@brainyviolinist
21c Television Musical Series Scholar/Film+Television Musicologist β’ University of Cincinnati-CCM β23 β’ Penn State '15 β’ Syracuse University '17 β’ she/her/ε₯Ή/sΓ β’ Cat parent
for my colleagues & friends in the American Musicological Society, a small (but big) update about what has transpired at this yearβs meeting www.facebook.com/share/p/17Gz...
NEW YORK, NY β Today, the New York Times reported that Andrew Cuomo is coordinating with President Donald Trump ahead of the upcoming New York City mayoral election to help billionaires buy this race and steal it from the very New Yorkers on the frontlines against Trump's authoritarianism. Andrew Cuomo tried to hide this from the public because he knew how damaging it would be. In response, Zohran Mamdani released the following statement: βAndrew Cuomo has spent his career governing for the powerful and prioritizing his own self-interests over those of the people he was sworn to serve. This is not just a shady backroom deal by a cynical politician, it is disqualifying. It is a betrayal. Donald Trump is sending masked agents to rip our neighbors off the street, gutting the social services so many New Yorkers rely on, and threatening to deport me for having the audacity to stand up to him and his billionaire friends. The job of New York City Mayor is not to be jester for a wannabe king, it is to protect the people of this city.β
Zohran Mamdani just released a statement about Cuomo working with Trump:
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Deploying the military on U.S. soil as law enforcement against Americans was on page 555 of Project 2025.
So donβt say βI didnβt vote for this,β because you did.
This isnβt a response.
This was always their plan.
Jake Tapper invented a statement by Rashida Tlaib and heβs still on TV!
π¨ The LA protests escalated fast.
DHS called in the National Guard, and reports say Marines may be deploying next. The city is still on edge.
π’ If youβre out there, protect yourself and your crew.
π² Save this. Share it. Stay safe out there.
Another day another #AMSMT25 rejection email π₯³π₯³π₯³
Well don American Musicological Society.
If youβre a US small or medium sized music org worried about loss of funding, connect up with AMS
www.amsmusicology.org/coalition-of...
Photo of a fluffy white cat meowing at the camera. Sloppy digital crayon letters spell out Art Show.
THURSDAY ART SHOW! If you are a working artist (i.e. you depend on income from your art) just respond to this post with your non-pornographic, non-violent, non-AI generated β¨CAT-RELATEDβ¨ art/crafts and I will repost! From now until 9 pm EST. Include any relevant links like your website or etsy!
ChatGPT is not comparable to calculators.
- ChatGPT is not replicable
- ChatGPT is not consistent
- ChatGPT is not predictable
- Calculators automate 1-3 actions, ChatGPT automates thousands
Resistance to Gen AI is not the same as resistance to calculators.
ca.news.yahoo.com/ceo-chatgpt-...
David Zaslav is getting paid $52 million/year to change the name of a company who had significant brand recognition back and forth
Yay for living in the Hudson Valley, NY??
Cackling at the number of places - heck, the number of STREETS - I recognize in The Four Seasons on Netflix πππ
The problem with yβall calling Joe Rogan βintellectually curiousβ
β¦ the man is nearing the 6th decade of life with curiosities that shouldβve been quelled by a library card and community college enrollment
I started Duolingo at the suggestion of one of my musicology professors at Syracuse to prepare for my German reading proficiency exam. I began Duoβs courses in Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Welsh for funsies and refreshed my Mandarin Chinese from the time it was available on the app until today.
Image of my current Duolingo streak, which reads βIβm on a 3202 day learning streak!β
May 2016 - May 2025
Now that the CEO of Duolingo is centering AI, replacing workers with AI, and maintaining an βAI firstβ stance, I am ending my streak and deleting my account. You used to be so good, Duo. Now youβre dead to me.
This is the type of thing that poorly run private companies are doing on a smaller scale constantly and a great example of why βwe gotta run government like a businessβ is a grade-A dumb guyβs idea of what a smart guy thinks
starting a crowdfunding campaign to get Hayao Miyazaki a gun and a legal defense fund
Iβm not judging individual scholars for leaving the US for theoretically safer universities.
Iβm judging the rest of you for not noticing or caring that roughly 75% of your adjunctified colleagues have neither the putative protection of academic freedom nor the means to leave.
β This image has surfaced on Bluesky with a caption saying it shows Israeli actress Gal Gadot's Hollywood star destroyed.
But this photo is old. A quick reverse image search shows it was first published in 2018 when Trump's star was destroyed with a pickaxe.
Itβs chowder. Neither soup or gravy. π
@gofundme.com you need to respond!
Imagine still believing that America is the land of the free when theyβre doing this to a journalist at a press conference
Two story billboard on side of heritage HQ of Trump with a bloody face and raised fist saying Congratulations President Trump! 47 under the Heritage Foundation logo
fuck, and I cannot empathize this enough, the heritage foundation
I have taken
the resources
that were in
the budget
and which
you were probably
saving
for higher education
Forgive me
they were needed
to feed the AI bubble
and to dismantle the humanities
if you have local queer orgs or food banks, for example, now's a great time to throw their numbers in your phone and find out what they need. you don't need to reinvent the wheel yourself.
