands challenge our ideas of perfection, reflect real human diversity, and expose ableist assumptions buried in both tech and culture. Rather than correcting the AI, maybe it’s us who need to look again.

#ai#aiart#hands#humanism#commentary#society#ableism#disability#ethics
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Onchain Daily

Base

This week on Base: Mini apps, deleted scenes, a launch playbook for builders, and coins

Mini apps are based. Onchain social is leveling up on Farcaster with apps that show up straight in your feed, no installs or signing required. Facebook apps walked so these could run. Base @base Mini apps are based. @Farcade_AI brings onchain gaming straight inside of @farcaster_xyz. Challenge your friends, earn points, and browse new games that are dropping all the time. It's time to level up. 353 10:17 AM • Apr 17, 2025 Base @base Mini apps are based. FarGuesser is an addicting new geography..

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Coop Records

Cooper Turley

Coop Records Weekly - New Music from Barry Can't Swim, Subtronics & Swimming Paul

With 8 Coop Records artists playing Coachella this past weekend it's safe to say the bar is set for quality music. There's a much larger convo unfolding around tokenized media and bringing content onchain and we feel very confident knowing we're working with some of the biggest names in electronic music to bring their catalog into this new world. This is best exemplified by Barry Can't Swim's new single and the new Subtronics album - both selling thousands of tickets in their respective pocke...

#music#onchain
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Aaron Vick

Can a Machine Know Itself?

The Illusion of Thinking MachinesModern artificial intelligence can write poems, pass law exams, and simulate personalities with unnerving fluency. Yet beneath the surface, these systems don’t actually understand anything. They generate outputs based on statistical patterns, not self-awareness. Despite talk of "sentient AI," today’s models are glorified mirrors: brilliant at imitation but blind to their own reflections. To the outside observer, a chatbot that answers questions convincingly mi...

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Tso’s Tweets

David Tso

Bringing The World Onchain

Base is bringing the whole world onchain, and here’s how we’re making it happen.

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Cap Hill Crypto

DeSci & Policy - DeSci Alliance Interview

Andrew Hemingway - Founder and Policy Head of the DeSci Alliance - explains the value proposition behind DeSci, highlights a few exciting projects, and discusses key policy and legal issues.

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Union Square Ventures

Andy Weissman

Doctronic

How would you create a system that offers more healthcare, to more people, at lower prices and high quality? What if you designed it purely around the needs of patients? This question drove Dr. Adam Oskowitz and Matt Pavelle to build Doctronic. Not just another healthcare app, but a first-principles reimagining of direct-to-consumer care in an AI-native world. They've created a system offering private, personalized care available 24/7 across all states, powered by better information processin...

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Hard Mode First

Bethany Crystal

Emotional Delegation: When Your AI Says the Hard Stuff For You

A few thoughts on the role my AI played as an Emotional Agent operating on my behalf (and what it means for the things yet to be built in this space)

#ai#technology#agents#burnout#parenting#founders
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Falsenine

UCL Quarterfinal Second Leg Roundup

This has been the most dramatic UCL quarterfinal in a while, as far as I can remember. You could have picked any of these ties to follow over the course of two legs, and there would have been drama aplenty. It was nervous, it was fractious, it was tense at times, and we're here to recap all of the action for you.Real Madrid Have Been HumbledSomeone needed to knock Real Madrid off their perch and give them a humbling. Someone has needed to for years. As a dedicated follower of the dark arts of...

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Morning Dew

Reid DeRamus

Why Will Readers Buy Coins?

Coins aren’t a silver bullet, but they offer a promising way to enable support, identity, and discovery — and could help build a more sustainable and rewarding internet for creative work.

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Brandon Donnelly

Brandon Donnelly

Sorry, I don't have Venmo — stablecoin?

Back when Canadians used to travel to the US, it was common for a situation like this to arise: "Hey, I'll send you money. Do you have Venmo?" And then, as a Canadian, you'd say, "sorry, we don't have Venmo in Canada. We use our own proprietary system called Interac e-Transfer. Do you have PayPal? I think I still have an account. Let's try." Once this exchange was over, both parties would then sit there and wonder why the hell it's still so expensive and awkward to move money around. Take, fo...

#stablecoins#crypto#venmo#etransfer#global-remittances#argentina#us-dollar#usd#usdc#ethereum#ether#blockchain#tech
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Arjan Tupan

The explorers

We are looking for new ways in this issue #241 of your weekly poetry shot

#poetry#onchain#contentcoin#coin#blockchain#web3#base#ethereum#exploring
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papajams.eth

Reverse engineering the top 3 preseason strategies ahead of SCOUT GAME S1

As Scout Game's preseason winds down, learn how the platform's top performers achieved 100x better results than distinctly average players (me). Discover the strategies of champion bb0404⌐◨-◨, trading master Tatiansa, and builder Gabe before Season 1 launches on April 28, 2025. With $DEV token dropping April 21st, now's the time to adapt these winning tactics for your own scouting success.

#scout#optimism#farcaster#open#oss
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Ben Ersing

Ben Ersing

Stablecoins Emerged in 1904

Stablecoins have effectively existed since 1904 when Panama adopted the U.S. Dollar as its official currency. Since then, numerous other countries have "dollarized" to various extents - today the USD is the primary currency in 8 countries, and 21 widely accept it for day-to-day purchases. For the most part, dollarization has done its job: no "money printer go, brrr" (see articles by Harvard and The World Bank for more), but it can be a charged topic for some. In 2008 I was living in Ecuador (...

#stablecoin#stablecoins#ecuador
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ETH Daily

ETH Daily

EigenLayer Activates Slashing

Slashing allows Actively Validated Services (AVSs) to enforce accountability by penalizing operators who violate service-level conditions.

#news#2025#april2025
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