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@stuff_io Guys, I'm attempting to purchase some copies of the Simple Sabotage Field Manual, and I'm stuck in the queue 1 of 2. Is there a problem with minting today?

Ownership is back. Own your digital books, movies, and music. Creators can sell their art and have direct contact with their fans. We agree. OWNERSHIP MATTERS. Own Your $STUFF!

OPENAI IS FALLING APART IN REAL TIME I've watched companies implode for decades. This one has all the warning signs. OpenAI declared "Code Red" in December. Altman sent an internal memo telling employees to drop everything because Google's Gemini 3 is eating their lunch. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff publicly ditched ChatGPT for Gemini after using it for two hours. ChatGPT traffic fell in November. Second month-over-month decline of 2025. Meanwhile Gemini jumped to 650 million monthly active users. The company that was supposed to build AGI can't keep its chatbot competitive. But the real story is the money... OpenAI lost $12 BILLION in a single quarter according to Microsoft's own fiscal disclosures. Deutsche Bank estimates $143 billion in cumulative negative cash flow before the company turns profitable. Their analysts put it bluntly: "No startup in history has operated with losses on anything approaching this scale." They're burning $15 million per day on Sora alone. $5 billion annually to generate copyright-infringing memes. Even Sora's lead engineer admitted the "economics are currently completely unsustainable." Here's the big math problem nobody wants to discuss: It's going to cost 5x the energy and money to make these models 2x better. The low-hanging fruit is gone. Every incremental improvement now requires exponentially more compute, more data centers, more power. Reports suggest OpenAI's large training runs in 2025 failed to produce models better than prior versions. GPT-5 launched to widespread disappointment. Users called it "underwhelming" and "horrible." OpenAI had to restore GPT-4o within 24 hours because users preferred the old model. Altman had promised GPT-5 would make GPT-4 feel "mildly embarrassing." Instead, users complained it was worse at basic math and geography. They've released GPT-5.1, GPT-5.2 since. Same complaints each time: too corporate, too safe, robotic, boring. The talent exodus makes this even worse: CTO Mira Murati. Gone. Chief Research Officer Bob McGrew. Gone. Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever. Gone. President Greg Brockman. Gone. Half the AI safety team departed. Multiple executives reportedly cited "psychological abuse" under Altman's leadership. And now Elon Musk is suing for up to $134 billion. A federal judge just ruled the case goes to jury trial in April. There's "plenty of evidence" that OpenAI's leaders promised to maintain the nonprofit structure that Musk funded. Musk provided $38 million in early funding based on those assurances. Now he wants his share of the $500 billion valuation. OpenAI called it "harassment." But the judge disagreed. Here's what I think happens next: The AI hype cycle is peaking. The diminishing returns are becoming impossible to hide. Competitors are catching up. The lawsuits are piling up. OpenAI needs to generate $200 billion in annual revenue by 2030 to justify their projections. That's 15x growth in five years while costs keep exploding. Even Sam Altman admitted investors are "overexcited" about AI. His exact words: "Someone is going to lose a phenomenal amount of money." If I were running an AI startup with good traction right now, I'd be looking for an exit. Sell into the hype before the music stops. My positioning: I'm not touching OpenAI-adjacent plays at these valuations. The risk profile is astronomical. If you're exposed to the Magnificent 7 through AI infrastructure bets, consider trimming. The gap between promised revolution and delivered reality has never been wider. The smart money is rotating into sectors where valuations actually reflect fundamentals. Small and mid-caps are trading near decade lows relative to Big Tech while earnings growth is only marginally lower. Markets can price risk. But they can't price chaos. And OpenAI is chaos dressed up in a $500 billion valuation.

The Australien Government has made ad about its new environment laws ahead of the coming election, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative #auspol #2025election

Governance. youtube.com/watch?v=-xUFUX…

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@LaPetiteADA @IOHK_Charles Well said.🙏

Competitors can't copy communities! 🔥🦋🍄 Back in 2021, I vividly remember watching @IOHK_Charles’s opening speech online at the Cardano Summit. I then realized that the core value of a blockchain, even more important than technology, is decentralization and the community behind it. 💪 Cardano’s journey to becoming the most decentralized blockchain ecosystem wasn’t just about peer-reviewed technology, it was about empowering people to bank the unbanked. This mission needed a robust Governance system backed by an active and experienced community to secure the future of true permissionless finance. If you think about history, you will quickly realize that this is the key to success: when European colonies gained independence, many struggled with political instability, corruption, and economic stagnation. Why? Because true governance and leadership require experience, active participation, and a bulletproof system that fairly distributes power. Societies that lacked these foundations often faced chaos and setbacks. Blockchains are no different. Many VC-backed chains operate like the old imperialist monarchies—they are centralized entities arbitrarily controlling decision-making and prioritizing profits for their insiders and sponsors over the mission of this technology. Their communities are often left out from governance actions leaving them inexperienced and disempowered, and setting them up for failure when power must be handed over as decentralization becomes an industry standard. Cardano, on the other hand, has gone through its own “test of fire” by prioritizing decentralization and organic community growth. Its global community—diverse in culture, expertise, and backgrounds—has become its greatest strength. Thousands of leaders have emerged, driving innovation and resilience, and overcoming the challenges of drafting and ratifying our very first constitution! The latest hard fork to fully decentralize the decision making of the ecosystem, and groundbreaking products like Hydra and @midgardprotocol (for throughput and scalability), Leios (optimizing block propagation), and @MidnightNtwrk (privacy-focused protocol) are proof of this strategy paying off: Cardano is quickly catching up in technological advantage while enjoying the security and resilience of a truly decentralized ecosystem. Decentralization is the most important—and thus most difficult—feature of a blockchain. It takes years of hard work, trust-building, and adoption to achieve it. VC money can’t buy this! When investing in a blockchain, the first question you should answer is: Is it truly decentralized? 🤔 Bitcoin is another strong proof of this argument. By building a community first and improving the technology over time, Bitcoin became unstoppable. Cardano has taken after Bitcoin’s principles, even using its secure and brilliant UTXO model. Now, with Cardano poised to become the DeFi layer for Bitcoin, the blockchain revolution is reaching its ultimate stage. 🚀 You are not ready for what’s coming!

@TheFairies_ Needed that today. 🙏

Positivity isn’t just a mindset it’s a force. It lifts your spirit, inspires others, and turns challenges into opportunities. A single good vibe can ripple out and change the day. Embrace it. Much Love Lets Fairy Go Ze Fairies #smile #ai #tech

@TheFairies_ @FairyFrensX Sweet!♥

Thanks Olivia 🧚‍♂️ Lets Fairy Go! @FairyFrensX #Follow

Streaming is convenient, cheap, and everywhere – but have you ever wondered who’s really paying the price? Spoiler: It’s not the platform. Let’s dive into the hidden costs of music streaming and who it affects the most. 🧵⏬ #MusicIndustryBreakdown

@book_io 😂 I forgot the link. Silly me. law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/…

This report on out-of-print Australian novels and the challenges faced by the industry to keep them in circulation was an interesting read, @book_io 😉

New Release: gouroboros v0.107.1 Check it out here: github.com/blinklabs-io/g… Released - blinklabs-io #Cardano $ADA #Koios #API

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Mike from Ireland has been with OLi since day one, and his words perfectly capture the impact of the platform. Learning at your own pace, earning as you grow, and feeling supported every step of the way—this is what OLi is all about!

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Psyched to bring this to you Greek olive oil is one of the MOST COUNTERFEIT OILS IN THE WORLD In September our team went to Greece to bring Palmyra the olive oil producers to help fight the counterfeiters & bring REAL Greek olive oil to the world This is their odyssey

📢 BREAKING: The World Mobile Chain (WMC) Public Testnet is LIVE! It’s not just a blockchain, it’s a movement redefining telecoms through decentralisation. Here’s what you need to know 👇

Happy New Year, #CardanoCommunity! 🌐⛓️✨ Kicking off 2025 with a reminder from @IOHK_Charles about why we’re building here! 🦾 Let’s keep pushing boundaries and creating real world impact this year! 🏠 #Cardano #BuildingOnCardano

This week's #worldmusic find.🤯 youtube.com/watch?v=mvvWu7…

@projectNEWM @TheBoykinZ Wow! That change at 1:30 🤯

@TheBoykinZ Mandrill - Children Of The Sun  youtube.com/watch?v=Abpuao…

This is it, our very last playlist of 2024! We've loved sharing our favorite songs with y'all, from well-loved classics to brand new hits. Music discovery will always be one of the best parts of life and we plan to keep sharing amazing music in 2025 🖤