@neorsd.org A rare bit of good news for such large scale project management.

To write this, the author presumably had to have had sex with the deputy editor (of @economist.com ). I am not sure that I really want to know...

Another fine performance this evening, this time of The Pirates of Penzance, under the capable baton of @jkaconductor.bsky.social. Always supportive of the singers, never overwhelming them...

A fine performance of Princess Ida this evening, not least down to the enthusiastic conducting of @jkaconductor.bsky.social Ben McAteer, Gaynor Keeble and Phoebe Smith in notably good voice. As to the set, well I suppose that even Jackson Pollock had his off days.

What would Enid have said after this, their latest exploit?

Crypto scandal sinks Russian elite’s $8.5mn polar party cruise - on.ft.com/47ZOPB1 via @FT Who kan sey bet than he? who kan do werse? Whan he hath al wel seyd, thanne hath he doon; Therfore bihoveth hire a ful long spoon That shal ete with a feend,’ thus herde I seye.

And whatever else people say about the privatisation of the UK railways, if did result in a remarkable upturn in rail usage, somewhat in excess of European peers.

@jburnmurdoch.ft.com The BBC needs your help.

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

A protest against the visit of US vice-president J.D. Vance has been staged in Charlbury, the Oxfordshire town closest to his holiday venue of Dean. The demonstration, organised by the Stop Trump Coalition and local residents, featured placards such as “Cotswold childless cat ladies say go home”.

This should be a good week for the local farmers to finish bringing in the barley.

Excellent Early Music Show today with @jkaconductor.bsky.social . Well worth a second listen. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

@robarmstrong.bsky.social The reach of TACO...

@mliebreich.bsky.social "In business, heir to the JCB construction equipment empire Jo Bamford — who in 2021 launched a green hydrogen investment fund HyCap — was awarded a CBE for services to innovating the clean hydrogen economy." - on.ft.com/4e86Mi2 via @FT

Welcome to the archives.

Interesting, but perhaps fanciful...

My brilliant lute teacher Anton Birula made this video for me. Have a listen! If you feel so inclined pls subscribe to his channel LuteDuo. Let's get it to 10k. Pls reskeet. youtu.be/2EWrH0gRphQ?...

@ftweekend.com The closing sentence to Robin Land Fox's column about Rubens' garden, in the Weekend FT, has to be one of his finest, and indeed the finest in the FT this weekend.

Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves www.politico.eu/article/elon...

@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social Have you seen the current exhibition of bollards at the National Gallery in London?

Greenland: "The Mouse that Roared"..and won, as in the film NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Vice President JD Vance, ...visited an American military base in Greenland on Friday in a trip that was scaled back after an uproar among Greenlanders ...

@davidallengreen.bsky.social Even more so if you know even a little of the history of the empire of Byzantium / East Rome / New Rome.

I'm the lawyer for Macmillan. Contrary to Meta's statement, the arbitrator's order does not "affirm" that the book is "false and defamatory." The order makes NO finding of falsity or defamation. This is about suppressing an author's unflattering speech. Macmillan vetted the book and stands by it.

@number10cat.bsky.social Seen outside No10 by the FT:

Good morning Trump voters, how are you enjoying your breakfast? Lots of love from the Europoors ❤️

First visit to the Pantokrator Monastery / Zeyrek Camii since it reopened, a few years ago, following a slightly controversial restoration.

perfect

@mliebreich.bsky.social Airbus pushes back plans to fly hydrogen plane by 2035 - on.ft.com/4hrSHga via @FT Quelle surprise...

@romanpalace.bsky.social @enniusredloeb.bsky.social Today is #NationalHedgehogDay , which is why I am attaching a picture of the martyrdom of St Sebastian. As is common in such depictions, he is shown tied up, penetrated by so many arrows that he looks like a hedgehog.

“…pale primroses, That die unmarried ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength - a malady Most incident to maids;”

“…pale primroses, That die unmarried ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength - a malady Most incident to maids;”

@columnist.bsky.social "Orthoganal..."

Can anyone explain to me the difference between Putin threatening Ukraine and Trump threatening Greenland?