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Music Education People! Do you think of music notation as a representation of sound? As instructions for performance? As a memory aid? As a record of composerly intent? A script for interpretation? A colonial artifact? A map for listening? Something else? All of these?

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This is how you do it!

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The Australian campaign against subminimum wage just added the current federal candidates to our letter. See if your candidates support disabled wage equality, or the status quo of $3/hr. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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ABC Global Affairs Editor John Lyons warns that Donald Trump’s plan to take over & own Gaza is “not about the Palestinians” it’s about chasing a “glittering prize” - “tens of billions of dollars in commerce & trade” & that only Saudi Arabia can stop him. #ABCInsiders

submitted 60 days ago • 18 comments

In searching Bluesky for news about independent candidate in the upcoming Australian federal election, Nicolette Boele (Bradfield), I did not expect to learn this:

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The part of George Orwell’s 1984 that everyone forgets is how the music and publishing industries have been replaced by a machine that spits out songs and bad novels “without any human intervention.” The goal is to keep you from ever having to think.

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“This obscures more than it reveals” is perfect discourse for one’s seven-year-old offspring ❤️

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If a plea for kindness and empathy makes you furious, you might be a sociopath.

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Can’t be repeated often enough ‘The UK’s creative industries are vital to the economy. Valued at £124bn, they are worth more than the life sciences, aerospace and automotive industries combined. Arts and culture alone contribute an impressive £34.6bn.’ on.ft.com/42hzVmL

submitted 80 days ago • 27 comments

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

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Going back to the site formerly known as Twitter to reference a great conversation I had a few years ago there, to discover enough people have nuked their accounts that not only the great conversation no longer exists, but nearly all the great conversations are also gone.

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