Roland Harwood 🌍
@rolandharwood.bsky.social
Compulsive Connector | Climate Tech | Ethical AI | Smart Cities | Physicist | Failed Astronaut | Piano Player | Dad of 3 | TCK* | On The Edge
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Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.
October 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.
Quote of the day:
"Litter picking is the gateway drug to tackling the climate crisis."
"Litter picking is the gateway drug to tackling the climate crisis."
September 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Quote of the day:
"Litter picking is the gateway drug to tackling the climate crisis."
"Litter picking is the gateway drug to tackling the climate crisis."
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The 2025 Happy City Index is in, and @momentummag.bsky.social is pointing out that many of the world’s happiest cities are also some of the best places to ride a bike. Vancouver is #11, the highest ranked city in North America (cue the usual debates).
The Happiest Cities in the World are Also the Most Bicycle Friendly
The 2025 Happy City Index is in and the world's happiest cities are also some of the best places to ride a bike.
momentummag.com
August 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The 2025 Happy City Index is in, and @momentummag.bsky.social is pointing out that many of the world’s happiest cities are also some of the best places to ride a bike. Vancouver is #11, the highest ranked city in North America (cue the usual debates).
Timing is
everything.
everything.
August 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Timing is
everything.
everything.
London and Paris aren't just rivals - they are the spine of Europe's #NewPaloAlto. From #AI to #ClimateTech, this week showed why their proximity and partnership matters more than ever. 🌍 🇬🇧 🇫🇷👇
www.linkedin.com/pulse/superc...
#Paris #London #ProjectHafnia #NetZeroLiving #GTC2025 #LTW2025 #VivaTech
www.linkedin.com/pulse/superc...
#Paris #London #ProjectHafnia #NetZeroLiving #GTC2025 #LTW2025 #VivaTech
The Supercluster Spine
Last week I attended five major conferences in London and Paris - London Tech Week, London Design Biennale , Viva Technology, NVIDIA’s GTC and the Smart Data Forum - which gave me a chance to compare ...
www.linkedin.com
June 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
London and Paris aren't just rivals - they are the spine of Europe's #NewPaloAlto. From #AI to #ClimateTech, this week showed why their proximity and partnership matters more than ever. 🌍 🇬🇧 🇫🇷👇
www.linkedin.com/pulse/superc...
#Paris #London #ProjectHafnia #NetZeroLiving #GTC2025 #LTW2025 #VivaTech
www.linkedin.com/pulse/superc...
#Paris #London #ProjectHafnia #NetZeroLiving #GTC2025 #LTW2025 #VivaTech
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“This is an extraordinary moment. AI is a great equalizer. The new programming language is ‘human’ - just ask nicely!” Jensen Huang
“Britain is defiantly and unashamedly open for business and investment." Keir Starmer
#LondonTechWeek #LTW2025 #AI #EthicalAI #Tech #Innovation #UK #ProjectHafnia
“Britain is defiantly and unashamedly open for business and investment." Keir Starmer
#LondonTechWeek #LTW2025 #AI #EthicalAI #Tech #Innovation #UK #ProjectHafnia
June 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“This is an extraordinary moment. AI is a great equalizer. The new programming language is ‘human’ - just ask nicely!” Jensen Huang
“Britain is defiantly and unashamedly open for business and investment." Keir Starmer
#LondonTechWeek #LTW2025 #AI #EthicalAI #Tech #Innovation #UK #ProjectHafnia
“Britain is defiantly and unashamedly open for business and investment." Keir Starmer
#LondonTechWeek #LTW2025 #AI #EthicalAI #Tech #Innovation #UK #ProjectHafnia
Meanderthals!
“Desire paths” are unofficial trails, usually bypassing a planned path, that reveal the most convenient route to get somewhere. The people (AKA meanderthals) that tramp along these routes often wear away grass, creating the secondary path
Walk this way for more on desire paths (a thread / tread)...
Walk this way for more on desire paths (a thread / tread)...
June 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Meanderthals!
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It's absolutely peak Britain that the crown jewel of a new EU agreement is us getting access to better queues.
May 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It's absolutely peak Britain that the crown jewel of a new EU agreement is us getting access to better queues.
Pssst Keir and Ursula! 👋
Whilst you are putting the finishing touches to the UK-EU reset you might want to take a look at the Climate Tech SuperCluster; designed to accelerate climate impact at speed and scale. 👇 🌍 🚀
www.climatetechsupercluster.com
#ClimateTech #NetZero #EUUKSummit #NewPaloAlto
Whilst you are putting the finishing touches to the UK-EU reset you might want to take a look at the Climate Tech SuperCluster; designed to accelerate climate impact at speed and scale. 👇 🌍 🚀
www.climatetechsupercluster.com
#ClimateTech #NetZero #EUUKSummit #NewPaloAlto
May 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Pssst Keir and Ursula! 👋
Whilst you are putting the finishing touches to the UK-EU reset you might want to take a look at the Climate Tech SuperCluster; designed to accelerate climate impact at speed and scale. 👇 🌍 🚀
www.climatetechsupercluster.com
#ClimateTech #NetZero #EUUKSummit #NewPaloAlto
Whilst you are putting the finishing touches to the UK-EU reset you might want to take a look at the Climate Tech SuperCluster; designed to accelerate climate impact at speed and scale. 👇 🌍 🚀
www.climatetechsupercluster.com
#ClimateTech #NetZero #EUUKSummit #NewPaloAlto
May 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Mark Carney has a mandate to rename the Great Lakes as Eau Canada.
April 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Mark Carney has a mandate to rename the Great Lakes as Eau Canada.
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This is amazing www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | To Understand Global Migration, You Have to See It First
These estimates, drawn from the location data of three billion Facebook users, provide a view of human migration in extraordinary detail.
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
This is amazing www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Can we live in a world that gives, rather than takes? Can we build a system that works for us, not one we work for? These questions underpin a new book called Stellar by James Arbib and Tony Seba, who answer both resoundingly in the affirmative. My review. 👇🦋
www.linkedin.com/pulse/world-...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/world-...
April 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Can we live in a world that gives, rather than takes? Can we build a system that works for us, not one we work for? These questions underpin a new book called Stellar by James Arbib and Tony Seba, who answer both resoundingly in the affirmative. My review. 👇🦋
www.linkedin.com/pulse/world-...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/world-...
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Interesting thoughts from the former head of AI safety at DeepMind: adaptiveagents.org/robustness
Beyond Alignment: Robustness in AI Safety
Beyond Alignment: Robustness in AI Safety " Advanced AI is highly adaptable yet inherently unpredictable, making it nearly impossible to embed a fixed set of human values from the start. Traditional...
adaptiveagents.org
April 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Interesting thoughts from the former head of AI safety at DeepMind: adaptiveagents.org/robustness
Channelling my inner Dean Martin… On the Street Where You Live 🎶
March 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Channelling my inner Dean Martin… On the Street Where You Live 🎶
I am very proud to share that we have been working in stealth mode on #ProjectHafnia which was announced publicly yesterday at #GTC25. Check it out. 🇩🇰🌍▶️👇
hafnia.milestonesys.com/joinwaitlist
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* Hafnia is the original name for Copenhagen.
#AI #EthicalAI #ResponsibleTechnology
hafnia.milestonesys.com/joinwaitlist
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* Hafnia is the original name for Copenhagen.
#AI #EthicalAI #ResponsibleTechnology
Project Hafnia
Project Hafnia
hafnia.milestonesys.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I am very proud to share that we have been working in stealth mode on #ProjectHafnia which was announced publicly yesterday at #GTC25. Check it out. 🇩🇰🌍▶️👇
hafnia.milestonesys.com/joinwaitlist
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* Hafnia is the original name for Copenhagen.
#AI #EthicalAI #ResponsibleTechnology
hafnia.milestonesys.com/joinwaitlist
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* Hafnia is the original name for Copenhagen.
#AI #EthicalAI #ResponsibleTechnology
I have been following the work of @rethinkx.com for a while and so am really looking forward to reading their latest book Stellar having attending their launch event in London last night. 📚🌍👇
stellarworld.com
#StellarWorld #Stellar #Disruption #Transformation #Rethink
stellarworld.com
#StellarWorld #Stellar #Disruption #Transformation #Rethink
March 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I have been following the work of @rethinkx.com for a while and so am really looking forward to reading their latest book Stellar having attending their launch event in London last night. 📚🌍👇
stellarworld.com
#StellarWorld #Stellar #Disruption #Transformation #Rethink
stellarworld.com
#StellarWorld #Stellar #Disruption #Transformation #Rethink
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The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
March 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
Rate our spice cupboard!
March 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Rate our spice cupboard!
“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” Sherlock Holmes
“If he’s not an out and out crackpot, the theory floated by wild conspiracy theorists is that Donald Trump is some kind of Russian asset. I cannot say how absurd this is do not believe a jot or tittle of it. And yet…” My column www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/69483/...
Donald Trump is surely not a Russian asset. But how else to explain his behaviour?
It’s difficult to make sense of the turmoil one man has unleashed on the world in five short weeks
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
March 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” Sherlock Holmes
Scaling Through Chaos
www.indexventures.com/scaling-thro...
The Founder’s Guide to Building and Leading Teams from 0 to 1,000 from Index Ventures.
#ScaleUp #Scaling #Ventures #Chaos #OnTheEdge
www.indexventures.com/scaling-thro...
The Founder’s Guide to Building and Leading Teams from 0 to 1,000 from Index Ventures.
#ScaleUp #Scaling #Ventures #Chaos #OnTheEdge
Scaling Through Chaos | Index Ventures
The founder's guide to building and leading teams from 0 to 1,000
www.indexventures.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Scaling Through Chaos
www.indexventures.com/scaling-thro...
The Founder’s Guide to Building and Leading Teams from 0 to 1,000 from Index Ventures.
#ScaleUp #Scaling #Ventures #Chaos #OnTheEdge
www.indexventures.com/scaling-thro...
The Founder’s Guide to Building and Leading Teams from 0 to 1,000 from Index Ventures.
#ScaleUp #Scaling #Ventures #Chaos #OnTheEdge
Competence used to be the least we could expect from our leaders. Now it seems like the exception.
March 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Competence used to be the least we could expect from our leaders. Now it seems like the exception.
“The UK’s finances are stretched more tightly than an elephants jock strap in an extreme yoga class.” 🐘
What a vivid and under appreciated description by @zaltzcricket.bsky.social in this weeks #NewsQuiz
What a vivid and under appreciated description by @zaltzcricket.bsky.social in this weeks #NewsQuiz
March 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“The UK’s finances are stretched more tightly than an elephants jock strap in an extreme yoga class.” 🐘
What a vivid and under appreciated description by @zaltzcricket.bsky.social in this weeks #NewsQuiz
What a vivid and under appreciated description by @zaltzcricket.bsky.social in this weeks #NewsQuiz
Spring is sprunging
February 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Spring is sprunging