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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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  • 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
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.

Our Meals are Behind You
  • Humor

Our Meals are Behind You

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 29 June 202111 June 2022

In solidarity with our female employees and women everywhere, McDonalds is proud to present the #MeToo Meal

8 July 1847
  • Salt Island Diaries

8 July 1847

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 24 June 202124 February 2024

As we had no lessons to-day, and had only to care for yesterday’s catch, Clara and I used the time to attend to our journals. We have to-day made a…

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.

Super-duper People
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Super-duper People

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 20 June 20211 June 2023

We are super-duper people. If we can’t win, no one can.

English-speaking advice for foreigners and Americans
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English-speaking advice for foreigners and Americans

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 15 June 202120 July 2023

Foreigners often find themselves persisting in certain grammatical errors, and the reason is the most dreadful one: native speakers are setting the example.

Model T
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Model T

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 15 June 202130 June 2023

Are we doing better than a factory worker of 1914? Let’s compare wages in the currency of Model Ts.

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

Book cover of Good-Bye Harajuku
  • Books

Good-Bye Harajuku

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 10 June 202119 July 2024

Good-Bye Harajuku is a series about love, speed, capitalism, and post-truth.⁠⁠ Perhaps best described as a philosophy book disguised as a Netflix series.

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