Jonathan Seligman
@mrseligman.bsky.social
Elementary music teacher 🎶
Chaotic Harmony Podcast 🎙️
Public education advocate 📢
Deeper gen mixed Asian American 🇵🇭🇯🇵🇺🇸
Swedish fish enthusiast 🐟
(he/him)
Chaotic Harmony Podcast 🎙️
Public education advocate 📢
Deeper gen mixed Asian American 🇵🇭🇯🇵🇺🇸
Swedish fish enthusiast 🐟
(he/him)
To those who use Canva: how often is their server offline? I absolutely love this tool but it is extremely anxiety driving when I teach a class and can’t access the slides due to it saying “I’m offline” (I’m not, btw)
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
To those who use Canva: how often is their server offline? I absolutely love this tool but it is extremely anxiety driving when I teach a class and can’t access the slides due to it saying “I’m offline” (I’m not, btw)
Finished Ghost of Yotei. I wonder if theres anything #musiceducators can learn from level design from games like GoY & BotW. Its different. In a game the player is fixed to a controlled environment while a classroom is more freeform & dynamic. But... still 🤔 #musiceducation #gamedesign #lessondesign
November 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Finished Ghost of Yotei. I wonder if theres anything #musiceducators can learn from level design from games like GoY & BotW. Its different. In a game the player is fixed to a controlled environment while a classroom is more freeform & dynamic. But... still 🤔 #musiceducation #gamedesign #lessondesign
As I get older, I realise: Summer Break isn’t really a break, it’s just reallocation of where energy goes
June 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
As I get older, I realise: Summer Break isn’t really a break, it’s just reallocation of where energy goes
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The U.S is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We should not have the highest rate of child poverty of nearly every major country on earth. We should have the lowest.
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
April 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The U.S is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We should not have the highest rate of child poverty of nearly every major country on earth. We should have the lowest.
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
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DO NOT GAMECHAT WITH GOOMBA
HE NEVER STOPS TRAUMA DUMPING
HE NEVER STOPS TRAUMA DUMPING
April 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
DO NOT GAMECHAT WITH GOOMBA
HE NEVER STOPS TRAUMA DUMPING
HE NEVER STOPS TRAUMA DUMPING
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My Nintendo Switch 7:01 am PT
a boy in a cowboy hat is holding a woody toy in a bedroom .
ALT: a boy in a cowboy hat is holding a woody toy in a bedroom .
media.tenor.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
My Nintendo Switch 7:01 am PT
It’s time I rethink the arrive-at-airport-3-hours-prior for international flights
March 31, 2025 at 8:45 AM
It’s time I rethink the arrive-at-airport-3-hours-prior for international flights
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Our Founding Fathers were no dummies.
As James Madison wrote in Federalist No. 47: “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands...may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
This is what Trump wants. We will stop him.
As James Madison wrote in Federalist No. 47: “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands...may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
This is what Trump wants. We will stop him.
March 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Our Founding Fathers were no dummies.
As James Madison wrote in Federalist No. 47: “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands...may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
This is what Trump wants. We will stop him.
As James Madison wrote in Federalist No. 47: “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands...may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
This is what Trump wants. We will stop him.
Sally is short for Sallison
March 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Sally is short for Sallison
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NO. At a time of massive income and wealth inequality we should not be giving tax breaks to billionaires. We should demand that they start paying their fair share.
February 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
NO. At a time of massive income and wealth inequality we should not be giving tax breaks to billionaires. We should demand that they start paying their fair share.
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chat is it good for a dictionary to be mad at you
February 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
chat is it good for a dictionary to be mad at you
Chipotle. I knew after two days food service was not for me.
What job did you quit the fastest? Mine was Subway.
February 11, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Chipotle. I knew after two days food service was not for me.
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“Why don’t they play popular music at the Super Bowl anymore.”
— Man who thinks 1996 was 10 years ago.
— Man who thinks 1996 was 10 years ago.
February 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
“Why don’t they play popular music at the Super Bowl anymore.”
— Man who thinks 1996 was 10 years ago.
— Man who thinks 1996 was 10 years ago.
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From 1619 to 1865, the US benefited from over 222 million hours of unpaid, dehumanizing, forced labor by enslaved black people per scholars. This labor- primarily the production of tobacco, rice, sugar, and cotton- would be valued at over $97 trillion today.
@coribush.bsky.social
@coribush.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
From 1619 to 1865, the US benefited from over 222 million hours of unpaid, dehumanizing, forced labor by enslaved black people per scholars. This labor- primarily the production of tobacco, rice, sugar, and cotton- would be valued at over $97 trillion today.
@coribush.bsky.social
@coribush.bsky.social
The number of people I know who have moved to Substack is curious. Are people seeking written longform? Or am I just realizing a lot of who I befriend are nerds?
February 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The number of people I know who have moved to Substack is curious. Are people seeking written longform? Or am I just realizing a lot of who I befriend are nerds?
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dang, I would have stayed in the Bay if I'd known gas prices were gonna get this low
February 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
dang, I would have stayed in the Bay if I'd known gas prices were gonna get this low
It is time.
Sound Saturday!! Getting ready for our upcoming concert. Let’s goooo
Sound Saturday!! Getting ready for our upcoming concert. Let’s goooo
February 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It is time.
Sound Saturday!! Getting ready for our upcoming concert. Let’s goooo
Sound Saturday!! Getting ready for our upcoming concert. Let’s goooo
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So, this is awesome. I made an Ableton Live visualization of Contrapunctus XI from Bach's Art of Fugue a while back, and it's discussed in a new article in Music Theory Spectrum. There's a screenshot and everything! academic.oup.com/mts/advance-...
“Let’s Think in Layers”: On Twenty-First-Century Instruments of Public Music Theory
Abstract. This article analyzes the provocative interaction between J. Daniel Jenkins’s (2025) notion of hidden music theories and music theorists, and Ale
academic.oup.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
So, this is awesome. I made an Ableton Live visualization of Contrapunctus XI from Bach's Art of Fugue a while back, and it's discussed in a new article in Music Theory Spectrum. There's a screenshot and everything! academic.oup.com/mts/advance-...
I have never been more happy to see thick clouds. Border 2 Fire is at 6600+ acres with 10% containment, but the westward winds seem to be helping push the spread to us. Hopefully the heavens can splash a saving touch on us.
January 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I have never been more happy to see thick clouds. Border 2 Fire is at 6600+ acres with 10% containment, but the westward winds seem to be helping push the spread to us. Hopefully the heavens can splash a saving touch on us.
Red skies. Ash floors. Masks up.
It’s senior year, all over again, except the flames feel closer and extend to DC. Such an eerie feeling.
It’s senior year, all over again, except the flames feel closer and extend to DC. Such an eerie feeling.
January 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Red skies. Ash floors. Masks up.
It’s senior year, all over again, except the flames feel closer and extend to DC. Such an eerie feeling.
It’s senior year, all over again, except the flames feel closer and extend to DC. Such an eerie feeling.
I remember the eerie feeling in 2007 when I saw the mountain outside my window light up in flames, wondering if I would awake the next day. I’m feeling it again in my spine as I see pictures of the Border 2 Fire. 600 acres of fire. God, how heavy my heart be.
January 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I remember the eerie feeling in 2007 when I saw the mountain outside my window light up in flames, wondering if I would awake the next day. I’m feeling it again in my spine as I see pictures of the Border 2 Fire. 600 acres of fire. God, how heavy my heart be.
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Me walking into a room and forgetting what I came in for
January 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Me walking into a room and forgetting what I came in for
Thank you, Costco
Costco’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal from a conservative think tank aimed at getting the company to roll back its diversity hiring practices.
Costco's shareholders overwhelmingly reject anti-DEI proposal
Costco's shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a motion that would seek report on the risks of diversity, equity and inclusion in the company's hiring practices.
www.npr.org
January 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Thank you, Costco
What a two years it’s been ☺️ so glad I could celebrate it in a quiet area by the bay.
(I usually don’t splurge with food, but when the occasion calls and when a bunch of your students give you gift cards… 🙃)
(I usually don’t splurge with food, but when the occasion calls and when a bunch of your students give you gift cards… 🙃)
January 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
What a two years it’s been ☺️ so glad I could celebrate it in a quiet area by the bay.
(I usually don’t splurge with food, but when the occasion calls and when a bunch of your students give you gift cards… 🙃)
(I usually don’t splurge with food, but when the occasion calls and when a bunch of your students give you gift cards… 🙃)
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It is not cowardice to need to avoid all this. It feels worse because it is worse this time. Prioritize yourself and your mental/physical health and don’t let the scolds bother you. They’re not you and have no idea what you’re going through.
January 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It is not cowardice to need to avoid all this. It feels worse because it is worse this time. Prioritize yourself and your mental/physical health and don’t let the scolds bother you. They’re not you and have no idea what you’re going through.