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Former Eng Lit academic. I have written about Ford Madox Ford, Louis de Bernieres, Wyndham Lewis, Penelope Fitzgerald, Robert Nye, but mainly about Anthony Burgess, a fellow Mancunian. robspence.org.uk Reviews at shinynewbooks.co.uk
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@charlieguy.bsky.social One for you. Old gits excluded.

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I've spent an hour on a blocking spree, which has trimmed my follower count by quite a bit. Just blocked followers with no bio, no pic, no posts, typically following 1000+ but with hardly any following them. Still don't know why those accounts (presumably bots) are here.

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I had occasion to look up minor novelist Maurice Hewlett. Wikipedia provided this gem of grounds for divorce: "The couple had two children...but separated in 1914, partly due to Hilda's increasing interest in aviation. In 1911, Hilda had become the first woman in the UK to gain a pilot's licence."

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The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

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