MikeIrons
@mikeirons12.bsky.social
Music, nature, Spurs, film...
A perfect balance between his pastoral, more lyrical style and the more dramatic and violent music. Great piece.
In 1930, RVW composed Job: A Masque for Dancing, a one-act ballet score inspired by William Blake's illustrations of the biblical Book of Job.
The score is a significant work featuring his characteristic pastoral melodies alongside passages anticipating his later style.
The score is a significant work featuring his characteristic pastoral melodies alongside passages anticipating his later style.
October 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
A perfect balance between his pastoral, more lyrical style and the more dramatic and violent music. Great piece.
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Former M&S Chairman Lord Rose,
"Here we are, 10 years on now from Brexit"
"The issues of immigration are caused by Brexit"
"The issues of our poor economic performance ate down to Brexit"
"Here we are, 10 years on now from Brexit"
"The issues of immigration are caused by Brexit"
"The issues of our poor economic performance ate down to Brexit"
May 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Former M&S Chairman Lord Rose,
"Here we are, 10 years on now from Brexit"
"The issues of immigration are caused by Brexit"
"The issues of our poor economic performance ate down to Brexit"
"Here we are, 10 years on now from Brexit"
"The issues of immigration are caused by Brexit"
"The issues of our poor economic performance ate down to Brexit"
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How many Republicans have spoken out against Trump's threat to suspend habeas corpus?
How many Republicans have spoken out against Trump's "gift" from Qatar?
How many Republicans--and other Republican-adjacent elites--put the Constitution above Trump?
The sad answer: vanishingly close to zero.
How many Republicans have spoken out against Trump's "gift" from Qatar?
How many Republicans--and other Republican-adjacent elites--put the Constitution above Trump?
The sad answer: vanishingly close to zero.
May 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
How many Republicans have spoken out against Trump's threat to suspend habeas corpus?
How many Republicans have spoken out against Trump's "gift" from Qatar?
How many Republicans--and other Republican-adjacent elites--put the Constitution above Trump?
The sad answer: vanishingly close to zero.
How many Republicans have spoken out against Trump's "gift" from Qatar?
How many Republicans--and other Republican-adjacent elites--put the Constitution above Trump?
The sad answer: vanishingly close to zero.
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Just following orders isn’t going to hold up in court.
"Another officer, frustrated, says, 'They don’t need a warrant.' Finally, one of them tells the truth. Due process is not a matter they’re concerned with. The deportation must proceed. Trying to stop it is the unlawful thing"—@billshaner.bsky.social in Worcester www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“They’re trying to kidnap someone”
On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.
www.motherjones.com
May 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Just following orders isn’t going to hold up in court.
Going back to first principles and to the recording I heard as a kid in the early 1970s. Also the first solo violinist I heard in concert, playing Brahms at the RFO with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Walter Weller.
May 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Going back to first principles and to the recording I heard as a kid in the early 1970s. Also the first solo violinist I heard in concert, playing Brahms at the RFO with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Walter Weller.
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Why does nobody tell her straight up this is bullshit?
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Why does nobody tell her straight up this is bullshit?
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This kid runs circles around the reporter
May 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This kid runs circles around the reporter
I'm not sure listening to Mahler 's 6th is the ideal motivational tool before Tottenham play their Europa League semi-final return fixture tonight v Bodo/Glimt, to be played in the Arctic Circle. But there you go. Too late now! 😬😥😉
May 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I'm not sure listening to Mahler 's 6th is the ideal motivational tool before Tottenham play their Europa League semi-final return fixture tonight v Bodo/Glimt, to be played in the Arctic Circle. But there you go. Too late now! 😬😥😉
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We are proud to support @aborchestras.bsky.social campaign for an orchestra in every school🏫
A national call to ensure access to high-quality music education and creative subjects for all children and young people.
Learn more: abo.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
#AnOrchestraInEverySchool
A national call to ensure access to high-quality music education and creative subjects for all children and young people.
Learn more: abo.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
#AnOrchestraInEverySchool
May 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
We are proud to support @aborchestras.bsky.social campaign for an orchestra in every school🏫
A national call to ensure access to high-quality music education and creative subjects for all children and young people.
Learn more: abo.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
#AnOrchestraInEverySchool
A national call to ensure access to high-quality music education and creative subjects for all children and young people.
Learn more: abo.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
#AnOrchestraInEverySchool
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If we were a more serious country, where the rule of law & the constitution actually mattered, these people would already have been arrested & marched out of every federal building they tried to enter in handcuffs.
once again my full throated support and endorsement for any democrat who pursues criminal legal accountability for the DOGE boys. and i’d be fine with shipping these guys to the Hague
Two of Musk’s most strident goons manually, one-by-one, killed lifesaving programs even those Rubio wants credit for trying to save, on Musk’s orders.
May 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If we were a more serious country, where the rule of law & the constitution actually mattered, these people would already have been arrested & marched out of every federal building they tried to enter in handcuffs.
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If you read the testimonies of the people starving to death in Gaza you'll realise that they had normal lives and jobs two years ago. They worked in IT, they were chefs or nurses, they had small businesses, they underwent IVF, they cooked big family meals. They are no different to you or me.
May 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
If you read the testimonies of the people starving to death in Gaza you'll realise that they had normal lives and jobs two years ago. They worked in IT, they were chefs or nurses, they had small businesses, they underwent IVF, they cooked big family meals. They are no different to you or me.
Eight Weddings and Two Funerals...
Implement a 100% Tariff and ruin a movie
The Fourteenth Seal
The Fourteenth Seal
May 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Eight Weddings and Two Funerals...
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As IF any woman actually needed another reason to not want the sexual predator / rapist, convicted felon in charge...let THIS sink in, ladies!!
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
May 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
As IF any woman actually needed another reason to not want the sexual predator / rapist, convicted felon in charge...let THIS sink in, ladies!!
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
Fantastic performance of Simon Boccanegra by @operanorth.co.uk in Bradford, one of the best things I've seen them do in 40 or so years. Coming to Newcastle,Hull, Liverpool, Nottingham and London,if you get the chance to see it.
🌅🌊⛵🌊💙
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April 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Fantastic performance of Simon Boccanegra by @operanorth.co.uk in Bradford, one of the best things I've seen them do in 40 or so years. Coming to Newcastle,Hull, Liverpool, Nottingham and London,if you get the chance to see it.
🌅🌊⛵🌊💙
🌅🌊⛵🌊💙
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Do not let Trump gaslight you into believing he has a mandate or is all powerful.
Most Americans don't support his cruel agenda.
His approval ratings are in the gutter.
Individuals and institutions are fighting back in courts and winning.
Keep up the fight.
Most Americans don't support his cruel agenda.
His approval ratings are in the gutter.
Individuals and institutions are fighting back in courts and winning.
Keep up the fight.
April 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Do not let Trump gaslight you into believing he has a mandate or is all powerful.
Most Americans don't support his cruel agenda.
His approval ratings are in the gutter.
Individuals and institutions are fighting back in courts and winning.
Keep up the fight.
Most Americans don't support his cruel agenda.
His approval ratings are in the gutter.
Individuals and institutions are fighting back in courts and winning.
Keep up the fight.
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BREAKING: 1,500 grad workers at the University of Rochester are ON STRIKE.
They teach, research & run labs but the administration refuses to respect their right to unionize. After months of delays, they’re taking action.
We stand with them in the fight for a fair process. #UofRStrike
They teach, research & run labs but the administration refuses to respect their right to unionize. After months of delays, they’re taking action.
We stand with them in the fight for a fair process. #UofRStrike
April 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
BREAKING: 1,500 grad workers at the University of Rochester are ON STRIKE.
They teach, research & run labs but the administration refuses to respect their right to unionize. After months of delays, they’re taking action.
We stand with them in the fight for a fair process. #UofRStrike
They teach, research & run labs but the administration refuses to respect their right to unionize. After months of delays, they’re taking action.
We stand with them in the fight for a fair process. #UofRStrike
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The best part is the ‘drunk shaving’ explanation at the end.
April 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The best part is the ‘drunk shaving’ explanation at the end.
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hey @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, this is how you fucking do it. Punch back at fascists. Great work @harvard.edu.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Threats to Cut Funding
Harvard’s lawsuit comes after the administration sought to force the university to comply with a list of demands by cutting billions in federal funding the school receives.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
hey @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, this is how you fucking do it. Punch back at fascists. Great work @harvard.edu.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
For personal reasons, April always seems to be Beethoven month. Two all time favourites here, the violin concerto and the 4th piano concerto. Going back to essentials for me... 🌿🌷💙
April 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
For personal reasons, April always seems to be Beethoven month. Two all time favourites here, the violin concerto and the 4th piano concerto. Going back to essentials for me... 🌿🌷💙
Name a classical recording so powerful and overwhelming that you could pair it with this 9.5 % Belgian beer! 😳🍺🎶🔥😉
April 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Name a classical recording so powerful and overwhelming that you could pair it with this 9.5 % Belgian beer! 😳🍺🎶🔥😉
A couple of classic recordings today. And some reading up for Simon Boccanegra next Saturday. My first trip ever to Italy last week, via Genoa. And we 'll be back there again with Simon Boccanegra. Funny how these things go.
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April 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A couple of classic recordings today. And some reading up for Simon Boccanegra next Saturday. My first trip ever to Italy last week, via Genoa. And we 'll be back there again with Simon Boccanegra. Funny how these things go.
🌅🌊🌊🌊
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I've just been told by someone who obviously thinks he knows that Mahler 's 8th is by far his best work. And to prove it, Mahler said so himself. As Mr Hamilton said in 'Waldorf Salad ' , " What a bunch of crap!" Not the 8th , but the attitude. No 8 is the most divisive of the cycle IMO. BTW, 3 !!!
April 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I've just been told by someone who obviously thinks he knows that Mahler 's 8th is by far his best work. And to prove it, Mahler said so himself. As Mr Hamilton said in 'Waldorf Salad ' , " What a bunch of crap!" Not the 8th , but the attitude. No 8 is the most divisive of the cycle IMO. BTW, 3 !!!
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Harvard posted a copy of the letter they received from the administration. It can be seen at:
www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
www.harvard.edu
April 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Harvard posted a copy of the letter they received from the administration. It can be seen at:
www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
www.harvard.edu/research-fun...