Bingo Little
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Bingo Little
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Pal of Bertie Wooster. We were at school together, don't you know. Book lover, curious about the world.
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“Oh! It’s Bookshop Day!” I remarked to my girlfriend this morning.
“What does that even mean?” she said. “EVERY day is bookshop day for you.” It’s a fair point. I bought only one book today. I hope others fared better than I did.
October 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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"Smash the machines!" Substitute "AI" for "machines" and this scene from Heroes for Sale (1933), starring Richard Barthelmess and Loretta Young, will seen highly relevant to today's challenges.
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
@backlisted.bsky.social Wonderful evening in NYC with John Mitchinson back in the saddle at the 92nd Street Y, great discussion about William Maxwell with Jennifer Egan, Deborah Treisman and Alec Wilkinson — and warmup act Nicky Birch. Bravo!
October 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Just finished The Book of I by David Greig, set in Scotland in 835, thanks to
@ssacks.bsky.social review. One of the best novels read this year — so evocative, smart, and funny, despite the slaughter by raiding Vikings. Proof again short books are so often better. @backlisted.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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A first-of-its-kind study by @tuftsnutrition.bsky.social and the University of Nottingham found that some recommended U.S. diets carry a higher risk of forced labor than what Americans currently eat, depending on where and how foods are produced.

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The Human Cost of Healthy Eating
Researchers including from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University have found in a new study that some recommended U.S. diets carry higher risk of forced labor in their...
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October 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Thanks to a memorable @backlisted.bsky.social episode on Tove Jansson a few years back, her book caught my eye in this free little library in front of the Finnish embassy in Washington a couple of days ago. Now if only I could read it! @iammilliam.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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When it comes to the Federal Reserve, its chairman and its Board of Governors say they make their decisions based on what they believe is best to foster economic growth and stability, rather than politicians’ preferences. | @fletcherschool.bsky.social

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What’s the Federal Reserve and Why Is Its Independence Important?
Tufts economist Michael Klein explains the dangers for the economy if the president takes control of the Federal Reserve Bank.
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September 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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It's that time of year again. As cold season starts, it's important to keep your immune system strong 💪

This is how: now.tufts.edu/2025/09/15/b...
September 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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As the Market Basket saga continues to show us, governance issues are a common problem for large, successful family-owned businesses.
Succession Battles Are Not Just a TV Trope
The Market Basket saga shows that governance issues are a common problem for large, successful family-owned businesses, says a business professor
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September 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just read this novel, Women, Seated by Zhang Yueran in two days — a story set in contemporary China and perfectly pitched. Just elliptical enough to be compelling and the absolute right length — 198 pages.
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August 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Does climate change lead to conflict? That's the question behind one researcher's work.
Does Climate Change Lead to Conflict?
Tufts researcher shows connection between low rainfall and the outbreak of civil wars between African pastoralists and farmers
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August 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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“Two moments in Graham Greene’s published life have often returned to me in the past twenty years. This may sound strange: an ideal reader should refrain from crossing the boundary between a writer’s work and his life.”

Yiyun Li on Graham Greene. buff.ly/M9gqQF9
August 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Timeline cleanse: Here's Stevie singing my favorite Stevie song. Backed by a bevy of fine Black women singing backup, Stevie kills it. Stay for the moment when Stevie shows off his dance moves.

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Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
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August 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
For some reason, this made me think of @iammilliam.bsky.social @backlisted.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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"As long as Russia keeps trying to conquer Ukraine, and Ukraine keeps resisting, there will be a war," says a Tufts political scientist.

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The Unending War in Ukraine
Despite more than three years of brutal conflict, Ukrainians are still mostly unified in fighting off Russian invaders, says Tufts political scientist.
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July 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Somehow I had missed this Dortmunder comic caper — my good fortune to get to read it now. So amusing and fun, John and Andy and Tiny scamming scammers, complete with a visit to the OJ Bar & Grill. Which is your favorite Dortmunder book, @levistahl.bsky.social?
July 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I edited and contributed to this very eclectic list of book recommendations — something for many tastes @booksky.club @levistahl.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @mungo2434.bsky.social
Tufts' 2025 summer book recommendations list is here!
Happy reading, Jumbos!

📚: now.tufts.edu/2025/06/23/s...
June 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I read the 1969 Donald Westlake comic crime novel Somebody Owes Me Money yesterday to stay inside and beat the heat — thanks to seeing it on @levistahl.bsky.social. Great fun as usual — and never had heard of it before.
June 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Tufts biologists find that adult cells can dial back their biological age – without genetic manipulation – hinting at new avenues of research into regenerative medicine.

Learn more: now.tufts.edu/2025/06/17/r...
June 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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How come nobody's last words are reported as "Wait?!! I'm GOIN' TA HELL?!!!!"
May 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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For Tufts grad Jaiden Mosley, history has been both fascinating and personal. But the results of a research project he undertook shared insights into something he was not expecting: His familial ties to the foundation of the university.
A Quest for His Roots Led to a Surprise
Tufts history student Jaiden Mosley’s research revealed family ties he hadn’t imagined
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May 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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A longish post. I don’t think I’ve ever read a more truthful book – and nor, therefore, a more humane book than Things in Nature Merely Grow. Yiyun Li’s philosophical and psychic reckoning with the loss of both her sons is soaked in what Graham Greene once referred to as ‘the dignity of despair’. >
May 18, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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The founders of Tufts’ Origami Club weren’t satisfied with the origami paper they could buy. So they set out to make their own from scratch.

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May 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
SINNERS has sent me into my Pops' blues collection (at least the way I remember it). Two things about this one:

1. I want to feel as good as the guy yelling and whooping in the background.

2. I love whoever says "you got that motherfucker!" at the end.

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Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy (Audio)
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April 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM