Will Mason
@willmasonmusic.com
Musician and composer • assoc. professor of music, Skidmore College • “experimental yet still catchy” — New York Times • repost = 👀
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Will Mason
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· Jan 10
Will Mason - Hemlocks (score follower) feat. Anna Webber, Daniel Fisher-Lochhead, deVon Russell Gray
YouTube video by Will Mason
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My latest album is out today on @newfocuslabel.bsky.social. It's called "Hemlocks, Peacocks" and features Anna Webber, Daniel Fisher-Lochhead, deVon Russell Gray, and me. I made a score follower video for the first track for those who are curious.
youtu.be/RSKcnoVlcwU?...
youtu.be/RSKcnoVlcwU?...
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*long slow whistle*
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 PM
*long slow whistle*
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
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What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
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This reflects a deep politics directly opposed to the neoliberal sensibility, asserting that it is right and necessary for the state to provide material support for •everyone•, to enable vibrant piblic spaces.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin on Saturday announced an initiative to install more public bathrooms across the city.
January 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
This reflects a deep politics directly opposed to the neoliberal sensibility, asserting that it is right and necessary for the state to provide material support for •everyone•, to enable vibrant piblic spaces.
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Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally:
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
August 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally:
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
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So that wasn't a slip of the tongue on Meet The Press.
He's going around to every Sunday morning program trying to normalize killing civilians for engaging in protected First Amendment activity.
He's going around to every Sunday morning program trying to normalize killing civilians for engaging in protected First Amendment activity.
Homan: "There will be more bloodshed unless we decrease the hateful rhetoric"
January 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
So that wasn't a slip of the tongue on Meet The Press.
He's going around to every Sunday morning program trying to normalize killing civilians for engaging in protected First Amendment activity.
He's going around to every Sunday morning program trying to normalize killing civilians for engaging in protected First Amendment activity.
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More than 10k people have reportedly been detained as part of the crackdown on protests by the regime in Iran:
January 11, 2026 at 4:48 PM
More than 10k people have reportedly been detained as part of the crackdown on protests by the regime in Iran:
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If you had predicted with precise accuracy any of our current top stories this week during the ‘24 election, it would have been dismissed as Trump Derangement Syndrome by most of the professional takesmiths.
January 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
If you had predicted with precise accuracy any of our current top stories this week during the ‘24 election, it would have been dismissed as Trump Derangement Syndrome by most of the professional takesmiths.
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This is…
A) …market-moving information. And, in fact, it appears there was action on Polymarket around the time of this post
B) …another attack on the (still reliable) work of the professionals at BLS.
C) …yet another example of him not believing the rules apply to him, and getting away w it
A) …market-moving information. And, in fact, it appears there was action on Polymarket around the time of this post
B) …another attack on the (still reliable) work of the professionals at BLS.
C) …yet another example of him not believing the rules apply to him, and getting away w it
Kai, could you educate us with a few sentences why?
January 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
This is…
A) …market-moving information. And, in fact, it appears there was action on Polymarket around the time of this post
B) …another attack on the (still reliable) work of the professionals at BLS.
C) …yet another example of him not believing the rules apply to him, and getting away w it
A) …market-moving information. And, in fact, it appears there was action on Polymarket around the time of this post
B) …another attack on the (still reliable) work of the professionals at BLS.
C) …yet another example of him not believing the rules apply to him, and getting away w it
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More people are going to be murdered by ICE. It’s clear. The tactics ensure it, ICE is getting more furious and being disagreed with or resisted in any way, the verminous administration supports them and has shown they will tell any lie to support ICE murdering people.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:45 PM
More people are going to be murdered by ICE. It’s clear. The tactics ensure it, ICE is getting more furious and being disagreed with or resisted in any way, the verminous administration supports them and has shown they will tell any lie to support ICE murdering people.
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Music theory teachers! My department at NYU created an amazing free public collection of online resources and examples, including a huge body of pop examples. They want you to use it! sites.google.com/nyu.edu/nyu-...
NYU Theory Resources
This site compiles resources used in the undergraduate music theory sequence at NYU Steinhardt. Click the icons below to naviage to each of the pages.
sites.google.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Music theory teachers! My department at NYU created an amazing free public collection of online resources and examples, including a huge body of pop examples. They want you to use it! sites.google.com/nyu.edu/nyu-...
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there is no reason for ICE to exist. immigrants aren’t doing anything wrong by trying to live and work and provide for their loved ones. I don’t care how people got here. if they want to be here that’s good. leave them alone.
January 8, 2026 at 1:22 AM
there is no reason for ICE to exist. immigrants aren’t doing anything wrong by trying to live and work and provide for their loved ones. I don’t care how people got here. if they want to be here that’s good. leave them alone.
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Abolish ICE. Really.
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Abolish ICE. Really.
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Blood and stuffies. Trump’s America.
January 8, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Blood and stuffies. Trump’s America.
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If the headline is "disputed shooting" rather than straightforwardly telling the public what happened this rewards the DHS for lying about these events
January 7, 2026 at 7:57 PM
If the headline is "disputed shooting" rather than straightforwardly telling the public what happened this rewards the DHS for lying about these events
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DHS now confirming in a. statement that an ICE officer did shoot and kill someone at the site of a raid.
January 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
DHS now confirming in a. statement that an ICE officer did shoot and kill someone at the site of a raid.
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"you can't kill us all" fuck yeah minneapolis
ICE agents stopped by protesters after the shooting an observer in Minneapolis, according to witnesse. ICE deployed pepper spray and tear gas.
January 7, 2026 at 5:16 PM
"you can't kill us all" fuck yeah minneapolis
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the entire contradiction at the heart of the last 15 years of dem dysfunction has been simultaneously insisting the only mechanism for punishing republican malfeasance is the vote while also adopting a posture of bipartisan comity with those very politicians voters are supposed to be disciplining.
he should be saying their failures to act are grave violations of their oaths of office, a disgrace to the senate, blah blah blah. he should be making the case to the public to be mad, not dumping it on our laps and saying “you do something about it”
January 6, 2026 at 6:06 AM
the entire contradiction at the heart of the last 15 years of dem dysfunction has been simultaneously insisting the only mechanism for punishing republican malfeasance is the vote while also adopting a posture of bipartisan comity with those very politicians voters are supposed to be disciplining.
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yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
Right.
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
a lot of problems wouldn't exist if we had a congress with even an ounce of self interest
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
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We need to be honest with ourselves and our leaders about Venezuela
We are a rogue state, a global pariah
Trump is ruling as a dictator, period
An axis of evil wants to carve up small, resource-rich nations
The message for 2026 is clear: No kings!
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
We are a rogue state, a global pariah
Trump is ruling as a dictator, period
An axis of evil wants to carve up small, resource-rich nations
The message for 2026 is clear: No kings!
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
America launches its 250th birthday year by becoming a rogue state | Will Bunch
Trump's illegal war on Venezuela cemented his claim to dictatorship and marked the U.S. as a global pariah.
www.inquirer.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:21 PM
We need to be honest with ourselves and our leaders about Venezuela
We are a rogue state, a global pariah
Trump is ruling as a dictator, period
An axis of evil wants to carve up small, resource-rich nations
The message for 2026 is clear: No kings!
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
We are a rogue state, a global pariah
Trump is ruling as a dictator, period
An axis of evil wants to carve up small, resource-rich nations
The message for 2026 is clear: No kings!
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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This is perhaps the most bonkers aspect of our truly bonkers constitutional moment.
I keep marveling at the construction of an overwhelmingly powerful unitary executive around someone who is almost entirely uninterested in the direction and priorities and welfare of the nation.
January 4, 2026 at 1:08 PM
This is perhaps the most bonkers aspect of our truly bonkers constitutional moment.
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We're decades downstream from at most light sentences for photographing torture and no sentences for authorizing it or perpetrating it. Only looking forward offers amnesty to those who commit crimes in our name and on the public payroll, and makes further violations more likely. Here we are.
January 4, 2026 at 4:51 AM
We're decades downstream from at most light sentences for photographing torture and no sentences for authorizing it or perpetrating it. Only looking forward offers amnesty to those who commit crimes in our name and on the public payroll, and makes further violations more likely. Here we are.
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The killing of civilians in boats by the military was a test by the Trump administration to see if they could power over some of the oldest longstanding norms & laws of war: don't target civilians, render help to capsized sailors. Once the military double-tapped rather than render aid, die was cast.
January 4, 2026 at 4:51 AM
The killing of civilians in boats by the military was a test by the Trump administration to see if they could power over some of the oldest longstanding norms & laws of war: don't target civilians, render help to capsized sailors. Once the military double-tapped rather than render aid, die was cast.