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Had a fun conversation with Tommy Mischke on the GarageLogic podcast about sailing, not fishing(!) and, of course, my book Rope! At garagelogic.com/episode/rope/ StMartins.bsky.social

Thanks, Melissa, for the great shoutout for Rope! @melissjpeltier.bsky.social

A twist of fate, indeed! My nonfiction book Rope is reviewed in the Sunday New York Times Book Review! #ropebook StMartinsPress.bsky.social NYTimes.bsky.social

There are between one and two billion cars on the world's roads today; central to the control of all of them is the steering wheel. But as @timqueeney.bsky.social explains, the steering wheel evolved well away from any highway. It first appeared in the Enlightenment as a way to steer vessels at sea👇

Book signing on Martha’s Vineyard! Come to Edgartown Books on Tuesday, Sept. 9 and get your copy of Rope signed and let me know your favorite knot! #RopeBook EdgartownBooks.bsky.social stmartinspress.bsky.social

The iconic automobile steering wheel born at sea? Iconbooks.bksy.social www.unseenhistories.com/the-history-...

Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.

Thanks, Maine readers! Rope takes the top spot in the Portland Press Herald’s nonfiction bestseller list for August 31. #ropebook Longfellowbooks.bsky.social StMartinsPress.bsky.social

SARAH PALIN: "There are going to be death panels!" RFK JR: "Technically, it's just me."

Very nice of the author @timqueeney.bsky.social to write this kind and insightful review of "The Front Runner." He's got a really cool book out called "Rope," and I'm eager AF to read it and speak with him about it. timqueeney.com/more-than-ju...

Kid Rock: I will no longer sell my music in California. Scott Baio: I will no longer act in California. Governor Newsom: My policies are working.

Be sure to catch my appearance on the 207 TV show talking about Rope. Rob Caldwell interviews me on the deck of the cutter Frances www.mainesailingadventures.net. Broadcast on WCSH Portland & WLBZ Bangor tomorrow, Aug. 25 @ 7pm. Or stream it: www.newscentermaine.com/207 StMartinsPress.bksy.social

Welcome to the dis-Enlightenment A new dis-Enlightenment looms: in the US and beyond, facts are denied, science silenced, and the wealthy spread lies over truth By Andy Brown @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

A great Rope book launch at Longfellow Books, Portland, Maine w/ Maine writer Lincoln Paine (lincolnpaine.com), did flying bowline, gave away a fantastic cover cookie (won by another Maine writer Jim Nelson www.jameslnelson.com), plus cake! LongfellowBooks.bsky.social StMartinsPress.bsky.social

"Greg Gutfeld Brazenly Lies on Air to Claim Jan. 6 Rioters ‘Didn’t Beat the Crap Out of Police’" Why is this allowed on the airwaves? Fox News is a cancer to our nation! www.mediaite.com/opinion/greg...

Blumenthal: “I was sick to my stomach hearing the president call Vladimir Putin his ‘fabulously good friend.’ Let’s be clear—Putin is a war criminal.”

Rope review in The NY Times. #RopeBook stmartinspress.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...

Picked up @timqueeney.bsky.social’s new book ROPE from @maveybooks.bsky.social. So looking forward to cracking this one open! Looks really good.

Rope over the Thames. Publication day of the UK edition of Rope by Icon Books! British readers can now also enjoy the story of one of humanity’s greatest inventions. A story with some notable British contributions! Iconbooks.bsky.social

@timqueeney.bsky.social explores ropemaking, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Mocha Dick, the real life inspiration behind Herman Melville’s iconic white whale.

One of Herman Melville’s influences in writing Moby Dick was the story of a real life Pacific whale named Mocha Dick. #RopeBook stmartinspress.bksy.social lithub.com/on-mocha-dic...

#BookReview: #Rope by @timqueeney.bsky.social (via @stmartinspress.bsky.social ). Solid Examination Of The Topic. #amreading #nonfiction #history #technology #travel #sailing #execution #construction #space #future #BookSky 📚💙💡 bookanon.com/2025/08/12/b...

Koh: If he were serious about cutting crime he wouldn't be proposing cutting $400 million from the ATF or cutting $500 million from the FBI, 700 agents or the DEA with with drug enforcement or the office of violence against women, 100 million from there

On Hannah Murray's TRE in the Afternoon from 16.00CET - @timqueeney.bsky.social on 'Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibres Became the Backbone of Civilisation', Mark Furse with 'Scottish Films', and Freddie Lamb's weekend sport round up

The weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal gives my book Rope a twist. "...Queeney makes the case for cordage, and as you read his book you may find yourself thinking that it's about damn time... You may never look at your shoelaces the same way again."  www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed. Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.

What was the secret weapon that allowed Britain to rule the seas for so long? #RopeBook IconBooks.bsky.social timqueeney.com/how-did-brit...

Tarring and feathering was a brutal, though usually not fatal, act to intimidate and embarrass enemies in the revolutionary period. How did rope production play a part? #RopeBook @stmartinspress.bsky.social www.thehistoryreader.com/cultural-his...

If he builds his golden ballroom, how soon can it be torn down? Indeed, let’s remember many of these heinous acts can be overturned. None of this despicable demolition of our government and values is unchangeable. But it requires ending his lawless regime & returning power to responsible leaders.

Attention, Men: Books Are Sexy! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/o... Too bad we have a leader and his regime who do not believe that education and literature are terribly important anymore. I doubt if he ever read a book in his life. I love this photo of James Dean reading poetry at his kitchen table!

Khipu rope objects and the undead! The frightening Condenados of the Andes. Image by Jørgen Håland #RopeBook @stmartinspress.bsky.social timqueeney.com/khipu-rope-o...

My book Rope pops up on Goodreads as a recommended book to read in August! (You can read it in September, October, and November, too!) Bit.ly/RopeBook #RopeBook @stmartinspress.bsky.social

The truth here is so ever relevant, is so simple and profound. I think I might pop it into my next book. Sharing yet again:

‘1984’ is upon us

It should have been clear to anyone paying attention that the DOGE slash and burn was being done in a completely reckless manner. Nothing was thought through. A complete snow job on the American people about "abuse, fraud and waste"; that phrase provokes rage in me every time I hear it. Pure Crap.

Had a great time talking with Scott Rank on the “History Unplugged” podcast about my upcoming book Rope — have a listen! Rope publishes Aug 12 in the US. Bit.ly/RopeBook stmartinspress.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

Chump's America, the Land of The Depraved......

How to Be a Saint is a @libraryreads.bsky.social August top ten pick! The audiobook is coming August 19th written and performed by @sidleykate.bsky.social ! Rope by @timqueeney.bsky.social is also coming to audiobook August 12th! Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon. #libraryreads #notablenonfiction

Rope was named “Notable Nonfiction” on the August 2025 Library Reads [email protected] StMartins.bsky.social #RopeBook

Then we have our LibraryReads Notable Nonfiction for August 2025: ROPE: HOW A BUNDLE OF TWISTED FIBERS BECAME THE BACKBONE OF CIVILIZATION by Tim Queeney! @macmillanlib.bsky.social

🚨 NEW via WIRED: Newly uncovered metadata reveals nearly 3 minutes were cut from the so-called “full raw” Epstein prison video released by the DOJ and FBI. When WIRED asked for answers, the DOJ said “refer you to the FBI.” The FBI declined to comment. Link: www.wired.com/story/the-fb...

Nancy Mace gets wrecked by a community note

Ex-farm worker here. We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing. Not true AT ALL. Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are. The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour. At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.

Maybe I’m weird, too. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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