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Compulsive Connector | Climate Tech | Ethical AI | Smart Cities | Physicist | Failed Astronaut | Piano Player | Dad of 3 | TCK* | On The Edge

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Couldn’t have happened to a nicer person ❀️

26.01.2026 12:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Please sign an open letter to Sir Keir Starmer and the UK broadcasters calling for a televised emergency briefing on the #climate & #nature crisis.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...

Highlights from actor Olivia Williams' powerful reading.
Full version link below.
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp

08.12.2025 11:31 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5

an idea worm? πŸͺ±

25.11.2025 08:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Dorian! Easy to do. Two nice tracks! Hope all is well

02.10.2025 20:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Emergency World Naked Bike Ride planned in Portland, with blurred photi of naked bicyclists.

Emergency World Naked Bike Ride planned in Portland, with blurred photi of naked bicyclists.

Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.

01.10.2025 21:37 πŸ‘ 7586 πŸ” 1606 πŸ’¬ 201 πŸ“Œ 364

Nice track but isn’t that a George Michael sample?

02.10.2025 18:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Quote of the day:

"Litter picking is the gateway drug to tackling the climate crisis."

04.09.2025 16:52 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Haunting! I presume you know the β€˜fΓ€ther’ is pronounced β€˜further’ which adds to the poetry.

28.08.2025 17:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Happiest Cities in the World are Also the Most Bicycle Friendly The 2025 Happy City Index is in and the world's happiest cities are also some of the best places to ride a bike.

The 2025 Happy City Index is in, and @momentummag.bsky.social is pointing out that many of the world’s happiest cities are also some of the best places to ride a bike. Vancouver is #11, the highest ranked city in North America (cue the usual debates).

24.08.2025 18:22 πŸ‘ 228 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4

Timing is

everything.

07.08.2025 17:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Enjoy! Saw it a few weeks ago - also from shaded seats but invested in a fan during the intermission as it was still very warm!

11.07.2025 12:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A former colleague found a loaded gun in one once!

02.07.2025 05:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is the prioritisation and juxtaposition deliberate?

30.06.2025 21:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Did you respond with poetic indignation to the first question and an ambiguous haiku to the second?

19.06.2025 09:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Genuinely great news but please can you quantify 'as quickly as possible' please Will as I need to buy a new pair of jeans? Kthxbai

17.06.2025 17:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Supercluster Spine Last week I attended five major conferences in London and Paris - London Tech Week, London Design Biennale , Viva Technology, NVIDIA’s GTC and the Smart Data Forum - which gave me a chance to compare ...

London and Paris aren't just rivals - they are the spine of Europe's #NewPaloAlto. From #AI to #ClimateTech, this week showed why their proximity and partnership matters more than ever. 🌍 πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡«πŸ‡·πŸ‘‡

www.linkedin.com/pulse/superc...

#Paris #LondonΒ #ProjectHafnia #NetZeroLiving #GTC2025 #LTW2025 #VivaTech

14.06.2025 11:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
'Beware the lollipop of mediocrity; lick it once and you'll suck forever?'
Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys

'Beware the lollipop of mediocrity; lick it once and you'll suck forever?' Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys

Wise words
#RIPBrianWilson

11.06.2025 17:49 πŸ‘ 351 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
Keir Starmer (UK Prime Minister), Jensen Huang (NVIDIA CEO) and Poppy Gustafsson (Minister for Investment) in conversation at London Tech Week this morning

Keir Starmer (UK Prime Minister), Jensen Huang (NVIDIA CEO) and Poppy Gustafsson (Minister for Investment) in conversation at London Tech Week this morning

β€œThis is an extraordinary moment. AI is a great equalizer. The new programming language is β€˜human’ - just ask nicely!” Jensen Huang

β€œBritain is defiantly and unashamedly open for business and investment." Keir Starmer

#LondonTechWeek #LTW2025 #AI #EthicalAI #Tech #Innovation #UK #ProjectHafnia

09.06.2025 14:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Meanderthals!

05.06.2025 16:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's absolutely peak Britain that the crown jewel of a new EU agreement is us getting access to better queues.

19.05.2025 17:32 πŸ‘ 833 πŸ” 158 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 10
A picture of Keir Starmer and Ursula Von Der Leyen looking wistfully over a balcony, about to negotiate a reset to the UK-EU relationship.

A picture of Keir Starmer and Ursula Von Der Leyen looking wistfully over a balcony, about to negotiate a reset to the UK-EU relationship.

Pssst Keir and Ursula! πŸ‘‹

Whilst you are putting the finishing touches to the UK-EU reset you might want to take a look at the Climate Tech SuperCluster; designed to accelerate climate impact at speed and scale. πŸ‘‡ 🌍 πŸš€

www.climatetechsupercluster.com

#ClimateTech #NetZero #EUUKSummit #NewPaloAlto

18.05.2025 08:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Sycamore Gap Tree in Northumberland

The Sycamore Gap Tree in Northumberland

On Trees, Tragedy, Transition, and Collective Ambition 🌳🌲

www.linkedin.com/pulse/tale-t...

09.05.2025 19:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

An ascent of Cliff Swallows

02.05.2025 17:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Mark Carney has a mandate to rename the Great Lakes as Eau Canada.

29.04.2025 15:10 πŸ‘ 1571 πŸ” 260 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 24
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Opinion | To Understand Global Migration, You Have to See It First These estimates, drawn from the location data of three billion Facebook users, provide a view of human migration in extraordinary detail.

This is amazing www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

18.04.2025 03:53 πŸ‘ 942 πŸ” 190 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 18
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Can we live in a world that gives, rather than takes?Β Can we build a system that works for us, not one we work for? These questions underpin a new book called Stellar by James Arbib and Tony Seba, who answer both resoundingly in the affirmative. My review. πŸ‘‡πŸ¦‹

www.linkedin.com/pulse/world-...

09.04.2025 10:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Beyond Alignment: Robustness in AI Safety Beyond Alignment: Robustness in AI Safety " Advanced AI is highly adaptable yet inherently unpredictable, making it nearly impossible to embed a fixed set of human values from the start. Traditional...

Interesting thoughts from the former head of AI safety at DeepMind: adaptiveagents.org/robustness

03.04.2025 17:12 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Channelling my inner Dean Martin… On the Street Where You Live 🎢

22.03.2025 16:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fair enough. Each to their own. Fear not; winter is coming! ❄️

20.03.2025 17:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Really, why? 🐝

20.03.2025 16:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0