christopher rourke
@christopherrourke.bsky.social
writer and public sector worker.
opera and r+b freak (once a singer.)
🎾 crusher.
sometimes 📘academic.
tiramisù, coffee and chocolate cake expert.
teacht ar ais, ✨Frankie.
for my thoughts on 🎭🎬🎞️✨ please check
https://letterboxd.com/christopher1998
opera and r+b freak (once a singer.)
🎾 crusher.
sometimes 📘academic.
tiramisù, coffee and chocolate cake expert.
teacht ar ais, ✨Frankie.
for my thoughts on 🎭🎬🎞️✨ please check
https://letterboxd.com/christopher1998
Pinned
Una voce poco fa /'A voice a little while ago'.
from Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione.
🎭🎼 by Gioachino Rossini.
(première February 1816.)
aria from Act 1,
a room in Bartolo's house with four doors.
— the agility of Maria Callas’🎭Rosina!
#MariaCallas
m.youtube.com/watch?v=bgY_...
from Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione.
🎭🎼 by Gioachino Rossini.
(première February 1816.)
aria from Act 1,
a room in Bartolo's house with four doors.
— the agility of Maria Callas’🎭Rosina!
#MariaCallas
m.youtube.com/watch?v=bgY_...
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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A cartoon I pitched this morning to the New Yorker ...and the one they ran. Both about the penny being discontinued...missed by one word! Guess I'm not penny wise.
#penny #pennydiscontinued #pennynomore
#penny #pennydiscontinued #pennynomore
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A cartoon I pitched this morning to the New Yorker ...and the one they ran. Both about the penny being discontinued...missed by one word! Guess I'm not penny wise.
#penny #pennydiscontinued #pennynomore
#penny #pennydiscontinued #pennynomore
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New York City billboards are displaying the president’s 91 felony charges.
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New York City billboards are displaying the president’s 91 felony charges.
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I found it. The most 2025 story.
thehill.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I found it. The most 2025 story.
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Do I trust this recent transformation? Not yet
Will I offer grace to those who want to be done with toxic politics? Even those who once reveled in it? Yes
The road to redemption, however, is long and it must be travelled.
For MTG, the road requires her to be truthful about J6 and her role in it.
Will I offer grace to those who want to be done with toxic politics? Even those who once reveled in it? Yes
The road to redemption, however, is long and it must be travelled.
For MTG, the road requires her to be truthful about J6 and her role in it.
November 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Do I trust this recent transformation? Not yet
Will I offer grace to those who want to be done with toxic politics? Even those who once reveled in it? Yes
The road to redemption, however, is long and it must be travelled.
For MTG, the road requires her to be truthful about J6 and her role in it.
Will I offer grace to those who want to be done with toxic politics? Even those who once reveled in it? Yes
The road to redemption, however, is long and it must be travelled.
For MTG, the road requires her to be truthful about J6 and her role in it.
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Carlos Alcaraz being serenaded by the crowd in Turin after losing to Jannik Sinner in the final of the ATP Finals.
He walks up to the mic and the crowd keeps cheering.
Flashing a gracious smile in defeat. 🥹
(via Tennis TV)
He walks up to the mic and the crowd keeps cheering.
Flashing a gracious smile in defeat. 🥹
(via Tennis TV)
November 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Carlos Alcaraz being serenaded by the crowd in Turin after losing to Jannik Sinner in the final of the ATP Finals.
He walks up to the mic and the crowd keeps cheering.
Flashing a gracious smile in defeat. 🥹
(via Tennis TV)
He walks up to the mic and the crowd keeps cheering.
Flashing a gracious smile in defeat. 🥹
(via Tennis TV)
@citizenscreen.bsky.social
some less than predictable posts on ✨Rita Hayworth, (please)!
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some less than predictable posts on ✨Rita Hayworth, (please)!
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November 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
@citizenscreen.bsky.social
some less than predictable posts on ✨Rita Hayworth, (please)!
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
some less than predictable posts on ✨Rita Hayworth, (please)!
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
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Tallulah Bankhead by Bert Longworth for Paramount Pictures in 1932.
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Tallulah Bankhead by Bert Longworth for Paramount Pictures in 1932.
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A Universal Pictures publicity portrait of rising star Gloria Jean from 1940.
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A Universal Pictures publicity portrait of rising star Gloria Jean from 1940.
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A must watch film! One of my faves
November 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A must watch film! One of my faves
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Tennis is so lucky to have Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz <3
November 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Tennis is so lucky to have Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz <3
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This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Nobody would leave the UK if the government introduced a wealth tax.
November 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Nobody would leave the UK if the government introduced a wealth tax.
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The bra is a product sprung from a perceived necessity, and from an attempt to create necessity where there is none or very little. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/_brpOY
The Joy of Not Wearing a Bra
I feel now, in a bra, the way I might if I housed an uninjured arm in a sling.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The bra is a product sprung from a perceived necessity, and from an attempt to create necessity where there is none or very little. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/_brpOY
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Can the next please dear God can the next interviewer ask MTG about oh I don’t know January 6th etc before we keep pretending she found politics Jesus
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Can the next please dear God can the next interviewer ask MTG about oh I don’t know January 6th etc before we keep pretending she found politics Jesus
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This week Nathan Gill, Reform UK’s Leader in Wales will be sentenced for 8 charges of Russian bribes.
Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”.
Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.
Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”.
Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.
November 16, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This week Nathan Gill, Reform UK’s Leader in Wales will be sentenced for 8 charges of Russian bribes.
Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”.
Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.
Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”.
Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.
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Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
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The disconnect of the soon to be announced immigration policy. Look at what we’re saying to the people who built lives here - they’re now considering whether it’s worth staying. The cowardice of Labour is astounding. We don’t like racism but are enabling it
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: the people who could face deportation under Reform
As party’s rise fuels fears over future visa rules, people share how the lives they have built are in jeopardy
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The disconnect of the soon to be announced immigration policy. Look at what we’re saying to the people who built lives here - they’re now considering whether it’s worth staying. The cowardice of Labour is astounding. We don’t like racism but are enabling it
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Good morning.
Joe and Jake here.
This is us relaxing in bed.
We are two little Scottish cats who love to coorie in when its cold outside.
This is us doing it right now.
If it's not warm, we recommend huddling together, using your body heat to warm each other.
We wish all on bluesky the best!
Joe and Jake here.
This is us relaxing in bed.
We are two little Scottish cats who love to coorie in when its cold outside.
This is us doing it right now.
If it's not warm, we recommend huddling together, using your body heat to warm each other.
We wish all on bluesky the best!
November 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Good morning.
Joe and Jake here.
This is us relaxing in bed.
We are two little Scottish cats who love to coorie in when its cold outside.
This is us doing it right now.
If it's not warm, we recommend huddling together, using your body heat to warm each other.
We wish all on bluesky the best!
Joe and Jake here.
This is us relaxing in bed.
We are two little Scottish cats who love to coorie in when its cold outside.
This is us doing it right now.
If it's not warm, we recommend huddling together, using your body heat to warm each other.
We wish all on bluesky the best!
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Pinning this to the top because when he posted this, it was not yet happening. Now we can see it unfolding. #stoptrump #stopproject2025 #politicsky #wewarnedyou youtu.be/XmZm3zeSSDc?...
Project 2025: The MAGA Plan to Take Your Freedom | Robert Reich
YouTube video by Robert Reich
youtu.be
January 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Pinning this to the top because when he posted this, it was not yet happening. Now we can see it unfolding. #stoptrump #stopproject2025 #politicsky #wewarnedyou youtu.be/XmZm3zeSSDc?...