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Joined May 2008
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What a strange effect this will create - imagine working in an office where essentially 1,000 of you all hit 'lottery winner' status at once.
Anthropic will make ~1,000 employees worth +$100m at $2 trillion market cap. There's ~11,000 Americans with $100m in investable assets. So something like 1 in 12 Americans with $100m (liquid) will be from Anthropic. If you add in Openai, maybe 1 in 7.
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Back in the day you could just be a dude who bought a shirt from Express and play on the global stage. You'd look out and see smiling people without cell phones who still look healthy.
This is what it sounded like to fall in love with EDM 15 years ago. On July 23, 2011 Avicii released “levels” on the main stage of TomorrowLand
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Jack Grealish is a proper class act. There are tons of these stories around of him doing nice things. Donating like this, giving kids stadium tours, looking after fans where others wouldn't think to, etc.
What a absolute gent Jack Grealish is. I put an Insta story up late last night about a heartbreaking situation for a big @Everton fan. And Jack goes on to donate for his fund. What a top guy 💙 🙌🏼
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Always loved this. Holding up the medal line to talk to a visually impaired girl. And remember the story of him sending a braille letter to a fan.
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How many of these would you tick?
🚨 NEW: People with ADHD can now get a third off train tickets under Government changes to the disabled railcard to include people with neurodivergence
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With each passing day we journey further from the light.
Straight from the sands of Arrakis. 🏜️ Take a first look at the Dune: Part Three merch, coming soon to ODEON.
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Simultaneously amazed that someone shared this, while not surprised how many have liked it.
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dan barker retweeted
Every height on a mainland British map is measured from a brass bolt in a small hut on a Cornish pier. Ben Nevis is 1,345 m (4,413 ft) high, but only relative to a spot about 745 km (460 mi) away at Newlyn, near Penzance. 1/3
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I always love seeing the Christmas lights going up.
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I think this is three things about cyclists on Oxford Street: 1. Some are just flouting the ban. 2. Some do not realise 'traffic free' applies to bikes. 3. Only half the street is closed. Some cycle along and then simply continue into the 'no traffic' zone.
Cyclists flout Oxford Street traffic ban nearly every minute with no sign of fines trib.al/TokL6vJ
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I always knew one of us would go on to win the Ballon Do’r…
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Enjoying whoever's on social media duty at Fleetwood losing their mind.
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The reason Elvis never performed in the UK, or internationally aside from Canada, is really weird. Elvis died knowing that his manager - Colonel Parker - was from the South of the USA. In fact that was not true, Colonel Parker was really called Andreas van Kuijk, an illegal Dutch immigrant, and was so afraid his cover would be blown he avoided leaving North America. He kept an iron grip on Elvis, even though Elvis wanted to see the world.
Bloke on Channel 5 News: "Elvis never performed in the UK, even when he was alive." EVEN when he was alive? #5News
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People complain about AI, but god bless its impact on all of these cancer breakthroughs.
BREAKING: AstraZeneca reports major breakthrough in stomach cancer treatment, with its experimental drug reducing the risk of death by 53% compared with chemotherapy in a late-stage trial.
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Here is everything you need to know about the Anthropic S-1 filing, in the style of a 90s rave flyer.
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For people wondering how deliveries will take place now Oxford Street is pedestrianised: 1. It's only actually 0.6 of a mile of the street that's pedestrianised (the street is 1.2 miles long) 2. It's open to traffic Midnight to 7am.
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TFL are now claiming the 'Are they hiding something?' poster is unauthorised flyposting... but official news sources covered these posters going up, including variants of that exact poster. TFL say they have reported it to British Transport Police, but... it looks like BTP themselves ran the campaign.
Disgusting insinuation in this campaign. Absolutely appalling @MayorofLondon @TfL @ACT
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and... TFL have now deleted those posts. It looks like TFL thought the posters unacceptable, and believed them to be illegal flyposting, reported them to British Transport Police, and were then told by British Transport Police 'actually those are our posters'.
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Its a simple question Mr Polanski, do you believe Lidl has the right to exist?
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I made the mistake of liking a post from an account called 'cheaphouseitaly' on Instagram, and now it persistently tries to show me the error of my ways.
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