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November 3 2020, 12:00
My tweets Mon, 12:56 : RT @IrishPolMaps : Half of all US Presidents (22 out of 44) have made claims of Irish ancestry. Like a lot of things in history, the evidenc… Mon, 14:00 : The Crab With The Golden Claws, by Herg� A straightforward tale of Tintin, not much helped by detectives Thomson and Thompson, investigating a mysterious death which turns out to be linked to drug smuggling from Morocco. #nwbooks https://t.co/ivW6GxbJpS https://t.co/SHk5EoOMvA https://t.co/4EFTe3ywG1 Mon, 14:44 : The Secret of the Unicorn, by Herg� Set entirely in Tintin's home country, chasing around the back streets of the capital (and Marlinspike manor) to track down the parchments which show the location of the lost treasure. #nwbooks https://t.co/HmXh30MP4K https://t.co/dVyGY2OqeO https://t.co/NYYETsj0CS Mon, 15:28 : Red Rackham's Treasure Professor Calculus's unconsciousness of his own deafness makes him one of the most fascinating Tintin characters; he operates in a parallel reality only occasionally intersecting with ours. #nwbooks https://t.co/O4L1bgxrO0 https://t.co/Xdx4eaNsH8 https://t.co/nCCx2qFZ15 Mon, 16:05 : RT @andrewducker : I just discovered that sharks predate both Saturn's Rings and Trees. And they also survived four of the five mass extinc… Mon, 16:12 : The History of the Hobbit vol 2: Return to Bag-End, by John Rateliff It is interesting that Tolkien drew more illustrations of Smaug than of any other character in his legendarium. And, is the Arkenstone a Silmaril? #nwbooks https://t.co/VlCwaZUKzA https://t.co/IUjTzRlBez https://t.co/YMVhT1qvCk Mon, 16:56 : The Last Mughal, by William Dalrymple The British came very close to losing, several times; Islamic extremists arrived late and were ineffective and indisciplined; later conflicts are rooted in the sack of Delhi in 1857. #nwbooks https://t.co/TjES9p3POA https://t.co/DMbL50wxMo https://t.co/rDqXd9CF1w Mon, 17:11 : Mr Corbyn’s shameless self-pity betrays the victims of the antisemitism scandal https://t.co/3Y8C3RhK0B “Many things have been said about [Corbyn’s] character over the years, but one thing has not been said enough: he is a narcissist.” Mon, 17:40 : TARDIS Eruditorum Volume 5: Tom Baker and the Williams Years Williams was compelled to turn Doctor Who into the Tom Baker Show, which is great for us Tom Baker fans, but not so great for the show's long-term health. #nwbooks https://t.co/m9QxuJ9sWI https://t.co/2pqqlkwBHS https://t.co/K7IfaobiUK Mon, 18:19 : 230 days of plague - the Royal Library and the girls https://t.co/BKl3bh2nwZ Mon, 18:30 : As we gear up for tomorrow night's excitement, one crucial element has been omitted from all historical commentary that I have seen on the history of presidential elections: Facial hair. Or beards and moustaches anyway, sideburns are a bit of a grey area. Mon, 19:36 : RT @RichardGowan1 : An all-important thread. https://t.co/R0gGa2X2ww Mon, 19:47 : RT @osd1000 : The hirsute electoral analysis you pogonophiles have been waiting for. Mon, 20:04 : RT @LeeReynoldsDUP : .@kmflett https://t.co/6tqhtav1yM Mon, 20:44 : RT @Keir_Starmer : At every stage the Prime Minister has been too slow. https://t.co/Wd33lXqwQP Mon, 20:48 : RT @unamccormack : Will this be the first time that more women than men are heads of Cambridge colleges? (16/31, I think?) https://t.co/MZI7 … Mon, 20:51 : RT @Emily_Rosina : ATTENTION #DOCTORWHO FANS! Steven Moffat has a lockdown treat for us... As a follow-up to our Blink Tweetalong he'd lik… Mon, 21:34 : RT @AmaralPhilip : The most underreported story in American politics today. Mon, 21:41 : RT @ottocrat : Important thread Mon, 21:52 : RT @rmc28 : My dad's hard-earned wisdom was that he never won an election with a beard, but he won quite a few without one. Mon, 22:03 : RT @seandanaher5 : Great Thread! Hair you go! https://t.co/wOjAU13GaP Mon, 22:44 : RT @JimmyHKoo : https://t.co/aYyUdbPXHa https://t.co/FDcHsnOW4j Tue, 01:35 : RT @PoliticalBibby : A little background reading. Tue, 09:18 : RT @NateSilver538 : All right, folks, here's our last PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION UPDATE of 2020 to accompany our final forecast. https://t.co/F47 … Tue, 09:30 : Whoniversaries 3 November: Richard Hurndall, Creature From The Pit #2, Mark of the Berserker #1 https://t.co/vBuubxU78A Tue, 10:45 : RT @davidallengreen : Magna Carta - a thread in response to this 1. https://t.co/atQSf4IdAh Tue, 10:48 : I made this! https://t.co/9ryt5GGiTR Tue, 11:35 : Great sayings of Victor Chernomyrdin, the former Russian prime minister who died ten years ago today. Хотели как лучше, а получилось как всегда. We wanted the best, but things turned out as usual. 1/4