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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · 3d ago

350 hours until the deadline for Hugo nominations!

https://www.lacon.org/hugos/

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · 4d ago

A sane and sensible reaction. (Unlike some.)

https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cvg8yp84mplo

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · 4d ago

OMG!!! Episodes 1 and 3 of The Daleks’ Master Plan have been found!!!

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g7kwq1k11o

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Feb 27, 2026

250 years ago this month, the first volume of Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was published.

It has never been out of print. Those of you on Bluesky will have seen me posting favourite lines from each chapter earlier today.

This is my index post for the project:
https://reading-gibbon.livejournal.com/21335.html

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Feb 26, 2026

Thursday reading

https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/thursday-reading-97/

Last books finished
Britain’s Other D-Day
Pavilion of Women
The Fifth Elephant
Liberation
Serbian Folk Tales

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Feb 26, 2026

The Dead Take the A Train, by Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey

https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/the-dead-take-the-a-train-by-cassandra-khaw-and-richard-kadrey/

I did not get very far, because the horror scenes were gruesomely anatomical.

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Feb 26, 2026

Resurrecting this 2015 piece after a recent discussion:

What did The Dukes of Hazzard really say about the South?

“You’re not a killjoy if you watch it, get a kick out of it–and yet are weirded out by the awesome stunt car flying the flag of slavery.”

https://time.com/3944668/dukes-of-hazzard-tv-land-confederate-flag/

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Feb 25, 2026

Cards on the Table, by Agatha Christie

https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/cards-on-the-table-by-agatha-christie/

Classic Christie.

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Feb 24, 2026

House of Open Wounds, by Adrian Tchaikovsky

https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/house-of-open-wounds-by-adrian-tchaikovsky/

There's plenty of plot, but it's still a very long book!

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Feb 23, 2026

Whodle: a Whodunit Adventure Through Time and Space, by Tim Dedopulos, Roland Hall and Dave Knowles

https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/whodle-a-whodunit-adventure-through-time-and-space-by-tim-dedopulos-roland-hall-and-dave-knowles/

An ingenious wrinkle on an old format.

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Feb 22, 2026

The best known books set in each country: Tajikistan

https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/the-best-known-books-set-in-each-country-tajikistan/

Neanderthal, by John Darnton

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Feb 22, 2026

Must-see Hansche exhibition at the Park Abbey near Leuven

https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/must-see-hansche-exhibition-at-the-park-abbey-near-leuven/

Lots of interesting information and Great Art.

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Feb 22, 2026

A bit of a timeline cleanser to help the morning along - The Onion’s review of Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, from 2018. 3 mins 30 secs. Warning: contains some rude words.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gFABajBNDJg

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Feb 21, 2026

Plur1bus, Death by Lightning and The Lion in Winter

https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/plur1bus-death-by-lightning-and-the-lion-in-winter/

Plur1bus and Death by Lightning: excellent; 2003 Lion in Winter: not as good as the 1968 original.

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Feb 21, 2026

Another tremendous piece by Sam McBride.

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/comment/opinion/cheering-the-departure-of-a-unionist-is-a-profoundly-illogical-approach-to-saving-the-union-yet-thats-whats-happening/a/134642462.html

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Feb 21, 2026

Fascinating interview with Palestinian negotiator Hiba Husseini by Amanda Sloat and Nathalie Tocci.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hiba-husseini-on-staying-the-course-in-the-pursuit-of-peace/id1838390932?i=1000748864917

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Feb 20, 2026

Red Planet, by Robert A. Heinlein

https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/red-planet-by-robert-a-heinlein/

Some of the magic remains for me, though perhaps not quite enough.

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Feb 19, 2026

Thursday reading

https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/thursday-reading-96/

Last books finished
The Doors of Midnight
Stone and Sky
The Big Wave
Outpost
The Recollections

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Feb 19, 2026

The Grail Tree, by Jonathan Gash

https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/the-grail-tree-by-jonathan-gash/

This Lovejoy is fanatically obsessed with antiques and fatally attractive to women, who he treats badly.

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Feb 18, 2026

Looking Glass Sound, by Catriona Ward

https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/looking-glass-sound-by-catriona-ward/

An unexpected dark pleasure.

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Feb 17, 2026

Bruxelles 43, by Patrick Weber and Baudouin Deville

https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/bruxelles-43-by-patrick-weber-and-baudouin-deville/

An intense narrative of resistance to occupation, from a schoolgirl’s point of view.

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Parenthetically, where ARE all these "Iranian unrest is a CIA/Mossad black op" drive-bys coming from? There's something very smelly about the social media activity around this rebellion.

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Jan 11, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop I had a weird one last week with someone trying to convince me that there had been a Franco-American coup attempt in Burkina Faso, that failed due to the love the common people have for their (coup-installed, Russian-backed) president. I don’t know much about Burkina Faso but I know enough to be aware that FR and US washed their hands of it and of the former president (who keeps attempting a comeback) years ago.

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Dec 05, 2025

From @DaveKeating@eupolicy.social : https://open.substack.com/pub/davekeating/p/eurovision-is-unravelling-tonight

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Nov 22, 2025

I have questions…

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@nwhyte@wandering.shop · Oct 11, 2024

New images show remarkable state of preservation of Ernest Shackleton’s ship https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/10/images-remarkable-preservation-ernest-shackleton-ship-endurance?CMP=share_btn_url

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