Ludwig van Beethoven
@realludwigvan.myatproto.social
The LeBron James of classical music. Started going deaf in my 20s. Finished going deaf in my 50s. NOT a parody account! "The situation is desperate, but not serious." He/Him
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TIL Beethoven intended "Ode to Joy" to be an anti-aristocracy drinking song. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode_to_...
Ode to Joy - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
...Pretty much
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As we've always done, we want what we build to be a reflection of our community.
You would be helping to co-create the next big step in Blacksky's vision.
If you can spare some time this weekend to share your thoughts and feedback of our preliminary designs we would greatly appreciate it.
You would be helping to co-create the next big step in Blacksky's vision.
If you can spare some time this weekend to share your thoughts and feedback of our preliminary designs we would greatly appreciate it.
blacksky.cash Feedback Sessions
The Blacksky Algorithms' team wants to build payment features for community members to send money to one another across the AT Protocol (Blacksky/Bluesky). blacksky.cash would work within the AT Proto...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
As we've always done, we want what we build to be a reflection of our community.
You would be helping to co-create the next big step in Blacksky's vision.
If you can spare some time this weekend to share your thoughts and feedback of our preliminary designs we would greatly appreciate it.
You would be helping to co-create the next big step in Blacksky's vision.
If you can spare some time this weekend to share your thoughts and feedback of our preliminary designs we would greatly appreciate it.
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Pretty much every article about the Putin-Kushner-Witkoff summit in Moscow yesterday fails to mention that Kushner is simultaneously accepting tens of millions in annual payments from the Saudis and other foreign governments.
Seems like a key detail!
Seems like a key detail!
December 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Pretty much every article about the Putin-Kushner-Witkoff summit in Moscow yesterday fails to mention that Kushner is simultaneously accepting tens of millions in annual payments from the Saudis and other foreign governments.
Seems like a key detail!
Seems like a key detail!
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One of opera’s greatest treasures and DC’s own, Denyce Graves, mezzo soprano is retiring from the operatic stage and I’m ELATED I get to witness her penultimate operatic performance next month at the Metropolitan Opera. #denycegraves #opera #blackexcellence
December 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
One of opera’s greatest treasures and DC’s own, Denyce Graves, mezzo soprano is retiring from the operatic stage and I’m ELATED I get to witness her penultimate operatic performance next month at the Metropolitan Opera. #denycegraves #opera #blackexcellence
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Beethoven with the brakes off: Concerto Budapest on fire in Dublin
✍️ Andrew Larkin
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✍️ Andrew Larkin
bachtrack.com/review-kelle...
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Beethoven with the brakes off: Concerto Budapest on fire in Dublin
✍️ Andrew Larkin
bachtrack.com/review-kelle...
✍️ Andrew Larkin
bachtrack.com/review-kelle...
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Proposed fist question for Senate/House Armed Services Committee:
Mr. Secretary, do you hereby testify—under penalty of perjury—that all your public statements about your involvement in the Sept. 2 strike are true?
We provided you a copy of all your statements before this hearing.
Mr. Secretary, do you hereby testify—under penalty of perjury—that all your public statements about your involvement in the Sept. 2 strike are true?
We provided you a copy of all your statements before this hearing.
Hegseth: "I watched that first strike live. As you can image at the Dept of War, we've got a lot of things to do. So I didn't stick around for the hour to 2 hours, whatever, where all the sensitive sight exploitation digitally occurs. I moved on to my next meeting. A couple hours later I learned..."
December 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Proposed fist question for Senate/House Armed Services Committee:
Mr. Secretary, do you hereby testify—under penalty of perjury—that all your public statements about your involvement in the Sept. 2 strike are true?
We provided you a copy of all your statements before this hearing.
Mr. Secretary, do you hereby testify—under penalty of perjury—that all your public statements about your involvement in the Sept. 2 strike are true?
We provided you a copy of all your statements before this hearing.
Around this time in 1808, I was furiously composing a choral fantasy for piano and orchestra. This meant I was leaving certain other composer duties unattended. There were 20 days to go until the concert in which I'd premiere both my 5th and 6th symphonies (and the choral fantasy).
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Around this time in 1808, I was furiously composing a choral fantasy for piano and orchestra. This meant I was leaving certain other composer duties unattended. There were 20 days to go until the concert in which I'd premiere both my 5th and 6th symphonies (and the choral fantasy).
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NEW: DOGE isn’t dead, despite recent reports.
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
NEW: DOGE isn’t dead, despite recent reports.
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
As the kind of classical composer who writes prison rescue operas, I can't support PJP enough.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
As the kind of classical composer who writes prison rescue operas, I can't support PJP enough.
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I might sound like a broken record, but reposts (I can’t commit to using Skeets, y'all), threads about why you read and support our work, amplification, quoted posts, emails, Reddit posts, tags and etc all help.
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I might sound like a broken record, but reposts (I can’t commit to using Skeets, y'all), threads about why you read and support our work, amplification, quoted posts, emails, Reddit posts, tags and etc all help.
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It's Giving Tuesday
December 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It's Giving Tuesday
A concerto so nice, I wrote it twice. I won't say it was my most popular work, but it was popular enough that a publisher asked me to arrange the whole thing for piano and orchestra.
YIL the Beethoven violin concerto was disliked at its 1806 premier, then unpopular until Mendelssohn conducted it in 1844 with a 12-year-old Joachim as the soloist. Seems impossible, but true.
Stumbled over this superb Hilary Hahn/Franklin Radio Symphony recording. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb0B...
Stumbled over this superb Hilary Hahn/Franklin Radio Symphony recording. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb0B...
Beethoven: Violinkonzert ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Hilary Hahn ∙ Alain Altinoglu
YouTube video by hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A concerto so nice, I wrote it twice. I won't say it was my most popular work, but it was popular enough that a publisher asked me to arrange the whole thing for piano and orchestra.
🤣HAHAHAHA🤣
In my Romanticism class today a student called back to an earlier meeting where we put a “Beethoven counter” on the board and suggested that we all should keep a “Beethoven counter” for the rest of our lives 😆
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🤣HAHAHAHA🤣
Great use of alt text.
December 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Great use of alt text.
That damn dog! To be fair, the 4th is one of my more overlooked symphonies.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but Beethoven 4 (the film) is beating out Beethoven 4 (the score) on Google search.
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
That damn dog! To be fair, the 4th is one of my more overlooked symphonies.
LOVE IT!
Who is the brillant teacher who found a way to get kids to listen to Beethoven’s 5th—and like it! #AMomentofJoy
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
LOVE IT!
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kinda seems like what happened is that Bradley correctly understood that he was being ordered to commit war crimes but did not anticipate that anyone would later distinguish between the types of war crimes he was willing to commit
But it does worry me a little bit to see military officials angry about Bradley being thrown under the bus without a concurrent acknowledgement that he did in fact commit an obvious war crime.
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 AM
kinda seems like what happened is that Bradley correctly understood that he was being ordered to commit war crimes but did not anticipate that anyone would later distinguish between the types of war crimes he was willing to commit
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still hoping to raise the remaining $370 for caregiving!
Because of the ice raids, I haven’t been able to find a caregiver through medicaid since June. For three days a week I have to hire one from a company, and it cost $39.50 an hour. I owe $898 from my last bill and I’m struggling. If youd like to donate I would appreciate it ❤️
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Hello everyone,
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December 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
still hoping to raise the remaining $370 for caregiving!
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On 'Vesper Sparrow,' JJJJJerome Ellis transforms involuntary speech into musical structure, returns to childhood hymns outside the church, and experiments with granular synthesis as well as sound environments designed for slower listening.
Words Suspended — JJJJJerome Ellis and the Sacred Pause:
Words Suspended — JJJJJerome Ellis and the Sacred Pause:
JJJJJerome Ellis: Stutter, Hymns, and 'Vesper Sparrow'
On 'Vesper Sparrow,' JJJJJerome Ellis transforms involuntary speech into musical structure, returns to childhood hymns outside the church, and experiments with sound environments designed for slower listening.
www.thetonearm.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
On 'Vesper Sparrow,' JJJJJerome Ellis transforms involuntary speech into musical structure, returns to childhood hymns outside the church, and experiments with granular synthesis as well as sound environments designed for slower listening.
Words Suspended — JJJJJerome Ellis and the Sacred Pause:
Words Suspended — JJJJJerome Ellis and the Sacred Pause:
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[proudly turns off phone at 8p]
[immediately opens laptop to get on Bluesky]
[immediately opens laptop to get on Bluesky]
December 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
[proudly turns off phone at 8p]
[immediately opens laptop to get on Bluesky]
[immediately opens laptop to get on Bluesky]
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🤔 Got family and friends who are curious about Standing Together? Been trying to explain the power of the movement but don’t know where to start? ✨ 💜 🧵👇
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December 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
🤔 Got family and friends who are curious about Standing Together? Been trying to explain the power of the movement but don’t know where to start? ✨ 💜 🧵👇
@standing-together.bsky.social
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NEW TWIST: data centers in farm country may accelerate nitrate contamination from agricultural sources with big implications for public health.
Studies are needed to confirm or refute this finding. Lack of transparency, monitoring, regulations makes it tough.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Studies are needed to confirm or refute this finding. Lack of transparency, monitoring, regulations makes it tough.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
www.rollingstone.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
NEW TWIST: data centers in farm country may accelerate nitrate contamination from agricultural sources with big implications for public health.
Studies are needed to confirm or refute this finding. Lack of transparency, monitoring, regulations makes it tough.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Studies are needed to confirm or refute this finding. Lack of transparency, monitoring, regulations makes it tough.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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💢 "This desire to take revenge, to destroy, to raze the legal system and the democratic system to their foundations, hasn't abated for a minute. Quite the contrary. The pardon request merely reinforces it." 🎯
Bypass paywall 🔗
archive.md/2025.12.01-1...
By Yossi Verter 📌
Bypass paywall 🔗
archive.md/2025.12.01-1...
By Yossi Verter 📌
December 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
💢 "This desire to take revenge, to destroy, to raze the legal system and the democratic system to their foundations, hasn't abated for a minute. Quite the contrary. The pardon request merely reinforces it." 🎯
Bypass paywall 🔗
archive.md/2025.12.01-1...
By Yossi Verter 📌
Bypass paywall 🔗
archive.md/2025.12.01-1...
By Yossi Verter 📌
I've been the subject of many ho-hum biopic efforts and I think the best ones are those that focus on a specific era of my life rather than try to fit my whole biography in there. The best on-screen representation of my character I've seen is in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.
One of my crackpot theories is that music biopics work best with moderately famous musicians.
e.g., I'd way rather watch a biopic of Bob Seger than Bob Dylan.
e.g., I'd way rather watch a biopic of Bob Seger than Bob Dylan.
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I've been the subject of many ho-hum biopic efforts and I think the best ones are those that focus on a specific era of my life rather than try to fit my whole biography in there. The best on-screen representation of my character I've seen is in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.
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Want to thank all newsroom editors who took notice of the online outcry from Hong Kongers and adjusted their editorial approach. Of course we know wood burns. But there were other fire hazards to consider, along with the ecosystem of institutional negligence and corruption.
The Hong Kong fires is a political story, not a bamboo tragedy. It is about what happens when institutions are no longer accountable because of the erosion of the rule of law. When a government focuses on controlling the people, not serving them. When civil society is crushed.
December 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Want to thank all newsroom editors who took notice of the online outcry from Hong Kongers and adjusted their editorial approach. Of course we know wood burns. But there were other fire hazards to consider, along with the ecosystem of institutional negligence and corruption.