Thor Magnusson
@thormagnusson.bsky.social
A worker in rhythm, frequencies and intensities. Research and development in the areas of music, mind and technology.
** Intelligent Instruments Lab (www.iil.is) **
** Experimental Music Technologies Lab (www.emutelab.org) **
** Intelligent Instruments Lab (www.iil.is) **
** Experimental Music Technologies Lab (www.emutelab.org) **
ADHD. Is that a short for Attention Dispersion Hyperfocus Discipline?
February 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
ADHD. Is that a short for Attention Dispersion Hyperfocus Discipline?
"It [the proposed new SuperCollider] could also reveal whether the Higgs field has reached a final, stable resting state or whether another drastic transition could occur in future, a scenario that would see the universe as we know it evaporate almost instantaneously."
AI to revolutionise fundamental physics and ‘could show how universe will end’
Exclusive: Cern’s next director general Mark Thomson says AI is paving the way for huge advances in particle physics
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"It [the proposed new SuperCollider] could also reveal whether the Higgs field has reached a final, stable resting state or whether another drastic transition could occur in future, a scenario that would see the universe as we know it evaporate almost instantaneously."
James McCartney (@asynth.bsky.social), author of SuperCollider, a language that changed the landscape of computer music, has just released a new audio programming system called sapf or, "sound as pure form". I am looking forward to this weekend!
github.com/lfnoise/sapf?
github.com/lfnoise/sapf?
GitHub - lfnoise/sapf: Sound As Pure Form - a Forth-like language for audio synthesis using lazy lists and APL-like auto-mapping.
Sound As Pure Form - a Forth-like language for audio synthesis using lazy lists and APL-like auto-mapping. - lfnoise/sapf
github.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:58 AM
James McCartney (@asynth.bsky.social), author of SuperCollider, a language that changed the landscape of computer music, has just released a new audio programming system called sapf or, "sound as pure form". I am looking forward to this weekend!
github.com/lfnoise/sapf?
github.com/lfnoise/sapf?
How did a man lacking all the desired qualities of a good human become so powerful? This is the question media and political analysts, psychologists and sociologists, are pondering right now. From the British perspective, it's even weirder:
thenewgeneration.blog/2025/01/25/w...?
thenewgeneration.blog/2025/01/25/w...?
Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?
This blog entry is entirely attributed to Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England who apparently wrote the following response (below) to the question in the headline: “Why do …
thenewgeneration.blog
January 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
How did a man lacking all the desired qualities of a good human become so powerful? This is the question media and political analysts, psychologists and sociologists, are pondering right now. From the British perspective, it's even weirder:
thenewgeneration.blog/2025/01/25/w...?
thenewgeneration.blog/2025/01/25/w...?
During the Cold War, digital art was politicised to the degree that many had a distaste for it - naturally. The political moves of recent years have hijacked artificial intelligence. I wonder if cognitive science will survive this?
January 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
During the Cold War, digital art was politicised to the degree that many had a distaste for it - naturally. The political moves of recent years have hijacked artificial intelligence. I wonder if cognitive science will survive this?
Fascism - Michael Rosen For Adults
YouTube video by Michael Rosen For Adults
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
David Lynch - "Crazy Clown Time" (Official Video)
YouTube video by Noisey
www.youtube.com
January 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Reykjavik sunset
January 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Reykjavik sunset
Tech billionaires "who who read our dystopias and have mistaken them for business plans". (Cory Doctorow)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0kv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0kv...
Elon Musk’s Move Into Politics: Yanis Varoufakis and Cory Doctorow on Fighting Billionaire Control
YouTube video by DiEM25
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Tech billionaires "who who read our dystopias and have mistaken them for business plans". (Cory Doctorow)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0kv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0kv...
Reposted by Thor Magnusson
Excited to announce I am co-editing with @thormagnusson.bsky.social a thematic issue of Organised Sound on the topic of Embedding Algorithms in Music and Sound Art! Here is the call, please share. We look forward to receiving your submissions! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Call: Embedding Algorithms in Music and Sound Art
Welcome to Cambridge Core
www.cambridge.org
December 5, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Excited to announce I am co-editing with @thormagnusson.bsky.social a thematic issue of Organised Sound on the topic of Embedding Algorithms in Music and Sound Art! Here is the call, please share. We look forward to receiving your submissions! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
It's the time of the year where we play Christmas songs for the children. Here is Merzbow:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBOa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBOa...
Merzbow-Silent Night
YouTube video by LillyClouds
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2024 at 10:19 PM
It's the time of the year where we play Christmas songs for the children. Here is Merzbow:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBOa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBOa...
Very sorry for New Zealand research. It will become a very poor country in the coming years if this goes through:
www.science.org/content/arti...?
www.science.org/content/arti...?
Amid cuts to basic research, New Zealand scraps all support for social sciences
Scientists shocked as “blue-sky” Marsden Fund has half its budget shifted to research focused on helping economy
www.science.org
December 17, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Very sorry for New Zealand research. It will become a very poor country in the coming years if this goes through:
www.science.org/content/arti...?
www.science.org/content/arti...?
Always looking for an open, decentralised, town square style place for discussions and new music. Wondering if Bluesky could be such a place?
November 18, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Always looking for an open, decentralised, town square style place for discussions and new music. Wondering if Bluesky could be such a place?