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Beautiful

I never hoped implementation would be truly accepting everything but this feels hopeful, given Sam's general approach to assessing things. I really want this for our country!

@steipete So awesome! What are folks getting from the group (I'm having huge fun with openclaw at home in London right now)

Loved the energy at Imperial College London today! Lots of hungry builders. Got them all free codex subs to kick off the hack week.

This is my current experience

@Wayne501Mardle I am so sorry to hear that, thinking of you and sending you all the best. Know you have brought a lot of people joy and they are all just thinking of you.

I’ve not told many this, life has taken a difficult turn and I’ve had to have them rehomed. This has broken me. Don’t take anything for granted. I had everything I wanted now I have nothing I want. 💔❤️

@lachygroom Probably best not to Streisand effect it though lol

@alexschultz that's the most insane part

when i was younger i didn't understand why people publicly came out as gay, or made it part of their identity. it wasn't until i truly internalized that seeing successful gay people made it easier for me to come out. shame on you wired.

Wow. I have been saying a lot about the cost of Europe but I feel this really really states it well. Fwiw in the UK folks are really excited whenever I mention doing cool stuff with tech, right now with openclaw!

This is so deeply my belief

So exciting

@TypeForVictory The thing that weirds me out about this is I don't see such extreme positions as "nuclear energy too cheap to meter". I see things more like "nuclear energy at the price France has". So I think he's effectively trolling by setting up false opinions to disagree with.

The primary mission of Anglo-futurism isn't deregulation, it's breaking the vice grip of depressed, hand-wringing boomers over the nation. Having the optimism to say, "yes, we can do something, things can be better", not to bemoan things as fantasies or lost grandeur.

It is so great. Started my new year's holiday riding it to Heathrow, faster and better than a car even with a transfer on the bakerloo first. Just an awesome thing to have as a country!

Depressing

So exciting. This seems awesome

I love the solutions orientation

@terronk for me this was the peak: bbc.co.uk/news/technolog…

The best example of a modern Catch-22 that I can think of: It’s illegal to block data access to researchers. (X) It’s illegal to give data access to researchers. (Meta)

I think this is important

John is a thoughtful and brilliant public servant. This is worth taking seriously

Tim Wu: "How can anyone seriously doubt Meta is a monopoly?" A little button:

@louisnandre @episteme huge congratulations... I have really enjoyed our conversations and I am hoping for all the best for you in this venture!

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