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Alyssa Barna

@abarna.bsky.social

Music theorist, ass prof @UMN music. Public music theory, popular music, telling it like it is. she/her

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toilet bones@toiletbones.bsky.social · 2w ago

Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately

Hello Bone Colleagues, I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans. -- [My name] Chief Bone Inventor Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation Lord Mayor, Musculoskeletal Medicine Hartford HealthCare, The Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital.
Megan Non Brevis@theorymeg.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hear me out: sometimes it’s nice to learn about something just because … it’s fun and interesting! College is not supposed to be about optimizing yourself for A Career with no detours. It’s supposed to be an opportunity to learn and grow *as a human being* — much of which happens outside your major.

Alyssa Barna@abarna.bsky.social · 3w ago

Trying to teach my Minnesotan almost two-year-old to say “I’m walkin’ here!” in a flamboyant New York accent, but she doesn’t have the whole thing down yet so she’s just running around screaming “I’m walkin’, I’m walkin’!!” Like yes, queen, you are.

jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
Alyssa Barna@abarna.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Stumbled into a deli in a gas station (always a good sign) and was forced fed falafel by an older Lebanese gentleman. It’s been too long since someone handed me food and said something like YOU MUST EAT.