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🚀 Episode 33 of Future Link Podcast just landed and it’s a deep dive you won’t want to miss! Ever wondered exactly how Starlink delivers crazy-fast internet from space? I break it all down — the phased array antennas in your terminal that track satellites electronically at lightning speed, the laser inter-satellite links zipping data between thousands of spacecraft like a high-speed mesh highway in orbit, and how the whole system actually works end-to-end! 🛰️⚡💡 We cover real-world impact too: its lifesaving role in Ukraine, powering seamless connectivity on cruise ships across the oceans, bringing home-like Wi-Fi to airlines at 35,000 feet, rapid disaster response when everything else fails, and so much more. Plus I share my take as a Neuralink user on the incredible future opportunities ahead — direct-to-cell, Mars connectivity, and how these technologies unlock even more human potential! 🌍✨ Watch the full detailed episode right here on X 👀 YouTube link with the complete video in the first reply! What blew your mind the most — the laser links, the phased arrays, or the real-world stories? Drop your thoughts below, I read every comment! 👇 @Starlink @SpaceX @elonmusk @Neuralink
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“We should take people’s money to solve homelessness / end hunger / provide free health care” Alright. Why don’t you go do that? Pass the program, run up the deficit a little. You already spent $1.75 trillion more than you brought in last year. Feel free to spend a little more to solve all our problems. Then, after we see how great these programs are, we can figure out how to raise tax revenue to keep them alive. If they’re really that great and solve all our problems, then sure. Let’s tax the rich. That would be worth it. But the reality is you have no plan to solve any of these problems, even given endless money. Any additional tax revenue raised will go straight down the hole. You’ve already spent it. You’ve spent $1.75 trillion more than you brought in. And we’ve all seen how little it has done for us.
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Dagogo, I genuinely enjoy your videos — always well-made and interesting. But you’re totally wrong about SpaceX on both videos. For orbital data centers: 3-year-old chips are not useless for inference. That’s exactly what they’re doing with the data centers in space. Inference doesn’t require the absolute latest training silicon, and the orbital environment (radiative cooling to vacuum, constant solar potential, no terrestrial power or water limits) changes the economics dramatically. You can’t upgrade chips once they’re up there, but that’s not the killer problem it sounds like — constellations evolve with new launches the same way Starlink does. This is the same story as Tesla. For years it was never “invest worthy” to people who couldn’t see the full vision. Then it executed, changed the world, and suddenly everyone saw it. SpaceX has a long track record of making the “too ambitious/risky” bets actually work. The AI integration into the stack isn’t some desperate pivot — it’s a coherent long-term infrastructure play. The risks are real, but writing it off as a long-term loser underestimates them again.
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Elon created $1 trillion of value. Congress created $39 trillion of debt. Elon’s wealth is not the problem…
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I think possibly the best thing about Elon Musk becoming a trillionaire is how angry it makes a bunch of losers who've never built a thing in their lives.
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Revealing conversation on @mikeroweworks’ The Way I Heard It with @cboyack: Why his @tuttletwins children’s books and @AngelStudios cartoon series have sold over 7 million copies teaching kids economics, free markets, critical thinking, unintended consequences, and the “miraculous pencil.” Boyack went from lousy student (worst in English, history & econ) to bestselling author because traditional schooling bored him. Critics freak out over kids learning liberty principles at the family dinner table instead of waiting for D.C. to save us. Plus school choice, why generalists crush narrow specialists, skilled trades, and why real America is rebuilt at home, not in Washington. Pure Mike Rowe gold! youtu.be/CMBGF78TN3E
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A Prophet.
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When most companies' opening remarks during their IPOs were about profit, today it hits something different. It is hope. The once-inspiring future that excited us when we were young but that we dropped after growing up—we have found it again.
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Elizabeth Warren is a parasite on the American taxpayer. Elon Musk has made thousands of new millionaires - and more coming. Elizabeth Warren is everything that’s wrong with America.
Elon Musk just became the world's first trillionaire. The typical American household would have to work more than 11 MILLION years to make Elon Musk's level of wealth. We need a wealth tax.
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they’re struggling to pay for groceries and gas because of your policies. haven’t you noticed that as soon as you cross any state border gas gets cheaper? Elon isn’t making gas expensive. He built a car that doesn’t need gas. And tbh the SpaceX IPO has done more to pay Americans bills than any of your policies Governor.
Americans are struggling to pay for groceries and gas while Elon Musk becomes a TRILLIONAIRE. When the federal government is for sale, the rich get richer and everyone else gets shafted. The system is rigged.
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Savage satirical roast from @TheBabylonBee: Democrats melt down over @realDonaldTrump hosting a UFC fight on the White House lawn, calling it a desecration of “hallowed ground” — while ignoring that @JoeBiden once hosted topless trans activists there for Pride. Trump claps back that UFC events are now the only way topless men will be allowed on the lawn. Main event: @IliaTopuria vs @JustinGaethje for UFC Freedom 250. Peak hypocrisy, zero self-awareness. youtu.be/zUjAftQUpZM
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Misleading take @ColdFusion_TV on the SpaceX IPO. Yes, they filed under SIC 7370 (computer programming/data processing) and the AI segment is currently loss-making after the xAI merger. But that misses the full picture: • Starlink (Connectivity segment) is the real profit engine — $11.4B revenue and $4.4B operating profit in 2025, the **only** profitable division, with 10M subscribers and strong growth. • The "computer programming" classification accurately reflects the evolved strategy: cheap access to orbit (Starship) global comms (Starlink) massive orbital AI compute infrastructure. It's not hiding aerospace — it's building the full-stack infrastructure for the AI era. • Orbital data centers face real engineering challenges (radiation, debris, heat), but SpaceX is leveraging proven satellite experience and radiative cooling in vacuum as a major efficiency advantage over terrestrial data centers struggling with power and water. • Heavy AI investment now is how you win the next decade. SpaceX has a 20-year track record of delivering on "impossible" bets while the current businesses scale profitably. The video correctly flags risks and current losses but paints an overly doomer picture that ignores Starlink's cash flow, execution history, and the legitimate strategic bet on space-based compute. Classic "this time the ambition is too much" narrative that has repeatedly underestimated SpaceX. youtu.be/FPIGu0anfAE

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It feels like we have our values so backwards in this country. Creating valuable things, making millions of people better off, is considered the most evil thing you can do, because you might make money. Yet murder and hate is often celebrated. It’s so strange.
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Candid breakdown from @StephenASmith on the Karmelo Anthony verdict: 19-year-old Anthony convicted of first-degree murder for fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Frisco track meet after a tent argument. Stephen A. says the evidence was clear — no self-defense justification as Anthony’s life was never in danger — but slams the 35-year sentence as too harsh and blasts the jury composition (no Black jurors in a case with a Black defendant). Compares it to a similar stabbing that got only 10 years. Addresses the racial reactions, including from @JasmineCrockett, and calls for real accountability over narratives. Tragic for both families. youtu.be/FzamUC7IALs
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This single tweet cost California hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes, revenue, and jobs:
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Oh yes, I remember that Bond film where the villain decarbonized the auto industry, brought fast internet to everyone on the planet, and helped paralyzed people interact with the world again.
Elon Musk is a real-life Bond villain ft.trib.al/zAOuVKk
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Revealing deep dive from @farzyness: Is @elonmusk truly the world's first trillionaire? Demystifies paper net worth (mostly @Tesla & @SpaceX stock) vs real cash, why historical giant John D Rockefeller actually claims the title by share of U.S. economy in 1913, Musk's desperate 2008 bets splitting funds between @Tesla and @SpaceX, the "buy borrow die" tax strategy, wealth tax pushes from @BernieSanders & @ewarren, and why real power comes from controlling @SpaceX launches, @Starlink comms, @xAI, and @Tesla robotics/AI. Uncomfortable truths on inequality, innovation, and legacy. youtu.be/tjDEr3PJhbk
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Explosive interview on @CFBAddiction with legal expert Chris Lomax of @LomaxLegal: Texas Tech QB @Brendan_Sorsby2 wins a court injunction to play in 2026 despite the @NCAA betting ban. Breaks down the temporary restraining order, irreparable harm argument, @NCAA overreach, @Big12Conference implications, potential appeals, game integrity concerns, and why this signals total chaos in college football governance amid NIL/transfer portal madness. Bombshells on possible title stripping and conference revolts. Must-watch for CFB fans! youtu.be/qkCqvA4jKIU
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Compelling factory tour from @ashleevance on @CoreMemoryVideos with @jbstraubel: How @RedwoodMat is quietly becoming America’s largest cobalt producer by recycling 70% of the nation’s end-of-life lithium-ion batteries — from EVs, phones, toothbrushes & more — into pure copper, nickel, cobalt & lithium without mining a single hole. Plus the surprise pivot: repurposing still-good EV packs into massive energy storage arrays already powering @NVIDIA GPUs in @Crusoe data centers paired with flat solar. Beating China on cost while building real American manufacturing. Eye-opening look at the circular battery economy meeting the AI power crunch! youtu.be/GSSgAPylz60
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