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davemacdo.bsky.social
Composer and music prof. at Wichita State. I definitely indoctrinate our nation’s youths.
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I regret to inform you that Ann Arbor is Very Cute.

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@mattbakerstl.bsky.social missed the stream tonight so forgive me of this came up: I see lots of armchair managers on Reddit saying that “Hack is not the answer” long term. Other than lack of experience at this level, where do you think this attitude comes from? I was impressed with him in 2024.

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PK Suban wearing sequins and gesturing at a video board with a backwards hockey stick makes me feel like I’m having an episode. Is this real life?

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Whether it was Joe Biden with his halting pauses or Donald Trump with his repeated promises to destroy our democracy and plunge us into a world of tyranny and economic collapse, both candidates gave voters plenty to worry about

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The last few semesters, WSU has been using an AI voice to read graduate names in commencement ceremonies. I find it to be very off-putting. Is this practice common? Are other universities doing this?

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It sounds better in the original German

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Utahans, it’s very important to know that this anti-pride flag law specifically defines a flag as “…a usually rectangular piece of fabric…”. Giant sheets of painted plywood are not flags. Says so right here: le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/...

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I want to open a vegan restaurant called Hail Seitan

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I’m gonna tell my students this is the Rite of Spring youtu.be/vBynw9Isr28?... (cc @trevorrnelson.bsky.social)

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“Fuggler” means _funny_ ugly monster, not whatever _you_ were thinking. Get your head out of the gutter…

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The Texas Society for Music Theory conference badge has a Schenker graph. That is some serious yee-haw energy

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Me, 9 days ago…

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Parts of the revolution may, in fact, be televised

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Footnotes for tomorrow’s orchestration handout

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Tomorrow night the Wichita Thunder hockey team has a special Military Appreciation Night. The game is against the Allen Americans. You read that right. For Military Appreciation Night, the Americans are the bad guys…

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We blew our engagement photography budget on hockey tickets so this is what you get (St. Louis Blues, Dallas Stars, and Wichita Thunder)

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Flag on the play: Beyoncé is penalized 15 yds for unsportsmanlike conduct, simulating a firearm #nfl

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What did I do to you, Duo?!

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Happy National OK-Seriously-We-Really-Need-to-Clean-the-House-Good-Before-Family-Gets-Here Weekend to all who celebrate!!

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Can I post a year-in-review before Thanksgiving?

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In a meeting with three MacBook users and three Dell laptop users. All three Dells have been plugged in the whole time and all three MacBooks are not.

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Some light weekend reading

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Is this enough? It seems like enough

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So apparently we’re here now? That’s weird.

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the 12 genders

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…and people say local journalism is dead…

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Sometimes I’m amazed that there’s any hair left on the cat

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Whoever decided endnotes were a good idea even after they learned about footnotes, I see you, and I hate you.

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My colleague (who started teaching here in the 1980s) is astonished that I never copy my Blackboard courses from year to year because I change enough stuff every time. Am I really _that_ weird?

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