Jason Deane

We have a ton of stuff going on at @RenewaBlox at the moment. Long hours, but such a buzz! I love it!

You're welcome @nakamotolibrary ! Be great to see the whole collection together someday!

Just booking some flights with @airindia, selecting my meal. Gotta ask - what the hell is a 'bland meal?' I can't help thinking this is a reference to one of my favourite sketches of all time by the 'Goodness Gracious Me' team called 'Going for an English' (check it out on on YouTube) "What's the blandest thing on the menu?" Surely not? (I'd LOVE it if it is though ...)

Don't think anyone (except Trump, who remains completely delusional) is surprised by today's utter slaughtering of the Republicans in the midterms. Trump is officially, as most of us suspected, a lame duck. But he can still do tremendous damage to both the US and the world - how? The damage he's inflicted & the corruption that's been on open show has to be unravelled, analysed and accounted for, & I suspect the Democrats will want to do that, maybe via impeachments and/or other action. Embarrassing and messy for the country, sure, but more of a distraction that will last 2 years while they fight it out, while also fighting upcoming primaries – likely even worse for the Republicans as corruption is exposed. Plus, no appointments/legislation likely to happen. The US is basically out of it for the next two years while everyone shouts at each other, exposes each other and blocks each other while the world moves on. Personally, I never understood why he was elected first time; I definitely didn't understand the second time, but it does appear that, even in America, you can't fool all of the people all of the time. #USElections

Oh dear God @JohnLewisRetail, what have you done? Key message: got spolit, bratty, disrespectful, undisciplined kids? No problem! Buy them loads stuff at John Lewis to buy their affection! Yay! Who came up with THAT? Was it an intern? Actually angry! (Over an Xmas ad! Lol!)

Just wondering if there has ever been a recorded case of WiFi working on a train in the UK. Seems to be fine all over the world, but the tech has well and truly beaten us here. Absolute joke. @SW_Help

Watching @btconlyscott smashing it at the @AquisStockEx 5th Annual Showcase ....

So, apparently, we're one of the best economies around with increasing employment, investment and productivity, AND our deficit is decreasing - all thanks to 'Labour's policies'. You'll forgive me if I'm a tad sceptical of these claims.

Yet another disaster for the UK economy. Hey government, you DO realise economics is all about incentives, right? It's a really important word, that. It helps wealth creators make investment and employment decisions. All I'm saying is that you might want to think this through a little bit. Y'know, before you totally screw up the little that you haven't totally screwed yet. Quite happy to explain in small words if you need help here (though judging by the volume of commentary, you may have already gotten wind of the fact that this is a very, very bad idea) Still, may as well do it anyway, eh? Who cares what the economists say? What do they know, am I right?

This is one of those "well, technically that's correct ..." moments from @JeevunSandher, but even then it's still a very naive statement IMO. He's right that taxing profits doesn't directly increase the marginal cost of production, but that ignores the effect on investment incentives, future supply &, in turn, future prices. A retrospective tax on unexpected profits is one thing (if that genuinely IS the case) but a recurring tax on successful investments is another. So, in short, supply and demand determine prices, but taxation can change supply. However, the bottom line issue is the bigger point – the higher the tax in ANY form, the lower the incentive for the wealth makers to produce. Eventually you run them abroad or into the ground, especially if you're running the economy like a teenager out on the piss with a limitless credit card (which is what the last few governments, especially this one, have been doing) Always better to lower tax, increase incentives, reduce government intervention &, of course, STOP SPENDING LIKE MONEY IS FREE. You utter melts.

I don't know how many times I've sent out @satmojoe's 'What's the problem' to people, but a few days ago I sent it out in French. It's currently doing the rounds in Rouen, I am told. Lovin' the Bryanesque smooth French voiceover ... youtube.com/watch?v=5dRHjDqL…

GM! it was a misty early start up north, but the sun broke through ....

Had to give a shout out to @godisplays ... bad driving conditions and the inevitable resulting motorway collision meant I ended up being late for pick up at the warehouse. Let me have my stuff anyway ready for tomorrow's event. Thanks guys!

Chuffed to have you on board with us @Jcastweet! So much yet to do, but the wheels are now very much in motion at @RenewaBlox as we build out new systems to deal with some of the UK's biggest energy problems. Gradually, then suddenly.

I saw this first thing this morning. Thought to myself : 'Wow, AI is doing cool stuff but doesn't quite look real yet' and then just carried on with my day without a second thought. Then, everyone posted it. Then it turns out it IS real. Which is weird because it doesn't LOOK real. Which is maybe the point. Mind-blowing.

Seems like a long time ago now and we've come a long, long way, but the explanation of what the problem is and what we're up to is still bang on, even though I say so myself! @BTCPrague is such a cracking event. I so love going there. Look forward to doing it all again next year!