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Did you know that the invention of fertilizer helped the world avoid a famine in the 60's? But it comes with lots of trade-offs. So let me introduce you to @NitricityInc creating clean fertilizer for a better future. Read about them - optimistictech.substack.com/โ€ฆ

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Doesnโ€™t it always seem like whatever crisis is happening in the world, the UK will be hit the hardest. Something I noticed in this weeks newsletter ๐Ÿ‘‡
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We can/will avoid future energy shocks if we can make fusion happen. @proximafusion @TheaEnergy substack.com/@rh84/note/p-14โ€ฆ

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Nice work here from @_RHoward and Optimistic Tech. History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes. Is it possible that that AIโ€™s insatiable demand for energy and it's ability to produce intelligence could finally crack fusion??? This happened before. As explored at Risk & Progress, the Newcomen Steam engine drove demand for coal, while also making it possible to automatically pump water from mines, enabling us to mine more coal. The history of technology is often defined by feedback loops and ASI/Fusion look like a tight pair.
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What language is this
19 Jun 2025
When two chop hoes unite to maximize their joint flop
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Thank you @GoDaddy for keeping the dreams alive. This is the year is I'll use all those domains for the business ideas I once had. This is the year I can feel it...
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Gonna be funny if VCโ€™s just started pouring money into defence tech only for 2 of the biggest reasons it was needed to get absolutely neutralised by countries 1/10th their size
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Did you know that the invention of fertilizer helped the world avoid a famine in the 60's? But it comes with lots of trade-offs. So let me introduce you to @NitricityInc creating clean fertilizer for a better future. Read about them - substacktools.com/sharex/bQDโ€ฆ
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Just another ยฃ60bn bro I promise itโ€™ll work this time bro. Please. Just ยฃ60bn and this time itโ€™ll be fixed and weโ€™ll have a functioning health service I promise bro. No more backlogs, scandals or crumbling hospitals everyone will be healthy bro I promise
NHS spending from ยฃ177bn to ยฃ232bn in 2028-9. The economy set to grow byโ€ฆ less.
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Tablet is one of the few outlets that cuts through the noise โ€” publishing fact-based, data-driven work that actually shifts the conversation. In a new investigation, @ZachG932 exposes how the media played a key role in mainstreaming the โ€œgenocideโ€ lie in public discourse ๐Ÿงต
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If we're going to build a vibrant space economy, we need cheaper, better rockets. Check out @stoke_space in my latest newsletter on tech being built for the future of humanity. Link in replies. #Space #Rockets #Optimism #startup #Startups #Tech
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If we're going to build a vibrant space economy, we need cheaper, better rockets. Check out @stoke_space in my latest newsletter on tech being built for the future of humanity. Link in replies. #Space #Rockets #Optimism #startup #Startups #Tech
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Scotland really is electing the best amongst us
This is a remarkable comment from an elected politican (Alba MP Ash Regan).
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. @mickhagen I think AI has stolen your face - the guy in the first 3 seconds here reminds me so much of you. What do you think @chrismaximin @LucaTavazzani
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Iโ€™ve been a professional filmmaker for 15 years and itโ€™s getting very difficult to tell if this is fake. In what world is not all media generated within 2 years?
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Richard Howard ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ retweeted
Building machines that can suck 1million tonnes of Co2 out of the air. Turning it into jet fuel and vodka. Let's fucking go @MissionZeroTech Read about them in my latest newsletter - optimistictech.substack.com/โ€ฆ #e/acc #climate #Startups #TechForGood

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