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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.
  • Short Fiction
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    • Scripts
    • Humor
    • Poetry
  • About
  • Blog
    • Dreaming
    • LGBTQ
    • Philosophy
    • Political
    • Surveillance
    • Technology
  • 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
Chaos and Order
  • Philosophy

Chaos and Order

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 21 October 202230 September 2024

To appreciate reality, one needn’t ask why it is the way it is — rather, how

Old-fashioned Warmth
  • Blog

Old-fashioned Warmth

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 17 October 20229 December 2024

Faced with high inflation and war, one might begin to consider situation-appropriate lifestyle changes. In terms of saving energy, there is much we can do. Our ancestors worked out all the heating accommodations we need.

Gaslighting
  • Blog

Gaslighting

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 7 October 20229 December 2024

Only crazy people think it’s happening and only bad people accuse others of it.

Side-Posting
  • Blog

Side-Posting

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 9 August 20229 August 2022

If no one posts on alternative platforms because others are not posting, the result is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Kein Problem
  • Environment
  • Humor

Vernünftige Umgang mit Wasser

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 3 August 20223 August 2022

Angesichts der Trockenheit ruft Bundesumweltministerin Steffi Lemke zu einem vernünftigen Umgang mit Wasser auf.

This is where you get your food
  • Historical
  • Humor

Where you go shopping

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 25 July 202230 June 2023

Let me show you where you are.

The ghosts of small girls
  • Environment
  • Historical

The ghosts of small girls

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 25 July 20229 December 2024

When you feel you are being watched, your excesses are harder to maintain.

Putin with mother 1958
  • Historical
  • Political

Power is a Dangerous Thing

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 24 July 202214 December 2022

An unrelated excerpt from
The Salt Island Diaries

Blue Stocking Salon
  • Historical

Blue Stocking Salon

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 20 July 202230 September 2024

Each week, an in-depth examination of a current topic, a historical event, or a scientific discovery.

Hay Fever
  • Blog

Hay Fever

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 8 July 202230 September 2024

Beat hay fever with immunonutrition

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