Hey 👋
How’s it going? I don’t know where you are, but we can feel the Spring in the air here in Manchester! As soon as I press ‘publish’ here, I’m heading out for a walk. Can’t miss the sun anymore!
i might post stories here.
Let’s dive straight in — and have a great weekend.
— Behrouz
In Today’s Issue
This Week in the News
Article: The Current Thing
Podcast: Leverage
Tweet: Working out
Tool: Bio.Link
And a gift for you.
This Week in the News
Australia's Competition and Consumer Commission sues Meta for allegedly publishing scam cryptocurrency ads on Facebook with photos of Australian public figures [link]
BAYC’s $APE coin [after airdrop], Amazon’s MGM acquisition, and Anti-war Russians on Clubhouse [link]
BAYC’s $APE coin [before airdrop], Netflix against password-sharing, and Meta’s Family Center [link]
NFTs on Instagram, Spotify’s partnership with FC Barcelona, and Apple Park evacuation [link]
Bored Apes just got CryptoPunks, UK cracking down on crypto ATMs, and Russia to ban Instagram on Monday [link]
PayPal expands its services to allow users to send money into Ukraine and temporarily waives fees for customers sending funds to Ukrainian PayPal accounts [link]
Russian rapid grocery delivery service Buyk files for bankruptcy after Russia's sanctions restricted access to funding; Buyk recently furloughed ~900 employees [link]
and
One Article
The Current Thing
Stratechery is a publication I tend to read regularly. Ben Thompson usually explains and analyses current things very thoroughly — and ironically, his latest post has the same title. So this is how it starts, which can be written about Pulse too!
One of the most amazing things about the Internet is how it provides a level playing field for everyone: this post that you are reading was written by a single person, and it is just as accessible as an article written by the New York Times, or a proclamation issued by the President of the United States.
In addition to this post being a great read, it also mentions Ben’s Aggregation Theory, which I highly recommend you read about.
Read the full post on Stratechery.
One Podcast
Leverage
Seth Godin is no stranger to the readers of Pulse, but I’m not sure about his podcast, Akimbo. It’s like any other stream of content Seth produces — fantastic.
Akimbo’s latest episode talks about leverage, one of the cornerstones of modern culture.
With the proper leverage or sitting on the right spot on a seesaw, a 25kg kid can move a 125kg behemoth with no problem whatsoever. It’s something we all need to know about, in a bit more detail than a playground example, and Seth explains it very well.
listen to it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts.
One Tweet
Working out
i think it’s better to ask good questions to have good answers — and this is a great question.
One Tool
Bio.Link
Most of us need excellent links in our bios. I’ve tried many; I have tried having a page on my own website, but none of them was good enough for me to keep around.
Bio.link is the one I’ve been using the longest. It’s fast & free with a lot of features. Definitely worth trying.
it’s available on web, iOS, and Android.
and here’s mine.
this is not an ad or affiliate link or anything — i just like them quite a bit.
🥸 One gift for you.
the kinda parenting i can get on board with.
And that’s all for now; see you next week — or sooner 👀
PS. to all my Persian readers — Happy Nowruz 1401!
yea, that’s an old post from a 1393… and i’ve got my reasons for sharing it 😶🌫️