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Marie Thompson

@joyousnoises.bsky.social
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University worker. Tinnitus/noise/sonic cyberfeminisms. Currently writing about sound reproduction and reproductive crisis.

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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I get that we are all suspicious of vulgar narratives of musical behaviourism but the Pavlovian power of the "tidy up song" really does give me pause sometimes
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Honestly, so was I. Someone drew the owner's attention but not bothered doesn't cover it! Wild.
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thanking the OU once again for allowing me to spend my personal research allowance last year on a rabies vaccine
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
*who* *brings* *two* *uncaged* *ferrets* *on* *a* *train*????
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I 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....
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh whaaaat
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 30/09/2026
Our 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.
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thankfully The Bear, not When The Wind Blows. Still pretty brutal....
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A silent-but-sharp-intake-of-breath moment when the kid is adamant they want a Raymond Briggs bedtime story
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Sarah Hennies @sarahhennies.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’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.
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Natalia 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.com
I co-founded an orchestra 18 years ago. Since then, I’ve seen doors close for working-class musicians | Robert Ames
I 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
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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Classic academic's wikipedia page arc
Early life, education, and career
Contributions
Criminal conviction
Awards
Other honors and positions
Pumpkin growing
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Margot 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.com
The Guardian view on music and drama education: reversing elitism starts at school | Editorial
Editorial: 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
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Top one seems about right
The word universities painted on a wall and crossed out
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
To be fair, it's probably no less realistic than the other tip: "sleep well"
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In 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.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It’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.uk
Scotland's universities face 'bleak' future as £200m funding gap revealed
A new report paints a 'bleak' picture of falling income from Scottish students and an over-reliance on international tuition fees.
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Just such a good commentator on gender m.youtube.com/watch?v=HxPb...
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Dolly Parton - Just Because I'm a Woman (Official Audio)
YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Some of my faves include this, from her first album. The harmonies, the belt, the sentiment *chef kiss* m.youtube.com/watch?v=3vc6...
m.youtube.com
Your Ole Handy Man
YouTube video by Dolly Parton - Topic
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I could talk about her music forever (I wrote an entire course on it) but her ability to veer so close to the mawkish, the saccharine, the cliché without ever falling into their traps is truly remarkable
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP Dolly Parton. Prolific songwriter, remarkable musician, fascinating cultural cipher, and (extremely conditional) anti-work icon.
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Crowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
why are you bothering me, i built you a perfectly functional wire mother
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Always good to let the three year old pick the record
A child holding up a record of English Heretoc's Plan for the Kidnap of Princess Anne
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Wondering who has a worse understanding of social construct...channel 4 or the Duke-industrial theorists a decade ago
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
That fifa anthem is giving Laibach
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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 15/07/2026
it'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
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I respect France's commitment to not working on a holiday.
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
It's happening again....
Four large striped courgettes
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 22/05/2026
How 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?
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 22/05/2026
A 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.
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
!!!job!!!
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I would maybe hate computer less if there were more cow aesthetics involved
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The cat has just made a noise that has made me weirdly nostalgic for a 1990s Gateway 2000 pc
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
(I am obsessed with all of these fakeestates.bandcamp.com/album/a-mech...)
fakeestates.bandcamp.com
A MECHANICAL JOEY, by BILL ORCUTT
2 track album
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Though tbh this captures more of where my brain was at fakeestates.bandcamp.com/album/the-fo...
fakeestates.bandcamp.com
The Four Louies, by Bill Orcutt
2 track album
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
BAD: being stuck at Tamworth yet again thanks to train fails GOOD: deep breaths and this soundtrack billorcutt.bandcamp.com/album/how-to...
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How to Rescue Things, by Bill Orcutt
7 track album
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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Academic 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
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Also, I, personally, expect very little from labour but it is something of a tell that, after years of (mis)managed decline, HE is going to fall apart on their watch
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Looks 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.com
Thousands of University of Nottingham staff told they are at risk of redundancy
Institution says it could run out of money by 2031 and wants to cut more than 600 academic and support posts
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
On 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
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I 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/toolkit
tinnitusarts.co.uk
Toolkit - tinnitusarts.co.uk
Sharing 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...
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Thankyou! I hope the trip is going well!
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Aw thanks Alex. It's been a (very) long time coming....!
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Hey, 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.edu
The Sonic Surrogate by Marie Thompson - Paper
Scholarship 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.
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Alex Baker @anomiegeog.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Historical gripe: Luddism was clandestine working class organizing. No Luddite would have signed a letter with their own name! That's the whole point.
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The closing date for our (fees-only) PhD studentship is fast approaching...
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Marie Thompson @joyousnoises.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Shamelessly stolen as a reference and not contemporary per se but NellyVille does utopia pretty explicitly...
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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
They call it world book day because it makes you hate both books and the world.
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Rebecca Williams @rebeccawilliams.info · 04/03/2026
🙏
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