Emma Cifrino (dr. maine witch, DMA, PhD⁷)
@mainewitch.bsky.social
double doctor & music studies lecturer; freelance violist; in my k-pop era; reylo sleeper agent; free palestine 🇵🇸
I have a blog: mainewitchonpop.com
I have a blog: mainewitchonpop.com
You know how you’re supposed to listen to your body or whatever? Well recently my body has been saying “suddenly be wide awake at 3am and eat a bowl of cinnamon Puffins cereal”
December 4, 2025 at 5:40 AM
You know how you’re supposed to listen to your body or whatever? Well recently my body has been saying “suddenly be wide awake at 3am and eat a bowl of cinnamon Puffins cereal”
They’re calling it the wrongest tweet ever tweeted
December 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
They’re calling it the wrongest tweet ever tweeted
I am printing more than have ever printed before
Was asked how I would avoid AI in teaching and honestly I’m just making in class print out sheets for students to fill out with pens and pencils for the most part
December 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I am printing more than have ever printed before
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There is a fifth wave of ska, beyond that which is known to rude boys
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
There is a fifth wave of ska, beyond that which is known to rude boys
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All opera plot summaries are like "Kunfre, driven to madness by the treachery of Zarnfig, flees her wedding to Bogaro and resolves to throw herself into the sea, before being stopped by an unnamed and irrelevant countertenor" and all ballet plot summaries are like "somewhere, a princess exists"
December 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
All opera plot summaries are like "Kunfre, driven to madness by the treachery of Zarnfig, flees her wedding to Bogaro and resolves to throw herself into the sea, before being stopped by an unnamed and irrelevant countertenor" and all ballet plot summaries are like "somewhere, a princess exists"
Woke up 10 seconds before my alarm and if that’s not evil I don’t know what is
December 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Woke up 10 seconds before my alarm and if that’s not evil I don’t know what is
I like it when tv shows get so far into their run that the actors have control over their characters’ political opinions so you get All American Law Enforcement Guy Seeley Booth suddenly sharing that he no longer believes in the death penalty and thinks people should take better care of the Earth
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I like it when tv shows get so far into their run that the actors have control over their characters’ political opinions so you get All American Law Enforcement Guy Seeley Booth suddenly sharing that he no longer believes in the death penalty and thinks people should take better care of the Earth
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be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
In my Romanticism class today a student called back to an earlier meeting where we put a “Beethoven counter” on the board and suggested that we all should keep a “Beethoven counter” for the rest of our lives 😆
December 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
In my Romanticism class today a student called back to an earlier meeting where we put a “Beethoven counter” on the board and suggested that we all should keep a “Beethoven counter” for the rest of our lives 😆
So this was the first time I got novavax and I’m definitely less actively sick than I have been with the mRNA vaccines. However it does feel like I went waterskiing, rode a horse, and then got hit by a car yesterday
I got both my Covid and flu vaccines today and mostly I was feeling Okay except now suddenly everything hurts and I can’t sleep, so that’s. Cool I guess.
December 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
So this was the first time I got novavax and I’m definitely less actively sick than I have been with the mRNA vaccines. However it does feel like I went waterskiing, rode a horse, and then got hit by a car yesterday
I got both my Covid and flu vaccines today and mostly I was feeling Okay except now suddenly everything hurts and I can’t sleep, so that’s. Cool I guess.
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I got both my Covid and flu vaccines today and mostly I was feeling Okay except now suddenly everything hurts and I can’t sleep, so that’s. Cool I guess.
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I named my fists Hepokoski and Darcy because they'll put a medial caesura in your face
I named my fists John Adams and John Luther Adams because after they take you on a Short Ride in a Fast Machine your ass is gonna Become Ocean
i named my fists Rodgers and Hammerstein cuz theyre always in my own little corner
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I named my fists Hepokoski and Darcy because they'll put a medial caesura in your face
Sometimes I just…think about this: youtu.be/O0BT6aXotd0?...
the great muppet caper: miss piggy's underwater ballet ("piggy's fantasy") HQ
YouTube video by that jalopy
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Sometimes I just…think about this: youtu.be/O0BT6aXotd0?...
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One hard part of the literacy problem in the United States is there are a lot of people -- some of them with college degrees and beyond -- who don't realize that they are bad at reading
I don't know how to reach those people
I don't know how to reach those people
November 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
One hard part of the literacy problem in the United States is there are a lot of people -- some of them with college degrees and beyond -- who don't realize that they are bad at reading
I don't know how to reach those people
I don't know how to reach those people
Oh god, it’s That Time of Year again
November 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Oh god, it’s That Time of Year again
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i bet the first fiddle player to figure out that a fiddle can sound like a train was just the tail-gettingest mutherfucker you ever met. probably inconvenient having to wade through all those bitches anytime he had to go someplace tho
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
i bet the first fiddle player to figure out that a fiddle can sound like a train was just the tail-gettingest mutherfucker you ever met. probably inconvenient having to wade through all those bitches anytime he had to go someplace tho
I finally replaced the blackout curtains I’ve had since 2013 with curtains that let in some actual light and I think it’s going to fix me
November 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I finally replaced the blackout curtains I’ve had since 2013 with curtains that let in some actual light and I think it’s going to fix me
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There is also the part where people are so upset by everything that’s going on that they reach for “what is the angry thing to say here” instead of actually sitting and thinking about what information is being communicated to them or how to link pieces of information together in a logical way
November 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
There is also the part where people are so upset by everything that’s going on that they reach for “what is the angry thing to say here” instead of actually sitting and thinking about what information is being communicated to them or how to link pieces of information together in a logical way
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Oh, that's where I know him from
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Oh, that's where I know him from
The degree to which I don’t want to cook is diabolical. And by cook I mean like. Microwave something. But I just Can’t.
November 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The degree to which I don’t want to cook is diabolical. And by cook I mean like. Microwave something. But I just Can’t.
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You know how billionaires end up with severe cognitive deficits as a result of becoming surrounded by yes men who constantly tell them their every idea is genius? What if we made a bot that just does that to everyone. I think that would be a good idea.
October 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
You know how billionaires end up with severe cognitive deficits as a result of becoming surrounded by yes men who constantly tell them their every idea is genius? What if we made a bot that just does that to everyone. I think that would be a good idea.
Made it back to the Midwest with hours to spare before the first snowstorm hits. But while I was back east I was blessed by the Doodle, so I shouldn’t be surprised.
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Made it back to the Midwest with hours to spare before the first snowstorm hits. But while I was back east I was blessed by the Doodle, so I shouldn’t be surprised.
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[observing someone’s obsessive passion project] wow i really like whatever’s wrong with that guy
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
[observing someone’s obsessive passion project] wow i really like whatever’s wrong with that guy
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Absolutely screaming.
She's fancasting the next Hallmark Christmas movie in her head and also being like "I'm a brick house! LOL"
She's fancasting the next Hallmark Christmas movie in her head and also being like "I'm a brick house! LOL"
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Absolutely screaming.
She's fancasting the next Hallmark Christmas movie in her head and also being like "I'm a brick house! LOL"
She's fancasting the next Hallmark Christmas movie in her head and also being like "I'm a brick house! LOL"
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There is no moral way to meet racism and xenophobia halfway. Every cultural argument against immigration is based in white supremacy. And there aren't a whole lot of good practical arguments against it: immigration benefits the US far more than it harms the US.
November 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
There is no moral way to meet racism and xenophobia halfway. Every cultural argument against immigration is based in white supremacy. And there aren't a whole lot of good practical arguments against it: immigration benefits the US far more than it harms the US.