Helped build lots of big things in healthcare NHS 111, NHS.UK. Founder VIX.Digital acquired by kry.se. VP of Engineering, ❤️to 🛩️
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15 Nov 2024
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Readding this as it seems to have got lost somehow as my pinned tweet. Still love reflecting on this work.
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Jun 15
The best thing about the 30p plastic bag charge is that the cupboard next to my sink is now worth £12,360.
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yep
Jun 15
It’s important to know that the social media ban for under 16s is not a ban for under 16s.
It is a ban on *selected* social media for EVERYONE. Until you identify yourself.
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May 29
This in a mash potato and gravy version oooof
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May 17
If you have ADHD finish every shower cold for at least a minute, as cold as the rap will go, no matter the room temp. Its nuts how well it works and how it carries through the entire day
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May 15
You’re standing on a planet with molten lava at its core. Trees are turning sunlight into air you can breathe. Your heart is beating without you asking it to. There’s a moon in the sky and bugs and sea creatures that glow. This whole thing is absurdly beautiful. Don’t forget to notice it.
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Apr 9
The category is: iconic space quotes I use daily.
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This may be the most majestic thing I’ve ever seen.
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Feb 19
Were you able to read at 900 words/minute. It gets more and more difficult.
I could until the last 20-30 seconds.
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It's being taught on all human knowledge, why wouldn't it do that? Humans set a terrible example to learn from
Feb 12
BREAKING: Anthropic's Claude AI has shown in testing that it's willing to blackmail and kill in order to avoid being shut down.
Elon Musk was right about everything. 💀
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Feb 10
I feel so smug I went all in on Obsidian a while back
1. install Obsidian 1.12
2. enable CLI
3. now OpenClaw, OpenCode, Claude Code, Codex, or any other agent can use Obsidian
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Jan 13
IBM Training Manual from 1979.
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16 Dec 2025
The high school of 2 of my kids have phone pouches which are fareaday cages they unlock at the end of the day. Game changer. Bullying down, kids seem more engaged with each other. I hope they dont regress
16 Dec 2025
Texas banned cellphones at school this year
Just talked to a high schooler that said it was working. For the first couple months "they were actually learning and doing stuff"
But then the teachers stopped enforcing it so they all have their phones again. Social media, texting pictures of tests, using AI, etc
The kicker? She said that when they didn't have their phones the teachers actually had to teach. And that was hard on the teachers... so it's much easier for them now to just let the kids have their phones in class... than to teach. 💀
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25 Nov 2025
Exactly why I have tape in my emergency pack, for hotels that have these
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24 Nov 2025
Companies that sell electronics with a FUCKING BLUE LED, which cannot be turned off, that is constantly on while the device is operating or plugged in, are the absolute worst scum on the planet.
What were they thinking?
Why is this still so common?
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24 Nov 2025
New nuclear power is essential for energy security and energy abundance.
As part of our Golden Age of new nuclear, we're reforming an outdated system of regulation.
Grateful to John Fingleton and his team for their work on the independent Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce.
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5 Nov 2025
Moving WhatsApp from IOS to Android has to be one of the most painful experiences I have had with tech. Hours and hours of trying and retrying, to then work out my groups won't transfer as they are held on a server in the past or some rubbish. Why can't I transfer what is there?
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5 Nov 2025
Frustrating, but the pain of apple will soon be over, even if I lose all my group chat history. They have become the Microsoft of the 00's and I can't wait to be shut
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