Reposted by Mark BerryBill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 3hIt’s awesome to do this right after you helped Larry Ellison expand his far right media empire 930856 308
Reposted by Mark BerryTom Hamilton @tombhamilton.bsky.social · 16/10/2026At French History we're appointing a new Co-Editor and a new Associate Editor in the history of France and/or the Francophone world in the post-1789 period. Deadline 16 Nov. Do get in touch if you have any questions! Links posted below. 🧐📚📖👋✉️💾✍️🖥️🇫🇷 @frenchhistory.bsky.social academic.oup.com/fhacademic.oup.comFrench History | Oxford AcademicThe official journal of the Society for the Study of French History. Publishes contemporary debates from an international range of scholars, covering the entire chronological range of French history f... 12018 20
Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 7hYes, it was excellent: her new, short (25-minute) play. 110 1
Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 14hOpera is and always has been abidingly political. Angelotti is an escaped political prisoner. Who better to express solidarity with Palestinians, trapped in a death camp, whatever the ‘authorisation’ status of the action. Shame on Calgary Opera. Solidarity with the artist and the Palestinian people. 3234 23
Reposted by Mark BerryDaniel Weissmann @danweiss.bsky.social · 17/10/2026There is never a halt to the dehumanisation of the political enemy and eventually the genocidal rage these people feel for Palestinians will come home and be directed towards all those who affirm Palestinian humanity. There is simply no way back from the brink for people like Pollard & Co. 1269 26
Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026When you cannot have too many genocides on the go at any one time… 0103 10
Reposted by Mark BerrySooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 17/10/2026Not an MP but Baroness Nicholson spent a whole morning protecting women by: quote-tweeting me coz she said humans had been around for 500million years and I said that was bollocks. 1519915 199
Reposted by Mark Berryflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 17/10/2026It would IMO be better if MPs had not utterly deranged their own brains on Twitter dot com, wildly radicalising themselves and each other. 651330201 1.3K
Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026Lugansky - Schumann and Chopin, 12 October 2026 boulezian.blogspot.com/2026/10/luga...boulezian.blogspot.comLugansky - Schumann and Chopin, 12 October 2026Wigmore Hall Schumann: Three Fantasy Pieces , op.111; Faschingsschwank aus Wien , op.26 Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp major, op.60; Impr... 040 4
Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026Burnham shows himself still more genocidal than Starmer. Didn’t take long. 010 1
Reposted by Mark BerryAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026Trump's crowd in Arizona sits silently as he rants and raves about taking and passing dementia tests 😬 1501363272 1.4K
Reposted by Mark Berry#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 14/10/2026Israel's foremost natsec think tank says Israel's new doctrine rests on these principles 1. Jewish supremacy over democracy. 2. Peace is illusory 3. No such thing as an independent Arab state 4. War is key to security 5. The US is declining, Israel does not need it 6. Settlement is key to security. 391180433 1.2K
Reposted by Mark BerryDavid L @dlynch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Way past time the UK government scrapped the ludicrously self-harming proscription of Palestine Action and, if Mahmood doesn't like it, all the better, she needs sacking irrespectively. We can at least live in hope. 174 7
Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026If this is true, you have pledged never to use it. There is no ethical use of this disgraceful 'technology', least of all for 'human creators'. What other form is there? Divine Creators, I suppose. 140 4
Reposted by Mark BerryAlan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 14/10/2026A genocide in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing of the West Bank seem to me to have presaged this development more directly than the views of 1970s Marxists. 57313 73
Reposted by Mark BerryPeter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Nearly all Goodwin’s Facebook posts now end with a question. Given the size of his audience, I’d be surprised if his page wasn’t monetised. Questions generate comments, and comments drive engagement. 072 7
Reposted by Mark BerryRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Guilfoyle has now reached the stage where Trump pretends he doesn’t really know who she is. 69257411359 5.7K
Reposted by Mark BerryNed Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 13/10/2026If you are concerned about democracy in Sachsen-Anhalt beyond just wanting to argue about it on the internet, you can donate to these fine people: polylux.network/de or www.fluechtlingsrat-lsa.depolylux.networkPolylux e.V. – solidarisches Netzwerk für den anderen Osten | StartseitePolylux ist eine Initiative zur Förderung von zivilgesellschaftlichen Strukturen, die von rechts bedroht werden. #Ostdeutschland #Solidarität 13712 37
Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026I remember publication of MPs’ voting records being described as ‘abuse’ and calls to make it illegal. 070 7
Reposted by Mark Berry#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 13/10/2026Eisenkot, the most likely alternative to Netanyahu for the next head of government in Israel, says yesterday that "two states for two peoples is a mistake" and that "Ben Gvir probably did some good things in the prisons". He also said he would not coalition with any of the Palestinian parties. 18949232 949
Reposted by Mark BerrySooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The last time I was in Luton was about 10 years ago, me and another actor were doing a kid's show in a school. We parked and were trying to use the parking machine and a Muslim guy in traditional dress said "here take my ticket, it goes til 6pm" and then he drove away. TERRIFYING NO-GO ZONE! 129751 297
Reposted by Mark BerryTim Newman @tnewmsblues.bsky.social · 13/10/2026In a recent podcast, Zuck expands on how Muse operates as an expansive surveillance tool. He refers to “personal agents,” which is a misnomer because the tool is based on the collection and use of data from people far outside the Muse user, who have not provided consent to the use of their data. 11010 10
Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026This had me literally laugh out loud. Imagine thinking: 'what the world really needs is yet another centrist party'. Imagine, moreover, thinking it would benefit from association in any way, shape, or form with Nick Clegg. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comMiriam González Durántez launches new centrist party in SpainWife of former British deputy PM Nick Clegg promises liberal alternative to the PP and Socialists before snap election 030 3
Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026First, freedom of movement is the right most important to us. We'd forego everything else, though fortunately we shouldn't need to, in order to regain that. Second, there is no conceivable way, now or in the future, in which EU membership would not entail freedom of movement. Not a serious party. 071 7
Reposted by Mark BerryMatthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 12/10/2026Two or three possibilities. One is that it was a serious attempted terrorist attack and the authorities are incompetent. Another, that it was a serious attempted terrorist attack and the authorities are sympathetic to the terrorists. The third is that it was not a serious attempted terrorist attack 5241 24
Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026I’ll be a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row this evening (19.15-20.00 BST) to discuss the 150th anniversary of the Bayreuth Festival. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - Front Row, 13/10/2026Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music. 1276 27
Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026Burnham says he ‘respect[s] the [2016] referendum result’. I don’t. I respect nothing about Cameron’s infernal referendum: the person who called it; its conduct, consequences, and result; certainly not anyone who claims to ‘respect’ it. 2142 14
Reposted by Mark BerryMathieu Duplay 🌈 @mathieuduplay.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The student movement is by far the best thing that has happened to French politics in a very, very long time. 071 7
Reposted by Mark BerryMike (They/Them) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏴 @mxmike.co.uk · 11/10/2026Bethany wore a “Protect The Dolls” t-shirt during rehearsals. The BBC posted it on their socials then quietly deleted and reposted it without showing her from the front. On TV last night they actually blurred the message #Strictly 10558121559 5.8K
Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026We did it too early, brought them back, and are now the last remaining ancien régime country in Europe. 110 1
Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026There is much truth in this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAngry French students take to the streets. British students don’t – and I think I know why | Kitty SayersI grew up in France, where all children are taught about the revolutionary roots of their nation and the responsibility of the state towards its citizens, says Kitty Sayers, a master’s student in jour... 020 2
Reposted by Mark BerrySathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played 10752171145 5.2K
Reposted by Mark BerrySam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026RIP Chris Wickham. Unlike so many historians who emphasise particularities and contingencies, he was the master of constructing grand, coherent, beautifully rendered worlds out of his evidence. This, from his 2021 Past and Present essay, is a masterpiece of historical writing. 414257 142
Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026Yes, I am one of ‘those’ people who favours honesty and accuracy over mis- and disinformation. Sorry if the truth offends you. 020 2
Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026You are conflating MPs’ machinations by MPs with a media onslaught. They can go together, as they did every day with ‘moderate’, i.e. extreme right-wing, Labour MPs from 2015 to 2020. But they need not. 110 1
Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026Following misconduct in the highest public office so gross that even a few MPs from his purged Tory Party began to listen. 110 1
Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026Hang on. This isn’t a joke? Oh, I have now looked up Nikita Bier. 010 1
Reposted by Mark Berryflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Britain doesn’t end up with Prime Minister Boris Johnson - along with Gove, a newspaper columnist - in a meaningfully real democracy. That can only happen if our democracy is a sham and a shitshow, where a tiny number of horrible London wankers decide who should be in charge and what the agenda is. 211514 115