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Albert Weale
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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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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 4h
Deux Ouvrières dans l’Atelier de Couture: two seamstresses, 1891, by Édouard Vuillard, French Intimiste artist & printmaker, born #OTD 1868; member of avant-garde group Les Nabis, his densely patterned interior scenes were influenced by Japanese printmaking and textiles.
National Galleries Scotland

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 4h
Cassis, Cap Lombard, 1889, by Paul Signac, French neo-impressionist artist, known for luminous coastal views, born #OTD 1863; developed pointillism with Seurat & influenced Matisse.
Kunstmuseum Den Haag

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 16h
"Nothing withstands the influence of wealth. Everything submits to its tyranny, everything cowers at its dominion." #SaintBasil #Resist

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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 23h
📅 A treat to come at 7:30pm on BBC Radio 3 later this week!

Mark Elder conducts the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra in a sea-themed concert including Vaughan Williams's mighty Sea Symphony with soloists Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and David Stout.

Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 1d
“Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.”
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens. (Die Jungfrau von Orleans)
Friedrich Schiller, German philosopher, playwright, co-founder with Goethe of Weimar Theatre; born #OTD 1759.
Portrait c 1810 by von Kügelgen Frankfurter Goethe-Haus

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 1d
“And still they gazed & still the wonder grew,
That one small head could carry all he knew.”
Oliver Goldsmith, versatile Irish writer, born #OTD 1728; known for novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), poem The Deserted Village (1770) and play She stoops to Conquer (1771).
Trinity College Dublin

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 1d
The Shrimp Girl, c. 1740, vivid portrayal of London street seller of shrimps & mussels, her basket on her head with pewter measure, by William Hogarth, innovative English painter, engraver, satirist, born #OTD 1697; the spontaneity & loose brushwork foreshadow Impressionism.
National Gallery London

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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 1d
Today, on Remembrance Sunday, we remember the sacrifices made by those who fought and died for our freedom in past wars.

We must also remember the brave Ukrainians who are right now fighting to defend the freedom of Ukraine, and that of all Europe, from dictatorship.

📷: Ukrainian 15th Army Corps
Photograph of three Ukrainian soldiers in a trench.

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d
Lest we forget: today is 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 the anniversary of #Germany's first successful revolution
November 9: Germany's Modern History, All in a Day's Work - kai arzheimer
In which I show you how to teach 70 years of Modern German history in just under 90 seconds.
www.kai-arzheimer.com

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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 1d
"This Remembrance period offers an important chance for reflection on the role played by music and musicians in securing our freedom" - Jack Pepper for Gramophone Magazine.
Remembrance: film music and composers in World War Two
In this season of remembrance, Jack Pepper reflects on the role played by music and musicians in securing our freedom
www.gramophone.co.uk

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 2d
French artist Raymond Wintz specialised in marine and coastal views in Brittany. Here, almost 100 years ago, he looks through an open doorway to the harbour beyond (The Blue Door, 1927)

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 2d
Winter landscape with skaters, painted c. 1665 by Aert van der Neer, Dutch Golden Age artist who worked in and around Amsterdam, known for lively winter scenes on frozen rivers; died #OTD 1670.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 2d
Quelques Feuilles / Some Leaves

New thing - this is a part of a much larger work. Each square comprises 4 of the colours of an actual leaf collected over a series of walks, and then photographed, uploaded, compiled and arranged in chronological order. The entire work has 144 leaves and 576 colours.
Quelques Feuilles / Some Leaves

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 2d
Another gift link on.ft.com/43GAHtJ
Has Trump passed his peak?
[FREE TO READ] One thing is for sure: the opening act of the US president’s second term is over
on.ft.com

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 3d
Edmond Halley, English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist, born #OTD 1656, sponsor of Newton’s Principia, computed orbit and periodicity of eponymous comet, mapped solar eclipse of 1715.
National Portrait Gallery | Royal Society

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 3d
“See golden days, fruitful of golden deeds...”
John Milton, revered English poet, author of Paradise Lost, died #OTD 1674.
Christs College Cambridge

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 3d
The Bodleian Library opened to the public #OTD in 1602.
Duke Humfrey’s Library: oldest reading room in the Bodleian, named after Humphrey Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester who bequeathed 281 books after his death in 1447.
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Albert Weale @albertpweale.bsky.social · 3d
Would be good to have numbers for the main individual elections but I see the problem @openpolicy.bsky.social

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Albert Weale @albertpweale.bsky.social · 3d
Thank you @openpolicy.bsky.social I guess this is a high percentage historically for an NY mayoral election.

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Albert Weale @albertpweale.bsky.social · 3d
Thank you @evamontemaggi.bsky.social I can see this looks high but hard to get a sense of the percentage of eligible voters the numbers represent.

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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 3d
Wikipedia says NYC turnout was 39.91%

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Ne...
2025 New York City mayoral election - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org

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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 3d
This might explain some of the difficulty.

factually.co/fact-checks/...
Fact Check: What was the official national voter turnout percentag...
Executive Summary The sources provided do not state an official national voter turnout percentage for the November 4, 2025 election; the available materia...
factually.co

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Eva Montemaggi @evamontemaggi.bsky.social · 3d
Virginia? cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-...
Virginia sees highest-ever voter turnout in non-Presidential Election year - Cville Right Now
Over 3.3 million Virginians voted in this year’s election, the most in the Commonwealth’s history for a non-presidential election year.
cvillerightnow.com

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Albert Weale @albertpweale.bsky.social · 3d
Can someone point me to a site that gives turnout figures in the recent US elections? I keep reading that turnout was high, but cannot find actual numbers.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
nyti.ms

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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 3d
Symphony no.4 in F minor was first performed in April 1935 by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Boult. This letter was later dated by Boult as ‘Autumn 1944’; he did conduct the symphony again on 14 February 1945 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, in Bedford.

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · 4d
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 4d
“Si le monde était clair, l’art ne serait pas.”
Albert Camus, French philosopher, writer, author of L'Étranger, La Peste, born #OTD 1913; winner of Nobel Prize in Literature 1957.
Nobel Prize

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 4d
Marie Curie, Polish-French physicist, chemist, pioneer in radioactivity, first woman Nobel laureate & only winner of two Nobel prizes in different sciences (Physics & Chemistry); born #OTD 1867, buried in the Panthéon, Paris.
Nobel Prize | 5th Solvay Conference 1927 (colourised)

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 4d
William Stukeley, English antiquary, pioneered archaeological exploration of Stonehenge & Avebury sites, born #OTD 1687.
Society of Antiquaries, London