Mike Townsend
@miketownsend.bsky.social
Collections and Metadata librarian at the IHR @ihr.bsky.social (https://www.history.ac.uk/library-digital) | History | Photography | Curious rather than competent language learner
And Grok's response 1 day later to the same question
November 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
And Grok's response 1 day later to the same question
Just curious to see what Grok thought (at the moment) about trillionaires. Unfortunately the response was a bit too long to compress in 4 images.
![Text from Grok in response to the question, Should there be trillionaires? [8/11/2025]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6u4j2qgukjiordvyvxqxcgai/bafkreibkehqvrmoyqlczhkees4ydnbqbnsr2wac7hl3sdncjtf7kmicqee@jpeg)
![Text from Grok in response to the question, Should there be trillionaires? [8/11/2025]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6u4j2qgukjiordvyvxqxcgai/bafkreibg5dza2cb43jbvq3frfjuafvwshhiopdekitfzb2c7aq6ibeavc4@jpeg)
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Just curious to see what Grok thought (at the moment) about trillionaires. Unfortunately the response was a bit too long to compress in 4 images.
Productive day out, and good to see the off-site collections again.
October 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Productive day out, and good to see the off-site collections again.
Those 5 espressos during the day made the walk between stations...brief
September 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Those 5 espressos during the day made the walk between stations...brief
@cathamclarke.bsky.social Spotted in the Piccadilly Waterstones last night, and - huge announcement - comes with a complimentary bookmark
August 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
@cathamclarke.bsky.social Spotted in the Piccadilly Waterstones last night, and - huge announcement - comes with a complimentary bookmark
Well, that was a week
August 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Well, that was a week
Part of a lost canto from the Inferno
August 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Part of a lost canto from the Inferno
Interesting tour of the west cemetery today, and wandering around the east, retracing mum's leisurely root to school in the 50s from Waterlow Park to Brookfield
August 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Interesting tour of the west cemetery today, and wandering around the east, retracing mum's leisurely root to school in the 50s from Waterlow Park to Brookfield
Foggy morning walking to the station this morning
March 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Foggy morning walking to the station this morning
Shoeburyness on a bit of a bleak day.
December 29, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Shoeburyness on a bit of a bleak day.
Looking towards Wickford
November 13, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Looking towards Wickford
Rereading some of the works I studied undergraduate (Paradise to Inferno this time). On an unrelated matter, thankfully now Twitter free.
November 12, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Rereading some of the works I studied undergraduate (Paradise to Inferno this time). On an unrelated matter, thankfully now Twitter free.
Not long now...https://www.history.ac.uk/events/history-day-2024
#HistDay24
#HistDay24
November 4, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Not long now...https://www.history.ac.uk/events/history-day-2024
#HistDay24
#HistDay24
Non-fiction: Fear: an alternative history of the world, and fiction: Mr Ma and Son
September 21, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Non-fiction: Fear: an alternative history of the world, and fiction: Mr Ma and Son
At least there's one benefit to setting off for work before the street lights are switched on.
September 13, 2024 at 4:25 AM
At least there's one benefit to setting off for work before the street lights are switched on.
Spotted mince pies in the shops this morning
September 6, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Spotted mince pies in the shops this morning
New in the library is an edition of Anderson and Dibble's English translation (with Nahuatl text) of Sahagún's Historia general...de Nueva España, which now sits alongside the Spanish editions readers can find in the library
catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b4508...
catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b4508...
July 29, 2024 at 8:47 PM
New in the library is an edition of Anderson and Dibble's English translation (with Nahuatl text) of Sahagún's Historia general...de Nueva España, which now sits alongside the Spanish editions readers can find in the library
catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b4508...
catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b4508...
Working in Bloomsbury I've spotted falcons and even a woodpecker before, but first time for a Jay
May 10, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Working in Bloomsbury I've spotted falcons and even a woodpecker before, but first time for a Jay