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Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 3h

I’m loving Haydn’s 21st. So much fun packed into 15 minutes (ignore the visuals)

Haydn Symphony No 21 A major, Antal Dorati Philharmonia Hungarica

YouTube video by Sonorum Concentus Haydn & Schubert

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Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 4h

There’s no need. Putin has already got Trump repeating his lines once again

FRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 4h

Trump won't be meeting Putin in 'immediate future', US official says

A proposed summit between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin appears to be on hold after a US official said that there were "no plans" for Trump to meet with Putin in the immediate future.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe Trump’s just trying to find the Epstein files

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Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 2d

In The Every, Dave Eggers wrote about an app which tells you how much you enjoyed your dinner, but even he couldn't have made up something like this

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d

“At toilet time, you sign in via a fingerprint sensor so that the device knows who's using the facilities. (Please wash your hands before signing out or tracking your progress.) Then, check in with the app for the day's analysis and trends over time.”

Kohler Wants to Put a Tiny Camera in Your Toilet and Analyze the Contents

The company's new Dekoda toilet accessory is like a little bathroom detective.

www.cnet.com

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 2d

And the follow-up series

BBC Sounds - The Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase: Stories from the Diplomatic Bag - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of The Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase: Stories from the Diplomatic Bag on BBC Sounds.

www.bbc.co.uk

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 2d

Parting Shots, Matthew Parris’s series on the Foreign Office tradition of valedictory telegrams, written by ambassadors at the end of posts or careers, is currently available on BBC Sounds. Required listening for #GI5051 and #GI7037 #diplomaticreporting

BBC Sounds - Parting Shots - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of Parting Shots on BBC Sounds.

www.bbc.co.uk

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 2d

Well, that's one way of making sure your #cable gets read #GI5051 #GI7037 #diplomaticreporting #CorridorsOfPower

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 2d

Shouldn't Melania be the queen? Just saying

White House tweet with Trump depicted as king, sat next to Queen JD Vance

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 2d

Peace through corruption
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
The ‘enormous conflict of interest’ at centre of Jared Kushner’s Gaza ceasefire deal #GI4059 #GI5051 #backchannel

“Of course there’s an enormous conflict of interest here,” said Matt Duss, the executive vice-president at the Center for International Policy, who described the influence-peddling in the administration as open corruption.

But, he added: “Part of what’s bizarre is that the Trump organisation is so deeply leveraged in the Middle East that the corruption could sustain the ceasefire. Because they all stand to make so much money there is an interest and an incentive to kind of stop the war.”

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Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 2d

A people’s history Gaza
#GI4059 #middleeast

Archive on 4 - A People's History of Gaza - BBC Sounds

Gaza's history, from the 1940s to the 2010s, told through the memories of ordinary people

www.bbc.co.uk

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 2d

Nearly 2,000 Foreign Office jobs ‘at risk’, says PCS union
#GI5051 #MFA

Nearly 2,000 Foreign Office jobs ‘at risk’, says PCS union

Reduction in higher-level roles linked to government decision to cut foreign aid budget, says union

www.theguardian.com

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 3d

Available for the next 27 days on BBC Sounds

Radio 3 in Concert - Mahler's Ninth Symphony - BBC Sounds

Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's last completed symphony.

www.bbc.co.uk

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah! My daughter selected some classic Americana for our film tonight. It never gets old

"For months out at sea, they were dreaming about your dinosaur"

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Looks like the Russians like his Russia tie. It’s not red-white-blue either. It’s red-blue-white. Like the Russian flag. For a meeting with Zelensky.

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Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 4d

I love Jean Arthur arguing about interest payments on a fur coat with Edward Arnold in Easy Living (dir. Mitchell Leisen, 1937)

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 4d

If Lin Jian wants an example of “disregard for contractual spirit, acting in bad faith and without integrity”, he should take a close look at what the PRC has done to Hong Kong

China threatens UK with ‘consequences’ over delayed London mega embassy

Diplomatic tensions escalate amid rows over planning hold-ups and collapse of spying trial

www.theguardian.com

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 4d

Well, that’s perhaps the strongest case against using generative AI

Boris Johnson admits writing books using ChatGPT

Former prime minister said ChatGPT was “frankly fantastic” and AI would help society “because we’re all simple.”

www.politico.eu

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 5d

When shooting the cover photo for the pizza box, it seems the people at Crosta & Mollica moved all the mushrooms and ham from where the label would fall to the right-hand side

Please can I have the one on the left? The mushrooms looked more cooked on my uncooked pizza than they appear on the box

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 6d

I like this one too

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 7d

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Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 10d

The UN at 80 #GI4055 #GI4059

Archive on 4 - War & Peace: The UN at 80 - BBC Sounds

At 80, does the peacekeeping organisation still have a role to play?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11d

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Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 11d

That’s supposed to be an AK-47? When is the sentencing of the tattoo “artist”? Was it done during the boat crossing?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 11d

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

Opponent of Maduro regime receives award and praise for keeping ‘flame of democracy burning’

www.theguardian.com

Steven Curtis @stevencurtis.bsky.social · 12d

The Climate Diplomat by Peter Betts review – the most important person you’ve never heard of
#GI5052 #environment #GI7037

The Climate Diplomat by Peter Betts review – the most important person you’ve never heard of

A British civil servant’s revelatory account of negotiations to avert climate catastrophe