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Rebecca Wray retweeted
The British government should look at Rockstar Games like they do The Beatles and do more to talk up the fact it's a British studio responsible for the best games ever. Always weird to me that we don't celebrate our gaming roots more as a country, as they're pretty special
Rebecca Wray retweeted
From today, Works in Progress is now in stock at Barnes & Nobles nationwide across America.
We're in 570 stores in 49 states*, including the flagship stores at Union Square & Fifth Avenue in NYC; Georgetown, DC; State Street, Chicago; and The Grove, Los Angeles.
We're also now in Hudson News outlets across most major US airports, and the B&Ns at San Francisco Airport.
If you tweet (or LinkedIn/Insta post) a photo of a copy of Works in Progress outside any of these stores, share the post with me or @WorksInProgMag via DM and we'll send you a free tote bag as a thank you. If you're a subscriber already, feel free to do it with own copy!
You can see a full map of Barnes & Noble stockists here, and enter your Zip code to find your nearest store.
*Sorry, Wyoming, we'll get to you!
worksinprogress.co/barnes-no…
Rebecca Wray retweeted
We have nationwide rent controls now.
This tribunal didn’t just stop a rent rise within a tenancy, it cut the rent to below what had been agreed between the landlord and the tenant at the start of the tenancy based on a judgement of what the property is worth.
Rebecca Wray retweeted
Billions of pounds lost on a single project because we can’t connect it to the grid for half a decade and have destroyed our capacity to generate reliable electricity.
Exclusive: Microsoft cancels UK data centre deal with Nscale. Comes just as Nscale hopes to pull off a $35 billion IPO telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
Rebecca Wray retweeted
‘What it calls a flying car’
The UK attitude which drives so many entrepreneurs abroad.
This isn’t just the BBC, it’s ingrained in every institution and into the public psyche.
Tall poppy syndrome has likely destroyed trillions in value for the British economy.
Pathetic.
Elon Musk's electric car manufacturer, Tesla, has unveiled what it calls a 'flying car'.
On #BBCBreakfast Charlie & Naga looked at images of the two-seater Roadster - which has been developed in collaboration with the rocket company, Space X
bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c8nq32…
Rebecca Wray retweeted
Jensen on why fixing Energy in the UK is crucial:
“Without energy there’s no industry, without industry there’s no economic prosperity.
With no economic prosperity social problems are hard to fix, national security problems are hard to fix, everything is hard to fix.”
YES
He said we need to import it or create it here and it could be “fusion, fission, solar, hydro, whatever technology you want to use”
Jensen Huang on why the UK is in a great position in AI:
“The UK is in a Goldilocks moment.
You have every aspect necessary to take advantage of this new Industrial Revolution.
You just have to activate it”
He went on say how crucial fixing energy prices are in the UK if we want to take advantage of this moment.
Rebecca Wray retweeted
Speaking as someone who loves the north and wants to see its streets and valleys paved with gold, this is good news and absolutely the best decision for Britain. Well done to @dantomlinsonmp and others for pushing this forward.
Burnham to press ahead with Oxford-Cambridge corridor ft.trib.al/pJK4gh3
Rebecca Wray retweeted
The new issue of Works in Progress, arriving with subscribers this week, is our best ever and packed with must-read pieces.
Our lead essay is @RobinRivaton and @bswud on how China's cities, and the competition between them, have driven its rise to techno-industrial preeminence.
It also includes:
- @danwwang on Chinese and American second-tier cities,
- @tylercowen on the food of Brazil,
- @vpostrel on the invention of supermarkets,
- @CharlesCMann on the discovery of porcelain,
- @salonium on the myth of accidental scientific discovery,
- Stephen Kotkin on Leninism's fatal flaw,
- @owl_posting on biomedical hedge funds,
- @PMArslanagic on the formula for lovable cities,
- @pietergaricano on Ukraine as the future of war,
- @PatRubenFitz on the Bronze Age Collapse, and
- @SCP_Hughes on the social lives of hard-partying Victorian elites.
Plus: love and shame in Ancient Rome, making mosquitoes extinct, the return of 1930s dating norms, and why Pakistan is home to the world's best architect. And our new crossword, our cocktail column, classifieds, and more!
The new edition has had a massive design upgrade with beautiful, premium matte paper, a larger form factor, and bigger, clearer and more elegant typeography. It is a joy to read.
Copies arrive with subscribers this week: subscribe now or by October 16th to get yours.
worksinprogress.co/print/
Rebecca Wray retweeted
The hardest part about building in the UK is dealing with long notice periods.
I can’t count the number of times we’ve made offers to US candidates over UK candidates just because their notice periods were shorter.
Very necessary campaign!
1/ Today we’re launching an open letter calling on the government to end unfair restrictions that stop Britain’s best switching jobs or starting companies.
UK AI companies that have raised $5bn agree: our best should be free to start and scale. 🧵
@downingstreet @biztradegovuk
Rebecca Wray retweeted
Meridian Cohort Spotlight: Blackmoor Defence
Making the invisible visible in contested environments.
@BlackmoorLTD is developing technologies across electronic warfare awareness, autonomous-system assurance and maritime security.
Its product suite includes SCOUT, a distributed RF and GNSS integrity-awareness system; SALT, designed to introduce uncertainty into the sensing environment used by adversary autonomous systems; and Sea Sentinel, an intelligence and mission-planning platform for monitoring critical maritime infrastructure.
Together, they address a growing operational challenge: giving operators greater visibility into the electromagnetic and maritime environments they increasingly depend upon.
We're delighted to welcome them to Meridian.
meridianbydefenceplc.com/coh…
#ALRT
Rebecca Wray retweeted
Cosine is one of the UK’s and Europe’s chances at sovereign AI.
VERY COOL
@CosineAI
Can a 30-person start-up build Britain’s answer to OpenAI? ft.trib.al/B5K2yly
Rebecca Wray retweeted
Lifetime bans should be a thing. Driving this recklessly with no care shouldn’t warrant a second chance.
🚨 DRIVER JAILED AFTER A23 CRASH DEATH
Arafath Ahmed, 27, has been jailed for 9 years and 6 months after driving at 129mph before losing control of his Audi on the A23 near Warninglid.
Passenger Mohammed Morshed died after being thrown from the vehicle and becoming trapped beneath the wreckage.
Ahmed was also banned from driving for 12 years and 10 months.
#Sussex #A23 #Warninglid #RoadSafety #Crime #News
Read more: sussex.news/west-sussex/driv…
Rebecca Wray retweeted
Much to think about
🚨 NEW: The teenagers who hacked three UK Government departments say it was "stupid easy"
"We merely do it for fun and exposure. We just have a passion for hacking"
[@billcurtis0]
Rebecca Wray retweeted
We have NOT built a reservoir since the 1990s.
Water shortages KEEP HAPPENING. 28 MILLION Brits are in a DROUGHT.
Is the Government acting with urgency?
Of course not.
Abingdon Reservoir could take ANOTHER 14 YEARS TO BUILD.
What a JOKE.
ENOUGH. PASS AN ACT. BUILD IT NOW.
Rebecca Wray retweeted
🚨 NEW: London Gatwick’s second runway can now be brought into full use after the Government won a legal battle
This woman is right:
Growing up in London means you can afford to do internships, you don’t have to find £1000s for a deposit to rent a flat- even before your first pay check.
Hundreds of thousands of grads are cut off from the London job market not because of talent but because they can’t afford it.
Rebecca Wray retweeted
Open your wallets gentlemen. The time has come once again to pay for everything but yourself, while getting the worst possible value for money at the same time.
Anyone on around £50k loses £793 a year.
A senior nurse. A police sergeant. An experienced teacher.
The Prime Minister has mentioned the cost of living repeatedly, so higher tax shouldn't be the approach.
@TheSun social care levy calculator: thesun.co.uk/money/39903031/…
