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Thank you @FriendlyGhost for posting those, I just now realised I never posted the new releases here before Christmas!

Re the discussion upthread, I was 50-50 myself on whether climate change would be better or worse than OTL when writing that part because there are arguments for both, so I may revise that part if I'm convinced it should be the other.

Thanks for the comments everyone. I think I mentioned it at some point but not sure - the idea is it basically reverted to local 'pirate' rule without much of an organised central government, which is the state it was in before the Italians arrived in the first place.

Much appreciated, and thank you in turn for helping keep track of map changes. In fact, I would find it useful if you could do one of your 'unofficial' maps for 1957 to go with your 1960 speculation upthread, as that'd help me make sure I've spotted them all (your post-Black Twenties map really...

Dear all Thank you to everyone who has read and commented on the latest volume of Look to the West. This little project I idly started planning back in 2006, when I was still a student, has continued to run and run, hasn't it? Well, it only took me about 16 years to write the first 230 years...

Interlude #27: It’s Thursday Night! Transcript of Thande Institute Zoom meeting (Impromptu) with TimeLine L Field Team Delta with Director Stephen Rogers Time: 20:11 hours (GMT) Date: 31/12/2020 TimeLine L Location: Fredericksburg (West Ward), Confderation of Old Virginia, Empire of North...

Extract from recorded lecture on “The Imp in Your Pocket” by Michael Mantarakis, recorded November 16th, 2020— As I said before, the Passau System secured economic prosperity and stability for most of the world for a full two decades of sustained growth, from 1935 to 1956. Some nations...

Thanks for the comments everyone, much appreciated. "Wars are always good for science, and science is always good for wars", to quote John Farman (as I did way back in, I think, Volume I of this). Having said that, what Falecius said is also true. Wars tend to focus scientific innovation on...

Please note this is only the first half of part #325. The rest will come in a fortnight's time as we finally complete volume IX of Look to the West. Part #325: Blackout “SEE THE EMPIRE FOR A DIXIE A DAY!* The Rattlesnake Railcard – FOR AMERICA’S FAMILIES From CHARLOTTE to CHURCHILL – From...

Thanks for those ideas. I don't really picture the setting visually until I need to for a prose segment, so really 'it depends'. Your ideas about housing (the Casa de Omnes Clases) looks about right, although later on the Combine will also tend to embrace more high-rise housing in cities. The...

Every time I give one of these warnings I seem to pull it off anyway, only a little late this time. Thank you to the person who suggested Mexico as a topic, that got me thinking and it was a suitable topic for the penultimate update to Volume IX, though it ended up being longer than intended...

Part #324: So Far, So Close “‘BEST MEXICAN FOOD IN TOWN’ – Alex Clarke, The New York Register ‘A SLICE OF AUTHENTIC MEXICAN CULTURE IN THE HEART OF THE CAPITAL’ – Melissa M’Lintock, F’burg Patriot UNA MUESTRA DEL VIEJO VERACRUZ – A TASTE OF OLD VERACRUZ – Afonso Aleman, La Linterna de...

Just a word of warning that the next update may be a bit late as I've been running out of time in which to write. IIRC I think that's what I was thinking of when I wrote that part, yes.

Well done! That wins you a cameo yourself if you want one. The funny part is, I had total writer's block on this segment, then everyone in the thread gave me helpful suggestions on areas they wanted to see - but they were all spread across the world and wouldn't fit well into any theme I...

That's an error on my part, I'll fix it. Thanks for the comments everyone - if nobody gets the reference I'll post it in a week or so. It is a tad niche (and topical) but it is the sort of niche I'd expect some posters on here to be be in ;)