« It’s only going to get weirder. The level of contradictions is going to rise excruciatingly, even beyond the excruciating present level. » Terence McKenna in 1998

Official proposal handover to the EU commissioners ✅ 🙏❤️ Still tons of work but great first steps Lets fix Europe for startups. 🇪🇺

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I’m loving the chance to interview the founders of the leading AI companies. I met Captions’ founders @gmharhar & @dwightchurchill through my good friend @blakeir. Blake and I have constantly been discussing the most interesting, sometimes mind-blowing AI-based products and

I know @reflectorbital reflects sunlight onto solar panels. Are there any companies working on deflecting sunlight to create shade on targeted areas ? For example to reduce the intensity of heatwaves on big cities ? Cc @andrewnutter any idea?

Europe – we need your help. Please sign this petition to create a pan-european legal entity and promote it as much as you can: https://t.co/s2BP8JU2Kt We got RIGHT NOW a once in a generation chance to improve Europe for startups. 🔥 We got 6 weeks until the new comission sets

The American mind can’t comprehend this

This morning I ended up arguing with not one but two drivers at the same time on the morning school ride. It got so bad that one of them put his car across 7th avenue and tried to spit on me... All because I dared telling the driver ahead of him that she was driving too fast and

The greatest man you've never heard of died this week on Wednesday, September 6th. Marcel Boiteux built the French nuclear fleet as head of national utility EdF, making superb, far-sighted decisions against powerful entrenched interests. Decisions such as abandoning the

What's preventing NYC's Soho from looking like this? credit to @ideogram_ai for the impression

France 🇫🇷 just sucks at marketing. If the US 🇺🇸 had decarbonized its entire energy production in a decade, Ryan Gosling would star in the movie and the whole world would be talking about it and doing the exact same thing (ie. going all in on nuclear ☢️).

To my Parisian friends: you've got to go to this - most fun way you can spend a Sunday afternoon. This was the latest ride in London for those who don't know @domwhiting yet:

Even with the worst air pollution in the world, it wouldn’t cross any NYC official’s mind to take measures to reduce driving. Car culture is what got us here and will keep us here for as long as it continues unchallenged.

Love this visualisation of the downtown Manhattan tech scene. This is the ultimate 15-minute city: 100s of top tech companies within a 15-minute bike ride from the @IndexVentures office in Meatpacking. Which city can beat this?

I see many high-burn but cash-rich companies anticipate high interest income on their cash given how high the rates are today. While this will clearly help with cash burn in 2023, interest rates may come down as quickly as they've gone up, so better not bet on it in the future

Who said NYC landlords were not cycling friendly? Isn't our new office bike room welcoming?!

I attended my first Evidence dinner hosted by @damirbecirovic last night, and this is a truly brilliant concept. Folks should be hosting them everywhere - they make for incredibly stimulating conversations

Here's today's reminder that every day in NYC, there are roughly 233 reported crashes with roughly 114 people injured — every single day. (Map from Crashmapper based on city stats Jan. 1-Feb. 18, 2023)

I’m always surprised when folks talk about how dangerous the subway is in NYC and seem totally oblivious that cars kill 50k and injure >2m (🤯) per year in the US, which are an outlier in the developed world. Needs size and speed limits on every vehicle to end the carnage.

As the father of two young daughters, one of my biggest worries as they grow up is the catastrophic effect of social media on their mental health. That’s why I invested personally to support @kschlenker’s god work on controlling screen time through @withopal. Try it out.

There is no way @RevolutApp won't end up being successful in the US