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🦯🦮 Software Architect 🇵🇹🇩🇪🇬🇧 speaks 🇪🇸🇫🇷🇮🇹 works at Deliveroo/@DoorDash. Ex @Babylon @TheEconomist @Telegraph @Yell @Yahoo @dpa

London, UK
Joined November 2008
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Hello @se_railway! I am sure you remember my fall with my guide dog into the tracks of #NewEltham station because Of missing tactile paving in 2012: #railway #a11y
did fall on train track with @HappyGuidedog this morning. I'm mostly OK but Mercer screamed a lot, brought him for check-up into hospital.
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This is an absolute disgrace. Children’s development is very much linked to the provision of a decent wheelchair. And people won’t get to work without one. Wheelchair provision isn’t a charity project. It’s a core task of the health system. theguardian.com/society/2026…
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How it works: for each function in CPython 3.15.2, an agent writes a Lean model that mirrors the C or Python source. The model runs against python3 on 50,000+ generated inputs until they agree. Then it proves properties about it, and a second agent reviews every function.
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Whenever I travel from New Eltham (not exactly a major station), there’s more or less always someone else who needs the ramp. Today the second person left and a third wheelchair user boarded. There are so many people using ramps. Level boarding is so needed.
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Of course….
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Same experience in Frankfurt as in Berlin. Staff flabbergasted that I want to travel spontaneously from the airport to the city centre without booking assistance. Me flabbergasted about the level of deeply ingrained ableism.
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The London Assembly has voted by a huge margin, 17 to 3 votes, to call on the @MayorofLondon London to pause all floating bus stops on London’s streets.
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🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham has announced plans to fine people who ride e-bikes on pavements, jump red lights or ride while drunk Lime and other firms would also need insurance to compensate people who get hit as well as designated parking spots
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I’m fed up with certain politicians saying we need to “respect” the result of the 2016 Brexit referendum. A decision by a narrow majority 10yrs ago that turned out to be a disaster does not have to be respected. If a democracy cannot change its mind it ceases to be a democracy.
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If I book assistance in Germany from a UK computer Deutsche Bahn confirms the train that leaves an hour later than the one I have booked.
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Ohhhh nein! Ich habe Janosch Bücher geliebt.
Schriftsteller und Zeichner Janosch ist tot to.welt.de/X6C8Hbr
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Wind and solar generated more electricity than fossil fuels in the EU for the FIRST time ever in 2025 🌪️☀️ The EU’s milestone shows #COP31 that high renewable penetration is achievable at system scale. ember-energy.org/latest-insi…
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Announcing three major scientific discoveries, one each in mathematics (harmonic analysis), computer science (complexity theory), and physics (quantum field theory). AI starting to help us improve our understanding of the universe! openai.com/index/building-sc…
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Tell Grok an idea, and it builds a working version live in your chat. Grok Build is now available on every plan - on web, iOS, and Android.

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Q3 2026 was the first quarter ever in the EU where battery electric vehicles outsold pure petrol cars Over 700k BEVs were sold between July and September, a staggering 64% increase over Q3 2025
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Replying to @barcelohoteles
@barcelohoteles I just want to let you know you just lost my two-week holiday because you make it so difficult to book wheelchair accessible rooms (and charge more) that we will go somewhere else. Disabled people are a loyal customer group if you treat them well. Just saying.
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“MUST have registered for a Nimbus Disability Access Card.” Why, @YorkBarbican? Disabled people have rights under the Equality Act 2010. Accessibility is a legal duty, not a membership scheme.
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EVs are not a "rich" country phenomenon at all anymore Roughly 30% of new car sales in Indonesia are already fully battery electric. Oil importing countries across the globe are making the sensible choice of moving away from oil dependency in the transport sector.
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Omarchy running natively on iPad 6 @omarchy @dhh Working: - touchscreen - wifi - hardware buttons - screen brightness - charging (capped at 425mA) - battery status WIP: - suspense & resume - bluetooth pairing & audio - charging at higher currents
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BREAKING: The social care sector "appeared to be something of an afterthought" and there was no "protective ring" for care homes, the COVID inquiry has found. Sky's @BarnabyPap has more on this story. trib.al/QR4t8y3 📺 Sky 501
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