MikeIrons @mikeirons12.bsky.social · 03/10/2025A perfect balance between his pastoral, more lyrical style and the more dramatic and violent music. Great piece. 040
Reposted by MikeIronsFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Former M&S Chairman Lord Rose, "Here we are, 10 years on now from Brexit" "The issues of immigration are caused by Brexit" "The issues of our poor economic performance ate down to Brexit" 1224165954
Reposted by MikeIronsBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 12/05/2025How many Republicans have spoken out against Trump's threat to suspend habeas corpus? How many Republicans have spoken out against Trump's "gift" from Qatar? How many Republicans--and other Republican-adjacent elites--put the Constitution above Trump? The sad answer: vanishingly close to zero. 771782419
Reposted by MikeIronsPesky Professor @peskyprofessor.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Just following orders isn’t going to hold up in court. 17492158
MikeIrons @mikeirons12.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Going back to first principles and to the recording I heard as a kid in the early 1970s. Also the first solo violinist I heard in concert, playing Brahms at the RFO with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Walter Weller. 040
Reposted by MikeIrons𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Why does nobody tell her straight up this is bullshit? 132
Reposted by MikeIronsThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 09/05/2025This kid runs circles around the reporter 373165563529
MikeIrons @mikeirons12.bsky.social · 08/05/2025I'm not sure listening to Mahler 's 6th is the ideal motivational tool before Tottenham play their Europa League semi-final return fixture tonight v Bodo/Glimt, to be played in the Arctic Circle. But there you go. Too late now! 😬😥😉 570
Reposted by MikeIronsLondon Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social · 08/05/2025We are proud to support @aborchestras.bsky.social campaign for an orchestra in every school🏫 A national call to ensure access to high-quality music education and creative subjects for all children and young people. Learn more: abo.org.uk/what-we-do/c... #AnOrchestraInEverySchool 093
Reposted by MikeIronsMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 08/05/2025If we were a more serious country, where the rule of law & the constitution actually mattered, these people would already have been arrested & marched out of every federal building they tried to enter in handcuffs. 522957
Reposted by MikeIronsPaul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 08/05/2025If you read the testimonies of the people starving to death in Gaza you'll realise that they had normal lives and jobs two years ago. They worked in IT, they were chefs or nurses, they had small businesses, they underwent IVF, they cooked big family meals. They are no different to you or me. 131416558
Reposted by MikeIronsLady4Freedom @sassylady4freedom.bsky.social · 03/05/2025As IF any woman actually needed another reason to not want the sexual predator / rapist, convicted felon in charge...let THIS sink in, ladies!! Impeach. Convict. Remove. 34027
MikeIrons @mikeirons12.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Fantastic performance of Simon Boccanegra by @operanorth.co.uk in Bradford, one of the best things I've seen them do in 40 or so years. Coming to Newcastle,Hull, Liverpool, Nottingham and London,if you get the chance to see it. 🌅🌊⛵🌊💙 1131
Reposted by MikeIronsRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Do not let Trump gaslight you into believing he has a mandate or is all powerful. Most Americans don't support his cruel agenda. His approval ratings are in the gutter. Individuals and institutions are fighting back in courts and winning. Keep up the fight. 12348831062
Reposted by MikeIronsSEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 21/04/2025BREAKING: 1,500 grad workers at the University of Rochester are ON STRIKE. They teach, research & run labs but the administration refuses to respect their right to unionize. After months of delays, they’re taking action. We stand with them in the fight for a fair process. #UofRStrike 225364
Reposted by MikeIronsChris Alan @chrisalan1.bsky.social · 21/04/2025The best part is the ‘drunk shaving’ explanation at the end. 074
Reposted by MikeIronsDaniel Nicolae Dubei @danieldubei.bsky.social · 21/04/2025hey @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, this is how you fucking do it. Punch back at fascists. Great work @harvard.edu. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...nytimes.comHarvard Sues Trump Administration Over Threats to Cut FundingHarvard’s lawsuit comes after the administration sought to force the university to comply with a list of demands by cutting billions in federal funding the school receives. 021
MikeIrons @mikeirons12.bsky.social · 21/04/2025For personal reasons, April always seems to be Beethoven month. Two all time favourites here, the violin concerto and the 4th piano concerto. Going back to essentials for me... 🌿🌷💙 130
MikeIrons @mikeirons12.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Name a classical recording so powerful and overwhelming that you could pair it with this 9.5 % Belgian beer! 😳🍺🎶🔥😉 430
MikeIrons @mikeirons12.bsky.social · 20/04/2025A couple of classic recordings today. And some reading up for Simon Boccanegra next Saturday. My first trip ever to Italy last week, via Genoa. And we 'll be back there again with Simon Boccanegra. Funny how these things go. 🌅🌊🌊🌊 140
MikeIrons @mikeirons12.bsky.social · 19/04/2025I've just been told by someone who obviously thinks he knows that Mahler 's 8th is by far his best work. And to prove it, Mahler said so himself. As Mr Hamilton said in 'Waldorf Salad ' , " What a bunch of crap!" Not the 8th , but the attitude. No 8 is the most divisive of the cycle IMO. BTW, 3 !!! 12150
Reposted by MikeIronsNancy Volle☮️🌿🕊️☮️ @nancyvolle.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Harvard posted a copy of the letter they received from the administration. It can be seen at: www.harvard.edu/research-fun...harvard.edu 3269
MikeIrons @mikeirons12.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Now listening. The first Mahler 5th I heard, 40 years ago. I like to listen to this when I want a lower alcohol content than the Vienna PO / Bernstein classic, which is a 6.5 % beer for certain. 3120
Reposted by MikeIronsBill Mitchell @askbillmitchell.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Once this happens, we will officially be in a dictatorship, not just an authoritarian state. Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judgesnbcnews.comSpeaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judgesRepublican lawmakers are setting their sights on the judiciary following court rulings that have halted Trump's agenda. 13011
Reposted by MikeIronsRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/03/2025A come-to-Jesus moment for American lawyers, and for America's most important law firms. This is it. This is the moment you always imagined, where you told yourself you would do the right thing -- where you told yourself that your profession would stand up. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comLaw firms refuse to represent Trump opponents in the wake of his attacksThe result is an extraordinary threat to constitutional rights of due process and representation and a far weaker effort to challenge Trump’s actions in court than during his first term. 38954791710
MikeIrons @mikeirons12.bsky.social · 22/03/2025I've been listening to a batch of Giuseppe Sinopoli recordings lately. Some great and distinctive performances there. Strauss, Respighi, Scriabin, Schumann, Liszt. I already loved his Bruckner 5, Schoenberg and German Requiem. Do you have any particular favourites? 12150
Reposted by MikeIronsRepresentative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 20/03/2025Seniors & disabled Americans made 80M calls to Social Security last year. Now, Trump & Musk have begun shutting down phone services—cutting off a vital lifeline to benefits. I'm joining 60 colleagues calling for an immediate U-turn on this decision & to keep SSA phone lines open. 18283106
Reposted by MikeIrons𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Remember: Fucking in any way, shape or form with Social Security is a trial balloon for making it go away, which has been a RW wet dream/Holy Grail since 1935. Make sure they know you know what's happening. US Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121 031
Reposted by MikeIronsElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 20/03/2025Donald Trump is trying to dismantle public education in America. To every public school student, teacher, and parent: this is our moment to stick together and fight back. 1952877682
Reposted by MikeIronsKitoko @kitoko2013.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Fascism Isn't Coming To America, It's Here. Do Americans Have the Strength to Drive it Out? johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/fascism-is...johnpavlovitz.substack.comFascism Isn't Coming To America, It's Here. Do Americans Have the Strength to Drive it Out?Fascism isn’t coming to America, it’s already here. 063
Reposted by MikeIronsJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 20/03/2025this stuff is happening across the country and even more intensively downstream of the veterans admin but it's happening in so many places at once and without any public notification that it's still only barely emerging in the news 389134215137
Reposted by MikeIronsJoshua Kosman @joshuakosman.bsky.social · 19/03/2025BREAKING: Pianist András Schiff cancels all his US engagements for 2025-26 in response to "the recent and unprecedented political changes in the United States." "Some people might say, 'just shut up and play.' I cannot, in good conscience, do that." www.kirshbaumassociates.com/agency.php?v...kirshbaumassociates.comPianist Sir András Schiff Cancels U.S. Appearances for 2025-2026 Season 321894521
Reposted by MikeIronsThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/03/2025A kidney transplant specialist and professor at Brown University’s medical school has been deported from the U.S., even though she had a valid visa and a court order temporarily blocking her expulsion, according to her lawyer and court papers.nytimes.comBrown University Surgeon and Professor Are Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s OrderDr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order. 15819031037
Reposted by MikeIrons𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 16/03/2025I know Fascism always fails, but terrible shit happens in the meantime, and I mean deaths. Don't be patient. Do what you can to kill it every day. Remember the "Great Escape"? Those guys were in a Nazi prison camp, but their duty was still to escape, and to fuck Nazi shit up every day every way. 073
Reposted by MikeIronsAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Exquisite Roman cobalt blue glass cup signed by master glassmaker ‘Ennion’. AD 30-70. Ennion was the first glassmaker to ‘brand’ his work by incorporating his name into the mould’s design. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria 📷 Leonardo.disimon #Archaeology 4585119
Reposted by MikeIronsNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Extraordinary scenes in Serbia’s capital Belgrade right now. Around 500,000 people are on the streets in what may be the biggest protest in Serbian history. All demanding the resignation of President Vučić & his government. What began as a student protest is now a full democratic uprising. 🇷🇸 16788972570
MikeIrons @mikeirons12.bsky.social · 15/03/2025This morning 's music, Corelli Concerti Grossi and the marvellous and evocative Nympholept by Bax... 🌅💙 270
Reposted by MikeIronsDr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 14/03/2025Fox News anchor, Jesse Watters finds it “personally offensive” that Canadians refuse to be annexed by the US: “That’s what everyone in the world wants—American citizenship.” American Imperialism is on full show. 7481785488
Reposted by MikeIronsCaptain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 14/03/2025I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired! New ride coming soon. 38946893212096
MikeIrons @mikeirons12.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Last heard this in the 1990s ,ON CASSETTE!! Hearing all kinds of new things now in better sound. Not my usual repertoire , but a fabulous disc. 270
MikeIrons @mikeirons12.bsky.social · 14/03/2025From the days when Woolworths sold their own CDs... 🌅🌿🌺🌊🤩 010
MikeIrons @mikeirons12.bsky.social · 14/03/2025A favourite recording, courtesy of my good friend David, who's knowledge of films is encyclopedic. 030
MikeIrons @mikeirons12.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Der Vampyr by Marschner, the musical cousin of Weber 's Der Freischutz. Excellent. 251
![Photo of an intact Roman period two-handled translucent cobalt-blue glass cup dated AD 30-70. The cup has a cylindrical body with vertical sides and two narrow strap handles attached to each side as ear-shaped loops. The cup is mould-blown with relief decoration on the body which incorporates two inscriptions in Greek, one on each side of the cup. One side reads ‘ENNIWN/ENOIH/CEN’ (‘Ennion made [it]'). The other side reads ‘MNHOH/O AOPA/ZNW translated as ‘May the buyer be remembered’.
Dimensions: Height 2½ in. (6.4 cm), diameter (rim): 3% in. (9.5 cm)
Collections of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria, Italy.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j56ydp325adovobhwpkzc6sp/bafkreihskpmwz4uxdn7ma4lklkgfyypbqgulebhs3dnl6z4ls4i2hbj3oi)
