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Albert Weale
@albertpweale.bsky.social
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Emeritus Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy, UCL. Brighton born and bred. No longer resident, but still liberal. Expressed views mine only.

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Albert Weale @albertpweale.bsky.social · 1h
How? www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Donald Trump says US is ‘going to run’ Venezuela after overnight strikes – live
US president says ‘we’re going to run the country until a safe, proper and judicious transition’ can take place and that he is ‘prepared’ for a second attack
www.theguardian.com

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1h
Not going to pretend to bring in a legitimate leader. At least not today
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h
Trump on María Corina Machado: "I think it'd be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn't have the support or the respect within the country. She's a very nice woman but she doesn't have the respect."

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d
Center of Kharkiv, my native town.
In the past 4 years, our house got hit, my school got destroyed, family graveyard, most importantly, people.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d
Tariffs on furniture and kitchen cabinets that President Trump had slated to begin yesterday were delayed for a year.

The US also sharply lowered planned tariffs on Italian pasta.

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d
36 years of research focused on the Front National, the Le Pen family, & their voters #farright #France #tbp
36 years of research on the Front National, the Le Pens, & their voters - kai arzheimer
Marine Le Pen might become president of France. Here is a massive chunk of research on her, her party, and their voters.
www.kai-arzheimer.com

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d
Bill Ackman is among the billionaires who have taken issue with a proposal in California to tax the wealthy based on assets. The hedge-fund manager proposed an idea that would aim to address the loophole known as “buy, borrow, die” that allows rich Americans to live tax-free off their paper wealth.
Threat of California Billionaire Tax Draws Criticism From Ultrawealthy
Hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman is among the billionaires who have taken issue with the proposal’s idea of taxing the wealthy’s assets.
on.wsj.com

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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 2d
Wishing all a #HappyNewYear, and a music-filled 2026! 🎆

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Albert Weale @albertpweale.bsky.social · 3d
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... I cannot recommend this programme too highly. For me the show stopper was the Riga concert at 4 hours in. Sublime.
Christmas Around Europe - Christmas around Europe Part 2 - BBC Sounds
The ever-popular annual celebration of Christmas music from all around Europe.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3d
New Year’s message from President Zelenskyy 🇺🇦
Another year is passing, hard-won through dedication and tenacity, through principles and the daily effort of Ukrainians. This year was made possible thanks to our defenders - those who stood their ground not only for Ukraine, but also for all who value freedom and dignity. Together, we move forward with what keeps us going: experience and memory, the word of home, hope and faith. We take with us the capacity for collective action and our humanity - what endures against all odds. We believe in peace, we fight for it, and we work to achieve it. Happy New Year, dear Ukrainians!

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3d
Sky News: Finnish police say they have apprehended a ship suspected of damaging a critical undersea telecommunications cable connecting Finland to Estonia.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 3d
The Jolly Toper or The Jolly Drinker, 1629, by #JudithLeyster (Dutch, 1609–1660). Held by the @rijksmuseum.bsky.social, www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collectio... #womenartists #artherstory #NewYearsEve
A painting of a young white man wearing a grayish garment with light blue cuffs. He also sports a black beret, worn at a very rakish angle (down the left side of his face) with a log red feather arcing over his right ear to the left edge of the painting. As his right (on the painting's left) a portion of a table is visible, containing a tinderbox, pipe, and a paper containing tobacco. His arms are uplifted before his chest, holding a blue and white jug with its metal lid hanging open, from which he might be about to drink.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 3d
”Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?”
Auld Lang Syne, poem by Robert Burns (1788) sung at #Hogmanay #ScottishDiaspora #OTD
A Highland Dance, by Scottish artist David Allan, c. 1780; watercolour on paper.
National Galleries of Scotland

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 3d
The rhythm of art: Henri Matisse, French artist, pioneer of modern art, leader of fauvism, born #OTD 1869; used colour & fluidity of line to express ‘balance, purity & serenity.’
Tate London

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d
Oasis reunion and Taylor Swift vinyls fuel boom year for UK music industry
Oasis reunion and Taylor Swift vinyls fuel boom year for UK music industry
BPI figures show music lovers listened to equivalent of 210.3m albums by UK artists in 2025 in 11th consecutive year of growth Nostalgia surrounding the Oasis reunion tour, alongside Taylor Swift fans’ clamour for vinyl, contributed to another boom year for the UK music industry, as physical formats continued their comeback. Music lovers listened to the equivalent of 210.3m albums by UK artists during 2025, according to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) annual report, up 4.9% on 2024 and the 11th year of growth in a row. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com

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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 4d
In this episode of BBC Radio 3's Record Review Podcast from July of this year, Kate Kennedy picks her favourite recordings of Vaugh Williams' Symphony No. 5.

Listen here ⬇️
Record Review Podcast - Vaughan Williams's Symphony No.5 - BBC Sounds
Kate Kennedy picks her favourite recording of Vaughan Williams's Symphony No.5.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 4d
River Landscape with the finding of Moses, painted in 1768 by Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian artist known for decorative Arcadian landscapes; worked in Italy and England, influenced Welsh landscape artist Richard Wilson. He died in Florence #OTD 1788.
Windsor Castle, Royal Collection

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 5d
Madame de Pompadour, maîtresse en titre of Louis XV, born #OTD 1721; collector, bibliophile, patron of arts, promoted Rococo style & Sèvres porcelain factory; championed the Encyclopédie.
Portrait 1756 by François Boucher, in intimate, richly decorated Louis XV interior.
Alte Pinakothek München

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 5d
“Who shall deliver me from this turbulent priest?”
Feast of St Thomas Becket, slain at Canterbury Cathedral #OTD 1170. His martyrdom inspired TS Eliot’s verse drama Murder in the Cathedral (1935) and Jean Anouilh’s play Becket (1959).
Huth Psalter, c.1280-1300, British Library, Add MS 38116, f. 13r

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 7d
#SaintJohn the Evangelist, 1866, by #VictorineNordenswan (Finnish, 1838-72). Held at Kansallisgalleria / the Finnish National Gallery, www.kansallisgalleria.fi/en/object/62... #artherstory #womenartists #FeastofStJohntheEvangelist #StJohntheEvangelist #StJohntheApostle
A vertically narrow 3/4-length painting of young white male haloed figure standing and gazing up toward the top right corner of the painting. He wears a brown tunic and a crimson cloak. In his right hand, which hangs at his side, he holds a feather pen. His left forearm crosses his chest; in his left hand he grasps a rolled-up scroll. Behind him is a barren reddish landscape and sky; at the left side of the painting a body of blue water is visible. The top of the painting is presented as an arch; the remaining rectangle around the arch is black.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 7d
Gold snuff box, 1767, with miniature views of Château de Chanteloup, gouache on vellum; commissioned by duc de Choiseul (1719-1785), statesman, Minister of Foreign Affairs to Louis XV & patron of arts; after 1764, he fell from favour & retired to his Château de Chanteloup, near Amboise.
Met Museum
The Chanteloup snuff box, 1767 Goldsmith: probably Pierre-François Delafons Miniaturist: attributed to Louis-Nicolas van Blarenberghe Met Museum New York The Chanteloup snuff box, 1767 Goldsmith: probably Pierre-François Delafons Miniaturist: attributed to Louis-Nicolas van Blarenberghe Met Museum New York

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 8d
The Martyrdom of #SaintStephen, 1607-11, engraved by Jacques Callot after #LaviniaFontana (Italian, 1552-1614). Held by @metmuseum.org, www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #StStephensDay #artherstory #womenartists #FeastofStStephen
An etching depicting people in tunics and robes surrounding a kneeling man. Two of the huma figures loom over the kneeling man, holding large stones over their heads, as many other people look on.

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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 8d
The words of The Sussex Carol date back to 1684 when Irish bishop Luke Wadding published A Small Garland of Pious and Godly Songs.

In the early 1900s, Vaughan Williams heard a tune on a visit to the hamlet of Monk's Gate, which he matched to Wadding's text, creating the carol.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 8d
”Far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife...”
Thomas Gray, poet, scholar, born #OTD 1716; author of Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published 1751, later illustrated by William Blake.
Portrait by John Giles Eccardt, c. 1748, National Portrait Gallery
Blake illustration, Yale British Art

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 8d
Young Man seated under a Tree, c. 1595, watercolour on vellum, miniature by Isaac Oliver, Huguenot artist born in Rouen 1565, pupil of Nicholas Hilliard; formal garden in background inspired by Dutch Renaissance architectural pattern book by Vredeman de Vries 1568.
Royal Collections Trust

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 9d
"While humanity seeks to become 'god' in order to dominate others, God chooses to become human in order to free us from every form of slavery." #PopeLeoXIV #MerryChristmas www.ncronline.org/vatican/turn...
To turn away others is to turn away God, pope says on Christmas Eve
If people refuse to make room for others -- like the poor, children and the stranger -- then they also refuse to make room for God, Pope Leo XIV said as he celebrated the birth of Jesus.
www.ncronline.org

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d
When the history of this cruel era is written, the shame should be no less than the shame we now feel about the roundups and detention of Japanese Americans in World War II. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-brazen-cruelty-of-the-trump-regime

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 9d
From hearts to parts, I’ve made a bold career move. Read on as I do something completely different #tbp
I am an andrologist now - kai arzheimer
It looks like my career in cardiology is already over, and urology is so last year.
bit.ly

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 9d
This work by Pieter Buegel is probably the very first painting of a White Christmas. The pregnant, blue-cloaked Mary rides a donkey led by Joseph, but they are inconspicuous as part of the throng (The Census at Bethlehem, 1566) www.artinsociety.com/bruegelrsquo...

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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 10d
'Fantasia on Christmas Carols', composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams, performed here in 2019 by The Cambridge Singers, conducted by John Rutter. ✨

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Fantasia on Christmas Carols - Vaughan Williams, John Rutter, Cambridge Singers
'Fantasia on Christmas Carols' Ralph Vaughan Williams From ‘The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album’ Composer R. Vaughan Williams Conductor John Rutter Baritone Stephen Varcoe Cello Stephen…
www.youtube.com

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Juan Escalante @juanescalante.com · 10d
Shamp’s Senate Bill 1070 would direct the #Arizona Dept of Health Services to conduct or support research to “advance the understanding of Trump Derangement Syndrome, including its origins, manifestations and long-term effects on individuals, communities and public discourse.”
Arizona lawmaker wants state to study ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’
What, your heart isn't bursting with love for the commander in chief? Are you feeling OK?
www.phoenixnewtimes.com