Niet het beste weer in Lübeck, maar toch leuk om in de stad van Thomas Mann te lopen en het Buddenbrookhaus te zien.

Thomas Mann is 150 jaar geleden geboren. Zijn furieus, literair briljant verzet tegen de Nazi's trekt aandacht, mede dankzij de eerste Nederlandse vertaling van zijn hoogst actuele bundel 'Achtung Europa!' uit 1938. #BetrouwbareBronnen mét de eerste druk daarvan! vriendvandeshow.nl/bb/episodes/...

10. 8. 1948 „Große Abneigung, nachmittags noch irgend etwas zu tun.“ Thomas Mann, Tagebuch.

Watched "Letter from an Unknown Woman" (1948), currently showing on iPlayer. Although filmed entirely in Hollywood, the evocation of old Vienna is beautifully done. I particularly liked the moment where young Lisa, played by Joan Fontaine, inspects the photographs of Brahms and Mahler on the wall.

For the music-minded, a review of the Vienna Philharmonic under Andris Nelsons. The program: Mahler and Shostakovich. newcriterion.com/dispatch/two...

The case of Alma Mahler-Werfel “dramatizes how opportunity, environment, and other contingencies shape artistic careers.” Alex Ross reassesses the life and work of the most legendary widow of the 20th century.

Thrilling moments in #Mahler 3 at the Proms - Beth Taylor, wow! - AND I managed to manoeuvre past the tall blokes in the Arena. Ready for a sit down now

Sunday Classical Music Zemlinsky: The Mermaid www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFBM... #ClassicalMusic #Peace

Hey y’all! You’re in my new starter pack. Please open the pack, follow all and don’t forget to RP! Thank you! go.bsky.app/9UKWt7d @reneeu.bsky.social

www.biennial.com #Biennial #ArteContemporaneo

Ukraine is vulnerable now and needs the support of all free people. They have sacrificed troops and civilians defending not only themselves, but Europe, including the United States. The Trump regime clearly does not see the connection between U.S. security and Ukraine's success in Europe.

#GVerse #OrangeBuffoonTariffs

“I’ll listen as long as Booker keeps talking!” (Schumer takes the mic) “I could turn it off for awhile …” #DemVibes

Vesti la giubba

New to Bluesky? Love books? I've compiled a couple of starter packs of interesting British and Irish-based accounts to follow - a selection of writers, industry staff, agents, publishers, bookshops, organisations - just click through and 'Follow All'. This is the 2nd pack go.bsky.app/96xUXZD

Search for starter packs for the things that interest you. I found this one searching "starter pack books". go.bsky.app/R8GJ7SJ

Looking for some new authors to obsess over in 2025? Here’s my starter packs with some of this year’s debuts! Can’t wait to read their books #BookSky go.bsky.app/RYHeizd

For #writers and folks who love all things #bookish, I have two #SmallPress starter packs: Small Press: go.bsky.app/S4HKBuC Academic Press: go.bsky.app/EoXRRgy plus one for Writers' Organizations: go.bsky.app/2uiSCde and I post daily #SmallPress #books info under #DSPBposts. 📚🌍 🌈📚 #Booksky 💙📚 🪐📚

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@leweswasp.bsky.social Hi Lorna. You are my first follower on here and I'm delighted to meet you. I've over 5000 followers on X and am hoping that many will join me here too. What do you love to read? This is my current book

@thatwriterguy.bsky.social hi Mike and a warm welcome to our Devon Book Club community. Your writing looks exciting. I'd love to hear more about that and what you love to read

"If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people." -- Virginia Woolf

Love this. It all begins with self-awareness

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order, no explanations, no reviews, just covers! Day 5/20 - The Nightingale #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

@asls.org.uk hi. I'm delighted to connect with you and I'd be very happy to share your programmes with my community here (which I just joined)and on other platforms

Swanwick Writers’ Summer School is offering THREE FREE PLACES for their week long fully inclusive retreat in 2025 - plus some amazing runner up prizes in their writing competition. ​ The theme for this year is 'HORIZONS' which can be interpreted in any way. Details in the link. Please share :)

International Companion to Scottish Children’s Literature ed Maureen A Farrell & Robert A Davis Examining Scottish writing for children, from Stevenson & Barrie to new works by contemporary writers, & from picturebooks to YA 🌟On sale now – also online via Project MUSE asls.org.uk/publications...

Finished The Extinction Of Irena Rey. Hmm. Not sure what I think. Will need to let it settle a while I think. For my next read I've chosen The Siege by Helen Dunmore. Has been on my tbr for some years. Its turn has finally come.

@r-s-russo.bsky.social Saw your account details on my other account. Good to connect here too

Heute um 19 Uhr MEZ (13 Uhr Ortszeit in Austin, Texas) könnt Ihr die Keynote von @jay.bsky.team zur Zukunft von Social Media auf der @sxsw.com im Livestream sehen. Ich bin gespannt, ob sie Neuigkeiten verkünden wird.

Today, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde boldly called out Donald Trump for his hatred and bigotry at the National Cathedral Prayer Service. Now, the GOP is attacking her for speaking truth to power. REPOST if you stand with Bishop Budde against Trump!

Probably an old joke but very funny!

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One year after Hitler came to power, Karl Jaspers took an oath of loyalty to Hitler. He later wrote: "I deluded myself. I think back on it shamefully. I had not yet even considered the most extreme consequences, but still believed that a quick transformation of the nonsense.. was possible.." 8/n

All the better to plunder and pillage: This woman explains why greed-driven billionaires want the U.S. economy to tank. 😳👇

Indeed!

Painting created by Mavis Oultram c.1968, in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital in Surrey where she was compelled to live. This is one of a handful of surviving works by her, all of which feature the motif of eyes, little biographical information is currently known to us

Christine de Pizan and the Sibyl surrounded by sun, moon, and stars #InternationalWomensDay BL Harley 4431; Christine de Pizan, Various Works including Le chemin de long estude; c.1410-c.1414; France, Central (Paris); f.189v

Brazen corruption. 💰

The US added only 151,000 jobs in February, lower than the forecast 170,000 jobs, while the unemployment rate rose to 4.1%. Yet again, a Republican president is blowing the strong economy he inherited from a Democrat.

It’s simple: workers should be able to exercise their right to organize free from intimidation or retaliation. As a member of the @laborcaucus.bsky.social, I am proud to co-sponsor the #PROAct to support workers in the fight for better wages, benefits, and working conditions.

In addition to Trying to fire air traffic controllers, #ElonMusk's efforts have led to the Actual firing of the employees that maintain the air traffic control equipment. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...