Alex Simpson

コーニッシュパスティは、なぜ日本に進出しないんだ イギリスに1週間滞在するなら、5回はこれを食べたい

Marco Rubio finding out he has to run Anthropic now too.

@s8mb Walk past that building a lot. Quite attractive and unusual in the area.

Industrial Dwellings Company Ltd

"China burns half the world's coal, so we don't solve our problems by simply closing down British industries," Sir Dieter Helm, professor of economic policy at Oxford University, tells #PoliticsLive bbc.in/4tmN1dM

@aswren Chat show hosts have form. TIL that Kilroy was a Labour MP for a spell in the 70s/80s.

@FJB517846324736 New government unlikely, or at least unprecedented. Sterling crashes- might hit parity vs dollar or worse (15-20% drops in ‘76, ’92). Unemployment surge as cost cuts kick in but lags. Really depends on how credible the new plan for cuts/tax hikes is thought to be.

@TarunAmasa @OpenAI nice!

It’s official. We’ve raised $14m led by @OpenAI Startup Fund to bring AI to Excel. Endex is the first AI agent to live inside Excel. For the past year, we've been working with financial firms. Today we’re releasing it to the world. Our capacity is limited; comment below for an early invite 🧵

@nicochristie Wow this looks 🔥

Introducing Shortcut — the first superhuman Excel agent. Shortcut one-shots most knowledge work tasks on Excel. It even scores >80% on Excel World Championship Cases in ~10 minutes. That's 10x faster than humans. Our early preview is live. Just comment for an invite code.

@DanNeidle @DanNeidle is there any way to model in the benefits that people at those income levels receive from the state vs other countries. For example is French childcare support means tested like the UK and is removed at a certain income level?

The UK tax paradox: 1️⃣ The tax burden is at a post-war high, and 52% of us say we're over-taxed. 2️⃣ Yet the average UK worker paid less tax on their wages in 2024 than any previous year. And less than peers in the other big European countries. How can both be true? 🧵

b2b is understanding budgets. b2c is understanding behavior.

Canada has been a monarchy continuously for longer than England.

@s8mb It’s a system that could be rolled out by Uber everywhere (eg LHR) but is prevented by regulation - as it ‘looks’ too much like a taxi rank hail.

The Uber system at Sydney airport is so much better than anywhere else I’ve been - when you order in the app it gives you a PIN. There’s a big queue of Ubers waiting, like a taxi rank, and the first Uber you get into you just give them the PIN and it has all your ride details.

One of the coolest parts of this moment is seeing a crowd that watched it completely through their eyeballs rather than through their phone camera.

@FJB517846324736 Yes. I had a bbg terminal for work for a while. Whole shortcut language you had to learn.

London is famous for its garden squares, laid out by private developers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Why did they do this? A short thread.

@oldstocky One of the best spots in Tavira

My politics

@visitcamberwell @createstreets Indeed @visitcamberwell its on your patch in Camberwell!

@visitcamberwell @createstreets Yes - just under renovation right now. It was a highly successful bakery and coffee shop before.

Amazingly, this very fine bit of street in South London is less that 10 years’ old.

Guessing this puts to bed all discussion of Britain (or indeed France) giving up their permanent seats on the UN Security Council?

GeoConfirmed UKR - Misinformation by President Trump. While we typically refrain from political commentary, President Donald Trump's recent statement regarding the war in Ukraine is so egregious that we feel compelled to respond. Several claims made by President Trump have already been debunked. We've included responses from Grok AI for each claim, demonstrating that even Grok refutes the misinformation spread by the president. In this thread, we will provide geolocated footage as a reminder to everyone that Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, marking the beginning of this war. 1) The United States has not spent $350 billion on this war, nor has it outspent Europe by $200 billion. In fact, European contributions have surpassed those of the US. Moreover, a significant portion of the American military aid (around 90% !) is spend in the US, reinvesting in the US economy. statista.com/statistics/149… eeas.europa.eu/delegations/un… ifw-kiel.de/publications/n… csis.org/analysis/where… (Grok: x.com/i/grok/share/9…) 2) President Zelensky did not claim that half the American money sent to Ukraine is "missing". He stated that half of the promised funds had not been received, which is a crucial distinction. csis.org/analysis/where… politifact.com/factchecks/202… edition.cnn.com/2025/02/19/pol… (Grok: x.com/i/grok/share/x…) 3) Ukrainian constitution prohibits elections during wartime, a measure designed to protect the democratic process from foreign interference, particularly given Russia's known capabilities in this area... foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/11/ukr… edition.cnn.com/2024/03/30/eur… united24media.com/war-in-ukraine… (Grok: x.com/i/grok/share/i…) 4) President Zelensky is not a dictator, as evidenced by Ukraine's constitutional framework and his commitment to holding elections once hostilities cease. In contrast, it's worth noting that President Putin consistently wins elections in Russia with implausibly high percentages of votes, with opposition that 'falls out of windows", is poisened or jailed, raising questions about the true nature of Russia's electoral process. europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document… oscepa.org/en/news-a-medi… osce.usmission.gov/on-the-russian… japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/1… bbc.com/news/world-eur… (Grok: x.com/i/grok/share/a…) 5) President Zelensky has a approval rate above 50% and not 4%. 4% is Russian disinformation. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/19/pol… kiis.com.ua/?lang=eng&cat=… euronews.com/2025/02/19/zel… abcnews.go.com/International/… (Grok: x.com/i/grok/share/I…) 6) There was no NATO expansion to the East, as NATO itself cannot expand. Instead, democratic countries independently decide whether they want to become members of the alliance. The process of joining NATO is voluntary and involves multiple steps, including meeting specific requirements and completing a formal application process. The fact that many of Russia's former neighbors have chosen to seek NATO membership speaks volumes about their perception of Russia and their desire for collective security. The decision of these nations to pursue NATO membership reflects their sovereign right to determine their own foreign policy and security arrangements. It also indicates a preference for the stability and security guarantees that NATO membership offers, rather than remaining under Russian influence. Regarding the famous 'promise': Article 103 of the UN Charter establishes a clear hierarchy in international law. It states that obligations under the UN Charter prevail over obligations under any other international agreement in case of conflict. This supremacy extends beyond just treaties, as it is generally understood to also apply to customary international law. The hierarchy can be summarized as follows: 1) UN Charter obligations 2) Other treaties and customary international law 3) Non-treaty international texts 4) Political promises or commitments 5) Historical claims Russia's invasion of Ukraine clearly violates fundamental principles of the UN Charter, including the prohibition on the use of force against the territorial integrity of another state. Any attempts to justify this action based on lower-ranking considerations like political promises or historical claims are legally irrelevant. euvsdisinfo.eu/report/there-i… nato.int/cps/ra/natohq/… iir.cz/lies-provocati… (Grok: x.com/i/grok/share/f… and x.com/i/grok/share/N… and x.com/i/grok/share/N…) 8) Who initiated this nearly three-year-long war? RUSSIA. As a platform that has analyzed over 50,000 frames/videos related to the conflict, we will remind the president ,with geolocated footage, who started this war: RUSSIA. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, despite repeatedly denying any plans for invasion in the preceding days. x.com/Mike_Pence/sta… edition.cnn.com/2025/02/19/pol… (Grok: x.com/i/grok/share/m…) --- 24 FEB 2022 - Russian tanks crossing the border from Belarus into Ukraine in Senkivka. 52.106063, 31.780644 4Q4J+C7C Sen'kivka, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine Sources: x.com/conflicts/stat… 1/11