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Matthew Lovett
@mw_lovett
Writing, photography, fauvism, T Wolfe, Vanishing Point. Knows the difference between yaw & yore. Capital Punishment: A Novel out now! https://t.co/rlCvrAywD8
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Aug 17, 2023 • 70 tweets • 24 min read
Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984
(an Orwellian study)
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#orwell

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01. Stars of CCTV.
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Image 02. Virtual assistant technology.
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Jul 14, 2023 • 35 tweets • 11 min read
1985
Anthony Burgess (1978)
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Reflections on Orwell’s 1984, and a novella on a possible future society.
#burgess #orwell

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01. Experts, of any stripe, the true totalitarians.
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Image 02. Hasn’t turn out this way. The sated, slop-filled masses, the regime dream. Image
Jul 3, 2023 • 25 tweets • 7 min read
Generation X
Douglas Coupland
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A novel I read 25 years ago, revisited. It holds up. Written in 1991, it feels further along, deep early nineties. A harbinger of what was to come.
#generationx #genx

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01. The Boomers leave a trail in their wake.
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Image 02. Good advice, today. Image
Apr 5, 2023 • 60 tweets • 17 min read
Meanwhile, down on Pandemic Farm...
(an Orwellian study)
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#animalfarm

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01. ‘Science’ + fear. Image 02. Affairs, Christmas and garden parties for some; relatives dying unseen, undiagnosed cancer, a childhood mental health crisis, for others. Image
Jan 1, 2023 • 60 tweets • 22 min read
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
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#bravenewworld #huxley

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01. Creation. London, World State. ImageImage 02. An artificial womb facility. ImageImageImage
Nov 17, 2022 • 70 tweets • 24 min read
02. Virtual assistant technology. ImageImage 03. 'The policeman told me, "I need to check your thinking."' Image
Jul 29, 2022 • 70 tweets • 24 min read
Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984
(an Orwellian study)
👁️👁️👁️🎥🎥🎥🐀🐀🐀
#nineteeneightyfour #orwell

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01. Stars of CCTV.
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Image 02. Virtual assistant technology.
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