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The number of people who confuse “to” and “too” is two high.

@Richard_AHolmes It’s a game. We do it to them too. Gone on since the 1950s. Labour needed a “we are tough” story

A warship-escorted Russian tanker was being trailed by the Royal Navy as part of a 10-day mission to shadow Russian ships and submarines - but what did it actually achieve? Putin's subs in the North successfully mapped undersea infrastructure in UK waters, while rusted tankers transferred vital fuel deliveries through the Channel. We watched them. Nothing more. Today's statement from the MOD is clearly being used as a tool to silence critics who say the UK isn't acting on its tough rhetoric. But, as far as I am aware, it isn't.

No need for you to be a life long learner now then.

These Russian underwater games have been going on for decades. No need for a John Healey national address to sound tough. Do you think we may be doing it to them too?

Most pricing approaches are educated guesses backed up with spreadsheets that assume rational customer behaviour, predictable competitor responses, and market conditions that never materialise. octopusintelligence.com/your-pricing-s… People-Power Competitive Intelligence Agency

There is no real ceasefire inside Iran. This is Mohseni Ejei, the head of the judiciary. He has ordered courts to accelerate execution sentences, especially for protesters. Hundreds of professors are on the death row, waiting to be hanged. Do not stop talking about Iran.

@iPaulLee @davemcclure They do tend to follow each other

Hot take: AI is making most VCs worse. Not better.

If you’re currently winning against your main competitors, what invisible competitor could make that victory meaningless? People-Power Competitive Intelligence Agency | octopusintelligence.com

With a lower player budget than Carlisle United. #cufc

@Lynne_Butler63 It’s stealing

@Octopusintell Even if I had that much money I wouldn’t pay that much - that’s just silly 🤨

If people are paying that for a World Cup final football ticket then they are idiots. And they will end spending their time taking selfies.

@TechLayoffLover Off-the-record…

Had drinks with 30 CTOs last night at an off-the-record gathering in Palo Alto Every single one showed me the same internal PowerPoint slide "2026 AI Headcount Targets: Path to 70% Cost Reduction" The numbers will make you physically sick Fintech CTO planning to cut 280-person engineering org down to 43 "AI orchestrators" by September. Same product roadmap. Same delivery expectations. Healthcare CTO already eliminated his entire manual QA department. 67 people. Replaced with 3 senior engineers running autonomous testing agents that ship code directly to production. SaaS CTO walked me through his "human depreciation timeline": 340 engineers today, 89 planned for 2027. Customer support going from 120 humans to 12 "escalation specialists" managing AI conversations. The most chilling part: they're all using the exact same consulting deck from McKinsey called "The 30% Organization" One CTO literally said "hiring humans for code is like hiring horses for transportation" Another showed me Slack screenshots where his L7s are asking if they should train their replacements The consensus was unanimous: if you can't manage 10 AI agents by Christmas, you're not making it to New Year's Every single one of them is planning to announce these cuts as "AI transformation success stories" While their stock options vest at record highs built on the backs of workers they're about to execute The future of engineering is 3 humans with 50 AI agents in a WeWork somewhere while 500 families lose their homes

The Data Delusion “What’s the last decision your team made differently because of competitive intelligence, and if you can’t name one from the past six months, why do you still collect it?” octopusintelligence.com/the-data-delus… People-Power Competitive Intelligence Agency

Which album is that track on?

Competitors that are diminished because of your good decisions and cleverness... RIP Seena Sharp. Thank you. One of the best CI books ever written: Competitive Intelligence Advantage: amazon.co.uk/Competitive-In…

I get that this is an unpopular view but: We need more journalists & fewer pundits. We need more original reporting & fewer hot takes riffing off the news. We don't have this because reporting takes work and is difficult & pontificating on YouTube is lazy & easy.

@Mike_Scully_ Because you can’t?

You could literally – Buy Claude Code – Start a business and call it a Saas – Charge $150 per month – Sign 10 clients - Sell it for a 10x ARR multiplier ($180k) Why is nobody doing this

@thejobchick Technology doesn’t have a soul. Efficiency at all costs has no time for connection, empathy, or any human emotion An algorithm determined the layoffs and AI likely composed the email This is exactly how I would expect a tech company to treat its “human capital”

Good point. Well presented