Keith Kothman
@keithkothman.bsky.social
composer, educator, technologist, sometime administrator
prof of composition, music theory, and multimedia arts tech at western michigan university
formerly a lot of places, but most recently montana state university
prof of composition, music theory, and multimedia arts tech at western michigan university
formerly a lot of places, but most recently montana state university
Hey @npr.org Why is @steveinskeep.bsky.social using the made-up term “underage women” when talking about Elpstein’s victims. The only people using “underage women” are people trying to protect pedophiles by dismissing the victims as not really young. Is that what you mean to be doing?
November 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Hey @npr.org Why is @steveinskeep.bsky.social using the made-up term “underage women” when talking about Elpstein’s victims. The only people using “underage women” are people trying to protect pedophiles by dismissing the victims as not really young. Is that what you mean to be doing?
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I urge all of you, friends & colleagues, to please consider signing this petition to restore transparent governance and accountability in the AMS -- with this action, we can make our voices heard & remind everyone of our mission as a member-led society docs.google.com/document/d/1...
AMS Petition 2025
Petition to Restore Transparent Governance and Accountability in the American Musicological Society To add your signature to the petition, please fill out the following form: https://bit.ly/Sign_AMS_2...
docs.google.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I urge all of you, friends & colleagues, to please consider signing this petition to restore transparent governance and accountability in the AMS -- with this action, we can make our voices heard & remind everyone of our mission as a member-led society docs.google.com/document/d/1...
As a composer teaching theory I'm now feeling like either a co-conspirator in the crime or a master detective teaching others my special ways...
Music is basically a detective novel where the musicians are the suspects/criminals, the listener is the detective and of course the music is the crime. The listener tries to determine what happened and what was the motivation, while the musicians try to obscure this, so they can get away with it.
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
As a composer teaching theory I'm now feeling like either a co-conspirator in the crime or a master detective teaching others my special ways...
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Epstein: I’m best friends with this pedo running for President, here’s a bunch of stories about how big a pedo he is
NYT: but her emails
NYT: but her emails
Landon Thomas Jr of the New York Times got told by Jeffrey Epstein that Trump walked into a glass door bc he was so busy staring at girls in Epstein's house and didn't print it. wild that the Times didn't consider that newsworthy.
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Epstein: I’m best friends with this pedo running for President, here’s a bunch of stories about how big a pedo he is
NYT: but her emails
NYT: but her emails
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Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
TIL that the first-year music theory students think Joseph Bologne Chevelier de Saint Georges is "snatched"
November 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
TIL that the first-year music theory students think Joseph Bologne Chevelier de Saint Georges is "snatched"
This is vile racism that needs to be called out every time he does it.
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This is vile racism that needs to be called out every time he does it.
I had students trick-or-treating at my office today. Three of the five were in costume!
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I had students trick-or-treating at my office today. Three of the five were in costume!
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Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
It's not a shock that a genre with so much sexism and misogyny would lead to working environments with sexism and misogyny, but having had furniture thrown at you as a woman director is still jarring
October 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It's not a shock that a genre with so much sexism and misogyny would lead to working environments with sexism and misogyny, but having had furniture thrown at you as a woman director is still jarring
It's always fun playing the game, "Does it suck because my campus IT sucks, or is it AWS that is sucking?"
You rarely lose betting the campus is the problem, but this time I searched and find out that Brightspace D2L uses AWS.
So much fun on the day midterm grades are due
You rarely lose betting the campus is the problem, but this time I searched and find out that Brightspace D2L uses AWS.
So much fun on the day midterm grades are due
October 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It's always fun playing the game, "Does it suck because my campus IT sucks, or is it AWS that is sucking?"
You rarely lose betting the campus is the problem, but this time I searched and find out that Brightspace D2L uses AWS.
So much fun on the day midterm grades are due
You rarely lose betting the campus is the problem, but this time I searched and find out that Brightspace D2L uses AWS.
So much fun on the day midterm grades are due
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Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
Need to dive in, but this should be a warning sign
South Korea pushed AI hard in schools. The national program was aborted within months, following massive pushback from students, parents and teachers, after a fortune had already been spent by both the government and education publishers
restofworld.org/2025/south-k...
restofworld.org/2025/south-k...
AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea
South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
restofworld.org
October 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Need to dive in, but this should be a warning sign
Dr. Oz, a government official, just uttered the phrase “under-babied”
I liked him so much better when he was peddling supplements with false claims, and I didn’t like him at all back then
I liked him so much better when he was peddling supplements with false claims, and I didn’t like him at all back then
Dr Oz: "Turns out that about 1/3 families don't have the number of babies they desire. They're under-babied. So this president committed to address that during the campaign and he's delivering on that today."
October 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Dr. Oz, a government official, just uttered the phrase “under-babied”
I liked him so much better when he was peddling supplements with false claims, and I didn’t like him at all back then
I liked him so much better when he was peddling supplements with false claims, and I didn’t like him at all back then
At this point, whenever someone in MAGA-world (Gov't, news, other) says someone is "Antifa" just remember to substitute the word "boogeyman"
because that is all it is, a made up word to scare people
because that is all it is, a made up word to scare people
October 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
At this point, whenever someone in MAGA-world (Gov't, news, other) says someone is "Antifa" just remember to substitute the word "boogeyman"
because that is all it is, a made up word to scare people
because that is all it is, a made up word to scare people
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David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
Hey, Chicagoland friends, Mary @marykothman.bsky.social has a string quartet that is playing a concert in Chicago on 10/21. It's part of the Ear Taxi Accent concert series. Featuring music of Price, Caroline Shaw, Augusta Read Thomas, and Elizabeth Start. www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedul...
Rising — EAR TAXI FESTIVAL
The members of Rising are realizing a dream of performing in an all-female quartet and presenting a sampling of wide-ranging styles of music by women, from the complex harmonies mixed with music deriv...
www.eartaxifestival.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Hey, Chicagoland friends, Mary @marykothman.bsky.social has a string quartet that is playing a concert in Chicago on 10/21. It's part of the Ear Taxi Accent concert series. Featuring music of Price, Caroline Shaw, Augusta Read Thomas, and Elizabeth Start. www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedul...
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Yes, New College is incredibly inefficient but it also dropped 60(!) spots on the US News & World Report rankings. Not easy!
Everytime Chris Rufo is introduced as an impt voice in higher ed, remember that the one time he had a hand in running an institution has been a disaster.
Competence matters.
Everytime Chris Rufo is introduced as an impt voice in higher ed, remember that the one time he had a hand in running an institution has been a disaster.
Competence matters.
You'll be shocked to learn New College of Florida is on the brink of implosion just a couple of years after DeSantis engineered an extreme right-wing takeover
Fun fact: NCF's new overlords spend $134K per student (!!...the average at other FL publics is $10K) www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
Fun fact: NCF's new overlords spend $134K per student (!!...the average at other FL publics is $10K) www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
Spending Soars, Rankings Fall at New College of Florida
Student outcomes and rankings are slipping at the liberal arts college while spending is up. Critics believe the college is at risk of implosion, and some are calling for privatization.
www.insidehighered.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Yes, New College is incredibly inefficient but it also dropped 60(!) spots on the US News & World Report rankings. Not easy!
Everytime Chris Rufo is introduced as an impt voice in higher ed, remember that the one time he had a hand in running an institution has been a disaster.
Competence matters.
Everytime Chris Rufo is introduced as an impt voice in higher ed, remember that the one time he had a hand in running an institution has been a disaster.
Competence matters.
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The conversation between Klein and Coates showed me that a lot of people who screech about “infighting” on the left aren’t aware of the fact that marginalized people have been forced to learn how to regulate their emotions during conflict, and so, are better able to hear what’s actually being said.
October 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The conversation between Klein and Coates showed me that a lot of people who screech about “infighting” on the left aren’t aware of the fact that marginalized people have been forced to learn how to regulate their emotions during conflict, and so, are better able to hear what’s actually being said.
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At this point, any Democrat who votes to keep this government open without extracting very serious concessions — RFK’s resignation, ICE rollback, Epstein Files release, etc — will absolutely face a primary challenger who will set fundraising records.
Republicans run the White House, Congress and Supreme Court on the principle that the only role Dems can play is bailing the GOP out from facing the consequences of their own actions.
They expect Dems to clean up after them and save them from voters’ blame, and sadly some Dems want to do just that.
They expect Dems to clean up after them and save them from voters’ blame, and sadly some Dems want to do just that.
Actual White House quote: “go fuck yourself.”
Its not being some pearl clutching prude to ask whether this is really how most Americans want their kids to see the seat of our government behave. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Its not being some pearl clutching prude to ask whether this is really how most Americans want their kids to see the seat of our government behave. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
September 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
At this point, any Democrat who votes to keep this government open without extracting very serious concessions — RFK’s resignation, ICE rollback, Epstein Files release, etc — will absolutely face a primary challenger who will set fundraising records.
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Greg Gutfeld screamed at his co-host @jessicatarlov.bsky.social that it would take her two months to find examples of right wing domestic terrorism. I've included several examples - the Evergreen High School shooting happened the same day as the murder of Charlie Kirk.
September 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Greg Gutfeld screamed at his co-host @jessicatarlov.bsky.social that it would take her two months to find examples of right wing domestic terrorism. I've included several examples - the Evergreen High School shooting happened the same day as the murder of Charlie Kirk.
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It's all fun and games until a cop handles a Tylenol gelcap with no gloves and within seconds their socks are bothering them.
September 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It's all fun and games until a cop handles a Tylenol gelcap with no gloves and within seconds their socks are bothering them.
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Only 1 person in the whole study went from identifying as trans to not identifying as trans. The 1/5 number came from youth going between the binary and non-binary spectrum.
This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.
This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.
A recent study found that children who transitioned young retained stable gender identities over time. But the fact that nearly a fifth of those in the group did not ought to give advocates of irreversible medical interventions pause
How stable are the gender identities of younger children?
A study finds that one in five who switch gender change their mind
econ.st
September 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Only 1 person in the whole study went from identifying as trans to not identifying as trans. The 1/5 number came from youth going between the binary and non-binary spectrum.
This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.
This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.
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imo a fair conclusion to draw about dem leadership's obstinance in the face of revolt from their voters is that they'd rather win an intra-party fight with their left wing & their own voters than maximize potential electoral gains in the midterms
September 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
imo a fair conclusion to draw about dem leadership's obstinance in the face of revolt from their voters is that they'd rather win an intra-party fight with their left wing & their own voters than maximize potential electoral gains in the midterms
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As usual with this issue, Harris is calling for a compromise that already exists. Every sporting body has standards for how long athletes must be on hormones before they can compete as women.
The problem isn’t that we’re ignoring ‘reasonable concerns,’ the problem is that republicans are lying.
The problem isn’t that we’re ignoring ‘reasonable concerns,’ the problem is that republicans are lying.
September 20, 2025 at 8:10 AM
As usual with this issue, Harris is calling for a compromise that already exists. Every sporting body has standards for how long athletes must be on hormones before they can compete as women.
The problem isn’t that we’re ignoring ‘reasonable concerns,’ the problem is that republicans are lying.
The problem isn’t that we’re ignoring ‘reasonable concerns,’ the problem is that republicans are lying.