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Tech entrepreneur. CTO ComplyAdvantage. Previously CTO WorldRemit, VP Eng Causata, Founder/CTO/CEO Volantis & Skipjaq. Not the comedian. Also #LUFC + Games + SciFi + History + Politics. Opinions my own.
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Just filled in a survey for southwestern railways (was sitting in an airport so theoretically had the time). The 5 minute survey repeatedly crashed and took about 20 mins in all. So about the same delay level as anything else associated with SWR.

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This explains why my Windows laptop has been locked into running self updates for two hours

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

We seem to be moving towards a stupidity singularity. I've wasted a lot of money on dystopian sci fi with carefully thought out outcomes and am hugely disappointed on both my own account and that of the hard working SF authors.

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By moving the federal budget to faith healing?

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Afghanistan, and Trump's role in the fall of Kabul, has apparently been memory-holed so thoroughly that we're still reaching for Vietnam analogies some 50 years after Saigon fell www.wsj.com/opinion/will...

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

I see we've reached the standard phase of American war prosecution where they asset strip the ally who's actually been fighting the war and cut their allies out of the peace talks. Next phase is the Hollywood one.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Come on Leeds!

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Sheffield Utd currently top of the Championship with a goals scored number (47) that is the same as Leeds' goal difference!. Leeds v Sunderland tomorrow, Sunderland second highest scorers in division at 49. Leeds have 66. Would have to be very Leeds to screw this up (he says). #lufc

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Most accurate "how the apocalypse actually happened" movie ...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/u...

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Friends, May we never forget that while negotiations,statements, addresses and the rest of the (undoubtedly important) diplomacy track are happening,exhausted #Ukrainian men &women in military uniform are holding back evil on the frontlines. Without them,there would be no diplomacy track at all.

submitted 7 days ago • 332 comments

Really sad news. A wonderful sports journalist and writer

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Interesting looking down the goals scored col in the championship: 5 of teams in top 6 have been outscored by 2 outside, 4 of top 6 by 3 outside and 3 of top 6 by 6 outside, including Watford, which shows you how looking decent in attack and careless in defence still gets you a 4-0 defeat #lufc

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Pretty tricky must have small handwriting

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

🔥 Well... this is now over 88,000 signatures! Just one final push to get it over that magic 100,000 and get a parliamentary debate? Why not! Link --> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

submitted 12 days ago • 74 comments

Guilavogui on a yellow already and not really contributing in midfield (esp if his main job is to tackle). Joseph as usual gives the ball away far too often. Full backs don't look great and the wingers are far too greedy. Not looking great, for all the strength on paper #lufc

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

If someone from YouGov came round my house they'd get at least a week's worth of opinions on this. Quite surprised they haven't.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Watching (well getting updates on) this via intermittent wifi on a BA flight back from Lisbon. Thanks #lufc bluesky community. Expecting 5 in second half.

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Yes. This had to be said, and Pete said it well.

submitted 23 days ago • 8 comments

um 🤔 this doesn't seem normal

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Just quit at 30.

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Begun have the trade wars

submitted 27 days ago • 11 comments

That 1984 Ridley Scott Superbowl Apple ad where the athlete chucks a mallet through a giant big brother face on a screen - it led here. Who says Americans don't do irony ...

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment