How Gatsby foretold Trump’s America
A century after it was published, F Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece is more relevant than ever. Sarah Churchwell on the trouble with ‘careless people’
“They were careless people Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” on.ft.com/42xacqe How Gatsby foretold Trump’s America via FT
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Lost
Words are
broken into thousands of pieces
like the children being pieced together by doctors who later
are pieced together by those who remain who are themselves in pieces
like the prayers for peace in pieces
Lost
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I want to live in your house. My husband will not let go of a sponge until it is falling apart… 🙄
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Magnificent
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Just found out "After Dinner Conversation Magazine" is available via the library Libby app in 22,000 public libraries.
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Photo of a rainbow coured installation hanging in a vertical rectangular shape, thousands of cut silhouettes of female figures
Tokyo-based French architect and artist Emmanuelle Moureaux, ‘I am here’ comprises the silhouettes of 18,000 women in different colours #WomensArt
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Needed to see this before bedtime, for the hope of tomorrow…♥️
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As a west coaster, I am definitely going to use this, instead of my usual - touch of the toothache, earache, menopause, sore foot, sore back, depressed, angry, sore hand from writing…🤣
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Love a yarn bomb 💛💜💙💕💚🩵
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No no no no no no no no #Edinburghisnotafairground
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We might be back in 2030…#l❤️NYC
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There is light, there is hope, there are still leaders meeting that have sanity and grace @sanders.senate.gov pity Dr Tedros wasn’t carrying any little special vials that you could just sneak into the….or was he 😉
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In the middle of a protest with the person in front holding a megaphone.
A new book by @uofglasgow.bsky.social academics reveals how UK law fails to protect social rights. Dr Diana Camps explains why reclaiming this narrative is urgent.
Read more on the #SocSciHub: tinyurl.com/4j4ujs3p
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Incredible that a fascinating curly haired man could fill the #assemblyroomsEdinburgh talking about #mycelium #mushrooms #biodiversity @merlinsheldrake.bsky.social. Wonderful insightful Sunday evening 🙌🏻
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Oldie but goodie 🤣
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Vance and Musk Attack German Consensus on Nazis and Speech
Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk have challenged decades-long approaches to political extremism that were designed to prevent another Hitler.
European friends: Do not accept lectures on democracy & freedom of speech from an Administration that denies the 2020 election results and is now suing & intimidating news outlets whose reporting they don’t like.
Stand tall against right-wing extremism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...
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Not one for massive #Valentine consumption, but was relieved that Mr P and I are aligned ♥️🥂
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Lovely evening, presenting my recent research scoping trip to #India supported by Adam Smith Business School @uofglasgow.bsky.social @socinvestscot.bsky.social. Congratulations to the events team for a #sustainability focused evening, showcasing great research and professional service practice #UofG
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Science writer and author of books including Bright Earth, The Music Instinct, Beyond Weird, How Life Works.
Working on being a calmer chameleon - but it comes and goes.
East Lothian dad and software engineer - working at the UK ATC
(Likes dad jokes, old computers and space. Would like to write better docs but never seem to have the time)
Underemployed flâneuse sharing info about #Edinburgh beyond the castle ie overlooked, neglected, underappreciated, everyday & mundane treasures inc
- Graveyards
- Guerrilla Gardens
- Street Art
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- Hidden Gems
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Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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Professor of Social Policy and Inequality at the University of Glasgow.
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I still love patchwork, I still hate custard and I still make a mean toffee apple. History, sleep support and who knows what else besides, all in beautiful East Lothian.
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