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history of our social infra, popup villages, network theory to network states, mobility (as in visas). my r&r = running/reading. perpetually astonished.

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@dufitalexis1 cc @James_of_Arc

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

The first known aerial photo of New York — taken by James A. Hart (from a hot air balloon) in 1906.

[ZuKaş 2026 | September @zuzalukas]

A sovereign state just anchored its official archives to @ethereum .
Türkiye's Presidential Communications Directorate has moved 130 institutional publications onto IPFS, with cryptographic proofs settled on Ethereum mainnet — making Türkiye the first state to transition official institutional records to verifiable proof on a public, permissionless L1.
The authenticity and integrity of these records can now be independently verified by anyone. This is what state-level endorsement of decentralized infrastructure actually looks like.

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Lovely video posts from @JoinEdgeCity and @formacity this week.

[Edge City @JoinEdgeCity]

The world is changing faster than any of us can keep up with alone.

The question is: what do you do about it?

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@dawninthewild 💯

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New internet place incoming:

[FORMA @formacity]

Popups are the new startups.

We spent the last 2 years traveling around the world hosting popup villages with @solana

Announcing our next chapter. We're going permanent, and we chose the UK 🇬🇧

Here's why:

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Is that a casual LKY painting in the background?

[Alex Svanevik 🐧 @ASvanevik]

Honoured to meet His Majesty The King of Bhutan.

Really inspired by his vision.

[Timber Stinson-Schroff @tmbr_ss]

Some news:

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Whenever the Current Things feel a bit much I just dive into old book highlights and quickly am grounded.

ex 100+ years ago Swiss squads were launching jubilees to celebrate a 600th year confederacy.

[Edge City @JoinEdgeCity]

How many of the best things in your life came from being in the right place at the right time?

This summer, we're creating that right place.

500+ frontier builders and thinkers for one month in Northern California.

Join us at Edge Esmeralda 2026.

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@GobindSinghDeo It's exciting to see new emerging tech hubs like this. Lighthouses for talent within Malaysia and around the world.

[Edge City @JoinEdgeCity]

We're launching a mentorship residency in Bhutan 🇧🇹

Edge City is sending international mentors to Gelephu (site of the new Gelephu Mindfulness City) to work with Pelsung, a national youth program launched by His Majesty the King.

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People as concept of middle class apartments was emerging in late 1800s:

- more efficient, encourages cooperation
- but also, maybe communism and promiscuity!

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@elGabrielC @elGabrielC I heard you are interested in going to Network School? Can you reach out?

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@kunley_drukpa Bhutan is aspiring to create the next Canada or Australia with their Mindfulness City project. Specifically bc this is where their young talent is emigrating to.

This is why they are intentionally building partnerships with crypto ecosystems (Nomad visa w/ Solana)

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In 1717 several towns in Connecticut competed to be Yale’s permanent location.

New Haven won because it started to build the campus on donated land in a prime location.

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@pranav_so Campus: An American Planning Tradition by Paul Venable Turner

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New book / rabbithole: history of American college campus.

[Dan Robinson @danrobinson]

Focus is probably even more important now than taste

AI will 10x your productivity but it will simultaneously hit you with weapons-grade nerdsnipes that consume 90% of your time

[Christian Betancourt @VHSorBetancourt]

Municipios autónomos para hacer al país más grande.