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James Matthew Alston

@JamesMAlston

‘no sense of humour'—@ClarkeMicah, 2017 ‘should be treated with utter contempt’—@bluewurst1875, 2020. Podcasting about books @Bibliographer_.

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Joined May 2012
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Fellas is it gay to pleasure a woman
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Blitz Bazawule@BlitzAmbassador5 May 2019
Sharing this Akira Kurosawa piece of advice about writing cos we can all use the reminder. I'm deep in the trenches writing an episodic series and I revisit this video at least once a week. #Sensei 🙏🏿🇯🇵
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Ganser 🫠@Ganserband12 Dec 2022
no words, RIP Angelo Badalamenti one of the greatest. please watch this. nitter.gq/DuganAmanda/status/156…
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Great piece from Bloodworth
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username + numbers@waterblackwill8 Jun 2021
What’s the most recent meme you have in your photo gallery
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Kafka’s Metamorphosis is called a major work of literature. Why? If it’s SF it’s bad SF. If, like Animal Farm, it’s an allegory, an allegory of what? Scholarly answers range from pretentious Freudian to far-fetched feminist. I don’t get it. Where are the Emperor’s clothes?
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Antidotal@JohnFMiller864 Jun 2021
Daily reminder: 78% of Americans don't use Twitter. 10% of tweeters create 80% of tweets.
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Pablo Picasso@pablocubist5 Jun 2021
Sleep, 1932 #picasso #pablopicasso
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@BBCArchive3 Jun 2021
#OnThisDay 1988: Ian McKellen spoke about Section 28 on Wogan.
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@_rt*@literatura_rte4 Jun 2021
Kawase Hasui (1883–1957)
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🍄@POTN1234 Jun 2021
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@Real_EviN @ansel_G_ @DudespostingWs
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Ian Young@ianjamesyoung703 Jun 2021
It gives me great pleasure to announce the death of Lt General Manas Kongpan, disgraced and bereft in a Thai prison, the most evil man I have encountered in 30 years of journalism...
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The Conservatives are not a bunch of evil geniuses weaponising British culture. The reality is far more banal | @OldRoberts953 unherd.com/thepost/tories-ma…
Tories, masters of the culture wars? Don't make me laugh

Tories, masters of the culture wars? Don't make me laugh

‘Why The Right Loves The Culture War’ is the title of an article by Ronan Bartenshaw and Marcus Barnett in the latest Tribune, which accuses the Tories of “reinventing themselves as culture warriors”...

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Anders Zorn@artistzorn31 May 2021
A Portrait Of The Daughters Of Ramon Subercasseaux #impressionism #zorn
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God tier humour from me
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Word getting sassy with me
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Oh man I am so fucking sick of this thesis someone kill me
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Guardian letter
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