Founder of TacDesk, amongst other things. https://xitter.gq/t.co/hqkcfRZ3fe
Cambridge, UK
Joined November 2013
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During British Summer Time, TacDesk's Xero timesheet sync worked out dates and times in GMT, so a shift starting between midnight and 1am was dated the day before. We fixed it in October: shifts are now dated, timed and marked day, night or weekend in UK time.
Changelog: changelog.tacdesk.co.uk/?utm…
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In October we changed TacDesk so that staff in licensed roles with no valid SIA licence on file, or an expired one, are asked for the number, type and expiry date when they open the app. The licence is then checked against the SIA register. It applies where SIA licence checks are switched on.
Changelog: changelog.tacdesk.co.uk/?utm…
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The SIA's latest quarterly report: 1,054 licence inspections between April and June, and 230 intervention cases opened. With more than 447,500 licence holders in the UK, being able to show your own staff checks on request matters.
Read the report: gov.uk/government/news/sia-c…
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Two forged character references went in with an SIA licence appeal: one from an employer he never worked for, one from a doctor who isn't on the GMC register. He pleaded guilty on 30 September and was fined £180 per offence, £904 in total with costs.
Forged references exist, so verify them rather than just file them. The SIA's notice: gov.uk/government/news/north…
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No more 5 hour limits, let's goooo 🔥
We’re renaming our Max plans:
Max 5x → Max
Max 20x → Ultra
Max is still $100/month, and Ultra is still $200. If you’re a subscriber, there’s nothing you need to do.
We’re also removing the 5-hour limit for verified Ultra accounts, starting today with most existing subscribers. Newer accounts keep a temporary limit until they’re verified, which helps us prevent fraud and abuse. You'll get an email when it's removed.
Weekly limits remain unchanged. View our plans here: claude.com/pricing
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Owners of UK security companies: if a client asked for every incident report from one of their sites last month, how long would it take you to send it over?
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Michael Bryce retweeted
Last night an AI agent performed brain surgery on a mouse.
We gave it 19 gene therapy vectors in a spreadsheet, a mouse model of epilepsy, access to a motorize surgery rig with cameras and one goal: reduce seizures.
It picked the drug. It picked the brain region. It derived the coordinates from three papers. Then it drove the stereotaxic arms into the brain and injected 250 nanolitres while watching the entry site through the rig camera for bleeding.
A licensed vet gated every irreversible step and held a physical kill switch to stop the AI agent.
Thread on what it decided, what it saw, and the moment it refused to let me override it.
[Writing this on the spot out of excitement, but I've been 18hrs in front of my laptop coding and coordinating this, so keeping it brief and descriptive, more cohesive thoughts on this soon...]
Passing on someone's description over the radio is harder than it sounds. Town-link radio systems are used in many towns, and the description still has to be said out loud, heard correctly and written down by whoever is listening.
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A lot of the manual paperwork in a security company lands on two groups: the admin team and the people on shift.
Taking that paperwork out for both is a big part of what we built TacDesk to do.
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The SIA's latest compliance and enforcement report covers April to June 2026. In that quarter it revoked 1,553 licences, suspended 378 and refused 475. A suspended licence holder cannot legally work in any licensable sector.
If one of your people was suspended tomorrow, how would you find out? gov.uk/government/news/sia-c…
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Opus 5.5 is brilliant. It uses fewer tokens, it's much faster and the outputs are much better. I use it every day.
If you haven't tried it yet, it's worth a proper look: techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/an…
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The SIA's consultation on licence-linked training closes at 11:59pm tonight.
The headline proposal: an in-date first aid certificate becomes a licence condition for door supervisors, security guards and close protection operatives.
Should a lapsed first aid certificate put a licence at risk? Whatever you think, say so before midnight: gov.uk/government/consultati…
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Let's be real for a moment.
They should probably have redacted the files before putting them in or used some sort of zero-retention system via Amazon Bedrock or something.
But realistically, using AI to help crack cases seems like a fantastic use, with human review.
BREAKING: Police officer investigated for using AI in investigation
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The SIA consultation on licence-linked qualifications closes at 11:59pm this Friday, 23 October.
It proposes an in-date first aid certificate as a licence condition for door supervisors, security guards and close protection operatives. If you employ licence holders, it's worth having your say before it shuts: gov.uk/government/consultati… #SIA
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