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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

2 years

Guy who thinks the Singularity Is Near but it's really important we fix housing policy before then

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

3 months

This website is offering to let me negotiate with an AI to buy a mattress

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

3 months

This is absolute madness, £80 off for talking to a fucking AI. They seem to have lobotomized it such that the obvious prompt hacks don't work.

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

5 months

RIP to our machiavellian king

Michael Gove

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After nearly twenty years serving the wonderful people of Surrey Heath and over a decade in Cabinet across five government departments, I have today taken the decision to step down as a Member of Parliament. Read my letter here 👇

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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Brits: “ohh prices are a bit steep, not sure I can afford to put the boiler on even though I’m freezing” Americans: “My driveway is a bit slippery, better activate my WALL OF BOILERS to heat it”

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George McGowan

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2 years

Balenciaga LOTR

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

11 months

Big problem with “I cook, you clean up” division of labour is it creates terrible incentives for the cook

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

3 months

This was the site, I had to click around a little to get it to work, I dunno if it's behind an A/B flag

Premium Hybrid Mattress - 28cm Spring & Foam

Shop the premium hybrid mattress, combining the comfort of pocket spring design with foam technology, for night time luxury. Try for 365 days, with free delivery and hassle-free returns.

www.evesleep.co.uk

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

3 months

Apparently this is the technology

Nibble - The world's most experienced AI negotiation platform

AI negotiation for ecommerce and B2B sales, creating win-win deals for online retailers or B2B SaaS providers and their customers

www.nibbletechnology.com

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

1 year

>guy tells me about a housing policy >ask if it's demand or supply side >he doesn't understand >I pull out a copy of the Housing Theory of Everything >he laughs and says "it's a good policy sir!" >policy gets implemented >it's demand side

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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Anti-trans transhumanists are fascinating to me. What did you think “bodily autonomy through technology” meant? Vibes? Papers? Essays? Losers

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

2 months

What’s the opposite of ozempic? What am I taking if I weigh too little or wanna bulk up?

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Host: "So Eliezer, how long do you think we have left before we get eaten by the paperclipper?" Eliezer: "10" Host: "10 years, wow. We haven't got long to -" Eliezer: "9"

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

1 year

Scott Alexander: I have donated a kidney and caught up with your altruism Dylan: Fuck you, now I have to get malaria

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

3 months

@eve_sleep free mattress for all this free exposure? 🥺

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George McGowan

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“If you’ve never missed a plane you’re spending too long in airports” vs “If you’ve never shit yourself you’re spending too long in bathrooms” Never see people claiming the latter, oddly.

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

1 year

Guy who takes LSD and realizes the fundamental oneness and bliss of existence vs Guy who takes LSD and realizes how dirty his house is

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

2 years

I’m a conservative, which means I want to leave a gap in the Dyson swarm for Earth.

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

2 years

When will it end

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@GjMcGowan

2 years

Balenciaga LOTR

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

6 months

@BernoulliDefect Still no gf I guess. Keep at it king.

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

7 months

Always interesting that the folks at the top are reading the same blog posts as the rest of us

OpenAI

@OpenAI

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We are dedicated to the OpenAI mission and have pursued it every step of the way. We’re sharing some facts about our relationship with Elon, and we intend to move to dismiss all of his claims.

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George McGowan

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2 years

Balenciaga Star Wars

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George McGowan

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@OnTheWoolsack

George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

1 year

They do a lot for us, they deserve a break 😤

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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"Personally, I've been hearing all my life about the Serious Philosophical Issues posed by life extension, and my attitude has always been that I'm willing to grapple with those issues for as many centuries as it takes."

Sam Bowman

@s8mb

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Who wants to live for ever? I wouldn’t mind

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George McGowan

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1 year

Antropic’s 100k context window finally allows us to fit in a single LessWrong post

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Sam Bowman

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Foundations: Why Britain Has Stagnated. A new essay by @bswud , @SCP_Hughes & me. Why the UK's ban on investment in housing, infrastructure and energy is not just a problem. It is *the* problem. And how fixing it is the defining task of our generation.

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George McGowan

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1 year

Aella polls be like: Are beavers kinda sexy? Was the Congress of Vienna overall a good thing for Europe?

Hot Beavers /Congress 👎

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Ugly Beavers/Congress 👍

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

2 years

"shrimpally the best"

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

1 year

It’s that simple folks!

Anya Martin

@AnyaM8_

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Londoners - you know what to do! ⤵️

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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Pathetic

BBC News (UK)

@BBCNews

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Sizewell new nuclear plant under review

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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New cause area. Stop The French

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@s8mb

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Underrated reasons to be thankful

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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>surely in such situations the cook cares about the cleaner and - NO! THIS IS WHY COMMUNISM FAILED

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

5 months

EA forum latest - poop to give

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

2 years

Brogress studies

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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Some of you are too needy FYI (name redacted for privacy)

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

1 year

charles 'ruh-roh, rhaggy' davis

@charizardavis

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can someone explain to me this type of gay man: -works a high stress job with long hours (doctor, lawyer, etc.) -unbelievably ripped and jacked -vacations all the time -goes to the clubs every weekend like where do they find the time? the math isn't adding up

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

11 months

I think the people in charge of AI should not be unusually risk loving

roon

@tszzl

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the people in charge of ai should have a much higher risk tolerance than even median tech ppl. they should be people conscious of risks while skating at the razor's edge of iterative deployment and research ambition. anxiety should never suffice as serious evidence for "risk"

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

2 years

@TetraspaceWest This picture made me an atheist

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

7 months

😭

Emma Richter

@emmalrichter

8 months

CEA is hiring a head of communications! The biggest draw is obviously that you or they would get to work with me💁‍♀️ Jokes aside, please share with people you think might be a good fit—this is a senior leadership role and vital work!

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

7 months

An interesting way to sell lower salaries for workers in particular geographies

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

6 months

Have you been missold the rental lifestyle by this man???

Sam Bowman

@s8mb

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One of the biggest life hacks I’ve discovered is to pay someone to do your DIY for you. I paid a painter to paint my house and he’s done a much better job than I would have done, and saved me a lot of work. “Outsource” your DIY!

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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@RokoMijic You were who I was thinking about Roko!! Thank you for coming to provide an existence proof

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

2 years

Quotes from Sam that go hard

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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When you asked the EA gc how to get a date

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

1 year

"Oops, you broke the law"

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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Beautiful post by an EA hero

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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"Found this on the EA Forum and thought of you!"

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

1 year

They do a lot for us, they deserve a break 😤

Peter Wildeford 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷

@peterwildeford

1 year

So the UK has a holiday just for its banks? Wait... It has multiple of these? Just like ok this is the third time this year we have something named "Bank Holiday" ok cool They can't actually come up with creative things to celebrate?

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

1 year

me when I get a few drinks in

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George McGowan

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@robertwiblin See also

Eggroll🏯🇬🇧

@EggrollShogun

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Putting aside the more technical economic and legal arguments of the Next case is the hilarious fact that the warehouse workforce was nearly 50-50 anyway!!

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George McGowan

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It’s so Gover

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George McGowan

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@JesseTayRiver Just stop eating Jesse. It’s not rocket science.

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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Another sad case of “thing isn’t blue it just looks blue” IF IT LOOKS BLUE IT IS BLUE THAT’S WHAT BLUE MEANS

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@Canada

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Did you know that the symbolic #BlueJay isn't really blue…In fact, we see them as blue due to the way light reflects off of the inside of their wings! Despite the optical illusion, these birds are beautiful and are part of the logo for our #Toronto @BlueJays ! 💙 📷jgazze/IG

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George McGowan

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Very rare to see this level of tailoring nowadays, even on the wealthy. So let's talk about some of the reasons why it's great. 🧵1/98

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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@freddie_poser We Taught This Frog To Understand The British Planning System And He Killed Himself

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

2 years

No I think we should be afraid of it being bad

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

1 year

POV you are Islington council and you’ve just rejected a reasonable planning application (including mansards)

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Have to say Islington council have a real sense of humour refusing permission on this little house - literally shorter than the building next to it - on the basis that it would be too massive

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George McGowan

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Me: "You can’t go outside to fight foxes, you’re too small" My cat, pacing by the door: "my victory is divinely ordained"

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

1 year

EA's when you talk them about a cause area other than [global poverty | animal welfare | global catastrophic risks]

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George McGowan

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They put Paul on a truck 😭😭😭

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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*dark hissing voice*: yessss, earning to give is the path for you. but remember, you mussst keep ssssome of the money for yourssself, for motivation yessss. and you need to build up sssavingss so you can pivot later. and what better invesssstment than a big housssse -

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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The boilers are in the garage that he has for his boat

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George McGowan

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@billyhumblebrag Work out together, form a lifelong friendship

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George McGowan

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Perfection

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How it started // How it's going

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George McGowan

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American YIMBYs visiting British homes be like

Chris 🥑🌹

@yimbychris

11 months

Fantastic evening discussing the power and potential of the #YIMBY movement with friends @PricedOutUK and @cayimby - big thanks to @yimbyalliance for coordinating. Many more exciting things to come from building bridges with our American counterparts! #YesInMyBackYard #London

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George McGowan

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You’re telling me these SHRIMP are on WELFARE???

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Friend’s learning microeconomics, loves to talk about price ceilings and taxation when we’re in the gym. Problem is, he gets so distracted he loses track of what he’s lifting. Bros worried about the wrong deadweight loss.

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George McGowan

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LOVE British media

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@metakuna It’s barely enough to call another function!!

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George McGowan

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To me, this is peak LessWrong content: * Immediate reference to AI Doom * Table of made up numbers (labelled as such) * List of mad scientist ideas

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George McGowan

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5 months

Another instance of the peculiar idea that citizens assemblies carry more democratic legitimacy than the decisions of elected officials. I would say that elected officials are more legitimate

Stefan Horn

@_StefanHorn

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@AFraserUrq Alastair, a core argument is that "housing need" cannot be determined by politicians/specialists. The bedroom standard is one starting point for discussion. Ultimately this has to be decided by the public, e.g. in a citizens assembly (like climate assemblies).

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George McGowan

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1 year

Daily Star is the paper to read for AI issues tbh

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LOVE British media

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I don’t know what this is supposed to show us??

Financial Times

@FT

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Caroline Ellison gets 2-year prison sentence for FTX fraud

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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not economic but maybe this counts

Khoa Vu

@KhoaVuUmn

1 year

Apparently, all men have a favorite economic graph. Spill it, gents.

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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@mealreplacer Guys it can't be malaria nets, it has to be something bad so he doesn't want the money to go there. I suggest the Countryside Alliance - Campaign for Hunting, it lobbies to bring back fox hunting. Or perhaps Migration Watch - lobbying for fewer immigrants, like yourself?

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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Okay but can we talk about her outfit here. Stunning IMO.

BBC Breaking News

@BBCBreaking

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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak did not clear Home Secretary Suella Braverman's attack on police over protests, his spokesperson says

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George McGowan

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POV you go to a rationalist house in winter

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YOUR disgusting rodent (diseased and ugly) Vs OUR majestic beast (elegant and inspiring)

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George McGowan

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. @mealreplacer

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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wow this is crazy - maybe everyone could post their feet? to see what type we all have? would be so cool…

_its_not_real_

@_its_not_real_

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New race science just dropped (Egyptian BTW)

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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Okay this is actually really triggering for me because I used to mine bitcoins on my computer in sixth form and I think at one point I had like 20. And I sold them when the price reached the dizzyingly unsustainable heights of $7.

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@GjMcGowan Sold my Bitcoin

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George McGowan

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I like how he’s deceptive to the people at the meeting and also (presumably) to Hancock who he (presumably) does not actually have in his confidence

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

2 years

Status of the Overton window

We must slow down the race to God-like AI

I’ve invested in more than 50 artificial intelligence start-ups. What I’ve seen worries me

www.ft.com

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George McGowan

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There was 100% a google doc where the board reason through whether they should fire Altman and I must see it

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George McGowan

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@RokoMijic You’re right that would be a pretty silly view!

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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ladies and gentlemen... we got him

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@GjMcGowan

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“My son can’t be gay. He's obsessed with a woman” The woman:

Circle City Gay 🥥🌴

@CircleCityGay

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“My son can’t be gay. He’s obsessed with women.” The women:

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George McGowan

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Eliezer has a good bit on this, and on the value future people may place on sentient life

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George McGowan

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@peteyBURN The cook has no incentive to clean as they go, or to minimise mess in any way

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George McGowan

@GjMcGowan

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Not sure I agree with the methodology of planning reports anyway tbh. No real attempt to do a cost benefit. This one includes some howlers: * Horse racing might be affected (???) * Harms (???) to a plane crash site “weigh substantially” against the development

Nick Timothy MP

@NJ_Timothy

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As the Examining Authority makes clear the scheme’s “disbenefits are not outweighed by the public benefit” which is why it “recommends that development consent for the application be refused in the terms sought.”

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George McGowan

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I do think that if we fix a few things it could be like an anime where we reveal that we were wearing weights the whole fight, take them off and then beat the shit out of our opponent

I Am Not Left-Handed - TV Tropes

The I Am Not Left-Handed trope as used in popular culture. When someone shows restraint or obfuscation in their abilities, but now decides to demonstrate …

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Britain, the world's 6th largest economy and home to some of the world's highest potential talent

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That escalated quickly

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George McGowan

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Why is Will always doing the weirdest things in his media photos - a furnace, a mysterious orb, wooden pallets. What could it all mean

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George McGowan

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As if I wasn’t radicalised enough, just found out my sister looked at a flat where the kitchen was too small for a fridge. Solution: fridge in the bathroom 🤮. £1400/pcm

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George McGowan

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Game idea - Cities Skylines: British Edition

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George McGowan

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You can't make fun of EAs for owning a castle anymore!!

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he’s so perfect 😭

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NIXON: These people. Bunch of degenerates. One of em wears an [expletive] lightbulb suit. HALDEMAN: [inaudible] NIXON: They run Open Philanthropy too.

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