Charles T. Downey

Associate Editor and Lead Critic, Washington Classical Review; Founder of Ionarts; I am moving to Threads:

[Charles T. Downey @ionarts]

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[Charles T. Downey @ionarts]

Come over to Threads (I'm https://t.co/UEPC135tz8) - the water is nice! Headline: "It may not seem like it, but Threads has already surpassed Twitter" https://t.co/UUwtZFq7Ca

[Charles T. Downey @ionarts]

You should leave this site: Musk's X is sinking financially, one year after he bought Twitter https://t.co/OSWaTXFmly

[Charles T. Downey @ionarts]

Gradually unfollowing all of you - when you leave this site, come find me on Threads (https://t.co/OHvmAgfmrc)
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[Charles T. Downey @ionarts]

By staying on this site, this is what you are (please join us at Threads - https://t.co/OHvmAgfmrc)
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[Charles T. Downey @ionarts]

We are waiting for you over on Threads, without all this nonsense - "Australia fines Musk's X platform over anti-child-abuse gaps" https://t.co/KqIbHqErlm

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Unfollowing accounts - please join the rest of us at Threads

The Moral Case for No Longer Engaging With Elon Musk’s X
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[Charles T. Downey @ionarts]

(Posted earlier on Threads) Last week I spoke to Gianandrea Noseda for an interview, published today at Washington Classical Review - what does he think about the state of the NSO, how does he feel as he nears his 60th birthday, and much more https://t.co/18q5goZzcw…

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[Charles T. Downey @ionarts]

Check out Washington Classical Review for my Critic's Choice for the 2023-2024 season @OperaPhila @NatSymphonyDC @VocalArtsDC @CandlelightC @OpLaf @DCConcertOpera @ChiarinaChamber @WashPerformArts - https://t.co/wu8gf63bUW

[Charles T. Downey @ionarts]

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[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

I should be shocked by this but I’m not.

One of the great undercovered stories of our time is the ongoing infiltration of local police departments, federal law enforcement, and the military by the far-right.

[Charles T. Downey @ionarts]

Please, for us former DCist writers, just one more Davy DCist?

[Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle]

I'm still around D.C. for another 10 days, wrapping things up ahead of the big move to Switzerland. So you may still some local tweeting, probably about IPAs being gross, Maryland drivers, and how D.C. still needs to build a velodrome.

[Charles T. Downey @ionarts]

"It’s worth noting that the festival provides employment for dozens of musicians whose financial situation is considerably more precarious than that of Timms, who, according to a tax filing, received a salary of $1,469,816 in the fiscal year 2022." https://t.co/FL06h7XNOq

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[Charles T. Downey @ionarts]

Please come follow me on Threads (https://t.co/UEPC1361oG) for all the classical music and opera latest, plus occasional theater, art, and film reviews https://t.co/Bfw0IVAKax

[Charles T. Downey @ionarts]

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