Jacob Berglin
@berglinmusiced.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. of Music Ed., Western Michigan University. Dad, nerd, human. Practicing radical positivity.
Muting and blocking any account I see post a Sora video. I know I’m a drop in the bucket, but it feels like the right thing to do.
October 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Muting and blocking any account I see post a Sora video. I know I’m a drop in the bucket, but it feels like the right thing to do.
Jennifer Aniston in that clip with Reese Witherspoon this week:
Report: Friend Has Been Going By Middle Name This Whole Fucking Time
Report: Friend Has Been Going By Middle Name This Whole Fucking Time
CALABASAS, CA—Astounded that it had never come up at any point in the six years they had known each other, local woman Lucy Reed, 25, reported Tuesday that her friend Nicole Silberthau had apparently ...
theonion.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Jennifer Aniston in that clip with Reese Witherspoon this week:
My daughter would be SO happy if this were true...
August 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
My daughter would be SO happy if this were true...
I don’t care if we need to say something like “demilitarize the police” so it plays better, but this is such an obvious belief moving forward.
"defund the police" was so obviously correct. I really don't care if it doesn't poll well. it's like telling me that I should stop saying I like vaccines if they stopped polling well.
June 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I don’t care if we need to say something like “demilitarize the police” so it plays better, but this is such an obvious belief moving forward.
“Autism is a modern invention…”
These amazingly realistic models of apples are 150 years old.
They were made by Franceso Garnier Valletti, who spent his life in the monomaniacal pursuit of perfectly accurate fake fruit.
This is a little about him and his crazy, astonishing work, which I saw at the Museo della Frutta, in Turin.
They were made by Franceso Garnier Valletti, who spent his life in the monomaniacal pursuit of perfectly accurate fake fruit.
This is a little about him and his crazy, astonishing work, which I saw at the Museo della Frutta, in Turin.
May 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“Autism is a modern invention…”
<Gavin Newsom screaming at his aides to "FIND A FUCKING SLEDGEHAMMER!!" as the Traffic Computer outputs "build more public transportation" over and over and he can't figure out how to turn it off...>
If you care about traffic — if you care about not being late to work, coming home to your kids, and saving your time — you have to care about GenAI.
GenAI has come to traffic management, and this cutting-edge tool will help the state better serve all Californians.
GenAI has come to traffic management, and this cutting-edge tool will help the state better serve all Californians.
April 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
<Gavin Newsom screaming at his aides to "FIND A FUCKING SLEDGEHAMMER!!" as the Traffic Computer outputs "build more public transportation" over and over and he can't figure out how to turn it off...>
I mean, maybe THIS is how Belichik met his girlfriend?!
Did the New England Patriots team plane just fly to Guantanamo? 👀
April 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I mean, maybe THIS is how Belichik met his girlfriend?!
The problem I have with the “but he was a US Citizen!” rhetoric is that I guarantee the administration DOES NOT CARE about that, and I bet a majority of Trump voters also don’t. To them, “bad guys” need to be removed from OUR country, whether they’re citizens or not.
A Border Patrol official arrested a 19 yo citizen from Albuquerque in Arizona who didn’t have ID on him, claimed he ‘admitted’ to illegally crossing the border, abducted + ICE imprisoned him for 10 days, and would have deported him to Mexico if his family hadn’t tracked him down and provided his ID.
April 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The problem I have with the “but he was a US Citizen!” rhetoric is that I guarantee the administration DOES NOT CARE about that, and I bet a majority of Trump voters also don’t. To them, “bad guys” need to be removed from OUR country, whether they’re citizens or not.
I wa a HS choir director and in 2014 a student transferred into my school. He came in the week before school and said “hi, I’m trans, can I join choir and sing in the tenor section?” And… that was it!
cis folks, i'm curious for you to share answers, if you want:
what made you start caring about trans rights? who'd you know/what happened? tell me the story.
what made you start caring about trans rights? who'd you know/what happened? tell me the story.
April 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I wa a HS choir director and in 2014 a student transferred into my school. He came in the week before school and said “hi, I’m trans, can I join choir and sing in the tenor section?” And… that was it!
I call bullshit. It is clear that Republicans will continue to vote for their party regardless of how much cognitive dissonance there is. If the Democratic Party continues to be the party of “middle of the road means-tested corporate liberalism” they will continue to lose.
March 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I call bullshit. It is clear that Republicans will continue to vote for their party regardless of how much cognitive dissonance there is. If the Democratic Party continues to be the party of “middle of the road means-tested corporate liberalism” they will continue to lose.
What a cool thing!
March 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
What a cool thing!
Reposted by Jacob Berglin
Kids exploring the Sunset Park Ice Pole in Boyne City, Michigan.
March 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Kids exploring the Sunset Park Ice Pole in Boyne City, Michigan.
Happy to have made the somewhat harrowing drive up to #boynemountain for a brief family vacay, but serious dizzy/The Shining vibes in The hallways here…
March 6, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Happy to have made the somewhat harrowing drive up to #boynemountain for a brief family vacay, but serious dizzy/The Shining vibes in The hallways here…
This coffee is so, so good. Glad to have found this place in Saginaw. #creationcoffee
March 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This coffee is so, so good. Glad to have found this place in Saginaw. #creationcoffee
Reposted by Jacob Berglin
My office for the day! Spending the next two days adjudicating the MSVMA District 5 MS/HS Choral Festival in Saginaw. Wonderful to listen to and work with some of the choirs from this area in Michigan.
March 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My office for the day! Spending the next two days adjudicating the MSVMA District 5 MS/HS Choral Festival in Saginaw. Wonderful to listen to and work with some of the choirs from this area in Michigan.
“Want to hear the most annoying sound in the world?”
February 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
“Want to hear the most annoying sound in the world?”
Hey @komaniecki.bsky.social, I need second opinion eyeballs/ears on this one in the context of "video that looks like it's live recorded but isn't". Voces8 is great (and features a Western Michigan alum!) but this has got that vibe.
VOCES8: 'In Dulci Jubilo' arr. Robert Pearsall
YouTube video by VOCES8
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Hey @komaniecki.bsky.social, I need second opinion eyeballs/ears on this one in the context of "video that looks like it's live recorded but isn't". Voces8 is great (and features a Western Michigan alum!) but this has got that vibe.
We did not watch the Super Bowl, but the number of people on my other social media calling Kendrick’s performance the worst ever or - worse yet - saying “who is this?” is truly breaking my brain.
February 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
We did not watch the Super Bowl, but the number of people on my other social media calling Kendrick’s performance the worst ever or - worse yet - saying “who is this?” is truly breaking my brain.
First post coming from Openvibe, maybe this will make Mastodon feel as cozy and inviting as BlueSky does. If only there was an easy way to see and post to Pixelfed…
February 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
First post coming from Openvibe, maybe this will make Mastodon feel as cozy and inviting as BlueSky does. If only there was an easy way to see and post to Pixelfed…
Shit. Apparently I’m entering my “poetry makes me feel emotions” era.
Poetry Foundation not fucking around with today's poem of the day
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89897/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89897/...
January 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Shit. Apparently I’m entering my “poetry makes me feel emotions” era.
Why did I fully click into this article expecting to see a picture of @komaniecki.bsky.social?
Americans Think This Random Canadian Guy Is the CEO of RedNote
RedNote has become popular with Americans as the TikTok ban looms.
gizmodo.com
January 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Why did I fully click into this article expecting to see a picture of @komaniecki.bsky.social?
Trying to give this #fediverse thing a full-throated go with a flurry of #BlueSky, #Mastodon, #Pixelfed, and #Loops. Would love to have this feel like "the thing" and replace some of the other apps, but I'm especially wondering about local/community events.
January 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Trying to give this #fediverse thing a full-throated go with a flurry of #BlueSky, #Mastodon, #Pixelfed, and #Loops. Would love to have this feel like "the thing" and replace some of the other apps, but I'm especially wondering about local/community events.
I wonder whether teams, under increased pressure to produce wins because of the outside money they're accepting, will look at an expanded conference field, a diluted talent pool willing to move at the drop of a hat, and regular 1-2 loss seasons, and think "maybe we DON'T need as much of this money."
October 13, 2024 at 1:01 PM
I wonder whether teams, under increased pressure to produce wins because of the outside money they're accepting, will look at an expanded conference field, a diluted talent pool willing to move at the drop of a hat, and regular 1-2 loss seasons, and think "maybe we DON'T need as much of this money."