Re:Building Together EP 307 — Let's Play W/Our JPEGs! (NY Edition)

Host: CEELOS (@CEELOSFIGG) · Sat 29 Aug 2026 · ~1h23m · ~11 speakers

TL;DR

• A daily community hangout themed around NFT NYC weekend: CEELOS dropped a long three-part "New York edition" AI prompt and everyone was encouraged to generate scenes from their PFPs and tag the projects.
• SLICK RIC and Woof both animated their images live; CEELOS walked through his workflow for turning stills into short videos via Grok and stitching them in CapCut.
• Little bit of "alpha" for the day: CEELOS noted Gemini has (at least on his app) stopped watermarking generated images.
• Long, warm detour into coffee — CEELOS is a 23-year roaster — plus Lyss's saga of trying (and failing) to enjoy Dunkin.
• Lyss and CEELOS teased Regen team plans: merch drops, and IRL events beyond NYC in 2027 (Florida, California, western New York).
• CEELOS takes coffee orders by DM and customizes bags with your JPEG or a personal photo; Woof and DARKM N vouched for it.

Highlights

[3:50] Cold open, apologetically late. CEELOS explains X kept kicking him out for posting a prompt too long, then reflects that daily Spaces aren't as easy as they look — "sometimes you gotta erase the whole board and bust out a brand new piece of chalk."

[5:03–8:48] Nas plays us in. The New York edition earns a full run of "N.Y. State of Mind," which CEELOS caps with a shout to "the God MC" and the East Coast birthplace of hip hop — from his seat in LA.

[9:49] Lyss savors the moment. Doing dishes on Long Island, Lyss relishes the West-Coast host spinning a New York anthem given their running coast-vs-coast "feud," raising a toast to "EST — elite standard time."

[10:49] SLICK RIC and Woof go the extra mile. Slick reports he already animated his PFP "wolf style" and dropped it in the purple pill; both he and Woof leaned into the Grok-animation route. Both also flagged that X wasn't loading purple-pill posts, making it hard to engage.

[16:16] Tag the projects. CEELOS's core ask: when you generate from a project's IP, tag them — a community member's content might land on a founder's timeline on a rough day and put a smile on their face.

[24:12] The day's "alpha." Not an alpha space, CEELOS jokes, but here's some anyway: Gemini has apparently dropped its image watermark on his version, unlike Copilot's "AI generated" banner across the top.

[42:02–45:09] Lyss vs. Dunkin. Challenged by a friend to give Dunkin a fair shot, Lyss "took a deep breath" before walking in — and got a shrug of a barista who couldn't recommend a single drink. A verdict was reached, and it was not kind to Dunkin.

[45:09–onward] The coffee roaster comes out. CEELOS nerds out on 35-second roast differences, Colombian beans and tasting for the customer, landing on a genuinely warm ethic: everyone's opinion at the table matters, and "any coffee is better than no coffee."

[50:52 / 52:XX] Regen roadmap. Lyss shared that while NFT NYC is small this year, the team is planning IRL events in Florida, California and possibly western New York in 2027, plus exclusive merch drops — with the "no FOMO, start a rainy-day fund" encouragement.

[1:13:38] Dingus reps upstate. Joining from near Saratoga, Dingus plugged his Thursday 5pm ET "off-chain chatter" space on the Late Stage Archetypes collection and said he'll likely pick up a regen to support the crew.

Topic timeline

Notable quotes

• "Don't let anybody fool you tell you that doing these daily spaces is easy… sometimes you gotta erase the whole board and bust out a brand new piece of chalk." — CEELOS [3:50]
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• "I just want you guys to understand how great I feel having C play a song about New York." — Lyss [9:49]
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• "At the end of the day… all you got with you is your memories. Not your NFTs, not your bling bling chain." — CEELOS [29:04]
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• "You uh drinking stuff that you think is coffee. Now you should get some good stuff and throw that trash out." — Woof [41:03]
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• "If you drink CeeLo's coffee, you just automatically become more sexy." — Solo dolo [1:18:52]
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• "I was already sexy and I was wondering what made me more sexy. So the coffee explains it." — Woof [1:20:41]
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Who said what

• CEELOS (host) — ran the show, wrote the three-part NY prompt, evangelized playing with your JPEGs and tagging projects; 23-year coffee roaster who takes custom orders by DM.
• Lyss (@Lysss302) — New York rep and hype engine; delivered the Dunkin story and teased Regen merch and 2027 IRL events.
• SLICK RIC (@richj530) — co-host, animated his PFP live; sitting out NYC for Monday back surgery but promised to FaceTime in.
• Woof (@WoofArmyXX) — co-host and "master prompt" guy; animated his images and vouched hard for CEELOS's dark roast and custom labels.
• Walt (@WaltDisneyIF) — artist heading to NYC Tuesday; brought the HVAC/boss-appreciation and stale-donut riffs.
• DARKM N (@Bryan36krun) — steady supporter and engager; plans to DM for a bag with both his and CEELOS's photo.
• Dingus (@DingusUSA) — upstate New Yorker; plugged his Thursday off-chain chatter space and leaning toward buying a regen.
• Baked (@Bakedmetax) — semi-absent co-host who jumped in to close; thanked the room and promised better attendance.
• Solo dolo (@solodolo) — resident little brother energy and the coffee-makes-you-sexy theory.

Worth a full listen

• [42:02]–[45:09] — Lyss's full Dunkin monologue, from the pre-entrance deep breath to the espresso negotiation. The play-by-play lands better than any paraphrase.
• [59:06]–[1:03:00] — Walt and Lyss on the "pizza party as bonus" trope, the good-boss donut run, and why post-COVID appreciation gestures fell flat. Genuinely funny and quietly pointed.
• [38:34]–[45:00] — CEELOS's coffee nerd-out, roast-timing and all, into a broader "everyone's opinion counts" philosophy that captures the room's warmth.