~migrev-dolseg has quietly launched a minimalist social network on Urbit: twig twig succeeds where nostr, Bluesky, and even Farcaster have failed: A fully decentralized social media protocol. How does it work? 🧵👇

you might notice more people who used to have verified twitter blue checks who have decided it's just not worth it anymore. you might wonder where those people are now. they are on twig with their %pals.

damn %twig is the real deal he did it

can someone explain to me how this isn't, "we're $37 trillion in debt and our treasury secretary is celebrating the high cost of additional financing of our deficit spending?" kenny.urbit or 𝐃𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐲 (𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲.𝐢𝐨), you guys have an explainer on this one?

absolute banger.

they could have just said 'pay openai investors who turned a non-profit into a for profit company with tax dollars'. woulda been fewer words.

a hero dose to kill the fear of death.

> microsoft probably has 30% of the world's senior engineers right now, who can prevent the production of slop if this is true, humanity is fucked. have you used microsoft software lately?

pretty obviously this goes from "convicted felons get this" to "everyone gets this". prime example of "they spend so much time thinking if they could, they never stopped to think if they should."

50-year mortgages isn't new, looking at things from the perspective of "the boomers are just continually doing literally everything they can to disenfranchise their offspring". yes, it's a new implementation, but it is the same policy: strip the wealth from future generations.

I'm glad the villain of the new Toy Story is a child's tablet. I hope the film conveys how screens eat up a child's hobbies, interests, literacy, ability to function socially. I hope it provokes millions of parents to think twice before making the iPad a babysitter.

Vere 4 was released today This release sets the stage for the Arvo 409k release (which will turn on Directed Messaging by default, improving networking speeds), and also introduces an option for a 16GB loom with the --loom 34 flag. docs.urbit.org/get-on-urbit#g…

now it makes sense why you can buy a 65 inch tv for $250 at walmart.

laughs in $nock

european vc. handle is "compliantvc". complains about american ambition and lack of big daddy gov. says his biggest lp is the government can someone find me some tweets from this guy complaining about how europe is falling behind?

i have Raycast. it's like... $18mo or something. gives me all the models. and then i run about $60 worth of claude tokens a month in claude code?

windows 11 getting mogged by community notes is great.