If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it. Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22

I wonder if you can get an AI Agent to sign up to the official secrets act? And adhere to it? As they are not legally a person they cannot be bound by it. And cannot be prosecuted for breaching it. Scary thought.

There are a crap load of tickets left for the Palace game tomorrow night. I guess if that means the Negative Nigels are staying at home that's no bad thing, but I think they need to reduce the prices quickly and just fill those seats with people who are excited to be there. #COYS

Assuming Wolves and Burnley are down, we've just got to be better than *one* of these other three teams to avoid the drop: West Ham / Forest / Leeds We are still yet to play against two of those. Surely that's not too much to ask? 🤔😬 #COYS

Odobert out with an ACL. This season just gets worse and worse. Is Raheem Sterling still a free agent? I watched Aaron Lennon in a Legends match against AC Milan, he's still got something to give... #COYS

Exciting transfer move in the forward line for Spurs today! . . . . . Sending Dane Scarlett out on loan again. How does this make sense? Come on ENIC, who's coming in? #COYS

🎶 You know I can't smile without you I can't smile without you I can't laugh and I can't sing I'm finding it hard to do anything You see I feel sad when you're sad (Tottenham!) I feel glad when you're glad If you only knew what I'm going through I just can't smile... watching this crap. #COYS

Don't you just hate a nil-nil defeat? Absolute dross. #COYS #BRETOT

So finally this weary football supporter looked to see what “xG“ - “expected goals” - actually meant. What were these impressive sounding, precise statistics being banded about by ever-so-earnest, knowing pundits? The answer? Utter pseudo-scientific subjective flapdoodle.

🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid. A pissed off thread using data. Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10

Much better from #Spurs tonight against the European Champions. Why couldn't we show that intensity and intent in the NLD? That's football for you I guess. Hoping for a rip-roaring performance against Fulham this Sat night to turn our home form around, especially as I'll be there! #COYS #THFC

Anyone care to explain how they didn't spent at least 30 seconds reviewing that second arsenal goal for offside? It was clearly offside. Crazy. #arstot #COYS

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#Radiohead ticket purchase process was a shambles. What a waste of a morning, and the stress to boot. And the irony of being accused by a computer of being bot! I did everything you asked Radiohead! Everything! And no tickets to show for it. #Oknotokcomputersaysno

A word on immigration. Don't prejudge this, just listen to the data, and then consider what the solution is. The UK has a falling birth rate. This means that - unless things change - each generation will be 25% smaller than the one before.

Well deserved @stirchleywines.bsky.social !

Thanks for the memories Sonny. So glad you stayed and got us that trophy you deserved. True spurs legend. #COYS . www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2025/ju...

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Just watched the full Europa League final again, what a performance. Cried at the end again. Spoiler Alert, we won. #COYS

Went to see Hamlet Hail To The Thief tonight in Stratford and was blown away. Shakespeare and Radiohead mixed together, somehow it just really works. #Radiohead #Hamlet

Review In Progress: Mario Kart World (Switch 2) - The Perfect Introduction To A New Console Generation?

I suppose you can now argue that PSG have earned their right to play against Spurs for the Big European Cup after that performance. #COYS. #UCL #UCLFinal #PSG #PSGINT #THFC

This is the context for Spurs' trophy winning season and needs to be brought into sharp focus for Levy and co. Our injuries have been unprecedented... we had a teenager start more games out of position than our first choice CBs, who hardly ever started together! #AngeIn #COYS

This was a brilliant moment at the match on Sunday, it was clear the team were massively hungover and just ran out of juice in the 2nd half, but nobody cares. I was in the North stand and was willing on a rendition of When The Spurs Go Marching In as soon as the 4th goal went in. Scenes. #COYS

I was the most emotional I've ever been as a Spurs fan at the tonight, like years of pain was released. And my 13 year old son was in tears too. He has never experienced this. And we hugged. And it was glorious. This is football. This is Spurs. My club. #COYS

Finally! I can get a new mug! Can't wait to see the trophy and players next Sunday against Brighton, its going to be a massive celebration! And I got tickets ages ago!

So, the Israel vote bots were still not enough to give them the win, but the rest of Europe public still obviously hate the UK. Zero points?! #Eurovision

The UK public voting for Israel then 👀

🧵A thread on the current #PremierLeague table with original club names👇 1️⃣ Everton FC and Athletic Grounds Ltd Liverpool FC (1892) span out of Everton (founded 1878) after a dispute with Anfield’s owner, John Houlding. Houlding wanted to retain the name ‘Everton’, but had to go with #Liverpool

Spurs are on their way to Bilbao... 🎶

"We must not forget and we must never let it happen again." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Just watched The Well and thought it was one of the best #DoctorWho episodes in a long time. Gripping stuff!

The replies to this thread are very funny, but it’s a warning sign that one of the key functions of Googling - the ability to factcheck a quote, verify a source, or track down something half remembered - will get so much harder if AI prefers to legitimate statistical possibilities over actual truth

I just did the numbers and this assumption looks to be completely right. Let’s pause for a minute and consider how INSANE this is. 🧵

The Duration Of Tomorrow's Nintendo Switch 2 Direct Has Been Confirmed. (Repost)

Who else is buzzing to see the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement on Wednesday? Nintendo dropped this teaser on the Nintendo Today app, showing the C button being pressed...what's it going to do though?! Something magical no doubt. #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch2

It's at moments like this I wonder how different differently my life would have panned out if I'd gone on to do a masters and PhD after my degree in astrophysics. Dark energy was relatively new concept back then, and nothing has really moved on since... until now www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

I'm working towards my exit too. Will delete the lot before I bow out gracefully.

NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline? Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s What should we make of this? www.ft.com/content/a801...

This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP. It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Much better second half, showing the fight. #COYS

MISSING: Have you seen this midfield? Last spotted warming up at Villa Park. Reward given for information leading to successful return. #COYS

Heard our new episode about King Arthur? It’s funny and charts 1,500 years of literature & legend With the brilliant Mike Wozniak (who knew a surprising amount!) and the fab medieval historian @mareganlefay.bsky.social. Listen to You’re Dead To Me on BBC SOUNDS www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

F*ck off Jamie Carragher, shameful "analysis" of Spurs. #COYS

The Yoof of today, eh?! Great end to the game. #COYS

🔥🔥NEW VFTL🔥🔥 EVERTON EVISCERATION! 🏐 Godawful at Goodison; should Ange survive? 💲January sales; where's the cavalry? 6️⃣ Is Leicester a "six-pointer"? ☢️ Hoffenheim: bald geezers squabble over the hairbrush. ALL THE FUN! Me @jamestmaw.bsky.social @JackPittBrooke.bsky.social pod.fo/e/2a153e

It's the hope that kills you. Too little too late from Spurs I'm afraid #EVETOT #COYS

Buzzing to see the announcement today for the Switch 2, when is it being released though? And will you be able to buy more colourful JoyCon? #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch2 www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/01...