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Mark Berry

@boulezian.eurosky.social
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Musicology and history (intellectual, political, etc.). Writing a book on the complete Mozart operas in eighteenth-century historical context. Views, for better or worse, my own. He/him/his boulezian.blogspot.com

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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 3h
It’s awesome to do this right after you helped Larry Ellison expand his far right media empire
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 4h
Guten Abend
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Tom Hamilton @tombhamilton.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
At 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/fh
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French History | Oxford Academic
The 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...
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 7h
Yes, it was excellent: her new, short (25-minute) play.
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 9h
Triumph
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 11h
Well, quite.
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 14h
Opera 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.
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Daniel Weissmann @danweiss.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
There 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.
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026
When you cannot have too many genocides on the go at any one time…
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
Not 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.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
It would IMO be better if MPs had not utterly deranged their own brains on Twitter dot com, wildly radicalising themselves and each other.
This is an absolutely disgusting tweet.
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I'm sorry you'll resign but I was in a mixed sex emergency ward with my mother as she had no where to go and tbh I was more concerned about the trans person there because of how my mother would...
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Pah really? Being int the correct sex ward makes sure you get the right healthcare.
Easy rhetoric, jump on a bandwagon, call me names... actually... bore off
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illConsidering your late mother couldn't help herself but harass a trans person, do you not consider that bigotry? Is harassing trans people on a mixed-sex ward the new policy of the labour party?
It seems that you think trans people shouldn't be receiving care at all.
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Again, more rubbish, also untrue. Have a lie down and get over yourself.Kirsteen Sullivan MP @kittysull1 • 11h
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Vile stuff Tonia. Sending hugs x
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Tonia Antoniazzi * @ToniaAnt... •11h
As you know, people need the right healthcare according to their biological sex.
That makes us bigots... apparentlySharron Davies HoL MBE ∞ • 46m
Well done Ton, just look at the vile response.
These truly horrid people have had the freedom to be disgusting without anyone saying no to them. Far too many weren't told No whilst growing up & now throw a tantrum when adults move back into the room.
Children stamping their feet
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Isn't it lovely to see nice people saying nice things about one's deceased mother?
Being in the correct ward according to o...
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It's all quite sad really Sharron and speaks volumes to the kind of people they are.
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Tony Tagliatelle @sammyspaghetti.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026
Lugansky - Schumann and Chopin, 12 October 2026 boulezian.blogspot.com/2026/10/luga...
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Lugansky - Schumann and Chopin, 12 October 2026
Wigmore Hall Schumann: Three Fantasy Pieces , op.111; Faschingsschwank aus Wien , op.26 Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp major, op.60; Impr...
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026
Burnham shows himself still more genocidal than Starmer. Didn’t take long.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
Trump's crowd in Arizona sits silently as he rants and raves about taking and passing dementia tests 😬
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 14/10/2026
Israel'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.
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026
Murder in the Cathedral
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David L @dlynch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Way 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.
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026
If 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.
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A 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.
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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Nearly 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.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Guilfoyle has now reached the stage where Trump pretends he doesn’t really know who she is.
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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026
Thank you!
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026
I remember publication of MPs’ voting records being described as ‘abuse’ and calls to make it illegal.
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 13/10/2026
Eisenkot, 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.
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The 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!
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Tim Newman @tnewmsblues.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
In 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.
Ultimately, I think one of the exciting things about Muse is that it has sort of like this holistic context into you as a person and all of the aspects of your life. So it sort of like can holistically understand things about your family or things about your coworkers or things about your friends. And then sort of like help you co-optimize across all of those to get you the exact right gift for your, you know, best friend in the context of your friend group based on what it knows about your friend group. Like, I think there's just like a lot of exciting opportunities that are somewhat new and novel when it comes to like these personalizations, these recommendations.
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026
This 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...
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Miriam González Durántez launches new centrist party in Spain
Wife of former British deputy PM Nick Clegg promises liberal alternative to the PP and Socialists before snap election
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026
I certainly hope not.
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026
First, 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.
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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 12/10/2026
Two 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
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026
I’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...
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BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, 13/10/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026
Burnham 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.
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Mathieu Duplay 🌈 @mathieuduplay.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The student movement is by far the best thing that has happened to French politics in a very, very long time.
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Mike (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mxmike.co.uk · 11/10/2026
Bethany 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
Bethany Antonia rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing in a Protect The Dolls t-shirt Bethany Antonia rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing in a Protect The Dolls t-shirt that’s been edited to look like a plain white t shirt
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
We did it too early, brought them back, and are now the last remaining ancien régime country in Europe.
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
There is much truth in this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Angry French students take to the streets. British students don’t – and I think I know why | Kitty Sayers
I 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...
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
The Thames is high today.
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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Dear 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
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Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
RIP 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.
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
Yes, I am one of ‘those’ people who favours honesty and accuracy over mis- and disinformation. Sorry if the truth offends you.
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
And now:
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
You 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.
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
Following misconduct in the highest public office so gross that even a few MPs from his purged Tory Party began to listen.
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026
Hang on. This isn’t a joke? Oh, I have now looked up Nikita Bier.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Britain 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.
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