the anthropocene is over, we now live in the slopocene

Honoured to be giving the Dave Sanjek popular music keynote at the Society for Ethnomusicology conference this year. If you're signed up to attend, please join me this Sunday, October 20th, 20:15 (UK time). What's better than listening to some AI music on a Sunday night? 😆🤖

Donald Trump has won the 2024 election. Four years after launching an unprecedented attack on democracy and leaving the White House in disgrace, the convicted felon will return to Washington, DC, as the 47th president of the United States. 🔗: vanityfair.visitlink.me/xOOxGE

Headline writers not messing about

Donald Trump — the twice impeached former president, Jan. 6 coup leader, convicted felon, adjudicated sexual abuser, and man who mismanaged the 2020 economic implosion and coronavirus disaster that killed more than 1 million people in this country — has convinced American voters

How Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump (Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam)

This statue just appeared at a park in Philadelphia

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Lmao at thousands of people downloading Rednote (the version of tiktok that is actually owned by China) to spite the U.S. government, finding themselves having lovely interactions with the millions of Chinese citizens on the app & inadvertently undoing decades of U.S. propaganda.

Academic Lolly Stirling University boss, Sir Gerry McCormac, [pictured] has rocketed 40% - from £295,000 in 2022, to a whopping £414,000 last year. His total package, including pension contributions, has been raised from £320,000 two years ago to £438,000 today. Gerry has now

Ridiculous 😡

Applications now open for funded PhD opportunities at University of Stirling in Creative Industries. People working on relevant music research are welcome to apply. stir.ac.uk/research/resea…

CFP: IASPM Canada IASPM Canada conference. October 16-19, 2025 in Toronto. iaspm.ca/2025-iaspm-ca-…

Come work with me! Lecturer in Digital Media. Expertise in social media and data analytics preferred. stir.ac.uk/about/work-at-…

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IASPM Canada IASPM Canada 2025 conference CFP. Early submissions, for SSHRC funding consideration, due tomorrow - March 15th. Regular submissions due April 1st. Conference to be held at Toronto Metropolitan University, 16 - 18 October 2025. iaspm.ca/2025-iaspm-ca-…