Caroline Coetzee
@sunwitch.bsky.social
Gently morphing from youth opera direction to libretto writing. Unrepent old leftie. Foreigner. She / her.
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being ruled by tiny men bereft of both curiosity and the ability to feel wonder is a terrible fate
November 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
being ruled by tiny men bereft of both curiosity and the ability to feel wonder is a terrible fate
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Stoppard always feels clever in a way that so so many writers mimic, but everyone else copies the surface. the Stoppard magic is that the cleverness is impossibly thin, basically transparent, and there’s this unending well of feeling on the other side
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Stoppard always feels clever in a way that so so many writers mimic, but everyone else copies the surface. the Stoppard magic is that the cleverness is impossibly thin, basically transparent, and there’s this unending well of feeling on the other side
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
We shed as we pick up, like travelers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those behind. The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march. But there is nothing outside the march so nothing can be lost to it.
Et in Arcadia
Et in Arcadia
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
We shed as we pick up, like travelers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those behind. The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march. But there is nothing outside the march so nothing can be lost to it.
Et in Arcadia
Et in Arcadia
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“Labour risks treating compassion as weakness and cruelty as the only credible currency of control. That is not pragmatism; that is capitulation. This is the moment when the Labour government — and the party as a whole — must reckon with its own soul.“
Mahmood’s Immigration Plan Breaks Labour’s Promises
Shabana Mahmood’s newly unveiled asylum and returns policy is being sold as a moment of ‘restoring order’. In truth, it marks a profound retreat from the humane, pragmatic approach Labour promised vot...
www.hrw.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Labour risks treating compassion as weakness and cruelty as the only credible currency of control. That is not pragmatism; that is capitulation. This is the moment when the Labour government — and the party as a whole — must reckon with its own soul.“
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can’t believe we have to say it again and again: women fascists are still fascists even when they show up for women stuff, and that certainly doesn’t make them feminists.
November 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
can’t believe we have to say it again and again: women fascists are still fascists even when they show up for women stuff, and that certainly doesn’t make them feminists.
This is it. Of all the many excellent arguments being made against the new proposals this lies at the heart of it.
I struggle to see why turning ourselves into a society so unwelcoming that even those afraid for the lives are deterred from coming is something we would actually *want*.
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
This is it. Of all the many excellent arguments being made against the new proposals this lies at the heart of it.
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Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Pretty sure it’s racism which is tearing Britain apart
Shabana Mahmood: ‘Illegal migration is tearing Britain apart’
The home secretary is planning to introduce a 20-year wait for permanent stay to end a ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers
www.thetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Pretty sure it’s racism which is tearing Britain apart
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Deep breath, once more for those at the back, seeking asylum is not illegal. No matter route used, which considering Labour has closed pretty much all the last remaining alternatives means irregular ones.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
November 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Deep breath, once more for those at the back, seeking asylum is not illegal. No matter route used, which considering Labour has closed pretty much all the last remaining alternatives means irregular ones.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
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When Tommy Robinson is celebrating your policies it is time to take a long hard look in the mirror and then quit politics forever.
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
When Tommy Robinson is celebrating your policies it is time to take a long hard look in the mirror and then quit politics forever.
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At this moment, every single person supporting Labour is fighting for a far-right government in the UK.
November 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
At this moment, every single person supporting Labour is fighting for a far-right government in the UK.
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At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
English councils are planning to sell social clubs, sports centres and shopping arcades as they bet on a fire sale of assets to balance the books, according to a survey of local authorities.
The key cities group of councils, which represents second-tier cities in England, said 60% of councils were planning to sell assets to meet the escalating costs of adult and children’s social care. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
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"Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned"
Half of Gaza to be stolen, the Palestinians to be left to survive in the remaining ruins of their country
Monstrous, criminal and indefensible
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Half of Gaza to be stolen, the Palestinians to be left to survive in the remaining ruins of their country
Monstrous, criminal and indefensible
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
US military planning for divided Gaza with ‘green zone’ secured by international and Israeli troops
Exclusive: Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned"
Half of Gaza to be stolen, the Palestinians to be left to survive in the remaining ruins of their country
Monstrous, criminal and indefensible
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Half of Gaza to be stolen, the Palestinians to be left to survive in the remaining ruins of their country
Monstrous, criminal and indefensible
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Jupiter says trans rights
🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
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Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
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November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Jupiter says trans rights
"Chikondi Chabvuta-Mkawa, a women’s rights advocate from Malawi and the gender coordinator for a group of the 44 nations designated as “least developed countries”, said the row over the definition of gender was a distraction from ensuring measures to address inequalities are funded."
No shit!
No shit!
Row over definition of ‘gender’ hangs over Cop30 plans to support women
Advocates say conservative states’ push to define gender as ‘biological sex’ would backslide on decade-old language within the UN
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"Chikondi Chabvuta-Mkawa, a women’s rights advocate from Malawi and the gender coordinator for a group of the 44 nations designated as “least developed countries”, said the row over the definition of gender was a distraction from ensuring measures to address inequalities are funded."
No shit!
No shit!
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But what alarms me in all this is how the girls who were victimized by these men are largely forgotten. I want us to find ways of centering them in the discourse.
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
But what alarms me in all this is how the girls who were victimized by these men are largely forgotten. I want us to find ways of centering them in the discourse.
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Hi Lisa Nandy! I’m a BAFTA winner from a small town. Instead of asinine questions like this, why not tell us how we can continue to make a living in the eviscerated creative sector over which you notionally preside?
October 31, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Hi Lisa Nandy! I’m a BAFTA winner from a small town. Instead of asinine questions like this, why not tell us how we can continue to make a living in the eviscerated creative sector over which you notionally preside?
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Read in public. Read in private. Read e-books, genre books, comics, fanfiction. Read literature. Read nonfiction. Read books you’ve already read. Listen to audiobooks. Read what you want. There’s no such thing as “doing reading the wrong way.”
October 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Read in public. Read in private. Read e-books, genre books, comics, fanfiction. Read literature. Read nonfiction. Read books you’ve already read. Listen to audiobooks. Read what you want. There’s no such thing as “doing reading the wrong way.”
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Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Instead of individualistic climate solutions we need to nationalise water and run it to meet our needs instead of profiteering.
If more houses had water butts, it could help with drought, flooding and water pollution
theconversation.com/if-more-hous...
theconversation.com/if-more-hous...
If more houses had water butts, it could help with drought, flooding and water pollution
Extreme weather is set to dominate our future – can collecting rainwater reduce the threat posed by both drought and flooding?
theconversation.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Instead of individualistic climate solutions we need to nationalise water and run it to meet our needs instead of profiteering.
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To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
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To be absolutely clear, it is impossible to vote for a party that cannot bring itself to unequivocally defend the rights of people living and working legally in this country. Because arbitrary removal of legal rights, or sudden varying of terms, for some is ultimately a threat to everyone.
October 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
To be absolutely clear, it is impossible to vote for a party that cannot bring itself to unequivocally defend the rights of people living and working legally in this country. Because arbitrary removal of legal rights, or sudden varying of terms, for some is ultimately a threat to everyone.
Still buzzing 2 weeks after introducing Hidden Star at @teteateteopera.bsky.social. Here's Susanna Davis as schoolgirl Annie, in love with the stars! Now to bring Annie Walker, 19th century astronomer, home to the Cambridge Observatory in 2026 for a full performance with @cambridgeastro.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Still buzzing 2 weeks after introducing Hidden Star at @teteateteopera.bsky.social. Here's Susanna Davis as schoolgirl Annie, in love with the stars! Now to bring Annie Walker, 19th century astronomer, home to the Cambridge Observatory in 2026 for a full performance with @cambridgeastro.bsky.social