Musicology Duck
@musicologyduck.bsky.social
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you’re the one arguing with an internet duck
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no I'm not "posting through it." it's posting through me
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
no I'm not "posting through it." it's posting through me
attention seeker
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
attention seeker
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A fan favorite Thanksgiving story from the Library: In 1926, Mississippi supporters of President Coolidge sent him a raccoon to kill & serve for Thanksgiving dinner. The Coolidges adopted her, instead.👇
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2021/01/when-rebecca-the-raccoon-ruled-the-white-house/?loclr=blsky
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2021/01/when-rebecca-the-raccoon-ruled-the-white-house/?loclr=blsky
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A fan favorite Thanksgiving story from the Library: In 1926, Mississippi supporters of President Coolidge sent him a raccoon to kill & serve for Thanksgiving dinner. The Coolidges adopted her, instead.👇
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2021/01/when-rebecca-the-raccoon-ruled-the-white-house/?loclr=blsky
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2021/01/when-rebecca-the-raccoon-ruled-the-white-house/?loclr=blsky
toddlers don’t make good music stands
November 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
toddlers don’t make good music stands
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sorta coming around to the view that the social danger of genAI images is less that they'll make people believe fabricated things are real and more that they'll make people believe real things are fabricated
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
sorta coming around to the view that the social danger of genAI images is less that they'll make people believe fabricated things are real and more that they'll make people believe real things are fabricated
oh…oh no
it should probably be said there are steps between video being fully real and fully ai-generated and things people think are tells sometimes aren’t, but —hard to say this is anything but most unusual
it should probably be said there are steps between video being fully real and fully ai-generated and things people think are tells sometimes aren’t, but —hard to say this is anything but most unusual
White House pooler S.V. Daté releases a statement about President Trump's video on the DC shooting not NOT saying it was AI-generated
(VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvcj...)
(VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvcj...)
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
oh…oh no
it should probably be said there are steps between video being fully real and fully ai-generated and things people think are tells sometimes aren’t, but —hard to say this is anything but most unusual
it should probably be said there are steps between video being fully real and fully ai-generated and things people think are tells sometimes aren’t, but —hard to say this is anything but most unusual
the train conductor’s “you must use headphones” announcements sounding slightly more desperate every time
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
the train conductor’s “you must use headphones” announcements sounding slightly more desperate every time
doesn’t seem to be any national guard at Union station this morning
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
doesn’t seem to be any national guard at Union station this morning
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you can watch the parade. it's fine.
all the anticapitalists talked about it and it's fine.
parades are allowed.
all the anticapitalists talked about it and it's fine.
parades are allowed.
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
you can watch the parade. it's fine.
all the anticapitalists talked about it and it's fine.
parades are allowed.
all the anticapitalists talked about it and it's fine.
parades are allowed.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
the family thanksgiving group text between siblings who only know how to communicate in sarcasm and republican cousins who are incapable of understanding sarcasm is extremely funny
November 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
the family thanksgiving group text between siblings who only know how to communicate in sarcasm and republican cousins who are incapable of understanding sarcasm is extremely funny
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yep. also really can't overstate how much nuzzi is very much the product of an environment that rewards amoral ambition and frowns on people who sincerely believe anything
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
yep. also really can't overstate how much nuzzi is very much the product of an environment that rewards amoral ambition and frowns on people who sincerely believe anything
i do not own a TV and honestly just HD is enough to startle me when I go to a relative's house lol
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
i do not own a TV and honestly just HD is enough to startle me when I go to a relative's house lol
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Holy crap this isn't a joke
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Holy crap this isn't a joke
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As I reported at the time: bsky.app/profile/chri...
Contrary to what you might read on Axios, DOJ is not filing an Emergency Appeal on Jia Cobb's Guard deployment order BECAUSE of the shooting. They noticed their appeal on Tuesday.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
As I reported at the time: bsky.app/profile/chri...
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does anybody have sixty thousand quid or so i could borrow
November 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
does anybody have sixty thousand quid or so i could borrow
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this is not our customer service number. it’s just my voicemail inbox.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
this is not our customer service number. it’s just my voicemail inbox.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
debate i had with a coworker today:
is wearing the souvenir scarf i got from the 40th anniversary of Patti Smith's "Horses" concert to the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith's "Horses" concert gauche
is wearing the souvenir scarf i got from the 40th anniversary of Patti Smith's "Horses" concert to the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith's "Horses" concert gauche
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
debate i had with a coworker today:
is wearing the souvenir scarf i got from the 40th anniversary of Patti Smith's "Horses" concert to the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith's "Horses" concert gauche
is wearing the souvenir scarf i got from the 40th anniversary of Patti Smith's "Horses" concert to the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith's "Horses" concert gauche
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this is an insane response for basically any shooter profile and motivation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration orders 500 more National Guard members to Washington after shooting, Hegseth says.
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
this is an insane response for basically any shooter profile and motivation
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Just got an IG notification that he has “joined Meta AI,” after I spent the day dealing with shit that product caused lol
we were in an environmentalist club as kids that was actually kind of famous for a second, and now he has a job promoting ai and i have one fighting it, so someone should write a book about us 😂
November 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Just got an IG notification that he has “joined Meta AI,” after I spent the day dealing with shit that product caused lol
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BREAKING: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Trump administration would send hundreds of additional National Guard soldiers to the nation’s capital after two soldiers were shot in the city Wednesday.
Trump Admin to Escalate D.C. Military Takeover After Two National Guard Members Shot
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
BREAKING: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Trump administration would send hundreds of additional National Guard soldiers to the nation’s capital after two soldiers were shot in the city Wednesday.
the people I really don’t want to hear from right now are the elected officials of West Virginia, a thing the tv networks being played in this establishment do not understand
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
the people I really don’t want to hear from right now are the elected officials of West Virginia, a thing the tv networks being played in this establishment do not understand
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Watch out for your neighbors in DC today. Give folks cash if you see them so they can at least get indoors for a bit.
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Watch out for your neighbors in DC today. Give folks cash if you see them so they can at least get indoors for a bit.
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BREAKING: Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
Two National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says
Two National Guard soldiers were shot Wednesday near the White House and their conditions aren’t immediately known, according to a law enforcement official not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.Emergency vehicles were seen responding to the area.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
BREAKING: Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.