Kristina
@kristinanielsen.bsky.social
Musicologist. Cat fan, carb connoisseur. Give me all the wry humor and cat pictures you can to get me through this clown-tastic clam-maldity.
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“Who is a good dog? Otro Perro Bonito is a good dog!” I have driven past the Garland shelter billboard featuring this pup this week several times, and I can’t help but smile a bit. Hope he finds a good home soon where someone needs an Otro Perro Bonito. 💕 #adoptdontshop #dogsofbluesky
April 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Who is a good dog? Otro Perro Bonito is a good dog!” I have driven past the Garland shelter billboard featuring this pup this week several times, and I can’t help but smile a bit. Hope he finds a good home soon where someone needs an Otro Perro Bonito. 💕 #adoptdontshop #dogsofbluesky
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“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.”
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
April 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.”
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
I’m Pissed. #Bringhimback
Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?"
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
April 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I’m Pissed. #Bringhimback
If you are interested in music research, consider following @worldmusictextbook.bsky.social
We are five years into this project and working to build good teaching resources for undergraduate classes. It bridges musicology and ethnomusicology. Check out our new resources.
We are five years into this project and working to build good teaching resources for undergraduate classes. It bridges musicology and ethnomusicology. Check out our new resources.
April 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
If you are interested in music research, consider following @worldmusictextbook.bsky.social
We are five years into this project and working to build good teaching resources for undergraduate classes. It bridges musicology and ethnomusicology. Check out our new resources.
We are five years into this project and working to build good teaching resources for undergraduate classes. It bridges musicology and ethnomusicology. Check out our new resources.
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World Music Textbook is excited to announce that we have added a new section to our site and resources! Check out some of our sample lesson plans and activities that incorporate WMT chapters and resources.
April 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
World Music Textbook is excited to announce that we have added a new section to our site and resources! Check out some of our sample lesson plans and activities that incorporate WMT chapters and resources.
Join us for the online Society for Ethnomusicology Southern Plains conference tomorrow! Register here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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April 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Join us for the online Society for Ethnomusicology Southern Plains conference tomorrow! Register here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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This feels like the defining image from this year’s Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
April 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This feels like the defining image from this year’s Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
So, Rand Paul, you are saying that, if we play our cards right, when this is over we will get universal healthcare in our “new new deal”? #Tariffs #Trumponomics
www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-...
www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-...
April 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
So, Rand Paul, you are saying that, if we play our cards right, when this is over we will get universal healthcare in our “new new deal”? #Tariffs #Trumponomics
www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-...
www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-...
The milkweeds that germinated and then survived a toddler accident 🙃 I’m looking forward to getting them out in their new home in the yard soon!
March 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The milkweeds that germinated and then survived a toddler accident 🙃 I’m looking forward to getting them out in their new home in the yard soon!
Even though things aren’t pretty in this country right now, I can say that I’m proud of the kind little person I’m raising. (Yes he had a lot of help writing 😆)
February 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Even though things aren’t pretty in this country right now, I can say that I’m proud of the kind little person I’m raising. (Yes he had a lot of help writing 😆)
Gardening experiments: I set up a shop light as a grow light, and everything except echinacea and strawberries seems to have worked? I am also experimenting with some outdoor grow lights as the trees are now shading a bit. We shall see how it goes!
February 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Gardening experiments: I set up a shop light as a grow light, and everything except echinacea and strawberries seems to have worked? I am also experimenting with some outdoor grow lights as the trees are now shading a bit. We shall see how it goes!
Toddler magnet discovery this week: two of the cat butt magnets can stick together.
February 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Toddler magnet discovery this week: two of the cat butt magnets can stick together.
From Böckenförde State, Society, and Liberty (1991).
TLDR: Individual liberty requires social services in the modern state, and the state provides these services to “keep society from destroying itself.”
Feels relevant this morning.
TLDR: Individual liberty requires social services in the modern state, and the state provides these services to “keep society from destroying itself.”
Feels relevant this morning.
January 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
From Böckenförde State, Society, and Liberty (1991).
TLDR: Individual liberty requires social services in the modern state, and the state provides these services to “keep society from destroying itself.”
Feels relevant this morning.
TLDR: Individual liberty requires social services in the modern state, and the state provides these services to “keep society from destroying itself.”
Feels relevant this morning.
I’m trying yet again to see if I can’t get some milkweed going. So many things are a mess in the world, but I can put down some native plants and foster biodiversity in my own backyard.
January 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I’m trying yet again to see if I can’t get some milkweed going. So many things are a mess in the world, but I can put down some native plants and foster biodiversity in my own backyard.
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Love this quote from Rebecca Solnit: Be a brick or a dab of mortar. You don’t have to be the whole wall.
January 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Love this quote from Rebecca Solnit: Be a brick or a dab of mortar. You don’t have to be the whole wall.
I think Texas is as close to a crystal ball for the next four years in the US as one can get. There is deep irony that the party against “identity politics” mows down anyone who steps out of the narrow political identity they’ve created for themselves: thehill.com/homenews/cam...
Texas GOP civil war reaches bruising climax with leadership battle
Long-simmering tensions within the Texas GOP are spilling out into the open amid a heated battle for the state House Speaker seat. The fight underscores long-standing friction between the rum…
thehill.com
January 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I think Texas is as close to a crystal ball for the next four years in the US as one can get. There is deep irony that the party against “identity politics” mows down anyone who steps out of the narrow political identity they’ve created for themselves: thehill.com/homenews/cam...
The inconvenience of convenience: I ordered six bananas. A while ago, I thought I ordered a bag of Brussel sprouts only to find a random lonely Brussel sprout at the bottom of a bag of carrots a few days later.
December 14, 2024 at 9:42 PM
The inconvenience of convenience: I ordered six bananas. A while ago, I thought I ordered a bag of Brussel sprouts only to find a random lonely Brussel sprout at the bottom of a bag of carrots a few days later.
If anyone is interested in online songwriting or music production lessons, Jordan has room for a few more students!
Guitar & Music Production Lessons www.musiclessonsdfw.com
‘Til 12/31/2024, buy preset packages of lessons or enroll in weekly lessons & get a free extra lesson! #guitar #musicproduction #audiorecording #improvisation #musictheory #songwriting #composition #synthesis #MIDI #DAWs #music #musiclessons
‘Til 12/31/2024, buy preset packages of lessons or enroll in weekly lessons & get a free extra lesson! #guitar #musicproduction #audiorecording #improvisation #musictheory #songwriting #composition #synthesis #MIDI #DAWs #music #musiclessons
December 10, 2024 at 2:03 AM
If anyone is interested in online songwriting or music production lessons, Jordan has room for a few more students!
In the tug-of-war about the direction of the Democratic party, why are Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema not being brought up? Here are two supposed centrists who proudly sank Biden’s agenda including a bill that would have made American lives tangibly better. Perhaps some lessons lie there.
December 1, 2024 at 2:24 AM
In the tug-of-war about the direction of the Democratic party, why are Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema not being brought up? Here are two supposed centrists who proudly sank Biden’s agenda including a bill that would have made American lives tangibly better. Perhaps some lessons lie there.
Few things have the feline magnetic powers held by a pile of stripped bedding placed deliberately to discourage cat naps.
November 30, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Few things have the feline magnetic powers held by a pile of stripped bedding placed deliberately to discourage cat naps.
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Here's a way to give back today. Spend some of that Black Friday money here, instead.
Around this time every year, I share a list of ways to support Native people. From supporting Indigenous people seeking abortion care to defending Native voting rights and keeping Native families together, here are some causes worth supporting. 🧵
November 28, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Here's a way to give back today. Spend some of that Black Friday money here, instead.
I got my book revisions to the publisher last week (Fall 2025 🤞). I have now entered my cathartic house project stage.
November 22, 2024 at 12:10 PM
I got my book revisions to the publisher last week (Fall 2025 🤞). I have now entered my cathartic house project stage.
Every few weeks, I ask my three year old if he is a boy or girl since I am curious about his understanding of gender.
Me: E, are you a boy or a girl?
E: I’m a friend.
Best answer yet. 🥹
Me: E, are you a boy or a girl?
E: I’m a friend.
Best answer yet. 🥹
November 18, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Every few weeks, I ask my three year old if he is a boy or girl since I am curious about his understanding of gender.
Me: E, are you a boy or a girl?
E: I’m a friend.
Best answer yet. 🥹
Me: E, are you a boy or a girl?
E: I’m a friend.
Best answer yet. 🥹