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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
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

The Halls of Power
  • Salt Island Diaries

The Halls of Power

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 25 June 202124 June 2025

the halls of power are for trumpets, not for whispers

Rules of the Game
  • Salt Island Diaries

Rules of the Game

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 24 June 202113 June 2025

We are to make an entry each day, even if the entry is that nothing of interest happened. Secondly, we may not consult each other’s diaries. Finally, Clara is prone to exaggeration.

Tacitus on Agricola
  • Blog
  • 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
  • Blog

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
  • Blog

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
  • Blog

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.

Principle of Flocks
  • Books
  • Principle of Flocks

Principle of Flocks

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 13 June 202111 June 2025

Principle of Flocks is a NA novel about love, alternate time-lines, and the most precious commodity in the metaverse: lucidity.

Post-Truth Comments
  • Blog

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

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