buying bitcoin.

This one has been a long time coming… Welcome @XRP!

I’ve been thinking about @davemorin’s observation a lot this weekend. Since we launched @itsdazzleai, I’ve been making the case that your camera roll is a better basis for personal assistant work than email is. While getting access to both email and photos would be great, if I get one, I want photos. Part of it is that we can get a sense of your taste and part of it is that *you* decide what you take pictures of so you decide what’s in your camera roll. It’s *your* to-do list, not someone else’s for you. Dazzle puts you in charge and lets us anticipate what you need and what you like. Try it at dazzle.ai/app

BREAKING: The number of restaurants in New York dropped ~2,000 YoY in Q1 2026, posting its largest YoY decline in at least 36 years. This surpasses even the worst contraction recorded in any quarter during the 2020 pandemic. The number of eating and drinking places in New York State has now declined YoY for 4 consecutive quarters, its longest streak since 2021. This comes as restaurants are facing surging operating expenses, including insurance premiums, wages, interest rates, utilities, and health coverage, with overall costs rising faster than national averages. Last year, employee health insurance costs jumped +12.9% for New York-area service firms, business insurance rose +7.0%, while utility costs surged +8.5%, according to the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce. Skyrocketing costs are crushing New York restaurants.

I will comment on the French news only from a market perspective. It is rare that markets respond to news of this kind, as it is generally viewed as temporary and not enough to ultimately move the economy BUT: - This could move politics, and impact voting into the crucial elections in 2017 (further away from the center). - These riots are so severe that there may be an impact via a/ lower tourism, b/ lower business/consumer confidence - OAT spreads widened to 140bp in Sep (on levered selling), but we have seen some consolidation in Oct (as real money is watching, but have not reduced yet). The images from this weekend, will not make real money more comfortable.

I fucking hate this Friday morning commute

Most of you will have no idea what this picture means

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Keeping people excited about the future is one of the most important jobs in the world.

Apocalypse billionaire bunker politics: Make sure your security guy actually likes you, because that’s the guy who’s truly in control.

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JUST IN: A full highlight reel of all the stunts performed at the Tesla Roadster event

That was the craziest live demo I've ever seen… wtf… makes all of us look like losers, haha. How can you ever bet against this guy?

Fuck. Yeah.

Meanwhile in Miami:

JUST IN: @Ripple Prime launches RWA perpetual swaps for institutions, offering 24/7 exposure to 100+ reference markets across equities, ETFs, metals, energy and FX.

RIPPLE $XRP CEO BRAD GARLINGHOUSE SAYS EVERNORTH’S ABILITY TO LEVERAGE ONCHAIN CAPABILITIES FOR YIELD AND BUILD INSTITUTIONAL PRODUCTS BEYOND BUY AND HOLD UNLOCKS ACCESS FOR AUDIENCES THAT CAN’T EASILY REACH CRYPTO MARKETS