Bill Gray ☭ (nom de guerre)
@billgray.bsky.social
Avid reader and writer. Interests in working class & labour history, literature, philosophy, politics, economics, and science.
#Communist #antifascist
Guiding principles: solidarity, democracy, integrity, and respect.
#Communist #antifascist
Guiding principles: solidarity, democracy, integrity, and respect.
Pinned
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‘Burke and Fox did not concern themselves solely with royal and parliamentary intrigue. At home there were families to be supported and women to be won.’
Daisy Hay on the friendship between Edmund Burke and Charles Fox.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Daisy Hay on the friendship between Edmund Burke and Charles Fox.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Daisy Hay · No King: Burke and Fox break up
Edmund Burke and Charles Fox’s relationship could not withstand the ideological chasm that emerged between them after...
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February 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
‘Burke and Fox did not concern themselves solely with royal and parliamentary intrigue. At home there were families to be supported and women to be won.’
Daisy Hay on the friendship between Edmund Burke and Charles Fox.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Daisy Hay on the friendship between Edmund Burke and Charles Fox.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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There is an old word to describe going to a foreign power and asking for their assistance in breaking up a sovereign country — it’s treason.
Canadians are standing together in defence of this beautiful land. 🇨🇦
Canadians are standing together in defence of this beautiful land. 🇨🇦
January 29, 2026 at 5:08 PM
There is an old word to describe going to a foreign power and asking for their assistance in breaking up a sovereign country — it’s treason.
Canadians are standing together in defence of this beautiful land. 🇨🇦
Canadians are standing together in defence of this beautiful land. 🇨🇦
@askylitocean.bsky.social keep the William Morris coming.
January 29, 2026 at 6:21 AM
@askylitocean.bsky.social keep the William Morris coming.
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"All this foolishness
About moons and blossoms
Pricked by the cold’s needle."
(Basho)
🎨 Shoun Yamamoto
#wintersky
About moons and blossoms
Pricked by the cold’s needle."
(Basho)
🎨 Shoun Yamamoto
#wintersky
January 6, 2026 at 9:09 PM
"All this foolishness
About moons and blossoms
Pricked by the cold’s needle."
(Basho)
🎨 Shoun Yamamoto
#wintersky
About moons and blossoms
Pricked by the cold’s needle."
(Basho)
🎨 Shoun Yamamoto
#wintersky
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Canada knows that if Greenland falls we are next. You can bet that Canada will be putting troops on the ground if Denmark issues Article IV of the NATO charter.
January 7, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Canada knows that if Greenland falls we are next. You can bet that Canada will be putting troops on the ground if Denmark issues Article IV of the NATO charter.
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Video rolling in of pretty massive airstrikes across Venezuela, plus low-flying helicopters which *appear* to be American.
January 3, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Video rolling in of pretty massive airstrikes across Venezuela, plus low-flying helicopters which *appear* to be American.
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Goodnight. May we all dream of the moon as all self-respecting hares do until we wake to the promise of a new day.
January 2, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Goodnight. May we all dream of the moon as all self-respecting hares do until we wake to the promise of a new day.
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A TABLE FOR FORTUNE, William T. Vollmann’s long awaited novel on whatever we might call our national character - from Cold War to War on Terror - is available for preorder! 🔗 ⬇️
If not his masterpiece, then certainly yet another precious stone set in the crown of his oeuvre.
If not his masterpiece, then certainly yet another precious stone set in the crown of his oeuvre.
June 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A TABLE FOR FORTUNE, William T. Vollmann’s long awaited novel on whatever we might call our national character - from Cold War to War on Terror - is available for preorder! 🔗 ⬇️
If not his masterpiece, then certainly yet another precious stone set in the crown of his oeuvre.
If not his masterpiece, then certainly yet another precious stone set in the crown of his oeuvre.
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I'm excited to share that today is the official publication date for my new book, Van Gogh and the End of Nature, from Yale University Press, which more firmly grounds Van Gogh within the industrial era in which he lived & worked (thread)
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
June 25, 2024 at 2:09 PM
I'm excited to share that today is the official publication date for my new book, Van Gogh and the End of Nature, from Yale University Press, which more firmly grounds Van Gogh within the industrial era in which he lived & worked (thread)
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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Is A River Alive? is published today, 1 May.
It’s about the lives, deaths & rights of rivers—& how our fate flows with that of water & always has.
To the people, places & rivers whose ideas run through its pages, thank you so much.
I think it’s the book I’ve been learning to write all these years.
It’s about the lives, deaths & rights of rivers—& how our fate flows with that of water & always has.
To the people, places & rivers whose ideas run through its pages, thank you so much.
I think it’s the book I’ve been learning to write all these years.
May 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Is A River Alive? is published today, 1 May.
It’s about the lives, deaths & rights of rivers—& how our fate flows with that of water & always has.
To the people, places & rivers whose ideas run through its pages, thank you so much.
I think it’s the book I’ve been learning to write all these years.
It’s about the lives, deaths & rights of rivers—& how our fate flows with that of water & always has.
To the people, places & rivers whose ideas run through its pages, thank you so much.
I think it’s the book I’ve been learning to write all these years.
August 31, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Pay attention, Canada. If Alberta is successful in this book banning, this will spread. Look around you, b/c this is how it starts. We're on the same ledge the US was on. And we either start fighting this right-wing rise now, or we follow the Americans over the edge.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The Handmaid's Tale among more than 200 books to be pulled at Edmonton public schools | CBC News
A list confirmed by CBC News shows titles like The Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World are among books to be pulled. The development comes after a policy from Alberta's education minister outlines new...
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August 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Pay attention, Canada. If Alberta is successful in this book banning, this will spread. Look around you, b/c this is how it starts. We're on the same ledge the US was on. And we either start fighting this right-wing rise now, or we follow the Americans over the edge.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
