The drug mafia in Colombia shot down a police helicopter using an FPV drone. Twelve police officers were killed. The use of UAVs by militants was confirmed by the governor of the Antioquia department, Andres Julian. Colombian mercenaries are trained to operate drones within the

Just ordered one of these bad boys. I’m thinking we’re back.

Not gonna lie. This goes pretty hard.

I’ve started telling people it’s my stated intention to build the greatest deck company in the world - speaking it into existence Anyways here’s how (and why) we’re gonna do it, if you’re interested (follow up tweet on the framework after) presented this to the team today and

See you in the Frontier.

if these had been standard issue we wouldn't have lost gwot

You know all those videos you see of Chinese inflatable camping gear? Like where a girl goes into a snowstorm with her dog and in 15 minutes she’s set up an inflatable palace? All of that is downstream of cheap electric motor and drone tech.

If you are looking for something to watch, check out this award-winning documentary about my unit in Iraq. It's available on YouTube, Amazon Prime, and other streaming platforms. It's worth your valuable time. youtu.be/C9L482YNMZs?si…

today i ran an experiment that exposed what i believe to be one of the biggest threats to america right now i attempted to raise funding for a manufacturing company from silicon valley VCs and from PE funds the VC gave me 5 minutes on zoom and said this was "more of a PE deal"

ok yes brutalism is an abomination in our world, and I think — literally — evil. but *tropical* brutalism? this is acceptable.

23 years ago some saas guy wanted to start a *rocketry* company from scratch to replace the space industry. is it really so bold that in 2025 you have startups that are going to replace the entire manufacturing base, one domain at a time? it'll happen faster too.

apparently Williams racing was using Excel to manage parts and car builds as recently as *last year*

INDYCAR

>be selcuk bayraktar >dad runs small machine shop in turkey >come to usa for school, drop out of mit phd in 2006 >fly home, turn family shop into drone manufacturer >the “kalashnikov of drones”, 1/10 the cost of similar US platforms >reshapes war, now >50% of global

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I wrote this little piece last week. How to use pencil and paper as a thinking tool, and the value of physical artifacts for keeping business things organized.