- Sun, 12:09: More Real Than Reality: The Fantastic in Irish Literature and the Arts, eds Donald E. Morse and Csilla Bertha Why Lord Dunsany is not as good as either Tolkien or Lovecraft. And another on mermaids. #nwbooks https://t.co/59rppMSHHg https://t.co/awSAX99xp5 https://t.co/xs5xODbAck
- Sun, 12:56: RT @karentravers: This is a great find & worth a watch. “I expect these fellas are going to eventually judge me on my merits, not on my a…
- Sun, 13:14: The Pollinators of Eden, by John Boyd Freda Caron is a botanist working on some strange flowers from a newly discovered planet, and gives birth to a plant-human hybrid. That’s basically the plot. #nwbooks https://t.co/3wXuyfOh71 https://t.co/hxHmn2yQny https://t.co/5bDVYj5E4n
- Sun, 13:31: RT @BBCNewsnight: “The absolute red line for Joe Biden is Northern Ireland” @nicholaswatt tells #Marr he understands Biden team is expecte…
- Sun, 13:32: RT @Olesya_vArt: 1/ In two weeks I spoke to over 15 civilians who had just come from #NagornoKarabakh. They provide an important account of…
- Sun, 14:19: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive, by Jared Diamond Diamond has a not very profound but interesting take on the nature of political decision-making, and why it goes wrong. #nwbooks https://t.co/VElqcu8Ix9 https://t.co/kE4JZUE2Xp https://t.co/5SVwRbgjcL
- Sun, 14:48: RT @MSmithsonPB: From the latest Opinium poll Voting intention in seats gained by the Tories at GE2019 CON 33% LAB 50% LD 10% Note this…
- Sun, 14:53: RT @timjudah1: I know some people like to make Balkans / Caucasus comparisons even if they can be a bit thin, but the Armenian flight from…
- Sun, 14:57: RT @timjudah1: But, you did. As good an advert for brand @nwbrux if ever there was one. https://t.co/zhzrtdv8qv
- Sun, 15:06: Doctor Who: 2021 Annual, He Kills Me He Kills me Not, Marco Polo https://t.co/IyC3YcxaN1
- Sun, 15:22: From Genocide to Continental War, by G�rard Prunier I read this book sitting beside its author on a trans-Atlantic plane flight. There is nothing deterministic about conflict: wars begin because of leaders’ choices. #nwbooks https://t.co/aoDwnTHh4p https://t.co/Si964B9PFu https://t.co/ZPYqyoxQF7
- Sun, 16:05: RT @PennyRed: This is the point when MAGAstan starts asking where it went wrong and reaching out of its bubble to try to really understand…
- Sun, 16:24: Ivanhoe, by Walter Scott Occasionally the cod-medievalisms made me wonder if it was all supposed to be a joke – “It is as true as the Gospel of Saint Nicodemus” struck me as capable of more than one interpretation! #nwbooks https://t.co/SwWa5FGvDB https://t.co/mebdfgU5K9 https://t.co/oDrPze7zpZ
- Sun, 17:29: Family Britain, 1951-1957, by David Kynaston Particular highlights: Fifties sexuality, straight and gay; political arguments around race & capital punishment; Church interference in Princess Margaret’s love life. #nwbooks https://t.co/3iuT1mnn5Q https://t.co/NPU9uxuB7N https://t.co/yxkCLYI650
- Sun, 18:28: RT @juderogers: Morning everyone. A new day! Here’s my interview with @MaryLTrump for today’s @ObserverUK. https://t.co/680lRaGqdd
- Sun, 18:34: The Last Castle, by Jack Vance Has not aged particularly well. The story is about a decadent race of humans at the end of time, whose non-human slaves have risen and destroyed all but one of the humans’ castles. #nwbooks https://t.co/Uc7U7CDl8g https://t.co/GaG259gjJY https://t.co/iUTq6C0LmH
- Sun, 19:16: RT @jamesdnicoll: @nwbrux Oh, it’s worse than that. The slaves are revolting, as I recall, because they don’t want to be sent back to their…
- Sun, 19:39: Retour sur Ald�baran, �pisode 1, by Leo Kim has returned home to become the key interlocutor between the humans of Aldebaran and the alien Tsalterians, who invite her to help them assess a peculiar huge hovering cube. #nwbooks https://t.co/H7anjMONkG https://t.co/iCn1ET0MW7 https://t.co/UcHqvhcltU
- Sun, 20:08: RT @jamesdnicoll: @nwbrux The SFBC sent me a stack of Vances in the early aughts and most of them had political undercurrents that made me…
- Sun, 20:10: Now how did that end up with the wrong picture???? https://t.co/0Iw2FYJMa4 https://t.co/hbniEj9GRd
- Sun, 20:44: The Computer Connection, by Alfred Bester I enjoyed it a lot; a group of immortals in the very near future, who are dealing with a supercomputer that has acquired human intelligence, and the style remains pyrotechnical. #nwbooks https://t.co/8tey9G3jaF https://t.co/1I8bCHvM8k https://t.co/t8BFG7MXa4
- Sun, 20:48: RT @CER_Grant: What will be the impact of Trump’s 4 years, Biden’s arrival and COVID-19 on global politics, over the next five years or so?…
- Sun, 21:57: Thread. https://t.co/B7AJvs1AlL
- Mon, 09:30: Whoniversaries 9 November: Invasion #2, Delta & Bannermen #2, Happiness Patrol #2, Lost in Time #2 https://t.co/x0JT42SMBk
- Mon, 10:45: Inside Donald Trump’s 2020 undoing https://t.co/ZTjR3lIUIR How the campaigns actually ran. https://t.co/Z11ZVdqnTB
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