Vaughan McAlley
@mcalley.net.au
Composer, singer, sound engineer. Fond of choral music, especially from the renaissance. “Geriatric” CF
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Vaughan McAlley
@mcalley.net.au
· Aug 27
The lilies of the field, a cantata
YouTube video by PrimaPratica
youtube.com
I wrote a cantata, The lilies of the field, which is an Australian take on the Easter story with words by @katherinefirth.bsky.social. I’m pretty proud of it and hope that you enjoy it!
youtube.com/watch?v=LX5e...
youtube.com/watch?v=LX5e...
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Dude is gonna learn so much about Skyrim and alternate tuning systems.
November 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Dude is gonna learn so much about Skyrim and alternate tuning systems.
I’m pretty good at fixing poorly recorded audio, but this looks like an unpolishable turd.
We have an AI soundtracked ad for a gym chain here in Belgium, and it sound astonishingly poor. Like, not technically fit for broadcast levels of poor. And no-one can fix it because it’s an impression of an advert, not a master mixed set of individual tracks…
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I’m pretty good at fixing poorly recorded audio, but this looks like an unpolishable turd.
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There is a legal case for me to be gifted unlimited free donuts for life--but it is strewn with obstacles
There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles
Trump 2028
There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles
econ.st
October 31, 2025 at 1:16 AM
There is a legal case for me to be gifted unlimited free donuts for life--but it is strewn with obstacles
I can only guess at the story behind this but it looks like they are holding it out hard.
October 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I can only guess at the story behind this but it looks like they are holding it out hard.
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What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
September 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
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Imagine if Jimmy Kimmel had said that we should get together and bail Tyler Robinson out because he's a true patriot. But that's what Kirk said about Pelosi's attacker! Vance Boelter got interviews on Blaze! Trump pardons J6ers! You cannot in good faith compare this.
September 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Imagine if Jimmy Kimmel had said that we should get together and bail Tyler Robinson out because he's a true patriot. But that's what Kirk said about Pelosi's attacker! Vance Boelter got interviews on Blaze! Trump pardons J6ers! You cannot in good faith compare this.
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IT'S NOT ENFORCEMENT IF THEY'RE NOT EVEN CHECKING WHETHER THE PERSON IS AN IMMIGRANT LET ALONE IN VIOLATION OF ANY LAWS OR PROCEDURES
As the Department of Homeland Security officially announced a ramped-up immigration enforcement effort in Chicago, local community groups said the ICE operation is more about stoking fear than making the city safer.
Immigrant rights groups prepare to protect Chicago neighbors amid ICE crackdown
As the Department of Homeland Security officially announced a ramped-up immigration enforcement effort in Chicago, local community groups said the ICE operation is more about stoking fear than making the city safer.
www.cbsnews.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
IT'S NOT ENFORCEMENT IF THEY'RE NOT EVEN CHECKING WHETHER THE PERSON IS AN IMMIGRANT LET ALONE IN VIOLATION OF ANY LAWS OR PROCEDURES
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Russia released video of themselves targeting and murdering Danish humanitarian volunteers working to remove unexploded ordnances from Ukraine.
A few hours later Trump invited Putin to the FIFA world cup because “he’s been very respectful of me and of our country…”
A few hours later Trump invited Putin to the FIFA world cup because “he’s been very respectful of me and of our country…”
September 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Russia released video of themselves targeting and murdering Danish humanitarian volunteers working to remove unexploded ordnances from Ukraine.
A few hours later Trump invited Putin to the FIFA world cup because “he’s been very respectful of me and of our country…”
A few hours later Trump invited Putin to the FIFA world cup because “he’s been very respectful of me and of our country…”
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"Clearly they support terrorism" chaser.com.au/general-news...
September 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
"Clearly they support terrorism" chaser.com.au/general-news...
Sewell going full-on Nazi in the presence of the Premier might get the government to take him seriously.
September 3, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Sewell going full-on Nazi in the presence of the Premier might get the government to take him seriously.
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We couldn’t have designed a worse government to meet this moment. Absolutely extraordinary.
September 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
We couldn’t have designed a worse government to meet this moment. Absolutely extraordinary.
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black tie reads as formal today, but they are actually party suits, things you wear when you want to celebrate something.
August 30, 2025 at 5:22 AM
black tie reads as formal today, but they are actually party suits, things you wear when you want to celebrate something.
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Live your life such that everyone doesn’t spend ten solid years planning the rager they’re going to throw when you die.
August 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Live your life such that everyone doesn’t spend ten solid years planning the rager they’re going to throw when you die.
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Trying to figure out a way to impress upon my students that using AI to skip course work in order to get a music degree is like ordering food at a restaurant and immediately throwing it out the window in order to get to pay the check
August 29, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Trying to figure out a way to impress upon my students that using AI to skip course work in order to get a music degree is like ordering food at a restaurant and immediately throwing it out the window in order to get to pay the check
I wrote a cantata, The lilies of the field, which is an Australian take on the Easter story with words by @katherinefirth.bsky.social. I’m pretty proud of it and hope that you enjoy it!
youtube.com/watch?v=LX5e...
youtube.com/watch?v=LX5e...
The lilies of the field, a cantata
YouTube video by PrimaPratica
youtube.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I wrote a cantata, The lilies of the field, which is an Australian take on the Easter story with words by @katherinefirth.bsky.social. I’m pretty proud of it and hope that you enjoy it!
youtube.com/watch?v=LX5e...
youtube.com/watch?v=LX5e...
The replies and quotes to this are really informative. I’m naive, so wouldn’t have thought of using fake candles.
This remains one of the wildest audience pitches I have ever seen to try to get normies to go watch classical music, and I can't believe it's been working like a charm in cities all across the country for like three years now.
August 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The replies and quotes to this are really informative. I’m naive, so wouldn’t have thought of using fake candles.
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Deleting a post about Israel “accidentally” killing international journalists because I missed that they had declared them terrorists.
Everyone involved in this genocide needs to be sent to The Hague
bsky.app/profile/yasm...
Everyone involved in this genocide needs to be sent to The Hague
bsky.app/profile/yasm...
When Israel labeled six journalists in Gaza - incl Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif - “terrorists” last year, press freedom groups expressed alarm.
“The fear is that these six will now possibly be targeted,” @rsf.org’s Rebecca Vincent told me at the time.
time.com/7098857/isra...
“The fear is that these six will now possibly be targeted,” @rsf.org’s Rebecca Vincent told me at the time.
time.com/7098857/isra...
How International Press Groups Are Reacting to Israel’s Labeling Six Gaza Journalists as ‘Terrorists’
With more than 130 media workers killed, international press groups suspect Israel's accusation is intended to stifle coverage in North Gaza.
time.com
August 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Deleting a post about Israel “accidentally” killing international journalists because I missed that they had declared them terrorists.
Everyone involved in this genocide needs to be sent to The Hague
bsky.app/profile/yasm...
Everyone involved in this genocide needs to be sent to The Hague
bsky.app/profile/yasm...
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"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people
August 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people
Moon alert Melbourne!
August 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Moon alert Melbourne!
Keep the ol’ noggin tickin’ over because it will be in demand.
Can confirm.
I still reckon that when the penny inevitably drops there will be a burgeoning market for clever and creative humans to unpick the omnishambles which results... but in some cases it will be far, far too late.
I still reckon that when the penny inevitably drops there will be a burgeoning market for clever and creative humans to unpick the omnishambles which results... but in some cases it will be far, far too late.
Every designer and programmer you’ve ever met has had to turn down some fucking asshole’s “killer app” idea where they asked us to work for free, for the exposure, and we said no instantly because the idea was self evidently bad.
That’s why there’s a demand for AI. To realize terrible ideas.
That’s why there’s a demand for AI. To realize terrible ideas.
July 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Keep the ol’ noggin tickin’ over because it will be in demand.
In the interests of science I present the Milocha.
July 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
In the interests of science I present the Milocha.
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An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed
July 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed
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It's hard to wrap your head around how much money $160,000,000,000 actually is.
The cost of ending world hunger and saving 9,000,000 lives per year? $30,000,000,000.
The cost of ending homelessness in the USA? $11,000,000,000.
Or you could wage war on your own population for 4x as much.
The cost of ending world hunger and saving 9,000,000 lives per year? $30,000,000,000.
The cost of ending homelessness in the USA? $11,000,000,000.
Or you could wage war on your own population for 4x as much.
Do you think ICE needs enough money to buy 35 full-sized Nimitz-class aircraft carriers *this year*?
If not, you should probably be pretty fucking annoyed with them getting 160 billion dollars!
If not, you should probably be pretty fucking annoyed with them getting 160 billion dollars!
July 8, 2025 at 6:07 AM
It's hard to wrap your head around how much money $160,000,000,000 actually is.
The cost of ending world hunger and saving 9,000,000 lives per year? $30,000,000,000.
The cost of ending homelessness in the USA? $11,000,000,000.
Or you could wage war on your own population for 4x as much.
The cost of ending world hunger and saving 9,000,000 lives per year? $30,000,000,000.
The cost of ending homelessness in the USA? $11,000,000,000.
Or you could wage war on your own population for 4x as much.
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