I hear the same thing from governments repeatedly. Competition in the defence industry = a safer, stronger Western alliance.

We used our DMG Mori DMU 40 to make an aerospace-grade █████ ███ for our satellites. Here's how:

“Yet such is often the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.” Isembard's first US factory now live. 🇺🇸🇬🇧

Writing = Thinking Don't outsource it to AI

The Online Safety Act's age verification rules are just the tip of the iceberg. Far more alarming is clause 111, which mandates that platforms implement backdoors and spyware upon request, gutting end-to-end encryption and eviscerating privacy. Meredith Whittaker, CEO at Signal,

If you’re building a hard tech company in 2025, you should prioritize getting a massive diagonal elevator platform installed in your HQ to make it easy to descend into the lower levels and access the underground portion of your facility.

The general view of the UK economy is that it's been stagnating for decades now. But on some of the most important metrics it's actually going backwards...

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NATO's target 5% GDP 2035 defence spend, in fact split, 3.5% for core military capability and 1.5% for resilience and infrastructure. Indicative of the urgent need for the alliance to rebuild supply chains and industrial capacity. Signal reindustrialise Europe.

gm Episode 7 of ETS Live is out now and it's a banger! Here's the GL: Henry Palmer - Founder and Managing partner at Lightridge Sten Saar - CEO at Zego justinbasini - Cofounder and CEO at ClearScore Liam Fuller - Cofounder at Source kitty mayo - CEO at

"Do or do not, there is no try." "The greatest teacher, failure is." "Control, control, you must learn control!" "Patience you must have, my young Padawan." "Always pass on what you have learned." Isembard, London

“The optimal level of you bothering me is higher than it is currently, so we’re going to adjust and send you more updates.” ~ CEO at one of my favorite young companies, on cadence of his updates, at the end of our catch up 😂 VCs Congratulating Themselves 👏👏👏

When making this comparison people forget to mention the constraints we were operating under. You had to be 19 and under when you applied and you had to drop out. YC can take anybody.

For every founder mission is critical. The scale of vision, absolutely clarity of purpose, and the talent to execute it is how you effect change. ETS Live

Here's a side project ive been working on: An absurdly cheap and easy manufacture jet engine for long range UAVs. ($500, 10N thrust). I tried to do this back in highschool but now with the power of ANSYS, CF Turbo and JLCPCB its going to work this time.