It took a year on&off @adapalmer.bsky.social to finish. Enlightenment on every page, especially this antidote to post-2020 despair: “The year 2020 was the first time this planet faced a pandemic knowing what it is, and how to act.”
Sarah Kendzior in her usual excellent form.
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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Blog re BWV 118, curtain-raiser for our March 14th concert, including suitable & practical replacements for litui, existential angst for the tenors and comparison with its pugnacious, elder sibling, BWV 101.
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Tickets: ticketsource.co.uk/baroquechoir
Shuke organ (1982) St. George's, Eisenach (largest in Thuringia) where Bach sang & Telemann & Johann Christoph Bach played. Different prospect at Portchester Methodist but sounds glorious: hear Peter Gould next Saturday in our concert Bach family motets.
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Of all the complaints against Starmer, the most absurd is that it's "weak" to have a Cabinet that doesn't just rubber-stamp what The Leader wants on questions of war & peace.
I'd take Cabinet govt - in which ministers kick the tyres of big decisions - over the kneel-and-obey model of Farage any day
New from Bellingcat - Video Shows US Tomahawk Missile Strike Next to Girls’ School in Iran
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump | Simon Tisdall
Spanish PM Sánchez responds to Trump:
"Spain is against this disaster... Govts are here to improve people's lives... It is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are unable to fulfill that mission use the smoke of war to hide their failure, and in the process, fill the pockets of a few."
Why did I ever consider Sibelius 3 slight?
Photograph of composer Sibelius
When you’ve finished admiring #Sibelius’ rather natty jacket… you might enjoy a week-long exploration of his glorious music in Composer of the Week 4pm each weekday @BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds with Kate Molleson. Producer Luke Whitlock #Finland #classicalmusic www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Bach’s forebears set a precedent with their motets - the response was extraordinary portsmouthbaroquechoir.co.uk/events/bach-...
Bach motets: what do we know about the circumstances of their composition and how was Bach motivated by pride in his family’s musical connections to arrive at his singular approach to writing music?
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💧💩Fountain of Filth: Today we joined other water campaigners to attend the opening of a fountain depicting river users getting sick from dirty water
Our waterways shouldn’t be making us sick. Sewage pollution MUST end✊️
Tune in: Dirty Business (9pm on Channel 4) spotlights Britain's sewage scandal
Dirty Business review – if this doesn’t incite righteous anger over our filthy water then nothing will
I’ve put TECHNOFASCISM in all caps because it’s a new form of power, repression & political control.
We have to understand the stakes. And that this is a whole new level of threat.
Please read & share 🙏
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Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
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Haphazardism was a term I saw just recently applied to Trump. Seems a good fit.
There is only one fraud ring that matters in the United States, and it's run out of the White House
If you’re scared of a Honda Pilot driving less than 5 miles an hour, with its wheels pointing away from you, you should not be working in law-enforcement…
You shouldn’t have a gun. You shouldn’t have a badge. You should find a new line of work.
Part of the unbearable stupidity of the current administration is its feckless enthusiasm for doing things that seem like manly feats of strength to manosphere idiots and also make this country weaker...all the way down to Pete Hegseth and his belief that pushups are a top military strategy.
One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
Exemplary curation, much appreciated.
an article about postwar bells & sonic gaps? MADE FOR ME (& i kinda wish i wrote it tbh) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/a...
The metal sculpture shows a woman carrying the weight of household chores-washing machines, buckets, brooms, and more-stacked on her back while she holds her children's hands.
In Zaragoza, Spain, the sculpture La Mujer Que Nunca Hizo Nada (The Woman Who Never Did Anything) pays tribute to the often overlooked, unpaid work of women at home that keeps families & societies functioning. Xmas is one of their busiest times
#GoodMorning, everyone
Art: José Luis Fernández (2001)
Two features for Bryars Titanic in the year, previously “sunk” on April 15. Not a complaint - terrific piece!
Smugglers, money launderers and sanctioned people once relied on diamonds, gold and artwork. Now, criminals have a far more practical alternative: stablecoins, a cryptocurrency tied to the U.S. dollar that exists largely beyond traditional financial oversight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
It has long been clear that unalloyed racism lies at the core of Trumpism, and he is becoming increasingly explicit about this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
