Mike Butcher (BlueSky/Threads: @mikebutcher)

Founder & Editor, @Pathfounders Former Editor-at-large @TechCrunch Columnist / Speaker / Moderator / Broadcaster Co-Founder: @TheEuropas @Techfugees @TechHub @StartupCltn @TechForUK @tech_vets LI: linkedin.com/in/mikebutcher Speaking: mikebutcher.me/speaking

@robkollervernot @Scaleway Yikes!

I don’t know about Scaleway, but when I started, we put our infrastructure on OVH. Not even a year in, the entire data center in Strasbourg burned down, and because they were built so close together, three or four others were affected as well, leaving our trial server unrecoverable.

I’ve literally never heard anyone tell me @Scaleway is good. Anyone got an opinion?

Good news for a British investor.

@rodolfor @Scaleway Perhaps the decision making changes in the era of sovereign cloud?

@mikebutcher @Scaleway the problem is that to really compete with the offering of US clouds, you need 1) speed of decision making from governments 2) scale, one EU country is not enough, you need all of them at once without dealing with 27 different jurisditions and 27 customers ergo, it will 💯 fail

These are their majority owners. Based in Lisbon. alpaccapital.com/team.html

The owners of @euronews have been linked to Orban politico.eu/article/eurone…

It is UNBELIEVABLE that @euronews would run this article when the author, Patriots for Europe, was literally established by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. WTAF.

@euronews Here’s the Team of Alpac Capital alpaccapital.com/team.html

@euronews Turns out that in 2021 Euronews was acquired by a Portuguese VC Alpac Capital that has a close family tie to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and strong corporate links to the business ecosystem around him. politico.eu/article/eurone…

@Constan81563162 @euronews Damn. Didn’t realise. Thanks!

@mikebutcher @euronews Euronews is owned by his oligarchs politico.eu/article/eurone…

@Solopopsss @dreamina_ai You can make an AI movie but you can’t write a script.

I made an entire $100k horror film using only AI. No actors. No camera. No VFX. No budget. Just prompts in @dreamina_ai WHITE ROT #DreaminaCPP

I mean who needs A.I.? Right? Right!?

@TheStalwart @DouthatNYT Indeed! It’s a well known fact that Protestants can’t see images or videos.

I 100% agree with this take, and also I don't think it's a coincidence that two of the most famous theorists on orality and literacy (Marshall McLuhan and Walter Ong) were devout Catholics

Gosh, I hadn’t realised Protestants can’t see pictures or videos. Insane! Who else knew this!?

@AlmostMedia @matthewschmitz @robbysoave 🤣👏🏻

@matthewschmitz @robbysoave i don't know how snake handling doesn't give influencers a lot to work with but that's just me

We’re entering a postliterate age. That’s why image-rich Catholicism is trending and text-based Protestantism isn’t. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…

I love this story. First, Boom's jet engine supplier, Rolls Royce, pulls out of the supersonic airliner deal. That should have been the end of the story. As GE often says, "if you want to compete with us in jet turbines, you needed to have started 30 years ago", because that's how long it takes. So it would be crazy to start now. But Boom didn't fold up tents. They said they were going to make their own jet turbine. Good luck 🙄 But they started anyway, and then "a miracle occurs": the AI datacenter boom creates unbounded demand for gas turbines, creating at least a 4-5 year backlog with existing manufacturers. And because the Boom terrestrial turbine power plants don't have to be certified by the FAA, that takes a decade off their path to market! So now 90% of the company is working on the turbines, with a huge pipeline of orders, and they're going to be a huge energy company, regardless of whether they ever ship an airplane or not. What a great testament to resilience. Just keep moving forward and eventually the path will become clear. Action creates information.

We definitely need such an alternative in the EU bubble and beyond... @anna_zeiter spoke about W, the soon-to-lauch European social media, to @mikebutcher for @Pathfounders.