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@RaminNasibov just get a corporate job and experience it yourself

Can someone recommend a movie that will emotionally destroy me?

@mdudas Coinbase is delaying USDC transfers for up to a week. I wonder if related.

usdc is going to be the worst of all worlds it's extremely easy to lose these dollars: there is virtually zero friction to convert and launder post-hack or exploit, and you're equally unable to retrieve due to user error meanwhile, the company is seeking to offload any responsibility for freezing funds to legal structures that unequivocally cannot move as fast as blockchain transactions; they know that this is a suboptimal solution that will cost users significant money while benefitting bad actors unfortunately, regulated stablecoins ultimately become cuckbucks in this scenario, as the centralized issuers refuse to take on any responsibility for making difficult decisions that would be in line with their extremely broad terms and their smart contracts that allow them to freeze usdc i'm not sympathetic to the arguments that asking circle to freeze usdc presents a moral quandary either. we are clearly dealing with a centralized issuer deeply and actively seeking legislative, regulatory and law enforcement oversight as a strategic goal no one is pretending this is a decentralized dollar equivalent, so there is no "slippery slope" to requesting the centralized issuer freeze funds, even temporarily for a cooldown period, in proven exploit scenarios open to pitches for a better onchain dollar; we can and will do better

Famous digital artist. Massive gallery in Montreal. As legit as they come. The NFTs are $12 each.

@maccurated i got four earlier this week before the 🧹 grateful

man I’m so happy for the homie dr today, his work finally catching the attention it deserves again. kinda feels like we have finally found the bottom for organic NFT art and collectables, this may actually be where we see nostalgic art collections find proper collectors hands. the traders have almost entirely left. let’s see.

Who remembers these MFers

Holy Renga sweeps

@k2__investment @jimcramer

@jimcramer Never doubt in Jim😏

Surprised the futures are so benign given how much we have run in the last two weeks on rumors of peace....

@rushicrypto Zero. We will print more money than God very soon.

What are the odds we're about to have another Great Depression?

@JCourageFIT @veefriends Thanks brother ❤️

@siliconpug @veefriends Love it!!

Just grabbed my second @veefriends v2 Happy Hermit Crab. This guy joins the family with my other v2 Hermit Crab and my Poised Pug v1.

IRL is the alpha. The Meebits 5th Anniversary celebration featuring Larva Labs is coming up on May 2nd. Attendees will have a unique opportunity to hear Matt and John talk about the artistic process behind Meebits and some of the things the future might bring. We have limited spots for art community members. If you want to attend please DM me for an invite.

@worldlibertyfi @justinsuntron how about unlock investor funds, put the USDC back in the Dolomite LP, and let people exit

Does anyone still believe @justinsuntron ? Justin’s favorite move is playing the victim while making baseless allegations to cover up his own misconduct. Same playbook, different target. WLFI isn't the first. We have the contracts. We have the evidence. We have the truth. See you in court pal.

TACO incoming

@mkolken Yup. I said this last year and got shouted down because most people can’t fathom paying half their income to the government. But it’s true.

In New York State when you combine federal state and local school and property taxes you end up giving more than 50% of your income to the government so that it can be squandered and stolen by fraudsters. It’s insanity.

@HodlFlorida Coinbase is holding USDC transfers for 7 days. Something is off there.

Is there a point where people start thinking, maybe Saylor owning 1M+ coins is NOT a good thing? Especially since it’s held with Coinbase.

True story about Gary. In 2021 when a popular YouTuber launched NFTs and didn’t deliver on all their promises, @garyvee actually made every investor who wanted a refund whole. Simply because he had her in a couple of his videos. He didn’t have to do that. I never saw another person in Web3 do anything like that before or since. @veefriends are the absolute safest play in crypto because of Gary. Yes they are bigger than him but he’s a massive asset to the project in my opinion.

This is interesting and I want to share my view on why I think @veefriends isn’t as big as many of us think it should be in 5 years (specifically in the web3/nft/crypto space) I think it’s @garyvee Many love him, many really don’t like him at all. I talk to people all the time and here’s what usually happens: Oh Gary Vee, yeah he’s pretty cool Gary Vee? I can’t stand him, isn’t he a grifter or something? I think VeeFriends will get the love and attention it truly deserves when it becomes bigger than Gary. I personally love G and I believe in his ability to build VF to be a globally recognized and respected IP. But I also recognize that “Gary Vee” is a personal brand, one that has always been divisive. And right now VF is dependent on HIM to grow. As I’ve always said: Gary is both the biggest thing growing VF right now AND the main thing holding it back from more rapid growth. It’s always about AND right G?! 😉😉🤣

@MurrayHillGuy1 To be fair St. Marks was always shitty but for a brief shining moment

Waking up in the East Village this morning… homeless guy performing outside the coffee shop like it’s Broadway St. Marks fully Brooklyn coded now, trash everywhere walked past 10 people smoking a blunt at 9 am… no clue what’s going on there got stopped twice: “are you a democrat?” left my credit card at Cooper’s waiting for them to open Happy Sunday NYC!

@mtracey So the girl was 21? Is that when people usually apply to law schools? How old is he?

One of the four women whom CNN characterizes as alleging "sexual misconduct" by Eric Swalwell was essentially an adult woman whom Swalwell asked on a date, she agreed, they meet up, drink alcoholic beverages, end up having sex, and then she starts to feel bad about it because he's married. Although the anonymous adult woman says she felt "emotionally vulnerable" after the hookup, she continued to send him "friendly messages," and told him he would make an "amazing governor." That's it. If you want to expose and moralistically opine on the private sexual activity of adults, that's your prerogative I guess, but lumping it under the umbrella of "sexual misconduct" is preposterous. There's nothing non-consensual even alleged here. The woman only "came forward" when she started hearing rumors on social media about Swalwell's other flings. Sure, it looks like the guy was cheating on his wife. If you want to bombastically scold him for that, go ahead I guess, but it's also trivially common behavior (see also: the current governor of California, the current president of the United States). To vaguely categorize it as somehow constituting RAPE (or even "misconduct") is an assault on the English language, common sense, and public rationality. Did no one learn ANYTHING from the embarrassing excesses of "MeToo"? Below is the entire CNN excerpt chronicling the anonymous woman's story. (This adult woman DID NOT work for Swalwell in any capacity.) Feel free to explain how it's anything other than what I've described above, despite the obvious selectivity in how CNN assembled their ridiculous reportage. Surely there must've been plenty of additional details strategically omitted in service of the narrative CNN decided to concoct, in collusion with the Dem activists and "influencers" who ginned up this whole fiasco. --------------- CNN, April 10, 2026 ‘All you did was harm me’ Another woman, who had an interest in Democratic politics, said she began messaging with Swalwell online in 2025 after responding to one of his Instagram stories, joking that she might run for office herself. A couple of days later, she said, Swalwell followed her and encouraged her to get involved in politics. He later sent her his phone number. The woman and Swalwell began texting over several weeks, including late at night, discussing politics and their previous work experience as bartenders, screenshots of messages she shared with CNN show. She said she was shocked that a congressman was paying her attention. “I kind of almost felt like I was getting catfished,” she said. In spring 2025, Swalwell said he happened to be coming to her city and asked to meet. He asked for her suggestions for a hotel and places to go, the messages show. Swalwell and the woman met for dinner and drinks at a steakhouse. She said she told her mother about the meeting with Swalwell in advance, and her mother confirmed that in an interview with CNN. Swalwell asked her about her work history in what seemed almost like a job interview, she recalled. Partway through their conversation, Swalwell told her that he had to do a CNN interview, and went back to his hotel room. As he was waiting for his live TV hit, Swalwell texted her a photo asking her how he looked, according to a screenshot she provided to CNN. That photo matched Swalwell’s appearance in the interview, and Swalwell also told the CNN anchor that he was visiting the city where the woman lived, according to CNN’s recording. Afterward, Swalwell took the woman to another bar, where they sat in a back booth, she said. “He was sitting against me, and so I kind of moved away from him, and every time that I would move away from him, he would get closer to me,” she remembered. He touched her leg and ordered a drink for her. The woman said she tried to turn the conversation to her partner and Swalwell’s wife and children, but Swalwell continued to touch her. She began to get more intoxicated and felt “really fuzzy,” even accidentally walking into the men’s bathroom in the bar, she said. After she returned to the booth, Swalwell kissed her, she said. “I was shocked that he would do that right in the middle of a public bar,” she said. She said she told him it was wrong, but didn’t want to burn a bridge with a prominent congressman, so she stayed at the bar even as she was getting more intoxicated. The woman said she then ended up in Swalwell’s hotel room without any memory of how she got there. She said that her memory of what happened in Swalwell’s hotel room is “a blur.” She ended up leaving the hotel at 5:41 a.m., according to a screenshot of an Uber receipt she provided to CNN. The next day, she said, Swalwell sent her disappearing iPhone voice messages saying that he wanted to ensure that his wife didn’t find out about what happened, she said. She felt emotionally vulnerable and distraught in the following weeks, she said, telling her mother about a month after the fact about what had happened, and later telling two close friends. All three confirmed to CNN in interviews that she had shared her story with them. One friend said that she told them about her experience with Swalwell in December 2025, while the other said she could not remember when specifically she was told. She said she told Swalwell that she felt “really disgusted and ashamed” about what happened, but he continued contacting her, including offering to use his position to help her renew her passport or saying he could write her a letter of recommendation for her law school applications. A few days before he announced his gubernatorial bid in November, he texted her, asking how she was, according to screenshots she provided to CNN. The following month, she sent him a long message telling him that “all you did was harm me,” and asking him not to contact her again. “I won’t bother you again!” Swalwell responded. “Sorry.” The woman said she continued to stay in touch with Swalwell after that, however, exchanging some friendly messages with him, in what she likened to Stockholm syndrome. In the cease-and-desist letter to the woman, Swalwell’s lawyer argued that some of these text messages, including one in which she said “you would be an amazing governor,” raised doubt about her account. The woman told CNN she decided to speak out about what happened to her after hearing rumors about other women accusing Swalwell of misconduct, and realizing she wasn’t alone. “I suffered a lot in silence. … I had no desire to ever come after him or ever come out saying something,” she said. But she concluded that Swalwell “used my vulnerabilities and the fact that I looked up to him to be able to get something from it,” she added.

@paulswaney3 If PE gets involved, stop using the product. If you work there, find another job. The business model is extraction. Don’t feed it.

Aren’t you an attorney? This is one of the worst takes I’ve ever seen. Stay in your lane. Let me explain what actually happened at Philz Coffee. 🧵

@CodyElijah1 Don’t do it. Negative ROI. Just figure out how to build something or provide a service.

Going back to school in my 40's because I know I'll never be able to retire and another 30 years in healthcare sounds like a fate worse than death.