🗣Time to talk #mixedrace ‘I identify as mixed-race, White #British and Black #Caribbean.’ ▪️ mixedracefaces.com/home/british-c…

Two Black trans women have been reported dead this week. Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells of Philadelphia, PA and Riah Milton of Liberty Township, Ohio. #RestInPower #BlackLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter

people really just walk around w the last name bacon

Lunch.

My first article for Sifted ! A new report by SISTA and BCG examines gender diversity across 1,788 startups in Europe, revealing a disappointing lack of progress. Shockingly, only 2% of funds go to women-only startup teams in Europe. sifted.eu/articles/sista…

Little scoop: Leading European nuclear fusion startup Marvel has been offered a term sheet from a US-based entity — with the caveat that it build its demonstrator in the US. W/ alex bacon sifted.eu/articles/marve…

Sifted maps out which startups are attracting investor attention and leading the race for nuclear fusion energy. sifted.eu/articles/mappi…

NEW: E-bike VanMoof's woes grow as London store repossessed by landlords. All other stores in Europe have also closed in the past two weeks... Sadia & alex bacon have more: sifted.eu/articles/vanmo…

Nenad Marovac, founder of VC firm DN Capital, has been accused of workplace misconduct and sexual harassment by seven former employees. Marovac denies all allegations and DN Capital has opened an investigation. Reporting by Tim Smith & Freya Pratty: sifted.eu/articles/dn-ca…

NEW: Poolside AI, a US startup building a ChatGPT-like tool for software code, has raised a $126m seed round and is relocating to Paris It joins several other ambitious AI entrepreneurs in the French capital as the country tries to up its AI game ⬇️ sifted.eu/articles/pools…

🇬🇧The three-year loan conversion deadline is now looming for hundreds of British startups backed by the £1.14bn Future Fund — if the struggling companies don't fundraise, they'll either pay double of what they borrowed, or face bankruptcy. w/alex bacon sifted.eu/articles/futur…

The UK government's Future Fund was meant to save British startups that hit hard times during the pandemic. Now, three years on, it risks bankrupting some of them. Great reporting from Zosia Wanat (is on maternity leave) & alex bacon sifted.eu/articles/futur…

The UK prime minister has given the greenlight for a draft deal enabling Britain to join the EU’s Horizon Europe funding programme after two and a half years of post-Brexit negotiations, according to people familiar with the discussions. sifted.eu/articles/uk-pm…

EXC: China invited to UK AI summit as 21 EU member states left out sifted.eu/articles/china…

UK announces ban on new coal mines lemonde.fr/en/united-king… via Le Monde in English

UK economy slows, hitting government growth plans uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/uk-growth…

British oil giant BP announced Monday it will “significantly reduce” investment in renewable energy through to 2030. trib.al/vH1CUTK

This pic sums it up what a city #Manchester

As promised, will share some responses here. This one is from an 18-year-old girl who was at the concert (read the additional note too).