Spending time reading about history (typically eugenics history), helping companies tell their story, running, or sipping wine. Ex-GoCardless & OpenMarket

London, England
Joined January 2009
I spent last week writing about a MENSA survey in the 1950s which was used to canvass the opinions of members on eugenics. A few results that stood out to me, such as 83% understood and believed in evolution. (1)
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Alongside definite anxiety about what top-down eugenics control might do to a society (see these comments from members). (7)
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To find out more about this survey and what it might tell us about the state of eugenics in Britain post WW2, read my unvarnished thoughts here siamac.substack.com/p/the-ro…
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Up to £150 of our £1000 initial Kickstarter today. Thanks to those that have contributed! We really are trying to create something a bit special with West Didsbury Comedy Festival. It would be great to have you on the journey from the start! kickstarter.com/projects/kev…
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We’re thrilled to announce our $75m funding round this morning 🚀 Led by new investors, Adams Street Partners, @GVteam & @SalesforceVC as well as existing @Accel, @balderton @NotionVC and @passioncapital. gocardless.com/blog/announci… #RecurringPayments #Fintech #Funding
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Tough #competition as @spectator rounds up the finalists in #London and the South for their #Economic Disruptor of the Year awards! Good luck everyone! ☘️🚀🤖💫 spectator.co.uk/2018/08/econ…
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All customers now have access to home and car insurance support in Onedox! Our biggest addition yet, this includes automatic data collection for your online insurance accounts, manual data entry & document upload, and price comparison! onedox.com/blog/onedox-launc…
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It is an unexpected but delightful surprise to find myself excited and invigorated to be returning to Jean-Luc Picard and to explore new dimensions within him. Read my full statement in the photo. #StarTrek @cbsallaccess Photo: @shervinfoto
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Take us back to London 2012 😄 This happened 6 years ago today! #OnThisDay
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The Rosetta Stone was discovered #onthisday in 1799. It’s regarded as one of the most important ancient Egyptian objects ever found, and was the key to deciphering hieroglyphs. ow.ly/m6Dh30kWdLa
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June is named after the Roman goddess Juno – the god of marriage and childbirth. Her equivalent in Greek mythology is Hera, queen of the gods. Here she is seated in a chariot. ow.ly/2ZOW30k97EV
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Fantastic that Detective Inspector Warren Hines of the West Midlands Police attributes his talent at solving murder investigations to his autism: looking at the evidence in an unbiased way, with a remarkable attention to & memory for detail; & proud of it birminghammail.co.uk/news/mi…
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Leonardo da Vinci died #onthisday in 1519. He made a number of sketches depicting the infant Christ playing with a reluctant-looking cat – shown here with the Virgin Mary watching on ow.ly/RfTZ30jNhrs
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Shakespeare was likely born #onthisday in 1564 and died #onthisday in 1616. This engraving by Martin Droeshout was completed for the First Folio, published in 1623 – it may be one of the earliest portraits of the Bard
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