Sam Beckwith
@realsambeckwith.bsky.social
Rochdale-born writer of words, based in Prague since 1996. Creator of the official Sam Beckwith flag. I also have a Czech rugby league account: @sbczechrugbyleague.bsky.social
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Of Monsters and Men (6) Eddie Floyd (5) Jake Bugg (4) Lily Allen (4) Radioactivity (4). #myweekcounted 212 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
November 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Of Monsters and Men (6) Eddie Floyd (5) Jake Bugg (4) Lily Allen (4) Radioactivity (4). #myweekcounted 212 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
How are the Black Friday tartare sauce deals where you are?
November 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
How are the Black Friday tartare sauce deals where you are?
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: The Nectarine No.9 (14) The Clientele (10) John Zacherle (9) Ennio Morricone (5) Taylor Swift (5). #myweekcounted 319 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: The Nectarine No.9 (14) The Clientele (10) John Zacherle (9) Ennio Morricone (5) Taylor Swift (5). #myweekcounted 319 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Bruce Springsteen (18) Taylor Swift (9) Gene Moss & Fred Rice (7) Olivia Dean (6) Sabrina Carpenter (6). #myweekcounted 208 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
October 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Bruce Springsteen (18) Taylor Swift (9) Gene Moss & Fred Rice (7) Olivia Dean (6) Sabrina Carpenter (6). #myweekcounted 208 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
A mysterious new item has appeared in my to-do list
October 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
A mysterious new item has appeared in my to-do list
My shopping list
October 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
My shopping list
Unfortunate Abbreviations, Ezra Klein Edition
October 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Unfortunate Abbreviations, Ezra Klein Edition
Paul's Halloween macaron is pretty scary
October 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Paul's Halloween macaron is pretty scary
In Summit, Littleborough? Seems unlikely
October 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
In Summit, Littleborough? Seems unlikely
From Tom Baldwin's Starmer biography:
October 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
From Tom Baldwin's Starmer biography:
The unfortunately named "Doctor Hurt"
September 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The unfortunately named "Doctor Hurt"
@helenlewis.bsky.social Are you leaving Strong Message Here? 🙀
September 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
@helenlewis.bsky.social Are you leaving Strong Message Here? 🙀
Czech Word of the Day: čatní (chutney)
September 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Czech Word of the Day: čatní (chutney)
How flash am I?
September 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
How flash am I?
Goddamn, it's my name day
Everybody love me
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Look at me, give me money
Everybody love me
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Look at me, give me money
September 1, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Goddamn, it's my name day
Everybody love me
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Look at me, give me money
Everybody love me
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Look at me, give me money
Instant tea and coffee bags! What a time to be alive!
August 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Instant tea and coffee bags! What a time to be alive!
They put AI on the Blockchain and connected it to the Internet of Things and it invented pizza!
August 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
They put AI on the Blockchain and connected it to the Internet of Things and it invented pizza!
By the miracle of AI...
June 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
By the miracle of AI...
The first gravestone I've seen with a QR code: lyricist Pavel Vrba's at the Vyšehrad cemetery in Prague
April 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The first gravestone I've seen with a QR code: lyricist Pavel Vrba's at the Vyšehrad cemetery in Prague
I still haven't come across a pair of smart glasses that don't make you look like the Zodiac Killer.
February 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I still haven't come across a pair of smart glasses that don't make you look like the Zodiac Killer.
Even Bill Gates can't figure out the Czech customs process. My "free" copy of Source Code incurred a handling fee of 350 crowns.
February 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Even Bill Gates can't figure out the Czech customs process. My "free" copy of Source Code incurred a handling fee of 350 crowns.
I sometimes get startled looks when I wear my Rochdale hat, presumably because the badge looks quite a bit like the Prague police logo
January 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I sometimes get startled looks when I wear my Rochdale hat, presumably because the badge looks quite a bit like the Prague police logo