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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 1h

Job posting! OU Sociology is looking to hire a TT Assistant Professor or an accelerated TT or tenured Associate Professor, teaching criminology, criminal justice, & race/ethnicity courses. OU is OK's flagship R1, PhD program, 2-2 load with TA help. Please share!

Details: apply.interfolio.com/174925

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 3h

Why is west hall in the SE corner of the UMich diag?

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 4h

managed to gather 300 Euros so far, need at least another 1100 to have housing and groceries etc for the next month, 9 days left before we are out on the street, thank you all

Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 22h

friends, unfortunately I am in need of some help again to keep a roof over my head

we are moving out of this flat on the 17th (in 10 days) we got for the month, and nowhere to go with very little funds so far

I am trying to raise about 1500 Euros while I am interviewing and applying to grants

Pay Berrak Nil Boya using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/berrakn and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

paypal.me

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 14h

This is the best one of these that I've scene - excellent job!

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 15h

My parents LOVED this

Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 18h

My parents are going to the "11,000 strings" concert in NYC tonight

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 15h

won't endorse him, will copy his visual language

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 16h

I'm really sorry, Kate

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vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 16h

“There is no justice in America, but it is the fight for justice that sustains you.”

--Amiri Baraka (10/7/1934-1/9/2014)

(blurry photo by me)

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Rebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social · 16h

Hey arts admin friends: For my @rjionline.bsky.social project, I'm looking to hire someone to draft an MOU for donors interesting in funding arts journalism. Anyone interested?

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 16h

#beansky

Royal coronas make a good pot of beans

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 16h

They've heard a lot of different contemporary classical music because of me, but I don't think they've heard his music before - I'm curious what they will think (and I'll share it)

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 16h

I'm cooking down some of our late-summer cherry tomatoes to make a filling for a savory galette (that I will bake for tomorrow's dinner)

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 16h

I did not know it is a Haas piece! I'm not sure my parents will enjoy that, they were interested in the scale and are not Haas-heads

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 17h

This is one I think about all the time because the lyrics are barely intelligible

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 1d

Ghostly International celebrates 25+ years of music and art with a stunning 500-page hardcover book, featuring essays, rare photos, and stories from its creative archives. Pre-orders are open now. zurl.co/G7oyS

Ghostly International Marks 25 Years With Limited-Edition 500-Page Book - That Eric Alper

Ghostly International has celebrated over 25 years as both a record label and art company, culminating in a unique marriage of sound and image. Ghostly’s music — like all its artistic pursuits — straddles stylistic divisions, carving out space where sounds and ideas can cavort without inhibition or categorization. This ethos comes to life in […]

zurl.co

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 18h

It's suddenly sweater season

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 18h

I am joking inasmuch as I have no idea who owns the rights to that song, etc., but I am serious that such machinations could happen - there are only so many ways to get big royalties from music

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 18h

I am convinced that the choice to use The Who's "Who Are You?" in that Walton Goggins Walmart+ ad campaign was made by a hedge fund that owns both the ad agency and the rights to The Who's catalog and wants a bigger ROI

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Lake Superior! Live! @lake-superior.live · 18h

Current* conditions near Isle Royale NP, MI:

Views of Lake Superior, Caribou Island at left, Middle Islands at center, and the entrance to Moskey Basin, home of Rock Harbor Lighthouse, at right. // Image captured at: 2025-10-07 22:35:57 UTC (about 13 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Isle Royale NP: 48.14 F | 8.97 C // Precip: scattered clouds // Wind: NW at 18.321 mph | 29.48 kph // Humidity: 60%

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 18h

My parents are going to the "11,000 strings" concert in NYC tonight

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 22h

you can also help me by buying my music, or hiring me for some contract work on

- editor utility/widget programming, audio programming/technical sound design in UE5 (C++/BP)
- full stack web dev (node/express/TS/vue/react)
- web extensions (multiplatform) / web audio

cv on my website (link in bio)

Berrak Nil

multidisciplinary audio artist

berraknil.bandcamp.com

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 21h

I graded about 100 assignments and did a lot of important course planning

Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 23h

I'm going to do a grading sprint for the next two hours, wish me luck!

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 22h

We're obsessed with these, Geneva! 🐿 😍

Geneva Langeland @genevalangeland.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for the fun autumnal vibes at today's needle felting class, @ypsilibrary.org!

A white person holds palm full of small woolen felted acorns in blues and greens

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 22h

you look serene, what a lovely photo!

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 22h

ditto (though, ironically, our kindergartener is not interested in eating school food; but I'm glad for other families)

I saw Jeff Irwin at Hyperion Coffee in the summer of 2024 and talked to him about how great this policy is - he expressed doubt then about its longevity, so I'm glad he was wrong