Samantha Bassler

I’ve got another article on music and PTSD coming out soon. It is due to journal REALLY soon but I am super stuck on the conclusion. Anyone wanna read it & give thoughts?

Yes. It is absolutely not accessible.

Gen AI is the final form of the Capitalist notion that your productivity is your only worth. Something entirely antithetical to disability & human rights. That so many buy into it as “accessible” is pathetic, honestly.

The latest development with my social media being called into question contributes to the perceived burdensomeness. The only thing missing is overcoming the fear of painful experiences and the "acquired capability". 2/

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I was reading about the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide today. It makes sense. I think that it is social isolation and the invalidation of my experience from a certain employer that contribute to my occasional suicidal ideation--especially the invalidation of my experiences living with c-PTSD. 1/

2/2 Moreover, there are many people who agree with me and much research supports my view. Here are only some articles and writings that explain why:

pure.psu.edu/.../culture-....
asccc.org/.../they-not....
aishakstaggers.medium.com/why-not-all-....
ssir.org/.../the_bias...

I believe very strongly that ideas of "professionalism" and "collegiality" have bias against Black, Brown, queer, trans, disabled, non-male, non-cis, and neurodivergent folk. I would also argue that these terms are weaponized against people who are marginalized. 1/2

Convo on FB: Context matters & everyone is a little bit neurodivergent or on the spectrum. Strikes me as erasing lived experiences of people who struggle & experience discrimination due to our neurodivergence… kinda like “All Lives Matter” or “I don’t see colour” but nowhere near that extent.

Musicologists & music theorists, thoughts? www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A Jew was mad re: Mamdani & 'globalize the intifada' and this is what I said (more context downthread, read the whole thing before responding):

Original context of conversation here and next skeet

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Here, here!

Awwwww thank you @erinkmaher.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️

NEWEST PUBLICATION ALERT! My article on UDL and trauma-informed approaches to aural skills! :)

Bassler, S. (2025). Trauma-Informed and Universal-Design Approaches for Rigorous Training in Aural Skills. In Trauma-Informed Pedagogy and the Post-Secondary Music Class (pp. 104–113). Routledge.

Can Trumpism be defeated? Absolutely. Here’s how | Bernie Sanders What we are fighting for is not ‘utopian’ or unachievable. Trumpism can and must be defeated

"What we are fighting for is not “utopian”, or unachievable. Much of it already exists in other countries, and poll after poll shows that it is exactly what the American people want."

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Oh no!!!! Are you ok?

USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."

“Accidentally” — no - as with the nuclear safety people and everyone else they were deliberately fired with malice aforethought and the effort to control the gratuitous damage by trying to rehire them is a reminder that the ones who do need firing are the firers

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NY Gov. Kathy Hochul’s response:

“We are a nation of laws, not ruled by a king. The MTA has initiated legal proceedings in the Southern District of New York to preserve this critical program. We’ll see you in court.”

That’s me

Thank you!!!!

Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.

I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.

I am done reacting to every little chaotic thing this administration does. They want our attention, confusion and fear and they CANNOT have it. I am filling my life with peace, joy and so much work. Resistance is putting yourself and your community first.

So interesting to me because there was this whole disagreement on my FB feed about whether or not this would actually be a tragedy. And it turned out to just be a bunch of musicologists who are more concerned about MSS than other forms of music preservation and dissemination. Fascinating.

Well this is disgusting that this is what "liberated" is to some people. Gross.

Support The Music Community - Fire Loss + Resource Tab

here too

Musicians Affected by Fires

Here are a couple spreadsheets of LA music folks affected by the fires, I haven't vetted these personally but if you're looking for ways to help this is a good place to start docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

TBH if you are a student and unfamiliar with email, it makes sense because the email address had “NYUIT” in it.

The best part about that is the later responses from professors that absolutely were unprofessional.

RIP my inbox

20 Big Cats Die From Bird Flu at a Washington Sanctuary More than half of the cats at the sanctuary in Shelton, Wash., died of the virus over the past several weeks.

Twenty big cats, including a half-Bengal tiger and four cougars, died at a sanctuary in Washington State after becoming infected with bird flu, according to the facility’s director. “We’ve never had anything like it.”