Tom Warner

@Austin_Federa Everyone say yes or I lose my job.

Should we do more of these?

We’re headed to Wall Street 🫡

Members of the United Irish Counties Association carry their banner of resistance proclaiming "ENGLAND GET OUT OF IRELAND" for the first time at the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade in 1948 🇮🇪☘️🇺🇸 This banner has been carried at the parade continuously every year since then.

@pattersonscott {Crypto <GO>}

Personal news - After more than two decades at WSJ I'm leaving for my old stomping ground: Bloomberg. Beat: crypto. If you've got some crypto angles - hit me up!

@Austin_Federa @athenaeumbc Heard Ithaca is gorges.

@athenaeumbc I still don’t get why he lived in upstate New York

A powerful scene in the Odyssey happens when Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca after twenty years of war and wandering. You would expect the story to end with celebration, with the hero coming home, the family reunited, and order restored. Homer does something far stranger. Odysseus arrives disguised as a beggar, because Athena warns him that the palace has been taken over by more than a hundred suitors who have been living there for years, eating his food, drinking his wine, and pressuring his wife Penelope to marry one of them. They believe Odysseus is dead and in their minds the kingdom is already theirs. So the king of Ithaca walks through his own halls dressed in rags while the men stealing his house sit comfortably at his tables. They mock him, throw scraps at him, and one of them even strikes him, and Odysseus takes it. That is the remarkable part, because the same man who blinded the Cyclops and survived twenty years of disasters now stands quietly while strangers insult him in his own home. Homer tells us his heart burns inside his chest and that he wants to attack them immediately, yet he restrains himself and waits. Instead of striking, Odysseus studies the room carefully. He counts the men, watches their habits, and quietly observes which servants remain loyal and which have betrayed him. The hero of the Odyssey does something most people cannot do, which is delay revenge until the moment is right. Eventually Penelope announces a contest and brings out Odysseus’ great bow, declaring that she will marry the man who can string it and shoot an arrow through twelve axe heads lined up in a row. One by one the suitors try and fail, because none of them can even bend the bow. Then the beggar asks for a turn. The suitors laugh at first, but the bow is eventually handed to him. Odysseus takes it in his hands and strings it effortlessly. Homer says the sound of the bowstring tightening rings through the hall like the note of a swallow. Then he places an arrow on the string and sends it cleanly through all twelve axe heads. In that moment the beggar disappears. Odysseus turns the bow toward the suitors and reveals who he is. What follows is one of the most brutal scenes in Greek literature. The doors are sealed and the suitors realize too late that they are trapped inside the hall. Odysseus, his son Telemachus, and two loyal servants begin killing them one by one. There is no escape, no mercy, and no negotiation. The men who spent years consuming another man’s house die inside it. It is a violent ending, but Homer wants you to understand something important. The real danger to Odysseus was never just the monsters and storms on the long journey home. It was the possibility that someone else might take his place while he was gone. When Odysseus finally returns, he reminds everyone in Ithaca of a simple truth: a man’s home is not truly his unless he is willing to fight for it.

The only true way to settle the @jito_sol @harmonic_gg debate is over wings. You boys in?

Who would like to see next on Hot Takes?

I’m offended by how slow Google maps thinks I walk.

@julianaraynor Remarkable.

gonna think about this sandwich for years

@baldassarreted This is going to do insane numbers among sports bookies.

Grand Seiko Announces Global Partnership With Shohei Ohtani teddybaldassarre.com/blogs/watches/…

6/ Solana teams are already adopting DoubleZero Edge. Since beta launch on Feb 26, the Solana shreds feed has added 100+ publishers to the network. @Jito_sol and @Harmonic_gg are in the process of integrating DoubleZero Edge into their clients, making it automatic for validators to publish shreds. In addition, several other teams across the @Solana ecosystem are participating in the initial rollout, including @Helius and @Triton_one. Client software teams earn too. If your client powers shred distribution, you get a cut. Build the infrastructure, share in the upside.

@hypnogaba @solana @SuperteamUKR @superteam Слава Україні! 🇺🇦

just started my @solana dev track with @SuperteamUKR to elevate my knowledge of solana tech stack and feel grateful thanks to the whole ukr team for putting it together. if you’re new or OG to Solana, it’s a good idea to constantly educate yourself and @superteam is a right place to do it

The downside of decentralization is how long it takes data to come out of the system. This delay slows price discovery and worsens spreads. TradFi perfected this: Trades in --> Data Out --> More trades in. Crypto markets are a mess: Trade in --> Wait --> Data out to Some --> Wait --> New Trade --> Data to everyone else. Today we take a step in fixing that 🔽

@SawyerMerritt Your move @ViktorBunin

NEWS: Mercedes has unveiled the VLE, a new all-electric van that will launch in the U.S. in 2027. • Price (estimate): $100,000+ • Up to 370 mile range • 300kW peak charging. 189 miles in 15 mins • 31" rear retractable panoramic screen (8K resolution, split-screen capable) with 8-megapixel camera for rear-space video feed • 115 kWh battery • Sensors: 10 cameras, 5 radars, 12 ultrasonic sensors • 800v architecture • 0-60 mph: As low as 6.4s • 93% battery-to-wheel efficiency • Up to 408 hp • Drag coefficient: 0.25 Cd • Rear-axle steering: Up to 7-degree steering angle • AIRMATIC air suspension with intelligent damping. Predictive height adjustment using Google Maps data • Seating capacity: Up to 8 passengers • Cargo volume with seats up: Up to 28 cubic feet • Grand Comfort Seats (includes additional pillow, wireless charging, lumbar support, massage function, calf support) • Panoramic roof: Sky View one-piece fixed-glass roof from B-pillar to rear with electric sunshade • Additional features: Folding tables, wireless charging, Bluetooth gaming controller support • Displays: 10.25" driver display, 14" central, 14" front passenger • Audio: 22 speakers and Dolby Atmos • Head-up display: Augmented reality navigation (virtual 23" image appearing ~13 feet ahead) • Systems: MB. DRIVE with Distance Assist DISTRONIC, Lane Change Assist, semi-autonomous steering on motorways Pricing will be announced later, but Mercedes said North American will only get the long wheelbase version and higher spec trims. Deliveries start in the U.S. in 2027. More photos of the Van in the thread below:

@Brett_Hanfling @weather Will and determination.

It’s 75 degrees in NYC today. It’s been 65+ 3 days in a row. How is there still pockets of snow on the ground?? @weather

@readswithravi Predictably Irrational

What’s a book you’ll never stop recommending?

@stacheduprick Forest Dunes?

rainy day at the office

@maybeltr Hear that @Austin_Federa ?

New Jersey people are like the illuminati of crypto

@Amelia558rs Ethel

Vintage old lady name for this DOG please

Kyler Murray is favored to play his next snap with the New York Jets