Megan Lavengood
@meganlavengood.com
Music theory prof, timbre, the Yamaha DX7, 80s, pop music, teaching, cats, food, crosswords, complaining about NYT Spelling Bee, knitting. DC area. she/her
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writing a rec letter for a student applying to UM while watching The Game and rooting for OSU lol
November 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
writing a rec letter for a student applying to UM while watching The Game and rooting for OSU lol
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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the sega genesis had a better sound chip than the snes in the right hands
share an opinion about video game music that will have you like this
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
the sega genesis had a better sound chip than the snes in the right hands
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A guy makes ONE tiny mistake (has a years-long friendship with the world's worst sex trafficker; brags about sexually harassing colleagues; is racist; says women are stupid) and his whole LIFE is blown up (does slightly fewer speaking engagements; keeps teaching at #1 university)??!?!?!?!?!
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
A guy makes ONE tiny mistake (has a years-long friendship with the world's worst sex trafficker; brags about sexually harassing colleagues; is racist; says women are stupid) and his whole LIFE is blown up (does slightly fewer speaking engagements; keeps teaching at #1 university)??!?!?!?!?!
stop spelling Megyn Kelly's name wrong, we do not claim her
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
stop spelling Megyn Kelly's name wrong, we do not claim her
Catch me up, has the AMS leadership made any response to the ... kerfuffle?
November 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Catch me up, has the AMS leadership made any response to the ... kerfuffle?
Men will literally talk to ein Bächlein rather than get therapy
November 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Men will literally talk to ein Bächlein rather than get therapy
30 years old and still correct
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
30 years old and still correct
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Everybody‘s all “abolish music theory” because we get too excited about making a diagram but we aren’t the ones with big doodoo pants!!
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Everybody‘s all “abolish music theory” because we get too excited about making a diagram but we aren’t the ones with big doodoo pants!!
Hey, I feel like they're not publicizing this much, but SMT is doing free livestreams of selected sessions. Info is gathered here: minneapolis2025.ams-smt.org/smt-hybrid-s... #amsmt25
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Hey, I feel like they're not publicizing this much, but SMT is doing free livestreams of selected sessions. Info is gathered here: minneapolis2025.ams-smt.org/smt-hybrid-s... #amsmt25
lmao yeah right
Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting mass exodus: poll
Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting mass exodus: poll
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are prepared to bolt from the Big Apple if socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani wins Tuesday's mayoral race — potentially setting the stage for the largest population flight in US history, a new poll warns.
nypost.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
lmao yeah right
what was that thing going around a while ago that was like "how to peacefully obstruct progress in meetings" that was also just a description of all faculty meetings all the time? I feel like it had to do with communism too but google is failing me
October 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
what was that thing going around a while ago that was like "how to peacefully obstruct progress in meetings" that was also just a description of all faculty meetings all the time? I feel like it had to do with communism too but google is failing me
because I'm trying to get less afraid of JS, I made a silly tool for conference session chairs to pull up on their phones/ipads to keep speakers on time with a 20-minute countdown timer #amsmt25 presentations.meganlavengood.com/timer
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
because I'm trying to get less afraid of JS, I made a silly tool for conference session chairs to pull up on their phones/ipads to keep speakers on time with a 20-minute countdown timer #amsmt25 presentations.meganlavengood.com/timer
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look stop asking him the details, he doesn't know, he's busy, and it's not his lane, ok??
October 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
look stop asking him the details, he doesn't know, he's busy, and it's not his lane, ok??
Every time I do a review for a manuscript, I wonder why I don't ever get to see the comments from other reviewers.
October 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Every time I do a review for a manuscript, I wonder why I don't ever get to see the comments from other reviewers.
lmao I could not pass this test though tbh
Lecturing active soldiers about being too fat while dropping standards so low for the ICE deportation force that a third of their recruits can't handle the easiest PT test I've ever heard of www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
October 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
lmao I could not pass this test though tbh
Never hit "add to agenda" faster
October 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Never hit "add to agenda" faster
I am once again asking for AMS to consider doing AMS karaoke (with live band ideally) instead of the AMS dance
October 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I am once again asking for AMS to consider doing AMS karaoke (with live band ideally) instead of the AMS dance
guys this is in Brown University's coat of arms
October 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
guys this is in Brown University's coat of arms
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it's an interesting strategy to defend one's work by connecting your authorial goals to a class of writer ('thinkpiece' writers) famous for both failing to command basic facts and refusing to use sensible critical thinking skills
September 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
it's an interesting strategy to defend one's work by connecting your authorial goals to a class of writer ('thinkpiece' writers) famous for both failing to command basic facts and refusing to use sensible critical thinking skills
bring back blogging
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
bring back blogging
Writing tip: how to correctly use "comprise" every time
1. don't use "comprise"
1. don't use "comprise"
September 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Writing tip: how to correctly use "comprise" every time
1. don't use "comprise"
1. don't use "comprise"
lol @ men who think they are the first person ever to think of a very obvious problem that has 15 well-known solutions out there already
July 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
lol @ men who think they are the first person ever to think of a very obvious problem that has 15 well-known solutions out there already