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Antigone @antigoneinthebes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

People don’t realize how serious the situation is.

A graph showing number of Germanies over time. Losing one on October 3rd 1990 means by projection we are only decades before reaching -1 Germany in 2072

Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Googling done. Colgate-Palmolive owns, erm, Colgate. and Haleon (a spin-off from GSK) owns Aquafresh. A British company, so doing your patriotic duty by switching to them, if that sort of thing bothers you.

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Aquafresh added to next shopping basket, by way of a reminder. What are the odds they're the same sodding company? Quite high, I fear...

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My car's last MOT was £800ish... how bad can it have been?

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Right, so, apparently I need to find a new brand of toothpaste... What do 9/10 non-bigot-promoting dentists recommend these days?

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Smash hit musical West Side Story is being rereleased with an extra four minutes of footage, linking it to Avengers Doomsday. Rooftop scene: music: Men: I think that I'll be an Avenger Ok by me as an Avenger Spandex for free as an Avenger Women; (scornfully) Land on your knee as an Avenger

cast of West Side Story performing America

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My next gig / first gig of the term. James Farrell Concert Band @ The Holbeck, Leeds, in aid of Wheatfields Hospice. It's rumoured that there's a raffle prize of a chance to conduct the band for one piece in the gig. Good luck!

Poster advertising the upcoming James Farrell Concert Band concert, on Sunday 27th September 2026, 2:30pm.
Venue: The Holbeck Working Mens Club, Leeds, LS11 9QX.
Concert in aid of Wheatfields Hospice.

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Next gig but, erm, four? No, five... or is it six? This term's getting busy...

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Not a podcast, but "What Goes Up Might Come Down" - on the youtubes, almost certainly. one-off, after-dinner speech, from far too many years ago, by David Gunson, an air traffic controller.

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Misread that as Starbucks. Unsettling, indeed.

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West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra @wyso-leeds.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Our next concert is the afternoon of Sunday 29th November. More info & a link to buy tickets here: (it is definitely on the Sunday btw 🙊) wyso.org.uk/index.php/ev...

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Not polite. Not quiet. Not background music. – West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra

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thatgirlinsb @34thparallel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Protesters at the Irish Open. shitler’s international golf links and hotel Doonbeg, Ireland. Thank you, Doonbeg!

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Celestial M Weasel @celestialweasel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Sad to discover that's two films not one

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Usually bass, but we half expect tenor clef. Treble clef is not unheard of, and not always welcome. Alto clef, though, that's just a serious Whaaaat? moment.

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Zelenka and I are not friends - not since he put an alto clef in a double bass part... Only one Fux? But how many Fuchs?

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Crikey. I thought I was going back a bit - 20-ish years - but you went waaay back! I still don't feel up to writing about a more recent (less than 10 years go, I think) failure... that was nasty.

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Leeds Symphony Orchestra (The #OriginalLSO) rehearsals have started. Next concert is just a few weeks away, and we're doing this little lot. The concert is on 10th October, as part of the Wetherby Festival. More details to follow. Maybe. #ClassicalMusic #LiveMusic #Leeds #Yorkshire

A selection of sheet music laid out on a music stand. The music consists of double bass parts for the following works: Amy Beach's "Bal Masque" (I can't do the accent), Copland's concerto for clarinet, Weber's overture from Der Freischutz, and Sibelius's second symphony.

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Who do you think you are, Thames Water? There's enough shit in the sea already. Chuck 'em into an industrial composting facility.

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

August is all but over. Back to work tomorrow, but here's the round up of what I got up to on one of my weeks off. thelonedoublebass.wordpress.com/2026/08/30/w... tl;dr - friends, great music, too many instruments, insufficient sleep.

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Looks like fun. I have forwarded it on to the in-laws who live not too far away.

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Great song. Great album, come to that.

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

over 10M profit; under 100k tax. So, less than 1%. I realise that donations might not be taxable, but WTAF?

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Yesterday's playing - OK, I'm late, but the week is now over... :-( Martinu nonet - we dabbled with Frans Coenan as well, but almost everyone disliked it. Gary Carpenter - Pantomime. (Same combo as Mozart's "Gran Partita"; contains very high notes) Novak - Ballettines (nonet) Beethoven - Septet

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Yes, and a significant amount of background noise would disappear from my life as a result. See also: Association football, soap operas, Radio 1, and all right-wing politicians and associated gobshites.

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Today's playing is done. Dvorak Serenade (double bass part, obvs). I have the afternoon off, so am spending it supervising electricians. Fun times...

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Of course, kids these days are just knackered by the sheer inexhaustible never-ending supply of bullshit and damage from people like (checks notes) Sam Altman, so may well not be in the mood for anything much. I know mine isn't.

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I saw that along with a - bang on - response along the lines of "or just talk to your kids"...

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Today's playing: double bass: * Francaix - Dixtuor * Till Eulenspiegel Einmal Anders oboe: concert band rehearsal this evening for the next gig on 16th August, Stanningley Park, some time in the afternoon, be there or be somewhere else I'm knackered...

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Today's playing was restricted to just the two pieces, but definitely what the kids call bangers. Schubert - Octet Spohr - Nonet. I'm knackered.

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Busy day of music with some lovely people. Played some quintets (ob,clarinet, violin, viola, bass) - Prokofiev & Gipps (should have been cello, but...) And some nonets - Lachner & Farrenc. There's my supply of earworms for the evening.

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Apparently, I'm playing this little ditty tomorrow. Yikes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=990g... Fortunately, bass rather than ob. But the bassist's expression in the preview/thumbnail image from the video looks like it may be similar to one I'll be making at various points... #Prokofiev #WhyMe

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Verbier Festival 23 July 2008 -- Prokofiev Quintet op.39

YouTube video by Leigh Mesh

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 29/07/2026

All the video game studios that refuse to use generative AI aftermath.site/video-games-no...

someone holding up a sign that AI crossed out

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Jayne @jaynee-b.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Hello lovely people, Ch2 has a survey for her Masters dissertation. Please complete it (if you’d like to) & share so there’s a good sample size. It’s about politics/policies & the use of AI, & about trust. Thanks! #ForensicLinguistics #Politics #AI lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Who exactly are we talking about? I've got a little list...

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

ESU - eyewatering, the way the price ratchets up on years 2 & 3... still, if it acts as both carrot & stick, then good luck. And, if you're lucky, it is possible to get it on a monthly payment plan... Meanwhile, of course, there are a bunch of regulatory reasons for just upgrading already.

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It does seem as though they only cease fire long enough to reload...

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Shame her cousin is such a monumental bell-end.

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The CD I have of the Last Cases has an epically wrong mistake on the cover notes. "Miss Jane Marples" indeed. Forsooth.

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Which ones, though? Who's reading? Or is it an audio adaptation? (The ones with June Whitfield are pretty good...)

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I forgot the Citroen / DS who double parked outside the Coop, blocking in people who were trying to get out from the parking bay. They moved to blocking the access to the Coop's actual car park. Numpties, the lot of 'em.

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Hmm. My pottering around 'ere today indicates that the cocks are in VWs and Hyundais as well as the more obvious BMWs.

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