Randall Umstead
@randallumstead.bsky.social
Herring Professor and Chair, Dept of Music, Furman University; President-Elect, National Association of Teachers of Singing; Fmr. Associate Dean, Baylor University School of Music; Past Baylor Regent
@benjaminahr.mobi, can you confirm? 😂😂😂
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 AM
@benjaminahr.mobi, can you confirm? 😂😂😂
Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kid.
September 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kid.
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Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
September 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
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It’s not simply important to denounce political violence because it looks bad not to. It’s the right thing to do on the merits. Even more specifically to this moment it’s important because the forces of fascism are inherently better at political violence than the forces of civic democracy.
September 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It’s not simply important to denounce political violence because it looks bad not to. It’s the right thing to do on the merits. Even more specifically to this moment it’s important because the forces of fascism are inherently better at political violence than the forces of civic democracy.
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If *your department head and your dean* can be removed for supporting your colleague in teaching in their area of expertise, then you have no academic freedom. In a functional sense, you don't work at a university at all.
Faculty in red states are being punished for failing to signal in their course descriptions that their classes will include content on "gender ideology."
Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
If *your department head and your dean* can be removed for supporting your colleague in teaching in their area of expertise, then you have no academic freedom. In a functional sense, you don't work at a university at all.
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“This 66-year-old tuba player just became LSU Tiger Band's oldest member”
Play (ing my sousaphone gives me chronic) Neck (pain)
www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...
Play (ing my sousaphone gives me chronic) Neck (pain)
www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...
This 66-year-old tuba player just became LSU Tiger Band's oldest member
This 66-year-old tuba player just became LSU Tiger Band's oldest member. Read about how he did it.
www.theadvocate.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“This 66-year-old tuba player just became LSU Tiger Band's oldest member”
Play (ing my sousaphone gives me chronic) Neck (pain)
www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...
Play (ing my sousaphone gives me chronic) Neck (pain)
www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...
Squirrel Nut Buttons
Slightly diminish a band: About as Good as Ezra
August 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Squirrel Nut Buttons
2015?
The Royals have lost eight straight at The K. Do you remember their last home win?
Why are the KC Royals struggling at home? On Tuesday, it came down to 2 areas
The Royals have lost eight straight at The K. Do you remember their last home win?
bit.ly
June 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
2015?
Sledge Hammer/Naked Gun
Okay you guys, what’s the best book, movie, or TV show your dad introduced you to
June 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Sledge Hammer/Naked Gun
Can’t wait to hear more about the mineshaft gap!
Tulsi Gabbard: "Political elite warmongers are carelessly fomenting fear and tensions between nuclear powers. Perhaps it’s because they are confident that they will have access to nuclear shelters for themselves and their families that regular people won’t have access to." x.com/tulsigabbard...
Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 on X: "I recently visited Hiroshima, and stood at the epicenter of a city scarred by the unimaginable horror caused by a single nuclear bomb dropped in 1945. What I saw, the stories I heard, and the haunting sadness that remains, will stay with me forever. https://t.co/TmxmxiGwnV" / X
I recently visited Hiroshima, and stood at the epicenter of a city scarred by the unimaginable horror caused by a single nuclear bomb dropped in 1945. What I saw, the stories I heard, and the haunting sadness that remains, will stay with me forever. https://t.co/TmxmxiGwnV
x.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Can’t wait to hear more about the mineshaft gap!
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The Savanah Bananas know what’s up.
June 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The Savanah Bananas know what’s up.
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Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil.
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
June 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil.
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
@sorenpetro.bsky.social, your laugh at “the pitching coach who shall not be named” tonight cracked me up.
June 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
@sorenpetro.bsky.social, your laugh at “the pitching coach who shall not be named” tonight cracked me up.
The wife is out of town, so it’s time to try a @benjaminahr.mobi tradition!
May 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The wife is out of town, so it’s time to try a @benjaminahr.mobi tradition!
Admirable and honorable.
And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
April 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Admirable and honorable.
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Breaking News: The Trump administration abruptly walked back its cancellation of more than 1,000 visas held by international students.
Trump Administration Reverses Course on Student Visa Cancellations
The sudden shift came as a reprieve for the more than 1,500 international students who have had their visas canceled in recent weeks.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Breaking News: The Trump administration abruptly walked back its cancellation of more than 1,000 visas held by international students.
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NEW TODAY: 200 college and university presidents band together to condemn “unprecedented government overreach” in higher education and reaffirm the “essential freedom to determine, on academic grounds, whom to admit and what is taught, how, and by whom.” www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U
A Call for Constructive Engagement
www.aacu.org
April 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
NEW TODAY: 200 college and university presidents band together to condemn “unprecedented government overreach” in higher education and reaffirm the “essential freedom to determine, on academic grounds, whom to admit and what is taught, how, and by whom.” www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
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Way to go Furman University students and faculty! Give the that big FU. 😉
Way to go Furman University students and faculty! Give the that big FU. 😉
Furman students, employees push against Trump administration's DEI challenge to SC higher education
Furman University students and faculty protested the Trump administration's DEI challenge to SC higher education in a rally on the school's Greenville campus.
www.postandcourier.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
www.postandcourier.com/education-la...
Way to go Furman University students and faculty! Give the that big FU. 😉
Way to go Furman University students and faculty! Give the that big FU. 😉
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Wesleyan's Michael Roth: "money doesn’t come with a loyalty oath. And that has served the country so well because Americans and various governments we’ve had recognized that it’s better for the country if people can practice freedom." www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
April 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Wesleyan's Michael Roth: "money doesn’t come with a loyalty oath. And that has served the country so well because Americans and various governments we’ve had recognized that it’s better for the country if people can practice freedom." www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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Equity Arc, which trains young musicians of color, was set to play with the US Marine Band — until Trump's anti-DEI order canceled the show.
But Chicago stepped up, and now the students will perform at @chicagosymphony.bsky.social on 4/6. Grab a free ticket and join me in cheering them on. cso.org
But Chicago stepped up, and now the students will perform at @chicagosymphony.bsky.social on 4/6. Grab a free ticket and join me in cheering them on. cso.org
April 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Equity Arc, which trains young musicians of color, was set to play with the US Marine Band — until Trump's anti-DEI order canceled the show.
But Chicago stepped up, and now the students will perform at @chicagosymphony.bsky.social on 4/6. Grab a free ticket and join me in cheering them on. cso.org
But Chicago stepped up, and now the students will perform at @chicagosymphony.bsky.social on 4/6. Grab a free ticket and join me in cheering them on. cso.org
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BREAKING: Pianist András Schiff cancels all his US engagements for 2025-26 in response to "the recent and unprecedented political changes in the United States."
"Some people might say, 'just shut up and play.' I cannot, in good conscience, do that."
www.kirshbaumassociates.com/agency.php?v...
"Some people might say, 'just shut up and play.' I cannot, in good conscience, do that."
www.kirshbaumassociates.com/agency.php?v...
Pianist Sir András Schiff Cancels U.S. Appearances for 2025-2026 Season
www.kirshbaumassociates.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
BREAKING: Pianist András Schiff cancels all his US engagements for 2025-26 in response to "the recent and unprecedented political changes in the United States."
"Some people might say, 'just shut up and play.' I cannot, in good conscience, do that."
www.kirshbaumassociates.com/agency.php?v...
"Some people might say, 'just shut up and play.' I cannot, in good conscience, do that."
www.kirshbaumassociates.com/agency.php?v...
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Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
March 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated