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@SportsCenter @JeffDarlington In 1980, Ken Morrow went from Olympic gold as an amateur to 4 straight Stanley Cups with the Islanders--and earned every one of them. He was a rock.

Matthew Tkachuk has won two Stanley Cups and an Olympic gold medal in a span of two years 🔥 An impressive feat to say the least 🇺🇸 (h/t @JeffDarlington)

Can we talk about how batshit crazy it was for Trump to post that China was going to permanently cancel the Stanley Cup if Canada signs a trade deal with them, or do we just assume at this point that he’s completely psychotic?

Finally. A child with some class and sophistication.

LMFAO when you lay it out like this the absurdity is just STAGGERING.

I sat through two hours of lunacy this afternoon. And watched 15 minutes of this guy just now. The difference is night and day. If you want to understand the long-term damage Donald Trump is doing to our country, it’s worth your time.

@Alex_Danco Down 3 bps last 12 months on the 10 year? This graph reminds me of Sharpie-assisted hurricane maps.

Honestly, respect to them for leaving this up. Poster’s honor

@ESPNCleveland Yes

Browns had a real chance on that last drive. Do you think Shedeur Sanders should start against the Raiders next week?

@nut_history Clemente

Who is your favourite right fielder of all time? Mine is Jose Bautista. Great arm, possessed a lot of HR power and one of the best leaders I’ve ever seen,

Well, I've listened to all 10 (or should I tweet all X) episodes of Infinite Loops with @Alex_Danco and @jposhaughnessy and have only read a few of the recommended books. Though I HAVE purchased several more of them sitting in my massive not yet read pile inside Kindle. #busted

🚨This is literally one of the best clips ever: Rep. Ted Lieu: “Last month’s job numbers were so bad, Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics… Well this month, the report was equally horrible…Trump’s economy sucks.” #Trumpflation

@nut_history Birdie Tebbetts, Cleveland, early 60s

Age yourself by naming your favourite team’ manager when you first started watching baseball. Please quote

And this chart suddenly feels particularly relevant.

@sytaylor @FredaDuan Agreed. The killer use case for smart contracts.

@FredaDuan Good breakdown

Just spent time digging into the Commerce Payments Protocol—and honestly, it’s kind of mind-blowing. Crypto rails have quietly solved most of the pain points that kept them out of mainstream commerce. This isn’t a demo or a theory—it’s live, open-source, and processing real transactions. Crypto payments are here. 1/ Instant “yes/no” authorization. Merchants need a clean answer: should I ship this item? On-chain, that’s trivial. The protocol gives an immediate Authorized response by calling authorize(), which either succeeds or reverts. No ambiguity; just deterministic, programmable logic. 2/ Irrevocable or network-guaranteed funds With traditional cards, “authorization” places a hold—it’s a promise, not a payment. In Base’s USDC rail, the authorize() call immediately moves the exact amount into an escrow smart contract. Funds can only be released via capture, refund, or void—no one can claw it back. It replaces the idea of a credit hold with a “debit hold”: the buyer’s balance is reduced instantly, but the merchant can’t spend it until capture. The process mirrors the card system’s two-step flow, just enforced by smart contracts instead of centralized rules. If a buyer doesn’t have enough USDC, transferWithAuthorization() reverts with transfer amount exceeds balance. No partials. No overdrafts. Just a hard stop—exactly like card error code 51: insufficient funds or credit limit. 3/ Shopper protection, restructured Unlike cards—where issuers offer buyer protections—crypto-native payments move that responsibility to the PSP or wallet layer. The Base Commerce Protocol supports refund() calls, using either the merchant’s wallet balance or, if necessary, the PSP’s own risk reserves. So protection still exists—it’s just no longer mandated by regulation. It’s contractual, balance-sheet backed. Example: Day 0: Buyer pays → USDC enters merchant escrow. Day 10: Product doesn’t arrive → Buyer disputes → PSP calls refund() → Funds pulled from merchant. Day 65: Merchant ghosted → Wallet empty → PSP uses risk pool. Day 91: Refund window expired → On-chain refund no longer possible → PSP may offer credit, or buyer pursues legal recourse or a Circle freeze. 4/ Ubiquitous tooling and UX One challenge remains: frictionless funding. Today, stablecoin payments still require buyers to source USDC, hold it, and manage ETH for gas. That’s a UX burden—but one that’s solvable. Smart wallet abstractions already can make this feel like a debit account. A credit-style overlay—built by $Coin, $Shop, or MoonPay’s new stablecoin card—could close the last usability gap, giving crypto rails parity with cards on the one thing they still lag: seamless funding at checkout. +++ This challenged a lot of what I thought I knew about payments. I’m genuinely impressed by the ecosystem that’s taken shape—much of it just in the last few months, as regulatory clarity started to emerge. The Base Commerce Protocol offers a glimpse into a new payment architecture: one that is transparent, programmable, and structurally more efficient than what we’ve relied on for decades. With steady progress in wallet UX, credit overlays, and fiat onramps, crypto for commerce might arrive much sooner than expected. Never underestimate what an open-source, programmable system can unlock. +++ github.com/base/commerce-… github.com/base/commerce-… blog.base.dev/commerce-payme… youtu.be/phxTKt6JeKk +++ More here: open.substack.com/pub/robonomics…

Congrats @HarryStebbings. Your latest interview with GSquared is your most educational and entertaining ever. And might I note, at 1h45 minutes, you have more than 5x'd 20 minutes. Here's to longform!

@alexiskold @2048vc Timeless

📚Blog Post: 25 Epic, Must-Read Posts About Fundraising startuphacks.vc/blog/2016/02/0… @2048vc // #startuphacks // #VC

@bznotes @HarryStebbings 💥🏆

@HarryStebbings Congrats Harry!

Over the last year 20VC has grown so fast we had to take the offices next door also. Now we are building a full production house. Multiple different studios, vibes, the full works. Time to take it to the next level. LFG. 🚀

@historyrock_ Hal Blaine

Top 20 Drummers of All Time according to ChatGPT Thoughts?

@hodges Any Harry Potter on Audible. Have OD'd on podcasts.

@hodges @epaley @dafrankel @paldsworth @lilylyman Hi Pamela and Sarah! Greetings from VT

All the vibes hanging at Collective Future today. Thanks to @epaley + @dafrankel for bringing together so many wonderful Boston friends, old and new ♥️ @paldsworth @lilylyman