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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’m looking for someone who knows the Circle community platform. Could use some advice.

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This I was (once) a European company, FYI.

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I don't know about you, but I really am fed up with people sending an emoji in reply to an email. Like a thumbs-up. It's total "ham" - to use a probably out-of-use Ye Olde Tech Term. Give me an "OK", "Yes", "Thanks" any day. Or just assume that whatever was obviously agreed is now being actioned?

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

A day after the Burnham speech, I’m wondering what the difference is between “No 10 of the North” and The Northern Powerhouse. Anyone?

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

New movement in the US: "To organize progressive technologists into politics and action." techfordemocracy.org www.linkedin.com/company/tech...

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Tech for Democracy

A first gathering of progressives in tech. June 11, 7pm ET.

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I commend to you this podcast from @tbpn where they interview @ericries, the Godfather of the Lean Startup idea, where he schools them on worker cooperatives and high-minded “Ethos and Integrity” being baked into companies. pca.st/episode/7303...

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The Lean Startup Author on What Ruins Good Companies

This is our full conversation with Eric Ries, recorded live on TBPN.We discuss why successful companies drift away from the principles that made them great, how short-term incentives and quarterly…

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Ready to kick off another @Pathfounders event this evening! luma.com/unasbtx0

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Tower Beach was an urban beachadjacent to the Tower of London, open to the public from 1934 to 1971. Re-opened 2014-2016. It's time... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_B...

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Here’s #londonmaxxing from 15 years ago, when I co-founded the first ever coworking space dedicated to tech startups in London, at 76 City Road l next door to “Silicon Roundabout”. It was June, boiling hot, and @brenthoberman was the guest speaker. youtu.be/NdPljnoikNk?...

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Techhub London Inaugural Speech!

YouTube video by Louise Campbell

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Time for a glass of red. Feel free to join. swayy.app?placeid=4396

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Sources say it was a majority cash deal.

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 28/04/2026

Our recent investigation traced how Kremlin-linked money moved through shell companies to fund political influence, including payments to a Trump campaign operative hired by a right-wing party in Albania. 🔗 Full story (read it for free on our app): www.ftm.eu/articles/alb...

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Wow, I just tried to use the @monnett.social app and good grief it’s bad. It insisted I put a post into a “category” and literally accepted nothing. This is definitely not the future of social media.

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

The EU has just agreed on a new set of shared rules for what happens when companies go bust. Right now, every country treats bankruptcy differently. The new rules will make the EU more attractive to investors, reduce legal complexity. Dodgy last-minute deals before bankruptcy can be challenged...

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Mistral just announced it's raised $830m in debt. This would make it the first major debt financing to fund European AI infrastructure build-out . It's pushing “sovereign AI” for Europe (see also US–Europe tensions, right?!)

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

With more old 'standard' features on X being shut off to normal subscribers, BlueSky is starting to look a lot more feature-rich and useful, especially as it leans into AI techcrunch.com/2026/03/28/b...

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Bluesky leans into AI with Attie, an app for building custom feeds | TechCrunch

Bluesky’s new app Attie uses AI to help people build custom feeds the open social networking protocol atproto.

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Pathfounders @pathfounders.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Pathfounders Newsletter: UK's Granola passes $1BN valuation pathfounders.com/p/pathfounde...

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Small businesses may have to provide the amount, date, name, address and the NI number for *every single transaction* that goes it. Please comment via the link in this thread.

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Who here is good at running online communities?

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

*Exclusive: OPUS launches Day Zero venture platform to back early stage startups* Can you leverage community into an early start startup funding platform? That’s the bet that UK-based OPUS plans to make. pathfounders.com/p/opus-launc...

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I'm a co-founder of (and now on the board) of TechVets.co (assisting military veterans into the tech/cyber industry). Which companies out there would like to a) sponsor their programmes, b) be able to offer free AI training programmes (Claude Code), etc.

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I think I need a “Small Business Doola”. Does such a person exist?

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Honestly, Jeff Bezos. I ask you. He may have TRT but he’s an absolute fucking weakling. #WashPo

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

“AI Decoded” show on BBC News just now was an absolute pile of rubbish. Where do they get these people?

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

These articles are produced by a PR company, not a real publication. It just looks like one.

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Pathfounders @pathfounders.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Read the full story and watch the interview here: pathfounders.com/p/2150-close... Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/aCQbZjOqNYI?...

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2150 closes €210m Fund II, says cities are the answer to de-carbonisation

The VC now has €500m AUM, and plans to double-down on its existing thesis

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Pathfounders @pathfounders.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

BREAKING: 2150 closes €210m Fund II, says cities are the answer to de-carbonisation: Watch the exclusive interview for our first Pathfounders podcast episode, on YouTube, Spotify or at Pathfounders.com

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Pathfounders @pathfounders.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

*Exclusive: Aisy emerges from stealth to simplify cybersecurity’s endless ticket storm using AI* Three cybersecurity VCs are backing a self-taught hacker with a Seed round by @AmeliaKIsaacs / @ameliakisaacs.bsky.social pathfounders.com/p/exclusive-...

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Just me in 2016: "Cruising Hardware Alley with Mike Butcher" www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoM6... #nostalgia

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Cruising Hardware Alley with Mike Butcher

YouTube video by TechCrunch

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

As far as I can tell, although "the inclusion of a fictitious match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and West Ham in police intelligence 'arose as a result of a use of Microsoft Copilot'" the real fault lies in the fact they they clearly performed scant genuine research. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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West Midlands police chief apologises after AI error used to justify Maccabi Tel Aviv ban

Craig Guildford says he gave incorrect evidence to MPs and mistake arose from ‘use of Microsoft Copilot’

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

It looks like Starlink is being blocked in Iran. Starlink receivers use GPS to position. Since Thursday there's been a 30-80% loss in packets being sent by Starlink devices. Mobile jammers may also be to blame. www.timesofisrael.com/iran-appears...

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As Iranian regime shuts down internet, even Starlink seemingly being jammed

Receivers for satellite service face connectivity challenges, with an expert reporting that the Islamic Republic seems to be 'doing something beyond GPS jamming'

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

ALL the songs on Spotify were scraped, and released for free as a 300TB torrent. Artists won't get paid, obviously, so this is hardly true 'activism'. Meanwhile, OpenAI lawyers might well be muttering "sounds legit"... www.billboard.com/business/str...

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Spotify Music Library Scraped by Pirate Activist Group

A pirate activist group has reportedly scraped and released metadata from Spotify, and intends to release 86 million audio files.

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Pathfounders @pathfounders.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Freeda raises €3.4m to catch design errors before they hit the construction site The Paris startup is using AI to scan complex construction plans for costly mistakes. The round was led by Frst VC. By Amelia Isaacs @AmeliaKIsaacs pathfounders.com/p/freeda-rai...

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Exclusive: Freeda raises €3.4m to catch design errors before they hit the construction site

The Paris startup is using AI to scan complex construction plans for costly mistakes, cutting verification time from hundreds of hours to just 48

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Ivo Špigel @ivospigel.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Super delighted and excited to see the (soft) launch of @mikebutcher.bsky.social pwrd @pathfounders.bsky.social ! Everybody follow, great things are definitely on the way!

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Today, I am soft-launching @pathfounders.bsky.social, a new tech media brand to offer informed reporting, analysis, and opinion on the top tech startups and VC firms across Europe, Silicon Valley, and globally. Read more here: pathfounders.com/p/welcome-to...

pathfounders.com

Welcome to Pathfounders

It's high time we had a new tech media brand.

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Geez, there are SO MANY Michael Jackson Sora / AI deepfake videos now. I should think his estate must be planning a several billion-dollar law suit.

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

While ya’ll get excited about Meta’s new Glasses: “One mother said her Instagram account was set to private, but the posts were automatically cross-posting to Threads where they were visible.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man

Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says

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Mike Butcher @mikebutcher.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Today’s defection to Reform is Danny Kruger, that former Tory MP who is a bastion of anti-establishmentarianism! “Education: University of Oxford (2000), University of Oxford, The University of Edinburgh, Eton College”

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Rob Blackie @robblackie.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Anthropic are doing something very smart: Employing their own team to test how their technology might be misused. This is in a huge contrast to many large tech companies that simply hope they can get away with never being regulated - and so don't bother with ... fortune.com/2025/09/04/a...

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Inside Anthropic’s ‘Red Team’—ensuring Claude is safe, and that Anthropic is heard in the corridors of power | Fortune

Unique among AI labs, Anthropic’s Frontier Red Team reports to its policy chief and has a mandate to publicize the dangers it finds.

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