Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 10hI mean I spend a lot of time complaining about trains but today was the first time I have been bitten (hard) by a ferret on one.... 131
Reposted by Marie ThompsonUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 30/09/2026Our members at Nottingham University commence strike action today over threats to hundreds of jobs and course closures. Please show them solidarity as they head onto picket lines this morning. 17741
Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A silent-but-sharp-intake-of-breath moment when the kid is adamant they want a Raymond Briggs bedtime story 110
Reposted by Marie ThompsonSarah Hennies @sarahhennies.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I’m sorry I can’t remember who said it so I can credit them, but I saw a post earlier today that said that Macklemore was the first instance of needing to separate the art from the artist but in reverse. 2221
Reposted by Marie ThompsonNatalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"There are brilliant schemes and brilliant people doing the work, but eventually you hit the economics. You cannot outreach-programme your way out of London rent, and you can’t diversify a workforce while refusing to talk about who can afford to stay in it." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comI co-founded an orchestra 18 years ago. Since then, I’ve seen doors close for working-class musicians | Robert AmesI have lost patience with the sector’s talk of diversity when it refuses to acknowledge those people who can’t afford to keep playing, says conductor and composer Robert Ames 041
Reposted by Marie ThompsonAidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Classic academic's wikipedia page arc 710125
Reposted by Marie ThompsonMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026'The number of students taking A-level music is at a record low: under 5,000, a drop of nearly half from 15 years ago....Music GCSE entries have also fallen. It has the widest attainment gap for disadvantaged students of any subject.'theguardian.comThe Guardian view on music and drama education: reversing elitism starts at school | EditorialEditorial: The number of students taking creative subjects at A-level and GCSE is at a record low. The arts must not become the preserve of the most privileged 68144
Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 04/09/2026In the latest edition of *adventures in musicalized wellness*, I came across some NHS guidance for perinatal mental health, for those 1 year postpartum, that advises *learning to play a musical instrument*. First year. Postpartum. 110
Reposted by Marie Thompsonflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 28/08/2026It’s striking that all of the severe and quite extreme problems Britain has now as a direct result of political malfeasance is all just chucked on the “oh well, what are you going to do, it’s just how it is” pile. These things were done by people with names and addresses.bbc.co.ukScotland's universities face 'bleak' future as £200m funding gap revealedA new report paints a 'bleak' picture of falling income from Scottish students and an over-reliance on international tuition fees. 210834
Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 25/08/2026RIP Dolly Parton. Prolific songwriter, remarkable musician, fascinating cultural cipher, and (extremely conditional) anti-work icon. 120
Reposted by Marie ThompsonCrowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026why are you bothering me, i built you a perfectly functional wire mother 131028213
Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Always good to let the three year old pick the record 040
Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Wondering who has a worse understanding of social construct...channel 4 or the Duke-industrial theorists a decade ago 020
Reposted by Marie ThompsonBruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 15/07/2026it's funny how for decades the RIAA would carbomb teenagers for downloading one (1) song yet now these dudes are just allowed to do this shit like it's nothing 212289799
Reposted by Marie Thompsonmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I respect France's commitment to not working on a holiday. 115111522405
Reposted by Marie ThompsonTalia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 22/05/2026How does being able to "live with dignity" and be "treated with respect" square with this polite call for clearer guidance on how organisations may legally discriminate against marginalised people? 552892
Reposted by Marie ThompsonMallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 22/05/2026A friend did the maths on this and noted that in the last 5 years there has been one hostile news article for every ten trans people in the population total. 51962735
Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 20/05/2026The cat has just made a noise that has made me weirdly nostalgic for a 1990s Gateway 2000 pc 120
Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 19/05/2026BAD: being stuck at Tamworth yet again thanks to train fails GOOD: deep breaths and this soundtrack billorcutt.bandcamp.com/album/how-to...billorcutt.bandcamp.comHow to Rescue Things, by Bill Orcutt7 track album 110
Reposted by Marie ThompsonNatalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Academic departments deserve to be saved, supported, resourced, allowed to grow even if they're not "best in the country," "first in the REF," "top-ranked," "at a Russell Group uni," or whatever other austerity-brained nonsense senior managers have been using to flimflam you out of solidarity 151072297
Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Looks like Nottingham are trying to run a university without staff. Or rather, staff that aren't senior management. This is so brutal even by their already dismal standards. www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.comThousands of University of Nottingham staff told they are at risk of redundancyInstitution says it could run out of money by 2031 and wants to cut more than 600 academic and support posts 12010
Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 30/04/2026On my way to Brussels to take part in this years Oscillation Festival: I'm going to be speaking on sonic surrogates and "activating" Sonia Saroya and Edouard Sufrin's sound installation, L'Archipel, with Diane Barbé. oscillation-festival.be/2026 030
Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 15/04/2026I forgot to share this but another thing I've been working on of late (with lots of amazing other people) has been a creative toolkit for tinnitus support groups, meant to help support often tricky conversations about experiencing tinnitus tinnitusarts.co.uk/toolkittinnitusarts.co.ukToolkit - tinnitusarts.co.ukSharing Tinnitus: A Creative Toolkit for Tinnitus Support Groups Research shows that creative activities can help people to understand, reflect on and talk about their tinnitus in new ways. Sharing Ti... 022
Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Hey, so I'm out of practice with 'announcements' but: I wrote a book and it's coming out in November. It's called The Sonic Surrogate and it's about sound reproduction, reproductive crisis and the proliferation of music technologies that promise to take care of us www.ucpress.edu/books/the-so...ucpress.eduThe Sonic Surrogate by Marie Thompson - PaperScholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change. 3206
Reposted by Marie ThompsonAlex Baker @anomiegeog.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Historical gripe: Luddism was clandestine working class organizing. No Luddite would have signed a letter with their own name! That's the whole point. 061
Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 20/03/2026The closing date for our (fees-only) PhD studentship is fast approaching... 023
Reposted by Marie ThompsonDes Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 05/03/2026They call it world book day because it makes you hate both books and the world. 3162
Reposted by Marie ThompsonBRISMES @brismes.bsky.social · 26/02/2026#AcademicFreedom | We have written to The @openuniversity.bsky.social to express our profound concern about the university’s response to a letter from the UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) regarding the use of the term ‘#ancientPalestine’. Read our letter: bit.ly/4r0j68L 1/3 147
Reposted by Marie ThompsonCrowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer.bsky.social · 27/02/2026do you tell the sun to shine less brightly 329641
Reposted by Marie ThompsonReb v. Wade @rsl318.bsky.social · 25/02/2026here's a piece i wrote back in 2017, about Radigue's Biogenesis bsky.app/profile/vanm... 062
Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 24/02/2026RIP Éliane Radigue. A performance of this remains one of my favourite ever concertsm.youtube.comeliane radigue - Ψ 847 (version concert)YouTube video by ryan burns 011
Reposted by Marie ThompsonLisa Stampnitzky 🤷🏻♀️ @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Well now, doesn’t feel like gaslighting at all that individual programs are being made “accountable” for the future earnings of their graduates. !!!! 076
Reposted by Marie ThompsonArbeitology @arbeitology.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Those of us who like to say things like “popular culture is a complex space of ideology and antagonism, repression and resistance” really eating shit today: “The group that should be in the streets has been bought off by Jay Z” - Jes Stanley, CEO of Barclays 1144
Reposted by Marie ThompsonKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 03/01/2026It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize 4558811257
Reposted by Marie ThompsonNot Anime @notanime.bsky.social · 20/12/2025“The AI can't do your job, but an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job.” 03414
Reposted by Marie Thompsonlucynoakes1.bsky.social @lucynoakes1.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252: Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email. Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk 31236287
Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 10/12/2025I'm currently producing some teaching involving both jazz and disco and it's really bringing home the proximity of music to the "make/let die" 100
Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 26/11/2025📣📣📣 fees-only PhD funding for Music at the OU 📣📣📣 022
Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 22/11/2025My dear, dear baritone wielding friend has a new album out and it is [complementary] absolutely demonic rekemrecords.bandcamp.com/album/best-w...rekemrecords.bandcamp.comBest Wishes,, by Kar Pouzi7 track album 010
Reposted by Marie ThompsonKath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Google AI is like an Eric Adams quote generator 411882280
Reposted by Marie ThompsonUniversity of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 10/11/2025An amazing day of solidarity with staff, students, and community members saying NO to compulsory redundancies and unnecessary course closures. 12616