Harry Briggs
@H4ryB
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Founder turned AgriFood investor. Previously an early investor in @RevolutApp @TheHut_com @PaddleHQ @GoCardless etc. Pianist. Psychologist. Optimist.
London, UK
Joined December 2010
Good piece from Emma Duncan: the UK Finance industry spends £38B on financial crime - yet half of the scams originate on @Meta, who, despite their $62B annual profits, do very little to prevent them (indeed, they make money from the scam ads). Why don’t Meta implement basic KYC.
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Why I believe a new generation of AI-powered robots are coming to Ag - and why 4ag will blaze a trail.
linkedin.com
Today, Astanor are happy to announce our investment in 4ag Robotics (that's "forage" of course)- leading their CA$40M Series B. Robots aren't new to Agriculture: milking robots have been around since...
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Very happy to be leading 4ag's CA$40M Series B. .
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Insane. Also.a) disincentivises the very work that could alleviate many of these conditions.b) undermines the system for those in genuine need.
I am going to put together a thread on the completely insane costs of PIP. I was going to delve into motability as well but this thread has become long enough as it is. The numbers involved are staggering to a point that I just don't think people realise🧵 1/n.
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“Labour isn’t working”…
"Inflation rise takes the UK closer to debt-crisis cliff edge" – my latest @Telegraph column. Britain is heading for a very serious fiscal crisis – not unlike the 1976 fiasco which saw this country go "cap in hand" to the International Monetary Fund for a bail-out. Government.
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Microsoft was using Chinese engineers in China to do tech support for the US military. Sun Tzu would be amused.
reuters.com
Microsoft on Friday said it will stop using China-based engineers to provide technical assistance to the U.S. military after a report in investigative journalism outlet ProPublica sparked questions...
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This is fundamental: the UK now has 100+ regulators, who make it impossible for governments to govern - so democracy dies because what's the point in voting for a government that can't do anything it promises. Regulators are destroying our democracy. Stonehaven report below👇
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"mental disorders are now full-blown cultural identities for many"."many exams were being phased out altogether in the name of the anxiety-ridden and attention-depleted". Uncomfortable truths from Kathleen Stock 👇.
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China added 93GW of Solar capacity in May alone - that's about the same output as the entire nuclear capacity of the US (95 GW from 94 nuclear power plants). In one month. [via @ExponentialView] .[and yes, nuclear is base-load 24/7 power, solar isn't]
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Higher taxes over a certain level are self-defeating. (The same was true when income taxes went up to 50% under Brown - brought in less revenue).
🇬🇧 The recent capital gains tax increase in the UK was expected to bring additional tax revenue. Instead, high-net-worth individuals and families are leaving the country, leading to a 10% fall in net capital gains tax revenue. Welcome to the Laffer curve, suckers.
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RT @FraserNelson: Once, the UK welfare system kept tabs on people, moved them back to work from sickness benefit. This stopped after lock….
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"NCAR’s research showed that you can produce ten thousand gallons of net-new rain from just a gram of particles added to clouds in the right way and at the right time".Rainmaker.
lowercarbon.com
The Colorado River, a lifeline for 40 million Americans, is so dry these days that the Hoover Dam’s turbines barely spin for months each year. Phoenix has halted some housing permits because the...
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The question now is whether the US senators will dare put the health of their nation before the extreme pressure from big food and big pharma (who are also by far the biggest funders of our media) to water down the agenda and keep promoting their harmful foods and drugs to kids.
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