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Marie Thompson

@joyousnoises.bsky.social

University worker. Tinnitus/noise/sonic cyberfeminisms. Currently writing about sound reproduction and reproductive crisis.

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Sarah Hennies@sarahhennies.bsky.social · 7h ago

I’m sorry I can’t remember who said it so I can credit them, but I saw a post earlier today that said that Macklemore was the first instance of needing to separate the art from the artist but in reverse.

Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 5d ago

"There are brilliant schemes and brilliant people doing the work, but eventually you hit the economics. You cannot outreach-programme your way out of London rent, and you can’t diversify a workforce while refusing to talk about who can afford to stay in it." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I co-founded an orchestra 18 years ago. Since then, I’ve seen doors close for working-class musicians | Robert Ames

I have lost patience with the sector’s talk of diversity when it refuses to acknowledge those people who can’t afford to keep playing, says conductor and composer Robert Ames

theguardian.com

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · last wk.

'The number of students taking A-level music is at a record low: under 5,000, a drop of nearly half from 15 years ago....Music GCSE entries have also fallen. It has the widest attainment gap for disadvantaged students of any subject.'

The Guardian view on music and drama education: reversing elitism starts at school | Editorial

Editorial: The number of students taking creative subjects at A-level and GCSE is at a record low. The arts must not become the preserve of the most privileged

theguardian.com

Marie Thompson@joyousnoises.bsky.social · 2w ago

In the latest edition of *adventures in musicalized wellness*, I came across some NHS guidance for perinatal mental health, for those 1 year postpartum, that advises *learning to play a musical instrument*. First year. Postpartum.

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 3w ago

It’s striking that all of the severe and quite extreme problems Britain has now as a direct result of political malfeasance is all just chucked on the “oh well, what are you going to do, it’s just how it is” pile. These things were done by people with names and addresses.

Scotland's universities face 'bleak' future as £200m funding gap revealed

A new report paints a 'bleak' picture of falling income from Scottish students and an over-reliance on international tuition fees.

bbc.co.uk

Bruno Dias@brunodias.dev · 2mo ago

it's funny how for decades the RIAA would carbomb teenagers for downloading one (1) song yet now these dudes are just allowed to do this shit like it's nothing

Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Scoop: The AI music generator Suno was hacked. Hacker shared source code that shows how the tool was made and part of the music and podcasts that were scraped to create it. Decades worth of music, lyrics, and podcasts from YouTube, Deezer, Genius & more www.404media.co/hack-reveals...

# youtube_nusic: ~l.5h runtine # 113,879 hours of youtube_rusic 12,287 hours of youtube_rusic_lyrics 16,843 hours of youtube_rusic_lyrics_for genius_hg: -1.3h runting 17,615 hours of genius_hq 41, 544 hours of genius_hq lyrics 17,387 hours of genius ha_lyrics_ foreign freesound: -B.2h runting 410 hours of freesound # insip: -B.2h runtine 19,514 hours of insip # jamendo: ~B.1h runtine 3,726 hours of janendo * ponds_music: ~1.1h runtine # 62,117 hours of ponds_music # deezer: -8. 5h runtine 12,287 hours of deezer 10,175 hours of deezer_lyrics 6,699 hours of deezer_lyrics_foreign * ytn_tagged: ~2h runtine # 152,162 hours of ytn_ tagged # musescore: -B.1h runtine 183 hours of nusescore_lyrics
Mallory Moore@sexabolition.blog · 4mo ago

A friend did the maths on this and noted that in the last 5 years there has been one hostile news article for every ten trans people in the population total.

Senthorun S. Raj@senthorun.bsky.social · 4mo ago

“A rapidly expanding network of organisations campaigning against trans rights is shaping media coverage and political debate across the UK, while trans people are increasingly excluded from reporting about their own lives.” Powerful conservative groups orchestrate much of our transphobic politics.

Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Academic departments deserve to be saved, supported, resourced, allowed to grow even if they're not "best in the country," "first in the REF," "top-ranked," "at a Russell Group uni," or whatever other austerity-brained nonsense senior managers have been using to flimflam you out of solidarity

Marie Thompson@joyousnoises.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I forgot to share this but another thing I've been working on of late (with lots of amazing other people) has been a creative toolkit for tinnitus support groups, meant to help support often tricky conversations about experiencing tinnitus tinnitusarts.co.uk/toolkit

Toolkit - tinnitusarts.co.uk

Sharing Tinnitus: A Creative Toolkit for Tinnitus Support Groups Research shows that creative activities can help people to understand, reflect on and talk about their tinnitus in new ways. Sharing Ti...

tinnitusarts.co.uk

Marie Thompson@joyousnoises.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Hey, so I'm out of practice with 'announcements' but: I wrote a book and it's coming out in November. It's called The Sonic Surrogate and it's about sound reproduction, reproductive crisis and the proliferation of music technologies that promise to take care of us www.ucpress.edu/books/the-so...

The Sonic Surrogate by Marie Thompson - Paper

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

ucpress.edu