Erin K. Maher

I am extremely pleased to announced the publication of my latest article on PTSD, trauma-informed pedagogy, universal design for learning, and music. jmp.amsmusicology.org/trauma-infor...

MARCH CARTOON, in support of this and similar posts about not irritating your readers, from @bcdreyer.social.

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My mom was trying to compliment me for being frugal the other day, and I was like "I went to New York City for shows THREE TIMES last year." It's basically my only extravagance, though!

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LLMs hallucinate, & they hallucinate WORSE on topics we don't already know/write a lot about. This creates a huge accuracy gap.

This week I tested ChatGPT on Beethoven & Smyth to show how big this gap is & why it matters. It made up a LOT.

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The elder millennial existence consists entirely of alternating geopolitical and financial crises

it was that experience where something is so specifically on brand for you that you're half enjoying it and half like "I am aware that this doesn't reflect well on me"

another band did bluegrass duel of the fates

My third-monitor entertainment this weekend is a free livestream of a bluegrass festival where at least two bands so far have played the Star Wars cantina band music. If you know the uhh in-universe genre label, I want you to know that I've had "[xxx]grass" bouncing around in my head causing damage.

When I was processing the archives of my church, I learned that they canceled that night's cabinet meeting so no one would have to miss it.

Some people simply need to be followed everywhere they go for the rest of their lives by a nice old lady from the American Friends Service Committee yelling "here is a depraved murderer in your midst"

I saw a Facebook comment the other day (from someone I don't know) that said "Oh hell no, is Claude AI?" I'd love to know what they thought it was - a real little guy in the computer?

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uhhh ummmm good morning

this is fucking beautiful y'all

that's over $10k for emergency cash support for BIPOC trans folks in Portland plus a combined $15k+ to keep ICE-impacted Twin Cities families fed and in their homes

sometimes the world is a really good place, actually

Whenever I deviate from standard title case For A Post, I'm at least a little bit aware that someone could see it and think I'm a bad copyeditor. No, I just know that what's "correct" or acceptable depends on context!

Paragraphs – The Writing Center What this handout is about This handout will help you understand how paragraphs are formed, how to develop stronger paragraphs, and how to completely and clearly express your ideas. What is a paragrap...

periodic reminder that paragraph-building is a reader's love language, and that the UNC writing center has a marvelous handout on paragraph-building.

Tip for academic authors: The version of the title on the cover of a book is not always the official version for citation. Cover designers like to make things more visually engaging: for example, *This and That, vol. 1, This* can become *This & That I • This*. Check the copyright info page.

If you’re writing something yourself, you are finding sources and reading them and developing a mental map of how they all relate to each other and to the thing you’re writing. If you get an LLM to do it for you, you don’t have any of that.

Charmed and fascinated by Chess Wars, a DOS game released in 1996 that features live-action cutscenes of medieval melee when playing pieces engage one another in battle.

Star Wars, starwarschicks dot com, 13

there's very little evidence that this site ever existed, but it did, okay, it was a fan site for women who like Star Wars and it was called that because 1999 was a Different Time

June 13 to 22, 1884 Again the congenial fourteen Lisztianer were gathered at "Chemitzius," at the oval table in the favorite corner of the large Stube; the discussion had turned to Liszt's hair--certainly an important subject. Speaking of great Masters, and of externals, there was no other who had such a characteristic cataract of hair, such a leonine mane. To this all agreed; but what was the original color of it, before it had been touched with age? As to this there was a difference of opinion, especially among the feminine members; some would have it light and others quite dark. In our enthusiasm to possess a lock of the Master's hair in its full length--call it hero-worship if you will--Mrs. Lachmund and I had from time to time picked from the comb in his bedroom entangled strands until we had gathered a neat lock; by separating the dark from the grey hairs we were enabled to offer the proof as to the original color, which was a medium brown shade.

When the Master's mane would begin to brush his shoulders, the tonsorial artist was called in, and he would devastate it to the extent of an inch. Although still of considerable length it would then appear bobbed, at least so to us. On a lesson day, June 13, he had this appearance; the fine grey-white mane had lost its easy flow. "Ja, ja, der Barbier--he has cut it this morning," Pauline said when we had remarked upon it. Moreover, the ever-willing-to-please cook-maid-caretaker, whose observant eye had noted my wife's interest in the Master's comb and also its purpose, now brought forth a little pen-box nearly filled with hair that the barber had cut that very morning, and which she had carefully preserved for us. Think of it, not merely a lock, but a store of Liszt's hair! This fortunate circumstance in later years enabled me here and there to make some musical friend happy with a tiny lock of the Master's hair.

I found this many years ago in "Living with Liszt: From the Diary of Carl Lachmund, an American Pupil of Liszt 1882–1884":

June 13 to 22, 1884 Again the congenial fourteen Lisztianer were gathered at "Chemitzius," at the oval table in the favorite corner of the large Stube; the discussion had turned to Liszt's hair--certainly an important subject. Speaking of great Masters, and of externals, there was no other who had such a characteristic cataract of hair, such a leonine mane. To this all agreed; but what was the original color of it, before it had been touched with age? As to this there was a difference of opinion, especially among the feminine members; some would have it light and others quite dark. In our enthusiasm to possess a lock of the Master's hair in its full length--call it hero-worship if you will--Mrs. Lachmund and I had from time to time picked from the comb in his bedroom entangled strands until we had gathered a neat lock; by separating the dark from the grey hairs we were enabled to offer the proof as to the original color, which was a medium brown shade.

When the Master's mane would begin to brush his shoulders, the tonsorial artist was called in, and he would devastate it to the extent of an inch. Although still of considerable length it would then appear bobbed, at least so to us. On a lesson day, June 13, he had this appearance; the fine grey-white mane had lost its easy flow. "Ja, ja, der Barbier--he has cut it this morning," Pauline said when we had remarked upon it. Moreover, the ever-willing-to-please cook-maid-caretaker, whose observant eye had noted my wife's interest in the Master's comb and also its purpose, now brought forth a little pen-box nearly filled with hair that the barber had cut that very morning, and which she had carefully preserved for us. Think of it, not merely a lock, but a store of Liszt's hair! This fortunate circumstance in later years enabled me here and there to make some musical friend happy with a tiny lock of the Master's hair.

I found this many years ago in "Living with Liszt: From the Diary of Carl Lachmund, an American Pupil of Liszt 1882–1884":

In my first week of adjuncting in August 2016, I gave a little assignment to Google questions about classical music and see what came up; a student said "I found this blog post by... Normal Lebrocht?" and I went "OH MY GOD all my friends have been fighting with him on Twitter all week."

The things that gets buried talking about the Kansas thing is... everyone says "just move" every time something like this comes up. And to loose your license? You can't move.

I am currently moving from one state to another right now. Thus far I have used my old state license to:

The Poster's Madness Rat King Special (2/24/2026) YouTube video by Posters Madness

so instead of watching the SotU, a bunch of us spent last night doing silly presentations and raising fifteen thousand dollars (!!!) for a variety of good causes

if you'd like to see me rant about star wars in person, I'm at about the 2:15 mark in the video, but the whole thing is phenomenal

in the beginning the scheming vizier events were spaced by 24 weeks. then 12, then 6, then every 2 weeks. the last one, this afternoon, was a week. in 4 days, we could see a scheming vizier event every 8 hours until they're coming every 4 minutes. chat, we should witness a double event within 7 days

In Bed with the Right episode 123. PATREON EXCLUSIVE - Once Upon a Time at Bard College

Adrian let me go long on Bard College president t Leon Botstein, his relationship with pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, and how elite men’s tolerance for sexual abuse is reflected in the institutions they control. www.patreon.com/posts/151641...

Ticket order confirmation for Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sanchez Trio, June 25, Upper Merion Township Building Park.

Ticket confirmation for Molly Tuttle + Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country, July 2, Heuser Park.

Philly suburbs summer outdoor concert season is already looking good (and only a few things have been announced so far)!