Ansley Simpson
@ansleysmusic.bsky.social
Michi Saagiig Nishnaabe (member of Alderville FN)
Musician, Scoring, Sound Installations
www.ansleysimpson.com
https://ansleysimpson.bandcamp.com/
Musician, Scoring, Sound Installations
www.ansleysimpson.com
https://ansleysimpson.bandcamp.com/
Checking out the new @subvert.fm platformn I'm actually excited for this. I've followed a few bandcamp alternatives over the years and this one hits all the marks for me. Artist co-op, simple layout, seems to work well too. Anyone else been checking out their alpha platform launch?
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Checking out the new @subvert.fm platformn I'm actually excited for this. I've followed a few bandcamp alternatives over the years and this one hits all the marks for me. Artist co-op, simple layout, seems to work well too. Anyone else been checking out their alpha platform launch?
Oh good. I was beginning to wonder if Eurovision was the music budget. 48 mil over 3 years means no increase in funding from 2024/25 but it’s not gone. Thanks in part from pressure from the Canadian Indie Music Association and working musicians. www.cimamusic.ca/news/cima-re...
CIMA Responds to Federal Budget 2025 - Canadian Independent Music Association
www.cimamusic.ca
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Oh good. I was beginning to wonder if Eurovision was the music budget. 48 mil over 3 years means no increase in funding from 2024/25 but it’s not gone. Thanks in part from pressure from the Canadian Indie Music Association and working musicians. www.cimamusic.ca/news/cima-re...
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If you’re worried about hurting artists by boycotting Spotify—don’t. They pay musicians 0.0003 per stream (on the high end) and support fascists. Go see bands play live, buy their merch, collect physical media. That’s how you support artists and tell knee-bending oligarch fascists to eat shit.
November 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you’re worried about hurting artists by boycotting Spotify—don’t. They pay musicians 0.0003 per stream (on the high end) and support fascists. Go see bands play live, buy their merch, collect physical media. That’s how you support artists and tell knee-bending oligarch fascists to eat shit.
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📣 Job alert! 📣
The Narwhal is offering a one-year fellowship for an Indigenous journalist in B.C., in collaboration with the Indigenous Journalists Association and IndigiNews. See the post for more details — applications are due Nov. 2. Spread the word!
thenarwhal.bamboohr.com/careers/40?s...
The Narwhal is offering a one-year fellowship for an Indigenous journalist in B.C., in collaboration with the Indigenous Journalists Association and IndigiNews. See the post for more details — applications are due Nov. 2. Spread the word!
thenarwhal.bamboohr.com/careers/40?s...
October 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
📣 Job alert! 📣
The Narwhal is offering a one-year fellowship for an Indigenous journalist in B.C., in collaboration with the Indigenous Journalists Association and IndigiNews. See the post for more details — applications are due Nov. 2. Spread the word!
thenarwhal.bamboohr.com/careers/40?s...
The Narwhal is offering a one-year fellowship for an Indigenous journalist in B.C., in collaboration with the Indigenous Journalists Association and IndigiNews. See the post for more details — applications are due Nov. 2. Spread the word!
thenarwhal.bamboohr.com/careers/40?s...
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Ice ads are all over your favorite streaming services
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
ICE Ads Are All Over Your Favorite Streaming Services
Users call out streaming services for dystopian ICE ads on Spotify, Max, and Pandora amid $30 billion deportation push.
www.rollingstone.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Ice ads are all over your favorite streaming services
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Fun fact: all the technology for listening to music that existed before streaming - still exists.
watching people complain and still use spotify as if there aren't alternatives available like damn what's it like to have no sense of autonomy
October 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Fun fact: all the technology for listening to music that existed before streaming - still exists.
Awww damn. variety.com/2025/film/ob...
Graham Greene, Oscar-Nominated ‘Dances with Wolves’ Actor, Dies at 73
Graham Greene, a Canadian actor best known for his Oscar-nominated turn in the 1990 film "Dances with Wolves," died on Monday. He was 73.
variety.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Awww damn. variety.com/2025/film/ob...
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I’ve been testing the small French streaming service Qobuz for the last month, considering finally dumping Spotify. One reason I’m drawn to Qobuz is that it’s a smaller operation with seemingly good intentions. … 🧵 (1/10)
March 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I’ve been testing the small French streaming service Qobuz for the last month, considering finally dumping Spotify. One reason I’m drawn to Qobuz is that it’s a smaller operation with seemingly good intentions. … 🧵 (1/10)
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"He told me we needed to do a campaign to greenwash the data centers as it was going to become a problem in the future"
V good post here detailing the PR strategy of companies and most importantly, how they're winning flat out right now ->
hardresetmedia.substack.com/p/ai-energy-...
V good post here detailing the PR strategy of companies and most importantly, how they're winning flat out right now ->
hardresetmedia.substack.com/p/ai-energy-...
August 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"He told me we needed to do a campaign to greenwash the data centers as it was going to become a problem in the future"
V good post here detailing the PR strategy of companies and most importantly, how they're winning flat out right now ->
hardresetmedia.substack.com/p/ai-energy-...
V good post here detailing the PR strategy of companies and most importantly, how they're winning flat out right now ->
hardresetmedia.substack.com/p/ai-energy-...
The thing about this site is that I’ve been able to find all these different spaces to share and find music. I’ve got some free download codes for my song Echo up on GetMusic for anyone curious or in need of a new listen.
Ansley Simpson - Echo
"'Echo' captures the dreamy liminal space in the remains of something beautiful."
#indie #folk #indiefolk #dreamfolk #synthfolk #indigenous #music
getmusic.fm/l/i9wBhF
"'Echo' captures the dreamy liminal space in the remains of something beautiful."
#indie #folk #indiefolk #dreamfolk #synthfolk #indigenous #music
getmusic.fm/l/i9wBhF
August 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The thing about this site is that I’ve been able to find all these different spaces to share and find music. I’ve got some free download codes for my song Echo up on GetMusic for anyone curious or in need of a new listen.
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For those curious, this is the description of the session being led by an AI at Eden Mills (it's also the first event of the festival in the program after the launch party). the "fellow co-weaver" is the ED of the foundation that provided funding to create the chatGPT powered AI that wrote the "book
August 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
For those curious, this is the description of the session being led by an AI at Eden Mills (it's also the first event of the festival in the program after the launch party). the "fellow co-weaver" is the ED of the foundation that provided funding to create the chatGPT powered AI that wrote the "book
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Chicagoans are joining a growing exodus from the streaming platform.
Time to dump Spotify - Chicago Reader
Spotify was already a blight on music, and now CEO Daniel Ek is investing in AI weaponry. Chicagoans are joining an exodus from the platform.
chicagoreader.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Chicagoans are joining a growing exodus from the streaming platform.
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Big RIP to George Mundy, who designed the electronics of Phil Lesh’s “Osiris,” aka “Mission Control” bass, itself a quadraphonic limb of the Wall of Sound. A one of a kind instrument.
Thanks for your work in the search for the sound, George.
Thanks for your work in the search for the sound, George.
August 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Big RIP to George Mundy, who designed the electronics of Phil Lesh’s “Osiris,” aka “Mission Control” bass, itself a quadraphonic limb of the Wall of Sound. A one of a kind instrument.
Thanks for your work in the search for the sound, George.
Thanks for your work in the search for the sound, George.
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Fascinating study in the genetics of autism. Thanks to @ansleysmusic.bsky.social for sharing it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Decomposition of phenotypic heterogeneity in autism reveals underlying genetic programs - Nature Genetics
Classes of autism are uncovered with a generative mixture modeling approach leveraging matched phenotypic and genetic data from a large cohort, revealing different genetic programs underlying their ph...
www.nature.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Fascinating study in the genetics of autism. Thanks to @ansleysmusic.bsky.social for sharing it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I wrote about the WeTransfer terms of service and the criticism about the licensing rights in reference to large language models: www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
July 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I wrote about the WeTransfer terms of service and the criticism about the licensing rights in reference to large language models: www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
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WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
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Parasite becomes aggressive.
Sure all the musicians looking at our £0.0003 Spotify payouts for our work are delighted this is what our fans’ money went towards instead, and the fans equally pleased.
Artists are always very in favour of war, traditionally.
Sure all the musicians looking at our £0.0003 Spotify payouts for our work are delighted this is what our fans’ money went towards instead, and the fans equally pleased.
Artists are always very in favour of war, traditionally.
June 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Parasite becomes aggressive.
Sure all the musicians looking at our £0.0003 Spotify payouts for our work are delighted this is what our fans’ money went towards instead, and the fans equally pleased.
Artists are always very in favour of war, traditionally.
Sure all the musicians looking at our £0.0003 Spotify payouts for our work are delighted this is what our fans’ money went towards instead, and the fans equally pleased.
Artists are always very in favour of war, traditionally.
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Has anyone written about the intersection between Bill C-2 and Bill C-5? They are directly related but I haven't really seen anyone analyze that. Bill C-2 creates extra surveillance powers to further criminalize Indigenous people (and allies) resisting the "national interest" projects C-5 enables.
le sigh
"A pact that guarantees decades of American business would probably push firms currently sitting on the sidelines with stacks of cash to invest in one of this century’s mining booms. But these megaprojects run through indigenous lands." www.economist.com/the-americas...
"A pact that guarantees decades of American business would probably push firms currently sitting on the sidelines with stacks of cash to invest in one of this century’s mining booms. But these megaprojects run through indigenous lands." www.economist.com/the-americas...
June 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Has anyone written about the intersection between Bill C-2 and Bill C-5? They are directly related but I haven't really seen anyone analyze that. Bill C-2 creates extra surveillance powers to further criminalize Indigenous people (and allies) resisting the "national interest" projects C-5 enables.
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Brian Wilson, shy genius of the Beach Boys, dies aged 82
Brian Wilson, shy genius of the Beach Boys, dies aged 82
California-born musician was one of the most revered and pioneering figures in contemporary music, helping to make the Beach Boys one of the most successful pop groups of all time
www.the-independent.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Brian Wilson, shy genius of the Beach Boys, dies aged 82
Toronto’s air quality right now
volume i and volume ii knobs on a metallic surface
Alt: Volume knobs on an amplifier that all go to 11, which is one more than they should. References a famous scene from 1984 movie This is Spinal Tap. Air quality in Toronto is 11 right now.
media.tenor.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Toronto’s air quality right now
June 2nd and I’m already getting the summer overwhelm shut downsies.
June 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
June 2nd and I’m already getting the summer overwhelm shut downsies.
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Jonathan Joss, known as the voice of King of the Hill's John Redcorn and recurring character Chief Ken Hotate on Parks and Recreation, has been fatally shot at 59.
June 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Jonathan Joss, known as the voice of King of the Hill's John Redcorn and recurring character Chief Ken Hotate on Parks and Recreation, has been fatally shot at 59.
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Just got this update from Kobo which says it's going to use AI to read my works to "enhance" discoverability and marketing, and determine the "suitability" of the works and "adherence to Kobo’s Terms of Service" among other things.
Which is why I'm immediately pulling my books from Kobo.
Which is why I'm immediately pulling my books from Kobo.
June 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Just got this update from Kobo which says it's going to use AI to read my works to "enhance" discoverability and marketing, and determine the "suitability" of the works and "adherence to Kobo’s Terms of Service" among other things.
Which is why I'm immediately pulling my books from Kobo.
Which is why I'm immediately pulling my books from Kobo.
If you've got wild fire smoke coming your way, (or already there) get some NIOSH certified masks and keep your lungs safe. The short term and long term damage to lungs from particulates, and toxins is worth avoiding as much as possible. Kids especially canadastrong.ca/collections/...
NIOSH N95 and CSA Respirator Masks
These professionally-certified respirators are for protection of individuals within healthcare, hospitals, dental clinics, construction, forest fire smoke, woodworking, grinding, industrial use, dusty...
canadastrong.ca
June 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
If you've got wild fire smoke coming your way, (or already there) get some NIOSH certified masks and keep your lungs safe. The short term and long term damage to lungs from particulates, and toxins is worth avoiding as much as possible. Kids especially canadastrong.ca/collections/...