J450NN014N
@jasonnolan.bsky.social
Noisy Autistic.
Not that kind of Academic.
Professor and co-director
Responsive Ecologies Lab
Toronto Metropolitan University.
http://accessmusic.ca
Not that kind of Academic.
Professor and co-director
Responsive Ecologies Lab
Toronto Metropolitan University.
http://accessmusic.ca
Sunday Loops & Riffs #1. We were just working on configuring the Boomerang III looper when this just cropped up. Well, I did stop to turn on the camera. I like to document these things because some of it might make a good bit for a song someday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wcV...
Sunday Loops & Riffs #1
YouTube video by Jason Nolan
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November 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Sunday Loops & Riffs #1. We were just working on configuring the Boomerang III looper when this just cropped up. Well, I did stop to turn on the camera. I like to document these things because some of it might make a good bit for a song someday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wcV...
Listening to Chad & Jeremy's Teenage Failure (1966) because I'm re-reading @jonsavage.bsky.social 's 1966 The Year the Decade Exploded www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbQ2...
A Teenage Failure Chad & Jeremy RePro Video FULL Song ReEdit STEREO HiQ Hybrid JARichardsFilm 720p
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November 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Listening to Chad & Jeremy's Teenage Failure (1966) because I'm re-reading @jonsavage.bsky.social 's 1966 The Year the Decade Exploded www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbQ2...
I was a florist at Harbour Castle Hilton in Toronto for 2 years. It was a life changing experience. Flowers bring beauty, life and opportunity to one Chicago neighborhood. www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/u...
Flowers bring beauty, life, and opportunity to one Chicago neighborhood | CNN
In Chicago, CNN Hero Quilen Blackwell and Southside Blooms turn vacant lots into flower farms, employing 25 local young people to grow, harvest, arrange, and sell flowers at the group’s nonprofit flow...
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November 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I was a florist at Harbour Castle Hilton in Toronto for 2 years. It was a life changing experience. Flowers bring beauty, life and opportunity to one Chicago neighborhood. www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/u...
Strangely, AI music doesn't bug me. The music industry is can't be made any worse by AI. Check the Billboard Top 100. It's all corporate robots and has been for decades. ca.billboard.com/charts/hot-100
November 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Strangely, AI music doesn't bug me. The music industry is can't be made any worse by AI. Check the Billboard Top 100. It's all corporate robots and has been for decades. ca.billboard.com/charts/hot-100
Tom Stoppard (Tomáš Sträussler) and Joseph Conrad (Konrad Korzeniowski) were masters of English writing and observing English culture. Both second language speakers of English. RIP Tom Stoppard.
November 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Tom Stoppard (Tomáš Sträussler) and Joseph Conrad (Konrad Korzeniowski) were masters of English writing and observing English culture. Both second language speakers of English. RIP Tom Stoppard.
We have a new paper in published. Check it out. It's good. www.digitalcultureandeducation.com/volume-161-p...
‘Hands Off’ Learning: The Artifice Of Educating In An Algorithmic Age — Digital Culture & Education (ISSN: 1836-8301)
Written by: Melanie McBride, Kurt Thumlert, & Jason Nolan Abstract: Despite dire warnings over AI harms, higher education has chosen complicity over resistance to the algorithmic turn. In this...
www.digitalcultureandeducation.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We have a new paper in published. Check it out. It's good. www.digitalcultureandeducation.com/volume-161-p...
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RFK Jr may be the most dangerous part of the MAGA agenda.
His attack on medical science will be counted in lives.
And Canada is not immune.
From measles to cervical cancer the danger signs are clear.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=csbl...
His attack on medical science will be counted in lives.
And Canada is not immune.
From measles to cervical cancer the danger signs are clear.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=csbl...
RFK Jr & MAGA'S THREAT TO OUR KIDS !!!
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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November 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
RFK Jr may be the most dangerous part of the MAGA agenda.
His attack on medical science will be counted in lives.
And Canada is not immune.
From measles to cervical cancer the danger signs are clear.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=csbl...
His attack on medical science will be counted in lives.
And Canada is not immune.
From measles to cervical cancer the danger signs are clear.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=csbl...
Getting better at wiring. Metal covered wires are from the pickups, grounded to the potentiometers. Surplus wire from the caps grounding all the pots. Orange caps looking jaunty (cap/pot combo is the tone control). Signal wires in red. Ground in black. Black paint grounded. Pleased with it.
November 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Getting better at wiring. Metal covered wires are from the pickups, grounded to the potentiometers. Surplus wire from the caps grounding all the pots. Orange caps looking jaunty (cap/pot combo is the tone control). Signal wires in red. Ground in black. Black paint grounded. Pleased with it.
News publishers’ copyright lawsuit against OpenAI cleared to go ahead in Ontario. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
News publishers’ copyright lawsuit against OpenAI cleared to go ahead in Ontario
OTTAWA – An Ontario court has decided a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers against OpenAI will proceed in that province. OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, had put forward a ju...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
News publishers’ copyright lawsuit against OpenAI cleared to go ahead in Ontario. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
‘The French people want to save us’: help pours in for glassmaker Duralex
The brand, which evokes nostalgia and pride, hit its €5m fundraising target within hours and orders have soared www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The brand, which evokes nostalgia and pride, hit its €5m fundraising target within hours and orders have soared www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘The French people want to save us’: help pours in for glassmaker Duralex
The brand, which evokes nostalgia and pride, hit its €5m fundraising target within hours and orders have soared
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
‘The French people want to save us’: help pours in for glassmaker Duralex
The brand, which evokes nostalgia and pride, hit its €5m fundraising target within hours and orders have soared www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The brand, which evokes nostalgia and pride, hit its €5m fundraising target within hours and orders have soared www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
I don't want to judge, but I can't help it. Using Spotify to choose music is like one more abdication autonomy; of responsibility for yourself. But then again, I've never used any streaming service beyond putting my own music on sound cloud. I can't imagine letting machines do choose for me.
If you’re hosting a holiday event, please carefully curate your playlist, rather than just leaving it to Spotify. Otherwise, you and your guests will learn that Spotify believes there are only four Christmas songs, each with 2-4 cover versions, which can easily be repeated for more than 6 hours.
November 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I don't want to judge, but I can't help it. Using Spotify to choose music is like one more abdication autonomy; of responsibility for yourself. But then again, I've never used any streaming service beyond putting my own music on sound cloud. I can't imagine letting machines do choose for me.
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I will be making the bottom end noise with Clockwise as part of the IPO at The Painted Lady. Our set time is 4:15 but come early and stay late for the other fine artists!
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I will be making the bottom end noise with Clockwise as part of the IPO at The Painted Lady. Our set time is 4:15 but come early and stay late for the other fine artists!
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Should we worry that hearing people don’t care what deaf people think?
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Should we worry that hearing people don’t care what deaf people think?
The Ukrainian Army is knocking a once-hyped Russian superweapon out of the sky by jamming it with a song and tricking it into thinking it’s in Lima, Peru. www.404media.co/ukraine-is-j...
Ukraine Is Jamming Russia’s ‘Superweapon’ With a Song
A few years ago, Putin hyped the Kinzhal hypersonic missile. Now electronic warfare is knocking it out of the sky with music and some bad directions.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The Ukrainian Army is knocking a once-hyped Russian superweapon out of the sky by jamming it with a song and tricking it into thinking it’s in Lima, Peru. www.404media.co/ukraine-is-j...
autoimmune encephalitis. you can eat your own memories. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoimm...
Autoimmune encephalitis - Wikipedia
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November 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
autoimmune encephalitis. you can eat your own memories. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoimm...
Agreed. I've always preferred the science to the political org. I'll stick to the science and ignore the CDC on this. We should never listen to ANY American institution. They've all always been way more political than ours.
All public health officials and infectious disease experts who advocated for “you do you” and “be kind” and refused to listen to experts in adjacent fields like physics, engineering and industrial hygiene:
This is on you.
You fed the anti-science monster. Now it has taken over.
This is on you.
You fed the anti-science monster. Now it has taken over.
Disinformation escalation by RFK:
The CDC has now "repudiated its past insistence that vaccines do not cause autism after decades of fighting misinformation linking the two, blindsiding career staff and delighting anti-vaccine activists."
What to know:
1/6
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The CDC has now "repudiated its past insistence that vaccines do not cause autism after decades of fighting misinformation linking the two, blindsiding career staff and delighting anti-vaccine activists."
What to know:
1/6
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Agreed. I've always preferred the science to the political org. I'll stick to the science and ignore the CDC on this. We should never listen to ANY American institution. They've all always been way more political than ours.
Just the first pebbles of a catastrophic avalanche that's going to wipe the 19thC vision of the university off the map. Let's replace it with something that doesn't suck this time.
This is slow motion suicide for unis.
"Students at the University of Staffordshire have said they feel “robbed of knowledge and enjoyment” after a course they hoped would launch their digital careers turned out to be taught in large part by AI"
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
November 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Just the first pebbles of a catastrophic avalanche that's going to wipe the 19thC vision of the university off the map. Let's replace it with something that doesn't suck this time.
Don't Do Anything. Documenting a good bass line. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6svE...
Don't do anything
YouTube video by Jason Nolan
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November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Don't Do Anything. Documenting a good bass line. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6svE...
Kids are struggling, but much less that I struggled on exactly the same points in 1980s. The struggle is real for Gen Z students. High tuition, rent, unemployment make paying for education difficult. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The numbers don't lie: The struggle is real for Gen Z students | CBC News
High tuition, rent and unemployment rates mean getting by as a Gen Z student is difficult. But do they have it the worst?
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Kids are struggling, but much less that I struggled on exactly the same points in 1980s. The struggle is real for Gen Z students. High tuition, rent, unemployment make paying for education difficult. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
TMU Station signs go up as TTC formalizes renaming of former Dundas Station nowtoronto.com/news/new-tmu...
New TMU Station signs go up as TTC formalizes renaming of former Dundas Station - NOW Toronto
New TMU Station signage is rolling out across the former Dundas Station as the transit hub undergoes its official rebranding.
nowtoronto.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
TMU Station signs go up as TTC formalizes renaming of former Dundas Station nowtoronto.com/news/new-tmu...
Great day with @robcruickshank.bsky.social and Richard Marsellain the RE/Lab today. I think they sonic kite flying is in the breeze.
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Great day with @robcruickshank.bsky.social and Richard Marsellain the RE/Lab today. I think they sonic kite flying is in the breeze.
I love Saffron. They are growing the world's most expensive spice in Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
They are growing the world's most expensive spice in Canada. Here's how | CBC News
As golden hour settles over Avtar Dhillon’s farm in Abbotsford, B.C., rows of delicate purple flowers are in full bloom. Inside lies an ancient spice some Canadian farmers are beginning to get excited...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I love Saffron. They are growing the world's most expensive spice in Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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New book outlines theoretical and methodological approaches to analyzing deaf people's experiences of understanding and being understood. buff.ly/zoyy9jt
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
New book outlines theoretical and methodological approaches to analyzing deaf people's experiences of understanding and being understood. buff.ly/zoyy9jt
Doesn't work for me as a dyslexic with visual challenges. I think Open Dyslexic is a better font for vision issues.
periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute
Read easier with Atkinson Hyperlegible Font, crafted for low-vision readers. Download for free and enjoy clear letters and numbers on your computer!
www.brailleinstitute.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Doesn't work for me as a dyslexic with visual challenges. I think Open Dyslexic is a better font for vision issues.