Erin K. Maher
@erinkmaher.bsky.social
Academic copyeditor, line editor, and indexer in the arts and humanities. PhD in musicology, UNC Chapel Hill (2016). She/her/Dr. It's pronounced "mar."
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Gates McFadden told a great story at a Star Trek convention I went to as a kid about Kermit goofing around with her props on a break between takes during her scene in “Muppets Take Manhattan” and finally she goes “KERMIT, STOP THAT!”, like straight to the frog, and the whole crew lost their shit
This is entirely correct / back in the day I was picked to ask Kermit a question at a Thing (all the questions were scripted but askers were allowed to embellish a little) and in the moment I was absolutely talking to Kermit, who is real.
the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
February 8, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Gates McFadden told a great story at a Star Trek convention I went to as a kid about Kermit goofing around with her props on a break between takes during her scene in “Muppets Take Manhattan” and finally she goes “KERMIT, STOP THAT!”, like straight to the frog, and the whole crew lost their shit
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Plot point: the muppets mistake Zizek for a muppet they’ve never met before
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Plot point: the muppets mistake Zizek for a muppet they’ve never met before
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Breaking: Tragedy at the Winter Olympics
February 7, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Breaking: Tragedy at the Winter Olympics
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I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
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LOL.... i wanted to hear JD getting booed at the Olympics and when i searched for it on YouTube i got this
February 7, 2026 at 6:59 AM
LOL.... i wanted to hear JD getting booed at the Olympics and when i searched for it on YouTube i got this
I need a bigger desk.
February 7, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I need a bigger desk.
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The Winter Olympics are a lot more about almost dying than the summer ones, tbh
February 7, 2026 at 1:05 AM
The Winter Olympics are a lot more about almost dying than the summer ones, tbh
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copyediting on two keyboards like
Hazel Scott playing two pianos virtuosic
YouTube video by Liubov Piano
youtube.com
July 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
copyediting on two keyboards like
this part has 2020s DCI energy
February 6, 2026 at 10:02 PM
this part has 2020s DCI energy
Prisencolinensinainciusol
February 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Prisencolinensinainciusol
it's Bandcamp Friday
February 6, 2026 at 7:34 PM
it's Bandcamp Friday
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We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
February 6, 2026 at 5:10 AM
We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
90s-themed rhythm dance making me feel very old this morning
a Dance Dance Revolution–inspired routine by people born in 2003, when I was at the mall watching my friends play Dance Dance Revolution 💀
a Dance Dance Revolution–inspired routine by people born in 2003, when I was at the mall watching my friends play Dance Dance Revolution 💀
February 6, 2026 at 2:31 PM
90s-themed rhythm dance making me feel very old this morning
a Dance Dance Revolution–inspired routine by people born in 2003, when I was at the mall watching my friends play Dance Dance Revolution 💀
a Dance Dance Revolution–inspired routine by people born in 2003, when I was at the mall watching my friends play Dance Dance Revolution 💀
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I don’t know, does it feel like every single person on this website has to repost the racist image, like, can we talk about it without sharing it.
February 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
I don’t know, does it feel like every single person on this website has to repost the racist image, like, can we talk about it without sharing it.
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"we prohibit the use of AI in peer reviews of articles ... conducting literature reviews, describing methods, collecting and analyzing data, ... drafting descriptions of analyses and findings, interpreting analyses, or ... identifying citations and references" 😍 psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
February 5, 2026 at 10:29 PM
"we prohibit the use of AI in peer reviews of articles ... conducting literature reviews, describing methods, collecting and analyzing data, ... drafting descriptions of analyses and findings, interpreting analyses, or ... identifying citations and references" 😍 psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
musicologists are basically all 1 or 2 🙃
Your "Epstein Number" is the number of hops between you and someone sending a chummy email to notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
February 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
musicologists are basically all 1 or 2 🙃
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In general, fuck the NFL, but I do find it really funny that they were like “oh word, you want white performers at the Super Bowl? Here, have Brandi Carlile and Green Day”
February 5, 2026 at 4:03 PM
In general, fuck the NFL, but I do find it really funny that they were like “oh word, you want white performers at the Super Bowl? Here, have Brandi Carlile and Green Day”
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Received this text message from my father yesterday. Panicked that he had had a stroke, or similar.
Turns out it was my iPhone trying to transcribe the Irish language.
Turns out it was my iPhone trying to transcribe the Irish language.
February 5, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Received this text message from my father yesterday. Panicked that he had had a stroke, or similar.
Turns out it was my iPhone trying to transcribe the Irish language.
Turns out it was my iPhone trying to transcribe the Irish language.
MeToo 2 (2 Me 2 Too?) when??
Yale prof David Gelernter defends his letter urging Epstein to hire "v small goodlooking blonde" student by saying that he was "keep[ing] the potential boss's habits in mind."
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM
MeToo 2 (2 Me 2 Too?) when??
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Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
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and coming up next at the national prayer breakfast we have this golden calf that we’re all worshiping now, lets get those hands in the air for the golden calf everybody
February 5, 2026 at 2:39 PM
and coming up next at the national prayer breakfast we have this golden calf that we’re all worshiping now, lets get those hands in the air for the golden calf everybody
Update: I do not want to talk about the late-stage Tetris game I've gotten myself into.
My goal for the next month is to try not to have more than four active projects at a time, which is 1) a ridiculous number, and 2) almost certainly not going to be possible, given what I've already agreed to. 🫠 Time to share the Milhaud letter again:
2. This bit of a letter to Copland, which pops into my head every time I overbook myself on purpose.
We sail for Paris Sept. 29 after THREE summer sessions (Laramie, Mills, Sta. Barbara) I need money!
We sail for Paris Sept. 29 after THREE summer sessions (Laramie, Mills, Sta. Barbara) I need money!
February 5, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Update: I do not want to talk about the late-stage Tetris game I've gotten myself into.
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Every time you hear that such and such major is being eliminated because it isn't popular or it doesn't make money or it doesn't serve the streamlined mission of the institution, you should think about the WaPo cuts.
What is a paper without books and sports? A college without history and languages.
What is a paper without books and sports? A college without history and languages.
February 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Every time you hear that such and such major is being eliminated because it isn't popular or it doesn't make money or it doesn't serve the streamlined mission of the institution, you should think about the WaPo cuts.
What is a paper without books and sports? A college without history and languages.
What is a paper without books and sports? A college without history and languages.