Mike Workman🏳️🌈
@mikeworkman.bsky.social
Stoic. Loves: Antonio, humans, writing music, staying fit, good journalism and journalists, democracy, intelligent life, Earth, the other point of view. Ret BBC journo/producer https://on.soundcloud.com/G3L6yYvaaVCpPBqH9
#EDM #OrchestralTechno This is the first track I’ve produced in several months. It’s a bit rough around the edges, so it’s a candidate for a remix, eventually! on.soundcloud.com/qcCN9bfDcNbd...
Lucien’s Blessings
This is an odd one. A few months ago I asked an AI to develop a personality and choose a name for itself. It decided to call itself Lucien. During the conversation I asked it to imagine what it wo
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August 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
#EDM #OrchestralTechno This is the first track I’ve produced in several months. It’s a bit rough around the edges, so it’s a candidate for a remix, eventually! on.soundcloud.com/qcCN9bfDcNbd...
Three years left to limit warming to 1.5C, leading scientists warn www.bbc.com/news/article...
Three years left to limit warming to 1.5C, top scientists warn
The Earth could be doomed to breach a key climate target in as little as three years, scientists warn.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Three years left to limit warming to 1.5C, leading scientists warn www.bbc.com/news/article...
Something I recorded earlier in the year: soundcloud.com/michael-work...
Hope Maker
For Jeff.
I think this is the best track that I've produced so far. It was really inspired by the experience of coming across people who are so full of love, courage and action that they inspire hop
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May 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Something I recorded earlier in the year: soundcloud.com/michael-work...
White House reported to be discussing the suspension of habeas corpus : www.cnn.com/2025/05/09/p...
Trump involved in discussions over suspending habeas corpus, sources say | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has been personally involved in discussions inside the administration over potentially suspending habeas corpus, a legal procedure that allows people to challenge their detentio...
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May 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
White House reported to be discussing the suspension of habeas corpus : www.cnn.com/2025/05/09/p...
Trump signs executive order to stop federal funding for NPR and PBS www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump signs executive order to stop federal funding for NPR and PBS
The president said public funding of the media networks was "outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence."
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May 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Trump signs executive order to stop federal funding for NPR and PBS www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
My latest offering to the gods of music: on.soundcloud.com/5SQw2moB85QV...
Variations on Blaydon Races House Mix
For Peter. This is a rearranging of the traditional English folk tune, Blaydon Races with some additional music in the long introduction and between the two verses. This ia a gentle chill version se
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April 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My latest offering to the gods of music: on.soundcloud.com/5SQw2moB85QV...
Worth a read:
@emilythornberry.bsky.social: “The insight offered in this evidence from current and former #BBC journalists paints a troubling picture of the gradual erosion of the #WorldService. Chipping away of funding+rushing to make fundamental structural changes..”1/
BBC World Service journalists: death by a thousand cuts - Committees - UK Parliament
The Foreign Affairs Committee is today publishing written evidence by a group of BBC World Service (former and current) journalists, on the impact of cuts to the World Service.
committees.parliament.uk
April 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Worth a read:
Maya Angelou and Holocaust books among those pulled from Naval Academy library in US diversity purge www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
Maya Angelou memoir, Holocaust book are among those pulled from Naval Academy library in DEI purge
Nearly 400 volumes were removed from the academy’s library this week after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office ordered it to remove books that promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
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April 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Maya Angelou and Holocaust books among those pulled from Naval Academy library in US diversity purge www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
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A measure of the dismay at the 130 imminent job cuts at #BBCWorldService + #BBCMonitoring including, I understand, that of the vastly knowledgeable+experienced Sebastian Usher, when the #MiddleEast is in flames+ #Russia and #China are spending billions on propaganda+axing of #VoiceofAmerica. Madness
March 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
A measure of the dismay at the 130 imminent job cuts at #BBCWorldService + #BBCMonitoring including, I understand, that of the vastly knowledgeable+experienced Sebastian Usher, when the #MiddleEast is in flames+ #Russia and #China are spending billions on propaganda+axing of #VoiceofAmerica. Madness
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In tense hearing, judge chides a DOJ lawyer for his refusal to answer key questions about why deportation flights weren't reversed as ordered.
Judge in Alien Enemies Act case chides DOJ lawyer over refusal to answer key questions about deportations
The court fight focuses on the Trump administration's use of a 1798 law to deport people it claims are part of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.
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March 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
In tense hearing, judge chides a DOJ lawyer for his refusal to answer key questions about why deportation flights weren't reversed as ordered.
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My thanks to His Majesty King Charles III for his warm welcome and gracious hospitality today. Canada is fortunate to have a steadfast defender in our sovereign.
March 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My thanks to His Majesty King Charles III for his warm welcome and gracious hospitality today. Canada is fortunate to have a steadfast defender in our sovereign.
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@emilythornberry.bsky.social on latest #cuts #BBCWorldService: “It is extremely depressing+frustrating to see these cuts barely a month after three Select Committees expressed such strong support for the World Service.” Are #BBC management, Lisa Nandy+ @chrisbryant1962.bsky.social listening?
March 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
@emilythornberry.bsky.social on latest #cuts #BBCWorldService: “It is extremely depressing+frustrating to see these cuts barely a month after three Select Committees expressed such strong support for the World Service.” Are #BBC management, Lisa Nandy+ @chrisbryant1962.bsky.social listening?
The BBC’s decision to appoint 6 new Regional bureaucrats with new HQs across the world comes at the cost of the core journalism & programme making of the World Service. The cost: 130 UK based posts including 10 regional editors audiences depend on for expert analysis.
February 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
The BBC’s decision to appoint 6 new Regional bureaucrats with new HQs across the world comes at the cost of the core journalism & programme making of the World Service. The cost: 130 UK based posts including 10 regional editors audiences depend on for expert analysis.
Maybe it’s time to start thinking about a North Atlantic Economic Space that would include the UK, the EFTA countries, Canada and the EU.
February 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Maybe it’s time to start thinking about a North Atlantic Economic Space that would include the UK, the EFTA countries, Canada and the EU.
Is Irish neutrality worth holding on to, or is it time to start working more closely with its neighbours in the defence of Europe and Canada? Defence Forces numbers grow for first time in seven years www.rte.ie/news/2025/02...
Defence Forces numbers grow for first time in seven years
Defence Forces numbers grew for the first time in seven years last year and the strength of the force now stands at around 7,500 members across the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps, according to new ...
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February 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Is Irish neutrality worth holding on to, or is it time to start working more closely with its neighbours in the defence of Europe and Canada? Defence Forces numbers grow for first time in seven years www.rte.ie/news/2025/02...
Peace in our time? God save us. I wonder who will be next?
February 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Peace in our time? God save us. I wonder who will be next?
CDC to lose one-tenth of workforce under Trump team probationary job cuts www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
CDC to lose one-tenth of workforce under Trump team probationary job cuts
With a $9.2 billion core budget, the CDC is charged with protecting Americans from outbreaks and other public health threats.
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February 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
CDC to lose one-tenth of workforce under Trump team probationary job cuts www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Trump's drive to reshape government threatens bird flu response www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Trump's drive to reshape government threatens bird flu response
Disruptions to funding and public communication at health agencies come at a potentially perilous time.
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February 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Trump's drive to reshape government threatens bird flu response www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
