Nicholas Walmsley
@hulegu.bsky.social
Gentleman at Large | Astana, Tokyo| I do what I enjoy and enjoy what I do | opinions do not represent employer &c. | IG: ngwalmsley
Someone somewhere is having great fun on Wikipedia regarding the state of British journalism 🧵
I promise you I did not edit her article, but if it's up there I assume it's accurate
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Someone somewhere is having great fun on Wikipedia regarding the state of British journalism 🧵
never been to Jinbocho? shame
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
never been to Jinbocho? shame
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Please join me and @peterleonard1.bsky.social Clifton LitFest
in Bristol on Saturday 15 Nov to talk about my new book Silk Mirage - out on 13 Nov with @bloomsburypol.bsky.social - and more about #Uzbekistan - still a few tickets left!
in Bristol on Saturday 15 Nov to talk about my new book Silk Mirage - out on 13 Nov with @bloomsburypol.bsky.social - and more about #Uzbekistan - still a few tickets left!
At #CliftonLitFest in conversation with @peterleonard1.bsky.social
📆 Sat 15 Nov 2025, 3:00-4:00pm
📍The Clifton Club, 22 The Mall, Bristol BS8 4DS
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📆 Sat 15 Nov 2025, 3:00-4:00pm
📍The Clifton Club, 22 The Mall, Bristol BS8 4DS
🎟️ bit.ly/3J7ztk8
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November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Please join me and @peterleonard1.bsky.social Clifton LitFest
in Bristol on Saturday 15 Nov to talk about my new book Silk Mirage - out on 13 Nov with @bloomsburypol.bsky.social - and more about #Uzbekistan - still a few tickets left!
in Bristol on Saturday 15 Nov to talk about my new book Silk Mirage - out on 13 Nov with @bloomsburypol.bsky.social - and more about #Uzbekistan - still a few tickets left!
Every day is Quote Robertson Davies Day
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Every day is Quote Robertson Davies Day
I look forward to hearing* the “states’ rights!’ crowd try to explain how this is actually a Bad Thing and how Gov. Ferguson should just roll over and take it like a man
*I’m not I’m really not but it’s clear that the States’ Rights shtick was well clearly just a shtick
*I’m not I’m really not but it’s clear that the States’ Rights shtick was well clearly just a shtick
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I look forward to hearing* the “states’ rights!’ crowd try to explain how this is actually a Bad Thing and how Gov. Ferguson should just roll over and take it like a man
*I’m not I’m really not but it’s clear that the States’ Rights shtick was well clearly just a shtick
*I’m not I’m really not but it’s clear that the States’ Rights shtick was well clearly just a shtick
of course they have 🤦
In the name of "fighting antisemitism," Indiana University appointed a Christian scholar to tell Jewish scholars what they can and cannot say - all while they invited Tucker Carlson to speak on campus. www.jta.org/2025/11/07/u...
In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A leadership shakeup, a defunded graduate student and political pressure from above have turned a storied program into a flashpoint for Trump-era campus politics.
www.jta.org
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
of course they have 🤦
surely that Kaleo song is ripping-off Tom Waits 🤷
November 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
surely that Kaleo song is ripping-off Tom Waits 🤷
Forget nothing; learn the trick of remembering through the hand
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Forget nothing; learn the trick of remembering through the hand
we must be the austere ones, we second-class men
November 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
we must be the austere ones, we second-class men
So there’s a Swedish concept metal band called Sabaton and they have a song about TE Lawrence called Seven Pillars of Wisdom and the video is pure Orientalist Camp
paging @nhaliloglu.bsky.social
youtu.be/eaW76aDKObk?...
paging @nhaliloglu.bsky.social
youtu.be/eaW76aDKObk?...
SABATON - Seven Pillars Of Wisdom (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Sabaton
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
So there’s a Swedish concept metal band called Sabaton and they have a song about TE Lawrence called Seven Pillars of Wisdom and the video is pure Orientalist Camp
paging @nhaliloglu.bsky.social
youtu.be/eaW76aDKObk?...
paging @nhaliloglu.bsky.social
youtu.be/eaW76aDKObk?...
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(used here, which i quite enjoyed reading having spent a lovely couple days in kokand earlier this year, including being toured around the khan’s palace by an imam in training)
November 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
(used here, which i quite enjoyed reading having spent a lovely couple days in kokand earlier this year, including being toured around the khan’s palace by an imam in training)
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A+ Chinese history joke right here.
November 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A+ Chinese history joke right here.
I’m teaching cognitive biases and logical fallacies this week and today’s class was a homer because the campaigns against Mamdani illustrated every. single. one
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 AM
I’m teaching cognitive biases and logical fallacies this week and today’s class was a homer because the campaigns against Mamdani illustrated every. single. one
wondering what marvellous thing the fine folks of Lewes will be putting on the bonfire this year
November 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
wondering what marvellous thing the fine folks of Lewes will be putting on the bonfire this year
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Absolutely shocking that the Chinese govt pressured a UK university to shut down research about forced labour in Xinjiang and the links to global supply chains. The work of Laura Murphy and her team had been instrumental in getting Chinese companies sanctioned.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Absolutely shocking that the Chinese govt pressured a UK university to shut down research about forced labour in Xinjiang and the links to global supply chains. The work of Laura Murphy and her team had been instrumental in getting Chinese companies sanctioned.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
someone I know just saw Mariah Carey in concert in Tokyo and you just know what number she dropped
I’d like Mariah Carey and Michael Bublé to listen to me singing for an entire two months without escape
I’d like Mariah Carey and Michael Bublé to listen to me singing for an entire two months without escape
November 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
someone I know just saw Mariah Carey in concert in Tokyo and you just know what number she dropped
I’d like Mariah Carey and Michael Bublé to listen to me singing for an entire two months without escape
I’d like Mariah Carey and Michael Bublé to listen to me singing for an entire two months without escape
does anyone here have experience successful or unsuccessful of submitting poetry translations to online or print literary journals?
I would be interested to hear your experiences
I’m sitting on translations of several hundred ghazals that I’d like to start putting out there
I would be interested to hear your experiences
I’m sitting on translations of several hundred ghazals that I’d like to start putting out there
November 3, 2025 at 6:43 AM
does anyone here have experience successful or unsuccessful of submitting poetry translations to online or print literary journals?
I would be interested to hear your experiences
I’m sitting on translations of several hundred ghazals that I’d like to start putting out there
I would be interested to hear your experiences
I’m sitting on translations of several hundred ghazals that I’d like to start putting out there
felt delete
might cute later
might cute later
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
felt delete
might cute later
might cute later
I know a few others like this
Tory Steward springs to mind
Tory Steward springs to mind
The man is a charlatan across so many fields. A genuine polymeh.
November 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I know a few others like this
Tory Steward springs to mind
Tory Steward springs to mind
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Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
I propose we have reached over-saturation of curation and mediation in due to the domination of a select handful of mediators and curators (“influencers”) who determine the discourse about any given object or phenomena for us
actual artists writers and performers are over-shadowed
actual artists writers and performers are over-shadowed
November 1, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I propose we have reached over-saturation of curation and mediation in due to the domination of a select handful of mediators and curators (“influencers”) who determine the discourse about any given object or phenomena for us
actual artists writers and performers are over-shadowed
actual artists writers and performers are over-shadowed
gopniks never die they just turn up at Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
gopniks never die they just turn up at Halloween