Nostr notes by oyl

For years, the gatekeepers of advertising told me no. No to the ...

2026-03-12T21:56:17+01:00

For years, the gatekeepers of advertising told me no.

No to the generational yakuza epic.

No to the laundry detergent.

Definitely no to combining them.

The Luma Dream Brief said yes.

Thanks to @LumaLabsAI my unmade ad dreams can be side-eyed and scrolled past by all.

The Polite Refusal of the Rotary Phone - A Future Tokyo Lo-Fi ...

2026-02-04T04:47:14+01:00

The Polite Refusal of the Rotary Phone - A Future Tokyo Lo-Fi Mystery in... youtu.be/a60LNfBqCpA?si… via @YouTube

I created a fake ad agency. I staffed it. I gave it opinions. I ...

2026-01-28T19:39:56+01:00

I created a fake ad agency.

I staffed it.

I gave it opinions.

I handed it a Super Bowl brief and documented what happened.

Happy Super Bowl ad season to those who celebrate.

From the completely fictional boutique shop, apparently known as "Agenency."

Why is my feed full of free solo videos now. I have zero interest ...

2026-01-28T00:40:53+01:00

Why is my feed full of free solo videos now. I have zero interest in watching.

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2026-01-03T03:31:03+01:00

Happy 2026 all

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2025-12-20T22:41:44+01:00

Looking to build out my Q1 client list.

I have no desire to make a video of myself, let alone with an AI ...

2025-12-18T16:25:59+01:00

I have no desire to make a video of myself, let alone with an AI version of myself.

Happy Corporate Holiday Messaging Season to all who celebrate! ...

2025-12-10T18:34:36+01:00

Happy Corporate Holiday Messaging Season to all who celebrate! @CocaCola @McDonalds

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2025-12-08T19:34:12+01:00

Is this place just bots and admins now?

Submission sent: @1BillionSummit. 🚀 Making an 8-minute film ...

2025-12-07T16:19:13+01:00

Submission sent: @1BillionSummit. 🚀

Making an 8-minute film with 100% AI tools right now feels like flying the first plane at Kitty Hawk. It’s shaky, it’s raw, and it’s difficult.

But it flies.

This isn't just a contest entry; it's a benchmark for what's possible today vs. what's coming tomorrow.

The era of the 3-second random AI clip is over. 📉 I just ...

2025-12-07T16:15:48+01:00

The era of the 3-second random AI clip is over. 📉

I just submitted an 8-minute, narratively connected film to the @1BillionSummit contest.

Is it perfect? No. We are incredibly early.
But it proves that AI isn't just for 'content' anymore—it's for storytellers.

‪Were Andy Warhol’s photocopies of other people’s photos, ...

2025-11-27T17:18:55+01:00

‪Were Andy Warhol’s photocopies of other people’s photos, art?‬

You can’t cancel Bitcoin. You can’t blacklist Bitcoin. You ...

2025-11-24T16:18:25+01:00

You can’t cancel Bitcoin.
You can’t blacklist Bitcoin.
You can’t fire Bitcoin’s CEO.
It doesn’t have one.
That’s the whole point.

Bitcoin is the only asset in history that gets stronger every ...

2025-11-24T16:17:51+01:00

Bitcoin is the only asset in history that gets stronger every time someone tries to kill it.
You can’t sabotage something with no headquarters.

Banks can conspire. CEOs can panic. Analysts can whine. Bitcoin ...

2025-11-24T16:17:24+01:00

Banks can conspire. CEOs can panic. Analysts can whine.
Bitcoin doesn’t care — it has no boss to intimidate.
Good luck attacking decentralization.

If every CEO on Earth held an emergency meeting to “stop ...

2025-11-24T16:16:52+01:00

If every CEO on Earth held an emergency meeting to “stop Bitcoin,” Bitcoin wouldn’t even notice.
Try coordinating against something that doesn’t need coordination.

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2025-11-23T15:29:08+01:00

AI is art because it isn’t art.

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2025-11-23T15:27:38+01:00

AI makes art the moment you decide it doesn’t.

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2025-11-23T15:27:06+01:00

AI is art—if you’re looking. And not art—if you’re not.

When BlackRock, Fidelity, ARK, etc. buy Bitcoin, that is real BTC ...

2025-11-23T15:24:57+01:00

When BlackRock, Fidelity, ARK, etc. buy Bitcoin, that is real BTC leaving exchanges forever.

You cannot manipulate physical supply in the same way you manipulate paper futures.

Wall Street accidentally made Bitcoin stronger.

They act like I’m the crazy one haha

2025-11-21T18:31:28+01:00

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They act like I’m the crazy one haha

I’ve found that posting my silly little experiments in AI video ...

2025-11-21T18:11:10+01:00

I’ve found that posting my silly little experiments in AI video do two things consistently:

1. Lose me followers
2. Lead to new work opportunities

🤷‍♂️ 🤖 ✨

Keep running into this lame attitude ha

2025-11-21T17:49:51+01:00

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Keep running into this lame attitude ha

Stormtrooper Greg binges the Bear and thinks he’s Carmy 😂 ...

2025-11-21T17:49:27+01:00

Stormtrooper Greg binges the Bear and thinks he’s Carmy 😂 🐻 #yeschef

The only people who pay on time are scammers and crypto startups. ...

2025-11-21T15:45:31+01:00

The only people who pay on time are scammers and crypto startups. Oh, wait….

Half of freelancing is making work. The other half is convincing ...

2025-11-21T15:44:26+01:00

Half of freelancing is making work.
The other half is convincing someone the work already done is worth paying for.

Agencies want senior talent for junior rates and deliverables ...

2025-11-21T15:43:41+01:00

Agencies want senior talent for junior rates and deliverables built by God.

Freelancing is just “creative director” spelled with two ...

2025-11-21T15:42:46+01:00

Freelancing is just “creative director” spelled with two extra jobs: therapist and debt collector.

Today is a good day to get a few .1

2025-11-21T03:16:15+01:00

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Bitcoin is the only asset where collapse is a feature, not a bug. ...

2025-11-20T23:47:17+01:00

Bitcoin is the only asset where collapse is a feature, not a bug. It’s the pressure washer for weak conviction.

If Bitcoin dying again shocks you, you were never early — you ...

2025-11-20T23:46:39+01:00

If Bitcoin dying again shocks you, you were never early — you were just loud.

Bitcoin collapses. Meanwhile the dollar quietly collapses every ...

2025-11-20T23:46:02+01:00

Bitcoin collapses. Meanwhile the dollar quietly collapses every single day and no one tweets a thing.

You think you want creative freedom. What you actually want is ...

2025-11-20T16:09:40+01:00

You think you want creative freedom. What you actually want is someone else to blame when an idea fails.

Creative directors don’t “inspire.” They eliminate ...

2025-11-20T16:09:10+01:00

Creative directors don’t “inspire.” They eliminate everything that isn’t the idea.

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2025-11-20T16:08:21+01:00

If you need a moodboard to have taste, you don’t have taste.

Ninety percent of “collaboration” is people hiding behind ...

2025-11-20T16:07:29+01:00

Ninety percent of “collaboration” is people hiding behind each other.

If your idea needs a paragraph to explain, it’s not an idea — ...

2025-11-20T16:06:47+01:00

If your idea needs a paragraph to explain, it’s not an idea — it’s an apology.

Great creatives aren’t rebels. They just don’t lie to ...

2025-11-20T04:01:38+01:00

Great creatives aren’t rebels.
They just don’t lie to themselves.

The industry doesn’t need more ideas. It needs more people with ...

2025-11-20T04:01:08+01:00

The industry doesn’t need more ideas.
It needs more people with taste.

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2025-11-20T04:00:06+01:00

Most “feedback” is just fear wearing a polite tone.

Creative industries don’t burn people out. Pretending bad ideas ...

2025-11-20T03:59:13+01:00

Creative industries don’t burn people out.
Pretending bad ideas are good burns people out.

Bitcoin is only risky to people who still think the old world is ...

2025-11-19T14:43:33+01:00

Bitcoin is only risky to people who still think the old world is permanent.

You don’t buy Bitcoin. You exit permission.

2025-11-19T14:42:37+01:00

You don’t buy Bitcoin.
You exit permission.

Bitcoin isn’t the rebellion. Fiat is the glitch.

2025-11-19T14:41:54+01:00

Bitcoin isn’t the rebellion.
Fiat is the glitch.

Bitcoin isn’t volatile. Human conviction is.

2025-11-19T14:40:45+01:00

Bitcoin isn’t volatile.
Human conviction is.

Freelance tip: If you ever want someone to disappear, just hand ...

2025-11-18T16:14:54+01:00

Freelance tip:
If you ever want someone to disappear,
just hand them an invoice.

The brief: fast, bold, decisive. The payment: slow, soft, and ...

2025-11-18T16:13:05+01:00

The brief: fast, bold, decisive.
The payment: slow, soft, and hiding under a blanket.

Clients love “ASAP” on the brief and “radio silence” on ...

2025-11-18T16:12:14+01:00

Clients love “ASAP” on the brief and “radio silence” on the invoice.

MLB has Ohtani redefining physics. The NBA has players redefining ...

2025-11-18T15:31:06+01:00

MLB has Ohtani redefining physics.
The NBA has players redefining PTO.

Baseball didn’t beat the NBA. The NBA benched itself.

2025-11-18T15:30:33+01:00

Baseball didn’t beat the NBA.
The NBA benched itself.

Imagine telling someone in 2015 that the World Series would ...

2025-11-18T15:29:35+01:00

Imagine telling someone in 2015 that the World Series would out-rate the NBA Finals.
Imagine being right.

The NBA has load management. MLB has Ohtani hitting 50 bombs ...

2025-11-18T15:28:59+01:00

The NBA has load management.
MLB has Ohtani hitting 50 bombs while rehabbing his arm like a superhero.

W+K Tokyo taught me this: Don’t chase the brief. Chase the ...

2025-11-17T17:58:59+01:00

W+K Tokyo taught me this:

Don’t chase the brief. Chase the feeling no one asked for but everyone needed.

Great creative direction can be summarized in five words: More ...

2025-11-17T17:57:10+01:00

Great creative direction can be summarized in five words:

More truth. Less compromise.

A CD’s real job? Protecting the idea from everyone who wants to ...

2025-11-17T17:56:30+01:00

A CD’s real job? Protecting the idea from everyone who wants to make it normal.

A great creative director doesn’t pick the best idea. They ...

2025-11-17T17:55:43+01:00

A great creative director doesn’t pick the best idea. They create the conditions where the best idea becomes inevitable.

Creative direction isn’t taste. It’s having the guts to say ...

2025-11-17T17:53:57+01:00

Creative direction isn’t taste. It’s having the guts to say “no” 99 times so the one “yes” can change a company.

Standing out isn’t hard. Most people are too busy sounding the ...

2025-11-16T20:35:47+01:00

Standing out isn’t hard. Most people are too busy sounding the same to even try.

Creativity isn’t about being clever. It’s about saying the ...

2025-11-16T20:35:33+01:00

Creativity isn’t about being clever. It’s about saying the real thing in a way no one’s heard before.

Truth is the only unfair advantage left in advertising. ...

2025-11-16T20:35:19+01:00

Truth is the only unfair advantage left in advertising. Everything else is just a template.

Creativity isn’t decoration. It’s how you smuggle the truth ...

2025-11-16T20:35:03+01:00

Creativity isn’t decoration. It’s how you smuggle the truth past people’s defenses.

Most brands are lying politely. Good copywriters tell the truth ...

2025-11-16T20:34:50+01:00

Most brands are lying politely. Good copywriters tell the truth impolitely.

Yes, I know what my purpose is

2025-11-15T21:59:45+01:00

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Yes, I know what my purpose is

Trying to drum up funding to enter an AI film contest. I’m ...

2025-11-15T18:33:42+01:00

Trying to drum up funding to enter an AI film contest. I’m hungry to get my work on a bigger stage.

The cost to produce a :60 broadcast-quality commercial just went ...

2025-11-15T18:02:25+01:00

The cost to produce a :60 broadcast-quality commercial just went from $500,000 to $5. Every ad agency, production house, and indie filmmaker built on friction, time, and cost just hit zero.

Being "early" to AI video doesn't mean you're ...

2025-11-15T18:01:47+01:00

Being "early" to AI video doesn't mean you're using the tools. It means you've stopped thinking like a traditional filmmaker.

Your $100M film budget is no longer a moat. It's a ...

2025-11-15T18:01:14+01:00

Your $100M film budget is no longer a moat. It's a vulnerability. The new currency isn't capital; it's taste and iteration speed.

Hollywood is 18 months from being completely blindsided. ...

2025-11-15T18:00:47+01:00

Hollywood is 18 months from being completely blindsided. They're shipping $200M physical assets (actors, crews, locations) while a kid in a dorm is shipping 100 new film concepts a day.

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2025-11-15T17:56:24+01:00

GM Nostr

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2025-11-12T17:25:15+01:00

Is it just me or has the engagement slowed recently?

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2025-11-09T06:17:24+01:00

Looking into Farcaster

Just learning about this

2025-11-08T21:46:00+01:00

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Just learning about this

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2025-11-08T01:23:34+01:00

Don’t keep me in mind. Make use of me immediately.

“They want ten years of experience in TikTok” ...

2025-11-07T18:17:54+01:00

“They want ten years of experience in TikTok”

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2025-11-07T02:55:40+01:00

Bitcoiners sound crazy until we’re right.

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2025-11-07T02:55:08+01:00

Fiat is the original meme coin.

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2025-11-07T02:54:51+01:00

Your bank is cosplaying security.

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2025-11-07T02:54:37+01:00

Money printer go brrrr. Empires go boom.

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2025-11-07T02:54:24+01:00

Satoshi built a cathedral, not a coin.

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2025-11-07T02:54:04+01:00

Hard money for soft civilizations.

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2025-11-07T02:53:38+01:00

You can’t ban math. You can only fear it.

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2025-11-07T02:52:47+01:00

Scarcity is love disguised as math.

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2025-11-07T02:52:21+01:00

Self-custody is adulthood. Exchanges are daycare.

Currently looking for short form video options

2025-11-06T04:19:47+01:00

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Currently looking for short form video options

Sideways

2025-11-06T04:19:09+01:00

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Sideways

I feel like my understanding of Bitcoin only gets deeper. I love ...

2025-11-05T19:42:08+01:00

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I feel like my understanding of Bitcoin only gets deeper. I love learning more about it and discovering new ways to think about it. Bitcoin as time sounds so revolutionary 🔥

Gotcha, thank you for the clarification. I’m trying to do my ...

2025-11-05T19:17:40+01:00

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Gotcha, thank you for the clarification. I’m trying to do my homework and stay ahead on developments as best I can.

The article I read was actually not the usually fear mongering about quantum computers cracking the seed phrases, etc, but it was talking about the potential for a new physics based way to divide energy. I’d never heard that exact thing before, so I’m trying to look into it.

I also wasn’t familiar with the term “quantum money”, so I have more research to do. Thanks for sharing your perspective.

What’s with the attitude?? I’m just trying to learn about ...

2025-11-05T18:57:05+01:00

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What’s with the attitude?? I’m just trying to learn about this stuff.

The article I read was talking about a new form of ledger less money that would be enabled by quantum computers. I’m not a physicist, but I understand when you explain the meaning of quantum in the larger sense.

I’m trying to understand these developments the best I can.

How so? That’s not what the paper I read suggests. Bitcoin has ...

2025-11-05T18:29:54+01:00

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How so? That’s not what the paper I read suggests. Bitcoin has nothing to do with quantum at this point.

Just read an article about “quantum money” wow. Sounds like a ...

2025-11-05T14:58:10+01:00

Just read an article about “quantum money” wow. Sounds like a simpler and untraceable Bitcoin. But who would issue it and how would scarcity come into play?

INSANE viral parody of Coca-Cola’s controversial new AI holiday ...

2025-11-05T05:11:42+01:00

INSANE viral parody of Coca-Cola’s controversial new AI holiday commercial 🤖 🎅 ✨

This is the way

2025-11-04T01:50:43+01:00

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This is the way

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2025-11-04T01:34:39+01:00

Bitcoin is the hourglass counting down to the death of debt.

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2025-11-04T01:31:36+01:00

Bitcoin is fire that can’t be stolen.

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2025-11-04T01:30:25+01:00

Bitcoin is money that remembers.

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2025-11-04T01:30:04+01:00

Bitcoin is a clock built by exiles.

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2025-11-04T01:29:46+01:00

Bitcoin is a lie detector for civilization.

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2025-11-04T01:29:29+01:00

Bitcoin is what truth looks like when it has no PR department.

Paperboy!

2025-11-04T00:14:29+01:00

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Paperboy!

Optimism is always welcome

2025-11-04T00:12:07+01:00

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Optimism is always welcome