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November 5 2020, 12:00
My tweets Wed, 12:56 : *Some* good news. https://t.co/Epgh5MZiWa Wed, 14:40 : Bloomberg quotes me on the potential for the Supreme Court to intervene. https://t.co/fH5e2DbHsj https://t.co/mueUZVh5vU Wed, 14:45 : Safe Area Goražde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-95, by Joe Sacco A superb portrait of a community under siege, not actually sure if there is a future, yet alone what it might hold. #nwbooks https://t.co/RtpunqwY8e https://t.co/8NVS1T1biG https://t.co/mzAlnmo7A7 Wed, 15:01 : RT @ClareMalone : A good reminder as people log back on this morning: https://t.co/BOsyOjlv3z https://t.co/rUBmOoPkbA Wed, 15:07 : Moving Mars, by Greg Bear Moving Mars scores very well on the sensawunda scale, better indeed than most Nebula winners. I felt it also worked well on the human level. #nwbooks https://t.co/XAu1q56P11 https://t.co/gw9TJuosE7 https://t.co/3KjbB0WkpO Wed, 15:28 : The Jewel-Hinged Jaw, by Samuel R. Delany I really bought the book for his essay on Thomas Disch (who I haven't read) and Roger Zelazny (who I have) and I thought that was well worth the cost. #nwbooks https://t.co/Nfp5ZevnIL https://t.co/RPVp90Ck5z https://t.co/4F1v89tXyG Wed, 15:50 : William the Silent: William of Nassau, Prince of Orange 1533-1584, by C.V. Wedgwood The book was published in 1944, and there's clearly an implicit parallel with WW2, William portrayed as an almost Churchillian figure. #nwbooks https://t.co/GmWJ760snQ https://t.co/ZIoihMpeDw https://t.co/VcER7bDHeT Wed, 15:51 : RT @APCOBXLInsider : APCO's @nwbrux contributes to the discussion on the potential for the Supreme Court to intervene in the US election rac… Wed, 16:12 : Postwar: A History of Europe since 1945, by Tony Judt I learned a lot about the German Question, and the individual histories of the Soviet bloc states. But it's thin on eg Belgium and Ireland. #nwbooks https://t.co/ismCz2YMfk https://t.co/RICjZaSd2z https://t.co/nCD0yliI4H Wed, 16:32 : The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Marcus Aurelius believed in the Stoic philosophy: accept one's lot, and just get on with it. Of course, if your lot in life makes you Roman Emperor, you have less to complain about. #nwbooks https://t.co/4yH3dFU32s https://t.co/bimJ3vwEg3 https://t.co/kAbcsk38ZB Wed, 16:34 : RT @NotAdric : The long essay on The Dispossessed is interesting but essentially says at great length that if he had written it, it would be… Wed, 16:55 : The Thorn Birds, by Colleen McCullough It's all epic human interest stuff, but the first two thirds could have been trimmed down to make a better book, and the last third expanded slightly to make another. #nwbooks https://t.co/U0uQeujYMh https://t.co/XKLjm7jKXl https://t.co/OVSObPaWUM Wed, 17:16 : Caprice and Rondo, by Dorothy Dunnett There is a pretty chilling scene with Nicholas and his estranged wife held prisoner together on a barge in the Flemish fog; I read it slowly because I did not want to put it down. #nwbooks https://t.co/NREsEBWUoO https://t.co/rHzgssVr9v https://t.co/sk9t85lxzQ Wed, 17:22 : RT @apcoworldwide : Our @nwbrux comments on what potential #2020Election #SCOTUS involvement could look like, via @bpolitics : https://t.co/c … Wed, 17:22 : RT @FiveThirtyEight : North Dakota is currently at the top of the list for both COVID-19 cases and deaths. The state has also now elected… Wed, 17:38 : The Cloud Roads, by Martha Wells I wasn't really convinced by the psychological dynamics of our hero's hourney, or by the social economics of the Raksura world. #nwbooks https://t.co/SaYMjgvqq8 https://t.co/aKEprgv76v https://t.co/Km0gfXfNtd Wed, 18:14 : RT @FiveThirtyEight : Here’s what we know about the outstanding vote in each still-to-be-decided battleground state: https://t.co/bl34GGQxyU … Wed, 18:54 : This Must be the Place, by Maggie O'Farrell https://t.co/OzSlKAHtLr Thu, 08:13 : RT @Mij_Europe : EU suspects Govt broke off talks y'day in part to wait for outcome of US elex, before deciding which concessions to make. @… Thu, 08:43 : RT @DarrenEuronews : WATCH: The last time a one term President lost George H. W. Bush conceding to Bill Clinton “we respect the majesty of…