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Nelson Rare Books

@nelsonrarebooks.com

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Bookseller of uncommon 18-19th c. British literature, street literature, and Gothic Revival. Dirtbag medievalist. Wears Crocs with tweed. It’s all sarcasm. Never legal advice. Life coach for bad ideas. Member ABAA/ILAB/PBFA.

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Nelson Rare Books @nelsonrarebooks.com · 5h

I don’t think I wrote anything longer than four pages before law school.

That’s like barely enough of a reply brief.

Nelson Rare Books @nelsonrarebooks.com · 5h

Stay safe!!!

All of us watching from home on Fox News are terrified of the madness going on there.

Nelson Rare Books @nelsonrarebooks.com · 5h

Newsom needs cruder nicknames for them.

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Nelson Rare Books @nelsonrarebooks.com · 5h

Nice!!!!!!

One of these days I’ll get my eyes on one of the copies on vellum.

Nelson Rare Books @nelsonrarebooks.com · 5h

Rong Bips ✌️

Nelson Rare Books @nelsonrarebooks.com · 5h

I just learned that you’re not talking about this guy…

Nelson Rare Books @nelsonrarebooks.com · 5h

Just Imagine if Obama let a Muslim-majority country build themselves a military facility in a red state.

Also, is Stephen Miller going to deport them?

Nelson Rare Books @nelsonrarebooks.com · 6h

I wish there was a liberal banana republic so someone with minimal experience, like myself, can rise to the top of the government ranks based solely on kissing ass.

Nelson Rare Books @nelsonrarebooks.com · 6h

Ugh I hate following the laws in like Cyberpunk and GTA.

Nelson Rare Books @nelsonrarebooks.com · 9h

Wooooo.

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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 10h

RBS is now accepting applications for:

𝗥𝗕𝗦-𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 (𝟮 𝗡𝗼𝘃.)

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 (𝗦𝗼𝗙𝗖𝗕) 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 (𝟭𝟵 𝗡𝗼𝘃.)

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠. 𝗖. 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 (𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰.)

rarebookschool.org

A vertically oriented graphic shows a white box will a yellow border. Inside the box, black and blue text reads, “Apply Now! RBS-Awarded Scholarships Application Deadline: Sunday, 2 November 2025. The SoFCB Junior Fellows Program Application Deadline: Wednesday, 19 November 2025. The M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography & Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources Application Deadline: Sunday, 7 December 2025.” On a black bar at the bottom of the graphic, white and yellow text says, “Learn more & apply at: rarebookschool.org.” The background of the graphic is a photo of a younger man in a blue shirt and glasses leaning over a table to look at a book that an older man in a mauve shirt is pointing at.

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Nelson Rare Books @nelsonrarebooks.com · 10h

Is there a GoFundMe to help protestors get inflatable costumes?

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Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 16h

No need to hunt all over for Antifa headquarters.
It's located in Arlington National cemetery.
There are 400,000 members there.

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Nelson Rare Books @nelsonrarebooks.com · 14h

I was originally going to fly across town in my helicopter…but screw it, I’m taking the bus with the other aristocracy.

Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 15h

[Me, a poor, on the subway, glowering jealously at all those fat cat, fancy pants rich people on the public bus]

Andrew Cuomo tweet:

@ZohranKMamdani's "plan" provides no relief for working families who take the subway, and unnecessary benefits to wealthy New Yorkers who take the bus and can afford the fare.

I focus on working families, while @ZohranKMamdani the mansion boy focuses on helping the rich.

Nelson Rare Books @nelsonrarebooks.com · 14h

Forget the Uber Black, us rich folk are taking the bus from now on!

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 18h

“We should replace Bad Bunny with Lee Greenwood” is an also a perfect summation of the “deal” they’ve offered universities.

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Nelson Rare Books @nelsonrarebooks.com · 16h

New Rule: We’re now formally allowed to call them deplorables (and also fascists).

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 16h

It’s very much Not Great to have GOP leadership describe a planned non violent march as being in service a the “terrorist wing”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 1d

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Nelson Rare Books @nelsonrarebooks.com · 1d

So the real story is he is snubbed a personal reward, so in return he takes unilateral state action against another country.

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 1d

The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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KermitRocks @kermitrocks4u.bsky.social · 1d

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Nelson Rare Books @nelsonrarebooks.com · 1d

I don’t think it’s ethical, but being an exotic pet dealer would be an interesting job.

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Daniel @dmassey.bsky.social · 1d

Pleased to share that we won a TRO today significantly limiting the nature of the force that can be used by fed law enforcement in the Northern District of Illinois. Also reqs that agents wear unique identifiers (like badge #). Great plaintiffs & legal team. Order here www.loevy.com/wp-content/u...

www.loevy.com

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Nelson Rare Books @nelsonrarebooks.com · 1d

Congrats dude!

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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