The Devils have won EIGHT games in a row 🔥

when traditional media folks say media is dying, what they're really saying is their way of media is dying and they're frustrated that the world is evolving around them. media is actualy thriving.

starting to feel like the “ads are bad” narrative became cultural dogma, repeated so long it’s assumed to be the majority view. but most people grew up with ads, see them as the background cost of access, and are actually way more annoyed by paywalls. behaviors > phiosophies.

45 degrees in NYC. This is our season. Kevin Morby playing through the cans. Life is good.

18 minutes of clapton and duane allman going back and forth ayfkm? youtube.com/watch?v=64e-Qk…

one thing about consumer paid businesses is it's harder to put the genie back in the bottle. meaning, if your shit has been free forever and all of a sudden you decide "i'm going to charge for it", it 99% won't work (unless the product is drastically different & nuanced).

institutionalizing agentic behavior (ads, pruchases, trades, etc.) doesn’t address one of the most important truths in business: if you pay for something, you want a throat to choke. it’s harder to hold the technology accountable than a human. accountability is emotional.

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gm. youtu.be/LehKKSENx8g?si…

AdCP and x402 are examples of web2 and web3 attempting to do the same exact thing, differently.

meta did $50B of ad revenue... last quarter.

happy 15th birthday to this bad boy. youtu.be/JGLJlFU27wE?si…

gm 👻 youtube.com/watch?v=aEanzs…