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Andrew J. Eisenberg

@anthroposound.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Music @ NYU Abu Dhabi. Writes on music & sound in Kenya. #Ethnomusicology #Anthropology. Author 'Sounds of Other Shores: The Musical Poetics of Identity on Kenya's Swahili Coast' www.weslpress.org/9780819501066/sounds-of-other-shores

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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Am just about to take an uber to a train to another uber to a plane to another plane to a taxi, AMA
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Mercator Projection-ass administration
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Tried to pluralize tit-for-tat like attorneys general and it didn’t go well
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
There is no “naming fight” over Lake Ontario. There’s just whatever nonsense Trump is going to make the USGS and the tech oligarchs do over the next two years while the rest of us roll our eyes at them.
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J. Michael Mull @jmichaelmull.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
even now, she's still teaching us
screen on car radio reading:
Dolly Parton
Love is Like A Butt
(it should be Butterfly but the last part couldn't fit on the screen)
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The FDA should just provide a list of foods that have not been recalled.
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Live footage of Milo Yiannopoulos getting arrested by ICE
static.klipy.com
Derpy Ouroboros Cartoon
Alt: Derpy Ouroboros Cartoon
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Freedom fries ass presidency
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Pretzel logic
A Newsweek post declares “The Kennedy Center
proves conservatives were right about woke capital”
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I am a million times better informed than the average USian and I have zero idea why we’re in a trade war with Canada. Like, I don’t even know the bad, stupid (non)-reason for this. If asked I can only shrug.
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Nick Seaver @nickseaver.website · 21/08/2026
laurie anderson is so cool, I can’t handle it youtu.be/5snQe807bBY
youtu.be
Laurie Anderson with Sexmob - Language Is a Virus (Live at Umbria Jazz Festival)
YouTube video by Nonesuch Records
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Bryan Waterman @waterman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Would be nice to hear a single politician/candidate stand up and defend US research universities and higher ed in general. It’s insane that the government is actively trying to destroy such a major economic sector. Do they really think AI and fundamentalist academies can fill the gap?!
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This reminds me to schedule my preventative flu antigen therapy
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socialirreitant.bsky.social @socialirreitant.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
@hcrichardson.bsky.social Message from Dorchester
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If you have to have a painful medical test or procedure I highly recommend having a nervous resident in the room who chokes whenever the doctor asks for an opinion or answer. Turns out the human brain can only focus on one kind of discomfort at a time.
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I think he needs to stay in the catering truck for the next 2.5 years. It’s a dangerous world.
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
There is no reason at all that I would ever find myself being grilled by Jon Ossoff and yet I think I have an actual, clinical phobia of that scenario after watching him in action.
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Philly is NYC for beginners
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
WWJD — What Would Jimothy Do
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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...
bostonglobe.com
Trump administration limits student visas to four years, changing longstanding policy - The Boston Globe
The new rule, which also restricts the international students’ ability to transfer schools or change majors without approval in their first year, will go into effect in mid-September.
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 12/07/2026
Hello from academia
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I really hope voters in Clacton ignore the antics of that preposterous character and vote for Count Binface instead.
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
“I just need you to find me 4 points…”
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Politicians really think they’re going to get donations from people who can’t or won’t pay for YouTube premium
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Ok neither of them are cinematic masterpieces but Supergirl is far more entertaining than James Gunn’s Superman.
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Do US movie theaters really not sell coffee? I’m having culture shock in my own homeland. Or maybe just undercaffeinated.
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The semiquincentennial happens to find me in the US. Let me tell you, the vibes here are off. Much more like a funeral than a birthday.
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Arrived in NYC for the first time in six months or so, just to find that I have to walk twice as far bc if Taylor Swift’s wedding. How could Mamdani let this happen?
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Meta's dumbass AI decided something I did on WhatsApp was botlike so I now don't have access to my WhatsApp when I really need it. Great
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Ketanji Brown Jackson really is too good for this SCOTUS
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The phrase "like nobody's ever seen before" is going to be unusable for at least a generation. Like "I'll be back" or "who you gonna call"
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
🎶 Wait for the sign to flick the switch of death It's the beginning of the end Sweat, chilling cold, as I watch death unfold Consciousness, my only friend My fingers grip with fear What am I doing here? 🎶
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Can't wait for the conservatives on the SCOTUS to suddenly change their view of executive power around three years from now, for reasons
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I order to learn why these changes were made, the students will have to go to a better college than the schools will prepare them to get into. It’s a perfect system.
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The good old Chidi “Ok but that’s worse” meme
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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 24/06/2026
Because the Tea Party was opposing a qualified and reasonable Black Man, while Dem Socialists are challenging centrism--the dominant political ideology of the well-educated and well-compensated.
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The friction between US Boomers' and US GenZs' visceral reactions to the name "Kennedy" can power a large city.
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I dunno, a new head of state every year or so doesn't really sound that bad right about now
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
If I were the British prime minister I would try to do one thing that isn't extremely unpopular
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Algae vandalism is definitely a real thing that really happened
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
If a Democratic president had led the US to this level of strategic defeat, the US media would be asking whether he should resign or be impeached, and whether the Democratic party should ever be allowed to field a candidate for president ever again
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Brb I’m just going to pop into the expo centre to catch some exhibits at the exhibition expo
Sign at Nairobi’s Sarit Centre for the Africa Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions Expo
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
We all already know the next time NYC will erupt in joy like this. We don't know the exact date, though actuarial tables and mounting evidence say it won't be too long now.
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
In which John Oliver derives joy from Ghanaian pop art youtu.be/RJ2_ragq3zw?...
youtu.be
Ghanaian Movie Posters: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Bonus Segments)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The trillionaire contribute to one (1) charitable organization challenge
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The President just said we're on the cusp of a deal with Iran. Today's post explores two fun facts: 1. It's the fiftieth time he's said this. (I counted!) 2. Even so, stocks rose on the news. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/how-to-pri...
newsletter.platypuseconomics.com
How to Price A Liar
For the 50th time this year, we're on the cusp of peace. Apparently.
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
To my horror and dismay, this second Trump term is going exactly as I expected without even the tiniest deviation from my predictions
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Daughter claims I am making her live like a pilgrim bc I am only buying her 20gigs of mobile data for our upcoming month-long trip.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 06/06/2026
“It’s fortunate that LLMs are not conscious,” Ted Chiang writes, “or else the actions of the big AI firms would be even more scandalous than they already are.” theatln.tc/D4SzWQfW 🎨: Enigmatriz
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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Has there ever been a factual statement posted on Threads? Absolute trash heap of disinformation and slop. Why does it even exist?
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