Sooo I just checked in with one of my old gigs for which I was paid approx. $15. It now has abt. 331 million views. I apologise, parents. I didn't try very hard.

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Just had a tasty AI SNAFU that I did not request (just Google). Edward Gibbon. Edward. Not done laughing. #c18 #c18th

Matt Jones's book "Predators, Reapers and Deadlier Creatures" is finally out! A drone operator confronts monsters within and without with compassion and delightfully dark humour. Not your average war writer, folks. Listen to World Radio Paris tomorrow to hear him interviewed! a.co/d/1DOGnGq #canlit

Reading "Champion of English Freedom: The Life of John Wilkes" in excellent circumstances and enjoying it immensely. #c18 #18thc @georgianlords.bsky.social

This is the longest of long shots, but does anyone have easy access to a copy of Kathleen Jeffreys' "Kaapse archiefstukken lopende over het jaar 1781" (1930)? I'm looking for a photograph of p. 431. Bedankt! #C18 🗃

In 1764 John Wilkes referred to a 30-yr old friend as a "reformed Jacobite." I'm hoping that someone can confirm that considering the time period and the friend's age Wilkes is referring to a Tory past. #c18th #c18

I've been writing music as a response to conflict. It's difficult. youtu.be/29gxJI2-exY?...

Ottawa lit people (@robmclennan.bsky.social @amandaearl.bsky.social & etc.) check this out if you haven't already!

'I have loved him as my Husband, though I was too proud to make him so, or ever let him know it...' (Oxford Journal, 1770)

If anyone can identify this 'old Lady of Fortune' making a speech of love about a servant in her will, they will be my hero ✍️💌 #18c

This is the long-shottiest long shot. I am seeking a particular 1806 copy of Pilgrim's Progress sold to Barter Books in Alnwick after 2014. Its cover is part leather and part marbled paper. Within are inscribed the names of George Ridley's family members. The store no longer has it. I weep. #books

Musician Sjef Frenken set the poems of a number of local Ottawa poets to music. I'm very fortunate to be among them.

Spent the morning checking out Northumberland auction houses online. Now I need a UK residence in which to store exciting old baubles. ALL THE BAUBLES.

Work on the new album has been slow as Jan. molasses but I am fine with that. I'm in no danger of becoming a rock star so I have time. Here's one of the songs, completed although distinctly lacking in cheer. youtu.be/A6yCseaqJQw?...

It has taken me a while to write a first post as I've been too busy squeaking with joy over the wealth of individuals here who share my occasionally obscure nerdinesses. Exclusively following people with whom I'd like to have coffee. Huzzah!