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this. great reminder, thanks 🤍
When your new office is next to le relais de venise entrecôte 😋
Happy sunday yall
wowzers https://youtu.be/fAqa1ozCuj8
**For consumer marketing, I find blogs to be very weak** for top of funnel (excluding SEO). People don't like to read. And blogs don't necessarily translate well into threads, I rarely see threads from brands on my feed. In the crypto space, you'll notice much of the engagement on threads is low signal and bots. Many brands are basically yelling into a void. **Writing for an advanced audience adds more value.** Focusing on a single, knowledgeable audience lets you explore complex topics in depth without oversimplifying, keeping your content engaging, reducing reader churn.In this way, your blog functions like a press release or white paper, inspiring others to share, expand on, and perhaps simplify your ideas for their own audiences. See: thought leaders, substack, curators, press... I'd like to see more blogs include a TL;DR section with annotations that link directly to the relevant sections of the main body. There are probably AI browser extensions for this... Remember, this is the average consumer:
**Happy New month kaira lovers**
Must read if you are serious about helping usher in new paradigms in the music industry https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/25/shocking-truth-money-bands-make-on-tour-taylor-swift
BREAKING: if you're the top 10% of FUCKURJPEG holders then you now have $ 00 in your wallet thanks to @lens/p00ls 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 this means if you ever collected from me and you were airdropped a 5GEEZUS you are in the top tier of weekly recipients. if you recently collected a 1/1 on @lens/lens you've also been added into the XL rewards. at some point they'll be redeemable for something, but for now you get other rewards (: https://app.p00ls.io/embeds/leaderboard/holders/FUCKURJPEG/fullscreen
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🌝 decided to release this as an edition due to popular demand / feeling generous thanks to all the support i’ve been getting lately 🫂
mister @lens/carstenpoetter snagged yet another #1 mint, thank you sir!
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GM rebels Don’t give up Just like this tree that keeps growing Against all odds!!!
Great question… writers, share your wisdom 🙏
**José Semedo on his friendship with Cristiano Ronaldo.** I have a good season \[with the u14s]. The club called me and said I could stay but that I would have to go back to my parents’ house in Setúbal, about 45 minutes away, because they were going to give my room to someone else. I told Ronaldo that next year I would live at home again, that I wouldn’t be here \[at the Sporting Academy] every day. He said, ‘No, if you go, I’ll never see you again. If you go, you’ll train twice and that’s it. If you go, I’ll go.’ He went to talk to the head of the academy and told him that Semedo can’t go, he’s going to stay here with me. He said they could put an extra bed in his room and that we could share a closet for our clothes. And then he said what he had told me: he said if I went, he would go too.” I asked him how I managed \[to stay at the Academy] and he replied: ‘Because I’m the best player here. They have to look after me and keep me in good condition. I like you a lot and I don’t I want to lose you. He was the diamond. He has been named MVP in every tournament he has played in since he was 10 years old. They did everything he said. They did everything they could to make him happy. So they got an extra bed and that’s what we did. I slept in his room. I owe everything I have to him. The place where I come from, in Setúbal, is not a good place for a young person. Many of my friends there were involved in crime. Some of them are dead now or in prison. If I had gone back, I might have stolen cars with them. He changed my life. My family, my children, my career: all because of him.
Had the best weekend !! My bff @lens/emmajoelle is in London, had dinner with an old friend I haven’t seen in years & made new friends at the pub ❤️
Nic would never admit it but he's one of my best online pals and one of the few trustworthy Australians in web3 Pls consider a follow 🙇
we did it 🧘♀️ Huge congrats to the third place and … welcome “SILVER league” 🥳🥳🥳 (top 4 this week will go to GOLD league 👀 :-)) @lens/panwinyl @lens/cavernaeremita @ carstenpoetter @lens/mycaleum @lens/geeksgambit @lens/definn @lens/jeanayala @lens/eduardmsmr @lens/jamesfinnerty
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_MACRODOS3 2011 three 1/1s (see below)* 4000x4000 66,666 $BONSAI 3 days without looking close deterioration bare surrounded by glitz if you only live within a certain reality do you ever notice the breaking down of everything around you? having lived in “middle america” i’ve seen the rise & fall of the strip mall. buildings abandoned. falling apart. bulldozed into parking lots or apartment complexes. in a society very plugged in to media 24/7 it becomes harder & harder to see what’s going on. some say america is overdue for the fall of an empire, but what if it has already fallen & we’re just distracted? sometimes we have to look at things with a different lens in order to see the layers of existence that we’ve endured. here i used a macro lens to get up close & personal with the deteriorating paint of a parking lot in utah. perhaps what was once a regular spot then became for the handicapped. maybe because a decline in the health of a population. left to rot in a lot seldom used. repurposed with a light capturing device to create an abstract, colourful image akin to moss or barnacles. nature degenerative. deteriorstate. one of the earliest series of my career. never been published or posted on socials until now, from when i was 25 years old & had yet to have my mind blown wide open by NYC & the world. *i’m going to try something different here with this series. since all three of these technically are not part of the collect, i will mint #2 + #3 on polygon or base (your choice) & airdrop to the collector separately. @lens/lens @lens/orb @lens/hey @lens/ornaart @lens/buttrfly @lens/pinsta @lens/phaver @lens/bonsai @lens/creators @lens/photographers #gramsdidit
Unveiled. If you were to ask me what one thing most people lack, it's humility. Our egos have grown so large, fueling desires for constant affirmation, for always being right, even when we're wrong, and for failing to accept and embrace others as they are. We've become reluctant to listen to viewpoints different from our own, believing ourselves to be superior. Our obsession with climbing the social ladder has overshadowed the importance of humility By humility, I don't mean living beneath our means or bowing down to others. I'm not suggesting we forget ourselves or diminish our worth in front of anyone. What I'm saying is, we need to find humility in our relationships with others — the humility to embrace, respect, and understand those around us Many of us yearn for a better world, for greater things in our lives. Yet, in our pursuit of change, we often overlook the fact that progress can only happen when we grow collectively. We've become too focused on ourselves and too little on the common good. Instead of aiming for mutual success, we're fixated on making others fail. This lack of understanding stems, in my eyes, from the absence of humility in our lives today We need to learn how to be more humble. We need to learn to understand and embrace one another. We must shift away from the transactional nature that pervades our lives and embrace a relational one Humility is what can propel us forward. It's one of the key elements that can foster a healthy collective life and society. While it may be challenging to cultivate, it's even more difficult to live without Unveiled. 5678 $BONSAI | 3 Editions
**IBA OLUYOLE: THE LEGEND OF IBADAN**
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Gn y’all 💙🫶
I collected a super nice 1/1 drawing by @lens/lassi with $electric. I know $electric‘s monetary value is rather ethereal, still, yet… Follow her ❤️❤️⚡️
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**Story of Walter Eugene King, founder of Oyotunji in America.** Walter Eugene King, later known as Ofuntola Oseijeman Adelabu Adefunmi I, was born on October 5, 1928, in Detroit, Michigan, to a Baptist family deeply rooted in Black nationalism. His parents, Wilhelmina and Roy King, were followers of Marcus Garvey's Back to Africa movement, but Walter's curiosity led him on a different path. Growing up in Detroit, Walter noticed the absence of African cultural celebrations in his community. At the age of 15, he asked his mother about African gods, but she had no answers. Determined to learn more about his heritage, Walter delved into books and discovered the Yoruba religion. Through his research, Walter learned about the Yoruba people, one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa, with roots in Nigeria. Despite the spread of Yoruba religion through the slave trade, it was believed to have ceased to exist in the United States until Walter, now known as Ofuntola Oseijeman Adelabu Adefunmi I, revived it. In 1956, Adefunmi established three Yoruba temples in New York City, sparking a cultural revival. He founded the Orisa-Vodun branch of Yoruba religion and created Oyotunji Village in South Carolina in 1970. Oyotunji became a haven for African Americans searching for their spiritual and cultural identity. The village, located in the Gullah Geechee Corridor, welcomed visitors with a sign that read: "You are leaving the United States. You are entering Yoruba Kingdom … Welcome to Our Land!" Oyotunji Village, with its life-size carvings, shrines, and Yoruba spoken, became a symbol of African cultural preservation. He was ultimately crowned Oba, or King of the Yoruba in North America, by the ooni, the spiritual leader of the Yoruba people in Nigeria. The Yoruba Temple in Harlem, which Adefunmi established in 1960, attracted Black activists, like the poet and playwright Amiri Baraka and Queen Mother Moore. The three served together in the Republic of New Africa, a Black nationalist organization formed on the idea that a self-governed Black nation should be created out of five Southern states. The group also sought reparations of $ 4 billion. Adefunmi's son, Oba Adejuyigbe Adefunmi II, eventually became the village's king, continuing his father's legacy. Today, Oyotunji Village receives about 20,000 visitors annually, and Yoruba culture has gained popularity worldwide. Adefunmi's efforts to revive Yoruba religion and culture have had a lasting impact, with Yoruba practices now recognized and celebrated globally. His dedication to preserving African heritage has left a profound legacy, inspiring pride and cultural appreciation among African Americans and others around the world. Photos: 1-3 Adefunmi I in 1976. He described his village as “a place of rehabilitation for African Americans in search of their spiritual and cultural identity.” 2 Adefunmi I in 1997. One newspaper called him the “father of the Yoruban cultural restoration movement.” He died in 2005. 3 Adefunmi I in 1973 working on maintenance in the Yoruba village he created. Sourced and reworked from The New York Times by Historical Africa Yoruba
**IBA OLUYOLE: THE LEGEND OF IBADAN**
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**Strength of a Woman.** Kofo Abayomi: A Nigerian Who Changed His Name Just To Marry A Widow In 1930 In Colonial Lagos , Lady Oyinkan Ajasa (Lady Oyinkan Abayomi) was born daughter of Sir Kitoye Ajasa, a Yoruba aristocrat who was the first Nigerian to be knighted by the British, and Lucretia Olayinka Moore, a princess of Egba royal family, in Lagos, was born on March 6, 1897. She schooled at the Anglican Girls' Seminary in Lagos and graduated in 1909. From there to Young Ladies Academy at Ryford Hall, Gloucestershire. In 1917, she attended the Royal Academy of Music in London. She moved back to Lagos in 1920 and became a music teacher at the Anglican Girls' Seminary. It was during this time when she met a lawyer named Mr Moronfolu Abayomi ( the love of her life ) whom she married in 1923. He was aasasinated 2 months later in court, she was devastated and didn't want to marry anyone ever again . Dr Kofo John wanted to marry her and her response was, "you have to change your name to my late husband's name - Abayomi" Guess what happened? He agreed, married her and changed his name to Dr Kofo Abayomi . The very famous Dr Kofo Abayomi In this picture , Lady Oyinkan Abayomi arrives a social function in Lagos with her husband Dr Kofo Abayomi Things men do for love ! The Strength and Power of a Woman can change the Destiny of a man.
**Something you have to know about a hero** Seriki Williams Abass was born originally at a town in Yorubaland called Ijoga Orile. The town is in todays Ogun State in South West Nigeria. Ijoga Orile is not far from Ilaro and Abeokuta. His birth name was Faremilekun and his father’s name was Fagbemi. He was captured by the Dahomeans and became a slave at the age of six years old. The country called Benin Republic today used to be known as Dahomey. The name Dahomey was changed to Benin Republic in 1975. Seriki Williams Abass of Badagry’s journey as a slave began in Dahomey. His first owner in Dahomey was called Abass. His first owner (Abass) in Dahomey was an Islamic scholar and a slave trader. Abass in Dahomey later sold him to a European slave trader by the name of Williams. Faremilekun, the son of Fagbemi became known as William Abass because slaves bear their owners name. The first thing that was taken from a slave was his identity. A slave does not have a name. Slaves bear their owner’s name or the name their owners give to them or called them. Faremilekun took the name of his two masters, namely Abass and Williams. He became known as Williams Abass. Mr. Williams brought him as a slave from Abass and took him to Brazil. There in Brazil, Mr. Williams realized that there was something unusual about him. So, he refused to resell the boy and took him to his house and made him a domestic slave while he sold his other slaves. Domestic slaves work in their master’s house and plantation slaves work on the farm. Mr. Williams (The European) treated him well and taught him (Faremilekun a.k.a. Williams Abass) how to read and write. Mr. Williams treated him well. The boy himself was so intelligent to the extent that he learnt how to speak English, Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish through Mr. Williams and the friends of Mr. Williams in Brazil. The Statue of Seriki Williams Abass at Aiyetoro roundabout near Abeokuta. Seriki Abass ruled Badagry for 24years, founded Aiyetoro and Idogo.
**FINALLY, ODUDUWA ORIGIN FOUND.** In order to conceal the Identity of Prince Ekaladerhan of Igodomigodo later known as Ododuwa of Uhe, they resolve to distortion of Great Benin Bronze documented history under the influence of Br!tish colonialists telling the world that Ododuwa climbed down from the sky with a chain while holding a cockerel in his hand. Which of the planets was the chain tied to? Or was it tied to the moon or asteroid? If Ododuwa was from Saudi Arabia did he also carried cockerel from Nimrod's poultry in Saudi Arabia and trecked down to colonize Ife? When the Benin chiefs got to Uhe, how did they communicate with Ododuwa when they don't speak same language? Why will Ododuwa trust and give his son to strangers from Igodomigodo? Why will Igodomigodo Chiefs go for a stranger to come and become their King especially when they already rejected Ogieamie Irebor an administrator who has no Ogiso royal blood? The Great Benin RED BOOK ( Benin Bible) has demystified all the lies, distortions and manipulations of Benin history which is the reason for the current social media propaganda against Benin by Southwest and Southeast inhabitants.
To commemorate the SOLD OUT of BONS AI Magazine 01, we are issuing a limited edition of 50 copies.🔥 We recently announced returns for the five individuals who collected early, but this time, the profits will be evenly distributed among the second set of five individuals! (I am not included among the five.) We often see the names listed here collecting a lot of artworks! Thank you always🌷🌱 @lens/christina @lens/grams @lens/eduardmsmr @lens/wailoaloa @lens/princetiwari @lens/natem @lens/creee @lens/jacqs @lens/mariapaula @lens/kaitoren Please look forward to the next issue of BONS AI Magazine. ✦ To the five individuals who collected early, here's a return for you !(in stock) https://orb.club/p/0x01c737-0x0310 ✦BONS AI magazine #issue01(sold out) https://orb.club/p/0x01c737-0x02fb - BONS AI マガジン 01 SOLD OUTを記念して50部限定で発行❤️🔥 先日コレクトが早かった5名の方へのリターンを公開しましたが、今回の利益は後半5名へ平等に配布されます！(5人の中に私は含まれません) ここに名前がある人たちはたくさんの作品をコレクトしているのをよく見かけます！いつもありがとうございます〜次回のBONS AIマガジンの発行をお楽しみにお待ちください🌱💕 ✦早く集めてくれた5人へ、お返しです！(在庫あり) https://orb.club/p/0x01c737-0x0310 ✦BONS AI magazine #issue01（完売） https://orb.club/p/0x01c737-0x02fb
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is it a problem if i love it?
**Rare sentimental post 😂** Heading back to Tokyo on Monday with a lot of happiness in my heart! Feeling very grateful I get work on something like @lens/galverse which gives me a connection to a place I really love. Australia is very much in APAC and I grew up with all the Japanese media craze -> watching anime before school and churning through AA's on my GameBoy. When I was 9 years old (yes, I'm the little one there~), we had an exchange student, Nori, visit from Himeji. She treated me like her little brother and brought me all sorts of gifts including Pokemon gear and some origami books! 12 years later, I made my first trip to Japan covering Fukushima for work, which left a deep mark on me, and then spent a couple of months travelling around. I went and stayed with Nori and her family then. She had a couple of young kids. I drank too much, learned to play Shogi, did the pilgrimage up to Mt Shosha and so on. In 2018 I returned again, in a whirlwind trip, and she had three grown daughters. Her dad replayed the videos from the old days we spent together! My brother even arrived for a night and we had a big party and reminisced. Galverse kicked off in late 2021 and was a whirlwind. I get to work with and meet people who made all the things I loved as a kid. It has some incredible sense of closure & returning, throwing back to my youth and everything that influenced me. Nori came back again a few weeks ago, with her youngest daughter, her brother, and a bunch of students. She had fulfilled her dream of becoming a teacher, and I did my best to show them around my home and life here! I even pulled out the origami books she gave me **25 year ago** (and now my house is full of origami)**.** Everyone cried reuniting, of course. And now I'm putting together my Tokyo schedule, and realising the list of friends I want to meet is longer than anywhere, even my hometown, and I really am grateful for what the Galverse dream has created. Thank you for reading this old man's story 🙇♀️ **珍しい感傷的な投稿です 😂** 月曜日に東京に戻りますが、心にはたくさんの幸せを感じています！@lens/galverse のようなプロジェクトに関われることに非常に感謝しています。それが私にとって本当に愛する場所とのつながりを与えてくれます。オーストラリアはAPAC地域に位置しており、私は日本のメディアブームの真っ只中で育ちました。学校へ行く前にアニメを観たり、ゲームボーイでバッテリーを無駄にしたりしていました。 9歳の時（そう、写真の小さい方です〜）、姫路から交換留学生のノリが訪れました。彼女は私を弟のように扱い、ポケモングッズや折り紙の本など、様々な贈り物をくれました。私にとっては天国でした。その12年後、私は仕事で福島を取材するために初めて日本を訪れましたが、少し心に傷を負いました。その後、数ヶ月間日本を旅しました。その時はノリと彼女の家族と一緒に滞在しました。彼女には小さな子供がいました。私はたくさん飲み、将棋を覚え、Shosha山への巡礼を行いました。 2018年には再び訪れ、その時は彼女には成長した三人の娘がいました。彼女の父は私の初来日時のビデオを再生しました！もう昔のような感じがしました！弟も一晩参加して大きなパーティーをし、昔を懐かしみました。 2021年末にギャルバースが始まり、まさに旋風でした。子供の頃好きだったものを作った人々と仕事をし、会うことができました。それは私の青春時代と影響を受けたすべてのものへの素晴らしい感じの締めくくりであり、復帰です。数週間前、ノリは最年少の娘、彼女の弟、そして何人かの生徒と一緒に再び訪れました。彼女は教師になるという夢を実現しましたし、私はここでの私の家と生活を案内するために最善を尽くしました！25年前に彼女がくれた折り紙の本を引っ張り出しました（そして今、私の家は折り紙でいっぱいです）。もちろん再会時にはみんな泣きました。そして今、私の東京スケジュールを組んでいるところですが、会いたい友人のリストが故郷を含むどこよりも長いことに気づき、本当にギャルバースの夢が創り出したものに感謝しています。このおじさんの話を読んでくださってありがとうございます 🙇♀️
DAY AT THE BEACH 2/3
**Alpha** ⚠️ Not all the vehicles in the A **Nice Drive™** collection are cars! 🚜 If you mint the rare Tractor, you have 1-of-6! 🙌🏾 **Mint now while gas is super low** ⛽️ ~ https://opensea.io/collection/a-nice-drive/overview
DAY AT THE BEACH 3/3
Hey all if you enjoy serene nature scenes you’re gonna want to give @lens/kristinpiljay a follow! One of the original team members of Sloika who I had the pleasure of working with over the past years 🤝
Is this even real?! If you’ve been anywhere near the CA/OR border / general PNW you know damn well it is 🌲
Still available 👀
Daily doodle 1184.
'The Salamander' we always need them to activate the rest of the elements, they are dancers and have the power of the present that breaks every hex. some reptilians fed on our fears in the shadows, but the fire was lit and now we can fly. think about this: what does the word "flagrant" mean? 33,333 $bonsai | 1/1 | 11% referral
Just 1 left how’s my luck today?! 🍀🍀🍀
Trisha's Fight Song
✨ The purr-fect view from up here! ✨
vortex selenite + LED
had a lot of fun making these today might make more if y'all dig them I've got some moldavite around here somewhere
GM Last weekend it was 26 degrees Today snowing I like it