Re:Building Together EP 296 — "Builders Stay Building"

Host: CEELOS (@CEELOSFIGG)^* with co-host Baked (@Bakedmetax)^* · Tue Aug 18, 2026 · 59:42 · ~5 speakers

TL;DR

• A largely two-man episode: CEELOS held the mic while Baked co-hosted from a warehouse loading dock, waiting on a unit and threatening "verbal hands."
• CEELOS delivered an affectionate deep-dive through Mechsicko's regens art catalog — refud, remixes, Christmas regions, the Renaissance set, revenants, crash outs, "19 ways," and the Doom Sickos.
• Recurring theme: back the builders, not the price action. CEELOS framed showing up on Spaces and shipping consistently as the real signal of a healthy project.
• SLICK RIC dropped in with a Solana bull case (and a reminder it's not financial advice), plus a real-time save on unstaking regions via Simple Farmer.
• Baked made his allegiances clear: he'd take a stonk broker over a Bored Ape "10 times over," but he's stacking pit boys and betting on Uncle Mac.
• Housekeeping: a new summer QRC quirkies card dropped, Unvault's bugs mint is on the horizon, and the show's 300th episode lands this Saturday.

Highlights

[5:05] Opening and the warehouse standoff. CEELOS welcomed everyone to episode 296 while Baked checked in from a warehouse, still waiting on an "AB unit" he was told was ready. Asked if he was staying peaceful, Baked deadpanned "No, I'm ready to throw hands" [6:01] — then, reminded it was a recorded space, downgraded it to "I'm gonna throw verbal hands" [6:09].

[6:15]–[12:16] The regens art history tour. CEELOS ran out of notepad space cataloging Mechsicko's drops: the refud, the "treat" laughing-witch gif, remixes, the re-gift Christmas regions, the trait-based Renaissance airdrops, the revenants, crash outs, "homage to the pixel," and the "19 ways" mugshot remakes. He confessed he's still salty about owning only 11 of 12 Renaissance pieces — missing "Creation" — which blocks him from burning a set into a revenant.

[9:38] Baked's forever ink. Baked shared that his tattoo came from Mech, who reworked his regen (Jason and ghost) into Doom Sicko–style art; he took the ghost to an artist who thought it was "badass," and "now it lives with me forever."

[14:43] Generosity behind the revenants. With only 41 revenants ever made, Baked explained he never claimed his own because he was short a piece — and instead handed out his duplicates to holders who were close, including one that helped Skyman complete the Jason-mask revenant. CEELOS also paused to wonder aloud where longtime holder Bleed Blue disappeared to, hoping he's just "busy with life, lifing."

[27:34] Slick's Solana thesis. Folding laundry on a rest day, SLICK RIC laid out his conviction on Solana — Phantom Cash debit functionality, Visa/Mastercard rails, and a position he's held nearly a month since "like 68 bucks." He capped it, per house rules, as "no alpha, not financial advice."

[30:00] "Give us a crumb." CEELOS argued that a founder skipping Spaces has become a red flag: even if there's no news, show your face and voice — "Give us a crumb." A tidy summary of the whole episode's builder-first sermon.

[40:25] Baked picks his lane. Responding to the timeline's "7.8 ETH — Ape or stonk broker?" debate, Baked said no shade to apes, but he'd buy a stonk broker "10 times over," and from where he actually sits he's "gonna keep stacking pit boys and keep supporting the builders that are here supporting us" [41:48], crediting Mac's pickaxes-to-gold-mine-to-pit-boy-game progression.

[50:14] What's on the horizon. CEELOS talked up Unvault from Ernest and Aaron with Red Goat Queen (Molly) on art, tying it back to hanging in Molly's "green room" back in her Blazing Glaze / donut days — a builder-glow-up story he clearly relishes.

[56:04] Slick signs off by text. Since SLICK RIC had already gone to run errands, CEELOS read his parting text aloud: "Rise and Shine. It's program time. God is good all the time." — pure Slick.

[58:06] The warm close. CEELOS reminded listeners of the way-back Wednesday episode and the fast-approaching 300th on Saturday, thanking everyone for pulling up and nudging the room to keep interacting on the timeline — "let the good times roll, y'all."

Topic timeline

Notable quotes

• "No, I'm ready to throw hands." — Baked [6:01]
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• "Not bad for a two dollar mince, right? … Builders stay building, bro." — CEELOS [21:57]
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• "Neglecting being on spaces to me is nowadays a big red flag. … Give us a crumb." — CEELOS [30:00]
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• "No alpha, not financial advice. I'm buying the main, trying to maintain. DYOR." — SLICK RIC [28:23]
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• "I'm gonna keep stacking pit boys and keep supporting the builders that are here supporting us." — Baked [41:48]
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• "Rise and Shine. It's program time. God is good all the time." — SLICK RIC, via text read by CEELOS [56:04]
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Who said what

• CEELOS (@CEELOSFIGG, host)^*: Carried the episode with a long, warm meditation on regens' art history and a builder-first investing philosophy — focus on people shipping consistently, not on price action.
• Baked (@Bakedmetax, co-host)^*: Called in from a warehouse; shared his Mech-made tattoo, his history of gifting revenant pieces, and his firm bet on pit boys and Uncle Mac over higher-status JPEGs.
• SLICK RIC (@richj530, speaker)^*: Dropped a Solana thesis, helped CEELOS diagnose the unstaking snag (needs base ETH, use the staking link), and left an on-brand inspirational text.
• toomazingTM (@TooMazing265, speaker)^*: Brief cameo early on to confirm he'd "got that stuff out of the way" and was building up his collection.

Worth a full listen

• [6:15]–[18:00] — The art-catalog stretch is the emotional core of the episode; CEELOS's recall of every drop and the gifting stories behind the revenants convey why this community sticks together better than any summary can.
• [26:50]–[28:13] — SLICK RIC's Solana rundown, delivered mid-laundry-fold, is a compact, genuine bull case worth hearing in his own voice.
• [40:25]–[44:00] — Baked and CEELOS's back-and-forth on the "Ape vs stonk broker" question is the clearest articulation of the show's whole ethos: no wrong answer, just pick your lane and back the builders.

* some voices are identified from context; those names are marked as likely.