Adam Knight Gilbert
@akgilbert.bsky.social
Recorder, shawm, and bagpipe player, musicologist, Professor, Chair of Musicology, and Director of Early Music Program at University of Southern California. I research historical composition, improvisation, symbolism, and symmetries, and I like to draw.
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This shit sucks man. Medically proven and effective treatment that would save trans youth a lifetime of pain and discomfort in their own bodies thrown in the trash because our country enables the most evil people imaginable.
August 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This shit sucks man. Medically proven and effective treatment that would save trans youth a lifetime of pain and discomfort in their own bodies thrown in the trash because our country enables the most evil people imaginable.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again.
3 days. Americans could bring this administration and the government to a screeching halt if at least 15 million would just strike for 3 days in a row.
3 days. Americans could bring this administration and the government to a screeching halt if at least 15 million would just strike for 3 days in a row.
August 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
3 days. Americans could bring this administration and the government to a screeching halt if at least 15 million would just strike for 3 days in a row.
3 days. Americans could bring this administration and the government to a screeching halt if at least 15 million would just strike for 3 days in a row.
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Is there anyone who knows the folk music degree at Newcastle? I know a thoroughly folky 21 year old who has 3 A levels but not in music. Experienced singer and songwriter, decent guitarist, great trad repertoire. Very keen to apply but not sure that they would qualify for an offer.
August 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Is there anyone who knows the folk music degree at Newcastle? I know a thoroughly folky 21 year old who has 3 A levels but not in music. Experienced singer and songwriter, decent guitarist, great trad repertoire. Very keen to apply but not sure that they would qualify for an offer.
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Our first new resource is posted today!
These two guides address common misinformation and misconceptions around European trans health care policy and how it compares to U.S. regulations.
www.transjournalists.org/internationa...
These two guides address common misinformation and misconceptions around European trans health care policy and how it compares to U.S. regulations.
www.transjournalists.org/internationa...
August 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Our first new resource is posted today!
These two guides address common misinformation and misconceptions around European trans health care policy and how it compares to U.S. regulations.
www.transjournalists.org/internationa...
These two guides address common misinformation and misconceptions around European trans health care policy and how it compares to U.S. regulations.
www.transjournalists.org/internationa...
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Oh not much, just a quick peek at a few diagrams in a 13th c. copy of Joannes de Sacro Bosco's influential pre-Copernican astronomical text Tractatus de sphaera (On the Sphere of the World) (UPenn LJS 26) #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/41EAKFa
🔗: https://bit.ly/41EAKFa
August 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Oh not much, just a quick peek at a few diagrams in a 13th c. copy of Joannes de Sacro Bosco's influential pre-Copernican astronomical text Tractatus de sphaera (On the Sphere of the World) (UPenn LJS 26) #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/41EAKFa
🔗: https://bit.ly/41EAKFa
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NYT article (gift) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b.... fyi @wskg.bsky.social
The Race to Rescue PBS and NPR Stations
www.nytimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
NYT article (gift) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b.... fyi @wskg.bsky.social
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"This movement is more than just social media posts, and it’s an example of how our response to the ruling is a litmus test for the LGBTQIA+ community’s resilience and solidarity."
www.wearequeeraf.com/how-my-local...
www.wearequeeraf.com/how-my-local...
How my local action turned into a national movement creating safe spaces for Trans+ people
Thinking globally, but acting locally sparked a movement, that has ultimately spread the Safe Space initiative nationwide
www.wearequeeraf.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"This movement is more than just social media posts, and it’s an example of how our response to the ruling is a litmus test for the LGBTQIA+ community’s resilience and solidarity."
www.wearequeeraf.com/how-my-local...
www.wearequeeraf.com/how-my-local...
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Folks starting or early in their journey learning French, it might be fun to learn poems by heart or practice reading them out loud.
Jacques Prévert's poems are known for brevity, simplicity, and emotional depth.
Audio & Text, "Déjeuner du Matin" and others:
wheatonvivevoix.com/titres/dejeu...
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Jacques Prévert's poems are known for brevity, simplicity, and emotional depth.
Audio & Text, "Déjeuner du Matin" and others:
wheatonvivevoix.com/titres/dejeu...
…
August 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Folks starting or early in their journey learning French, it might be fun to learn poems by heart or practice reading them out loud.
Jacques Prévert's poems are known for brevity, simplicity, and emotional depth.
Audio & Text, "Déjeuner du Matin" and others:
wheatonvivevoix.com/titres/dejeu...
…
Jacques Prévert's poems are known for brevity, simplicity, and emotional depth.
Audio & Text, "Déjeuner du Matin" and others:
wheatonvivevoix.com/titres/dejeu...
…
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Missing Helen and want to give this a boost. It’s so close to the goal. Let’s get it the rest of the way: www.gofundme.com/f/support-he...
Donate to Support Helen's Children After Her Passing, organized by Marcus Arvan
Help provide Helen De Cruz's children with a better start in life after her un… Marcus Arvan needs your support for Support Helen's Children After Her Passing
www.gofundme.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Missing Helen and want to give this a boost. It’s so close to the goal. Let’s get it the rest of the way: www.gofundme.com/f/support-he...
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coincidentally my historical research today led me to this, from 1970
August 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
coincidentally my historical research today led me to this, from 1970
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A powerful story of heartbreak and courage…
“I was ready to spend the rest of my life living in my house in Maine. … I started to feel that we were genuinely unsafe. If you have a trans kid, you can see this shit coming from a mile away.”
“I was ready to spend the rest of my life living in my house in Maine. … I started to feel that we were genuinely unsafe. If you have a trans kid, you can see this shit coming from a mile away.”
New Yorker posts unique multi-media story about an affirming single mom who fled US to support her 16 y/o trans child. Interestingly, she left Maine, one of the more supportive states so far. [no paywall]
A Mother and Her Trans Teen Decide to Leave the U.S.
After President Trump issued an executive order aimed at restricting access to gender-affirming care for minors, one family made the difficult choice to relocate to Mexico City.
www.newyorker.com
August 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A powerful story of heartbreak and courage…
“I was ready to spend the rest of my life living in my house in Maine. … I started to feel that we were genuinely unsafe. If you have a trans kid, you can see this shit coming from a mile away.”
“I was ready to spend the rest of my life living in my house in Maine. … I started to feel that we were genuinely unsafe. If you have a trans kid, you can see this shit coming from a mile away.”
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Ceding rights does not work as a strategy and it necessarily means sacrificing the lives of Americans as well, lives like J.J. and their mom.
If we still wonder how the Holocaust could have happened, that is how.
Stop, dig in and defend the rights of all Americans. There will no other chance.
If we still wonder how the Holocaust could have happened, that is how.
Stop, dig in and defend the rights of all Americans. There will no other chance.
August 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Ceding rights does not work as a strategy and it necessarily means sacrificing the lives of Americans as well, lives like J.J. and their mom.
If we still wonder how the Holocaust could have happened, that is how.
Stop, dig in and defend the rights of all Americans. There will no other chance.
If we still wonder how the Holocaust could have happened, that is how.
Stop, dig in and defend the rights of all Americans. There will no other chance.
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Emboldened by one victory they move to their next targets: Black ppl, Brown ppl, immigrants. After eradicating medical science and the rule of law, they are taking aim at the constitution itself and what it ensures: free speech, due process and a free press
August 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Emboldened by one victory they move to their next targets: Black ppl, Brown ppl, immigrants. After eradicating medical science and the rule of law, they are taking aim at the constitution itself and what it ensures: free speech, due process and a free press
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You cannot trade in one human right in hopes of preserving others. That’s never how it works.
Authoritarians, driven by bigotry hate, will never be satisfied. These radical right wingers are already moving to abolish abortion rights, gay marriage and gay adoption, and to revive conversion therapy
Authoritarians, driven by bigotry hate, will never be satisfied. These radical right wingers are already moving to abolish abortion rights, gay marriage and gay adoption, and to revive conversion therapy
August 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
You cannot trade in one human right in hopes of preserving others. That’s never how it works.
Authoritarians, driven by bigotry hate, will never be satisfied. These radical right wingers are already moving to abolish abortion rights, gay marriage and gay adoption, and to revive conversion therapy
Authoritarians, driven by bigotry hate, will never be satisfied. These radical right wingers are already moving to abolish abortion rights, gay marriage and gay adoption, and to revive conversion therapy
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From me:
For all those folks who see trans kids and their families as political chits whose rights can be traded in, I have one word: Stop.
For all those folks who see trans kids and their families as political chits whose rights can be traded in, I have one word: Stop.
August 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
From me:
For all those folks who see trans kids and their families as political chits whose rights can be traded in, I have one word: Stop.
For all those folks who see trans kids and their families as political chits whose rights can be traded in, I have one word: Stop.
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Healthcare centers are ending their gender-affirming care services for youth as a result of Trump's cruel intimidation tactics. It's a sign that all healthcare is in jeopardy, while Trump's in office. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The Attack on Transgender Kids Isn’t Just Cruel. It’s an Omen.
The Trump administration is showing how easily it can target any health practice it opposes.
www.bloomberg.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Healthcare centers are ending their gender-affirming care services for youth as a result of Trump's cruel intimidation tactics. It's a sign that all healthcare is in jeopardy, while Trump's in office. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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From Georgie Gardiner: We will gather online to celebrate Helen De Cruz's philosophical artworks.
Please join us. All welcome.
Tues, June 24th, 11am Central US Time (5pm BST)
Please help spread the word! Share this post or website.
georgigardiner.com/helen%22
Please join us. All welcome.
Tues, June 24th, 11am Central US Time (5pm BST)
Please help spread the word! Share this post or website.
georgigardiner.com/helen%22
June 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
From Georgie Gardiner: We will gather online to celebrate Helen De Cruz's philosophical artworks.
Please join us. All welcome.
Tues, June 24th, 11am Central US Time (5pm BST)
Please help spread the word! Share this post or website.
georgigardiner.com/helen%22
Please join us. All welcome.
Tues, June 24th, 11am Central US Time (5pm BST)
Please help spread the word! Share this post or website.
georgigardiner.com/helen%22
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Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
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i did a podcast about my short story the diamond mountain, published by @kaleidotrope.bsky.social and hosted by @chelseaharamia.bsky.social and @kmdoublev.bsky.social
more by other writers will come
more by other writers will come
May 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
i did a podcast about my short story the diamond mountain, published by @kaleidotrope.bsky.social and hosted by @chelseaharamia.bsky.social and @kmdoublev.bsky.social
more by other writers will come
more by other writers will come
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I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
June 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
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Fun fact: in the 1960s, Civil Rights protestors were given literal classes on nonviolent protest; they didn't all just spontaneously know what to do.
So, if you're planning on showing up, this weekend: read this comic. And if you're staying home, signal-boost it/link it around.
So, if you're planning on showing up, this weekend: read this comic. And if you're staying home, signal-boost it/link it around.
I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
June 13, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Fun fact: in the 1960s, Civil Rights protestors were given literal classes on nonviolent protest; they didn't all just spontaneously know what to do.
So, if you're planning on showing up, this weekend: read this comic. And if you're staying home, signal-boost it/link it around.
So, if you're planning on showing up, this weekend: read this comic. And if you're staying home, signal-boost it/link it around.
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June 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Looks like a great opportunity in DC
June 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Looks like a great opportunity in DC