Steve Thomas
@stevecacophony.bsky.social
Happy unschooling dad of 2, husband of 1. Podcast bringing you great (classical) music http://cacophonyonline.com and Women's World Cup of classical music. works at City of London Sinfonia. Plays horn (not with them though).
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It never does. But the apology from @thetimes.com to @mothinali.bsky.social should travel as far as the original article.
September 11, 2026 at 4:49 PM
It never does. But the apology from @thetimes.com to @mothinali.bsky.social should travel as far as the original article.
London-reachable people have two days, two days!, in which they can still catch this marvellous thing: sohoplace.org/shows/tao-of...
@openspacer.bsky.social
@openspacer.bsky.social
Tao of Glass @sohoplace | Official Box Office
The West End premiere of Tao of Glass featuring music by Philip Glass and presented by Phelim McDermott comes to @sohoplace for a limited run.
sohoplace.org
September 10, 2026 at 7:57 PM
London-reachable people have two days, two days!, in which they can still catch this marvellous thing: sohoplace.org/shows/tao-of...
@openspacer.bsky.social
@openspacer.bsky.social
In the unlikely event that this hasn't come your way... @levparikian.bsky.social @jkaconductor.bsky.social it's a goody!
I am the very model of a modern day typographer
A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan
#typography #fonts #graphicdesign
A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan
#typography #fonts #graphicdesign
September 8, 2026 at 10:26 PM
In the unlikely event that this hasn't come your way... @levparikian.bsky.social @jkaconductor.bsky.social it's a goody!
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If you worry alot about AI, China's Robot Olympics is here to reassure you that things are going to be OK.
August 26, 2026 at 4:06 PM
If you worry alot about AI, China's Robot Olympics is here to reassure you that things are going to be OK.
Living things are amazing...
Powerful and important letter about artificial so-called intelligence from Sheila Hayman from Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, University of Cambridge, in the FT today
August 25, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Living things are amazing...
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One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days!
Wow!
What a thing to claim!
And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it.
Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄
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1/26
Wow!
What a thing to claim!
And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it.
Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄
🧵
1/26
August 22, 2026 at 11:22 AM
One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days!
Wow!
What a thing to claim!
And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it.
Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄
🧵
1/26
Wow!
What a thing to claim!
And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it.
Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄
🧵
1/26
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Hello, in the interest of giving really talented young musicians a boost (and also because it’s a genuinely gorgeous song), Taylor Mitchell’s debut single is out on Friday 28th and you can pre-order/save here. She’d love it to be shared widely, thanks in advance. ffm.to/tell-me-all-...
Tell Me All About Yourself
Pre-save my debut single! <3
ffm.to
August 22, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Hello, in the interest of giving really talented young musicians a boost (and also because it’s a genuinely gorgeous song), Taylor Mitchell’s debut single is out on Friday 28th and you can pre-order/save here. She’d love it to be shared widely, thanks in advance. ffm.to/tell-me-all-...
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Perhaps we ought to take a moment to reflect on how many white male cishet privately educated non disabled men have been given jobs and promoted without question based on fabricated CVs, unfounded self-confidence and an embellished life story & whether we’ve even heard of them.
August 14, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Perhaps we ought to take a moment to reflect on how many white male cishet privately educated non disabled men have been given jobs and promoted without question based on fabricated CVs, unfounded self-confidence and an embellished life story & whether we’ve even heard of them.
Holland Park tube giving all the Jacob's Ladder feels tonight!
August 9, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Holland Park tube giving all the Jacob's Ladder feels tonight!
Anyone close to Edinburgh when this is on: www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
should go and see it. And to take everyone you know - I saw Ursula’s [I guess preview] in London and it’s warm, funny, moving and I think everyone should see it.
should go and see it. And to take everyone you know - I saw Ursula’s [I guess preview] in London and it’s warm, funny, moving and I think everyone should see it.
Wheelchair Access, Wheelchair Accessible Toilets
www.edfringe.com
August 4, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Anyone close to Edinburgh when this is on: www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
should go and see it. And to take everyone you know - I saw Ursula’s [I guess preview] in London and it’s warm, funny, moving and I think everyone should see it.
should go and see it. And to take everyone you know - I saw Ursula’s [I guess preview] in London and it’s warm, funny, moving and I think everyone should see it.
This article is quite the read! Eye-opening and depressing in equal measure. When can we end the relentless extraction?
To be fair it needs an additional part because in those times the upper middle could find and afford to buy quality products
www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-cookw...
www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-cookw...
Your Cookware Got Worse On Purpose
One buyout firm quietly collected Pyrex, Corelle, Instant Pot, and Oneida. Farberware is a name on a 200-year lease. And the pans still worth buying.
www.worseonpurpose.com
August 4, 2026 at 7:12 PM
This article is quite the read! Eye-opening and depressing in equal measure. When can we end the relentless extraction?
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What can you get in Central London for £8?
Cinema ticket? No.
Coffee & sandwich? Just about.
Tonight you could have heard 105 musicians of the BBC Philharmonic playing Betsy Jolas, Sibelius & Strauss at the BBC Proms.
Some of world’s finest players are there every night until Sept 12.
For £8.
Go!
Cinema ticket? No.
Coffee & sandwich? Just about.
Tonight you could have heard 105 musicians of the BBC Philharmonic playing Betsy Jolas, Sibelius & Strauss at the BBC Proms.
Some of world’s finest players are there every night until Sept 12.
For £8.
Go!
July 21, 2026 at 7:23 PM
What can you get in Central London for £8?
Cinema ticket? No.
Coffee & sandwich? Just about.
Tonight you could have heard 105 musicians of the BBC Philharmonic playing Betsy Jolas, Sibelius & Strauss at the BBC Proms.
Some of world’s finest players are there every night until Sept 12.
For £8.
Go!
Cinema ticket? No.
Coffee & sandwich? Just about.
Tonight you could have heard 105 musicians of the BBC Philharmonic playing Betsy Jolas, Sibelius & Strauss at the BBC Proms.
Some of world’s finest players are there every night until Sept 12.
For £8.
Go!
Jeez what's with the meeting the prime minister videos? Just awful.
Are these filmed in arrival before they know whether they're in or out or what government job they've got...or after? 'Come back in and embody "energy secretary"';
' Come back in and embody "Secretary of State for shitfuckNo! OhOK"
Are these filmed in arrival before they know whether they're in or out or what government job they've got...or after? 'Come back in and embody "energy secretary"';
' Come back in and embody "Secretary of State for shitfuckNo! OhOK"
July 20, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Jeez what's with the meeting the prime minister videos? Just awful.
Are these filmed in arrival before they know whether they're in or out or what government job they've got...or after? 'Come back in and embody "energy secretary"';
' Come back in and embody "Secretary of State for shitfuckNo! OhOK"
Are these filmed in arrival before they know whether they're in or out or what government job they've got...or after? 'Come back in and embody "energy secretary"';
' Come back in and embody "Secretary of State for shitfuckNo! OhOK"
The Proms starts tonight. Warm up with a brief bit of relevant podcast action: www.cacophonyonline.com/2023/04/30/1...
145. Representation and taxation: Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man
A short podcast about the shortest of pieces, yet Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man still packs a punch and seems to point to big issues. ‘No taxation without representation’? …
www.cacophonyonline.com
July 17, 2026 at 5:03 PM
The Proms starts tonight. Warm up with a brief bit of relevant podcast action: www.cacophonyonline.com/2023/04/30/1...
Not to mentioned New London Harmonia! www.instagram.com/p/DaXwujLAZgV/
July 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Not to mentioned New London Harmonia! www.instagram.com/p/DaXwujLAZgV/
Can't believe they had no space on bbcfour for a longer prog with interviews. Today of all days. A long overdue moment for Women's cricket but, still...
No room for women to speak!
@bbcsportbot.bsky.social #thecricket
No room for women to speak!
@bbcsportbot.bsky.social #thecricket
July 10, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Can't believe they had no space on bbcfour for a longer prog with interviews. Today of all days. A long overdue moment for Women's cricket but, still...
No room for women to speak!
@bbcsportbot.bsky.social #thecricket
No room for women to speak!
@bbcsportbot.bsky.social #thecricket
Doesn't almost every office worker in a city, even school kids in my city, have to wear a lanyard?
It's not woke, it's safety driven.
It's not woke, it's safety driven.
July 9, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Doesn't almost every office worker in a city, even school kids in my city, have to wear a lanyard?
It's not woke, it's safety driven.
It's not woke, it's safety driven.
I've been playing the horn for 40 years. On Saturday night, for the first time, I'll be playing standing in front of an orchestra! Schumann with Portobello Orchestra in Notting Hill and my friends from New London Harmonia, Jonathan West , David Claydon and Christopher Owen
July 2, 2026 at 10:54 PM
I've been playing the horn for 40 years. On Saturday night, for the first time, I'll be playing standing in front of an orchestra! Schumann with Portobello Orchestra in Notting Hill and my friends from New London Harmonia, Jonathan West , David Claydon and Christopher Owen
Never mind the football, go and look at the moon and...Venus?
June 17, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Never mind the football, go and look at the moon and...Venus?
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I know it’s practically blasphemy to say so, but society should not require everyone to work. Some people can’t. Some people shouldn’t. Some people contribute more by *not* working than they would by working.
Work isn’t that important.
Work isn’t that important.
June 14, 2026 at 9:54 AM
I know it’s practically blasphemy to say so, but society should not require everyone to work. Some people can’t. Some people shouldn’t. Some people contribute more by *not* working than they would by working.
Work isn’t that important.
Work isn’t that important.
Simply have to share the sight of a family of coots trying to RAFT their way down the Limehouse Cut!
June 10, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Simply have to share the sight of a family of coots trying to RAFT their way down the Limehouse Cut!
This feels like a very telling observation.
Not sure I can even imagine him laughing
Not sure I can even imagine him laughing
June 7, 2026 at 9:58 PM
This feels like a very telling observation.
Not sure I can even imagine him laughing
Not sure I can even imagine him laughing
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If you put Trump's and Musk's collective joy in a matchbox, there'd still be room for Vance's charm.
June 7, 2026 at 7:35 PM
If you put Trump's and Musk's collective joy in a matchbox, there'd still be room for Vance's charm.