Robert Horton

@michael_howard Way to alienate 95% of your followers instead!

My nephew asked why I don't post politics on X. I said it's because: (a) I am a security nerd, I doubt anyone gives a monkey's what I think, and (b) doing so would alienate 50% of the people reading the post. I don't want that. The most polarizing comment I will make today is I looooovveeee pineapple on pizza! :) This should light things up!

@holland_tom Oh no it was brilliant.

Kaos is the smartest dramatisation of Greek mythology there's ever been on TV, so obviously they cancelled it nme.com/news/tv/kaos-f…

@NickLovesSpain Flamenco is Spanish (it’s Andalusian ) paella is Spanish (it’s Valencian)

What's the biggest misconception about Spain or its people? 🇪🇸

@DPJHodges I feel the most concerning thing though is the fact for reform voters basically there was no movement. That is a sizable chunk of population who endorse his approach

I simply don't understand why Nigel Farage didn't just say "I now realise the rumours I spread were false. I shouldn't have done that. I apologise. I'll be more careful in the future". Instead he's kept trying to justify peddling misinformation, and made things worse for himself.

Putin accuses Ukraine of a major provocation’. Hahaha! No one tells ‘em like Uncle Vlad 😂😂😂💀

@thehistoryguy Different war but came across this at Bayeux in October last year. 💔

@DPJHodges Having it in your hand is not the part I am worried about

Just under three hours to go. And I’m not saying I’m getting overexcited, but I’m damn glad there isn’t a flare to hand…

@duncanrobinson @alexmassie Completely wrong. I was actually 22.

So many “This is no 1997 when life was good and I was, coincidentally, 25.” takes floating about

@thehistoryguy Is this 1667 ?!

@philvenables For sure CW absolutely lead the way.

@botnethorror True, although also correct I think that Computer Weekly banged on about this for many years before even a hint of mainstream interest.

There are three sides to every story. Worth it for the brief postulation of why the Post Office IT scandal didn’t make it out of the computer press for a long time. spectator.co.uk/article/there-…

@dlknowles There’s a book on Soviet bus stops?

I need it to keep selling to stay above my great perennial competitor on the "public transit" Amazon rankings, "Soviet Bus Stops"

If any of you would like to buy my book in America, it is very (worryingly) discounted on Amazon right now: amazon.com/Carmageddon-Ca…

@dlknowles That is really interesting thank you. I had not considered answers have become the talking points. Which makes a lot of sense. I do feel there is less impact, and whether that is down to solely what you say above or my also old man rose tinted politics was better in the past 🤷‍♂️😀

@botnethorror But political journalism in general involves a vast amount of duplication of effort, perhaps more now even, and especially if you're not a daily newspaper reporter/broadcast, it is worth questioning what you will add that is different when you commit those resources

Norman Mailer on the pointlessness of interviewing politicians

@dlknowles Do you think that applies as much in the modern era? I am not sure, but the unfortunate corollary is perhaps it doesn't matter if they are surprised or unable to give a cogent answer as it does not seem to have any impact.

From "Miami And The Siege of Chicago", his book about the 1968 election. It's terrific

@TheNarraback @Peter88902568 @PastPostcard Kettering I think (It was nagging at me to, so an image search would appear to indicate Kettering)

@Peter88902568 @PastPostcard Where is this please?

Well I managed to get here but I don’t know how I’ll get back.

@BugBountyHQ If any one can. And happy birthday!

To all the Bug Bounty Hunters out there, thank you for keeping me on my toes. For me, it’s time for a new era. Taking on 16plus year olds is getting tiring 🤣 Am now officially 50, but will still attempt to try and beat u all 😆

@TomChivers Also, they play lots of chess in Russia. Not sure how well that has worked for them there?

this seems like the "children who grow up in houses with lots of books end up smart, so we should put books in people's houses!" mistake. People who play chess tend to be bright, so if we make people play chess, it'll make them bright! Or maybe chess appeals to bright people

vaguely approve of this on a vibes basis. Although the idea that chess "trains" the brain for anything other than being good at chess seems pretty unlikely to me. Still, chess is great, people should play chess

@claudiamassie I thought that was a joke and then I checked 😳🤯. Amazing

@NoContextBrits @ProfBrianCox Where Eagle’s Shite

Ruin a film by replacing a word in the title with ‘shite’.