The extent to which civilization can expand is directly and historically related to energy

I once asked a Brahman priest what types of meditations he likes to do when he’s feeling stressed or burnt out. His reply: I drive.

At the early stage “venture” capitalist fit is more important than product market fit

If this is true, China is seriously outpacing the US when it comes to energy. China secretly tested the thorium molten salt reactor (TMSR) last year in the gobi desert. https://t.co/Xkged2PUYA

Wataa

The capsule is being loaded into the operating nuclear TRIGA reactor. We are honored for the opportunity to do this up close as a startup. Only in America. More to come ...

Our "lucky 13" experiment before going into the nuclear reactor. The Aluminum container is slightly activated due to minute traces of nickel. All safety procedures were taken and our dose was well within daily NRC limits.

We are beginning to make exciting progress at CalThermo

That feeling when you push the limit of what has never been done before

The @Ubiquiti product line be like: Announcing the UniFridge: It has a UniFi controller. But you need a separate AP (unless you get the B model) And it has 100 TB of storage and comes with Yerba Mate and we're like "ok uhhh that all sounds great, take my money”

Lunch today was foraged, wild seaweed, blanched with salt, soy sauce and sesame oil on a maple tempeh bowl

3-D printed Surfing fins part one take four. Printed in German PP print polypropylene/polyethylene blend

You’re going to build a nuclear reactor out of what?!

"US offers nuclear energy companies access to weapons-grade plutonium"

Big fan of compute heated cities / space colonies

Team thorium unite!

DAC’d to make jet fuel with @PrometheusFuels

When you’re unpacking and you wonder where you put the simulated mars regolith ….

Awesome post on the ability to use smartphones to build mesh networks, something I spent the past decade working on

I need one