It’s the time of year when I come home and sit in pitch black darkness eating cheezits for at least a half hour before I return to civilization.

Read an article this morning about how Allbirds is pivoting to become an AI company and goddamn if a company turning from eco-friendly shoes to water- and power-guzzling AI doesn't feel like a metaphor for this entire era

Told my students last class that I was going to be observed today so that maybe if they were considering blowing off the reading, they would reconsider. Let me tell you, they showed UP today ready to unpack this reading. I’m taking this as a sign that we’re vibing.

i don't want to live through one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World

I just want to get through an entire semester without a major medication change. Is that too much to ask?

I’ve had three straight weekends of conferencing and it has simultaneously given me the motivation to finish this semester strong and has completely exhausted me.

Deploying ICE at airports is to normalize their transition from being a special operation targeting immigrants to being an entity that polices all.

This is the production of the American Gestapo, one institution at a time.

Just booked my flights to FINALLY visit my grandmother’s home in Newfoundland this summer. I have been dreaming of this trip since I was a child, I only wish we could have done this together while she was still alive.

I started my day with therapy and ended my day with a faculty meeting. I think I deserve an extra special gold star for today.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

I no longer care if it’s hot or cold, I just need Mother Nature to make up her mind. The volatile temperature and pressure changes are wrecking havoc on my body, and I would like it to stop.

For anyone up bright and early on Day 1 of SAM, I'm presenting my paper "Mr. Symphonic in the Palace: Reggae and Dancehall as Decolonial Orchestral Programming" in session 1D this morning! Looking forward to a great conference! #sam2026

Only at SAM will your neighbor start practicing the banjo as you are trying to get some last minute rehearsal and editing of your paper in.

Since getting sick, my body hasn’t been able to process wheat, except for sourdough. Today I found a local bakery that makes focaccia from sourdough, and I almost cried.

Trying reaaallly hard to not let myself push work off to Spring Break like I normally do, because I'll be at SAM for most of the week, and no work shall be completed then.

Music and politics expert here. There is no music that is free from politics, because music is a human construct and whether or not we like to admit it, humans are all affected intimately by politics. Even music without words can express political ideas. You’re just noticing it for the first time.

Coincidentally teaching Irish music in both of my classes today, and karmically, the vibes are very high.

you're laughing? Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor got arrested on his birthday, and you're laughing?

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

I guess the positive of having surgery back in January is that I've hit my deductible by February.

They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.

The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.

Ah yes, just saw an advertisement for a BHM panel that featured only one Black panelist. It's 2026 y'all, stop asking white people to speak on Black music during BHM.

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I've taught a class on this exact topic. The debate that technology has hurt children's intellectual/creative capabilities is a tale as old as time. While yes there are legitimate concerns about children's internet use, the impact on their intellectual/creative ability is not one.

I’m such a sucker for love. Happy Valentine’s Day from me and mine.

Florida passed a law similar to this while I was a graduate instructor, and I cannot overstate how detrimental this policy was to graduate mental health knowing that we were potentially being surveilled and weren't being given the proper support to navigate teaching in this setting.

*laughs in LatAm/Carribbean history*

They missed the plantation for the trees here.

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous