To say the last couple of weeks have been a rollercoaster is an understatement, but last night made it all worth it. It was an honor to wear @moschino on this night that I will never forget. Thank you, thank you, thank you Jeremy, Laura, Stefan, Brooke and the team at @Moschino

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Our CTO @rcarback speaking about Q-Day at @BitGo's High Roller Summit, during last month's @TheBitcoinConf in Las Vegas. "First they ignore you, then they start fighting you. We're now on the 'they're trying to start joining us' phase." Full panel ↓

Iceland just lost its last superpower. For centuries, this frozen island held bragging rights nobody else on Earth could touch. No mosquitoes. Not one. That streak just ended. In October 2025, an insect enthusiast named Björn Hjaltason was out at dusk in Kjós, a glacial valley about 32 km north of Reykjavík. He'd set up a red wine ribbon, basically a sweet-soaked trap, when something strange landed on it. He knew instantly. This wasn't a fly. He bagged it. Then caught two more. Two females and one male. The Natural Science Institute of Iceland confirmed the unthinkable. They were Culiseta annulata, a cold-hardy mosquito species that survives brutal winters by hiding out in basements and outbuildings. Iceland was officially mosquito country. The kicker? Scientists say these bugs probably hitched a ride in on freight. And they look more than capable of surviving an Icelandic winter. That leaves Antarctica as the only place on Earth still mosquito-free. This species doesn't carry diseases like malaria or dengue. But researchers are sounding the alarm anyway. The Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the planet, and entomologists warn that warmer conditions could roll out the welcome mat for nastier species next. A summer earlier this year sent Icelandic temperatures soaring more than 18°F above normal, a heat spike made 40 times more likely by climate change. The last untouched corner of the human world just got a new neighbor. And it bites. Source: NPR, CNN, Yale E360

I have a love/hate relationship with Q2. Especially April. In the past, Meta used to release most updates right after Q5 was over, usually between February and April. In the last couple of years, that has changed. Updates now seem to roll out randomly across ad accounts throughout the year. It’s hard to predict anything. So the mantra right now is simple: Be prepared for the unpreparable. Anyway, February to April is usually one of the slowest periods of the year for ecom. But it’s also the period when you learn the most. You finally have time to look back at Q5 and Q4 with some distance. And not just that, but the whole previous year. All the testing. All the small tweaks. What worked. What didn’t. What looked promising but never scaled. What quietly carried the account. You finally see the big picture. And what does this have to do with Q2? Everything. Because the learnings from last year that you’re applying right now, and all the new testing you’re doing today, are what will pay off again later in the year. “Always be testing” is more than just a mantra. It’s a lifestyle. A way of living that everyone in DTC and media buying has to embrace. Anyway, happy May. Enjoy your Mother’s Day and Memorial Day sales.

The new rules set the framework for how federal student loans can be repaid following the passage of historic legislation by congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump last year that will fundamentally reshape how borrowers repay their student loans. But buried in the new regulations is a significant change that may ultimately impose major costs on borrowers by limiting their ability to receive credit toward student loan forgiveness when changing their repayment plan. Read more: (Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Education Department Will Restrict Student Loan Forgiveness Credit Under New Repayment Plan The new rules set the framework for how federal student loans can be repaid following the passage of historic legislation by congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump last year that will fundamentally reshape how borrowers repay their student loans. But buried in the new regulations is a significant change that may ultimately impose major costs on borrowers by limiting their ability to receive credit toward student loan forgiveness when changing their repayment plan. Read more: (Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

BREAKING: Poland just told the EU to go to hell. President Nawrocki vetoed the Digital Services Act. "The state is supposed to guarantee freedom. Not restrict it." One man. One veto. The EU spent years building the most sophisticated censorship framework in the Western world. - Governments deciding what you can post. - Governments deciding what you can share. - Governments deciding what is true. Poland said no. While Germany complied. While France complied. While every other EU member rolled over. Poland stood up. The same Poland that buys more gold than the ECB. The same Poland that surpassed European Central Bank reserves. The same Poland that has been right about everything. Is now the last wall standing between European citizens and state-controlled speech. The EU doesn't want free citizens. It wants manageable ones. Poland just reminded the entire continent what freedom actually looks like. Every European should be paying attention.