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
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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
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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
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"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.
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Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself. What happened next will shock you
October 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself. What happened next will shock you
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The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.
October 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.
Have never been less interested in a relationship but also never more interested in flirting?
October 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Have never been less interested in a relationship but also never more interested in flirting?
only took 18 months—to the day—to get my dissertation from proquest
October 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
only took 18 months—to the day—to get my dissertation from proquest
Each time I’ve brought Vanity Fair on the train, it has been delayed, thereby giving me more time to read Vanity Fair.
September 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Each time I’ve brought Vanity Fair on the train, it has been delayed, thereby giving me more time to read Vanity Fair.
Made the NYT Plum Torte and it really does fuck.
September 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Made the NYT Plum Torte and it really does fuck.
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If I'd been in "The House of Mirth" it wouldn't have gone down like that for Lily
September 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If I'd been in "The House of Mirth" it wouldn't have gone down like that for Lily
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Used to be if you didn’t like your social media platform you had to move to Geneva with your coterie and have ghost story competitions 🤔
September 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Used to be if you didn’t like your social media platform you had to move to Geneva with your coterie and have ghost story competitions 🤔
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Melvyn Bragg has been one of the last standard-bearers for a really important, and unfashionable, idea: that good conversation, between people who really know their stuff, on complex or difficult subjects, can be fantastic radio - and that the national broadcaster should do this.
I hope it endures.
I hope it endures.
Melvyn Bragg has decided to stand down as host of In Our Time, the BBC says.
September 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Melvyn Bragg has been one of the last standard-bearers for a really important, and unfashionable, idea: that good conversation, between people who really know their stuff, on complex or difficult subjects, can be fantastic radio - and that the national broadcaster should do this.
I hope it endures.
I hope it endures.
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The fact that universities have been around for longer than capitalism gives an indication of who should be learning from whom
September 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The fact that universities have been around for longer than capitalism gives an indication of who should be learning from whom
his ass is not reading
August 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
his ass is not reading
Give me the conviction of the woman who just tried to order a double espresso in the Amtrak cafe car.
August 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Give me the conviction of the woman who just tried to order a double espresso in the Amtrak cafe car.
Went to the William Blake show at the Yale Center for British Art and….should I be teaching more William Blake??
August 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Went to the William Blake show at the Yale Center for British Art and….should I be teaching more William Blake??