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Nissa Tolton

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
    • Principle of FlocksHistorical romance, time-travel, and the metaverse
    • 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
Post-Truth Comments
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Post-Truth Comments

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 12 June 202123 September 2021

Comments and doubts about post-truth

Progressive Allies
  • Blog
  • Political

Progressive Allies

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 12 June 202123 September 2021

Right vs Left are two entirely different games in the same casino

A Distant and Awesome Beacon
  • Salt Island Diaries

A Distant and Awesome Beacon

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 12 June 202124 June 2025

“If this world had angels, they would necessarily be the fleshy kind, and she would be of it.”

Good-Bye Harajuku
  • Books

Good-Bye Harajuku

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 10 June 202128 May 2025

Good-Bye Harajuku is a series about love, speed, capitalism, and post-truth.⁠⁠ Funny, quirky, and irreverent, it’s deeply philosophical at its core.

5 March 1848
  • Philosophy
  • Religion
  • Salt Island Diaries

5 March 1848

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 10 June 202117 March 2025

Entry 168: Ellen collects heating stones with Clara

And now for something completely different
  • Blog

And now for something completely different

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 5 June 2021

We interrupt this blog for a picture of an attractive woman.

Total Victory
  • Humor

Total Victory

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 4 June 2021

The reason Capitalism is perfect is that it does not defeat its enemies. It commoditizes them.

Poles of Attraction
  • Blog
  • Philosophy

Poles of Attraction

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 30 May 202119 February 2023

An organizing principle spanning physics, biology, and society. And a critical principle for people seeking meaning in their lives.

Attention is the Fundamental Event
  • Good-Bye Harajuku
  • Philosophy

Attention is the Fundamental Event

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 28 April 202119 July 2024

Attention is the fundamental event.

Return of the Gods
  • Blog
  • Philosophy

Return of the Gods

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 21 April 202130 September 2024

We are worshipful beings. But what we worship rarely likes us back.

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