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

Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.

Quote of the day: "Litter picking is the gateway drug to tackling the climate crisis."

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).

Timing is everything.

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. 🌍 🇬🇧 🇫🇷👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/superc... #Paris #London #ProjectHafnia #NetZeroLiving #GTC2025 #LTW2025 #VivaTech

Wise words #RIPBrianWilson

“This is an extraordinary moment. AI is a great equalizer. The new programming language is ‘human’ - just ask nicely!” Jensen Huang “Britain is defiantly and unashamedly open for business and investment." Keir Starmer #LondonTechWeek #LTW2025 #AI #EthicalAI #Tech #Innovation #UK #ProjectHafnia

Meanderthals!

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

Pssst Keir and Ursula! 👋 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. 👇 🌍 🚀 www.climatetechsupercluster.com #ClimateTech #NetZero #EUUKSummit #NewPaloAlto

On Trees, Tragedy, Transition, and Collective Ambition 🌳🌲 www.linkedin.com/pulse/tale-t...

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

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

Can we live in a world that gives, rather than takes? 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. 👇🦋 www.linkedin.com/pulse/world-...

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

Channelling my inner Dean Martin… On the Street Where You Live 🎶

I am very proud to share that we have been working in stealth mode on #ProjectHafnia which was announced publicly yesterday at #GTC25. Check it out. 🇩🇰🌍▶️👇 hafnia.milestonesys.com/joinwaitlist — * Hafnia is the original name for Copenhagen. #AI #EthicalAI #ResponsibleTechnology

I have been following the work of @rethinkx.com for a while and so am really looking forward to reading their latest book Stellar having attending their launch event in London last night. 📚🌍👇 stellarworld.com #StellarWorld #Stellar #Disruption #Transformation #Rethink

The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

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“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” Sherlock Holmes

Scaling Through Chaos www.indexventures.com/scaling-thro... The Founder’s Guide to Building and Leading Teams from 0 to 1,000 from Index Ventures. #ScaleUp #Scaling #Ventures #Chaos #OnTheEdge

Competence used to be the least we could expect from our leaders. Now it seems like the exception.

“The UK’s finances are stretched more tightly than an elephants jock strap in an extreme yoga class.” 🐘 What a vivid and under appreciated description by @zaltzcricket.bsky.social in this weeks #NewsQuiz

Spring is sprunging

Every accusation is a confession. www.ft.com/content/dc98...

Satire going full circle. If it’s a bit true it can be very funny. But if it’s completely true it’s completely unfunny.

Danify Califørnia NOW! 🇩🇰🇺🇸 denmarkification.com From Hygge to Hollywood! Because why not? #danophilia

A beautiful and contemporary improvised piano duet clearly reminiscent of Miles Davis' classic In A Silent Way by Gwilym Gold and The Vernon Spring thevernonspring.bandcamp.com/track/out-of...

"Hope is an ability to work for something because it is good, not because it stands a chance to succeed. It is not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out." Vaclav Havel

What are clusters? Why do they matter? Should we even bother? > I decided to write about economic geography as a special treat to the people in my replies furious that I don't have a degree in either economics or geography for some reason. tomforth.co.uk/clustersands...

Here are a few thoughts on Rachel Reeves speech this morning on boosting growth in the UK. I genuinely welcome many elements of this vision but also recognise how difficult some of these proposals are and would urge the government to think bigger. 🌍 www.linkedin.com/posts/roland...

"Innovation starts with human relationships: with the confidence to have a go, to explore, to make something new or take something else apart and show it to your friends, or ask for help and support."👏👇

Project Drawdown is still searching for a Director of Private Sector Partnerships! Please see the ad below. The deadline is 27 January! drawdown.org/careers/dire...

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” - Dr. Martin Luther King

I went round to his house once. He was friendly and shook my hand with an impressive handshake saying “Hi, I’m Denis Law” assuming I knew who he was. But I didn’t. Football just wasn’t a thing in our house growing up. So I just said “Hi, I’m Roland Harwood”. Have since done my homework. RIP The King

🚨 Check out our new role, Head of Network at LIS: The London Interdisciplinary School. apply.workable.com/lisacuk/j/61...

The AI Opportunities Action Plan (Matt Clifford report), trailed in today’s morning news is now out in full. I’ve read it, and here’s a few observations 1/10 Link to full report assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6784eb...

The Case for Optimism via Sumit Paul-Choudhury 1. There are a variety of unknown possible futures. 2. Some of those possible futures are positive. 3. I have some ability to steer towards the more positive futures. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #Optimism #Future #OnTheEdge #StartTheWeek

Q: Is everything beautiful? 1. Yes 2. Yes and... 3. Yes but... 4. No 5. No and... 6. No but... 7. Hmm... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #Beauty #Beautiful #DesertIslandDiscs #Question

Moody and misty #London

This is my new favourite review & video of my book #OnTheEdge! ❤️👇 Thank you Monika for reading, sharing and jumping in. Thanks also for reminding me of some of those hard won lessons about how to embrace uncertainty. 🌊💥 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #Uncertainty #Opportunity #WeAreLiminal

Check out this conversation with Mike from #IntroStars about connecting and community building around #ClimateTech, #EthicalAI & #SmartCities. 🤝 🌍 🎧 www.linkedin.com/posts/superm... #SuperConnectors #Connecting #Community #NetZeroLiving ___ Does anybody like watching themselves on video? 🫣

Check out this nice listen on futurology below including the insight that every big trend has an opposite trend (e.g. globalisation also leads to more localisation) which might also help to explain UK politics right now too i.e. Starmer's 'Eat Your Greens' Unpopulism as a reaction to Populism.

R.I.P. 2024 (2024 - 2024)

Still the best two sentences on climate action.

Merry Catmas to all who celebrate 🎄🐈‍⬛

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