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Just sitting in rehearsal listening to the incredible music that we’re going to play tonight. It’s genuinely thrilling. Last few tix and all that. If you’re within striking distance of Bradford-on-Avon, do come along!

14 February 1920 | A Polish Jew, Josef Genendel, was born in Krakow. A fitter. In #Auschwitz from 25 October 1941. No. 22284 He perished in the camp on 4 November 1941. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

TONIGHT!! 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

You never hear about anyone else of Bingen.

Tomorrow! At the Wiltshire Music Centre. Me and m’pals with 400 years of music in about two hours. Amazing musicians! Wonderful pieces! A waffling idiot! A show for noobs and lifers alike. Come and have a squizz. youtu.be/BJPcEy2V-oM

13 February 1927 | Haya Mikulinski, a Jewish girl, was born in Tel Aviv. She lived in Amsterdam. In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- Children at Auschwitz 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/ 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA

Tomorrow! At the Wiltshire Music Centre. Me and m’pals with 400 years of music in about two hours. Amazing musicians! Wonderful pieces! A waffling idiot! A show for noobs and lifers alike. Come and have a squizz. youtu.be/BJPcEy2V-oM

In the UK, Apple News is largely a reprint of The Daily Telegraph. How much more right wing do you want to go? Not sure there’s an English language edition of Der Völkische Beobachter.

If I was the Apprentice person who answered the house phone at 5am I would say no, I'm not rushing out to meet Sugar at a fish market so he can do a strangled pun then tell me to go somewhere else and invent a cocktail, just tell me what the task is.

Pam Bondi Thought That Went Pretty Well

12 February 1910 | A Hungarian Jewish woman, Blanka Krausz, was born. She was a piano teacher. In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- ▶ Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q

What I continue to find maddening about these pieces is, look, if your new technological innovation does not create new jobs and just destroys old ones...you don't actually *have* to keep doing it!

11 February 1923 | A Polish man, Stanislaw Arwaj, was born in Warsaw. In #Auschwitz from 26 June 1942. No. 41646 He perished in the camp on 13 August 1942. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

3 in 5 fear family separation absolutely monstrous www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Genuinely, if you live in the UK you should so the consultation just to find out some of the unbelievable details of what's being proposed. Even with their spin and obfuscation it's shocking

This Saturday! Wiltshire Music Centre! Me and m’pals with a night of fabulous music for newbies and lifers alike! Come and see! youtu.be/BJPcEy2V-oM?...

I urge you to fill in this consultation if you can - with this very helpful support from Amnesty International - although AND because ! it is heart-breaking that this country has sunk so low that Amnesty suggest in a number of cases to provide no answer as the terms of the question are so evil

10 February 1932 | German Jewish girl, Ruth Mentzel, was born in Berlin. She emigrated to France. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 31 July 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection. --- ▶ The ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://bit.ly/4ql4LTV

This Saturday! Wiltshire Music Centre! Me and m’pals with a night of fabulous music for newbies and lifers alike! Come and see! youtu.be/BJPcEy2V-oM?...

If Starmer wants a reset - and not yet another U-turn when the parliamentary party balks at a policy - here is his chance.

Munich, of course, famously a great place for British PMs to get an easy win that saves their career.

8 February 1902 | A Frenchman, Louis Castel, was born in Lézignan-Corbières. A gardener. In #Auschwitz from 8 July 1942. No. 45339 He perished in the camp on 11 August 1942.

Last posting dates for Valentine's cards 💌 Monday 9th Feb for 2nd class Wednesday 11 Feb for 1st class Get your orders in sharpish if you want them there on time! www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/valentines-c...

I’m not sure we’ve properly addressed how profoundly disturbing it is that America can largely shrug at the stashing of human beings in giant warehouses.

5 February 1889 | Jewish man Rufolf Jakubowitz was born in Russian Empire (today’s Latvia). He emigrated to Norway. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.

That‘s the spirit.

My Apple Watch just tapped me on the wrist and congratulated me, with great enthusiasm and a fancy badge, on DOUBLING my move goal for the day. The specific move which took me over that milestone was lifting a biscuit from the packet on this sofa to my mouth.

4 February 1942 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Esther Stad, was born in Amsterdam. In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and, after selection, murdered in the gas chamber. --- ▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

Don’t forget you have until 6th March if you want to enter this year’s New Comedy Writing competition! Find out more at davidnobbsmemorialtrust.org.uk

The greatest TV theme of all time.

So, what you’re saying is there’s someone who knows a WHOLE LOT about the Arctic whose name is Klaus..?

It was the Fuck Around of Times, it was the Find Out of times

If you live in the UK and value the BBC, please give your thoughts on its future ahead of charter renewal dcms.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

3 February 1935 | Dutch Jewish boy, Israël Wijnschenk, was born in Utrecht. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in May 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection together with his sister Kitty.

Imagine Mandelson is under a lot of stress right now so just as well his husband is a trained osteopath.

We do the odd date here and there. Doncaster and Milton Keynes are booked in (details in link). I guess it’s up to local venues and Music In The Round. I just go where they tell me. You could always bring it to the attention of your preferred venue… musicintheround.co.uk?s=Incomplete...

People of Wiltshire and environs! Me and my Ensemble 360 pals are coming to the Wiltshire Music Centre on the 14th Feb to do our Incomplete Guide to Chamber Music. It’s great fun for noobs and lifers alike and filled with bangers. Come see! musicintheround.co.uk/events/chris...

You've totally changed my perspective, angry guy who can't spell

The reason Humperdincks have moustaches that wide is so that they can easily sense which gaps their heads will fit through.

2 February 1881 | A German Jew, Alfred Lurie, was born in Bresnitz (now Brzeźnica). A merchant. In #Auschwitz from 5 December 1941. No. 23724 He perished in the camp a week later. --- ▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

It's sometimes hard to convey just how nuts it is that in this pathetic gilded age, the most 'successful' human on the planet is also, right out there in public, one of its most ridiculous losers

1 February 1911 | An Ukrainian, Ivan Antoniuk, was born. A worker. In #Auschwitz from 12 August 1942. Nr 28085 He perished in the camp on 13 January 1943. --- 🎧 A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc

OK, nerds. Let’s get into this tedious stuff. Please help a brother out: I have used Drobo for years to backup my MacBook. Drobo (the company) is gone and I need a replacement. What is the SIMPLEST and BEST replacement for a doofus which is essentially plug & play. I have zero (0) IT skillz.

Kyiv is in total blackout, as are many parts of Ukraine. No water, no heating, no electricity. Severe frost outside. This is the result of constant russian attacks. Thank you to those few who still care.

You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs) Good tech. Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales) Bad tech.

31 January 1913 | A Polish woman, Maria Lisowska, was born in Miłków. A laboratory worker. In #Auschwitz from 22 January 1943. No. 30668 She perished in the camp on 5 May 1943. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8