Henri
@happyhappyhenri.bsky.social
📚 I restock UK’s biggest bookshops and specialise in Non-Fiction.
🎓 MA Modern History from King’s College
Interests: History/Books/Politics/Football
Opinions my own 🤷🏼♂️
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🎓 MA Modern History from King’s College
Interests: History/Books/Politics/Football
Opinions my own 🤷🏼♂️
🇱🇹 🇬🇧
Sigh. Thanks Google
January 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Sigh. Thanks Google
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Next read for me is “Gambling Man”. It’s rather timely actually. Yesterday US announced the “AI Manhattan Project” as it’s billed - Project Stargate which promises to invest up to $500 billion into AI power core in the US. The man who was made the CEO of the project is the subject of this book.
Next read for me is “Gambling Man”. It’s rather timely actually. Yesterday US announced the “AI Manhattan Project” as it’s billed - Project Stargate which promises to invest up to $500 billion into AI power core in the US. The man who was made the CEO of the project is the subject of this book.
January 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Next read for me is “Gambling Man”. It’s rather timely actually. Yesterday US announced the “AI Manhattan Project” as it’s billed - Project Stargate which promises to invest up to $500 billion into AI power core in the US. The man who was made the CEO of the project is the subject of this book.
Next read for me is “Gambling Man”. It’s rather timely actually. Yesterday US announced the “AI Manhattan Project” as it’s billed - Project Stargate which promises to invest up to $500 billion into AI power core in the US. The man who was made the CEO of the project is the subject of this book.
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My second read this year (one I am thoroughly enjoying so far) is “Impossible Man” by Patchen Barss.
It’s a biography of Roger Penrose, one of UK’s (and the World’s of course) greatest scientists of the last century.
My second read this year (one I am thoroughly enjoying so far) is “Impossible Man” by Patchen Barss.
It’s a biography of Roger Penrose, one of UK’s (and the World’s of course) greatest scientists of the last century.
January 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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My second read this year (one I am thoroughly enjoying so far) is “Impossible Man” by Patchen Barss.
It’s a biography of Roger Penrose, one of UK’s (and the World’s of course) greatest scientists of the last century.
My second read this year (one I am thoroughly enjoying so far) is “Impossible Man” by Patchen Barss.
It’s a biography of Roger Penrose, one of UK’s (and the World’s of course) greatest scientists of the last century.
Forgot to crosspost to here too.
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New Year, New Books. Starting as we mean to go on.
“Allies at War” by Tim Bouverie focuses on the interpersonal and intergovernmental relationships between the leaders of the nations that were playing the key roles in World War II.
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New Year, New Books. Starting as we mean to go on.
“Allies at War” by Tim Bouverie focuses on the interpersonal and intergovernmental relationships between the leaders of the nations that were playing the key roles in World War II.
January 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Forgot to crosspost to here too.
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New Year, New Books. Starting as we mean to go on.
“Allies at War” by Tim Bouverie focuses on the interpersonal and intergovernmental relationships between the leaders of the nations that were playing the key roles in World War II.
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New Year, New Books. Starting as we mean to go on.
“Allies at War” by Tim Bouverie focuses on the interpersonal and intergovernmental relationships between the leaders of the nations that were playing the key roles in World War II.
Merry Christmas gang. Eat well, be merry and treat every being with respect and love. 🌲🧀🍷
December 25, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Merry Christmas gang. Eat well, be merry and treat every being with respect and love. 🌲🧀🍷
Read #52 for me this year was “Supremacy” by @parmy.bsky.social about the battle for AI supremacy between Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis and a few other key characters. I read a lot on AI this year and I must say - this was one of the best and the FT BOTY award was deserved.
December 22, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Read #52 for me this year was “Supremacy” by @parmy.bsky.social about the battle for AI supremacy between Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis and a few other key characters. I read a lot on AI this year and I must say - this was one of the best and the FT BOTY award was deserved.
Read #51 for me this year is “An Ordinary Youth” by W. Kempowski. It’s an account of growing up in Rostock during the 1930s, watching the rise of Nazism all around. It’s imbued with carefree simplicity of youth and a discomfiting exploration of life, politics and war puncturing carefree youth.
December 11, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Read #51 for me this year is “An Ordinary Youth” by W. Kempowski. It’s an account of growing up in Rostock during the 1930s, watching the rise of Nazism all around. It’s imbued with carefree simplicity of youth and a discomfiting exploration of life, politics and war puncturing carefree youth.
Well lads. The time is nigh. The bots are now here.
December 5, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Well lads. The time is nigh. The bots are now here.
Next up for me is “Russia Starts Here” by Howard Amos which attempts to answer some questions about Russia, it’s character and it’s people by speaking and investigating simple, common lives in the poor Pskov region that borders Estonia and Latvia.
December 2, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Next up for me is “Russia Starts Here” by Howard Amos which attempts to answer some questions about Russia, it’s character and it’s people by speaking and investigating simple, common lives in the poor Pskov region that borders Estonia and Latvia.
Made some chips with my lunch.
The gf be like:
The gf be like:
November 29, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Made some chips with my lunch.
The gf be like:
The gf be like:
Entered a fancy cheese shop. They sell brains here too apparently.
Result, I was missing mine!
Result, I was missing mine!
November 27, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Entered a fancy cheese shop. They sell brains here too apparently.
Result, I was missing mine!
Result, I was missing mine!
November 25, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Playing the favourite childhood game is a special feeling. The best kind of nostalgia.
November 23, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Playing the favourite childhood game is a special feeling. The best kind of nostalgia.
@adammolina.com good to have you rep BlueSky for the second pod in a row. Get the rest of the guys in, it’s nice here but we need more chill tech content 👨🏼💻
November 22, 2024 at 11:10 PM
@adammolina.com good to have you rep BlueSky for the second pod in a row. Get the rest of the guys in, it’s nice here but we need more chill tech content 👨🏼💻
23/ welcome @andreisoldatov.bsky.social to 🦋. He’s a Russian dissident, journalist and Senior Fellow at CEPA. Together with Irina Borogan he is the author of books on Modern Russia including “The Compatriots”, “The Red Web” and “The New Nobility”.
Added to the starter pack.
Added to the starter pack.
November 22, 2024 at 7:35 PM
23/ welcome @andreisoldatov.bsky.social to 🦋. He’s a Russian dissident, journalist and Senior Fellow at CEPA. Together with Irina Borogan he is the author of books on Modern Russia including “The Compatriots”, “The Red Web” and “The New Nobility”.
Added to the starter pack.
Added to the starter pack.
Things are going well
November 22, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Things are going well
I’m just a chill guy. Reading lots of books. Enjoying the peace. Drinking lots of tea.
Just chill guy things
Just chill guy things
November 21, 2024 at 2:30 PM
I’m just a chill guy. Reading lots of books. Enjoying the peace. Drinking lots of tea.
Just chill guy things
Just chill guy things
22/ welcome @jenstout.bsky.social to 🦋. She’s the author of “Night Train to Odesa” which vividly covers the human cost of the war that Russia wages on Ukraine.
Stout spoke to people on night trains, in hospitals and bunkers - all with true empathy and always with an eye on a bigger picture.
Stout spoke to people on night trains, in hospitals and bunkers - all with true empathy and always with an eye on a bigger picture.
November 20, 2024 at 10:33 PM
22/ welcome @jenstout.bsky.social to 🦋. She’s the author of “Night Train to Odesa” which vividly covers the human cost of the war that Russia wages on Ukraine.
Stout spoke to people on night trains, in hospitals and bunkers - all with true empathy and always with an eye on a bigger picture.
Stout spoke to people on night trains, in hospitals and bunkers - all with true empathy and always with an eye on a bigger picture.
Sunlight going, going, gone.
5pm.
5pm.
November 20, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Sunlight going, going, gone.
5pm.
5pm.
Swedish bakery in Covent Garden. Immaculate vibes 🇸🇪 🥐
November 20, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Swedish bakery in Covent Garden. Immaculate vibes 🇸🇪 🥐
North Koreans sitting in the trenches like
November 19, 2024 at 8:05 PM
North Koreans sitting in the trenches like
My read #49 this year is the advance proof of “The Golden Throne” by Christopher de Ballaigue. It’s the continuation of the story of Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from last year’s “Lion House” which was one of my books of the year.
So excited!
So excited!
November 19, 2024 at 7:06 PM
My read #49 this year is the advance proof of “The Golden Throne” by Christopher de Ballaigue. It’s the continuation of the story of Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from last year’s “Lion House” which was one of my books of the year.
So excited!
So excited!
Look what we have! The new Haruki Murakami is now in shops!
November 19, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Look what we have! The new Haruki Murakami is now in shops!
Boomkshoppe on a grey, autumnal London day 🍂 📚
November 19, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Boomkshoppe on a grey, autumnal London day 🍂 📚