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200TH EPISODE: “I’m trying to do the maximum with the minimum. I don’t want to clutter the world up. There’s a lot of music in the world, so I want to tell the story with the minimum amount of material.” @maxrichtermusic 0:00 Max Richter: Composers in Search of New Colors 9:25 Electronics & Orchestra as One Instrument 18:14 When a Piece Is Finished & "Daylight" Origins 26:40 The Blue Notebooks & Live Audiences 30:57 Influences, Synth & Reworking Schubert 37:53 Studio Rituals, Meditation & Beauty in Music 43:10 Devotion, Folk Roots & Regional Styles 50:43 Meditation, Collaboration & The Beatles 57:09 Recording, Favorite Records & The Sleep Project 1:08:01 Spirituality, Sacred Spaces & Math of Music 1:19:48 AI, Streaming, Film Scoring & Closing Reflections

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Tidal is the most artist-first option for Direct-to-Fan Sales 💯 Starting today, our share for Upload and merch sales will all go to the artist. - 0% goes to Tidal when artists sell music and merch - Upload is free to use and available now - Merch stores are in beta More here: t.co/2CQIgZIM4z #tidal #tidalupload

good news: @cashapp tags are back in stock and here to stay 🪄 💳 🖤 more good news: starting today kids as young as 6 can get one. now the whole family's in on the fun

Understanding money on both sides of the counter is a signal unique to Block. Neighborhoods is our local commerce experience connecting Square sellers with Cash App customers. Since June, the network has scaled 10x to 30,000 more sellers in the network. How it works: Neighborhoods is built around an organic growth loop: more participating Square sellers drive more local discovery in Cash App, which can lead to more customers following businesses, returning for repeat visits, and creating more value for sellers. For customers, Local Cash makes local commerce more rewarding: they can earn 10% of their order subtotal, up to $10 per order, on qualifying purchases with participating sellers, then redeem it on a future visit. How it connects both sides of the counter: For sellers, Neighborhoods is integrated into their existing Square Point of Sale, giving local businesses a way to encourage repeat visits without a standalone loyalty app. During an initial period, Cash App funds Local Cash, giving sellers a no-cost way to reward customers. Once a customer follows a business on Neighborhoods, the seller can also reach them directly with marketing campaigns in Cash App. How it's going: The network is growing. As of June 2026, Neighborhoods scaled to sellers representing $1B in annualized GPV, up more than 220% from March 2026. In June, Neighborhoods also became available on additional Square hardware, including Square Terminal, more than doubling the number of eligible sellers. Follower spend also counts. Spend from followers reached 10% of seller GPV on average after three quarters on Neighborhoods. What's next: We're ramping up auto-enablement across the country and testing ways to build density in local markets, including pairing seller activation with dedicated account management. Follow as we scale the neighborhood: t.co/J7hkwtAiiE

THE ANNOUNCEMENT: We’re going to make the prophecy of The Year of Linux on the Desktop come true. All the pieces are now in place. Time to go all in! omarchy.org/news/2026/08/o…

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I build alone most nights. Last night I didn't. berd.xyz

Watch this to see what Builderbot can do. In a live demo hosted by Adam Frisch of Evercore ISI, @camworboys, Head of Product Design at Cash App, and @bradwrage, Senior Product Designer, use our homegrown agentic AI tools to build a real Cash App feature in real time. The challenge: they didn’t know which feature they’d be building until the audience voted. Get a look at BuilderBot, Buzz, and Berd in motion, and how they our accelerating development at Block.

Block Al Stack: How goose, Berd & Buzz Interlink This is Groks interpretation of how it all works together Does it look correct ? $XYZ

Meet Berd We just dropped the best way to run your favorite models + agents in one interface. Open source. Super clean UI. Gloopies. Like Codex, but more vibey. Give it a try. I love it. berd.xyz

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I'm assembling a team.

Today we open sourced our no 1 used internal tool, berd. An agent where you can byo harness/models while keeping your work and context in one place, in an unhinged environment where you can build your dream team of agents. Try it out at berd.xyz!

We often build the tools we need ourselves. Berd is the desktop application our teams use to work with AI agents across projects, skills, tools, and models. Today, we’re making it open source and sharing what we’ve learned. Meet Berd, AI with character: block.xyz/inside/designi…