Tom Sojka
@tomsojka.bsky.social
mad, bad, mostly martinis
historian of 20th century britain
writing a book about elite culture, space, and gossip in interwar britain
historian of 20th century britain
writing a book about elite culture, space, and gossip in interwar britain
cheers to my late 20s (35)
January 21, 2026 at 10:31 PM
cheers to my late 20s (35)
going back to work today
January 20, 2026 at 3:35 PM
going back to work today
Monday morning humiliation ritual (reading my dissertation).
January 19, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Monday morning humiliation ritual (reading my dissertation).
Lighting six candles in the middle of the day to feel something.
January 7, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Lighting six candles in the middle of the day to feel something.
yo that’s the name of the book!!
January 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
yo that’s the name of the book!!
Love how every app update is like what if we made UX worse BUT we moved a button 🙃
December 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Love how every app update is like what if we made UX worse BUT we moved a button 🙃
Might fuck around and read A Dance to the Music of Time.
December 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Might fuck around and read A Dance to the Music of Time.
One cocktail away from impulse adopting a dog.
December 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
One cocktail away from impulse adopting a dog.
good king wenceles will return in avengers: doomsday
December 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
good king wenceles will return in avengers: doomsday
never not thinking about this anne sexton quote
December 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
never not thinking about this anne sexton quote
I am still, somehow, reading Our Mutual Friend.
December 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I am still, somehow, reading Our Mutual Friend.
It’s that time of year….when I don’t know what day it is and (bonus for 2025) what time it is.
December 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
It’s that time of year….when I don’t know what day it is and (bonus for 2025) what time it is.
grades submitted
book proposal in-progress
christmas spirit, lacking
book proposal in-progress
christmas spirit, lacking
December 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
grades submitted
book proposal in-progress
christmas spirit, lacking
book proposal in-progress
christmas spirit, lacking
Reposted by Tom Sojka
Reading Rooms at the British Library are closed *all week* because so many of its workers refuse to work for pitiful wages in a contemptuously authoritarian and obliviously managed environment.
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Reading Rooms at the British Library are closed *all week* because so many of its workers refuse to work for pitiful wages in a contemptuously authoritarian and obliviously managed environment.
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
Whenever I leave the house in December, I inexplicably spend $130.
December 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Whenever I leave the house in December, I inexplicably spend $130.
Ebenezer Scrooge will return in AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY
December 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Ebenezer Scrooge will return in AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY
Reposted by Tom Sojka
When an article of clothing contains synthetic fibers
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
When an article of clothing contains synthetic fibers
Usually not crazy about Dickens but reading “Our Mutual Friend” for book club and delighting in it.
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Usually not crazy about Dickens but reading “Our Mutual Friend” for book club and delighting in it.
bonjour, hi (and also au revoir) from @thenacbs.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
bonjour, hi (and also au revoir) from @thenacbs.bsky.social
Reposted by Tom Sojka
"Frankenstein" is a story about how men should have more or fewer hobbies
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"Frankenstein" is a story about how men should have more or fewer hobbies
I saw Paul Allen in Montréal.
November 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I saw Paul Allen in Montréal.
I love teaching three sections of the same class, because when I hate how a lecture turned out I get to do it two more times.
November 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I love teaching three sections of the same class, because when I hate how a lecture turned out I get to do it two more times.
My students and I are now competing for who is more ready for Thanksgiving break (during which I’ll grade 75 papers and finish my book proposal and drink [redacted] bottles of Beaujolais nouveau).
November 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My students and I are now competing for who is more ready for Thanksgiving break (during which I’ll grade 75 papers and finish my book proposal and drink [redacted] bottles of Beaujolais nouveau).
2026 is the year I read Middlemarch.
November 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
2026 is the year I read Middlemarch.