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There’s an oddly dreadful feeling when ChatGPT starts with “I know exactly what you mean!” Or some similarly highly affirming exclamation, and proceeds to say something that had nothing to do with what you meant.
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A company that doesn't get nearly enough recognition is Time Out Group. They started out as a travel guide book publishing company, saw the writing on the wall for print, and pivoted to markets in prime locations in major cities which manage to become tourist attractions in their own right. Whereas other media companies leaned into viral social media content which didn't work out bc they got rugpulled by FB (Buzzfeed, Vice), Time Out used a totally different approach. They set out to bring the magazine’s curated city “best of” lists to life under one roof. They focused on the editorially driven concept: the world’s first food market curated by an editorial team. Their first location of Lisbon was a massive success, becoming one of the city's most visited locations. They've since expanded to 11 locations globally, including NY (DUMBO), Chicago, and Boston, and have more launches in the pipeline.
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Looking forward to projects/companies named after things in the Harry Potter Universe. Here are some ideas. Gringotts - Defi money market Patronum - Defense contractor Ollivander Nanotherapeutics - personalized medicine (Ollivander is the wand maker in Harry Potter)
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If you want to have the best coffee you’ve ever had in your life while you’re in Japan, Glitch coffee should be on your shortlist. I had an ETH(iopian) geisha. It was really sweet and fruity to the point of tasting almost like a juice. What really makes this coffee special is the carbonic maceration processing of the beans. This is an experimental processing method inspired by winemaking. Carbon dioxide is pumped into the fermentation tanks with the coffee cherries, flushing out oxygen. Unlike traditional fermentation, where microorganisms on the outside of the cherries break down the sugars, in carbonic maceration, fermentation occurs from the inside out within the coffee cherry itself. The CO2 rich environment promotes intracellular breakdown of pectins and sugars. Because the cherries are sealed, the volatile aromatic compounds don’t escape resulting in more concentrated flavors. I’m visiting the Osaka cafe but they have 2 in Tokyo and one in Nagoya as well.
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Hi Farcaster friends, I’m looking for a role in crypto! I have experience in program management, community engagement, public-interest tech and am an urban planner by training. Open to roles in operations, project/program management, or community. If you know of anything, my DMs are open & referrals/recasts appreciated! My Notion CV: https://www.notion.so/Mia-Winther-Tamaki-9786837842ca41739b7e41de76550aca?source=copy_link
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AI (Deepseek) section at the bookstore in China. (May 2025)
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But how much of that is simply bc farcaster is still small? Early days twitter, fb or any of the major socials had strong community. Nevertheless, I don’t mean to belittle the special thing we have here. Thanks to you, too.
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If you’re a podcast maxi, you should spend at least some of your time listening to audiobooks. Audiobooks count as reading. For millenia, before stories were written they were passed down orally. If you prefer, listen to classics that were intended to be consumed this way such as The Odyssey, Beowulf, Ramayana.
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Kite flying adds a nice atmosphere to parks. From a visit to Shenzhen, China last month.
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I think that’s a great focus. I would only say that I think a twitter (or farcaster) style feed doesn’t naturally lend itself to video. Elon went around trying to get people to post more videos, but people prefer insta and TikTok for that because their UI makes it much easier to surface content w/o friction.
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While I agree with the Farcaster strategic push for vertical video, I personally don't like filming vertically instead of horizontally, primarily because vertical video will not age well. It is a temporary format, a byproduct of computing on today's tall phone screens. The human field of vision is not vertically oriented, which makes presenting information this way fundamentally inefficient. In a post-smartphone age—when computing shifts to headsets, holograms, or other future interfaces—I can assure you that vertical video will be relegated to the dustbin alongside DVDs and VHS. Once the technology that necessitated it fades, the format itself will quickly follow. In fifteen years, vertical video will be an obsolete medium, nostalgically remembered by Millennials and Gen Z for all the social media brainrot they could zone out to.
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Guess I’ll start uploading some vertical videos. From a trip to China last month.
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I loved all the fantastic tea shops when I was in China bc it meant I stopped drinking coffee. But then I realized my sugar intake had shot through the roof.
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Fist of The North Star (1984-1987) [北斗の拳]
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Comedy is found in creating a union of seemingly unrelated values. Whether that's the irony of a character doing the opposite of what is expected, or a comedian critiquing the hypocrisy of societal norms. Disparate points that we wouldn't seem to be connected are brought together in a satisfying way. Horror is an inversion of that. Subverting expectations in a way that leads to questioning of reality itself. Deconstructing worldviews to invoke isolation and separateness.
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"Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided." - Brian Eno
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Kaneda was a Pumpfun trencher
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Apothecary Diaries (薬屋のひとりごと)
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There is no second best
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Is Netflix giving up on games after barely getting started? Crazy that they were ever lumped in with the tech giants (FAANG) https://www.theverge.com/news/692227/netflix-games-delisting-hades-braid-gaming-strategy
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