I remember being part of celebrating the 50th anniversary. I've still got the commemorative LP. An astonishing number of those on it went on to become my professional colleagues. Congratulations RCMJD.

Royal College of Music@rcmlondon.bsky.social · 6d ago

Join us to celebrate 100 years of the RCM Junior Department! 🎉 A century of musical training at the RCM Junior Department will be celebrated through a programme of special events this year, launching with a series of hourly fanfares on 19 September. Learn more: bit.ly/rcm-jd100 #JD100

Good thread.

madeline odent@oldenoughtosay.com · last mo.

There are pubs that are good at community building, and pubs that aren’t, but, and I think this is key: the same is true of people. There are people who are good at building community, and people who never learned or developed that skill, because they weren’t taught or weren’t interested.

Fair play to Danny León, the Spanish Olympic skateboarder. This shot may never be eclipsed.

This is superb.

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · last mo.

I enjoyed this. ordinaryabundance.com

It's me, a Telegraph columnist, taking a break screaming bloody murder about fairness in the women's sports I wouldn't be caught dead watching to wax lyrical about academic integrity in sociology, a field I consider to be fake, at institutions I consider to be communist indoctrination centers.

See also: crying your heart out

Pookleblinky@pookleblinky.bsky.social · last mo.

Terrifying if literal: wrapping your head around a thing

Cannot believe it's taken me this long to log on to the Dyfi Osprey Project live feed

I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS

I have just seen a poster urging me to "discover the world's best mango vodka" and I cannot help thinking that this has to be a contradiction in terms

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I loved this conversation, even the inconclusivity felt like part of its value

LSE Inequalities@lseinequalities.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Do disparities between generations drive populism? Does geographical exclusion – such as the infrastructure lacking in rural vs urban areas – alter one’s relationship to politics? Guardian columnist @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social discusses in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/41DMCaN

🚨 PLEASE SHARE WIDELY 🚨 If you are an Exeter alumnus, and wish to express your horror at the proposed cuts to the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, please sign the Google Doc petition below. Not an alumnus? You can still help by signing the Exeter UCU petition at c.org/msXfsb2g5b 🗃️

Alumni petition against the cuts to the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Any Exeter alumni who wish for their names to be added to the petition below should please complete the form at this link: https://forms.gle/SpdYvmmsCaJbmZft6. If you are not an alumnus, but still wis...

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Just as long as one is not Kossil.

Ursula K. Le Guin Bot@leguinbot.bsky.social · 3mo ago

You must be Arha, or you must be Tenar. You cannot be both.

This is increasingly a problem. Please add your voice. c.org/RDXkdL5sBb

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Improved Airport Security Procedures for Professional Musicians and Their Instruments

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In today's inbox: three requests to work for free. One would cost me £190 in rail fare, another would cost me at least 40 hours of work, and the last says "we don't have a budget for speakers, but we can promise a nice lunch." Folks, if you're paying the caterers, you can pay your speaker.

All of this is brilliant, not least the way he throws them to one side when he’s done with them

Kristi Yamaguccimane@wapplehouse.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Few people ever find a niche passion that intersects with a niche talent and at an age when they’re unapologetic about both. Before the world says “you should be embarrassed.” He’s gonna end up being a world renowned ornithological researcher or educator.

From churches and castles to wonderfully weird Portmeirion: exploring Wales’s north-west coast on foot and by train

From churches and castles to wonderfully weird Portmeirion: exploring Wales’s north-west coast on foot and by train

The Cambrian Line hugs the shore, offering easy access to the Wales Coast Path, the Cadfan Way pilgrimage route and glorious Cardigan Bay

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A “pure, cold rage” has once again enveloped a community - leaving 11 police officers injured, a family with no new answers, and everyone talking about everything except how Henry Nowak, and so many others before him, were failed in the first place.

Pure, Cold Rage. Warm, Clean Hands.

When does anger become leadership? And who takes responsibility when that anger escapes the television studio?

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"Your doner is so awful, you better feed it to the cats." A 1* Google review for a doner place in Berlin. Their reaction is phenomenal. 😁

We perform in support of the Mulberry Centre on Saturday night. Here’s everything you need to know. ⛪️: St Michael & All Angels, Turnham Green, W4 1TT 🚂: Turnham Green (Piccadilly and District Lines) 🚌 : E3, 110, 237, 267, H91 🕰️: 7:30pm 🎟️: on the door

Savall's Beethoven set is outstanding in all respects. Don't hesitate; just buy it! #classicalmusic

Amen to this 👇

European Movement UK@europeanmovement.co.uk · 5mo ago

European Greens have formally urged the UK to consider rejoining the EU, calling Brexit a political and economic failure and saying Britain’s future belongs back in Europe.

This is a superb wee read ‘ if universal basic income enables even one more Einstein to become Einstein over the course of the next century, it will have paid for itself a thousand times over.’ Oh and AdeP too 😁🎶

Scott Santens@scottsantens.com · 5mo ago

After reading this newest essay of mine, one of my readers said via email, "This is probably the best article I've ever read advocating for UBI. And one of the best you've ever written." If you haven't read it yet, please do. Maybe you will feel the same way. 🎲 www.scottsantens.com/the-angine-d...

The kind of rehearsal I enjoy! Working through the Beethoven C minor concerto over coffee with the lovely Rachele Howes, preparing for @rorchestra.bsky.social next concert on 16 May at St Michael & All Angels, Bedford Park. Brahms Symphony 2 and Dvorak on the programme as well. Going to be awesome!

Wow.

Brian Davey@brianmdavey.bsky.social · 5mo ago

J. H. Prynne wrote a guide to reading works of literature for Cambridge students. This was the postscript:

Caroline Lucas of the Green Party reckons that Water needs to be Renationalised. RT if you know it has to be.

The kind of quality content I'm here for

Madeline Sophia Luther 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇳🇴@vinminen.bsky.social · 8mo ago

When I wrote this a year ago I had no idea how bad things would get. Today, eight years after she left us, I'm trying to follow Ursula's advice: write and worry. Write and act. Worry and keep writing. lithub.com/the-way-of-w...

The Way of Water: On the Quiet Power of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Activism

In the past two months, I’ve found myself thinking back to an essay Ursula K. Le Guin posted on her blog in November 2016. It was one of her last long essays, and she wrote it at a time when she—li…

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*NEW POST* This week on rising misogyny & classical music "Not taking active steps to redress historical imbalance sends a message ... that classical music is a space where varying degrees of sexism and misogyny are tolerated." open.substack.com/pub/leahbroa...

No, misogyny isn't a thing of the past

If it feels like feminism has achieved its goals, you’re not paying enough attention.

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Myttin da / Good morning Blue Sky🙂 Wishing you all, along with the Cornish diaspora over the world a Happy St Piran's Day! / Gool Peran Lowen! Including: USA South Africa Australia Mexico www.exeter.ac.uk/research/cen... #StPiransDay #GoolPeranLown