Phil Strain

PhD in Comp Sci - previously @ Google, Apple, Spotify.

[Tesla @Tesla]

For a driver born without arms, FSD Supervised is life-changing accessibility

“I was born without arms and have driven with my feet my entire life. I’m a fully licensed driver, and traditionally I drove with my left foot on the steering wheel and my right foot handling the gas and brake. My only legal restrictions are automatic transmission and power steering.

Over the years, though, the strain from my congenital birth defects has led to significant arthritis in my hips. I drove a Model 3 for the past seven years, and it honestly helped extend my independence in a huge way.

Recently upgrading to the Model Y – along with Full Self-Driving – has been a complete game changer for me.

It dramatically reduces the physical pressure and fatigue of driving and has helped preserve a level of freedom and mobility that means a great deal to me.

Most people understandably think of Tesla in terms of innovation or sustainability, but for some of us, this technology truly becomes life-changing accessibility.”
– John F.

[Roelof Botha @roelofbotha]

.@blocks is building what we think is the first real alternative to hierarchical coordination. For 2,000 years, humans have organized themselves in roughly the same way.

AI changes what’s possible: Not a flatter org chart, but a fundamentally different information architecture, organized around a world model rather than a reporting structure.

@jack and I wrote about what this looks like in practice, why it's different from past experiments, and why it may reshape how companies of all kinds organize in the coming decade.

[Brentford FC @BrentfordFC]

How good does this look 💚💛

[Brentford FC @BrentfordFC]

Melvin, a long-standing visually impaired Bees fan, shares how our audio commentary helps him experience matches at the Gtech 🎧🐝

Unite For Access is @lpftweets annual campaign promoting accessibility and ensuring disabled fans enjoy matchdays the same way as everyone else ❤️⚽

[Brentford FC @BrentfordFC]

🇧🇷🐝

Igor Thiago has been called up to the Brazil national team for the first time 💛💚

We are all so proud of you, Igor 😍

[Tom Blomfield @t_blom]

I really think voice input is underappreciated. I just bought a USB foot pedal so I don't have to touch my keyboard.

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

https://t.co/Lb6T42n5jl

[Phil Strain @pstr]

@BBCMOTD @BBCSport He wasn’t offside though because he wasn’t involved in that phase of play

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

As a general purpose technology, AI has all kinds of unexpected uses.

Example: this study finds blind users turn to AI to describe sensitive materials (pregnancy tests, checking appearance), realizing that it may not be 100% accurate, but it provides privacy where there was none

[Brentford FC @BrentfordFC]

“you need to fail to succeed” 😤

Igor Thiago talks through his first goal against Manchester United 🎯🌟

[Phil Strain @pstr]

@adrianweckler Strongly disagree - eg we’ve been waiting over 2 years for @fibrusbroadband to install fibre due to sheer incompetence on their end.

Starlink was up and running in minutes.

[Phil Strain @pstr]

@WB35755389 @talkbees_ @tabuteauS Indeed it is

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

Brentford is a proper football club. 👏❤️

[Phil Strain @pstr]

Hey @santanderukhelp, your app doesn't work on iOS26 :(

@Chase @HSBC_UK @AmexUK all work fine.

#wwdc25

[Emma Snow @emmasnowtv]

It was only a matter of time before I got sent out to report in the snow…

…yes that’s me measuring the snow with a ruler live on TV 😂☃️❄️

[Phil Strain @pstr]

@dave43law @reformparty_uk If Labour say things "will get worse", but what they say cannot be trusted, does that mean things will get better?

[BBC SPORT NI @BBCSPORTNI]

A Games to remember 🤩

Seven Olympic medals achieved by six athletes from Northern Ireland 👏

#BBCOlympics #Paris2024 #Olympics

[Brentford FC @BrentfordFC]

From Brentford to Berlin. 🐝🦁

[Miro @MiroHQ]

#Accessibility update: You can now check boards for color contrast, frames, and whether images have alt text.

[Phil Strain @pstr]

The last July General Election was in 1945, where the Labour Party, led by Clement Attlee, won a landslide victory, marking the first time Labour won an outright majority in Parliament. #generalelection