Dr Daniele Shlomit Sofer they/them
@shlomitsofer.com
Professes music theory & tech, electronic music area coordinator at UDayton 🏳️⚧️🎾🎛️🎻🎹
SEX SOUNDS (open access): https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262045193/sex-sounds/
Executive Director @lgbtqplusmusicsg.bsky.social
SEX SOUNDS (open access): https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262045193/sex-sounds/
Executive Director @lgbtqplusmusicsg.bsky.social
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Happy #TDOV! Are you Trans in Dayton, Ohio? Here's a zine I made with resources for you (health, food, housing, worship, community, etc.). They could take it all away and I'd still be trans.
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my violin chord composer's helper tool is more or less done if anyone else wants to try it out
February 14, 2026 at 10:23 AM
my violin chord composer's helper tool is more or less done if anyone else wants to try it out
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Ohio Democrats offer slate of bills reining in data centers ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/09/o...
Ohio Democrats offer slate of bills reining in data centers • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Senate Democrats have introduced a raft of legislation aimed at reining in data centers. The bills would eliminate tax breaks, require developers cover infrastructure costs and impose greater…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Ohio Democrats offer slate of bills reining in data centers ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/09/o...
Was on the test I gave yesterday, interesting coincidence 👀😁
The music is instantly recognizable, and has so many variations. The backstory is just as fascinating, though: “La Folia…literally meaning madness, folly, or empty-headedness is one of the most remarkable phenomena in the history of music…”
Read more: folias.nl/html1.html
#ClassicalMusic
Read more: folias.nl/html1.html
#ClassicalMusic
Falconieri: La Folia (Folías de España); Voices of Music
YouTube video by Voices of Music
youtu.be
February 14, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Was on the test I gave yesterday, interesting coincidence 👀😁
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you know, it still seems like it should be an even bigger issue that the president has been sending armed forces to kidnap and assault people in an ethnic cleansing campaign, with a specific geographic focus on regions that didn't vote for him in the last election
February 13, 2026 at 8:38 PM
you know, it still seems like it should be an even bigger issue that the president has been sending armed forces to kidnap and assault people in an ethnic cleansing campaign, with a specific geographic focus on regions that didn't vote for him in the last election
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ICYMI: I introduced my Trans Bill of Rights with @markey.senate.gov — legislation to defend trans people across this country as Republicans continue to push anti-trans rhetoric and bills.
To our beloved trans community: We see you, we love you, and we will always stand with you.
To our beloved trans community: We see you, we love you, and we will always stand with you.
February 13, 2026 at 7:30 PM
ICYMI: I introduced my Trans Bill of Rights with @markey.senate.gov — legislation to defend trans people across this country as Republicans continue to push anti-trans rhetoric and bills.
To our beloved trans community: We see you, we love you, and we will always stand with you.
To our beloved trans community: We see you, we love you, and we will always stand with you.
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Voting rights groups sue to block new Ohio elections law. The sweeping elections law violates the National Voter Registration Act and the 14th Amendment’s due process clause, voting rights groups argue in lawsuit filed in federal court on Friday.
by Danny Eldredge
www.toledoblade.com/local/politi...
by Danny Eldredge
www.toledoblade.com/local/politi...
Voting rights groups sue to block new Ohio elections law
COLUMBUS — The sweeping elections law sponsored by state Sens. Theresa Gavarone (R., Bowling Green) and Andrew Brenner (R., Delaware) violates the National ...
www.toledoblade.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Voting rights groups sue to block new Ohio elections law. The sweeping elections law violates the National Voter Registration Act and the 14th Amendment’s due process clause, voting rights groups argue in lawsuit filed in federal court on Friday.
by Danny Eldredge
www.toledoblade.com/local/politi...
by Danny Eldredge
www.toledoblade.com/local/politi...
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New contribution to our Study Group's special issue "Queer Music's Tendings" out today in Contemporary Music Review!
Out today. Many thanks to Michael Finnissy for agreeing to this.
#queerstudies #queermusicology #musicology
doi.org/10.1080/0749...
#queerstudies #queermusicology #musicology
doi.org/10.1080/0749...
An Interview with Michael Finnissy
Michael Finnissy (born in London on 17 March 1946) is one of our foremost living composers of art music. He is also gay, but his sexual orientation is just one aspect of his character, and he resis...
doi.org
February 13, 2026 at 7:57 PM
New contribution to our Study Group's special issue "Queer Music's Tendings" out today in Contemporary Music Review!
If you read one (1) musician interview this year, let it be this one! Part of our special issue "Queer Music's Tendings" - more soon! 🏳️🌈
Out today. Many thanks to Michael Finnissy for agreeing to this.
#queerstudies #queermusicology #musicology
doi.org/10.1080/0749...
#queerstudies #queermusicology #musicology
doi.org/10.1080/0749...
An Interview with Michael Finnissy
Michael Finnissy (born in London on 17 March 1946) is one of our foremost living composers of art music. He is also gay, but his sexual orientation is just one aspect of his character, and he resis...
doi.org
February 13, 2026 at 7:53 PM
If you read one (1) musician interview this year, let it be this one! Part of our special issue "Queer Music's Tendings" - more soon! 🏳️🌈
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Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
buff.ly
February 13, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.
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I'm an election worker in Ohio. Did you know:
- ballots are checked repeatedly by humans and computers
- we check ID and do provisional ballots if there is a discrepency
- bipartisan party members handle ballots
- election sites are graded on our accuracy
Election fraud is nearly non-existent.
- ballots are checked repeatedly by humans and computers
- we check ID and do provisional ballots if there is a discrepency
- bipartisan party members handle ballots
- election sites are graded on our accuracy
Election fraud is nearly non-existent.
February 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I'm an election worker in Ohio. Did you know:
- ballots are checked repeatedly by humans and computers
- we check ID and do provisional ballots if there is a discrepency
- bipartisan party members handle ballots
- election sites are graded on our accuracy
Election fraud is nearly non-existent.
- ballots are checked repeatedly by humans and computers
- we check ID and do provisional ballots if there is a discrepency
- bipartisan party members handle ballots
- election sites are graded on our accuracy
Election fraud is nearly non-existent.
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‘Imprison all women’ may sound outrageous. But all of the horrors that are routine today started out as some ghoulish guy being allowed to say stuff like this without being beaten with hammers.
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:57 PM
‘Imprison all women’ may sound outrageous. But all of the horrors that are routine today started out as some ghoulish guy being allowed to say stuff like this without being beaten with hammers.
Noah is a complete delight, send your books to MIT!
I'm am excited to finally announce that I have been promoted to Senior Editor for Game Studies and New Media here at @mitpress.bsky.social! I can't wait to keep building these lists and seeing these fields develop for the foreseeable future. Send me your games and new media proposals!
February 12, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Noah is a complete delight, send your books to MIT!
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Two PhD positions in #Musicology advertised at Uppsala University--and in Sweden a PhD is paid employment! The department is lovely and particularly strong in #EarlyMusic & #MusicalBookHistory. Closing date 26 March 2026; interviews can occur throughout application period.
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
2 PhD positions in Musicology - Uppsala University
2 PhD positions in Musicology, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Department of Musicology, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
February 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Two PhD positions in #Musicology advertised at Uppsala University--and in Sweden a PhD is paid employment! The department is lovely and particularly strong in #EarlyMusic & #MusicalBookHistory. Closing date 26 March 2026; interviews can occur throughout application period.
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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The EU has just voted, by a VERY wide margin, for the full recognition of trans women as women…!
February 12, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The EU has just voted, by a VERY wide margin, for the full recognition of trans women as women…!
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"Syria’s New Government Returns Property to Syrian Jews Who Left Decades Ago" www.npr.org/2026/02/11/n...
Syria’s New Government Returns Property to Syrian Jews Who Left Decades Ago : State of the World from NPR
Syria’s Jewish community fled the country’s repressive Assad regime. Now, a new government is encouraging their return by giving back ownership of synagogues and other property. Jane Arraf is there a...
www.npr.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:46 AM
"Syria’s New Government Returns Property to Syrian Jews Who Left Decades Ago" www.npr.org/2026/02/11/n...
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Very excited about this new @knightcolumbia.org project, both because it gives us the chance to look beyond the current democratic crisis and because so many super people have already agreed to participate. knightcolumbia.org/content/new-...
New Knight Institute Initiative to Focus on “Reconstructing Free Expression” After Trump
knightcolumbia.org
February 11, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Very excited about this new @knightcolumbia.org project, both because it gives us the chance to look beyond the current democratic crisis and because so many super people have already agreed to participate. knightcolumbia.org/content/new-...
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Government Shocks Nation With Good Decision
Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Government Shocks Nation With Good Decision
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We already have a submission that's only a couple of hundred dollars more than the lowest submission we got in the AY19-20 spreadsheet.
Well, let's give it a shot again and see what we get.
Adjunct pay/working conditions AY25-26
This form is part of a project to crowd-source pay and working conditions for people who teach and research in colleges and universities during AY2025-2026. This form is for people paid by the course ...
forms.gle
February 10, 2026 at 2:55 AM
We already have a submission that's only a couple of hundred dollars more than the lowest submission we got in the AY19-20 spreadsheet.
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This fucking rocks
Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
February 10, 2026 at 2:00 AM
This fucking rocks
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Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
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So, this is a long shot, but: I'm looking to hire a developer/programmer for my non-profit arts org for ongoing part-time maintenance and troubleshooting work on a proprietary database that's coded primarily in VB[dot]net. (I know, long story, it is what it is.) Would appreciate leads/reposts!
February 7, 2026 at 12:02 AM
So, this is a long shot, but: I'm looking to hire a developer/programmer for my non-profit arts org for ongoing part-time maintenance and troubleshooting work on a proprietary database that's coded primarily in VB[dot]net. (I know, long story, it is what it is.) Would appreciate leads/reposts!
I didn't know Katharina was still relevant, maybe in Wagner time scales
Some opera house needs to do a composer race during intermission.
February 7, 2026 at 4:31 AM
I didn't know Katharina was still relevant, maybe in Wagner time scales
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Noem calls legal Haitians leeches. They win in court.
“The Haitian plaintiffs include a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer’s, a bank’s software engineer, a lab assistant in toxicology, a college economics major and a nurse. No leeches joined the suit.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
“The Haitian plaintiffs include a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer’s, a bank’s software engineer, a lab assistant in toxicology, a college economics major and a nurse. No leeches joined the suit.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A federal judge schools chaotic Kristi Noem
Blocking a government attempt to end temporary protected status for about 353,000 Haitians in the U.S.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Noem calls legal Haitians leeches. They win in court.
“The Haitian plaintiffs include a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer’s, a bank’s software engineer, a lab assistant in toxicology, a college economics major and a nurse. No leeches joined the suit.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
“The Haitian plaintiffs include a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer’s, a bank’s software engineer, a lab assistant in toxicology, a college economics major and a nurse. No leeches joined the suit.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...