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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 7h

If only there were a French expression to denote an uncanny feeling of having experienced something before

Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 8h

France’s new prime minister is…the very one who resigned on Monday, Sébastien Lecornu. It rounds off the most chaotic and absurdist week in French politics in modern times

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Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 7h

Well, this is fun.

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Sean Kemp @seankemp.bsky.social · 14h

Slightly amazed at his description of this as a ‘low-level mistake’. Just a completely untrue implication of Government corruption on prime-time TV. No biggie! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

BBC airing false claim about Euan Blair blamed on young producers ‘marinated in social media’

Broadcaster apologised after Have I Got News For You falsely said former PM’s son had won digital ID contract

www.theguardian.com

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Christiaan Monden @cmonden.bsky.social · 16h

Great (paid) PhD opportunity. Excellent environment, conditions, and supervisors. And a topic close to my heart. (Selfish reason for promoting this: I fear there won't be enough concerts for retired me to go to. Geen dag zonder Bach.) vacatures.knaw.nl/job/The-Hagu...

PhD position "Is the audience for classical music concerts fading out?"

vacatures.knaw.nl

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Mark Taylor @markrt.bsky.social · 16h

funded quants x cultural policy x sociology PhDs don’t come up very often. this looks great! please circulate!

Christiaan Monden @cmonden.bsky.social · 16h

Great (paid) PhD opportunity. Excellent environment, conditions, and supervisors. And a topic close to my heart. (Selfish reason for promoting this: I fear there won't be enough concerts for retired me to go to. Geen dag zonder Bach.) vacatures.knaw.nl/job/The-Hagu...

PhD position "Is the audience for classical music concerts fading out?"

vacatures.knaw.nl

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Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 22h

Congratulations to all the Palestinians who will soon be on their way home!

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Richard Baker @rchrdbkr.bsky.social · 15h

Excellent! Have you been waiting for this moment?

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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · Aug 8

10/10 no notes

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16h

BBC airing false claim about Euan Blair blamed on young producers ‘marinated in social media’

Broadcaster apologised after Have I Got News For You falsely said former PM’s son had won digital ID contract The arrival of a generation of young producers “marinated in social media” led to a false claim about Euan Blair being broadcast on Have I Got News For You, the production chief behind the show has said. The first in a new series of the BBC show featured an incorrect claim that the company run by Blair, the son of the former Labour prime minister, had been given the contract to run the government’s new digital ID system. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 1d

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A Spirit Halloween costume called "Former Gifted Child." It's empty. Nothing included. When people ask, "What are you supposed to be?" Just Reply, "I was supposed to be a lot of things."

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Steff Ap Cennydd @steffapcennydd.bsky.social · 18h

"In response to today's nasty, disrespectful insult, I have instructed the DoJ to bring criminal charges against the following people:

A-Ha, Roald Amundsen, Edvard Grieg, Liv Ullman, Leif Erikson, Ole Gunner Solskjaer, Erik The Viking and the population of Ogdenville."

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David Nice @davidnice.bsky.social · 18h

Funny how people keep resisting what's good for them on here and wallow in the doom stuff. Truly worth a watch/listen - the natural singing is a delight.

David Nice @davidnice.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, I love everything about mezzo Niamh O'Sullivan, the beautiful Cork accent, the style, and the way she breaks into song as naturally as breathing. In my Zoom classes, we always live for the moments when visiting singers demonstrate their art. John Tomlinson can recall everything, on the spot.

🎙️ INTERVIEW CHANTÉE / Niamh O'Sullivan, mezzo-soprano

YouTube video by Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 19h

I suppose it's times like these when Norwegians are jolly glad they have one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds. #nobel

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

Invading Norway because he didn't get the peace prize would be so on brand.

Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 1d

another day in very normal times

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 1d

Time for another round of “I can’t believe the Pope is Catholic”! Which American pundit—who converted to Catholicism as an adult, but in their bones remains an intellectually-embarrassed evangelical Protestant with a Yale BA—will gift us an outraged First Things or (dv) Atlantic essay this time?

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Prof Kate Loder @kghist.bsky.social · 1d

Great news! A grant to assist the performance of women composers

Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 1d

Cool new fund from @royalphilsoc.bsky.social:
'We will annually offer a number of grants to encourage UK-based performers, ensembles, venues and festivals to put exceptional yet overlooked music by historic women composers at the heart of their programming'

Introducing the new RPS Ambache Fund

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 1d

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

'Arm’s-length bodies such as the Office for Students (OfS) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) are particularly “vulnerable to political interference”, a new report has warned.' 1/3

‘Learn lessons from US’ and stop political interference, UK told

OfS and UKRI seen as particularly vulnerable to meddling from government, with report authors calling for more safeguards to ensure independence

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Richard Baker @rchrdbkr.bsky.social · 1d

Common/Wealth’s Manifesto is also extremely good, and timely:

COMMON/WEALTH
MANIFESTO
→ Fuck capitalism. Fuck theatre. Do it yourself.
→ Make shows unlike anything anyone has seen before. Experiment and play with form.
→ Don't be afraid of being political. Respond to the here and now. Charge the work with emotion.
→ Work with people who have direct experience of the territories you're exploring. They are the creators and editors. Include people new to theatre.
There is wealth in your experience, your history, your knowledge, where you come from, the stories you get told, stories you pass on.
→ Process is as important as form.
• Be an internationalist. Listen and speak beyond borders.
→ Get out of theatre buildings. Sites offer so much - they put you in direct conversation with people you wouldn't otherwise meet.
Work with what you have. Build on what is already there.
Don't wait for permission. DO IT YOURSELF!

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Richard Baker @rchrdbkr.bsky.social · 1d

Wish I’d been able to see this - sounds excellent

Demand the Impossible review – powerful punk rage at injustices of police violence and spycops scandal

Everyday oppression is explored through the narratives of a Black Lives Matter activist, a blacklisted construction worker and an environmental campaigner

www.theguardian.com

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Andrei @theuntranslated.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats!

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klaus radke @kradke.bsky.social · 1d

Literaturnobelpreis geht an László Krasznahorkai aus Ungarn

www.nobelprize.org

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artofstumbling.bsky.social @artofstumbling.bsky.social · 4d

Demand the Impossible - from Common/Wealth Theatre at the Corn Exchange Newport. Incredibly powerful and well-researched interactive experience showing the effect of police harassment on people's lives. Immense talent. I will just say go and see it if you get the chance

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