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Composition professor, Chair of Theatre & Dance, & Senate Chair at SUNY Fredonia, Director/Founder of the Institute for Composer Diversity (www.composerdiversity.com)

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from people magazine

Donald Trump Confuses Dementia Screening for
'Very Hard' IQ Test as He Brags About Results
The president predicted that Democratic Reps.
Jasmine Crockett and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could not perform as well as he did in a cognitive exam
By Greta Bjornson |
Updated on October 28, 2025 10:24AM EDT

from people magazine Donald Trump Confuses Dementia Screening for 'Very Hard' IQ Test as He Brags About Results The president predicted that Democratic Reps. Jasmine Crockett and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could not perform as well as he did in a cognitive exam By Greta Bjornson | Updated on October 28, 2025 10:24AM EDT

from people magazine

Donald Trump Hosts Great Gatsby-Themed Halloween Party as 42
Million Americans Brace for SNAP Benefits to Expire
The president hosted the Roaring '20s bash at Mar-a-Lago on Oct. 31 amid the ongoing government shutdown
By Bailey Richards
Published on November 1, 2025 06:19PM EDT

from people magazine Donald Trump Hosts Great Gatsby-Themed Halloween Party as 42 Million Americans Brace for SNAP Benefits to Expire The president hosted the Roaring '20s bash at Mar-a-Lago on Oct. 31 amid the ongoing government shutdown By Bailey Richards Published on November 1, 2025 06:19PM EDT

someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives

02.11.2025 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11612    ๐Ÿ” 2956    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 146    ๐Ÿ“Œ 186

You can curse daylight saving time, daylight saving, daylight savings, daylight savings time, and/or daylight time.

All are considered acceptable so go off.

02.11.2025 10:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1784    ๐Ÿ” 371    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 74    ๐Ÿ“Œ 43

A fantastic cohort!

01.11.2025 02:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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These are all the same thing. 1. When ProPublica emailed questions for a profile of the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, they received a response from the communications director of the state Republican Party. He...

1. A comms guy threatening reporters by siccing the White House on them.
2. The wife of a WH official threatening a pundit's citizenship.
3. A drunk ICE agent saying he'll check an arresting officer's status.

These are all the same thing.

30.10.2025 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1425    ๐Ÿ” 447    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

I kinda wish all posts started with โ€œApropos of nothing:โ€โ€ฆsocial media would be quite a different experience #dreambig

29.10.2025 02:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No regrets about nuking my account

26.10.2025 11:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"As I'm compiling a bibliography of primary sources about orchestras and ensembles of enslaved musicians I've decided to map their locations."

silpayamanant.wordpress.com/2025/10/25/m...

25.10.2025 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Women are too emotional to be President

24.10.2025 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 323    ๐Ÿ” 71    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mamdani keeps talking about affordable grocery stores and accessible bus lines, but his opponents keep insisting heโ€™s running to transform NYC into Mecca.

Pure bigotry, nothing more.

24.10.2025 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1166    ๐Ÿ” 193    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Piano Concerto in F Minor: II. Adagio by Samantha Ege, BBC Philharmonic & John Andrews on Appleย Music

Out today! A little teaser for the album due out on Nov 21st. The slow movement of her concerto is dedicated to Edward Elgar, and you can hear it in every barโ€ฆ

24.10.2025 07:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This has been verified by multiple independent sources.

23.10.2025 22:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 183    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

the ghost of liberace is all "whew tone it down gurl"

23.10.2025 01:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2214    ๐Ÿ” 276    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 111    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

โ€œI was just talking to someone whoโ€™s in the CIOโ€™s office at a Fortune 25 company, and Microsoft has just given them a rate card for the coming year for their Office 365 license, and it costs extra if they donโ€™t want the AI. Thatโ€™s not a company that thinks you want AI.โ€

21.10.2025 02:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Let this moment be a wakeup call to stop taking some of the far-left seriously.

Mamdani isn't good enough for them. Nor is Rep. AOC. Nor is Sen. Sanders. No one is good enough for them.

(thread)

17.10.2025 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3030    ๐Ÿ” 536    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 125    ๐Ÿ“Œ 160

Tell your dog I said fuck the police.

18.10.2025 01:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 420    ๐Ÿ” 56    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

"New Far Side comics" was definitely not on my bingo card for this week. They're not bad!

www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/

16.10.2025 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2308    ๐Ÿ” 864    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 46    ๐Ÿ“Œ 154

it's like they're *trying* to increase turnout

15.10.2025 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 217    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Any dictionary can be a pocket dictionary with big enough pants.

15.10.2025 20:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2365    ๐Ÿ” 394    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 91    ๐Ÿ“Œ 59
Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod โ€ข 22h โ€ข
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text: Episcopalians on Facebook Elizabeth Rose Elrod โ€ข 22h โ€ข Exodus 8:2-6 "But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs... The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

15.10.2025 16:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35274    ๐Ÿ” 9896    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41    ๐Ÿ“Œ 561
satire: a spirit halloween costume thatโ€™s a โ€œviolent antifa terroristโ€ and includes:
- inflatable frog suit
- cape
- pepper spray filter
- a thirst for the blood of the innocent
- air pump

batteries and Molotov cocktails not included

satire: a spirit halloween costume thatโ€™s a โ€œviolent antifa terroristโ€ and includes: - inflatable frog suit - cape - pepper spray filter - a thirst for the blood of the innocent - air pump batteries and Molotov cocktails not included

whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow

14.10.2025 17:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12068    ๐Ÿ” 2499    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 133    ๐Ÿ“Œ 105

The Apple cation has gained an electron.

14.10.2025 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 116    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Apparently youโ€™re her vacation cottage! Good luck finding your cat ๐Ÿˆ

13.10.2025 11:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
ChatGPT's diagram of the Circle of Fifths. Many wrong key names (including two Bs, and the enharmonic pair C-sharp, G-flat, and 100% incorrect key signatures, mostly mixing flats, sharps, and the occasional double sharp)

ChatGPT's diagram of the Circle of Fifths. Many wrong key names (including two Bs, and the enharmonic pair C-sharp, G-flat, and 100% incorrect key signatures, mostly mixing flats, sharps, and the occasional double sharp)

wake up babe, new key signatures just dropped.

[Adding an AI policy to my syllabus this semester, and wanted an illustration so I went to ChatGPT. Now I'm really considering just making the policy, "If you'd like me to give you grades based on stuff like this, knock yourself out"]

21.08.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 113    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

it actually offends me how sloppy and careless they are. anyone whoโ€™s ever been laid off knows the panic you feel when it happens. and while obviously itโ€™s good that they backtracked, these are peopleโ€™s fucking LIVELIHOODS theyโ€™re messing with.

12.10.2025 01:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2424    ๐Ÿ” 482    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 111    ๐Ÿ“Œ 41
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BREAKING

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Maria Corina Machado for โ€œher tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.โ€

10.10.2025 09:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1911    ๐Ÿ” 345    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 72    ๐Ÿ“Œ 51

@normornstein.bsky.socialโ€ฆas a full professor at SUNY Fredonia, I second this request!

09.10.2025 01:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

THIS is the energy weโ€™ve been waiting for. Credit where credit is due.

08.10.2025 02:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6258    ๐Ÿ” 1799    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 272    ๐Ÿ“Œ 89
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All the polls on the government shutdown so far | Weekly roundup for October 5, 2025 Also this week: Dems lead in Virginia election polling; economic sentiment is down; people are turning against sports betting; + more!

So far, polls unanimously find voters are blaming Republicans more than Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown www.gelliottmorris.com/p/all-the-po...

06.10.2025 13:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 318    ๐Ÿ” 71    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Michael Caine: something something world burn something something ๐Ÿ”ฅ

06.10.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ouroboros should be a palindrome.

06.10.2025 00:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 148    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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