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Douglas Orr

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7 reasons having a good attitude every morning will improve your day.


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Who noticed the small announcement that Australia Blue, the first wind farm, is shutting down after 20 years? Situated in Western Victoria the closure is for financial reasons, the turbines have to be replaced and it is unaffordable to do so. The alternative is also unappealing…


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I'm German. 16 years ago, the EU and US economies were neck and neck. Today, the US economy is 50% larger than the entire EU combined. Here's the devastating truth behind Europe's ongoing economic suicide 🧵:

itsolelehmann's tweet image. I'm German.

16 years ago, the EU and US economies were neck and neck.

Today, the US economy is 50% larger than the entire EU combined.

Here's the devastating truth behind Europe's ongoing economic suicide 🧵:
itsolelehmann's tweet image. I'm German.

16 years ago, the EU and US economies were neck and neck.

Today, the US economy is 50% larger than the entire EU combined.

Here's the devastating truth behind Europe's ongoing economic suicide 🧵:

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1/10 Europe just got a brutal wake-up call about green energy math. When wind & sun disappeared in December, electricity prices shot up 20X. Our current plans for batteries and storage won't solve this for decades. Here's the real numbers 🧵

lugaricano's tweet image. 1/10 Europe just got a brutal wake-up call about green energy math. When wind & sun disappeared in December, electricity prices shot up 20X.  Our current plans for batteries and storage won't solve this for decades. Here's the real numbers 🧵

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‘Puberty blockers were developed for end-stage prostate cancer and are used to chemically castrate sex offenders. Side effects include bone density loss, impacted fertility and lowered IQ. Despite this, they were widely prescribed to children off-label.’ telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/1…


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Remember this graph, because in 10 yrs when the US controls every aspect of your life by owning the AI models which are integrated with EVERYTHING…. This graph will be why. What is wrong with our institutional capital, why does it hate European/UK VC and technology so much?

andrewjscott's tweet image. Remember this graph, because in 10 yrs when the US controls every aspect of your life by owning the AI models which are integrated with EVERYTHING…. This graph will be why.
What is wrong with our institutional capital, why does it hate European/UK VC and technology so much?

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The UK has the second-largest HR sector in the world. But its proliferation over the last decades has not translated to productivity growth, rather just created the need for more HR. Great diagnosis of "HR Britain" by Pamela Dow: newstatesman.com/business/2024/…

shivanihmenon's tweet image. The UK has the second-largest HR sector in the world. But its proliferation over the last decades has not translated to productivity growth, rather just created the need for more HR. 

Great diagnosis of "HR Britain" by Pamela Dow: 
newstatesman.com/business/2024/…

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"We can't give you a stairlift, but we can kill you" The story of Christine Gauthier and euthanasia in Canada 🇨🇦

DrCalumMiller's tweet image. "We can't give you a stairlift, but we can kill you"

The story of Christine Gauthier and euthanasia in Canada 🇨🇦

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This is a choice. In the 80s and 90s we generally had the third most competitive industrial electricity costs of the G7. In the five years before Blair became PM, our costs were around 9% higher than average advanced economies… 1/2 x.com/alecstapp/stat…

However bad you think things are in the UK, it’s worse

AlecStapp's tweet image. However bad you think things are in the UK, it’s worse


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The Taliban has decreed that Afghan women are forbidden to: Go to high school or university Work in the civil service Attend a protest Go abroad Drive a car Travel alone Ride in a taxi Speak in public Speak loudly inside your house Sing Read the Quran aloud in public Speak to a…

visegrad24's tweet image. The Taliban has decreed that Afghan women are forbidden to:

Go to high school or university
Work in the civil service
Attend a protest
Go abroad
Drive a car
Travel alone
Ride in a taxi
Speak in public
Speak loudly inside your house
Sing
Read the Quran aloud in public
Speak to a…

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There are no low-energy, rich countries Only low-energy poor and high-energy rich ones energyforgrowth.org/article/how-do… Refs&threads: x.com/i/web/status/1…

BjornLomborg's tweet image. There are no low-energy, rich countries

Only low-energy poor and high-energy rich ones

energyforgrowth.org/article/how-do…

Refs&threads: x.com/i/web/status/1…

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There is at least ONE area where the UK is world-beating: the cost of our power. Acc to new figs, UK has highest industrial power prices in the developed world👇 A key part of the explanation for why we deindustrialised faster than anyone (another thing we're world-beating at)

EdConwaySky's tweet image. There is at least ONE area where the UK is world-beating: the cost of our power.
Acc to new figs, UK has highest industrial power prices in the developed world👇
A key part of the explanation for why we deindustrialised faster than anyone (another thing we're world-beating at)

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Todd: Hello. Operator. Listen to me -- I can’t speak very loud. This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco. We have a situation here. Our plane has been hijacked. Can you understand me? Lisa: (exhaling a deep breath to herself) I understand. Can…

ASo1omons's tweet image. Todd: Hello. Operator. Listen to me -- I can’t speak very loud. This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco. We have a situation here. Our plane has been hijacked. Can you understand me?

Lisa: (exhaling a deep breath to herself) I understand. Can…

Fantastic to think it’s now 10 years! #ifgs2024. We’ve built an AI Digital Concierge as a proof of the possible for this event. To access click here. wa.me/+447860098187/…

daorr's tweet image. Fantastic to think it’s now 10 years! #ifgs2024. We’ve built an AI Digital Concierge as a proof of the possible for this event. To access click here. wa.me/+447860098187/…

📣You don’t want to miss out on this content from speakers at #IFGS2024! 🎉 Don’t believe it? Click the link below to download your own copy to have a look at all the different sessions on 3 stages! 👉 lnkd.in/e3gFHJAp #FinTech #VoiceOfFinTech #InnFin #IFGSis10

InnFin's tweet image. 📣You don’t want to miss out on this content from speakers at #IFGS2024! 🎉
Don’t believe it? Click the link below to download your own copy to have a look at all the different sessions on 3 stages! 👉 lnkd.in/e3gFHJAp
#FinTech #VoiceOfFinTech #InnFin #IFGSis10


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Right. So I've listened to a man with more money than mind tell the world that Maidan was a coup - essentially, that it was 'illegal'. It's time to answer this nonsense once and for all. So let's look at Maidan in detail. Long thread alert! 😎 1/11

AleksandrX13's tweet image. Right. So I've listened to a man with more money than mind tell the world that Maidan was a coup - essentially, that it was 'illegal'. 

It's time to answer this nonsense once and for all. So let's look at Maidan in detail.

Long thread alert!  😎
1/11

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JUST IN: Microsoft finalizes the integration between Bing + ChatGPT "We’re launching an AI-powered Bing search engine, available in preview now at Bing.com, to deliver better search, more complete answers, a new chat experience and the ability to generate content"

LiorOnAI's tweet image. JUST IN: Microsoft finalizes the integration between Bing + ChatGPT

"We’re launching an AI-powered Bing search engine, available in preview now at Bing.com, to deliver better search, more complete answers, a new chat experience and the ability to generate content"

It’s not enough to have a WhatsApp integration, it has to deliver a compelling user experience and proposition for adoption. All of these banks had/have WhatsApp ‘solution. @ccrosswell

Isn’t this what messagematrix.io is trying to solve. Seamless integration of what’s app messages for regulatory reporting. @daorr @SarahKocianski



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I made it. Merry Christmas.

Gavlebocken's tweet image. I made it. Merry Christmas.

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