I’m hoping he spills everything else about it at this point

What being #Autistic is actually like:

You’re in a 10 vs. 1 dodgeball game and you’re the singleton. They are HAMMERING you with dodgeballs and they are asking you to have a civil conversation and perform daily tasks. Which do you focus on? Dodging the balls.

Honestly I thought that was *already* a symptom. When I had it my throat hurt SO bad and felt like razor blades.

@socialistviolist.bsky.social and I at Costco today:

Me: “ok we got what we needed. We are NOT spending more money than we need to, it’s a trap!”

*half a second later*

Me: *sees something cool* “OOOOOOOO!”

The amount of things like this happening to my professor/teacher colleagues recently is staggering. Ugh.

Me: “I’d like a quiet life. I don’t think I’d handle fame well.”

@socialistviolist.bsky.social : “you want a quiet life? Just take your hearing aid out!”

I'm really glad we're putting up a fight. Was really worried we'd capitulate as well...

Isn’t El Salvador part of ICC 👀

(US isn’t because fascism)

I bet a good percentage of the EOs were AI generated, this one included.

a cover page with gears in the background and the title "Sync Up!"

A red cover page with conductor hands and a stand, with the title "Epiphany!"

A white cover page showing a brown cat peeking out at the camera, with the title "Hey You!"

Seems I enjoy exclamation marks in my young band music...I think I'm enthusiastic!

Sync Up!, Epiphany!, and Hey You!

It’s such a good piece though! 10 movements of awesomeness

That piece is on my DMA comp exam identification section 🤣

So is Greg Abbott woke to Banks? Cause, ya know…

I don’t even tend to deduct if they hand it in a little late either, I’ll grade an assignment as is if it’s like 2 hours late or something

My undergrad music school when I was there had like 3-4 sets of twins at the same time. All music students, but different instruments.

I’m very concerned for community colleges

Yeah although there’s def more of a dependency on these things for the privates.

UM caved with DEI and they’re a public school.

You know what’s wild?

.When we would go on field trips as young kids I always thought they were big and far away places when they could just be 15-30 minutes away. I’ve visited places I went to when I visit Albany and it always blows my mind how short of a time it feels for me to get wherever.

a fanfare motif on cornet and flugelhorn staves

I've joined the rare demographic of modern composers writing cornet and flügelhorn parts in a wind band! This fanfare motif has a much beefier sound than if it were just four trumpets...especially when it splits into harmony.

Randall Standridge, Murphy Music Press, Neil Kjos, and TUX People’s music are all great

For real. Instant gratification has really done wonders to people.

REFLECTIONS ON AI IN THE CLASSROOM: How We are Not Using Al in the Classroom By Sonja Drimmer & Christopher J. Nygren Premise Prompt engineering is a term that has become commonplace since the widespread availability of generative Al applications like ChatGPT. The idea is that the outputs of the large language models (LLMs) on which these applications are based are only as good as the prompts that are input: vague prompts result in equally vague outputs. And thus was born the race to train for careers in prompt engineering. Unfortunately, the bubble seems to have burst before even the first generation of students was trained for this career outcome. We were given a prompt as an invitation to participate in this newsletter: "How are you using Al in the classroom?" While we have accepted this invitation, we are engaging in the most humanistic act we can imagine—refusing the prompt.”

Love to refuse a prompt. static1.squarespace.com/static/53a4b...

being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

It’s heartbreaking

I think also that some institutions were just waiting for permission to drop this kind of stuff :/

You know eventually he’ll even ignore his precious SCOTUS and then disband them when things don’t go his way. Only then will they regret that immunity ruling.

I dream to have a wind band or orchestra with disabled and neurodivergent people. Organizations like United Sound have done work already in this respect, so I know it’s possible! I have learned about SO MANY musicians, famous or not, who are in these two broad demographics yet it isn’t talked about.

Anecdotal, but I'm definitely noticing an uptick in advocacy for violence here. About which I'll say only this: Promoting violence on social media is the work of trolls and fools, those eager to bait others into implicating themselves in the age of surveillance or fools rushing to the gulag.

America's Own | Sunday on 60 Minutes YouTube video by 60 Minutes

in case you missed the outcome of the canceled military band concert with the young musicians from Equity Arc:

A lot people stepped up--including military band veterans and the Strathmore in MD--and they're going to be on CBS tomorrow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0-D...