Steven Zielke
@zmus.bsky.social
Reser Prof of Music and Director of Choral Studies @OregonState. Exec Dir-Oregon Ambassadors of Music. He/Him/His. Pres-NWACDA. Voice of the OSUMB. 🦫. linktr.ee/zmus
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Steven Zielke
@zmus.bsky.social
· Nov 10
I'm new! I'm the Dir of Choirs at Oregon State University. I'm always looking for community in music, politics, higher ed, sports, and generally intelligent talk about anything. I enjoyed many of the younger composers, musicologists, and theorists who seemed to be on Twitter, or at least they were.
So true.
December 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM
So true.
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While being honored last week by the members of the Kennedy family who haven't lose their minds, Stephen Colbert urged us all to keep the faith that we'll emerge from this darkness.
All links and subscriptions are free at Fight the Fire.
While being honored last week by the members of the Kennedy family who haven't lose their minds, Stephen Colbert urged us all to keep the faith that we'll emerge from this darkness.
All links and subscriptions are free at Fight the Fire.
'Push back on the temptation to despair'
At award ceremony, Stephen Colbert speaks of the ripples of hope we can all send
fightthefire.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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While being honored last week by the members of the Kennedy family who haven't lose their minds, Stephen Colbert urged us all to keep the faith that we'll emerge from this darkness.
All links and subscriptions are free at Fight the Fire.
While being honored last week by the members of the Kennedy family who haven't lose their minds, Stephen Colbert urged us all to keep the faith that we'll emerge from this darkness.
All links and subscriptions are free at Fight the Fire.
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Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly. We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly. We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
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my latest is on the odd confluence of unitary executive theory with a president who is mostly AWOL from the business of governance (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Is a Lost Cause
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
my latest is on the odd confluence of unitary executive theory with a president who is mostly AWOL from the business of governance (gift link)
Interview with Brandon Creighton, chancellor of the Texas Tech University system, who is defending the new academic freedom restrictions at Texas Tech.
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
The Man Behind Texas Tech’s Controversial Curriculum Crackdown
Brandon Creighton believes colleges should focus on careers and salaries — not contested ideas about race, gender, and sexuality.
www.chronicle.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Interview with Brandon Creighton, chancellor of the Texas Tech University system, who is defending the new academic freedom restrictions at Texas Tech.
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
I’m so sorry for those individuals and families who are going to suffer because of the GOP.
Speaker Mike Johnson is charging ahead with a GOP health plan that allows Biden-era Obamacare subsidies to expire this month — all but guaranteeing that the money will indeed lapse and spike premiums for tens of millions of Americans next year.
House GOP leaders plow ahead with plan that will allow Obamacare subsidies to lapse | CNN Politics
Speaker Mike Johnson is charging ahead with a GOP health plan that allows Biden-era Obamacare subsidies to expire this month — all but guaranteeing that the money will indeed lapse and spike premiums ...
www.cnn.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I’m so sorry for those individuals and families who are going to suffer because of the GOP.
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
Great @chronicle.com article on why Flagships are doing well in this time of disruption in Higher Ed. This matches my experience at @oregonstate.edu to a T. Despite the new threat of Trump and Republicans in general to research universities...
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
Opinion | Why Flagships Are Winning
Battered by decades of disruption, they are now more frugal and more resilient than elite privates.
www.chronicle.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Great @chronicle.com article on why Flagships are doing well in this time of disruption in Higher Ed. This matches my experience at @oregonstate.edu to a T. Despite the new threat of Trump and Republicans in general to research universities...
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
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When the U.S. uses the military against citizens, attacks immigrants, and executes people who pose no threat, it jeopardizes our national security because it incites violence, invites retaliation, normalizes fascism, and sets precedence for others to follow suit. Trump is endangering America.
December 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
When the U.S. uses the military against citizens, attacks immigrants, and executes people who pose no threat, it jeopardizes our national security because it incites violence, invites retaliation, normalizes fascism, and sets precedence for others to follow suit. Trump is endangering America.
The world’s richest person and perhaps most powerful person is a terrible person.
December 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The world’s richest person and perhaps most powerful person is a terrible person.
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Houses are expensive because billionaires gobble up homes and fix the rent or turn them into Airbnbs. The billionaires want you to think immigrants are buying up all the property.
Secretary Scott Turner: "We need to continue to deport illegals that are taking houses from the American people"
December 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Houses are expensive because billionaires gobble up homes and fix the rent or turn them into Airbnbs. The billionaires want you to think immigrants are buying up all the property.
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@chronicle.com has an article on model legislation that will be pushed in red states that could have an incredible impact on the arts (also the humanities) in ways that are difficult to imagine.
www.chronicle.com/article/new-...
www.chronicle.com/article/new-...
December 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
@chronicle.com has an article on model legislation that will be pushed in red states that could have an incredible impact on the arts (also the humanities) in ways that are difficult to imagine.
www.chronicle.com/article/new-...
www.chronicle.com/article/new-...
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It was a bad week for Trump and his Acting U.S. Attorneys who were appointed to carry out his retribution. Here’s why Trump refuses to go through the Senate confirmation process that would legitimize his controversial appointments: @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social @jenniferpalmieri.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM
It was a bad week for Trump and his Acting U.S. Attorneys who were appointed to carry out his retribution. Here’s why Trump refuses to go through the Senate confirmation process that would legitimize his controversial appointments: @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social @jenniferpalmieri.bsky.social
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We’re in a hell of a lot of trouble.
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We’re in a hell of a lot of trouble.
The Trump Admin is a test, and we are all being tested. And it is revealing who we all are.
The clean up from this is going to be really really difficult. Will we have the leaders that have the will and fortitude to do the work?
The clean up from this is going to be really really difficult. Will we have the leaders that have the will and fortitude to do the work?
(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: The WSJ confirms that in the leadup to Pete Hegseth's serial war crimes in the Caribbean, he made clear to commanders that our military code *was not to be followed*—no questions were to be asked of any orders. It led to the resignation of the top commander in the Caribbean.
Exclusive | Hegseth Asked Top Admiral to Resign After Months of Discord
The relationship between the Pentagon chief and Adm. Alvin Holsey had been rocky since Trump’s inauguration.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The Trump Admin is a test, and we are all being tested. And it is revealing who we all are.
The clean up from this is going to be really really difficult. Will we have the leaders that have the will and fortitude to do the work?
The clean up from this is going to be really really difficult. Will we have the leaders that have the will and fortitude to do the work?
This story about financial problems at the U of Tulsa in the @chronicle.com feels like Groundhog Day. Admin wildly spends on STEM programs, especially grad degrees, plus athletics, and the resulting massive deficit means the need to cut arts and humanities.
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
The University That Couldn’t Stop Reinventing Itself
The U. of Tulsa was a commuter campus that tried — and tried again — to become a regional powerhouse. Now it’s drowning in red ink.
www.chronicle.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This story about financial problems at the U of Tulsa in the @chronicle.com feels like Groundhog Day. Admin wildly spends on STEM programs, especially grad degrees, plus athletics, and the resulting massive deficit means the need to cut arts and humanities.
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
November 29, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Going home for the holidays? Hosting family and/or friends. A great episode to listen to to get ready.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
A Therapist’s Emotional Tool Kit for a Better Holiday Season
Podcast Episode · Modern Love · 11/26/2025 · 44m
podcasts.apple.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Going home for the holidays? Hosting family and/or friends. A great episode to listen to to get ready.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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Vaccines DO NOT cause autism - there is extensive research showing this. Resurrecting old, discredited, fraudulent work is shameful.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Vaccines DO NOT cause autism - there is extensive research showing this. Resurrecting old, discredited, fraudulent work is shameful.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
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On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember the lives that have been lost to anti-trans violence. 🧵
November 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember the lives that have been lost to anti-trans violence. 🧵