GreenLeftHand
@greenlefthand.bsky.social
Lifelong green lefty. Working class. Vegan. Research on German Left Party.
I recently returned to playing music after 40 years. It's been joyous and transforming in so many ways. Here's a blog post reflecting on that early music journey. Looking back I realise how privileged I was to have had that experience.
#Music #Oboe #Musiciansky thegreenlefthand.net/2025/09/14/g...
#Music #Oboe #Musiciansky thegreenlefthand.net/2025/09/14/g...
giving up music – reflecting on a musical journey
Following a forty-year hiatus from playing music, I look back fondly at the instruments, joys and struggles on a musical journey.
thegreenlefthand.net
September 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I recently returned to playing music after 40 years. It's been joyous and transforming in so many ways. Here's a blog post reflecting on that early music journey. Looking back I realise how privileged I was to have had that experience.
#Music #Oboe #Musiciansky thegreenlefthand.net/2025/09/14/g...
#Music #Oboe #Musiciansky thegreenlefthand.net/2025/09/14/g...
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Morning! This week's theme was Cityscapes.
Take a look through the timeline over the last week for full details of these and the rest of the featured pieces.
Take a look through the timeline over the last week for full details of these and the rest of the featured pieces.
April 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Morning! This week's theme was Cityscapes.
Take a look through the timeline over the last week for full details of these and the rest of the featured pieces.
Take a look through the timeline over the last week for full details of these and the rest of the featured pieces.
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I just love those silhouettes of Sherlock Holmes on the Baker Street Station walls - so simple but so effective!
#londonprint #Londonart #printmaking #linocut
#londonprint #Londonart #printmaking #linocut
April 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I just love those silhouettes of Sherlock Holmes on the Baker Street Station walls - so simple but so effective!
#londonprint #Londonart #printmaking #linocut
#londonprint #Londonart #printmaking #linocut
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Join us on Saturday January 4, 2025 for the
#BlueSkyArtShow "Running Water" edition
Post your best pieces on the theme, photos, drawings, paintings, tattoos, poems, stories, quilts, whatever.
Repost your favorites and spread the word!
#Art #Photography #Drawing #Painting #DigitalArt #Writing
#BlueSkyArtShow "Running Water" edition
Post your best pieces on the theme, photos, drawings, paintings, tattoos, poems, stories, quilts, whatever.
Repost your favorites and spread the word!
#Art #Photography #Drawing #Painting #DigitalArt #Writing
December 30, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Join us on Saturday January 4, 2025 for the
#BlueSkyArtShow "Running Water" edition
Post your best pieces on the theme, photos, drawings, paintings, tattoos, poems, stories, quilts, whatever.
Repost your favorites and spread the word!
#Art #Photography #Drawing #Painting #DigitalArt #Writing
#BlueSkyArtShow "Running Water" edition
Post your best pieces on the theme, photos, drawings, paintings, tattoos, poems, stories, quilts, whatever.
Repost your favorites and spread the word!
#Art #Photography #Drawing #Painting #DigitalArt #Writing
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Thrilled to announce the release of Uprooted: How Post-WWII Population Transfers Remade Europe with Cambridge UP 🎉🎉
The book argues that accommodating the displaced population can strengthen states and benefit local economies in the long run.
📚 [Amazon: tinyurl.com/24m2mbkf]
See thread below:
The book argues that accommodating the displaced population can strengthen states and benefit local economies in the long run.
📚 [Amazon: tinyurl.com/24m2mbkf]
See thread below:
November 21, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Thrilled to announce the release of Uprooted: How Post-WWII Population Transfers Remade Europe with Cambridge UP 🎉🎉
The book argues that accommodating the displaced population can strengthen states and benefit local economies in the long run.
📚 [Amazon: tinyurl.com/24m2mbkf]
See thread below:
The book argues that accommodating the displaced population can strengthen states and benefit local economies in the long run.
📚 [Amazon: tinyurl.com/24m2mbkf]
See thread below:
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Interested in German Politics Scholarship? I tried to bring together some first people in this starter pack.
Lots of people still missing! Feel free to make suggestions on who to add.
go.bsky.app/7EmxDbs
Lots of people still missing! Feel free to make suggestions on who to add.
go.bsky.app/7EmxDbs
November 17, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Interested in German Politics Scholarship? I tried to bring together some first people in this starter pack.
Lots of people still missing! Feel free to make suggestions on who to add.
go.bsky.app/7EmxDbs
Lots of people still missing! Feel free to make suggestions on who to add.
go.bsky.app/7EmxDbs
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There’s a direct connection between the Southport riots and Elon Musk. Not that he knows or cares. My column www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
Elon Musk’s misinformation machine made the horrors of Southport much worse
The X owner’s commitment to free speech absolutism contributed to a whirlwind of false reporting around the perpetrator’s identity. Why does he seem to care so little about the truth?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
August 2, 2024 at 7:04 AM
There’s a direct connection between the Southport riots and Elon Musk. Not that he knows or cares. My column www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The story of how the second-hand guitar I played as a child is one of my most cherished possessions today. And some of the life lessons along the way: learning to 'make do', deal with humiliation and value difference.
#MusicSky #MusicalIntstruments #Guitar
thegreenlefthand.net/2024/07/07/f...
#MusicSky #MusicalIntstruments #Guitar
thegreenlefthand.net/2024/07/07/f...
from jumble sale find to treasured possession: the story of my lovely old guitar
Life lessons with a much-cherished second-hand guitar. From early economic realities and humiliating performances to the joy of music and learning to appreciate imperfections and difference.
thegreenlefthand.net
July 7, 2024 at 10:28 AM
The story of how the second-hand guitar I played as a child is one of my most cherished possessions today. And some of the life lessons along the way: learning to 'make do', deal with humiliation and value difference.
#MusicSky #MusicalIntstruments #Guitar
thegreenlefthand.net/2024/07/07/f...
#MusicSky #MusicalIntstruments #Guitar
thegreenlefthand.net/2024/07/07/f...
A piece of history that's always fascinated me. The picnic and sudden interest in mushroom hunts near the border; the guards who *seemed* not to see. Often overlooked, hugely important.
Can't wait to read this from @matthewblongo.bsky.social
skystorians polisky
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/j...
Can't wait to read this from @matthewblongo.bsky.social
skystorians polisky
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/j...
January 28, 2024 at 8:21 PM
A piece of history that's always fascinated me. The picnic and sudden interest in mushroom hunts near the border; the guards who *seemed* not to see. Often overlooked, hugely important.
Can't wait to read this from @matthewblongo.bsky.social
skystorians polisky
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/j...
Can't wait to read this from @matthewblongo.bsky.social
skystorians polisky
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/j...
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Friedrich Merz warnt von den Gefahren von "ganz links und ganz rechts". Die Linke steht bei 4%. Die AfD bei 20%. Für Die Linke kandidiert Bodo Ramelow. Für die AfD Björn Höcke.
Diese permanente Gleichsetzung ist geschichtsvergessen, gefährlich und unverschämt.
Diese permanente Gleichsetzung ist geschichtsvergessen, gefährlich und unverschämt.
January 18, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Friedrich Merz warnt von den Gefahren von "ganz links und ganz rechts". Die Linke steht bei 4%. Die AfD bei 20%. Für Die Linke kandidiert Bodo Ramelow. Für die AfD Björn Höcke.
Diese permanente Gleichsetzung ist geschichtsvergessen, gefährlich und unverschämt.
Diese permanente Gleichsetzung ist geschichtsvergessen, gefährlich und unverschämt.
Just found this podcast. It sheds light on grave, urgent questions and raises many more. The description of how leftists end up on the right and, in particular, the characterisation of the growing fascist movement are fascinating - and genuinely frightening. Essential listening.
#Polisky
#Polisky
On today's Conspirituality, @jeffsharlet.bsky.social helps us understand the slow civil war occurring in America.
Spoiler alert: there's hope, but there's a lot the left needs to understand as well.
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/189-leftists-who-turn-right-jeff-sharlet
Spoiler alert: there's hope, but there's a lot the left needs to understand as well.
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/189-leftists-who-turn-right-jeff-sharlet
189: Leftists Who Turn Right (w/Jeff Sharlet) — Conspirituality
To help us understand MAGA and beyond, we're joined by journalist,
professor, and documentarian, Jeff Sharlet. His books, The Undertow:
Scenes From a Slow Civil War and The Family: The Secret Fundam...
www.conspirituality.net
January 21, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Just found this podcast. It sheds light on grave, urgent questions and raises many more. The description of how leftists end up on the right and, in particular, the characterisation of the growing fascist movement are fascinating - and genuinely frightening. Essential listening.
#Polisky
#Polisky
A powerful book read in 2023:
Tamons Geschichte (German transl.; orig. Japanese; Engl: The Boy and the Dog) by Seishu Hase. The story of Tamon, a dog, and his resilience, determination and loyalty. And the tragedy, betrayal and violence among the humans who accompany him on his mysterious journey.💙📚
Tamons Geschichte (German transl.; orig. Japanese; Engl: The Boy and the Dog) by Seishu Hase. The story of Tamon, a dog, and his resilience, determination and loyalty. And the tragedy, betrayal and violence among the humans who accompany him on his mysterious journey.💙📚
December 31, 2023 at 6:46 PM
A powerful book read in 2023:
Tamons Geschichte (German transl.; orig. Japanese; Engl: The Boy and the Dog) by Seishu Hase. The story of Tamon, a dog, and his resilience, determination and loyalty. And the tragedy, betrayal and violence among the humans who accompany him on his mysterious journey.💙📚
Tamons Geschichte (German transl.; orig. Japanese; Engl: The Boy and the Dog) by Seishu Hase. The story of Tamon, a dog, and his resilience, determination and loyalty. And the tragedy, betrayal and violence among the humans who accompany him on his mysterious journey.💙📚
Many moons ago I read a book review, found it intriguing... and promptly forgot both author and title. Luckily, from my vague description, a bookseller identified the book as Slow Horses. In 2023 I've read the whole series and, despite the guilt over binge reading, have loved every single book. 💙📚
December 31, 2023 at 6:32 PM
Many moons ago I read a book review, found it intriguing... and promptly forgot both author and title. Luckily, from my vague description, a bookseller identified the book as Slow Horses. In 2023 I've read the whole series and, despite the guilt over binge reading, have loved every single book. 💙📚
A month of #AcWriMoments - how did it work out?
Avoiding quantitative targets was right (for me).
I've learned to believe in my work and writing.
Finding a working title brought the project to life and answered important questions about scope and story.
A transforming, learning month.
#AcademicSky
Avoiding quantitative targets was right (for me).
I've learned to believe in my work and writing.
Finding a working title brought the project to life and answered important questions about scope and story.
A transforming, learning month.
#AcademicSky
December 3, 2023 at 8:48 AM
A month of #AcWriMoments - how did it work out?
Avoiding quantitative targets was right (for me).
I've learned to believe in my work and writing.
Finding a working title brought the project to life and answered important questions about scope and story.
A transforming, learning month.
#AcademicSky
Avoiding quantitative targets was right (for me).
I've learned to believe in my work and writing.
Finding a working title brought the project to life and answered important questions about scope and story.
A transforming, learning month.
#AcademicSky
Some interesting ideas, decisions after the first few #AcWriMoments .
Settling on a working title. This had been a worrying omission, a symptom of dithering on scope.
Stepping back to see why the subject still excites me and then building a unique story to spark curiosity in others.
#AcademicSky
Settling on a working title. This had been a worrying omission, a symptom of dithering on scope.
Stepping back to see why the subject still excites me and then building a unique story to spark curiosity in others.
#AcademicSky
November 5, 2023 at 4:44 PM
Some interesting ideas, decisions after the first few #AcWriMoments .
Settling on a working title. This had been a worrying omission, a symptom of dithering on scope.
Stepping back to see why the subject still excites me and then building a unique story to spark curiosity in others.
#AcademicSky
Settling on a working title. This had been a worrying omission, a symptom of dithering on scope.
Stepping back to see why the subject still excites me and then building a unique story to spark curiosity in others.
#AcademicSky
As #AcWriMoments begins, I’m thinking about realistic goals.
A big issue is that my full time work doesn’t relate to my writing project.
So a lot of this month will be about focus. Fixing the writing into daily thoughts, reflections and routine.
#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
A big issue is that my full time work doesn’t relate to my writing project.
So a lot of this month will be about focus. Fixing the writing into daily thoughts, reflections and routine.
#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
November 1, 2023 at 8:18 PM
As #AcWriMoments begins, I’m thinking about realistic goals.
A big issue is that my full time work doesn’t relate to my writing project.
So a lot of this month will be about focus. Fixing the writing into daily thoughts, reflections and routine.
#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
A big issue is that my full time work doesn’t relate to my writing project.
So a lot of this month will be about focus. Fixing the writing into daily thoughts, reflections and routine.
#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
Introduce yourself with three books you love.
Well, today it'd be these:
1. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
2. Lunapark (Babylon Berlin series) - Volker Kutscher
3. Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy - John Le Carre
But tomorrow it'd probably be something different... so many books to love! 💙📚
Well, today it'd be these:
1. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
2. Lunapark (Babylon Berlin series) - Volker Kutscher
3. Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy - John Le Carre
But tomorrow it'd probably be something different... so many books to love! 💙📚
October 29, 2023 at 8:35 AM
Introduce yourself with three books you love.
Well, today it'd be these:
1. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
2. Lunapark (Babylon Berlin series) - Volker Kutscher
3. Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy - John Le Carre
But tomorrow it'd probably be something different... so many books to love! 💙📚
Well, today it'd be these:
1. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
2. Lunapark (Babylon Berlin series) - Volker Kutscher
3. Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy - John Le Carre
But tomorrow it'd probably be something different... so many books to love! 💙📚
Hello BookSky 💙📚
I'm new to this community and an avid reader (English, German) for research and above all for joy.
One of my loves is modern Japanese literature.
So here are some reflections on Yoko Ogawa's Memory Police. I wrote this post just after lockdown.
thegreenlefthand.net/2020/08/17/a...
I'm new to this community and an avid reader (English, German) for research and above all for joy.
One of my loves is modern Japanese literature.
So here are some reflections on Yoko Ogawa's Memory Police. I wrote this post just after lockdown.
thegreenlefthand.net/2020/08/17/a...
October 26, 2023 at 8:57 AM
Hello BookSky 💙📚
I'm new to this community and an avid reader (English, German) for research and above all for joy.
One of my loves is modern Japanese literature.
So here are some reflections on Yoko Ogawa's Memory Police. I wrote this post just after lockdown.
thegreenlefthand.net/2020/08/17/a...
I'm new to this community and an avid reader (English, German) for research and above all for joy.
One of my loves is modern Japanese literature.
So here are some reflections on Yoko Ogawa's Memory Police. I wrote this post just after lockdown.
thegreenlefthand.net/2020/08/17/a...
One of the more high-stakes aspects of researching Germany's Left Party (Die Linke) is wondering what will happen first: completion of the book or complete implosion of the party.
Definitely adds a sense of urgency and motivation to get on with the work. 🙄 😬
#AcademicSky Polisky
Definitely adds a sense of urgency and motivation to get on with the work. 🙄 😬
#AcademicSky Polisky
October 25, 2023 at 11:36 AM
One of the more high-stakes aspects of researching Germany's Left Party (Die Linke) is wondering what will happen first: completion of the book or complete implosion of the party.
Definitely adds a sense of urgency and motivation to get on with the work. 🙄 😬
#AcademicSky Polisky
Definitely adds a sense of urgency and motivation to get on with the work. 🙄 😬
#AcademicSky Polisky
Thoughts on DieLinke and new Wagenknecht party.
I think Die Linke can rebuild but slowly and maybe not everywhere. Interesting to see if it'll be able to speak with a clearer voice of compassion re immigration and refugees, without being contradicted by its own star/MP on every talk show.
polisky
I think Die Linke can rebuild but slowly and maybe not everywhere. Interesting to see if it'll be able to speak with a clearer voice of compassion re immigration and refugees, without being contradicted by its own star/MP on every talk show.
polisky
October 24, 2023 at 6:46 PM
Thoughts on DieLinke and new Wagenknecht party.
I think Die Linke can rebuild but slowly and maybe not everywhere. Interesting to see if it'll be able to speak with a clearer voice of compassion re immigration and refugees, without being contradicted by its own star/MP on every talk show.
polisky
I think Die Linke can rebuild but slowly and maybe not everywhere. Interesting to see if it'll be able to speak with a clearer voice of compassion re immigration and refugees, without being contradicted by its own star/MP on every talk show.
polisky
My belated intro post: 👋
I'm a teacher and translator based in Germany.
A scholar of the German Left (Die Linke), working on a research project/book about the party.
Looking forward to sharing updates, ideas with you!
Also an avid reader and music lover. Vegan, working class and a lifelong lefty.
I'm a teacher and translator based in Germany.
A scholar of the German Left (Die Linke), working on a research project/book about the party.
Looking forward to sharing updates, ideas with you!
Also an avid reader and music lover. Vegan, working class and a lifelong lefty.
October 24, 2023 at 6:11 PM
My belated intro post: 👋
I'm a teacher and translator based in Germany.
A scholar of the German Left (Die Linke), working on a research project/book about the party.
Looking forward to sharing updates, ideas with you!
Also an avid reader and music lover. Vegan, working class and a lifelong lefty.
I'm a teacher and translator based in Germany.
A scholar of the German Left (Die Linke), working on a research project/book about the party.
Looking forward to sharing updates, ideas with you!
Also an avid reader and music lover. Vegan, working class and a lifelong lefty.
Early results from the regional elections in two German states (Bavaria, Hesse) show that the AfD isn't only an 'eastern' problem. In both states the extreme right is the second largest party. This is bad, bad, news.
October 8, 2023 at 6:29 PM
Early results from the regional elections in two German states (Bavaria, Hesse) show that the AfD isn't only an 'eastern' problem. In both states the extreme right is the second largest party. This is bad, bad, news.