@callunavulgaris@mastodon.scot"Such structures, many of which no longer serve their original purpose, are relatively cheap and easy to remove."
Record number of dams dismantled in Europe in effort to help wildlife thrive | Rivers | The Guardian
https://www.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSocket, which helps companies safeguard open-source code against hackers, raised $60M led by Thrive Capital at a $1B valuation (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-20/security-firm-thwarting-…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMercury, which provides banking services to startups, raised a $200M Series D led by TCV at a $5.2B valuation, up from $3.5B in March 2025 (Hugh Son/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/20/fintech-mercury-valuation-fundraise-bank-charter.html
@brichapman@mastodon.socialSicily is getting a massive solar farm that doubles as farmland. European Energy just broke ground on a 225.5MW agrivoltaic project that will power 135,000 homes while supporting sheep grazing and reforestation on the same land.
The facility will generate 405GWh annually, proving renewable energy and agriculture can thrive together.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSource: Thrive Capital spinoff Thrive Holdings seeks to raise around $2B from SoftBank, Altimeter, D1, and others, after previously raising $1B (Julia Hornstein/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/softbank-altimete…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialFormer Disney CEO Bob Iger rejoins Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital in an advisory role; he served as a venture partner at Thrive in 2022 (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/bob-iger-returning-to-joshua-kush…
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngWhat Lies Beneath (2025)
As much as it hurts to witness glaciers disappearing more every year, the colors, textures and exposed geological features are some of the things I absolutely cherish each time I find myself in their vicinity...
These are truly unique landscapes to meditate on the age, scale & forces which have been shaping this planet, the environments they've created, directly and indirectly, the fragility of life trying to thrive in them, even if only temporarily, …
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThrive Holdings, a spinoff of Thrive Capital, commits $1B to acquire local accounting firms through its subsidiary, Current, and use AI to automate them (Anna Tong/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2026/06/02/thr…
@cheryanne@aus.socialSky Careers Podcast
Whether you're an aspiring pilot, cabin crew, air traffic controller, engineer, or simply passionate about the industry, this podcast gives you an inside look at the opportunities, challenges, and skills needed to thrive in aviation...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital told its stakeholders that it has invested ~$100M in Shopify, framed as a bet on how AI could lead to gains in commerce (Natasha Mascarenhas/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@raiders@darktundra.xyzLas Vegas Raiders offseason winners and losers: Ashton Jeanty in position to thrive https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7256324/2026/05/06/las-vegas-raiders-offseason-player-movement/
@servelan@newsie.socialScams promising student loan debt relief thrive as federal government rolls back enforcement
https://hechingerreport.org/fake-student-loan-debt-offers-proliferate-as-federal-government-rolls-back-enforcement/
@Dragofix@veganism.socialA marine heat wave caused seabird deaths off California. El Nino could worsen the die-off https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/07/a-marine-heat-wave-caused-seabird-deaths-off-california-el-nino-could-…
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Little free libraries are turning into 'Little Bee Libraries' to give pollinators a cozy place to rest"
#Bees #Libraries #Insects
@cheryanne@aus.socialFriends In Law Podcast
Join Alex Correa and her friends in law as they share their very candid and personal stories about why they do what they do and how they've found their own way to thrive, in and outside of lawyering...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/fr…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNYC-based Pace, whose AI agents automate back-office operations for insurance companies, raised a $46M series B led by Thrive and Sequoia at a $375M valuation (Anna Tong/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2026
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzThe formation of #circumbinary planets through disc fragmentation: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/548/3/stag476/8661676?login=false -> Two suns are better than one - planets thrive around binary stars: https://www.lancashire.ac.uk/news/two-suns-are-better-than-one
@PaulWermer@sfba.socialBlossoming among spoil heaps: how 1,000 years of lead mining gave birth to banks of pansies and pennycress
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/27/blossoming-spoil-heaps-plants-metallophytes…
@paulwermer@sfba.socialBlossoming among spoil heaps: how 1,000 years of lead mining gave birth to banks of pansies and pennycress
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/27/blossoming-spoil-heaps-plants-metallophytes…
@raiders@darktundra.xyzKlint Kubiak’s system could fuel Ashton Jeanty’s breakout https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/news/klint-kubiaks-system-could-fuel-ashton-jeantys-breakout/7ff0269d4fdb55499e7f6375…
@sherold@mastodon.onlineInterestingly, the German word for curiosity, “Neugierde,” contains the word “Gier” (greed), which expresses a strong, conscious desire for “more.” Much like an addiction.
The hypercurious mind, by Anne-Laure Le Cunff.
https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-hypercu
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAnduril raised $5B led by Thrive Capital and a16z at a $61B valuation, up from $30.5B in June 2025, taking its total funding to $6.82B, and may IPO in 2027 (Sheera Frenkel/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/technology/anduril-raises-5-billion.html
@tiotasram@kolektiva.socialJust finished "A Psalm for the Wild-Built" by Becky Chambers. Overall it's good but I also have some Thoughts.
First, it was very pleasant to finally read some non-trite utopian solarpunk after having read stuff like Octavia Butler recently. Both hope and despair can be poisonous on their own IMO, so getting some balance in is nice. It's definitely a very valuable thing to be able to lay out an actually desirable and in many ways imaginable future given our grim present. Chambers is no LeGuin though. I'll probably be reading more of her work and maybe she fleshes out these ideas elsewhere, but at least in this book there is no focus on either how the transition to a better society could happen nor on how the better society holds up in the face of adverse events and inclinations. Compare LeGuin's "The Dispossessed" or N. K. Jemisin's short story "The Ones Who Stay and Fight" and it feels like there's something important missing from Chambers' portrait of a future society. Of course, maybe the point is to make a cozy book, in which case fine, there's certainly a place for such things, and I can look for deeper inspiration elsewhere.
The second big thought I had was that Chambers' worldview seems not well-informed by certain indigenous perspectives, and this creates some contradictions. For example, (minor spoilers) when Dex enters the wilderness there's a whole bit about understanding humankind's place in nature and how human settlements are what we're used to but they're only a brief interruption of the vast untouched wilderness. Along the same lines, much of the world is intentionally left untouched by humans as a way to keep it pristine and natural. Later however, a character makes the point that humans *are* animals. The indigenous perspective that I appreciate would agree with that, and would further question the value in distinguishing between human influence on ecosystems and influences that others have. More sharply, one might observe that there's a bigger difference between how different kinds of humans relate to and influence their environments than between how less-disruptive humans and various animals do the same: the strip-mine-operator vs. migrant tribesperson impact difference is probably much greater than the migrant tribesperson vs. beaver gap, for example. Rather than talking about limiting human disruption, then, as if all human-environment interactions are disruptive and must be minimized, we could/should be talking about how to create human societies that have beneficial relationships with their environments and acknowledging that we actually have many positive examples of that, both historical and contemporary. Chambers' utopia is a "humans dominate nature but restrain themselves so that their disruptions are minimal and thus nature can thrive" vision, but what I'd even more like to see would be a "humans study old ways and make new ones so that they can interact positively with ecosystems again" vision, including some of "here are the places that sometimes breaks down but also the patterns and institutions that ensure repair of those breakdowns and thus long-term sustainability."
Final big thought: Chambers' utopia is too homogenous for my tastes. Of course it's hard enough and valuable work dreaming up and sharing any utopia and Chambers' transcends triteness in a number of ways, so this criticism is a bit rude. But the single shared religion, lack of mention of conflicts around shared decisions, especially historical society-defining ones, and nagging questions like "what about the people indigenous to the now-uninhabited lands?" and "what about the indigenous peoples who weren't part of the factory-building societies?" leave me wishing for more nuance in this direction.
All in all: a good book, and I'm criticizing out of a place of appreciation, not scorn. I've got there sequel out from the library as well and will probably detour to a few other books but get to it pretty soon.
Sadly I don't remember who, but I got this one because of a recommendation on here, so thanks if you're someone who recommended it!
#AmReading #ReadingNow #Bookstodon
@cheryanne@aus.socialTalking About Marketing
A podcast for you to help you thrive in your role as a business owner and/or leader...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/talking-about-marketing/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA review of The Yahoo Boys, a deeply reported book on four online scammers in Lagos, Nigeria, exploring how and why they scam and the local impact of the trade (Jessica Loudis/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialGoogle invests in independent movie studio A24 as part of a new AI partnership; sources say Google is investing $75M, equal to what Thrive invested in 2024 (Ben Fritz/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/google-investi
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThrive is taking a stake in the San Francisco Giants via a new venture that will invest in franchises and cultural institutions that can't be replicated by AI (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/thrive-ca…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialIsomorphic Labs, an AI-powered drug discovery spinoff from Google DeepMind, raised $2.1B led by Thrive, after raising $600M in its first round in March 2025 (Pritam Biswas/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/g
@cheryanne@aus.socialStripology: Study Of The Hustle
Inspiring you to thrive in one of the most challenging and fast paced sales environments whilst feeling grounded, confident and achieving your goals...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/stripology/…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAn expert panel with Daron Acemoglu, Dean Ball, Ethan Mollick, and Clara Shih discusses AI's impact on jobs and how to prepare for the future of work (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/magazin
@cheryanne@aus.socialSmart Business Growth With Nicky Miklós
Hosted by sales growth expert and TEDx speaker Nicky Miklós, this show is for ambitious business owners and sales leaders who are scaling businesses – and refuse to choose between high performance and having a life...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialFusion energy startup Helion raised a $465M Series G led by Thrive Capital, at a $15.5B valuation, nearly tripling the valuation from its January 2025 raise (Tim De Chant/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/04/heli
@joe@toot.worksThese bushes will thrive in this heat, one way or the other. I demand it.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Isomorphic Labs, an AI-powered drug discovery company spun out of Google DeepMind, is in advanced talks to raise $2B led by Thrive Capital (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-08/google-s-isom…
@johnhobbs@mstdn.caLegacy isn't just about financial inheritance; it's the values and wisdom we pass on. 💡 Am I building a legacy rich with strength and compassion? True wealth lies in preparing future generations to thrive with purpose. Remember, #LegacyMatters and is grounded in #ValuesAndWisdom.
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Emma Rawicz, David Preston, Rasmus SŸrensen, Freddie Jensen & Marc Michel:
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@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle invests in independent movie studio A24 as part of a new AI partnership; sources say Google is investing $75M, equal to what Thrive invested in 2024 (Ben Fritz/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/google-investi
