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thormagnusson.bsky.social
A worker in rhythm, frequencies and intensities. Research and development in the areas of music, mind and technology. ** Intelligent Instruments Lab (www.iil.is) ** ** Experimental Music Technologies Lab (www.emutelab.org) **
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ADHD. Is that a short for Attention Dispersion Hyperfocus Discipline?

"It [the proposed new SuperCollider] could also reveal whether the Higgs field has reached a final, stable resting state or whether another drastic transition could occur in future, a scenario that would see the universe as we know it evaporate almost instantaneously."

How about some nice ADHD music on this sunny beautiful day? youtu.be/K5VItQCiTHo?...

James McCartney (@asynth.bsky.social), author of SuperCollider, a language that changed the landscape of computer music, has just released a new audio programming system called sapf or, "sound as pure form". I am looking forward to this weekend! github.com/lfnoise/sapf?

How did a man lacking all the desired qualities of a good human become so powerful? This is the question media and political analysts, psychologists and sociologists, are pondering right now. From the British perspective, it's even weirder: thenewgeneration.blog/2025/01/25/w...?

During the Cold War, digital art was politicised to the degree that many had a distaste for it - naturally. The political moves of recent years have hijacked artificial intelligence. I wonder if cognitive science will survive this?

A poem by Michael Rosen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_J1...

RIP David Lynch. A very unique person. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QJp...

Reykjavik sunset

Tech billionaires "who who read our dystopias and have mistaken them for business plans". (Cory Doctorow) www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0kv...

Good New Year’s resolutions from the FrameLab. www.theframelab.org/how-to-thriv...

Steina Vasulka - Oral history: www.nbk.org/en/diskurs/o...?

Excited to announce I am co-editing with @thormagnusson.bsky.social a thematic issue of Organised Sound on the topic of Embedding Algorithms in Music and Sound Art! Here is the call, please share. We look forward to receiving your submissions! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

It's the time of the year where we play Christmas songs for the children. Here is Merzbow: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBOa...

Very sorry for New Zealand research. It will become a very poor country in the coming years if this goes through: www.science.org/content/arti...?

I think I'll just watch this tonight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXD4... #Iceland #volcano

Always looking for an open, decentralised, town square style place for discussions and new music. Wondering if Bluesky could be such a place?