DariusB
@dariusbat.bsky.social
Leeds City organist, organ/piano for Halle, BBC Phil & others, arranging, improvisation for silent film and teacher RAM, director Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus.
www.dariusbattiwalla.com
www.dariusbattiwalla.com
This is a great venue, expensively restored not long ago - it would be a real shame for Halifax to lose it: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save Square Chapel for the people
Square Chapel has a strong history of supporting community events and professional performances and is a popular venue in the local community.
Square Chapel was a popular arts centre with good ...
www.megaphone.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
This is a great venue, expensively restored not long ago - it would be a real shame for Halifax to lose it: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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So…about AI’s energy use…
“…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”
“…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”
Report: Creating a 5-second AI video is like running a microwave for an hour
That's a long time in the microwave.
mashable.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
So…about AI’s energy use…
“…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”
“…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”
West Midlands film enthusiasts - one of the great silent comedies, with live improvised piano accompaniment, later today www.regaltenbury.co.uk/events/safet...
Safety Last! Classic film with live improvised piano accompaniment from Darius Battiwalla — Regal Tenbury
Join us at the Regal for a captivating evening with the classic 1923 silent romantic-comedy, Safety Last! , featuring the daredevil antics of Harold Lloyd. This unforgettable screening includes live...
www.regaltenbury.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
West Midlands film enthusiasts - one of the great silent comedies, with live improvised piano accompaniment, later today www.regaltenbury.co.uk/events/safet...
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Can anyone with a highly trained editorial eye spot the mistake on this front page ? 😂
April 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Can anyone with a highly trained editorial eye spot the mistake on this front page ? 😂
Picked up piano parts for playing in orchestra later this week; this sign-off from the copyist at the end of John Adams Short Ride made me smile
April 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Picked up piano parts for playing in orchestra later this week; this sign-off from the copyist at the end of John Adams Short Ride made me smile
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The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People. A couple of years old now, from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social A long read so get yourself a cuppa. TLDR = 8 billion+ people need an efficient food system not a rural fantasy. #food #sustainability #doughnuteconomics www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...
The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People
The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death
www.monbiot.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People. A couple of years old now, from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social A long read so get yourself a cuppa. TLDR = 8 billion+ people need an efficient food system not a rural fantasy. #food #sustainability #doughnuteconomics www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...
The right time of year for the satisfyingly cynical 'Spring' by Edna St Vincent Millay (1892-1950). I discovered it thanks to the wonderful @kukukadoo.bsky.social who posted it on X (but sadly doesn't seem to post on here).
April 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The right time of year for the satisfyingly cynical 'Spring' by Edna St Vincent Millay (1892-1950). I discovered it thanks to the wonderful @kukukadoo.bsky.social who posted it on X (but sadly doesn't seem to post on here).
In a change to the schedule, our final concert of the current organ recital series this Monday lunchtime at Leeds Cathedral will be a tribute to Simon Lindley. I'll be joined by David Greed, violin, to perform pieces he regularly played with Simon, as well as some of SGL's favourite organ pieces.
March 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
In a change to the schedule, our final concert of the current organ recital series this Monday lunchtime at Leeds Cathedral will be a tribute to Simon Lindley. I'll be joined by David Greed, violin, to perform pieces he regularly played with Simon, as well as some of SGL's favourite organ pieces.
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Remember that public outrages in the name of 'authority' are committed in the UK too. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Remember that public outrages in the name of 'authority' are committed in the UK too. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Two new concerts from Leeds online - Tom Winpenny's fantastic recital from February, and mine for International Women's Day - here's a taster from that of Rachel Laurin's spectacular Toccata - a lot of work but worth the effort!
www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk/watch-online/
www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk/watch-online/
March 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Two new concerts from Leeds online - Tom Winpenny's fantastic recital from February, and mine for International Women's Day - here's a taster from that of Rachel Laurin's spectacular Toccata - a lot of work but worth the effort!
www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk/watch-online/
www.leedsconcertseason.co.uk/watch-online/
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A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge sprayed on to farmland? The answer won’t make you happy | George Monbiot
Thanks to breathtaking negligence, the liquid fertiliser used to help grow our food bubbles with a lethal cocktail of toxins, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A suitable epitaph for a musician? ‘A life devoted to the study of musical science, and shortened by unremitting application and anxiety in attainment of its object’. Stephen Storace, aged 36, English composer and brother of Nancy (who was the first Susanna in Marriage of Figaro).
March 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A suitable epitaph for a musician? ‘A life devoted to the study of musical science, and shortened by unremitting application and anxiety in attainment of its object’. Stephen Storace, aged 36, English composer and brother of Nancy (who was the first Susanna in Marriage of Figaro).
Any organ music enthusiasts in Central London this Saturday, it would be great to see you at Bloomsbury Baptist church at 4pm - I’ll be playing Demessieux, Bach, Saint-Saens, Mendelssohn, Franck, Coates and Lemare.
February 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Any organ music enthusiasts in Central London this Saturday, it would be great to see you at Bloomsbury Baptist church at 4pm - I’ll be playing Demessieux, Bach, Saint-Saens, Mendelssohn, Franck, Coates and Lemare.
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The hidden-away bill charting a course back to Europe:
No-one wants you to look at the product safety and metrology bill and there's a really good reason for that iandunt.substack.com/p/the-hidden...
No-one wants you to look at the product safety and metrology bill and there's a really good reason for that iandunt.substack.com/p/the-hidden...
The hidden-away bill charting a course back to Europe
No-one wants you to look at the product safety and metrology bill. And there's a really good reason for that.
iandunt.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The hidden-away bill charting a course back to Europe:
No-one wants you to look at the product safety and metrology bill and there's a really good reason for that iandunt.substack.com/p/the-hidden...
No-one wants you to look at the product safety and metrology bill and there's a really good reason for that iandunt.substack.com/p/the-hidden...
Rehearsing Philip Glass with the Halle today with the Halle with the Halle the Halle the Halle with the Halle with the Halle with the Halle the Halle with the Halle the Halle with the with the Halle the Halle with the Halle etc (repeat 3x) (also trying to avoid RSI)
February 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Rehearsing Philip Glass with the Halle today with the Halle with the Halle the Halle the Halle with the Halle with the Halle with the Halle the Halle with the Halle the Halle with the with the Halle the Halle with the Halle etc (repeat 3x) (also trying to avoid RSI)
Just finished this, and can’t recommend it highly enough. So moving and beautifully written.
February 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Just finished this, and can’t recommend it highly enough. So moving and beautifully written.
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A concert millions of years in the making! 🦕🦖
'Unearthed', a choral celebration of palaeontology in Oxford, includes works by Pearsall, Clara Schuman, and Whitcare as well as the world premiere of 'Monster' by @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social.
Tickets on sale now. 🎟️
oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/city-o...
'Unearthed', a choral celebration of palaeontology in Oxford, includes works by Pearsall, Clara Schuman, and Whitcare as well as the world premiere of 'Monster' by @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social.
Tickets on sale now. 🎟️
oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/city-o...
February 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A concert millions of years in the making! 🦕🦖
'Unearthed', a choral celebration of palaeontology in Oxford, includes works by Pearsall, Clara Schuman, and Whitcare as well as the world premiere of 'Monster' by @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social.
Tickets on sale now. 🎟️
oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/city-o...
'Unearthed', a choral celebration of palaeontology in Oxford, includes works by Pearsall, Clara Schuman, and Whitcare as well as the world premiere of 'Monster' by @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social.
Tickets on sale now. 🎟️
oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/city-o...
Hoping to get Leeds Concert Season to leave the other place and start posting here, but meanwhile I'll be posting our recital videos here. This is Gordon Stewart's excellent concert from last week with some rarities!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMOo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMOo...
Dr Gordon Stewart - Leeds Cathedral, 13 Jan 2025
YouTube video by Leeds International Concert Season
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January 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Hoping to get Leeds Concert Season to leave the other place and start posting here, but meanwhile I'll be posting our recital videos here. This is Gordon Stewart's excellent concert from last week with some rarities!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMOo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMOo...
I enjoyed this thread, learnt some useless zoological info as well
We're having a discussion about which interesting animal behaviour would be terrifying on a different species. The rules are
a) it can't be an immediate danger to you
b) it has to be so scary you would stop filming and leave.
Feel free to play along. The current winner is vulture murmuration.
a) it can't be an immediate danger to you
b) it has to be so scary you would stop filming and leave.
Feel free to play along. The current winner is vulture murmuration.
January 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I enjoyed this thread, learnt some useless zoological info as well
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I know academics who use AI regularly, for work and play, and I'd really like them, and universities, to tell me how they contend with AI's bottomless appetites for power and water.
Is asking ChatGPT to interpret a Xmas song or making it write your syllabus worth this to you?
Is asking ChatGPT to interpret a Xmas song or making it write your syllabus worth this to you?
December 23, 2024 at 2:45 PM
I know academics who use AI regularly, for work and play, and I'd really like them, and universities, to tell me how they contend with AI's bottomless appetites for power and water.
Is asking ChatGPT to interpret a Xmas song or making it write your syllabus worth this to you?
Is asking ChatGPT to interpret a Xmas song or making it write your syllabus worth this to you?
Youngest gave me a John Cooper Clarke collection. Think this is my favourite. Brutal but true
December 26, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Youngest gave me a John Cooper Clarke collection. Think this is my favourite. Brutal but true
Today in Liverpool.
December 12, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Today in Liverpool.
The amazing Robert and Debra have completed the Leeds Town Hall facade pipe restoration! Have a look for the video on FB from the Upright Gilders (I can’t make the link work here, so here are a couple of pictures.)
December 8, 2024 at 4:16 PM
The amazing Robert and Debra have completed the Leeds Town Hall facade pipe restoration! Have a look for the video on FB from the Upright Gilders (I can’t make the link work here, so here are a couple of pictures.)