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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Got my first tattoo today, and I really went for it…I got it right on my face 🤘 (Spoiler alert: I got my brows microbladed 💅)

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

One thing I’m hyped about is that Audacity has released a public beta with a swanky new UI! (I only use it for quick and dirty things like topping/tailing, reversing, and Paulstretching, but they’re adding automation and spectral editing tools, which sounds rad!) www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/auda...

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Audacity 4.0 beta lets you test its new (nicer) Qt interface - OMG! Ubuntu

Audacity 4's first public beta arrived this month with the biggest design change the iconic open-source audio editor has seen in decades. The audio

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Suddenly struck by my seeming biannual urge to engage with Bluesky again (I blame the somewhat lonely doldrums of summer, and ultimately the residual burnout from the school year (which is causing me to procrastinate all the writing I need to do))

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

As I’ve done for the past four years, I’m teaching David Huron’s work in my AI & Music course this week (we engage with his work frequently during the course), and I actually got unexpectedly emotional introducing it now that he has passed.

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

My syllabi are updated, my Canvas pages are made…this is the most ready I’ve ever been for a semester. After teaching in higher ed for 8yrs (4 on the adjunct circuit, 4 in tt jobs), this is the first semester where I haven’t had to deliver at least 1 completely new or heavily re-written course.

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

About to upgrade the OS on my computer and consequently need to back up my hard drive; this is a PSA to back up your computer if you haven’t done it in a while!

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Because of the heft of my teaching duties (esp surrounding AI) and having to navigate two new tenure track jobs in the past four years, I haven’t actually written a ton of music in a hot second. I’ve vowed to change that this year.

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Just finished my first book of the year: @karenhao.bsky.social’s Empire of AI. I can’t recommend this enough, regardless of whether you’re AI curious or a seasoned pro. As someone who has engaged with ML since about 2015, it was a fascinating and nuanced review of a decade of AI history.

Cover of Karen Hao’s book, Empire of AI, which fades from pink on the left to orange on the right. Text reads: New York Times Bestseller
Empire of AI
Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

That fallow time of year where I consider re-engaging with non-IG social media (primarily spurred on by having mustered enough motivation to sit down at my computer to work only to find that my external hard drive was improperly ejected last time and now needs time to right itself)

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I was recently talking to another professor who said that their students started referring to Pierre Schaeffer’s “Étude aux chemins de fer” as “The Choo-Choo Piece” and it is basically my Roman Empire (also probably why I’m randomly giggling to myself at any given moment)

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

✨📢 Heads up, Composer-land! 📢✨ Ohio State University is looking for a Lecturer in Music Composition to join us this fall! The position is full time and benefits-eligible. You can view more details and apply online at: osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Reporting on MIT’s shameful ban via the Boston Globe:

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Annnnd MIT’s administration just banned the class president from commencement for standing up for freedom and against state- and institution-sanctioned murder yesterday (especially hypocritical after Sally Kornbluth affirmed students’ right to free expression immediately after her speech).

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

I’ve watched every MIT commencement speech since my graduation’s in ‘11, and I can say that none have used the word ‘butthole’ twice nor stood up to power (or imparted as much wisdom) as @hankgreen.bsky.social’s. Thanks for speaking truth to power on a stage I care so much about! ❤️🩶🖤 #gotech

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Alison Schary @alisonschary.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Sen. Warren was my 1L contracts professor, and this is why we never came to class without doing the assigned reading.

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Sure, ChatGPT may be undermining the educational system, but Kristi Noem is living proof that it didn’t need much help

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Artforum @artforum.com · 20/05/2025

Pathbreaking composer, choreographer, and performer Meredith Monk has been awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement by the organizers of the Sixty-Ninth Venice Biennale Musica. www.artforum.com/news/meredit...

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Meredith Monk Wins Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at Venice Biennale Musica

Composer, choreographer, and performer Meredith Monk has been awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement by the 69th Venice Biennale Musica.

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

There is no euphoria like the feeling of a conference submission deadline being extended just as you’re getting ready to pull an all-nighter to meet the first deadline

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

It is WILD to now be a matriarch in the academic electronic music community (I’m 35). By the end of tonight’s late SEAMUS concert (~11:40pm), I was the eldest femme person in the bar, one of 2-3 others amidst ~40 people. I would usually stay until I was the last, but I’ve been awake for over 20hrs 🫠

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

When I turned 35 in Jan, I reticently got one of those fancy retinol night creams because I figured I would be frowning & furrowing my brow a lot over next 4yrs and I might as well try to do *something* to counteract it. I assumed it was all a sham, but after 2mos, I’m astonished to say IT WORKS

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

We’re talking IP protection in the age of AI this week in my AI+music class, and I cannot begin to describe how gleeful I am to be able to bring up OSU’s attempt to trademark “THE” now that I teach here

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I know I went off about the main title theme for White Lotus S3 last week, but all is forgiven - which is exactly what I had hoped would happen last week (shhhhh no spoilers)

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

#tfw you get broken up with because you can’t bear children #academia

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Today in my AI and music class, we started digging into the nuts and bolts of neural networks, and I introduced hidden layers using the scene from Severance where Helly finds scary numbers for the first time (I also told them that the work of hidden layers is Mysterious and Important, just like MDR)

GIF of Mark S from Severence sternly wagging his finger at Helly R with theme words “The work is mysterious and important”

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

WHAT IN THE NAME OF ALL THINGS GOOD AND HOLY HAVE THEY DONE TO THE MAIN TITLE THEME OF WHITE LOTUS

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Valendyne’s Day at a uni where you are valued looks like your dean (like, of the entire college of arts and humanities, not just the school of music) personally emailing you with a link to a grant that she saw that made her think of you, and doing so more than a month before the deadline 🥹

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Happy Valendyne’s Day to all who celebrate

The text “if you liked it, then you should’ve put a ring mod on it” with a circuit diagram of a ring modulator

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I almost always “Skip Intro” for the shows that I watch, but the Severance intro (for both seasons) is SO GOOD that I watch it every time. While clearly & intentionally CGI, there’s a photorealistic glossiness that’s uncannily reminiscent of AI-generated images (even in S1, before DallE et al)

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I have a lot of reservations about the use of large language models (esp given the climate ethics), but I will say, I have some students in my AI & music class who have fantastic project ideas but no coding experience, and they have been able to accomplish some pretty incredible things so far

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Is there a word for when random people show up at a government building and announce that they're in charge

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

So I haven’t done the math and probably won’t ever have time to, but did this year’s GRAMMYs have the most female/nb awardees of all time? It honestly felt that way, but I don’t know if that’s just the fact that statistically, slightly increased representation feels like a landslide, or if it’s true

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CNN @cnn.com · 03/02/2025

Chappell Roan advocates for emerging musicians while accepting the award for best new artist: cnn.it/4hCxRKA

Chappell Roan accepts the Best New Artist award onstage during the 67th Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. | Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

This morning’s #piptalk features a rare full-on meow cameo from Madame Marie Purrie:

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

For the past three years, I’d used Spotify’s API to help demonstrate MIR to our students (as well as incite discussions about whether or not Spotify is evil - was really looking forward to it this year). However, I just discovered that in Nov, they shut down the audio features portion of their API.

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I’m admittedly not up to date on DOOM mods, but has anyone made one for Severance (and by extension of the Holmdel Complex, Bell Labs)? I won’t have the time to do something like this until I have tenure, but dang, what a fun, nerdy wonder it would be

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Alex Segura @alexsegura.com · 28/01/2025

Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books. bookshop.org/ebooks

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

When I was negotiating the offer for my current job, there was a brief discussion about being hired with tenure, but I decided instead to start my clock over. The biggest reason I held off is b/c some grants from the NIH/NSF are only available to jr faculty. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

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NSF cancels grant reviews to comply with Trump EOs

Scheduled review panels for National Science Foundation grant applications are on pause until Feb. 1. Some researchers believe the pause may be connected to the new administration’s anti-DEI crusade.

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Huge thanks to the Notre Dame Dept of Music and Technology & Digital Studies Program for hosting me yesterday! It was an honor to talk and think with all of you (and thank you for not murdering me despite the event from last week that shall not be named)

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Search committee meetings at 4:30pm on Fridays should be illegal

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Absolutely cackling over the fact that the executive order attempting to declare that there are only two genders inadvertently declared everyone female 😂😂😂😂😂😂

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Back in 2023, I had to scramble to prepare a lecture module on Biden's AI executive order (which came out the day before my AI+music class), and now I'm scrambling to prepare a lecture module on the repeal of that same executive order (which has of course come out the day before my AI+music class) 🫠

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Okay I’m bringing these back because we all need some positivity. Here’s your morning #piptalk from Dr. Fuzz Aldrin, with bonus shade from Madame Marie Purrie (sound up for pips!):

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

So I just turned 35 two weeks ago and I’ve decided that it’s finally time that I use one of those retinol night creams, because I have a feeling the next four years are going to do QUITE A NUMBER on the bags under my eyes. Like, I’m going to be charged extra for those bags at the airport

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

So do I wear my bright red blazer when I give my guest lectures at Notre Dame next week or

Screenshot of a wide shot of the football stadium with red confetti and a banner that says “Ohio State National Champions (first championship since 2014)”

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Tina Tallon @ttallon.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I finally got the chance to read @lizpelly.bsky.social’s fantastic book, “Mood Machine,” (am assigning selections for my AI+music class this week), and y’all: get it into your eyes and/or ears ASAP! (And if you’re at a uni, ask your library to order a copy so that your students can access it, too!)

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