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Chris Clark

@chrisleeclark.bsky.social
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Musically inquisitive, sings & plays tenor: Portsmouth Baroque Choir chair, NLCC veteran; retired British Library AV & digital curator. Volunteer Farlington Marshes.

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Chris Clark @chrisleeclark.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
For these 2+ hours of Feldman tonight, I forgive you the incessant playing of Dvořák and Elgar, @BBCRadio3 #BBCProms
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Chris Clark @chrisleeclark.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Catching up, on a liminal day between scorchers, with ‘collapsology’. French philosophical alternative (an update of Beauvoir, et al) to mindless American notions of ‘rapture’. techcrunch.com/2021/08/28/c...
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 09/07/2026
England is predicted to reach water shortages of 5bn litres a day by 2055. Data centres are becoming one of the most water-intensive forms of infrastructure Why is the government letting the AI industry keep its consumption private, asks @adelewalton.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/adele-walt...
We’re being asked to save two buckets of water a day. Meanwhile data centres drink a town’s worth. Image of dry, cracked earth with a data centre in the background
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Portsmouth Baroque Choir @baroquechoir.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
STOP - Gala Portsmouth Guildhall May 9. Portsmouth musical ensembles celebrate city’s centenary - @royalmarines.bsky.social @portsmouthcathedral.org.uk et al: Copland, Walton, Parry, Rutter, McDowall, Saint-Saëns, Saggers, Swain. 🎟️ shorturl.at/PxKDH
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Chris Clark @chrisleeclark.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
It took a year on&off @adapalmer.bsky.social to finish. Enlightenment on every page, especially this antidote to post-2020 despair: “The year 2020 was the first time this planet faced a pandemic knowing what it is, and how to act.”
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Sarah Kendzior in her usual excellent form. @sarahkendzior.bsky.social sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-no-wor...
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The No World Order
Meir Kahane, Netanyahu, Trump, and the war beyond Iran.
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Portsmouth Baroque Choir @baroquechoir.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Blog re BWV 118, curtain-raiser for our March 14th concert, including suitable & practical replacements for litui, existential angst for the tenors and comparison with its pugnacious, elder sibling, BWV 101. portsmouthbaroquechoir.co.uk/background-not… Tickets: ticketsource.co.uk/baroquechoir
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Portsmouth Baroque Choir @baroquechoir.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Shuke organ (1982) St. George's, Eisenach (largest in Thuringia) where Bach sang & Telemann & Johann Christoph Bach played. Different prospect at Portchester Methodist but sounds glorious: hear Peter Gould next Saturday in our concert Bach family motets. 🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/baroquechoir
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Of all the complaints against Starmer, the most absurd is that it's "weak" to have a Cabinet that doesn't just rubber-stamp what The Leader wants on questions of war & peace. I'd take Cabinet govt - in which ministers kick the tyres of big decisions - over the kneel-and-obey model of Farage any day
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
New from Bellingcat - Video Shows US Tomahawk Missile Strike Next to Girls’ School in Iran www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
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Video Shows US Tomahawk Missile Strike Next to Girls’ School in Iran - bellingcat
New video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, showing for the first time that the US struck the area. The footag...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/03/2026
The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump | Simon Tisdall
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The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump | Simon Tisdall
As the Iran disaster escalates, the US president should be seen as an enemy whose actions threaten the lawful, democratic way of life everywhere, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Spanish PM Sánchez responds to Trump: "Spain is against this disaster... Govts are here to improve people's lives... It is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are unable to fulfill that mission use the smoke of war to hide their failure, and in the process, fill the pockets of a few."
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Emma Harding @emmaharding.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
When you’ve finished admiring #Sibelius’ rather natty jacket… you might enjoy a week-long exploration of his glorious music in Composer of the Week 4pm each weekday @BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds with Kate Molleson. Producer Luke Whitlock #Finland #classicalmusic www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Photograph of composer Sibelius
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Portsmouth Baroque Choir @baroquechoir.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Bach’s forebears set a precedent with their motets - the response was extraordinary portsmouthbaroquechoir.co.uk/events/bach-...
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Portsmouth Baroque Choir @baroquechoir.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Bach motets: what do we know about the circumstances of their composition and how was Bach motivated by pride in his family’s musical connections to arrive at his singular approach to writing music? portsmouthbaroquechoir.co.uk/background-n... 🎟️ ticketsource.co.uk/baroquechoir
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The Rivers Trust @theriverstrust.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
💧💩Fountain of Filth: Today we joined other water campaigners to attend the opening of a fountain depicting river users getting sick from dirty water Our waterways shouldn’t be making us sick. Sewage pollution MUST end✊️ Tune in: Dirty Business (9pm on Channel 4) spotlights Britain's sewage scandal
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/02/2026
Dirty Business review – if this doesn’t incite righteous anger over our filthy water then nothing will
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Dirty Business review – if this doesn’t incite righteous anger over our filthy water then nothing will
Based on the true story of amateur sleuths appalled at the dumping of sewage in our rivers, this drama starring David Thewlis is a blast of controlled fury – and could become the next Mr Bates vs the Post Office
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
I’ve put TECHNOFASCISM in all caps because it’s a new form of power, repression & political control. We have to understand the stakes. And that this is a whole new level of threat. Please read & share 🙏 2/
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Worth knowing. popular.info/p/the-corpor...
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The corporate enablers of the ICE crackdown
How Amazon, AT&T, and Citizens Bank are profiting from the administration’s mass deportation campaign.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 08/01/2026
There is only one fraud ring that matters in the United States, and it's run out of the White House
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
If you’re scared of a Honda Pilot driving less than 5 miles an hour, with its wheels pointing away from you, you should not be working in law-enforcement… You shouldn’t have a gun. You shouldn’t have a badge. You should find a new line of work.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Part of the unbearable stupidity of the current administration is its feckless enthusiasm for doing things that seem like manly feats of strength to manosphere idiots and also make this country weaker...all the way down to Pete Hegseth and his belief that pushups are a top military strategy.
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Notes on Unbearable Stupidity, January 6, 2026 Edition
"A year ago, I went to Copenhagen to write about the political crisis Trump had created over Greenland," Anne Appelbaum said the other day on the hellsite formerly known as Twitter. "Danes told me tha...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power. The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever. But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
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dr worldwide™️ @imanimosley.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
an article about postwar bells & sonic gaps? MADE FOR ME (& i kinda wish i wrote it tbh) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/a...
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The Nazi Plunder of Church Bells Changed the Sound of Europe
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
In Zaragoza, Spain, the sculpture La Mujer Que Nunca Hizo Nada (The Woman Who Never Did Anything) pays tribute to the often overlooked, unpaid work of women at home that keeps families & societies functioning. Xmas is one of their busiest times #GoodMorning, everyone Art: José Luis Fernández (2001)
The metal sculpture shows a woman carrying the weight of household chores-washing machines, buckets, brooms, and more-stacked on her back while she holds her children's hands.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/12/2025
Smugglers, money launderers and sanctioned people once relied on diamonds, gold and artwork. Now, criminals have a far more practical alternative: stablecoins, a cryptocurrency tied to the U.S. dollar that exists largely beyond traditional financial oversight. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
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How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
It has long been clear that unalloyed racism lies at the core of Trumpism, and he is becoming increasingly explicit about this. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
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Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 25/11/2025
Here's the transcript. When I say ‘we had a convicted reality star’, you can add ‘who now rules as the most openly corrupt president in American history’ in your head. downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith...
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage. www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
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Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
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John Harrison @johnaharrison.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
This plan is simply surrender. It is disgusting nonsense &, typically for Trump & his dozy coterie, stupid. It won't be acceptable to Europe The Russians have utterly failed to beat Ukraine in nearly three years of trying. The idea Ukraine should capitulate now because of Trump's insanity is absurd
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
This is a MUST READ:
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
🔴The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
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The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK's infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could 'politicise' our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
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Molly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
I knew Gill and Farage and the rest of the UKIP crew in the European Parliament They were crooks and shysters to a man They repeated Putin talking points and appeared on Russia Today UKIP then and Reform now are both a threat to our democracy www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary." manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
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Chris Clark @chrisleeclark.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Jnb
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
The Caerphilly result is what we need to see everywhere at the next election: people coordinating to vote tactically for parties which seek a fairer, kinder, greener country. Pushing out both those who have betrayed our trust AND those who seek to exploit that betrayal.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Enshittification! Not just for tech corporations anymore. My roundup of the shitbomb video, wrecking of the White House, Trump's deterioration, and broader destruction at:
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This Wreckage Courtesy of the Enshittification Administration: Notes On Late-State Trumpism
In 2022, the tech critic and privacy advocate Cory Doctorow coined the term enshittification to describe what's happened on the Internet to a lot of the most widely used platforms: Google, Amazon, Fac...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/10/2025
They arrested a giraffe.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now. Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Maybe there's something in this Nigel Farage and Nathan Gill Russian bribes story....
Lots of stories about Nathan Gill and Russian bribes.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/10/2025
The Trump administration has promoted the anti-vax, anti-science movement which has now produced an epidemic www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks
At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.
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Chris Clark @chrisleeclark.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Thankyou Music in Portsmouth!🤓 musicinportsmouth.co.uk/preview-port... musicinportsmouth.co.uk/preview-part... 🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/baroquechoir
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Preview (part 1): Portsmouth Baroque Choir with the Consort of Twelve - Handel and Scarlatti - Music in Portsmouth
Portsmouth Baroque Choir’s Autumn 2025 concert with the Consort of Twelve at St Paul’s Chichester on 18 October presents two exemplary and uplifting works written in Rome during the first quarter of 1...
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Indeed. LLMs are LLMs. Machine learning is machine learning. AIs are Astro Boy, Robby the Robot, Cmdr Data, the Ghost in the Shell Puppet Master, etc. I will not use the term for anything less. Don’t feed the hype machine. Don’t call it AI.
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Chris Clark @chrisleeclark.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
A survivor from Grandpa’s library, Book of Kells by Edward Sullivan, 1914. A preview shorturl.at/xgDqE of Victoria Whitworth’s book about its origins (Pictish Portmahomack) led to opening at “plant forms of decoration”, “unknown in Celtic illuminated mss of the earlier period”. Now maybe, we know.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Kat is still out there fighting four hours after this. I'm just fucking livid.
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