Nomi
@whatsoperadoc.bsky.social
Musicologist, nerd, baseball fan. Live long and prosper, y'all. She/her.
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Nomi
@whatsoperadoc.bsky.social
· Dec 13
Fear me, for now I have my big-girl panties on.
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Reposting this…for reasons.
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Reposting this…for reasons.
I'm adding "feel" to my list of banned words in undergraduate writing (as in "this movement has a x feel").
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'm adding "feel" to my list of banned words in undergraduate writing (as in "this movement has a x feel").
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Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
My xp in classes for majors and grad students. Less so in gen ed.
A bit of good news: I think you'd all be pleasantly surprised by how resistant the undergrads are becoming to AI. Institutions have lost their minds on this front, but more and more the students themselves are saying "no" to this horribly corrosive technology.
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
My xp in classes for majors and grad students. Less so in gen ed.
Isn't this just... Obamacare?
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Isn't this just... Obamacare?
Gentle request to put trigger warnings on posts about suicide. Thanks.
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Gentle request to put trigger warnings on posts about suicide. Thanks.
That, and DEATH TO ADVERBS.
Two pieces of advice to aspiring academics:
-Be specific.
-Write in a straight line.
Once you've mastered that, you're 80% of the way there.
-Be specific.
-Write in a straight line.
Once you've mastered that, you're 80% of the way there.
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
That, and DEATH TO ADVERBS.
Thinking about Mel Brooks (as I often do), and realizing to my dismay that "The Producers" hits really differently now.
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thinking about Mel Brooks (as I often do), and realizing to my dismay that "The Producers" hits really differently now.
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When generative AI can take a PDF of a mediocre scan of some lengthy old musical score and give it back with the measures accurately numbered, I will be grudgingly impressed. I don't think I'll have to be grudgingly impressed any time soon.
October 16, 2024 at 7:05 PM
When generative AI can take a PDF of a mediocre scan of some lengthy old musical score and give it back with the measures accurately numbered, I will be grudgingly impressed. I don't think I'll have to be grudgingly impressed any time soon.
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Happy Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Happy Halloween
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
If you've never been to any kind of community music making event, I guarentee it will restore your faith in humanity.
(And maybe inspire you to fairly compensate music educators 🙃)
(And maybe inspire you to fairly compensate music educators 🙃)
Last night I watched about 100 middle school musicians rip an orchestra cover of Thriller, complete with zombie dancers in the aisles.
Whatever eventually remains of this civilization, I hope it’s half as good as that.
Whatever eventually remains of this civilization, I hope it’s half as good as that.
October 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
If you've never been to any kind of community music making event, I guarentee it will restore your faith in humanity.
(And maybe inspire you to fairly compensate music educators 🙃)
(And maybe inspire you to fairly compensate music educators 🙃)
It's paying off though. Most of the students who chose my medium/heavy AI track are discovering that the technology is extremely limited.
The amount of time I've spent trying to at least semi-ethically account for LLMs in my classes with minimal support is soul-crushing.
It seems we are all dealing with the avalanche of labor associated with LLMs and no training, support, or compensation. Administors can't adopt AI tools fast enough. Soon all teaching and learning can be outsourced so college can focus on what REALLY MATTERS to them... the capitalism of it all
October 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It's paying off though. Most of the students who chose my medium/heavy AI track are discovering that the technology is extremely limited.
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It's funny to me that this has basically led to a search for "is there a culture group that does not do this?" and so far the answer seems genuinely to be "no".
October 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It's funny to me that this has basically led to a search for "is there a culture group that does not do this?" and so far the answer seems genuinely to be "no".
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Jesus Christ if you don’t want to live next to people who speak a different language why on earth is it incumbent on those people and not you to go somewhere else
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Jesus Christ if you don’t want to live next to people who speak a different language why on earth is it incumbent on those people and not you to go somewhere else
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I will never forgive generative AI for making me question every “Dog being silly” compilation.
Like how bad does does something have to be to suck the joy out of dogs being idiots.
Like how bad does does something have to be to suck the joy out of dogs being idiots.
October 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I will never forgive generative AI for making me question every “Dog being silly” compilation.
Like how bad does does something have to be to suck the joy out of dogs being idiots.
Like how bad does does something have to be to suck the joy out of dogs being idiots.
The amount of time I've spent trying to at least semi-ethically account for LLMs in my classes with minimal support is soul-crushing.
It seems we are all dealing with the avalanche of labor associated with LLMs and no training, support, or compensation. Administors can't adopt AI tools fast enough. Soon all teaching and learning can be outsourced so college can focus on what REALLY MATTERS to them... the capitalism of it all
I had 9 meetings about students using Chat GPT/LLMs on their papers today.
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
October 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The amount of time I've spent trying to at least semi-ethically account for LLMs in my classes with minimal support is soul-crushing.
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It drives me absolutely mad when people say the way to get elected is to … take popular positions. This is the genius of people who ran for class president on a platform of longer recess. Unless being elected is an end in itself, this answers nothing.
October 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It drives me absolutely mad when people say the way to get elected is to … take popular positions. This is the genius of people who ran for class president on a platform of longer recess. Unless being elected is an end in itself, this answers nothing.
Two pieces of advice to aspiring academics:
-Be specific.
-Write in a straight line.
Once you've mastered that, you're 80% of the way there.
-Be specific.
-Write in a straight line.
Once you've mastered that, you're 80% of the way there.
October 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Two pieces of advice to aspiring academics:
-Be specific.
-Write in a straight line.
Once you've mastered that, you're 80% of the way there.
-Be specific.
-Write in a straight line.
Once you've mastered that, you're 80% of the way there.
My gut feeling is that "people overworked and tired" accounts for 90% of what appears to be apathy.
I try to avoid "real organizers vs. fake/keyboard organizers" framings for the most part but one thing you learn quickly from organizing is how difficult it is to get people to do anything at all, how much you're competing against sociologically. people are overworked and tired
October 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
My gut feeling is that "people overworked and tired" accounts for 90% of what appears to be apathy.
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I’m not a Trekkie but I’ve done enough basic research into the Star Trek fandom to know women basically invented it, and are why the show even continued to exist. This kind of writing is part of institutional sexism that denies women’s accomplishments and role in history and it infuriates me
October 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I’m not a Trekkie but I’ve done enough basic research into the Star Trek fandom to know women basically invented it, and are why the show even continued to exist. This kind of writing is part of institutional sexism that denies women’s accomplishments and role in history and it infuriates me
I knew Busby Berkeley was due to make a comeback! youtu.be/IsXf6a_X7Lo?...
October 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I knew Busby Berkeley was due to make a comeback! youtu.be/IsXf6a_X7Lo?...
Seriously. It becomes at least 50% funnier in fullscreen.
Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
October 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Seriously. It becomes at least 50% funnier in fullscreen.
Fortunately, I'm careful with my social media feeds so I don't see a lot of this kind of thing. But this is still pretty funny.
Sorry, but “history” proves mass nonviolent community protests NEVER work. The ONLY thing that can bring people together is reading my miserable posts. Smiling people hugging in the sunshine accomplishes NOTHING. Reading my punishing content, indoors and alone, is the only path forward.
October 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Fortunately, I'm careful with my social media feeds so I don't see a lot of this kind of thing. But this is still pretty funny.
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the aws outage should be evidence that running half the internet on a single company's servers is a terrible idea but i fear nothing will change
October 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
the aws outage should be evidence that running half the internet on a single company's servers is a terrible idea but i fear nothing will change