Nelson Rare Books
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Bookseller of uncommon 18-19th c. British literature, street literature, and Gothic Revival. Dirtbag medievalist. Wears Crocs with tweed. It’s all sarcasm. Never legal advice. Life coach for bad ideas. Member ABAA/ILAB/PBFA.
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A 12-year-old I know got her first Wu tang CD.
Two days later I walk in to a conversation about how you use baking soda to flip a brick of cocaine into $200k.
So that’s going great.
Two days later I walk in to a conversation about how you use baking soda to flip a brick of cocaine into $200k.
So that’s going great.
February 8, 2026 at 9:43 PM
A 12-year-old I know got her first Wu tang CD.
Two days later I walk in to a conversation about how you use baking soda to flip a brick of cocaine into $200k.
So that’s going great.
Two days later I walk in to a conversation about how you use baking soda to flip a brick of cocaine into $200k.
So that’s going great.
Can’t wait to see Mediocre Rabbit during the athletics match.
February 8, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Can’t wait to see Mediocre Rabbit during the athletics match.
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When I lived in France we had a sweet old neighbor lady who would spit every time she passed a certain house. Eventually, her daughter explained to me that the home belonged to a man who’d collaborated with the Nazis 60 YEARS AGO. May these ICE goons face a similarly lonely future.
January 22, 2026 at 4:59 PM
When I lived in France we had a sweet old neighbor lady who would spit every time she passed a certain house. Eventually, her daughter explained to me that the home belonged to a man who’d collaborated with the Nazis 60 YEARS AGO. May these ICE goons face a similarly lonely future.
Now I’m a romance “writer” too!!!
fuck this lady, fuck the nyt reporter, fuck all of this. fuck amazon for introducing the KU page read model that makes this possible, fuck our tech overlords.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Now I’m a romance “writer” too!!!
Ready to bet my whole 401k on the winner of the puppy bowl.
February 8, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Ready to bet my whole 401k on the winner of the puppy bowl.
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After a certain point the sanity of Palantir's leadership does matter to the national security of the UK and other European states buying its software
February 8, 2026 at 12:14 PM
After a certain point the sanity of Palantir's leadership does matter to the national security of the UK and other European states buying its software
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Happy Birthday to John Ruskin,b #otd 1819.
@ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social kindly lent us his study of a wild strawberry for our 'Beauty of the Earth'
A writer, artist & visionary, Ruskin influenced many radical thinkers of 19th & 20th C. Read more in my book:
www.waterstones.com/book/to-see-...
@ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social kindly lent us his study of a wild strawberry for our 'Beauty of the Earth'
A writer, artist & visionary, Ruskin influenced many radical thinkers of 19th & 20th C. Read more in my book:
www.waterstones.com/book/to-see-...
February 8, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Happy Birthday to John Ruskin,b #otd 1819.
@ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social kindly lent us his study of a wild strawberry for our 'Beauty of the Earth'
A writer, artist & visionary, Ruskin influenced many radical thinkers of 19th & 20th C. Read more in my book:
www.waterstones.com/book/to-see-...
@ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social kindly lent us his study of a wild strawberry for our 'Beauty of the Earth'
A writer, artist & visionary, Ruskin influenced many radical thinkers of 19th & 20th C. Read more in my book:
www.waterstones.com/book/to-see-...
If the other Dem governors don’t boycott, they should all be primaried.
Democratic governors disinvited from traditionally bipartisan White House gatherings | CNN Politics
Every year, the nation’s governors convene in Washington, DC, for a friendly winter confab that includes a working meeting at the White House and a black-tie dinner hosted by the president.
www.cnn.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:47 AM
If the other Dem governors don’t boycott, they should all be primaried.
So what color Gatorade we betting on this year?
February 8, 2026 at 2:42 AM
So what color Gatorade we betting on this year?
Trump is currently polling a -98 on Bluesky.
I don't know how much more evidence we need that staying on Twitter is dramatically warping the sense of the world for everyone who uses it as a primary social media destination.
February 8, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Trump is currently polling a -98 on Bluesky.
Is authoritarianism when there will be no consequences whatsoever for Epstein.
February 8, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Is authoritarianism when there will be no consequences whatsoever for Epstein.
I just found my wedding ring! I didn’t lose it after wearing it for the first time in a decade.
February 8, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I just found my wedding ring! I didn’t lose it after wearing it for the first time in a decade.
But my kid doesn’t like wutang.
February 8, 2026 at 1:26 AM
But my kid doesn’t like wutang.
Starting up the 2004 iPod. Seems to work. Back to college.
February 8, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Starting up the 2004 iPod. Seems to work. Back to college.
February 8, 2026 at 1:10 AM
I wonder the chances that my doctor will approve of American Spirits for weight loss.
February 8, 2026 at 1:08 AM
I wonder the chances that my doctor will approve of American Spirits for weight loss.
Mario 2 is better than Mario 3.
a pink cartoon character with a bow on her head is sitting in the water
ALT: a pink cartoon character with a bow on her head is sitting in the water
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February 7, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Mario 2 is better than Mario 3.
I’m starting an advice column.
AMA.
AMA.
February 7, 2026 at 9:52 PM
I’m starting an advice column.
AMA.
AMA.
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I converted to Catholicism a couple weeks ago. Here’s what I think Jesus got wrong.
February 7, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I converted to Catholicism a couple weeks ago. Here’s what I think Jesus got wrong.
When (not if) he says that word, will the media even report it? Will he apologize?
President Wallace, I mean Trump, won't apologize for being a Jim Crow era bigot. He's also reportedly ordering comfortable peaked white cotton hoods for ICE thugs to wear during the summer in place of their current winter ski masks.
‘I Didn’t Make a Mistake’: Trump Declines to Apologize for Racist Video of Obamas
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:23 PM
When (not if) he says that word, will the media even report it? Will he apologize?
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It doesn’t get any more disgusting than this.
February 7, 2026 at 8:41 PM
It doesn’t get any more disgusting than this.
Anyone have a recommendation on any graphic novel adaptations of classics to read with my 6yo.
We already read Beawulf!
We already read Beawulf!
February 7, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Anyone have a recommendation on any graphic novel adaptations of classics to read with my 6yo.
We already read Beawulf!
We already read Beawulf!
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
So what’s the likelihood the events in Arizona are a false flag to invade Mexico or otherwise increase border fight.
February 7, 2026 at 2:09 PM
So what’s the likelihood the events in Arizona are a false flag to invade Mexico or otherwise increase border fight.
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The Epstein files are turning into one of those accidental historical archives of preserved records like the Oxyrhynchus Papyri Manuscript (fragments from 32BC–640AD found in an Egyptian rubbish dump). But instead of shopping lists, bills and horoscopes it’s the elite manipulating the system.
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 7, 2026 at 7:53 AM
The Epstein files are turning into one of those accidental historical archives of preserved records like the Oxyrhynchus Papyri Manuscript (fragments from 32BC–640AD found in an Egyptian rubbish dump). But instead of shopping lists, bills and horoscopes it’s the elite manipulating the system.