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Tim J L

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my son is also named bort words about the music and the arts in @vanmusicmag.bsky.social, @redpeppermag.bsky.social and @newsocialist.bsky.social he/him timjl.substack.com linktr.ee/TimJL

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Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · Jun 29

new writing now up! Catch me yapping about the state of the arts again, focusing on how arguments about investing in the arts for its economic and social benefits ignore the exploitation, working conditions and struggles of arts and culture workers.

timjl.substack.com/p/our-cup-sp...

A picture of the national Theatre and the text: Our cup spilleth over: what do the claimed economic benefits of arts and culture actually mean for workers in the sector?

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 10h

Do I have any friends who would be up for going to this Catherine Lamb world premiere at Milton Court on Saturday 👀https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/event/explore-ensemble-exaudi-eight-lines

Explore Ensemble & EXAUDI: Eight Lines | Barbican

Bringing an alternative slant to American minimalism, London's Explore Ensemble and the EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble present a major new work by Catherine Lamb, alongside music by James Tenney & Steve Reich.

www.barbican.org.uk

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 14h

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Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 1d

cruel and unusual punishment!!!

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 1d

hope you've all had a good National Pets Getting Confused About Why They Aren't Being Fed On Time Day

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Nat Guest @unfortunatalie.bsky.social · 1d

Training and paying doctors to work in the National Health Service is actually EXACTLY where I want my cash to go as a taxpayer, Wes, and I'll have you out at the next election.

Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 1d

Wes Streeting has put junior doctors on notice that taxpayers’ cash will not fund more training posts if they continue to strike, in interview with Sunday Times

READ: www.thetimes.com/article/afbe...

Junior doctor strikes will mean fewer jobs, Wes Streeting warns

The health secretary says walkouts from November 14 could force him to scale back plans for more specialist training posts

www.thetimes.com

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 2d

Wedding fit 🤵

Me in a blue navy suit and silver and blue flowery tue taking a bathroom selfie

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 3d

The fact that Waitrose exploited his enthusiasm and desire to participate in society just to get the free labour is deeply sickening. If it was me and they turned around and offered the paid job, I'd tell them to fuck off.

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 3d

Job applications and the world of work were scary and impenetrable to me. I did not think I could be like other people, feel like I could belong, have a normal job, and I had no idea how to even start. I did not feel like a real person. It caused me deep anxiety issues and dissociative episodes.

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 3d

'"He gave over 600 hours of his time purely because he wanted to belong, contribute, and make a difference" said his mum.'

I'm gonna be real, this story hits something I'm very familiar with. My autism does not prevent me from having a 9-5 office job currently, but in my teens/early 20s...

Waitrose offers job to autistic worker it had previously rejected

Frances Boyd says she is now weighing up offers of paid work from Waitrose and Asda for her son Tom.

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 3d

For everyone praising the appointment, I want to reiterate bsky.app/profile/aman...

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 19d

I'm growing real damn impatient at the classical music world, which seems to be populated with complete marks who are transfixed by having keys jangling in front of them

This is incredibly disappointing. The music industry had high hopes of Starmer as he was a flute player but it seems this isn’t going to be the case

Independent Society of Musicians
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The ISM is deeply concerned about government's decision to scrap the music Initial Teacher Training bursary.

Bursaries are a lifeline for aspiring music teachers. If DfE is serious about hitting its recruitment targets, this is a huge step backwards ⬇️
https://lnkd.in/efETx__N

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 3d

Such an organisation exists directs to confrontation away from the state in the face of increasing precarity and marketisation of the sector, and neutralise worker agitation in the face of worsening conditions and job losses.

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 3d

UK Opera will be nothing more than a managerialist container of antagonisms within the sector. Its funding structure means it is beholden to ACE, directly through ACE funding, and being made up of ACE-funded orgs. Another layer of intermediary functionaries to is not a herald of change.

UK Opera Association (UKOA) will initially bring together a group of 20 opera companies from across the country, including English National Opera, Garsington Opera, The Grange Festival, Glyndebourne, Royal Ballet and Opera, Scottish Opera and Welsh National Opera, to help strengthen the future of the art form.

The organisation’s initial set-up and running costs are being supported by an Arts Council England grant of £25,000, before membership fees become payable in early 2026.

An interim board, in place until autumn 2026 will be made up of Melvin Claridge, talent director at Pegasus Opera Company; Richard Davidson-Houston, CEO Glyndebourne; Mark Heholt, director of policy and strategy, Royal Ballet and Opera; Flora McIntosh, artistic director and CEO, OperaUpClose; Robin Norton-Hale, artistic director and CEO, English Touring Opera; Nicholas Simpson, executive director, National Opera Studio and Rachael Williams CEO Streetwise Opera.

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 3d

Has she ever had a job in opera (beyond being a professional cellist several decades ago)? No. Does she believe she has a god-given right to be a mover and shaker in the opera and classical world, even though she failed to be reelected and named Culture Secretary? Yes.

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 3d

Former shadow culture secretary Thangam Debbonaire is to head a new trade body representing the UK’s opera sector, founded by companies including Glyndebourne and English National Opera.

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Thangam Debbonaire to helm new UK opera trade body

Former shadow culture secretary Thangam Debbonaire is to head a new trade body representing the UK's opera sector

www.thestage.co.uk

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 4d

I think some Action needs to be taken pretty Directly about this

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 4d

Northern line my beloved

Kermit running through a field of yellow flowers

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John Duncan @johntheduncan.bsky.social · 4d

Big announcement!!! My video on how Chicken Run is communist is now part of Britain's media history

Over the summer the British Film Institute (BFI) got in touch cause they wanted to archive this video as a historically significant piece of media (lol) and it's now been archived

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 5d

Yup! Making my new commute that much harder 🙃

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 5d

When will the Northern line return from war

Kermit looking out of a window as it's raining

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Jack Saundrs @jacksaundrs.bsky.social · 5d

I'm an open borders commie, so not my circus/clowns, but honestly fascinating to me how the controlled immigration crowd all landed on the consensus that "well-paid migrants only" is somehow what serves their political economy

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 5d

some things never change

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 5d

You're allowed to say the word, it's fine

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 5d

My line manager referred to my autism as 'your situation', which makes it sound like I'm entangled in a mysterious yet delicate affair full of intrigue and secrecy.

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 6d

yeah, me too Mr tube dog, me too

A labrador lying down by his owner on a tube train

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 7d

talk to us about investing in your very own Flexible Value Simp today

A tube ad with a woman smiling and a grabber machine and balls with the words FLEXIBLE VALUE SIMP

Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · 7d

this one did me good for a while
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List of exoplanet extremes - Wikipedia

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