samuel

(accidental) destroyer of paperbacks

[samuel @samjonesgo]

“The Bellingham Line” @MayorofLondon

[samuel @samjonesgo]

Reading Maddicot's English Peasantry.

This does sound like someone from Hertfordshire.

[samuel @samjonesgo]

Black Agnes' defence of Dunbar Castle against Montagu's siege (acc to Lanercost Chron)

[samuel @samjonesgo]

Is England losing to the Congo a continuation of football’s historic cruelty rather than a sudden, inexplicable madness?

[Daniel Sugarman @Daniel_Sugarman]

There is absolutely someone just WAITING to post "The horror! The horror!" if DRC score later today, and I want you to know that we're all very, very impressed that you did English Literature for A-level.

[samuel @samjonesgo]

During knockout England World Cup Games different broadcasters should do their own live half time commentary broadcast but pitched to their own specific viewing demographic. One for primary school children, one channel pitched for people who don’t know anything about football but want to learn - a different channel for people who know too much about the topic.

[samuel @samjonesgo]

Made friends with another cat. Petted a third cat in two weeks. I haven’t petted a cat for ten years prior.

[samuel @samjonesgo]

Made friends with local cat.

[samuel @samjonesgo]

@BenRamanauskas We wanted to go in - the projector was awesome. Primary Schools became a target for thieves during this era following the tech investment.

[samuel @samjonesgo]

We all went to primary school early, saw Ronaldinho's free-kick sail past David Seaman then immediately went to lessons at end of play.

[Ben Ramanauskas @BenRamanauskas]

Although I do relish a repeat of the 2002 quarter final so we can take revenge on Brazil. A match I watched while eating cereal from my Kellog's World Cup bowl as school said we could go in late!

[samuel @samjonesgo]

I was running on my gym’s treadmill this week. The TV was stuck on a shot of Michael Portillo posing on a mountain like Caspar David Friedrich’s subject on Wanderer above the Sea of Fog.

[samuel @samjonesgo]

No after work swim for me tonight 😔

[Folkestone & Hythe Express @FHExpress]

Be warned if you were thinking of taking a dip today...

Read more: https://t.co/ycyb4kOH89

[samuel @samjonesgo]

In case anyone is disputing Lord Sumption on Queen Isabella here - her men ambushed the Bishop of Exeter in Cheapside, beat him, decapitated him with a bread knife, and then presented her with the bleeding skull.

[samuel @samjonesgo]

Former Justice of the Supreme Court Lord Sumption letting slip his views on Queen Isabella of France.

[samuel @samjonesgo]

@MinooFramroze Just ordered it from the library. I also have Pillars of the Earth on my pile as well :)

[samuel @samjonesgo]

@FaringForwards yes!

[samuel @samjonesgo]

Former Justice of the Supreme Court Lord Sumption letting slip his views on Queen Isabella of France.

[samuel @samjonesgo]

Listening to the new Boards of Canada album.

Learned today that they are not Canadian and have nothing to do with Mark Carney.

[samuel @samjonesgo]

Reason I posted this was because animals never do this with me. Maybe I have St Francis aura this week - or this cat is completely trusting.

[samuel @samjonesgo]

Made friends with local cat.

[samuel @samjonesgo]

Quality of life update, my inhalers are coloured hot pink. Now I don't lose them as easily.

All medicine should come in pink.

[samuel @samjonesgo]

Made friends with local cat.

[Kanishka Narayan MP @KanishkaNarayan]

Access to @AnthropicAI’s latest models has been paused for all customers, including in the US and UK.

The main lesson: as we debate the future of national security and technological sovereignty, access to AI capabilities is crucial.

That's why this Govt is the first to set up dedicated funding for our AI industry through @UKSovereignAI unit. And just this week, we announced £1.1bn for our AI chip industry.

[samuel @samjonesgo]

Interesting that Ministers can soundtrack their resignation statements to music now.