Engage b/c You Mean It
How To Engage Like You Mean It Everyone says “build in public.” Almost no one shows you what that looks like when you’re staring at someone else’s work and wondering if you have anything real to add. Here’s the move.…
VengaDragon
Southern Draw Jacobs Ladder
Restack, Like and Watch the video. Let’s build up the community and break all records for viewership this year. Community First A message to all, you don’t have to be a cigar smoker to be a part of the community.…
We Feared the Wrong Thing (Again)
The digital world spent three years convinced that JPEGs were the future of value. Bored apes. Digital receipts on a blockchain. We were told this was a revolution in ownership and scarcity. That cycle collapsed. Now everyone’s skeptical. And when…
Defeated by 7 AM
Snow creates a specific kind of silence you cannot find where I live. I’m in a quiet white village in the mountains of Spain, where the air smells like stone and salt and the mornings stretch long before the world…
Smoke ‘Em If You Can Find ‘Em.
This week absolutely flew by. Blink and it’s already the weekend. I finished this up Friday night instead of our usual Friday morning drop. What’s Dropping Cavalier Genève x Fox just did a golf thing: the WM 2026. 7×47 Churchill,…
Say it Loud
Most Fridays, I give you tools. Links. Resources you can use to build faster or think sharper. Not today. Today, I’m giving you three people who reminded me that the best resource on the internet isn’t a tool. It’s a…
I Dread Posting This
January was a grind. We moved the needle 47% on total readers since December 28. But numbers are lagging indicators. The leading indicator is how much friction we removed from the system. We are currently operating at 70% efficiency. The…
My Father Blue
Restack, Like and Watch the video. Let’s build up the community and break all records for viewership this year. Community First A message to all, you don’t have to be a cigar smoker to be a part of the community.…
DMs Are Debt. Restacks Are Deposits.
The gurus tell you to DM one person a day. They never tell you who, or why, or what happens when you get ghosted for the hundredth time. “DM one person a day,” they say. It sounds like work. It…
Firecracker Fuses
Happy Friday, iROBUSTO family. I’ve officially traded our Tuesday morning routine for a weekend kickoff, moving our weekly digest to Fridays to make sure you have the freshest news before you head to your local lounge. It is great to…