Right, I am back after a long hiatus. Previous venture imploded but all came out with only minor scars. I've recovered from mine and now back working on a stealth AI startup. If anyone in my network is a barrister or worked on public inquiries - I would love to buy you coffee.

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How a particle accelerator works x.com/AweInspireMe/status/17…

𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁. Check in on those around you. #WorldMentalHealthDay | #YouAreNotAlone | @samaritans

Huge news in the UK and European Fintech scene:  Monzo to acquire Nordic digital bank Lunar 💳🌙🇬🇧 What's happened and what do you need to know? 👇👇👇 According to Bloomberg, Monzo, the UK-based mobile-only bank with 7.5m customers, is holding talks to acquire Lunar, the Nordic bank with 650k customers, as a part of its European expansion. 🤔 Monzo's ambition was always to be much more than a UK-only bank. Their first-ever investment deck read "the first bank for 1 billion people." The hope was digital technologies and open banking might create a new future. 🤔 Is this a smart move? After going through several growing pains, and a stalled US expansion, the temptation might be to consolidate in the UK and expand the product range. But I like the ambition. Monzo was always a brand that tried to do the impossible and did so with panache (great word). 🤔 The Brexit reset. When Brexit happened, several UK-based banks re-examined their ambitions to be pan-European. Revolut, as a non-bank in the UK, could continue to scale across the region, and local competitors began to dominate their regions. 🤔 Is this opportunism? Fintech companies might have great teams, licenses, technology, and products that are struggling for profitability. Despite that, it feels out of character for the bank. Monzo hasn't been acquisitive; they're famously engineering-led and use very few external suppliers, preferring to build in-house. No doubt Lunar would accelerate their Nordic market entry, but perhaps the market timing has helped here too.

Why don't we make interesting drain pipes any more?

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Probably the best thing you'll see today. In 2017, a group of developers hilariously competed for who could create worst volume control interface in the world. The results 🧵 1/22

We have reached a major milestone and are now ready to offer diversified investments in our portfolio. If you are interested in learning more about our Fintech portfolio and the tax efficient S(EIS) investment opportunities available, please don't hesitate to contact us

How can Leaders champion innovation and create effective partnerships with outstanding entrepreneurs? Our Founder & CEO, @k_feldborg, is honoured to join Qatar's @qrdicouncil next week, Innovation Leaders panel, to discuss Corporate Venture Building in depth. #level39

Bernard Arnault passed Elon Musk to become the world’s most wealthy person last month. Let me tell you about Bernard:

“It was Mac Allister that was Home Alone on the break, and his pass met by an Angel at Christmas. A goal against the French, made in Brighton and converted by a former citizen of Paris.” - Peter Drury “Good finish by Di Maria, that.” - Lee Dixon

I resigned from Meta, and my internal post got leaked to the press, resulting in some fragmented quotes. Here is the full thing: facebook.com/permalink.php?s…

One of our most experienced developers posted this today. Fully committed to the game. No getting lit, only commit.

Every single software company is gonna relearn how to be best friends with McKinsey in the next couple years

This goddamn cold weather is certainly getting the better of me.

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Is it me or is ⁦@Twitter⁩ really buggy? Page keeps refreshing, presumably with every new responses to a tweet. Also the chronology of responses are completely reversed.

omg twitter is ruining my livelihood 3 weeks in. but its sooooo good

in london they’re not tech bros they’re tech bruvs