Robert Komaniecki
@komaniecki.bsky.social
Music theory and history professor. Will help you with your music theory homework. Dad.
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Robert Komaniecki
@komaniecki.bsky.social
· Jan 26
Putting it out there that I’d like to branch into writing more pop musicology/music theory content for general audiences. If your publication would like a music essay that is fun, informative, and well-sourced, send me a message.
Below, I’ll give examples of things I’ve written about previously:
Below, I’ll give examples of things I’ve written about previously:
I have more followers than I thought I would on Instagram (51k and rising) and it’s kinda made me feel a little frozen. Like I can’t post that dad joke, there are fifty thousand people here, I gotta be cool
November 29, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I have more followers than I thought I would on Instagram (51k and rising) and it’s kinda made me feel a little frozen. Like I can’t post that dad joke, there are fifty thousand people here, I gotta be cool
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my daughter announced, with great confidence, that the lit menorah in the city plaza was for people who celebrate harmonica
November 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
my daughter announced, with great confidence, that the lit menorah in the city plaza was for people who celebrate harmonica
Significance of this is threefold:
1. Strikes were already illegal murder of non-combatants
2. Even if they were combatants, second strike on survivors in water is execution of unarmed, also illegal
3. High-ups in U.S. military hate Hegseth enough to leak this almost immediately
1. Strikes were already illegal murder of non-combatants
2. Even if they were combatants, second strike on survivors in water is execution of unarmed, also illegal
3. High-ups in U.S. military hate Hegseth enough to leak this almost immediately
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Significance of this is threefold:
1. Strikes were already illegal murder of non-combatants
2. Even if they were combatants, second strike on survivors in water is execution of unarmed, also illegal
3. High-ups in U.S. military hate Hegseth enough to leak this almost immediately
1. Strikes were already illegal murder of non-combatants
2. Even if they were combatants, second strike on survivors in water is execution of unarmed, also illegal
3. High-ups in U.S. military hate Hegseth enough to leak this almost immediately
I posted a little video about how I enjoy living in Vancouver, Canada, and really enraged a boomer from Scottsdale Arizona who proceeded to invent a whole new version of me to get even madder at
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I posted a little video about how I enjoy living in Vancouver, Canada, and really enraged a boomer from Scottsdale Arizona who proceeded to invent a whole new version of me to get even madder at
Reposted by Robert Komaniecki
my 4-year-old explaining the rules of the game he just made up to his 18-month-old sister
November 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
my 4-year-old explaining the rules of the game he just made up to his 18-month-old sister
“Permanently pause” makes zero sense, it’s like saying “airborne submarine”
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 AM
“Permanently pause” makes zero sense, it’s like saying “airborne submarine”
20 and 24 years old, geez. It’s idiotic that they were deployed in the first place. It was always obvious that flooding DC and Chicago with these people was going to result in something like this happening—the only surprising thing is that it took as long as it did. Just heartbreaking news man.
WASHINGTON (AP) — National Guard members shot in Washington, DC, identified as Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Andrew Wolfe, 24, US attorney says.
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
20 and 24 years old, geez. It’s idiotic that they were deployed in the first place. It was always obvious that flooding DC and Chicago with these people was going to result in something like this happening—the only surprising thing is that it took as long as it did. Just heartbreaking news man.
I mean, Nuzzi was accepted and praised by much of the journalistic elite. They facilitated the kind of environment that led to a journalist working as an undisclosed operative for RFK Jr.
So yeah unfortunately I think it is a commentary on journalism and the state of media. Sorry
So yeah unfortunately I think it is a commentary on journalism and the state of media. Sorry
you know, what if they aren't actually a commentary on journalism or the state of media. what if these people are just extremely weird
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I mean, Nuzzi was accepted and praised by much of the journalistic elite. They facilitated the kind of environment that led to a journalist working as an undisclosed operative for RFK Jr.
So yeah unfortunately I think it is a commentary on journalism and the state of media. Sorry
So yeah unfortunately I think it is a commentary on journalism and the state of media. Sorry
Not the NYT's finest hour for copyediting, it would seem
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Not the NYT's finest hour for copyediting, it would seem
I really love my daughters. They are so funny and nice and interesting
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I really love my daughters. They are so funny and nice and interesting
Tyler Austin Harper, now there’s a doofus I haven’t thought about for a while
A racist TV show made with the assistance of Sora has attracted millions of viewers. Tyler Austin Harper argues that it could be “the harbinger of a new entertainment landscape where extremist AI shows will jockey for our attention with more anodyne ones”:
The Will Stancil Show Could Be the Future
A racist TV series making fun of a minor social-media celebrity has attracted millions of viewers—and demonstrates the alarming possibilities of AI.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Tyler Austin Harper, now there’s a doofus I haven’t thought about for a while
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Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
Reposted by Robert Komaniecki
Oh no. Awful news. Stay safe DC friends
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Oh no. Awful news. Stay safe DC friends
😂
KASH PATEL ON FIRING WATCH, THIS IS NOT A DRILL, REPEAT KASH PATEL ON FIRING WATCH
President Trump may have had enough of Kash Patel, according to sources
The president is weighing whether to oust the FBI director after scrutiny of Patel's stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail and use of a government jet.
www.ms.now
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
😂
I feel like people increasingly denigrate “girl boss feminism body positivity” of the 2010s without remembering what it was a response to
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I feel like people increasingly denigrate “girl boss feminism body positivity” of the 2010s without remembering what it was a response to
Women in male-dominated fields
Man divorces wife after she puts him in debt sending $94,000 to male streamer - Dexerto
A man in China has filed for divorce after learning his wife blew their life savings on a male streamer, leaving the family deep in debt.
www.dexerto.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Women in male-dominated fields
I usually embrace technicalities, but it annoys me when I say I'm "American" and folks respond with "AmErIcA hAs LoTs Of CoUnTrIes, iT's TwO wHoLe CoNtInents"
Man, you know which one. The one with "America" as part of the country name, for which "American" is a common shorthand and colloquialism.
Man, you know which one. The one with "America" as part of the country name, for which "American" is a common shorthand and colloquialism.
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I usually embrace technicalities, but it annoys me when I say I'm "American" and folks respond with "AmErIcA hAs LoTs Of CoUnTrIes, iT's TwO wHoLe CoNtInents"
Man, you know which one. The one with "America" as part of the country name, for which "American" is a common shorthand and colloquialism.
Man, you know which one. The one with "America" as part of the country name, for which "American" is a common shorthand and colloquialism.
It's kind of crazy how bad Trump has been for agriculture. Beef prices are already at a record high, and now Tyson is reducing the nation's beef capacity by like 9% and essentially destroying a farm town of 11,000. Tariffs are blowing up import prices but we can't even produce domestically.
Tyson's beef plant closure in Nebraska will impact a reliant town and ranchers nationwide
Tyson Foods’ decision to close a beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, could devastate the small city and undermine the profits of ranchers nationwide.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It's kind of crazy how bad Trump has been for agriculture. Beef prices are already at a record high, and now Tyson is reducing the nation's beef capacity by like 9% and essentially destroying a farm town of 11,000. Tariffs are blowing up import prices but we can't even produce domestically.
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“within the closed system of a large language model, novelty and effectiveness function as inversely related variables. As the system strives to be more effective by choosing probable words, it automatically becomes less novel”
It is looking more and more like AI is going to level off and become a paywall-ridden dump as corps scramble to turn a profit
A mathematical ceiling limits generative AI to amateur-level creativity
A new study argues that the algorithms driving tools like ChatGPT impose a hard limit on originality. By prioritizing probable answers, these models are structurally confined to producing amateur-leve...
www.psypost.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
“within the closed system of a large language model, novelty and effectiveness function as inversely related variables. As the system strives to be more effective by choosing probable words, it automatically becomes less novel”
I am getting close to 50k followers on Instagram, which means that I'm getting more offers for sponsored posts, and it's ridiculous how many places try to pay you with product samples instead of like, real money
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I am getting close to 50k followers on Instagram, which means that I'm getting more offers for sponsored posts, and it's ridiculous how many places try to pay you with product samples instead of like, real money
It is looking more and more like AI is going to level off and become a paywall-ridden dump as corps scramble to turn a profit
A mathematical ceiling limits generative AI to amateur-level creativity
A new study argues that the algorithms driving tools like ChatGPT impose a hard limit on originality. By prioritizing probable answers, these models are structurally confined to producing amateur-leve...
www.psypost.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 AM
It is looking more and more like AI is going to level off and become a paywall-ridden dump as corps scramble to turn a profit
Always bums me out when a Marvel or Star Wars property has a little glimmer of artfulness poking out in a way that makes it clear that there was once an creative, good idea or direction that was simply eroded by profit optimization and test screenings.
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Always bums me out when a Marvel or Star Wars property has a little glimmer of artfulness poking out in a way that makes it clear that there was once an creative, good idea or direction that was simply eroded by profit optimization and test screenings.
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You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.