Daniel Pountney

[Ben Griffin @history_griffin]

Police guide to Birmingham thieves’ slang, 1947 @illegalmarkets

[Dust-to-Digital @dusttodigital]

Remembering Sister Rosetta Tharpe, gone 46 years today. When she was asked about music in the late 1960s, she said, "Oh, these kids and rock and roll — that is just sped up rhythm and blues. I've been doing that forever."

[Letters of Note @LettersOfNote]

George Bush Sr's dog got so fat in 1992 that he (Bush) sent this memo to all White House staff.

#InternationalDogDay

[It's Always Sunny @alwayssunny]

14th season. Still fighting dirty. Sunny’s jumping off the top rope 9/25 on FXX.

[Timothy Burke @bubbaprog]

Simone Biles, in extreme slow motion.

[Dan Slee @danslee]

I'm not from the Black Country but I've spent 20 years here. This is spot on. My father-in-law from West Bromwich has consistently called me 'Curly'...
https://t.co/C9S21bz8ls

[emily bell @emilybell]

The issue of #Google and the news industry is this: Google is a massive advertising company. They are part of a live experiment in changing communications and publishing systems, and doing it without much understanding of what will happen as a result of their actions 1/x

[Daniel Pountney @DanPountney]

Awesome stuff! @Dataminr and UN announce partnership to use artificial intelligence to support humanitarian response #AIforGood

[Daniel Pountney @DanPountney]

"Our partnership with Dataminr will help the UN better leverage the power of AI to strengthen our work and help keep UN teams safe,” Robert Kirkpatrick, Director of UN Global Pulse.

[Daniel Pountney @DanPountney]

@Dataminr and the UN have agreed a partnership at the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, to use artificial intelligence to support humanitarian response #AIforGood

[Stig Abell @StigAbell]

Elton John wins the award for the best diary entry ever (quoted in today’s Observer).

“Woke up, watched Grandstand. Wrote Candle in the Wind. Went to London, bought Rolls-Royce. Ringo Starr came for dinner”.

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

THREAD: On the rise of the Brexit Party and what it means for Brexit and British politics.

That’s it, there are no more Brexit Party rallies planned before polling day. I’ve been to half a dozen of them across the country, from the very first week to the end.

[Daniel Pountney @DanPountney]

@AndrewJEwart @MatthewBayley Although it suggests the duck is guilty

[Matthew Bayley @MatthewBayley]

It's Duck House Day! 10 years ago today the Telegraph dropped this front page:

[Daniel Pountney @DanPountney]

@johnniewifi Love it

[Jon @giftedrascal]

The remake of Bottom looks well shit

[Chicago PD 14th Dist @ChicagoCAPS14]

This is not @alwayssunny
You are not Dennis Reynolds

We’ll say it again....Do not eat cereal while driving 🚫🥣 #AlwaysSunny
#DistractedDrivingAwarenessMonth

[Hinterlands @teigngardener]

Osama bin Laden sent people round our house and told us to stop playing Portishead on a Friday afternoon. He had a house 2 doors down from us in Jalalabad 1994

[Charles Capel @CharlieCapel]

And the winner in the breaking news notification is...