Alexander C. Kaufman

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New exclusive out in the newsletter this morning: The geothermal startup Eavor Technologies -- the one building its debut plant out in Germany -- just hit a major milestone with its patented drilling technology that allows the company to bore parallel "looped" wells that eventually merge as deep as 20 Empire State Buildings underground. With its drilling tools, the company can shave "tens of millions of dollars" off the cost of drilling -- a significant breakthrough. https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/geothermal-startups-drilling-breakthrough-shaves-tens-of-millions-off-costs

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Nuclear stocks have been booming. Pretty soon there will be a blockchain option for trading on the nuclear renaissance, too. A German billionaire linked to Peter Thiel is backing a new blockchain-based startup that tokenized uranium through Solana, creating a digital asset that that reflects reactor fuel. Pretty cool! https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/05/27/christian-angermayer-uranium-digital-german-billionaire-tether/

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I’m researching schools for my daughter (still years away, never too early to brush up on the basics). The public elementary school ostensibly devoted to journalism has a 39% reading proficiency. Yikes.

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Kazakhstan is moving forward with plans for its first atomic power station. While Russia would be a natural partner, the country -- which has maintained strategic distance from Moscow since the Ukraine invasion -- is now working with China. https://qazinform.com/news/kazakhstan-china-strengthen-cooperation-in-peaceful-use-of-nuclear-energy-93160c

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I’m invested in seeing this network grow and thrive, so decided to take the plunge and go for Farcaster Pro.

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It's been a hell of a week for Oklo, the Silicon Valley darling of microreactors. On Friday, its CEO spoke in the Oval Office as Trump signed his big executive orders on nuclear. Now the company just signed a deal to work with one of the South Korea's biggest and most successful nuclear companies.

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My latest story is out for Latitude Media. I looked at the challenges ahead for Trump's big executive orders on nuclear power. In short, they actually create more uncertainty at the moment and might not do enough to counteract the DOGE cuts. https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-self-inflicted-hurdles-facing-trumps-nuclear-orders/

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https://farcaster.xyz/ted/0x5e9e2410

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Never had this but in Vietnam they have this heavenly drink that has coffee poured over coconut slush. It’s absolutely one of the best things I haven’t yet found a perfect equivalent of in the U.S.

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You guys need to relax. The meme is not personally calling you out!

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I keep getting horrible TikTok songs stuck in my head. Help

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The difference between minimum and maximum is like the time between an avocado being ripe and overripe.

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OK I finally finished listening to Zohran Mamdani's appearance on Odd Lots. I thought he did well. I wish he had engaged with the Joe Weisenthal's questions about why non-white working class voters seem to recoil most at left-wing policies that high-educated whites embrace. Overall, though, I felt the interview was a little softball. Given how much more likely he is to secure the nomination, I wish Andrew Cuomo would go on a show like this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn0sFssPZTg

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Thanks to your recommendations, I started listening to the Unchained podcast. I have some questions for stablecoin experts. What, exactly, qualifies something as a "synthetic dollar?" Are there other kinds of synthetic dollars than $ENA?

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you know, I’m something of a nationalist myself

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Thinking about this guy from my favorite Murakami book

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$SOL heads — which of the mini apps should I be using?

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me when i sang George Michael’s “Careless Whisper” karaoke in Manila last year

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