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Marc Woodhurst

@marcwoodhurst.bsky.social
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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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Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 18h
So, Russia bombed Ukrainian publishing house warehouse in Kyiv today . Thousands of books were destroyed . Maybe more : they still don’t know the final numbers . When I say Russia is trying to erase us, this is what I mean.
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Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends towards Jeremy Clarkson spending decades denying global warming only to sink his fortune into a farm just as global warming really starts to kick in
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
MPs have come forward saying that the events raise “deeply troubling questions”
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MPs call for investigation following death of Lutnick-Epstein whistleblower
MPs are calling on the UK’s commercial watchdog’s treatment of whistleblowers to be investigated after Simon Andriesz was found dead.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Here’s my checklist for Andy Burnham
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes, the White House sometimes serves as a branch Kremlin press office, which would be humiliating for anyone who had the slightest hint of patriotism or for that matter personal dignity.
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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. 52. Bumblebees have hearts but they are not ❤️ shaped. Bee hearts are straw shaped organs and run the entire length of the body. #bees #nature #biodiversity #bumblebees
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 05/10/2026
We are aware of an individual using a UK number on Telegram and WhatsApp under the name “Antony Kevin” to seek assistance recruiting journalists and analysts working on Syria. They claim to work for Bellingcat, but do not. Please disregard requests from them and contact [contact@bellingcat.com].
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 05/10/2026
Ofcom rules say broadcasters cannot use politicians as newsreaders, interviewers or reporters in any news programmes. So why is Nigel Farage allowed to host his own primetime show on GB News? Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action ⬇️
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
9/ As for why he was refused bail for his latest offences – allegedly committing crimes when you're out on bail isn't going to make the courts want to give you bail again. The whole point of bail is that you are supposed to keep out of trouble while awaiting your hearing.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Unsurprisingly the Russians are paying off the Americans to take their side in the Russia’s criminal war of aggression. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Not all of those kids will be able to resist the russian propaganda machine. Not all of them will escape. We will be forced to face our own children on the battlefield, brainwashed and driven into the line of fire. I can’t even begin to put into words the mixture of pain and hatred I feel.
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Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Being a woman, and a Ukrainian , now feels like a very special kind of furious .
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
😡❄️NYT: Russia is preparing its most powerful strike to try to “freeze” Ukraine. According to approved Russian plan, which Ukraine intercepted, during the winter shelling, Moscow seeks to cut off Ukrainian nuclear power plants from the energy system by striking within a kilometer of the plants.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📌 ICYMI — Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations — Samantha Asumadu The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK…
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Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations
The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK policy chief whose foundation receives Hungary-linked funding
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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 01/10/2026
This morning, Russia used a drone to strike a school in Kyiv while children were inside. This is what the Kremlin considers a ‘legitimate military target’.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 01/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: A Russian drone struck a school in Kyiv while children were inside.
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Russian Drone Slams Into Kyiv School as Children Shelter Underground
A Russian drone attack in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district hit a school as children sheltered, causing a fire and prompting an emergency response.
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Jessica Berlin @berlinbridge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Anyone still whining that we need more diplomacy with Russia, while the Russians respond to all diplomatic efforts by killing more Ukrainian civilians, is just helping spread the Kremlin’s propaganda.
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Alf Dubs @alfdubs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm so very sad to hear of the death of Esther Ranzen who played an important role in reuniting me with Nicky Winton - the man who saved my life. It's so desperately sad that she couldn't choose assisted dying as was her wish.
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Marc Woodhurst @marcwoodhurst.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Great flashbacks at my work this week when I found the conductor had scheduled this marvellous piece. One of the only pieces I heard my grandad practicing, and the theme was one of the first pieces I played as a kid for my French horn exams. Superb. youtube.com/shorts/GhAGE...
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‘Hörner! 📯’ - #Argerich x #Brahms, Pt. II (November 2025, #Munich)
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cheap housing means apartments. No outside space. No garden. No shed where you can do your hobby. No musical instruments or evenings out. Those things require real money. Not UBI food stamps. I just don't see UBI as a positive. Half the planet kept alive in permanent depression.
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cyril Cox (Canadian Artist, born 1958) "Blue Shadows", 2025. Acrylic on Canvas, 36" × 36". Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham has just promised a national care service, electoral reform, public control over water/energy, a new deal for young people, a closer relationship with the EU. I’m a @libdems.org.uk but I’m also a believer in a progressive alliance to solve our common problems. Let’s do it together!
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just tax the compute. Datacentre? Cool. Fund your own power generation and water reservoirs, and then pay tax for every computational act your datacentre does. And we'll use the tax income to offset societal and job damage. Overnight, AI becomes something AI giants are desperate to restrict.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today, in Russian propaganda:
Schaeffer Marlyse. @Schaef... • 6h
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I am a French mother with beautiful children.
I did not give birth to them for them to be sent to the trenches.
French and Russian mothers do not want their children to fight against each other.
We are not enemies.
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I'm a Dutch mother with beautiful sons. I did not give birth to my children to be sent into the trenches. Dutch and Russian mums don't want their boys fighting each other. We are not enemies. #RuslandIsNotMyEnemyNadja @EuropaNormal • 9h
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I am a German mother with a beautiful son. I didn't give birth to my child to send him into the trenches. German and Russian mothers do not want their boys to fight against each other. We are not enemies.
#RuslandIsNotMyEnemyDday @DdayohneZiffern • 12h
I'm a German mother with beautiful sons. I did not give birth to my children to be sent into the trenches. German and Russian mums don't want their boys fighting each other. We are not enemies.
#RuslandIsNotMyEnemy
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Someone from Reform & their shrill harridan who live as tax free exiles in Dubai have been entertained by the wife of a former minister of state of a country hostile to the UK and he failed to declare it to Parliament he's elected to sit in? You couldn’t make this up" via We loathe Reform UK Ltd
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ukrainian forces have launched the largest drone-based humanitarian operations of its kind, delivering food across the Dnipro River to residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky, Kherson region. Around 4 tonnes of supplies have already reached 100 designated locations.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/09/2026
Josh Babarinde MP "So many of our businesses who used to have thriving trade with European Union countries, now just struggle." "There are so many barriers in place, so many bits of paperwork that you've got to navigate, so much red tape to try and cross."
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Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Russia killed a 14 y.o. boy in Kyiv in his own home this Friday early morning . That’s it. That’s the post .
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🇺🇦‼️ People in Oleshky cannot survive on statements of concern alone, - Sybiha The international community must mobilize all available tools to reach people in Oleshky, deliver humanitarian aid and ensure the safe evacuation of those who want to leave.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 25/09/2026
Some openings deserve a drum roll. Blue Note has joined London's music scene, bringing world-class jazz to Covent Garden. It's an exciting addition to a city that's continuing to back culture, music and great nights out.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 25/09/2026
Lib Dem Shadow AG @benmaguiremp.bsky.social and Justice spokesperson @jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social have written to the Attorney-General to consider whether Richard Tice’s tweet is in contempt of court. See below ⬇️
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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
1934 Jeanie Dicks undertook 1st permanent electrification of Winchester Cathedral. Electrifying nave meant removing & reburying coffins except Jane Austen’s (moved gently to side). International press called her the "girl engineer" - she was 40! b. #OTD 25 Sept 1893 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanie_...
Jeanie Dicks in 1928 stood outside portico in Cheltenham Spa at outing of the Electrical Contractors Association. Photo taken by Mrs Ll. B. Atkinson, whose husband was big on 1920s electrical scene - they named a daughter Electra! #FavouriteFact #WomenInSTEM #JaneAusten #JaneAusten250  #WomenInSTEM #HistSTM #HistSTEM
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"When faced with skyrocketing pesticide and nitrate levels in its drinking water supply, the city of Munich, Germany bypassed expensive chemical treatment plans and chose a radical path: they tackled the contamination at its very root." via Thefarmacyreal www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nigel Farage faces mounting pressure over explosive ties to an alleged Russian spy! 🚨 ​In a stunning revelation, the former UKIP leader has been confronted with damning text messages linking him directly to a high-ranking Russian intelligence officer. Anyone surprised? #Farage #Russia
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Rowlers @rowlers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I think he means that a drone can fly through an open window, land on a table, wait until someone comes home from work and detonate.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It is disgraceful and wilfully misleading that the BBC do not report that Danny Tommo was filmed slashing the boat.
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Migrants taken to Dover after more than 30 hours at sea
Protesters gathered in Gosport after initial reports the small boat would be brought further west.
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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🇵🇱 Today, #Poland let a Russian Mi-8 cross its airspace for 42 seconds without firing. Turkey shot down a Russian Su-24 after a 17-second incursion in 2015 – and Moscow still didn’t declare war on Turkey. At this rate, the next Russian helicopter in Poland will be carrying troops.
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Suzan Cee ☀️ @schasse60.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I have to ask this question. How does an 18 yr old black athlete die on the 4th of July while boating with 4 white boys in Mississippi? The Autopsy personnel remove his throat & lungs so no one else sees that evidence. And a grand jury says..." No foul play"? #NolanWells
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Rebuilding our relationship with the EU “is the cheapest way to boost the economy, the fastest way to unite Europe in the face of security threats and the best way to get leverage on a global system that no longer has an American anchor.” So obvious it hurts. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Brexit has left Britain ‘impotent – a bobbing cork in the sea,’ says David Miliband
Exclusive: Former foreign secretary adds to mounting pressure for a new UK deal with EU to repair Brexit damage
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thousands of university jobs lost too, and barely a peep either.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 22/09/2026
Raising the tax-free personal allowance. Trusting people to spend their own money, not telling them the state knows best. Real money, £680 a year, back in people’s pockets.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Shaheen: "He seemed to say Russian children have also been displaced & kidnapped, & that's just not true. It's Ukrainian children the Russians have taken back to Russia. They've taken them from their families, thousands of them. It is very clear who is violating intl law here, & it's not Ukraine."
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Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I just want to repeat this : Russia double tapped a shopping mall in Ukraine today , and I’m sure it won’t make breaking news in big foreign mainstream media . Because it’s yet another one . Because it’s so horrible for so long it’s not breaking news anymore .
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Marc Woodhurst @marcwoodhurst.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Robins everywhere, Filling hedgerows with song, these European migrants. #DailyHaiku
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
All these platforms were originally sold to us as being liberating tools of free speech and expression. Now they're being actively used by their owners to suppress it www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just seen first videos from Dnipro . It’s hell there right now . Dnipro and Kryvyi rih under missile attack
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Marc Woodhurst @marcwoodhurst.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
V refreshing - and rare - to read anything at all about music from any political party - well done @libdems.org.uk One key headline: “Enforcing AI Copyright: Confirming that existing UK copyright law applies to AI training models” www.libdems.org.uk/news/article...
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Making Music Matter
Liberal Democrat members have passed a new policy to safeguard creators from AI exploitation, support grassroots venues, tear down barriers to touring, and rebuild music education for every child.
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Frode #Fella @frodehommedal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If the Americans fall deeper into fascism and the election results are rigged or overthrown in November we are on a timer and when the bell tolls most of our American kit will be worthless against the russians because the Americans will have fully switched sides to russia. And then we are f*cked.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🇺🇦💔 There is famine in occupied Oleshky. About 6,000 people remain in the community, including 200 children. Food was last delivered to the city in May 2026. 🇻🇦Council of Churches has appealed to Pope Leo XIV and other religious and human rights organizations to prevent people from starving to death.
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