Chris Addison
@mrchrisaddison.bsky.social
Spy. Dammit! Ex-spy.
Is it about work? Please contact: Rob Aslett roba@avalonuk.com
Avi pic by Clara Wolden. Background pic designed by Gentleman Jim Gloster.
Is it about work? Please contact: Rob Aslett roba@avalonuk.com
Avi pic by Clara Wolden. Background pic designed by Gentleman Jim Gloster.
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Chris Addison
@mrchrisaddison.bsky.social
· Nov 17
I intend to use this new, less-sullied place to:
1) Make gently humourous observations about everyday life;
2) Post charming pictures;
3) Crush my enemies utterly beneath my heel.
1) Make gently humourous observations about everyday life;
2) Post charming pictures;
3) Crush my enemies utterly beneath my heel.
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22 January 1945 | During the evacuation march of prisoners from Auschwitz III-Monowitz, near Gliwice, SS guards shot Victor Perez, a Tunisian Jewish boxer, the World Flyweight Champion in 1931 & 1932. He was deported to #Auschwitz in October 1943.
January 22, 2026 at 11:00 AM
22 January 1945 | During the evacuation march of prisoners from Auschwitz III-Monowitz, near Gliwice, SS guards shot Victor Perez, a Tunisian Jewish boxer, the World Flyweight Champion in 1931 & 1932. He was deported to #Auschwitz in October 1943.
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One small but notable sign of the rightward shift in UK politics in recent years is the use of “illegal migrants” for asylum seekers who arrive unofficially. It’s a dehumanising term which was popularised by the hard right and is now - as here - used repeatedly in Home Office press releases.
January 22, 2026 at 10:44 AM
One small but notable sign of the rightward shift in UK politics in recent years is the use of “illegal migrants” for asylum seekers who arrive unofficially. It’s a dehumanising term which was popularised by the hard right and is now - as here - used repeatedly in Home Office press releases.
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21 January 1930 | A Czech Jewish boy, Jiří Vrba, was born in Brandlín.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 October 1944 and murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
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▶ The ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 October 1944 and murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
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▶ The ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
January 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
21 January 1930 | A Czech Jewish boy, Jiří Vrba, was born in Brandlín.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 October 1944 and murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
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▶ The ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 October 1944 and murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
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▶ The ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
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how far is Davos from Dignitas
January 21, 2026 at 2:29 PM
how far is Davos from Dignitas
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Say what you will about Hitler, at least he knew which countries he was invading.
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Say what you will about Hitler, at least he knew which countries he was invading.
The wonderful @imcmillan.bsky.social is - astonishingly - seventy today. Happy Birthday to him. Source of joy in the world as he is.
January 21, 2026 at 1:37 PM
The wonderful @imcmillan.bsky.social is - astonishingly - seventy today. Happy Birthday to him. Source of joy in the world as he is.
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Catch this if you can! Highly recommended.
Right, you. Me and my Ensemble 360 pals are coming to the Wiltshire Music Centre on 14th February to do our 'Incomplete Guide To Chamber Music'. It's for newbies and lifers alike. A breakneck canter through some absolute bangers. Plus this idiot, waffling.
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/event/music-...
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/event/music-...
Music in the Round: Chris Addison's Incomplete Guide to Chamber Music - Wiltshire Music Centre
Sharp-witted comedian, Chris Addison (star of The Thick of It, Mock the Week) brings to life history of classical chamber music
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
January 21, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Catch this if you can! Highly recommended.
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Right, you. Me and my Ensemble 360 pals are coming to the Wiltshire Music Centre on 14th February to do our 'Incomplete Guide To Chamber Music'. It's for newbies and lifers alike. A breakneck canter through some absolute bangers. Plus this idiot, waffling.
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/event/music-...
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/event/music-...
Music in the Round: Chris Addison's Incomplete Guide to Chamber Music - Wiltshire Music Centre
Sharp-witted comedian, Chris Addison (star of The Thick of It, Mock the Week) brings to life history of classical chamber music
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
January 20, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Right, you. Me and my Ensemble 360 pals are coming to the Wiltshire Music Centre on 14th February to do our 'Incomplete Guide To Chamber Music'. It's for newbies and lifers alike. A breakneck canter through some absolute bangers. Plus this idiot, waffling.
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/event/music-...
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/event/music-...
Mussorgsky looks like we all feel right now.
BBC Radio 3
In Tune
Now Playing
Modest Mussorgsky & Radu Lupu
Pictures at an Exhibition: II. The Old Castle
In Tune
Now Playing
Modest Mussorgsky & Radu Lupu
Pictures at an Exhibition: II. The Old Castle
January 20, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Mussorgsky looks like we all feel right now.
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20 January 1899 | A Pole, Józef Chudzio, was born in Medyka. A railwayman.
In #Auschwitz from 24 October 1941.
No. 22099
He perished in the camp on 11 February 1942.
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📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
In #Auschwitz from 24 October 1941.
No. 22099
He perished in the camp on 11 February 1942.
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📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
January 20, 2026 at 6:00 PM
20 January 1899 | A Pole, Józef Chudzio, was born in Medyka. A railwayman.
In #Auschwitz from 24 October 1941.
No. 22099
He perished in the camp on 11 February 1942.
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📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
In #Auschwitz from 24 October 1941.
No. 22099
He perished in the camp on 11 February 1942.
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📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
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your lesbian aunt posing with one of the founders of Studio Ghibli at Comic Con
January 20, 2026 at 3:13 PM
your lesbian aunt posing with one of the founders of Studio Ghibli at Comic Con
Right, you. Me and my Ensemble 360 pals are coming to the Wiltshire Music Centre on 14th February to do our 'Incomplete Guide To Chamber Music'. It's for newbies and lifers alike. A breakneck canter through some absolute bangers. Plus this idiot, waffling.
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/event/music-...
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/event/music-...
Music in the Round: Chris Addison's Incomplete Guide to Chamber Music - Wiltshire Music Centre
Sharp-witted comedian, Chris Addison (star of The Thick of It, Mock the Week) brings to life history of classical chamber music
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
January 20, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Right, you. Me and my Ensemble 360 pals are coming to the Wiltshire Music Centre on 14th February to do our 'Incomplete Guide To Chamber Music'. It's for newbies and lifers alike. A breakneck canter through some absolute bangers. Plus this idiot, waffling.
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/event/music-...
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/event/music-...
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It is a giant illegal plagiarism machine monetizing all of our intellectual property, & like every tech/finance grift before it, the business model is built on breaking the law & malfeasance. And the rush of university leaders & administrators to embed it in every aspect of our work is shameful.
Seems like the companies pushing this tech are not being strictly v honest with anyone about how it works.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Researchers Just Found Something That Could Shake the AI Industry to Its Core
Researchers found compelling evidence that AI models are actually copying copyrighted data, not "learning" from it.
futurism.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:15 PM
It is a giant illegal plagiarism machine monetizing all of our intellectual property, & like every tech/finance grift before it, the business model is built on breaking the law & malfeasance. And the rush of university leaders & administrators to embed it in every aspect of our work is shameful.
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in the plus side, watching the president of the United States destroy the entire geopolitical order because he didn't get a shiny award has successfully cured all my hangups about subtle character motivation in writing
January 19, 2026 at 8:10 AM
in the plus side, watching the president of the United States destroy the entire geopolitical order because he didn't get a shiny award has successfully cured all my hangups about subtle character motivation in writing
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18 January 1916 | Dutch Jewish woman, Helena Waterman-de Jong, was born in Amsterdam.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in August 1942. She did not survive.
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📖 The fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in August 1942. She did not survive.
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📖 The fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
January 18, 2026 at 12:00 PM
18 January 1916 | Dutch Jewish woman, Helena Waterman-de Jong, was born in Amsterdam.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in August 1942. She did not survive.
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📖 The fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in August 1942. She did not survive.
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📖 The fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
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I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
January 17, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
🎶 Any evenin’, any day
If you’re down Korea way
You’ll find us aaalll
Doin’ the Pyongyang Walk!
Oi!🎶
If you’re down Korea way
You’ll find us aaalll
Doin’ the Pyongyang Walk!
Oi!🎶
January 16, 2026 at 12:47 PM
🎶 Any evenin’, any day
If you’re down Korea way
You’ll find us aaalll
Doin’ the Pyongyang Walk!
Oi!🎶
If you’re down Korea way
You’ll find us aaalll
Doin’ the Pyongyang Walk!
Oi!🎶
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15 January 1887 | Samuel Dabrosin, a Jew, was born in Vitebsk. In 1911 he emigrated to Norway. A carpenter.
Deported to #Auschwitz in November 1942 together with his wife Lina. She was murdered after selection in a gas chamber. Samuel perished in the camp on 16 February 1943.
Deported to #Auschwitz in November 1942 together with his wife Lina. She was murdered after selection in a gas chamber. Samuel perished in the camp on 16 February 1943.
January 15, 2026 at 6:00 AM
15 January 1887 | Samuel Dabrosin, a Jew, was born in Vitebsk. In 1911 he emigrated to Norway. A carpenter.
Deported to #Auschwitz in November 1942 together with his wife Lina. She was murdered after selection in a gas chamber. Samuel perished in the camp on 16 February 1943.
Deported to #Auschwitz in November 1942 together with his wife Lina. She was murdered after selection in a gas chamber. Samuel perished in the camp on 16 February 1943.
Am I being thick? Is there nowhere to watch the WPL today?
January 13, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Am I being thick? Is there nowhere to watch the WPL today?
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13 January 1927 | French Jewish girl Renee Korzec was born in Paris. She was a pupil.
On 21 September 1942 she was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
On 21 September 1942 she was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
January 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
13 January 1927 | French Jewish girl Renee Korzec was born in Paris. She was a pupil.
On 21 September 1942 she was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
On 21 September 1942 she was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
Adagio For Scissors
January 12, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Adagio For Scissors
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12 January 1943 | A Czech Roma prisoner, Ignacy Mrnka, was captured by SS guards while trying to escape. He was taken to the camp arrest in the bunker of Block 11 at #Auschwitz I & executed by shooting two days later, after the selection made in the bunker.
January 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
12 January 1943 | A Czech Roma prisoner, Ignacy Mrnka, was captured by SS guards while trying to escape. He was taken to the camp arrest in the bunker of Block 11 at #Auschwitz I & executed by shooting two days later, after the selection made in the bunker.
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12 January 1907 | Czech Jewish woman Anna Deutschová was born in Olomouc.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Tehresienstadt ghetto on 23 October 1944. She did not survive.
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▶ Watch a video about the development of the Birkenau camp: https://youtu.be/e-gQDCLlzHA
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Tehresienstadt ghetto on 23 October 1944. She did not survive.
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▶ Watch a video about the development of the Birkenau camp: https://youtu.be/e-gQDCLlzHA
January 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
12 January 1907 | Czech Jewish woman Anna Deutschová was born in Olomouc.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Tehresienstadt ghetto on 23 October 1944. She did not survive.
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▶ Watch a video about the development of the Birkenau camp: https://youtu.be/e-gQDCLlzHA
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Tehresienstadt ghetto on 23 October 1944. She did not survive.
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▶ Watch a video about the development of the Birkenau camp: https://youtu.be/e-gQDCLlzHA
What I'm saying is, do I need to start blocking?
What's going on, lads? Is it an influx of refugees from X (a place that's pretty down on refugees, as it goes) or is this The Great Bot Farm Acceleration?
January 11, 2026 at 12:04 PM
What I'm saying is, do I need to start blocking?