Marc Woodhurst
@marcwoodhurst.bsky.social
Musician and educator: lover of odd creatures, good ales, rare fruit and alphorns. Liberal, Anglican and internationalist. On the look out for hidden horns.
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Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education - actual, real education in reading, writing, thinking, arguing, analyzing, & synthesizing by doing the actual hard work for which there is no substitute - is stronger than it’s ever been at any point in human history.
November 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education - actual, real education in reading, writing, thinking, arguing, analyzing, & synthesizing by doing the actual hard work for which there is no substitute - is stronger than it’s ever been at any point in human history.
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🇩🇰 Danish Armed Forces have 122 photos of six Russian ships in the area of the blown up Nord Stream gas pipeline four days before the explosion. One of the ships, the SS-750, had a mini-submarine on board, - FAS
November 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
🇩🇰 Danish Armed Forces have 122 photos of six Russian ships in the area of the blown up Nord Stream gas pipeline four days before the explosion. One of the ships, the SS-750, had a mini-submarine on board, - FAS
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A windy start to Sunday, with symphonies resourcefully arranged for the wind bands (Harmonie) maintained by the Austrian nobility for outdoor entertainment, and as a cheaper alternative to a full orchestra when fighting Napoleon got too costly.
#NowListening #NewReleases2025 #240
#NowListening #NewReleases2025 #240
November 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
A windy start to Sunday, with symphonies resourcefully arranged for the wind bands (Harmonie) maintained by the Austrian nobility for outdoor entertainment, and as a cheaper alternative to a full orchestra when fighting Napoleon got too costly.
#NowListening #NewReleases2025 #240
#NowListening #NewReleases2025 #240
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„Die Flut solcher Bilder untergräbt die Glaubwürdigkeit der Gedenkstättenarbeit, wenn zwischen Original und Fälschung kaum noch unterschieden werden kann.“
@jcwagner.bsky.social
Leiter der KZ-Gedenkstätte Buchenwald
@jcwagner.bsky.social
Leiter der KZ-Gedenkstätte Buchenwald
Wichtiger Text von Amely Wild und @thomasradlmaier.bsky.social über KI-generierte Bilder, die die Geschichte des Holocaust und der Konzentrationslager verfälschen, die gerade die sozialen Medien fluten.
Wie KI-generierte Bilder die NS-Geschichte verfälschen
Bilder, die scheinbar Szenen aus Konzentrationslager zeigen, fluten derzeit soziale Medien. Das Problem: Sie sind durch KI erstellt.
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 30, 2025 at 5:21 AM
„Die Flut solcher Bilder untergräbt die Glaubwürdigkeit der Gedenkstättenarbeit, wenn zwischen Original und Fälschung kaum noch unterschieden werden kann.“
@jcwagner.bsky.social
Leiter der KZ-Gedenkstätte Buchenwald
@jcwagner.bsky.social
Leiter der KZ-Gedenkstätte Buchenwald
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The Ukrainian front is not about to collapse. But the Russians want you to think that
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025
The frontline in Ukraine is not facing imminent collapse despite recent Russian gains and Kremlin assertions.
understandingwar.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The Ukrainian front is not about to collapse. But the Russians want you to think that
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
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Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Surprise! The “peace plan” is really just a plan for Trump, Witkoff, Don Junior and their friends to get rich.
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Surprise! The “peace plan” is really just a plan for Trump, Witkoff, Don Junior and their friends to get rich.
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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FFS
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
www.thetimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
FFS
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They're pushing hard to get rid of Zelenskyy because the russians are running out of time faster than trump can betray us all. They have no more time left. putler is desperate and this complex ops is pretty much his last card. If he fails now and also the frozen funds go to Ukraine the war is over.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
They're pushing hard to get rid of Zelenskyy because the russians are running out of time faster than trump can betray us all. They have no more time left. putler is desperate and this complex ops is pretty much his last card. If he fails now and also the frozen funds go to Ukraine the war is over.
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Cartoon by Michael de Adder
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
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🇺🇦🇫🇷🥖 A mobile bakery of the international project “Bakery without Borders” arrived in Kramatorsk for the first time.
French bakers spent several days baking fresh bread in a mobile van and distributing it to hospitals, shelters, and frontline communities.
French bakers spent several days baking fresh bread in a mobile van and distributing it to hospitals, shelters, and frontline communities.
November 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
🇺🇦🇫🇷🥖 A mobile bakery of the international project “Bakery without Borders” arrived in Kramatorsk for the first time.
French bakers spent several days baking fresh bread in a mobile van and distributing it to hospitals, shelters, and frontline communities.
French bakers spent several days baking fresh bread in a mobile van and distributing it to hospitals, shelters, and frontline communities.
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By getting Trump to endorse and push Russia's "peace plan," Steve Witkoff successfully took the sanctions pressure off Russia. Last week we were talking about Congress voting to sanction Russia and now we are not.
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
By getting Trump to endorse and push Russia's "peace plan," Steve Witkoff successfully took the sanctions pressure off Russia. Last week we were talking about Congress voting to sanction Russia and now we are not.
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If you need to restore your faith in humanity : here’s rescuers saving a blind cat 🐈named Busya from the building caught on fire after Russia bombed city of Zaporizhzia this night , and returning her to her human family 💔❤️🩹 ‘oh my god! Thank you ! Thank you !’ A woman keeps repeating
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
If you need to restore your faith in humanity : here’s rescuers saving a blind cat 🐈named Busya from the building caught on fire after Russia bombed city of Zaporizhzia this night , and returning her to her human family 💔❤️🩹 ‘oh my god! Thank you ! Thank you !’ A woman keeps repeating
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There is a reason why Witkoff did not want any officials with the State Dept or anyone else present during his many meetings w/Putin - he didn’t want witnesses to his treasonous behavior. Highly unusual, but makes perfect sense when you consider that he only cared about Russia.
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
There is a reason why Witkoff did not want any officials with the State Dept or anyone else present during his many meetings w/Putin - he didn’t want witnesses to his treasonous behavior. Highly unusual, but makes perfect sense when you consider that he only cared about Russia.
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It's 2029, and a Reform government has sworn in its first batch of politically appointed judges. Suddenly, the Labour Party remembers why jury trials mattered.
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It's 2029, and a Reform government has sworn in its first batch of politically appointed judges. Suddenly, the Labour Party remembers why jury trials mattered.
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"For a century, the BBC has been our classroom, our concert hall, our stage, our storyteller and our window on the world. Politicians need reminding: its much more than a news channel."
Defending our national treasure: the voice of the nation
Politicians see the BBC through the lens of TV news, but those who want to undermine it threaten a central plank of our national culture
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"For a century, the BBC has been our classroom, our concert hall, our stage, our storyteller and our window on the world. Politicians need reminding: its much more than a news channel."
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Kyiv is under missile attack.
It’s very loud.
Nothing new, really.
Just thought the world should know.
It’s very loud.
Nothing new, really.
Just thought the world should know.
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Kyiv is under missile attack.
It’s very loud.
Nothing new, really.
Just thought the world should know.
It’s very loud.
Nothing new, really.
Just thought the world should know.
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It’s Russia who needs to be demilitarised , to make world a safer place. Because clearly, Russia can’t handle having an army without constantly attacking its neighbours for no reason. And so maybe Russia shouldn’t have one at all.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
It’s Russia who needs to be demilitarised , to make world a safer place. Because clearly, Russia can’t handle having an army without constantly attacking its neighbours for no reason. And so maybe Russia shouldn’t have one at all.
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‼️👀 A team of litter-picking scuba divers have recovered what is believed to be a Russian tracking device off the Welsh coast, - BBC
Divers from NARC discovered the object on 15 November during a routine dive in the Skomer Marine Conservation Zone, off Wooltack Point in Pembrokeshire.
Divers from NARC discovered the object on 15 November during a routine dive in the Skomer Marine Conservation Zone, off Wooltack Point in Pembrokeshire.
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 AM
‼️👀 A team of litter-picking scuba divers have recovered what is believed to be a Russian tracking device off the Welsh coast, - BBC
Divers from NARC discovered the object on 15 November during a routine dive in the Skomer Marine Conservation Zone, off Wooltack Point in Pembrokeshire.
Divers from NARC discovered the object on 15 November during a routine dive in the Skomer Marine Conservation Zone, off Wooltack Point in Pembrokeshire.
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NAFO Daycare
- Ms. Shibe is happy to look after your Little Fellas at NAFO Daycare in Toronto, Canada.
- Daycare is a free benefit of NAFO employment.
#NAFO
- Ms. Shibe is happy to look after your Little Fellas at NAFO Daycare in Toronto, Canada.
- Daycare is a free benefit of NAFO employment.
#NAFO
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
NAFO Daycare
- Ms. Shibe is happy to look after your Little Fellas at NAFO Daycare in Toronto, Canada.
- Daycare is a free benefit of NAFO employment.
#NAFO
- Ms. Shibe is happy to look after your Little Fellas at NAFO Daycare in Toronto, Canada.
- Daycare is a free benefit of NAFO employment.
#NAFO
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NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
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If Haydn's the Father of the symphony, then Johann Stamitz (1717-1757) is one of the genre's great-uncles. These slight but charming symphonies, likely among his earliest, make agreeable semi-background listening on a Sunday afternoon.
#NewReleases2025 #233
#NewReleases2025 #233
November 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
If Haydn's the Father of the symphony, then Johann Stamitz (1717-1757) is one of the genre's great-uncles. These slight but charming symphonies, likely among his earliest, make agreeable semi-background listening on a Sunday afternoon.
#NewReleases2025 #233
#NewReleases2025 #233
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💔 Father in Ternopil rocks the coffin of his baby, killed in a Russian strike on November 19.
Kamal is the sole survivor of the family. His wife Mariia, and their two children, Kamila and Nazar, were killed in Russia’s attack.
Kamal is the sole survivor of the family. His wife Mariia, and their two children, Kamila and Nazar, were killed in Russia’s attack.
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
💔 Father in Ternopil rocks the coffin of his baby, killed in a Russian strike on November 19.
Kamal is the sole survivor of the family. His wife Mariia, and their two children, Kamila and Nazar, were killed in Russia’s attack.
Kamal is the sole survivor of the family. His wife Mariia, and their two children, Kamila and Nazar, were killed in Russia’s attack.
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On one side of my family we have zero knowledge of our lineage before my grandpa. There was just nobody left to ask. He wasn’t even sure if his last name was real or made up. And there’s a story like this in almost every Ukrainian household.
Today is Holodomor Remembrance Day
Today is Holodomor Remembrance Day
🕯 Eternal memory to all victims of Holodomor. A moment of silence.
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
On one side of my family we have zero knowledge of our lineage before my grandpa. There was just nobody left to ask. He wasn’t even sure if his last name was real or made up. And there’s a story like this in almost every Ukrainian household.
Today is Holodomor Remembrance Day
Today is Holodomor Remembrance Day
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"Trans people could be asked about whether they should be accessing single-sex services based on their physical appearance."
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Trans people could be asked about whether they should be accessing single-sex services based on their physical appearance."
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...