Understanding cultures through their food.
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Italians are not just passionate about food. I would say they have an obsession.
After 8 years living here I think I'm starting to get obsessed as well. I want to share with you the italian culture around food.
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i can't believe they're really gonna do it again
the last time stripe shipped a primitive this big, it literally birthed modern saas.
shopify, substack, gumroad, all your fav indie hackers...
they exist only because stripe's payments api let them easily accept money with a few lines of code
yesterday stripe shipped the spending version.
anyone can now get an agent to spend money on their behalf.
if stripe's payments api created saas, this spending api creates autonomous commerce:
a new category of businesses that run on agents buying, booking, restocking, and paying on your behalf
to make that concrete for you, here's some cool ideas you can build now:
1. ai ad managers. you connect your meta, google, and tiktok accounts, set a monthly budget cap, and an agent runs your entire paid strategy.
2. ai procurement agents for ecommerce. they monitor supplier prices, auto-order when costs hit your threshold, send you a morning summary of what they bought and why
3. ai travel agents that actually work. they search, compare, book, and pay within your budget rules. no more toggling between 6 tabs to save $40 on a flight
4. ai bookkeeping agents. they handle the recurring operational payments your business already makes every month (contractor invoices, ad account top-ups, subscriptions, etc)
the 18-month window after a new primitive ships is historically when the category-defining companies get built
if i was building right now i'd pick one of these, find the narrowest possible version of it, and ship before it closes
generational opportunities here imo. good luck!
Today, we’re launching the @link wallet for agents. It lets you securely empower agents to spend on your behalf. Your payment credentials are never exposed and you approve every purchase.
link.com/agents
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I spent $12,000 on therapy over 2 years trying to fix my anger before someone checked my blood
Was snapping at my girlfriend over nothing. Road rage every commute. Constant irritability that I'd mask all day at work and then explode the second I got home. Therapist said it was unprocessed childhood trauma. We spent 2 years unpacking my relationship with my father
Here's what was actually happening in my body: my gut was leaking endotoxin into my bloodstream which was keeping my immune system in a permanent inflammatory state. Chronic inflammation elevates cortisol. Elevated cortisol burns through magnesium. Low magnesium destroys GABA production. Without GABA your nervous system has no brake pedal
I didn't have an anger problem. I had no neurological ability to regulate a stress response because my inhibitory system was running on empty
Nobody tested this. Not my therapist. Not my doctor. Not the psychiatrist who suggested I "might benefit from an SSRI to take the edge off"
3 practitioners. 2 years. $12,000+. Zero blood draws
Fixed my gut. Restored magnesium and zinc. GABA came back online. The rage disappeared in weeks. Not managed. Not suppressed. Gone. Because the thing causing it was gone
I think about those 2 years of therapy sessions analyzing my childhood while my body was on fire and nobody thought to check. Talking about my father while my cortisol was 3x baseline because my intestinal lining had holes in it
The mental health industry is billing $280 billion a year in the US. Almost none of it starts with blood work
If you're doing everything right psychologically and still can't control your reactions, you might not have a mind problem.
You might have an inflammation problem that no one in the room is trained to find
The fact that a specific word exist for this is just beautiful 😂
Umarell are men of retirement age in Italy who spend their time watching construction sites, stereotypically with hands clasped behind their back and offering unwanted advice
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New Evidence Suggests Your Brain Is NOT the Source of Consciousness 🧠
Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman and his research team are reportedly nearing the release of new findings that could fundamentally alter the scientific understanding of human perception.
The research proposes a paradigm shift away from the traditional view that the brain produces consciousness. Instead, Hoffman suggests that consciousness is the primary building block of the universe and that our physical reality is a sophisticated "interface" or simulation generated by conscious agents.
This breakthrough explores the mathematical foundations of the "Interface Theory of Perception," arguing that evolution has prioritized survival over an accurate perception of objective reality.
If proven, the theory would suggest that space, time, and physical objects are not the ultimate truth, but rather a functional representation of a deeper, consciousness-based reality. #ufox #ufotwitter
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My wife calls me, panicked.
The call is from her number, and her voice is unmistakable- that’s my wife.
‘Babe, our son is hurt. He got in a bike wreck. I’m at the emergency room but they won’t take our insurance and I need cash to get him help. Please send me 3000 dollars as soon as you can, he’s really not doing well.’
Me- ‘Wow, that’s scary. Tell me our passphrase and then I’ll send the money.’
Her (it) - ‘What? What passphrase? This is your wife, our son is hurt. Send the money now!!’
Me- ‘I’ll call you back. I don’t believe that this is my wife. If it is, I’m sorry, but we discussed this.’
The number? Spoofed. Easy to do and there’s no way to tell if a phone number is being spoofed aside from hanging up and calling back to confirm.
The voice? AI generated. Easily done. A few seconds of audio is all it takes to create a realistic audio deepfake.
What can you do?
1) Create a family safe word or passphrase. Ours is definitely not ‘Keep Going’ although we considered it. Discuss the passphrase far away from phones or any recording device. This is as analog as possible. Don’t forget that the trigger for the passphrase is just as important as the phrase itself. So instead of asking ‘what’s the safe word?’ have a separate triggering question. For example, you could say ‘I’m eating banana cream pie’ and this would trigger your spouse to respond ‘purple velvet pillows’ if that’s the safe word.
Make it fun, silly, and easy to remember. And DON’T WRITE IT DOWN.
2) Cognitive security is an essential skill in 2026. Assume every image and video you see online is fake until proven otherwise. Expect scams and spammers, and be pleasantly surprised when it’s not.
3) Figure out a backup communication option with people who you absolutely need to be able to reach. Don’t just rely on a phone number for communication. Have redundant, ideally encrypted methods of communication with family.
What did I miss? I think (hope) Nikita is wrong on the timeframe- agentic bots like Claude bot are impressive but not quite ready to flood the phone lines in just 90 days. But I think it’s going to be a huge problem by the end of the year. I already get dozens of increasingly realistic spam calls and texts daily- it’s only going to get more annoying. Have a plan to keep your family and your finances safe!
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I can't control the other person's behavior, but I can control my response. Their actions may be rude or unacceptable, but I still want my response to be measured and thoughtful. Even if they aren't doing what is right, I still want to make sure I'm doing what is right.
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One of the greatest cheat codes in life is to never get offended. Train yourself to have a thick skin. Don't take things personally. Let others disagree with you. Being easily offended means you're easily manipulated. Want more peace? Avoid getting offended.