richard ranft (@rranft) 's Twitter Profile
richard ranft

@rranft

Personal opinions only. Previously, head of the sound archive at British Library @soundarchive

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Greg Green (@thesoundgreg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm so incredibly grateful to have been able to put together the audio experience for this exhibition! 'Animals: Art, Science and Sound' is open until 28th August. Visit, take in all the wonderful exhibits, buy the amazing book, check out the fabulous gift shop, and say hi 😊

I'm so incredibly grateful to have been able to put together the audio experience for this exhibition!

'Animals: Art, Science and Sound' is open until 28th August.

Visit, take in all the wonderful exhibits, buy the amazing book, check out the fabulous gift shop, and say hi 😊
David Haskell (@dghaskell) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We live surrounded by hidden songs. I recorded this with a contact mic on a fireweed: chuckles and whines of leafhoppers, and the footsteps of a young shield bug. These sounds are inaudible in air. The leafhoppers shoot their song into the leaf from abdominal buzzers. 1/3

Cheryl Tipp (@cheryltipp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Pay what you can day coming up! If you're in the Kings Cross area tomorrow, do stop by and visit our current Animals exhibition. Only a few weeks left now bl.uk/events/animals

Pay what you can day coming up! If you're in the Kings Cross area tomorrow, do stop by and visit our current Animals exhibition. Only a few weeks left now bl.uk/events/animals
Massimo (@rainmaker1973) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Pachelbel's Canon in D, P 37 played by countless trains, the sounds of which were recorded and assembled by the Czech machinist Pavel Jirásek

Massimo (@rainmaker1973) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Parrots are intelligent enough to understand touch screen interfaces and they prefer watching videos of other parrots. [📹 insta.beakk] x.com/AweInspireMe/s…

Natural History Museum (@nhm_london) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An insect trapped in amber. A team of scientists. What could possibly go wrong?🦖 While it's not quite #JurassicPark, one of our specimens has revealed an extraordinary secret - a song from more than 44 million years ago!🦗 Find out what it was like 👇brnw.ch/21wEoZK

Jay in Kyiv (@jayinkyiv) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Now that it's confirmed Russia will now be launching not only Russian missiles onto Ukrainian cities but North Korean and Iranian missiles as well, let's remind everyone that Ukraine is forbidden to strike any of Russia's launching facilities in Russia with western weapons.

richard ranft (@rranft) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Bird identification and taxonomy: what we knew 50 years ago and what we know today". Nice summary by Per Alström youtu.be/YDuUMbUOXJs?si… via YouTube

IASA (@iasa_web) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The call for submissions is open for the 55th IASA Annual Conference! You can attend online or in person from 23-26 September in beautiful Valencia, Spain. The deadline for submissions is 1st April. Be a part of this wonderful event! 2024.iasa-web.org/welcome #avpres #IASA55

The call for submissions is open for the 55th <a href="/iasa_web/">IASA</a> Annual Conference! You can attend online or in person from 23-26 September in beautiful Valencia, Spain. The deadline for submissions is 1st April. Be a part of this wonderful event! 2024.iasa-web.org/welcome #avpres #IASA55
Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The attack on 🇮🇱 tonight was of a magnitude that 🇺🇦 suffers on a fairly regular basis. Same drones. Similar missiles. Week after week. Month after month.

Jessica Berlin (@berlin_bridge) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The US, UK & France had the military capacity, political will & urgency to help down over 300 missiles fired at #Israel. They have zero excuses left. #Ukraine’s allies can & should shoot down Russian missiles over 🇺🇦 airspace & the Black Sea. #CloseTheSky amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/04/14…

Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@zelenskyyua) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The entire world witnessed allied action in the skies above Israel and neighboring countries. It demonstrated how truly effective unity in defending against terror can be when it is based on sufficient political will. Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and

Adam Schiff (@senadamschiff) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today, President Trump called our enemy, Russia, before calling our ally, Ukraine. Meanwhile, his Secretary of Defense, ruled out a future for Ukraine in NATO and a restoration of Ukrainian sovereignty over its own lands. Let’s not mince words about what this represents: a

Morgan J. Freeman (@mjfree) 's Twitter Profile Photo

President Musk-Trump suggests that since Russia "fought for that land" in Ukraine "and lost alot of soldiers" doing it, that Russia should keep it. What a piece of shit.

John Bolton (@ambjohnbolton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It is unconscionable to allow Russia to assault Ukraine’s sovereignty, recruit enemies like North Korea to aid in their fight, and then sell out the Ukrainians by conceding the loss of their territory and NATO security guarantees or membership.  By making these and others

Rihards Kols (@rihardskols) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The facts. 🔹 Zelenskyy’s approval rating is 57% 🔹 Russia launched a full scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, at 4.00 a.m. — committing a crime of aggression 🔹 Total Military & Non-Military Assistance from US to Ukraine: $118 billion 🔹 Total Military &