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Nissa Tolton

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    • Salt Island DiariesShunned by Victorian society at every turn, these women build a society of their own
    • Good-Bye HarajukuLove, speed, capitalism, and post-truth
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    • Titcomb’s LettersVery particular advice to young people, from 1858 onward.
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  • Blog
    • Dreaming
    • LGBTQ
    • Philosophy
    • Political
  • Books
    • Salt Island DiariesShunned by Victorian society at every turn, these women build a society of their own
    • Good-Bye HarajukuLove, speed, capitalism, and post-truth
    • Principle of FlocksHistorical romance, time-travel, and the metaverse
    • Titcomb’s LettersVery particular advice to young people, from 1858 onward.
  • Short Fiction
    • Audiobooks
    • Scripts
    • Humor
    • Poetry
  • Notes on Dreaming

Category: Blog

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How to Use a Victorian-Era Furnace

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 30 November 202121 October 2022

Chimneys are strange objects. Most people believe they know how chimneys work, until they try to use one.

daemon supervisor
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  • Capitalism
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Daemons

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 15 November 202129 September 2024

A corporation is literally a daemon: a non-human being that performs deeds or oversight on behalf of another.

  • Blog
  • Dreaming

What Heaven does not Want I do not Need

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 29 August 202126 July 2022

Maybe we’re all in a refugee camp for cranky people on the outskirts of Heaven, and only our arrogance makes it appear to be reality.

Peer Relevance
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  • Historical

Peer Relevance

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 12 August 202130 June 2023

Are you networked? Are you relevant? Your adversaries are.

Alternative Culture Attrition
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Alternative Culture Attrition

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 10 August 20211 June 2023

There is a reason that has to do with the observation that there are far fewer middle-age people than young people pursuing an alternative lifestyle, and it has nothing to…

Victorian Women were Smashing
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  • Historical
  • LGBTQ

Victorian Women were Smashing

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 20 July 20218 February 2026

A shadow society, ignored or denied. Mutual support networks among the disempowered. Role models and fans. Petting and kisses. Half of women.

The Old New Sexy
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  • Historical

The Old New Sexy

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 9 July 202119 October 2023

There’s a new look trending, but it’s looking a lot like the old one. Where fashion and finance blurr

Optional Bliss
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  • Dreaming

Optional Bliss

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 4 July 20211 June 2023

I have discovered an amazing drug effect without any drug. There is just one catch

Conspiracy Theory Theory
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Conspiracy Theory Theory

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 3 July 202123 September 2021

Why do we get conspiracies wrong? There must be a conspiracy.

Tacitus on Agricola
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  • Historical

Tacitus on Agricola

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 21 June 202130 June 2023

Roman historian Tacitus explains the policy of his father-in-law, Agricola, in bringing the comforts of Roman civilization to the barbarous British.

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