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@carolilu

Musician, librarian, tea lover, avid reader. Gets nerdy about stuff. (she/hers)

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The organ I play on my campus is in 1/4 comma meantone. It even has stacked black keys for the d-sharp/e-flat and g-sharp/a-flat. Renaissance music sounds so cool on it.

08.03.2026 03:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cook in the Navy during WWII, then worked for the railroad. Organist in the village church. Horn player and paralegal pre-WWII, then a sniper in the Polish army, then forced factory and farm labor as a POW, then various blue collar jobs in the US, including in a dye works. (Yes, I had 3 grandpas.)

05.03.2026 01:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Christopher Nolan's Ubik

05.03.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wellesley College is hiring a new Choral Director. The application deadline is March 27th. Feel free to bug me if you have questions.
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23.02.2026 21:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe not Coraline, given the author of the source material.

23.02.2026 22:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I realize I am an outlier, but watermelon.

23.02.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I go to my public library regularly, and the parking lot is always nigh on full.

22.02.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Russian composer Alexander Scriabin died of a shaving cut in 1915. Austrian composer Alban Berg died of a insect bite in 1935.

17.02.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Same here. His PSLF waiver program got me out of debt.

16.02.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've been starting to suspect that the common ground shared among every political alignment is a determined preference for electing pretty much any white man over even the most experienced, smartest woman on the planet when it comes to the highest levels of office.

15.02.2026 20:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is literal Nazi stuff. And literal in the true sense of the word, since when my Dad and his family were in a Nazi POW camp during WWII, the Nazi officer in charge of the camp tried to bribe Dad with chocolate so they could separate him from his mother and adopt him.

11.02.2026 01:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The fifth door in bartok’s Bluebeard’s castle

10.02.2026 05:22 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Weird how the takeaway on this seems to be that the Dems are weak, rather than that the Republicans are categorically refusing to obey the Constitution and settled law. And in fact, won't even consider it.

10.02.2026 04:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And women using guns to defend themselves against predatory men.

07.02.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

PLUSH PIEROGI!

07.02.2026 00:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Call your Congressfolk and ask them to oppose this.

06.02.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly.

06.02.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No soup for the Stasi.

01.02.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

My bros, she doesn't want a dozen roses. She wants a katana

31.01.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a musician, I can say that a good performance can be a really, really powerful thing.

31.01.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's a banger.

26.01.2026 23:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The clergy are singing "Down to the River to Pray", but I hope the message the fascists and ICE are getting is from a different song: music.youtube.com/watch?v=Krtm...

23.01.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! Now please sign on to the articles of impeachment for Kristi Noem.

22.01.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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22.01.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I remember at about the same time chatting with my cab driver, who did not reveal that he was from a majority-Muslim country until I made an offhand comment about hating Trump.

22.01.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My dad was stationed in Germany in the early 60s and you’d be surprised at what the old nazis would say to him while fully aware he was polish

22.01.2026 04:50 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also, guillotines can be produced domestically, there is no need to import them.

22.01.2026 03:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

These motherfuckers should be hit with every child abuse, trafficking, and endangerment charge there is. For starters.

22.01.2026 02:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

*non-conforming

21.01.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And, at least in my area, it's mostly older women & gender non-forming folks, so extra invisibility.

21.01.2026 20:35 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0