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Nov 6, 2021 • 49 tweets • 16 min read
The House of Faberge made 52 "Imperial" eggs as Easter gifts for Tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II to give to their wives and moms. 46 of these survive. I will rank all 46 Imperial Faberge eggs.
46. Colonnade Egg. This is not an egg. Disqualified.
Nov 6, 2021 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Book 88: Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney. Here's a sentence: "When the burgers arrived, they tasted normal." I haven't been able to think of anything else since reading this.
This sentence is emblematic of Rooney's style: life is made up of tedious moments, which should be rendered in a plain and straightforward way: clingfilm is removed from bowls that go in the microwave, people type their exes' names into various searchbars...