Semper custos Populi
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BS levelling, truth hunting, Social Differentiation Theory Rt's mostly for informative purposes
After leaving OPEC, the UAE can now freely increase its oil production, thanks to the Fujairah Pipeline that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz. The Emirates had planned and developed this independent export route for years, enabling it to add up to 2 million barrels per day. A strategic game-changer in global oil markets that could help break the grip of high prices 😎
I made S3 while I was working at @Astranis because I wanted to know who else was out there "building the future." The first 52 episodes were filmed, edited, and posted by myself, weekly, for a year. It was tough! Then, in July 2025 I founded @storyandscience — the company I've wanted to build since I was 9. The focus required to get Story off the ground hurt the quality of S3. The show lost its ethos: focusing on exceptional teams doing ambitious things to build a better and brighter future. Now that Story has scaled up in major ways (mostly not public yet) about 5 months ago we decided to bring back the show that gave us our start, earned us an audience, and inspired us to make better science fiction. For now, S3 is going to release a new episode every 2 weeks... On Saturdays of course. The line up of companies (and labs...) we will be featuring is beyond exciting. A lot of thought has gone into refactoring the show to find its truest form — but rather than talk about it, we'll just show you what that looks like over the coming weeks and months. If you watched S3 before now: THANK YOU for all of the support. We're beyond excited to bring it back and hopefully help inspire whatever it is you're building :)
The most important AI research center in Europe isn’t in London, Paris, or Berlin. It’s in a university town of 90,000 people you’ve probably never heard of. Tübingen, in southwestern Germany, is home to Cyber Valley - an AI consortium set up in 2016 with €165M from the state of Baden-Württemberg, the Max Planck Society, and partners including Bosch, Mercedes-Benz, and Amazon. The region publishes more machine learning and computer vision research to top conferences than anywhere else in Europe. Aleph Alpha came out of here. With @FastCodeAI Labs now registered in Baden-Württemberg, we’re applying to join the Cyber Valley Startup Network. Thanks to Paul-David at Cyber Valley for the time.
@GrandpaRoy2 @konigssohne For me, what impresses is the ease and simplicity of target acquisition and lock-on, speed of engagement, and cost. We have entered an era where extraordinary innovation and effectiveness can be added to legacy capabilities for peanuts. That changes the game.
Hydrogen-powered hybrid Raybird UAV in combat service. Skyeton’s hydrogen fuel cell–electric Raybird UAV has been performing combat missions in Ukraine since Dec 2025. Built for long-range reconnaissance with higher efficiency and dual-use potential. 👉 Read more: skyeton.com/news/hydrogen-…
We fired a really cool rocket engine - and broke some records while we were at it. 🔥This Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine produced more than 4,000 pounds of thrust, and included a 300-second continuous burn, which is believed to have set the record for longest duration hot firing of an RDRE engine to date. Watch it fire: youtu.be/DjnC8KvakKk
In the Q1 shareholder deck, Tesla shared the latest picture of the interior of the Cortex 2 data center at Giga Texas, which will be used to train Optimus.
For decades, industrial simulation was a "waiting game." Run a physics test… wait for hours… Fewer iterations, expensive guesswork on the floor, and a massive gap between the digital plan and reality. That "latency gap" has been the silent tax on industrial innovation. And it’s exactly what is changing. At @hannover_messe, @nvidia, @Microsoft, and @Synopsys, @SoftServeInc and @KronesInc showcased the new "Software-Defined Factory": Physics simulations that used to take hours now happen in minutes. Engineers can now interact with a Digital Twin in real-time, finding the perfect configuration before a single machine is even switched on. The implications are massive: • >10x faster iteration through GPU-accelerated simulation • Zero wasted materials by solving errors in the virtual world • AI-Driven Design using LLMs to query and optimize machine behavior In other words: Manufacturing is moving from "Trial and Error" to "Simulate and Deploy." You validate the physics digitally until it’s perfect… then you deploy physically with total confidence. For an industry that measures downtime in millions, this is a major shift. It changes how we design everything from aircraft parts to entire production lines. Industrial AI is no longer a pilot project; it’s a production reality. I’m at Hannover Messe this week seeing this live. 📍Hall 17, G06 If you’re into the future of manufacturing, hit me up; my DMs are open!
Imagine every pixel on your screen, streamed live directly from a model. No HTML, no layout engine, no code. Just exactly what you want to see. @eddiejiao_obj, @drewocarr and I built a prototype to see how this could actually work, and set out to make it real. We're calling it Flipbook. (1/5)
@NeoptolemusX It is a planned invasion to destroy Western civilization. It was predicted in precise detail in the 1973 book "Camp of the Saints". It reads like today's headlines. That's why Amazon tried to ban the book. Leftists are censorious totalitarians.
