Dhruv Sengupta

Windsor ➡️ London ➡️ @UniofOxford ➡️ London ↔️ SF | Founder @ Stealth Startup

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Micah Richards learned that his father, Lincoln, had unexpectedly passed away shortly before going live on the BBC for England vs Argentina.

Richards still completed the broadcast, saying his father would have wanted “the show to go on”.

“He was my greatest fan. He barely missed a game my entire life.

He would take me wherever I needed to go as a kid, and he was the proudest parent possible during my professional career.

Dad would’ve wanted the show to go on this evening. And so it did.

My father Lincoln, my hero and inspiration.”

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

It wasn't to be… but if you are a victim of domestic abuse tonight, call the following number:

0808 2000 247

[Harj Taggar @harjtaggar]

Leaving Atlanta and England deserved to lose for being so negative after going ahead but there’s a reason everyone hates Argentina.

Their fans booing the English national anthem was the second stain on an otherwise superb tournament and it remains inexplicable how much Argentina get away with off the ball. Elbows, kicking balls onto the pitch during opposition throw-ins, all without getting a card.

Hopefully once Messi retires it becomes an even playing field again.

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

In August 2024 Rodri and Álvaro Morata were rightly banned for one match for singing “Gibraltar is Spain”.

Now the Argentine players who celebrated with the “Falklands are Argentine” banner must be barred from the final.

[Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @Haggis_UK]

Ed Davey(LibDem leader): "I cannot back joke figures with ridiculous policies, which is why I'm supporting Count Binface." 🤣

#PMQs

[Falkland Islands @falklands_utd]

Believe. 🦁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Guillermo Flor @guilleflorvs]

Anthropic right now

[Tom Blomfield @t_blom]

Personal update: I'm taking a leave of absence from YC to join Anthropic. I'll be working with @NotTomBrown on the compute team.

Powerful AI has the potential to improve the life of every human on earth and, as we enter the early stages of recursive self-improvement, availability of compute becomes one of the most important issues to solve.

I'm excited to get started 🚀

[Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve]

@RupertLowe10

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

Keep Jude Bellingham’s name out of your mouth.

[Home Office @ukhomeoffice]

🚨 Knife murders in England and Wales are down by over a quarter - the lowest level in a decade.

[1X @1x_tech]

NEO’s Hands
An API to the Physical World

[Dhruv Sengupta @senguptadhruv]

DEWE THE GOAT

[Adesola Adedewe @epoch_adesola]

I just left Microsoft to go all-in on building Epoch.

[Adesola Adedewe @epoch_adesola]

I just left Microsoft to go all-in on building Epoch.

[Oliver Gausden @DinomiteVGC]

For my non-UK friends who don't follow our politics:

- The leader of the far right party has called an election in his area as a publicity stunt to show he can win against "the establishment"

- He will be running exclusively against a man wearing a bin

- He might actually lose

[MB @paxangloceltae]

Tuchel is laying into the VAR officials all being South Americans. 😂 Fucking love him. Calling out ethnic/regional loyalties. Proper. My German England manager. 🫡

[‏ً @heisdenji]

Idris Elba says he was given one warning before auditioning for The Wire: don’t let them know you’re British.

Trevor Noah: “I’ve seen people get shocked when they find out you’re not American.”

Idris Elba: “I was unemployed, bro.”

“I was living in New Jersey. I was bartending, working the door, DJing.”

“Before you know it, you just start speaking like an American.”

“Then my casting director said, ‘This thing has come up. It’s called The Wire.’”

“‘But if you go in, you cannot let them know you aren’t American.’”

“‘This is about Baltimore. It’s very specific.’”

“So I auditioned for four weeks straight in an American accent.”

“Then at the fourth audition, they looked at me and said…”

“‘Idris… where are you from?’”

Trevor Noah: “‘Where are you from?’ That’s the phrase every immigrant is terrified of hearing.”

Idris Elba: “My palms started sweating.”

“I’m thinking… they told you not to say anything.”

“I looked at them and said…”

“‘I’m from East London.’”

“The room just exploded.”

“‘Oh my God… we had a bet.’”

“‘We knew you weren’t from Baltimore or Brooklyn, but we never guessed England.’”

“‘You got the job.’”

“‘We don’t want you to play Avon.”

“We want you to play Stringer Bell.’”

“I walked out thinking…”

“‘Did my life just change?’”

[Yannick Bolasie @YannickBolasie]

All I’ll say is if this was AFCON and they let a man play after he got a red card, the nonsense being said would be crazy

[David Elikwu FRSA ⚔️ @Delikwu]

Don’t make me tap the sign