Saffron Sage

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. -F. Scott Fitzgerald

@TheCinesthetic 🐐🐐

Dark (2017–2020) is one of the most ambitious and mind-bending sci-fi series ever made. A time travel puzzle that rewards every rewatch.

@ChainlinkP @tigfoundation Why TIG not TAO?

Jensen saying algorithms could 10x and open innovation is what wins...this is literally what @tigfoundation is building. If you want the $TIG bull case, he just gave it to you.

@elaifresh 0:38 most jaw dropping bar in all of rap

“Can you name these flags?” “I don’t think you’re allowed to call them that”

@charmingsirnick @Xenvest Similar cohesive intent. Rhymes

@_saffsage @Xenvest Mets have orange and blue, jets are green and nets were red white blue...what are you talking

All New York women’s sports teams actually do this to some capacity (1/2)

@TomZschach x.com/_saffsage/stat…

Anthropic built Mythos. It finds thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities across every major operating system and browser. It chains exploits autonomously. It’s the most capable AI model anyone has publicly acknowledged. And they won’t let anyone use it. Not because the model is broken. Because the world around it is. There’s no system that tracks what Mythos does, who authorized it to do it, what boundaries it crossed, or who’s accountable when something goes wrong. The only safety mechanism Anthropic could deploy was limiting access to 40 companies and hoping for the best. That’s not infrastructure. That’s a guest list. AI capability has outrun AI accountability. We can build models that find vulnerabilities humans missed for 27 years, but we can’t prove, cryptographically, institutionally, across jurisdictions, who told it to look, what it found, who it told, and whether any of that was authorized. Bessent and Powell didn’t summon bank CEOs because the model is too smart. They summoned them because there’s no trust layer between what the model can do and what institutions can verify it did. We’ve been here before. In 2014, Bitcoin had proven you could order transactions without a central authority. But you couldn’t attach logic or rules to those transactions. The capability existed. The accountability infrastructure didn’t. Ethereum was built to close that gap. Programmable trust that traveled with the transaction, not a guest list managed by intermediaries. AI is at the same inflection point. The capability is extraordinary. The infrastructure to make it accountable doesn’t exist yet. What’s missing is not policy documents. Not access controls. Not ethics boards. It’s a system that carries cryptographic proof of who was authorized to do what, at every step, across every boundary, at machine speed. Without it, the only option is what Anthropic just did: build something extraordinary and then lock it in a room.

@Unexplained2020 This often crosses my mind. "Built for learning and growth" is certainly an optimistic leap of faith, though one I'd happily make, considering alternatives

Thomas Campbell, a physicist and former NASA contractor, says consciousness is the true foundation of reality, not physical matter: "Our Reality Is a Simulation.” He compares the universe to a very advanced virtual reality or video game that began with a “digital Big Bang,” arguing that we are consciousness using human bodies as avatars inside a rule-based simulation built for learning and growth. He says we are “individuated units of consciousness” receiving data streams that create our experience, so the physical world only exists as rendered information when it is observed, similar to game graphics that load only when a player looks at them. In his view, the larger consciousness system is like an intelligent information system that runs the simulation efficiently and consistently so it can function as a kind of school where consciousness evolves by making choices.

@josefabregab @chainlink Agreed. What, if anything, would you expect Clarity to directly impact? (transparency, staking v1, etc.)

Chainlink doesn't have a value accrual problem. The @chainlink team said, repeatedly, the protocol generates hundreds of millions in revenue. It's not verifiable onchain, but the numbers make sense. The two problems are: A) Consistent sell pressure B) $LINK staking caps Regarding A: Investors can't verify revenue onchain, or anywhere. Every time that analytics paltforms such as @tokenterminal or @DefiLlama share revenue numbers, these numbers are frowned upon by the community. However, capital inflows and investor confidence will progressively and very likely decrease if there is no transparency. On the other hand, the consistent sell pressure is indeed verifiable onchain. When looking at the exchanges net flows for $LINK, there's episodic but significant sell-side pressure that repeatedly hits the market, demonstrating a likely supply overhang (big periodic token inflows into exchanges, neutral behavior most of the time, and small outflows). Large token inflows into CEXs often means one thing: intent to sell. Regarding B: If $LINK staking caps remain low, the vast majority of investors can't access any value accrual for their holdings. Right now, most if not all of the value accrual is coming from token buybacks, and not even staking yield. However, these buybacks represent $1M/week, or $52M/year. However, the April CEX inflows alone account for $125M in potential sell pressure (14.5M tokens @ $8.62). Even if only a portion of those inflows are sold, they can easily outweigh buyback support during key periods. This is unsustainable, and investors can see it. But, the hundreds of millions in revenue? They can't see it. Chainlink is arguably the most promising project in crypto, regarding architecture, product market fit, and overall potential. But, for token price to reflect this, some serious changes need to be made regarding operational budget efficiency. I have many ideas regarding this specific point, and will be sharing them throughout the next following weeks. Tl;dr: The token price disconnect is not due to lack of value, but due to how value is distributed and perceived. Disclaimer: I am a $LINK holder, and I'm writing this post with the sole purpose of improving things so that we token holders can confidently hodl and accrue value while at it.

everything you call reality is basically just the front end

@ukhomeoffice Incredible that this needed to be said

Police time will no longer be wasted investigating legal social media posts, freeing up officers to patrol the streets and tackle real crime. By scrapping Non‑Crime Hate Incidents, we are balancing the protection of vulnerable communities while respecting free speech.

@EricTrump @Trump @realDonaldTrump Truly an homage to DJT. A library without books!

🚨 FIRST LOOK: The Donald J. Trump Presidential Library is officially here. Over the past six months, I have poured my heart and soul into this project with my incredible team at @Trump. This landmark on the water in Miami, Florida will stand as a lasting testament to an amazing man, an amazing developer, and the greatest President our Nation has ever known. 🇺🇸 These images have never been seen by the public — until today. Enjoy! trumplibrary.org

@ChainlinkP How is this not a transaction tax from CLL?

Chainlink just showed you the full loop. Revenue, onchain or off, flows through Payment Abstraction, converts to $LINK, and feeds the Reserve. This is a protocol level buy engine and most people still don't get it. Remember trillions are going to be tokenized.

@Fintech03 Outrageously grandiose to believe otherwise

The most iconic line from this book is: We have to remember that what we observe is not nature in itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning.

@OrgIAC Deceptive slime

We are proud supporters of the Ten-Point Plan for Iran’s Future which was first presented by Maryam Rajavi, the President Elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in December 2006 at a session of the Council of Europe.

@ChainlinkP @chainlink Can’t tell if he has real knowledge or if this is how he leans on them to do the right thing (he’s not affiliated as far as I know)

CLG has been pushing this point more lately. So one can assume there is virtually zero chance of @chainlink launching any sort of tradfi arm to undermine the token. If you want exposure to whatever Chainlink is doing, you need to buy $LINK. Full stop.

@llanohen …you think Bam had it worse than Wilt Chamberlain did before the civil rights act? He shot 43 FTs. Insufferable.

let me make this political: bam is part of a rare kind of nba player- working class background, didnt have parents who could create leagues for him to play in, didnt come from a pro sports family. seeing media discredit his accomplishments and favor players (1/2)

@NateSilver538 (3) leads to (1) leads to (2)

They're not mutually exclusive but when you encounter bad behavior online, it's useful to distinguish people who are 1) extremely thirsty for attention; 2) extremely partisan; 3) literally insane and/or sociopathic. You get all 3 together and it's basically the Dark Triad.

@edgefills Well said

A common hangup when reading older novels is the idea that there's something you "miss" if you don't parse every word, when the novel pre-teevee era was meant to be read to pass the time, even the difficult ones. Just like you don't fully pay attention to a sitcom, the enjoyable way to read the tomes is to let your eyes wash over the words and let your intuition ping you to focus. All of a sudden, attention focuses, and you realize the writing is good — *really* good, and poignant, and funny. And if something doesn't make sense, you can always go back. Older literature was meant for repetitive reading, partially bc books were fairly expensive until commodified, and bc there wasn't any other form of mass entertainment. I've always felt the American school system teaches reading incorrectly for this reason. Being able to recite plot points and answer questions isn't a useful test of literary interpretation after it's obvious you have reading comprehension. Great literature is about timelessness, expanding an anecdote or a plot point into a generalist statement about the universe and its participants. The quiz mentality induces pressure in people for no reason. They subconsciously assume they're supposed to be able to rattle off facts about the books the read, which makes reading stressful for no reason. I've read a ton of books where I would struggle to tell you what actually happens. But when a passage becomes relevant, or I discuss the ideas I remember from the experience described above, it's clear I "get" the ideas of the author. It's such a weird reading tip, but if you don't feel like reading a page, just go to the next! You never know if you'll find the right circumstances to get unstuck otherwise.

@TheLinkPanda 👋👋

For those still interested... This is where we are now. $LINK Closing in on 600 marines...