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Filmmaking brothers Arie and Chuko Esiri have landed a distribution deal with acclaimed company NEON for their upcoming film, Clarissa. Shot on 35mm from Nov-Dec 2025, the sophomore project moves between Lagos and Abraka, Delta. Read the full story. whatkeptmeup.com/nigerian-film-…

Stablecoins are emerging as the clearest view of what a dollar actually costs in frontier markets. Over the past year, I’ve been looking closely at how stablecoins trade across 20+ frontier markets. Here's what I found:

2025 wrapped: We crossed $355M in payments volume at @VoriHQ 🚀 Grocery is the most important consumer spend category on the planet—and Vori is building its AI-powered infrastructure. • +$22M in incremental sales for grocers • 1.26M lbs of bananas sold 🍌 • 577k+ cost changes detected by Vori AI • 50+ teammates building this every day • Live nationwide — Seattle → Staten Island 2026: escape velocity. $2B+ in payments. Buckle up.

@abidibidibambam 😭 1,2,3 🎈

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@LukaMarr @soleio Strong co-sign on this.

Reach out to @Soleio. He’s incredibly helpful, asks the right questions, brings clarity, follows up even if you don’t, and you can tell he genuinely cares. Most importantly, he’s much easier to get in touch with than you’d expect.

@bria_sullivan @hankgreen Go Bria! 🎉

My dream came true today. My app hit #1 on the App Store while working with my hero @hankgreen and taking care of my newborn baby

@jeffand_ @shapingelements Thanks Jeff!!

@daraoke @shapingelements

Looking for a 3D artist who specializes in physical product design, such as homewares and objects. Anyone have any recs?

Thanks for the recs, y’all! Just to clarify - this is for a physical product, not digital/CGI. Looking for someone who can do CAD-style modeling for fabrication, not visual/CG art. Thank you!

This. I’m increasingly pro local & open source LLMs. Holding your own memory is both privacy and leverage.

The most notable thing in today's market isn't what's happening in stocks, it's that bond yields went up despite what's happening in stocks.

You can, simultaneously: - Dollar cost average, remain long-term optimistic. - Not panic. - Enjoy the outdoors, kids, good food, etc. - Realize how unbelievably destructive and unnecessary this is.

@_KarenHao Can’t wait to read this, congrats Karen!!

Some news years in the making: My book EMPIRE OF AI, out May 20, is ready for pre-order at empireofai.com. It tells the inside story of OpenAI as a lens for understanding the moment we’re in: the tech elite's extraordinary seizure of power and its threat to democracy. 1/

@brunostasse This is so good! 👏

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I’m happy to share that @elycecole and I have founded a not-for-profit called Hard Problems to help tech people to find meaningful work on the hardest problems facing the world — challenges like public health, climate change, and good government.

The time I spend fixing AI output is infinitely paid back in on-demand responsiveness and not having to convince/align/build consensus/prioritize/hop in a quick sync/standup/plan/assign/follow up/1:1

🎉 Lovely news! The free healthcare clinic in 🇳🇬 Lagos is already saving lives! Before the clinic's official opening, a medical outreach event was held where patients could pre-register and receive treatment during registration. At the pre-opening, the nurses treated 115 people, a higher number than expected ... there's obviously a deep need for free primary healthcare. Here's the data that was collected on the day: 70% of patients reported a monthly income of N40,000 - N45,000 ($27 - $30 per month). The youngest beneficiaries were two 2-year-old children who were treated for malaria and common cold, respectively, and the oldest was an 80-year-old woman who was treated for unmanaged hypertension. Malaria is a disease that is especially deadly for children when treated late; catching and preventing it early with basic care is very important, and thankfully, we did for many, including 17 children under the age of 10. ⁠Patients have been followed up with during the week, and many are doing much better. Most patients (~39%) were diagnosed and treated for malaria. The second most common diagnosis after malaria was high blood pressure (hypertension) (~15%). This is expected as malaria, and hypertension is among the leading causes of death in the country. Two patients were found to be at risk of fatal/near-death complications from unmanaged hypertension and were immediately treated and referred to the nearest tertiary institution. Of note, a mother from the community had extremely high blood pressure and was at significant risk of a stroke if her condition wasn't revealed during the outreach. Our practitioners gave her emergency treatment, and she will be following up with a specialist at a tertiary hospital. The rest of the patients presented with varying illnesses, including unmanaged arthritis, diarrhoea, upper respiratory tract infections, the common cold, ulcers, skin infections, and allergies. ⁠ Four patients had no symptoms of illness and came by for a regular medical checkup, an act they noted would have been a luxury if they hadn't had this opportunity. 69% of patients self-identified as female, and 31% as male. -- Can you reshare this post? ... It helps us get the word out 💛