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@trevorjonesart That’s really frightening 😞..I got a good advice for lowering your screen time try the @one_sec_app it helped me reduce my screen time by 90% 🤙

A very important GM, and apologies in advance for the long post, but I wanted to share what’s been going on. I’ve been quiet on here since Sunday after a serious health scare, and it gave me a real fright and forced me to reevaluate a lot of things. Sunday morning started completely normally. I made a coffee, got back into bed, put my earbuds in, started scrolling, and then out of nowhere I was hit with a huge wave of tinnitus, tightness in my head, nausea, and shaking in my left arm. I tried to stand up, but my legs were buckling and I had to fall back into bed. When I turned to Violet, my brain was all fogged up and I struggled to get words out. It very much felt like stroke-like symptoms. My blood pressure had also shot right up and the fear kicked in so we headed straight to the hospital. I spent the next seven hours in emergency doing bloodwork, ECGs, a CT brain scan etc. Today I was back at the Royal Infirmary stroke department for a consultation and more tests. It’s been frightening, not just because of the symptoms, but because for almost a week I had to sit with the possibility that life as I knew it could change forever. Thankfully, everything has come back clear and I’m fully healthy. Thank God! No stroke or TIA (transient ischaemic attack). Instead, it appears to have been a vestibular migraine, most likely brought on by overload. Basically, the brain’s balance and sensory systems become overwhelmed, which can cause dizziness, nausea, shakiness, and slowed speech even without a stroke. In my case, that overload was most likely triggered by too much screen time and overstimulation. Yes, I’m an idiot. I’d ramped up my screen time over the last few months while working on my latest project to the point of developing some really unhealthy habits, including scrolling first thing in the morning and late at night. So I’m making some changes. You’ll still be able to find me here, but much less. Less scrolling, fewer X replies and much less screen time. I’ll be spending lot more time walking, painting, relaxing, and focusing on what’s truly important in life. More than anything, I’m just incredibly grateful. Grateful for Violet, grateful for the doctors, and grateful that this turned out to be a warning rather than a tragedy. The doctor told me today that one of the biggest dangers with anything stroke-related is that people ignore the early warning signs, only for something far more serious to follow later. So if something feels off, get checked out. Don’t put it off. It’s been a huge reminder that life is precious, health is fragile, and no amount of time online is worth losing sight of what really matters. Take care of yourselves and please look after your health. ❤️‍🩹

@refikanadol great read! 😻

GM! Deeply honored to share my views on @DatalandMuseum and beyond!

@trevorjonesart crazy times minted 5 I remember hehe

And 12 minutes later, everything changed.

@fungibIes @degens @eli_schein 2024 is not too long ago for you??

@degens @eli_schein he just posted not too long ago.

TIL 14,000 ETH is sitting untouched in Pak’s Lost Poets contract. Interesting. H/T Demar

Refik is one of the most amazing artists in the world!

@opensea your app is neither working on my iPhone nor iPad since a couple of days

The Meebits Fútbol site is now live on @opensea. Mint opens Wednesday, Feb 25: 6am EST - Meebits collectors wave 10am EST - MeebCo ecosystem wave 10:30am EST - Public wave Full details are on the site linked below and in our pinned post.

@sergitosergito @60Minutes @refikanadol The goat 🐐

Behind the @60Minutes features and the MoMA exhibits are years of work most people never see. On the way to the Node opening party we spotted @refikanadol at a café, locked tf in. He was still there a couple of hours later when we walked back to the hotel. So many lessons in that.

@sergitosergito I need Austria 🇦🇹 ❤️🤍❤️

“No era penal!” but I’ll let it slide. I’m so excited for this Netherlands kit I just dropped a bilingual pun 🤣

@sergitosergito bring back phygital :)

One of the biggest things we learned last year was that physical-only drops are very exclusionary. 50% of our collector base is abroad and import tariffs make buying physicals very expensive, so we decided to invert the model. With the World Cup coming to America this summer, we created digital Meebits blind box toys featuring national uniforms which are playable on Otherside, so you can represent your country online. Having these as NFTs also allow us to create contests and reward collectors while the tournament is played. Lastly, anybody who wants the physical figurine will have the option to redeem for it. For those who choose to keep the digital version, it will act like a memento of this year’s tournament similar to collecting a physical jersey. We came to NFTs for the possibilities that digital asset ownership unlock, and we are excited to explore and have fun alongside you via Meebits Futbol.

@trevorjonesart @NFCsummit just got my ticket :)

Who's coming to @NFCsummit? Tickets just out 👇

@AlexFinn Remains Open Source like their Non-Profit structure

OpenAI bought OpenClaw Your initial gut reaction might be anger and rage, but I promise you are mistaken. This is a win for EVERYONE involved (including you): • OpenClaw remains open source • The team gets way more resources to build incredible products and advance the vision of OpenClaw • OpenAI gains an incredible builder (Peter Steinberger) • Get the biggest PR boost ever • They are finally viewed as 'Open' • Get millions of people signing up for expensive ChatGPT plans to plug into OpenClaw • Connect their name to the most powerful AI tool ever made • Peter Steinberger's entire bloodline never has to worry about money ever again OpenAI will NEVER close source OpenClaw or end the project. It would be brand suicide. They have no option but to keep it open source. Their play here is clear: incentivize using OpenAI models for OpenClaw. Get a massive reputation boost. Hire the smartest builder in AI. This will lead to WAY more revenue for OpenAI and even more importantly: gain the favor of the millions of people who adopted OpenClaw. This will be the biggest PR win in the history of AI and make Anthropic look like closed off walled garden authoritarians for banning people the last month. Expect faster OpenClaw acceleration, ChatGPT plans BUILT for OpenClaw, and an AI tool that will only continue to dominate the world. This is a win for everyone except Anthropic.

@trevorjonesart @MysterioNFT @Kaprekar_Punk Very personal and encouraging article 😊, imho it can only get better from here. Let’s keep on creating/building ✊🎨

I appreciate this post from @Kaprekar_Punk and wanted to add another viewpoint from the artist side. I fully get where he’s coming from and he’s not wrong about power or the influence a small number of collectors can have on narrative. All I can offer is my own experience. I graduated from art college in 2008 as a mature student, already questioning my sanity for choosing such an “irresponsible and ridiculous” path at that stage of life, and then, with perfect timing, the financial crash hit. The Scottish art market imploded. Royal Bank of Scotland had recently become one of the world's largest banks with thanks to Sir Fred 'The Shred' Goodwin and was by far the biggest supporter of the arts in the country... And then it collapsed, and everything came crashing down, just as I was beginning my art career 🤦‍♂️ Corporate art sales, and pretty much all art sales in general, evaporated because the entire economy was fucked. Needless to say, I was in the shit and questioning my already questionable life choices even more. For years after that, well into my 40s, I worked two or three low-paid, often menial jobs just to keep the lights on. Every spare minute went into making art, submitting art to contests and panelled juries (100% fail rate), emailing galleries (99% rejection), and trying to build something that to be completely honest, felt impossible. There were many moments where I genuinely thought I wasn’t going to make it, not in some abstract career sense, but in the very real sense of paying rent or putting food on the table. Over those years (well before my crypto journey), three patrons really stand out. I got to know all of them well, and each supported me in very different ways and at different financial levels. I respect each one of them more than words can say. Their support (alongside smaller sales) kept the wolves from the door for over a decade. And even a single sale was enough to buy me another month. All of this was absolutely essential and mattered for me and my dream. They compound, they build confidence and belief… and eventually, momentum. From where I sit, there’s no clean hierarchy. Big collectors, smaller collectors, loud or quiet, you’re all important and essential for different reasons. Big, visible support can change trajectories, often very fast, but smaller, consistent support is what sustains artists over time. It’s what puts food on the table and pays for paint and brushes, or a new computer or a camera to keep going. One doesn’t cancel out the other. That’s also why I think what @batsoupyum is doing right now is honestly great to see. Not just the $$ for artists to keep going, but the signal and the fact that it’s encouraging other collectors to step up too, in an undeniably shitty market. It’s this kind of collective momentum that really will do good for a lot of artists in difficult times. I know those times well. And I know there are many artists in this space feeling dejected or frustrated right now. I’ve been there. But from the artist side, support in any form still matters. Long story short, for what it’s worth, everything that’s done helps artists keep going. And if it’s not about that, then what’s the point?

@trevorjonesart I wanna see it in a top tier museum ❤️

@kryptoseph No idea. 😅

Before. During. After.

@mattmedved Great summary, loved reading this and still optimistic about the future of digital art 🖼️

@rarible next :/

@Ric_RTP Bitcoin.

The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974. And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself. Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." This is about the petrodollar system that has kept America the dominant economic power for 50 years. And Venezuela just threatened to end it. Here's what really just happened: Venezuela has 303 billion barrels of proven oil reserves. The largest on Earth. More than Saudi Arabia. 20% of the entire world's oil. But here's the part that matters: Venezuela was actively selling that oil in Chinese yuan. Not dollars. In 2018, Venezuela announced it would "free itself from the dollar." They started accepting yuan, euros, rubles, anything BUT dollars for oil. They were petitioning to join BRICS. They were building direct payment channels with China that bypass SWIFT entirely. And they were sitting on enough oil to fund de-dollarization for decades. Why does this matter? Because the entire American financial system is built on one thing: The petrodollar. In 1974, Henry Kissinger made a deal with Saudi Arabia: All oil sold globally must be priced in US dollars. In exchange, America provides military protection. This single agreement created artificial demand for dollars worldwide. Every country on Earth needs dollars to buy oil. This lets America print unlimited money while other countries work for it. It funds the military. The welfare state. The deficit spending. The petrodollar is more important to US hegemony than aircraft carriers. And there's a pattern of what happens to leaders who challenge it: 2000: Saddam Hussein announces Iraq will sell oil in euros instead of dollars. 2003: Invaded. Regime change. Iraq's oil immediately switched back to dollars. Saddam lynched. The WMDs were never found because they never existed. 2009: Gaddafi proposes a gold-backed African currency called the "gold dinar" for oil trade. Hillary Clinton's own leaked emails confirm this was the PRIMARY reason for intervention. Email quote: "This gold was intended to establish a pan-African currency based on the Libyan golden Dinar." 2011: NATO bombs Libya. Gaddafi sodomized and murdered. Libya now has open slave markets. "We came, we saw, he died!" Clinton laughed on camera. The gold dinar died with him. And now Maduro. With FIVE TIMES more oil than Saddam and Gaddafi combined. Actively selling in yuan. Building payment systems outside dollar control. Petitioning to join BRICS. Partnered with China, Russia, and Iran. The three countries leading global de-dollarization. This isn't coincidence. Challenge the petrodollar. Get regime changed. Every. Single. Time. Stephen Miller (US homeland security advisor) literally said it out loud two weeks ago: "American sweat, ingenuity and toil created the oil industry in Venezuela. Its tyrannical expropriation was the largest recorded theft of American wealth and property." He's not hiding it. They're claiming Venezuelan oil BELONGS to America because US companies developed it 100 years ago. By this logic, every nationalized resource in history was "theft." But here's the DEEPER problem: The petrodollar is already dying. Russia sells oil in rubles and yuan since Ukraine. Saudi Arabia is openly discussing yuan settlements. Iran has been trading in non-dollar currencies for years. China built CIPS, their own alternative to SWIFT with 4,800 banks in 185 countries. BRICS is actively building payment systems that bypass the dollar entirely. The mBridge project lets central banks settle trades instantly in local currencies. Venezuela joining BRICS with 303 billion barrels of oil would accelerate this exponentially. That's what this invasion is really about. Not stopping drugs. Venezuela accounts for less than 1% of US cocaine. Not terrorism. There's zero evidence Maduro runs a "terror organization." Not democracy. The US supports Saudi Arabia, which has zero elections. This is about maintaining a 50-year-old agreement that lets America print money while the world works for it. And the consequences are terrifying: Russia, China, and Iran are already denouncing this as "armed aggression." China is Venezuela's biggest oil customer. They're losing billions. BRICS nations are watching a country get invaded for trading outside the dollar. Every nation considering de-dollarization just got the message: Challenge the dollar and we will bomb you. But here's the problem... That message might accelerate de-dollarization, not stop it. Because now every country in the Global South knows what happens if you threaten dollar hegemony. And they're realizing the only protection is to move FASTER. The timing is insane too: January 3rd, 2026. Venezuela invaded. Maduro captured. January 3rd, 1990. Panama invaded. Noriega captured. 36 years apart. Almost to the day. Same playbook. Same "drug trafficking" excuse. Same real reason: control of strategic resources and trade routes. History doesn't repeat. But it rhymes. What happens next: Trump's press conference at Mar-a-Lago sets the narrative. US oil companies are already lined up. Politico reported they've been approached about "returning to Venezuela." The opposition will be installed. Oil will flow in dollars again. Venezuela becomes another Iraq. Another Libya. But here's what nobody's asking: What happens when you can no longer bomb your way to dollar dominance? When China has enough economic leverage to retaliate? When BRICS controls 40% of global GDP and says "no more dollars"? When the world realizes the petrodollar is maintained by violence? America just showed its hand. The question is whether the rest of the world folds or calls the bluff. Because this invasion is an admission that the dollar can no longer compete on its own merits. When you have to bomb countries to keep them using your currency, the currency is already dying. Venezuela isn't the beginning. It's the desperate end. What do you think?

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