Reposted by ViolinknitterAndrew Sehmann @andrewsehmann.com · 10/10/2026Brahms: 9 Short Variations about Joseph Haydn. 261
Reposted by ViolinknitterAndrew Sehmann @andrewsehmann.com · 10/10/2026I believe that symphonies should be subtitled like the latter movie sequels of Police Academy, Mission Impossible, or Nightmare on Elm Street. For example: 2152
Reposted by ViolinknitterLynne Kelly 🐘🐳🐣🐙 @lynnekelly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Hey everyone I got to meet Bertha. She is very round & friendly 061
Reposted by ViolinknitterLibro.fm @libro.fm · 06/10/2026It's a PRIME DAY to shop our Indie Bookshop Appreciation Sale, where every audiobook you purchase directly benefits your independent bookshop (versus a mega corporation). You don't have to be a member to shop, but members do take an additional 30% off. ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ 112671
Reposted by ViolinknitterLibro.fm @libro.fm · 28/09/2026Say you read one book a month. If you buy the book at your indie, it might cost a few more dollars than from a megaretailer. Now imagine if 9 more people in your community made that switch. What may feel like a small thing is often actually big, especially when we work together 💓 931269
Violinknitter @violinknitter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026He just got a little too wrapped up in his research and neglected to come home and finish writing his dissertation, ok??? 010
Violinknitter @violinknitter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I just heard someone call Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle a college dropout, and NO! He’s an ABD grad school washout! It’s totally different! 110
Reposted by ViolinknitterRosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I’m sure you’ve seen Martha Wells on the topic of the use of AI—she is wonderfully forthright… And, of course in the Murderbot Universe we know that if they killed all the humans there would be no one to make media! [and no scientific research…] Clutches function! 1136
Reposted by ViolinknitterMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 23/09/2026vote for me and my platform of chilly rainy days being only for cozy reading and napping 445679
Reposted by ViolinknitterLynne Kelly 🐘🐳🐣🐙 @lynnekelly.bsky.social · 13/09/2026“I’m not mad at you, just disappointed.” 082
Reposted by ViolinknitterMighoul Revenantparaz @wikiparaz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026PAUL: What’s in the box? REVEREND MOTHER: Pain. [PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.] REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn, 6277052029
Violinknitter @violinknitter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It’s pretty niche, but critics writing about his concerts frequently mentioned him getting out of tune in sections 010
Violinknitter @violinknitter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026When I should be practicing, but instead I’m making memes casting shade on a violinist who died over a century ago 130
Reposted by ViolinknitterThe Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 06/09/2026I love it when our ancestors predicted the future. These French illustrations tell us what people in ca 1910 thought the world would be like a century later. Some of these were pretty close! Let's take a look. (original here: gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...) 822662
Reposted by ViolinknitterShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 22/08/2026will never unsee again 757961
Reposted by ViolinknitterEight Days of Diana Wynne Jones @eightdaysofdiana.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Thank you all so much for the reams and reams of great questions and comments you sent in to us for this season, which has resulted in a full THREE HOUR final bonus episode for S3! zencastr.com/z/QO_WfPULzencastr.comS3 Bonus Episode 3 - Q&A · Zencastr VideoThis ae nighte, this ae nighte, Every nighte and alle, Fire and fleet and candle-lighte, And Christe receive thy saule. In our final S3 bonus episode, we spend either three hours (from your perspecti 4304
Reposted by ViolinknitterJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 23/11/2024Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Science Fiction Writer: The cup is a crystalline super computer and the liquid is hyperintelligent, they want to know why humanity should be allowed to exist, you have 30 minutes to respond and the answer must be danced by a cat 1332349215
Reposted by ViolinknitterDr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Geomorphologist: the water in the cup ran up the sides of the cup to an elevation of 112mm, which is one of highest waves ever recorded. Good thing there were no cruise ships in the cup. 1699
Reposted by ViolinknitterThe Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 21/08/2026"International assassin" always implies the existence of national assassins, or possibly local assassins. Every midsized town has a minor assassin working out of a storefront at the mall between the Cinnabon and the UBreakIFix guy 5449263
Violinknitter @violinknitter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Sometimes I look at the knitting community and think “Wow, we have more drama than just about any other community out there” And then I remember that I’m a professional classical musician 000
Violinknitter @violinknitter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026So you’ve left fundiegelical Christianity? I am so proud of you, that’s such a hard journey! Gonna hold your hand while I say this: if you’ve deconstructed from Xianity but haven’t worked on whiteness & colonialism? Sweetie, you’re not done. Keep going, there’s more sh*t to unlearn 000
Reposted by Violinknitter🎹 sharon su @doodlyroses.com · 20/08/2026I did a research project on legendary child prodigies and found that the secret sauce was having parents who provided them with the best musical education possible and connections to a professional network that gave them opportunities That’s it that’s the secret, it’s just access 1012925
Reposted by ViolinknitterThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 20/08/2026You can believe that there are some LLM use cases while also thinking the societal and educational push to shove it everywhere is immoral and disastrous. 714524
Reposted by ViolinknitterCatherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 19/08/2026By the way, this is the exact historical process of “woke” people attempting basic goodness & smashing into the conservative brain over the course of this stupid fucking century. It’s just that conservatives stay 7 forever. 1638
Reposted by ViolinknitterCatherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Doing the gentle parenting thing of patiently explaining the effects of a small one’s actions/choices when… Childe: STOP IT YOU’RE JUST TRYING TO GET ME TO FEEL WHAT YOU FEEL!! Me: Well…yeah. It’s called empathy. Kind of a big deal Childe: WELL I HATE IT I AM NOT GOING TO DO ITstatic.klipy.comRon Swanson Suppressing LaughterALT: Ron Swanson Suppressing Laughter 31098
Violinknitter @violinknitter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026A thousand Renaissance alchemists dancing for joy in their graves. We finally did it. Pb into Au www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comPhysicists turn lead into gold — for a fraction of a secondColliding beams of lead create fast-moving, short-lived gold ions. Understanding the process could help to refine particle-accelerator experiments. 000
Violinknitter @violinknitter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026“Ms. Midwesterner, what impact does corn sweat have on you on a day-to-day basis?” “Well I just stepped out of the air-conditioned grocery store and my glasses fogged up so fast I couldn’t see where I was going” 000
Reposted by ViolinknitterGretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 09/10/2025Higgledy piggledy Timothée Chalamet Has a name meriting Endless design Much like his forerunner Benedict Cumberbatch: Hexasyllabically, Easy to rhyme 522938839
Reposted by ViolinknitterEugenia Triantafyllou @foxesandroses.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I found it to be of little use in writing anything of substance and I haven't used AI to write my stories. I've come to hate LLMs and I would never participate in a similar study today. I have been vocally against AI. 145075
Reposted by ViolinknitterEugenia Triantafyllou @foxesandroses.bsky.social · 07/08/2026In 2022, before Chatgpt and everything that came next, I participated in this study. It was framed as a research on a new tool that I could try and offer my opinion on. I didn't know that it was trained on copyrighted material.wordcraft-writers-workshop.appspot.comWordcraft Writers WorkshopThe Wordcraft Writers Workshop is a collaboration between Google's PAIR and Magenta teams, and 13 professional writers. Together we explore the limits of co-writing with AI. 33665261
Violinknitter @violinknitter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026It won’t be available for a credit until Oct. 26, but in the meantime you can still get it for 30% off as a Libro.fm member! 120
Violinknitter @violinknitter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Oooh, you are so right! Not to mention it’s so long that it’s a great use of a credit! 180
Reposted by ViolinknitterLibro.fm @libro.fm · 07/08/2026Big news, readers: Ebooks are coming! 🎉 We’re excited to share that in the coming months, you’ll be able to enjoy both ebooks and audiobooks on Libro! Every purchase you make will benefit your chosen independent bookshop. What are we most excited about? 🔽 1429995
Violinknitter @violinknitter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Ok, basically any Ann Leckie book narrated by Adjoa Andoh! Radiant Star is the most recent and can be read stand-alone even though it’s part of the Imperial Radch world. Leckie’s fantasy The Raven Tower is my favorite by her! Also Martha Wells’ Murderbot Diaries books narrated by Kevin R. Free 4140
Violinknitter @violinknitter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Every once in a while I remember that VeggieTales has a character named the Italian Scallion and it just makes me happy 000
Reposted by Violinknitterdiggingtrail @diggingtrail.bsky.social · 02/08/2026WTF How do they expect to grow the sport and gain viewership of they don’t show it? I enjoy the TDF Femmes as much if not more than the men’s race and want to watch the whole thing 072
Reposted by ViolinknitterDr. Abigail Desmond @abigaildesmond.bsky.social · 02/08/202615,000 years ago, in one of the the earliest settled communities in the world, a child collected fine clay from the slow-moving river by her home. She then committed an act familiar to all inveterate play-doh enthusiasts; rolling and and pinching the squishy clay into tiny round balls. 3534169
Reposted by ViolinknitterDavid W. Congdon @dwcongdon.com · 02/08/20269. Instead, historians like Sutton in his book CHOSEN LAND shift the line of inquiry. Instead of trying to measure who is or who isn't Christian, he asks a different question: "Do the social norms and political systems favor Christianity over other religions?" The answer, he demonstrates, is yes. 1335
Violinknitter @violinknitter.bsky.social · 02/08/2026So *no one* broadcast the first hour + of the race? 100
Violinknitter @violinknitter.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Soooo Peacock is just gonna show the pre-stream filler and never actually switch over to a live broadcast of the TDFF? It’s 20 minutes since they said the broadcast would start, and over an hour since the race started 152
Reposted by ViolinknitterThe Nightmare on Timothy St @barturtle.bsky.social · 02/08/2026It's bad enough that Tour de France Femmes coverage doesn't cover the start, but making us miss out on Mountain Points is horrible. @nbcpeacock.bsky.social sucks 0122
Violinknitter @violinknitter.bsky.social · 26/07/2026NBC commentator: “I would imagine that MvdP has his eyes closed hoping that when he opens them Tadej will still be there” On these narrow winding Paris streets?? I hope MvdP is keeping his eyes wide open!!! #TourDeFrance 000
Violinknitter @violinknitter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I need the equivalent of a 2* Goodreads review for Dante’s Commedia: “Decent poetry, interesting premise. Ruined by the constant inclusion of politics and fanfiction-esque adoration of Virgil” 000
Reposted by Violinknitterbeetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Over a year ago, a Dutch frog science magazine emailed me asking if they could include my comic in their upcoming issue about dart frogs. They were interviewing the scientist who first described the blue poison dart frog; he had seen and liked the comic. They mailed me a copy, which just arrived: 584869682
Violinknitter @violinknitter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Sepp Kuss, nooo!!!! (He’s at least safe!) #TourDeFrance 060
Reposted by ViolinknitterJared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 24/07/2026everyone needs their own Homeric epithet but I don’t think you should get to decide what your own is 0285
Reposted by Violinknitter🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 24/07/2026I prithee. Please subscribe to B*tch, Listen. If it's hard to find, use the asterisk! Or search my name. I appreciate you. 010018
Reposted by ViolinknitterThe Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 22/07/2026At the end of the day, don't we all just want to read books and eat pastries in a seaside cottage during a raging thunderstorm? 1857560
