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Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · 3d

I would be thrilled if my husband’s viola would remember to remind him when it’s time to come upstairs for dinner.

Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · 6d

I gave up on German crosswords the day I came across the clue “Menschenrasse” for a five-letter word beginning with “N”.

Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 6d

nothing will remind you that you are not a native English speaker like attempting English newspaper crosswords

Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · 7d

Okay, but when is Bates gonna auction it as an NFT?

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 7d

Your best ever night at the #theatre? Join us @ihr.bsky.social on Thurs 13 Nov to recreate it - or stage the show of your dreams - & discover the use of #toy theatre in #heritage #research! From my fab PhD student @pdwebster.bsky.social. @beinghumanfest.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

A Night at the TOY Theatre!

www.history.ac.uk

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Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · 8d

Let me know if I can be of any opera-viewing assistance while you’re here.

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Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · 11d

Still offline, but they have managed to change the color of the 404 screen.

Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · 11d

Maybe, maybe not…

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Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · 17d

I return to Taipei next week for 2+ months and am simply overwhelmed by the number and quality of outdoor temple-fair opera offerings for the first part of October. And on the weekends there are shows in the indoor theaters. It’s bonkers!

#kuaáhì #歌仔戲 #TaiwaneseOpera

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Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · 21d

I’m so looking forward to episodes of MorseGPT, where the curmudgeonly detective hallucinates a crime, all the suspects, & an unexpected solution.

“You see, Lewis, this arsobromine we found at Oxford’s King’s College could have been made at home from Marmite and cigarette stubs. It was the dog.”

University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 21d

NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.

ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.

Graphic from the University of Oxford, featuring an image of a glowing, digital brain with the text: 'Generative AI at Oxford'. Highlights that ChatGPT Edu is now available to all staff and students. Includes a link for more information: ox.ac.uk/gen-ai

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Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · 23d

The joke’s on them. I registered my account under the name Anna Karenina.

Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 23d

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

The new TOC from academia dot edu.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Kevin @kmichaelwilson.bsky.social · 24d

只可說以指喻指之非指，以馬喻馬之非馬。

"Well, you know," with an almost Saussurean air, "a finger signifying a finger is not actually a finger. Just as, of course, a horse signifying a horse isn't actually a horse!"

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Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · 27d

I agree with the sentiment, but can we dispense with the use of “kabuki” when “farce” is meant?

Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · 27d

Eisler was a student of Arnold Schönberg’s, but he could also write a good tune when the occasion called for it:

youtu.be/RrbmKVHzXIg?...

Die Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe: Lied eines Freudenmädchens

YouTube video by Gisela May, Studio Orchestra, Henry Krtschil, Siegfried Stöckigt, Gun... - Topic

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Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · 27d

Hanns Eisler was a singular composer: scrupulous yet vibrant. He achieved far less than what he was capable of, due to the circumstances alluded to by Professor Wolff.

youtu.be/LvB_XNCaJKo?...

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Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · 29d

It’s always a special day when someone from the Sinosphere’s theatre world discovers Zeffirelli’s “Turandot” production for the first time and are gobsmacked by the production’s sheer idiocy.

#MetropolitanOpera #Turandot #FlamingGarbage

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Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · Sep 9

And Etsy pulls through in the nick of time.

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Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · Sep 8

Meanwhile, i would like to see this cold case reopened.

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Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · Sep 8

Dear diary: today my dental hygienist was particularly keen on giving me an introductory lesson on (Southern) Vietnamese.

#活到老學到老

Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · Sep 6

Mapo stinky tofu is not.

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Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · Sep 6

For reasons I can no longer remember (jet lag?), I apparently thought it was a good idea to do this entire interview holding my hands behind my back.

I look like I’ve been handcuffed.

#kuaáhì #歌仔戲 #TaiwaneseOpera

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Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · Sep 5

I would not call myself Johann Adolph Hasse’s #1 fan, but this recitative from Piramo e Tisbe (1768), sung by a cruel father and accompanied by bare, chromatically-rising octaves, is positively hair-rising.

And I don’t even have that much hair left!

Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · Sep 3

There’s Humperdinck and there’s Engelbert Humperdinck.

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Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · Sep 3

Unreliable narrator.

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Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · Sep 3

Outer voices vs inner voices.

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Ninedragonspot @ninedragonspot.bsky.social · Sep 1

Swipe right: First Reader
Swipe left: Second Reader

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