Elon Musk just measured your existence by how many times your atoms have been inside a dying star. Musk: “How many times have your atoms been at the center of a star? I think it’s like on average three or four times.” Every atom in your body has already survived the core of a star. Multiple times. Crushed under pressures that would flatten planets. Superheated to millions of degrees. Blown apart in explosions so violent they forged new elements. Then gravity pulled those scattered pieces back together. New stars formed. And the cycle repeated. For 13.8 billion years, your atoms have been fuel for the most violent process in the universe. And they are not done. Musk: “In terms of existence as measured by the number of times your atoms will be at the center of a star, we seem to be roughly halfway.” Halfway. Your atoms have been through the furnace three or four times. They will go through three or four more. But right now, in this impossibly thin sliver between cycles, those atoms are doing something they have never done before. They are conscious. For billions of years before you, they burned through stellar cores with no awareness. No memory. No sense of what they were or where they had been. After you, they will return to that state. Unconscious matter drifting through space until the next star claims them. This is the only moment in their entire journey where they can look back at the stars that made them and understand. Musk: “If you want to look at the big picture… that’s the really big picture.” The big picture is not that we are small. Everyone already knows that. The big picture is that we are temporary witnesses to a process that does not need witnesses. Stars do not need observers to burn. Atoms do not need anyone to understand where they have been. The universe ran for billions of years with no one in it. It will run for billions more after the last conscious thing disappears. But right now, matter is examining itself. That has never happened before in 13.8 billion years. You are not a person who happens to contain ancient atoms. You are ancient atoms that briefly figured out how to think. The universe did not design consciousness. It designed stars. Consciousness was the accident. And the accident is half over.

8 years of building together gives you a lot to talk about. Sat down with @brbordallo and @navilarobledo for one of the best conversations we've recorded yet. The early days, the chaos along the way, how we got here, and why @ZIGFinance now. Plus a few stories that probably shouldn't have made the final cut 😂 Episode 6 of Access Granted goes live Wednesday

been working with marketing for 8 years now good marketing is mostly about planning, building sequences, and funnels for your touch points not so much about ''KOL push, paid Ads'' etc you need to design every touch point with the audience I just recorded a new Youtube video around this which will go live soon

8 years. Too many celebrations for one group photo. 🎂 Meetups, exhibitions, competitions and giveaways, thank you for celebrating with us, wherever you call home. #BitgetTurns8#

8 YEARS OF QUEEN 👑🎀 8 years ago today, @NICKIMINAJ released her fourth studio album, Queen. An album that arrived with enormous expectations and instantly became one of the defining rap releases of 2018. Eight years later, its impact is still undeniable. Queen debuted at No.2 on the Billboard 200 with 185,000 equivalent album units in its first week, including 78,000 pure album sales. It became Nicki’s fourth consecutive Top 2 album, extending her incredible run of chart success. 👑 The album gave us countless iconic moments — from “Chun-Li” and “Barbie Dreams” to “Ganja Burn,” “Majesty,” “Hard White,” “Good Form,” “Bed” and “Fefe.” And, of course, “Chun-Li” became one of the most recognizable tracks of the era, while its visual aesthetic, iconic looks and unforgettable hook made the song one of the defining symbols of the Queen era. 🎀 But Queen was bigger than numbers. It was another demonstration that Nicki could dominate an entire era on her own terms. The album brought together collaborations with Eminem, Ariana Grande, Lil Wayne, The Weeknd, Future, Swae Lee, Foxy Brown and more, while showcasing the versatility that made Nicki one of the most influential artists in hip-hop history. And the records didn’t stop with the album itself. Throughout the Queen era, Nicki continued achieving historic milestones, extending her record as the female rapper with the most Billboard Hot 100 entries and further cementing her historic presence on the charts. From the moment the album was announced to the iconic music videos, performances, interviews and unforgettable looks, the Queen era became a moment in pop culture that Barbz will never forget. 👑 8 years later, Queen still stands as a statement. A statement of dominance. A statement of longevity. A statement of versatility. A statement that the crown was never up for debate. Happy 8th anniversary to Queen. 👑🎀 THE CROWN IS STILL HERS. 💋

8 years ago Will and I started accumulating powered land because we thought compute would eat the world. Some weeks the market agrees with us more than others. What we know today: demand for our capacity exceeds everything we can build, 85% of our $4bn+ 2026 target is signed, and there are thousands of people on our sites right now pouring concrete and racking GPUs. We've been through way worse than this. Back to it.

i made my first online sale 8 years ago. i was dropshipping iphone cases with alibaba, shopify, and facebook ads. it was $10. a random buyer from italy. that dopamine hit was far greater than what i feel today realizing 5-6fig pnls lol