'yes we are scythians!... russia is a sphinx, triumphant and mournful.' (aleksandr blok).
yesterday horsemouth was reading philip marsden's the spirit-wrestlers in which he goes in search of the old believers, the jumpers and the cossacks.
yesterday horsemouth was mostly being run down and hung over.
last night horsemouth went in search of his youtube talking heads but they were proving elusive. book pilled was sorting through his books prior to moving (keep/ sell) and dismantling the Sci-Fireplace. no action on his thrift a life clothing reselling channel. outlaw bookseller was keen to guide us round alternate histories. some guy was walking (well cycling really) the brecon to monmouth canal.
he found the emahoy video (which is great). there was a little on true detective series 1 (drunk cops battle elder gods).
so horsemouth has got the vote through for the rent rise now there's just the small matter of actually paying it himself (but it doesn't come in until june). he's waiting to see a revised schedule for the decarbonisation stuff.
today horsemouth was up early. he undid the curtains and saw that the sun was shining. then he noticed it was too early and went back to bed. by the time he got up it had clouded over and the day assumed a pale grey aspect.
in the paris comune 1871 timeline prime ministers thiers is on his feet in the national assembly making the following conciliatory speech.
'let those impious arms fall from the hands which hold them and chastisement will be arrested at once by an act of peace excluding only the small number of criminals.'
thiers does not have enough of an army yet to retake paris, he will need the reinforcements shortly to be released from POW camps by bismark (and then the slaughter can commence).
today horsemouth will go and jam. he will try and do some decarbonisation reading, put the recycling out, go for a walk. that sort of stuff. probably finish off reading spirit-wrestlers and return to reading hardt and negri's commonwealth.
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