Lucy Seton-Watson
Native Londoner, long-time Cairene, now living DK. Citizen of Nowhere par excellence. Live by the written word. Lifelong close reader: originally Greek/Latin, then Wittgenstein, then medieval ceremonial architecture in Mamluk Cairo, now back to Eng Lit.
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- “Bannon (and his buddies) are using an informational strategy called reflexive control that intentionally exploits the reaction of his adversaries (on the left) to inflict damage on their own side. Don't become an unwitting agent in their information operation.” Instead …. a 🧵of what to do:
- ICE at the polls! Bannon is basically yelling “fire” in a crowded theater here. His objective is to cause chaos (and suppress votes on the left). And it’s already working. This threat works on multiple levels and doesn’t have to be “real” to serve its purpose. Let me explain & offer some advice.
- Steve Bannon says the federal government is planning to send ICE officers to patrol polling stations during the midterms. "We're going to have ICE surround the polls come November." "We're not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
- INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
- Jeff Bezos — and his lickspittle lieutenant Will Lewis — are vandals.
- Bigger things going on today i know but watching Bezos buy, wreck, and now basically gut a media institution at a time when America really needs a free press is just such a grotesque waste. If you don’t know how to run it, sell it to someone who can www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
- I'm not sure people appreciate quite what a blow to Starmer's government the acquittal of the Palestine Action protestors is. It both blows apart the whole proscription idea and demonstrates how out of touch they are. This was a jury. Juries represent the public.
- Charles Keeping was a genius. A short thread of just some examples. All from Neil Philip's The Tale of Sir Gawain.
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- Top 8 stories on Guardian are on the Epstein files, and Trump is not mentioned on the front page once (though is in pic). This is what happens when you control which documents are disclosed and which are not.
- "Riddley Walkers ben to show Riddley Walkers on the go Dont go Riddley Walkers track Drop Johns ryding on his back Stil I wunt have no other track." Happy birthday Russell Hoban.
- NEW: Keir Starmer on Peter Mandelson- “He betrayed our country our party and our parliament. He lied to my team repeatedly. I regret appointing him.” Says he’s asked the King to remove him as a privy councillor.
- Imagine a world where, instead of messaging or emailing someone you would pick up the phone and just call them. It’s called 1990.
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- A massive loss to the folklore, myth and literary community.
- Although fascinated by & knowledgeable about a wide range of religions, Neil did not adhere to a particular one. His ingrained belief was that of William Blake: “The world of imagination is the world of eternity.” V sorry to hear of the death of Neil Philip. The obit he prepared will follow #KidLit
- Although fascinated by & knowledgeable about a wide range of religions, Neil did not adhere to a particular one. His ingrained belief was that of William Blake: “The world of imagination is the world of eternity.” V sorry to hear of the death of Neil Philip. The obit he prepared will follow #KidLit
- Such is the outrage in Denmark over both Trump’s desire for Greenland and disparaging remarks about NATO that one of the country’s leading newspapers devoted their Saturday front and plenty of room inside to the bios of all 44 Danes slain during NATO missions in support of the US
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- I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home. But did you look at the judge's order? It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept." Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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- This is my view. Luckily point 2 really matters.
- "About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments..." www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...
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- A bit of discussion here about top down management of university research. When I was Dean of Arts and Humanities I was told to come up with a research strategy. My strategy of “Encourage Excellence in All Its Forms” was very well received in the Faculty.
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- The simplest way to make spaghetti al limone is also my favorite, no cream, butter, or other clutter. It's sunny and triumphant, even on a freezing day. smittenkitchen.com/2019/06/simp...
- Looking for historical precedents for the rise of AI and somehow the Opium Wars came to my addled mind.
- "We'll take our stand for this land & the stranger in our midst..." Powerful. Brutal. Inspirational. A loving tribute to Renée Good, Alex Pretti & the good people of Minneapolis. Plus, it name-checks all the villains: the Puppy Killer🐶, Pee-Wee German🇩🇪, the Orange Atrocity🍊💩 & above all: ICE🧊🚫 1/
- friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
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- From the Chartists to the suffragettes, and from the civil rights movement to the anti-apartheid struggle, every great protest movement has found strength in song. There is extraordinary power in music. More than one injustice has fallen before a hail of ballads.
- I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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- Forgive us our trespasses… Sandwiched between the North Circular & housing estates of Ilford lies a rare & precious jewel: the largest tidal reedbeds in London. However, they are in a bad way: smothered in plastic & rubbish swept in by the tide & with invasive species encroaching further every year
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