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Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Yesterday, I got to meet my favorite vocalist/musician, the warm wonderful brilliant giving exquisite unparalleled @lisafischermusic.bsky.social , and SHE HUGGED ME, Y'ALL. And spent time with my kiddo, too. I'm going to be happy forever. #cloudnine #walkingonsunshine #bestdayever

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Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

There are a lot of deserving causes all clamoring for our spare change - if you have a little, though, the deserving people that this shelter helps would be grateful, as would I. Please consider making even a tiny donation at the link above, and help my team quest to victory! #gaming #charity

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Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Folks, it's that time of year again! Next weekend, I'll be gaming for a good cause - the South Park Inn homeless shelter here in Hartford, CT. secure.givelively.org/donate/dunge...

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Stoppinge the uncritical acceptance of Gen AI ys a labor and social justice issue.

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Ph(Dana) the Musicologess @musicologess.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Join a whole gaggle of awesome people tonight on stream at twitch.tv/bardicknowledge where we will toast @cooksterkc.bsky.social and my brother Matt's birthdays with ice cream and play fun surprise games!

Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Sending you every good thought for a safe procedure and speedy healing!!

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

If you think COVID vaccines should continue to be available to all: take 5 min and add your comments at the link below. (Advice for what to say in the linked thread.)

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 13/05/2025

Happy 75th Birthday, Stevie Wonder. 🎉 To celebrate, here is a list of the soul visionary's best 50 songs

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The 50 Best Stevie Wonder Songs

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julianne @hoagietime.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Registration closes soon so check out the program and grab a spot in our 100% hybrid conference this weekend!

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julianne @hoagietime.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

I was super delighted and honored to participate in the Sounds of America series to talk about @c418.org's original Minecraft soundtrack, alongside C418 himself as well as @keefstuart.bsky.social (whose personal anecdote really touched me!) The piece is replayable here: the1a.org/segments/the...

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The Sounds of America: 'Minecraft - Volume Alpha'

Daniel Rosenfeld’s Minecraft theme has been picked this year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry.

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Ryan Thompson @bardicknowledge.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

It’s episode 300 of our Thursday show, team! Holy buckets. Come join me, @musicologess.bsky.social @juliannegrasso.bsky.social @cooksterkc.bsky.social for the biggest moments of Dragon Quest III 2D-HD (w/ surprises!) at 9:00 Eastern, 6:00 Pacific. Twitch.tv/bardicknowledge

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BardicKnowledge - Twitch

Ludomusicologist at Michigan State University exploring public scholarship with amazing friends, focused on the relationships between gameplay and audio.

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Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Yes, I have done it, and happy to chat.

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Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Cough I haven't either (I think?) but still got it ...

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Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

It seems that some emails from AMS and SMT do not all get sent to the same folks at the same time - a bunch of other folks got the SMT announcement of my publication award a few days ago many hours before I got the same email!

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Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Karen Cook, "8-Bit Affordances: Jun Chikuma's Soundtrack to Faxanadu," Music Theory Online 29/3 (2023) mtosmt.org/issues/mto.2... Frank Lehman, "The Indiana Jones series is back, along with the iconic music of John Williams," The New York Times, July 7, 2023 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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MTO 29.3: Cook, 8-Bit Affordances

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Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Excited and humbled to announce that a recent article of mine won the 2024 SMT Film and Multimedia Interest Group Publication Award, alongside the inimitable Frank Lehman!

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MTO 29.3: Cook, 8-Bit Affordances

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Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

There is the 80s, the 90s, before 2020 and after 2020. That's all I got, folks.

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Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Hey @asciipip.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy - you have my # and email, right? Drop me a msg however you're most comfy - not sure if my email for you is still the most current!

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

For universityes, do you knowe what faculty bring to the table? The table. Wythout them, nothinge.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

And ye maye aske yowerself, 'How do Ich werke thys?' And ye maye aske yowerself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?' And ye maye tell yowerself, 'Thys nys nat my fayre castel!' And ye maye tell yowerself, 'Thys nys nat my swift goshawk!'

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 21/01/2025

I want people to stop posting vague advice like “build community” A lot of people don’t know how to start. Post practical things like “here’s a list of mutual aid groups to connect with” or something

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 21/01/2025

By the way, my take on this is that if you don’t know where to start, seek out local DSA, NAACP, and Black Lives Matter chapters. They might not be the right home for you, but they give you an opportunity to meet people and start figuring things out.

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Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Thrilled to say that this wonderful new collection is almost out! #videogamemusic #gamesound #gametech #ludomusicology

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Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Thank you!! Hugs to you and the family.

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Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

And somehow I have a two-year-old. #don'tblink #howdidthathappensofast

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Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Nope! But a chapter is forthcoming ...

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Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

She's one of the few people I could even imagine for some sort of reboot, but a very, very different kind of protagonist! I would absolutely check it out.

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Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Gasp - not Angela Lansbury!? Swoon ...

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Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Wow! The Third Hero ... scurries away to put that on my CV! Thanks for the shout-out and for your terrific work!

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Roses are redde Noble are the manatees Yf we wante a bettir future Teach artes & humanityes

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John Breen @breen.tech · 10/12/2024

‼️Urgent ‼️ Please take action to let your congresspeople know that the gender-affirming care bans in this year’s National Defense Authorization Act are unacceptable. mdcdsa.org/ndaa

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Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Awesome! Let's see if there are a few others!

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Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Alright, #musicology hivemind - anyone fancy a syllabus prep session or two? After this semester, I'm wanting to carefully rethink assignments and scaffolding, and it'd be nice to have a group of like-minded people to bounce ideas off of. Any takers?

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Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Any chance of virtual participation (meaning presentation as well as attendance)? 🤞

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Karen M. Cook @cooksterkc.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

He has a chapter on Wagnerianism in the pink book - not sure if that's the one you're referring to?

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