Emma Cifrino (dr. maine witch, DMA, PhD⁷)
@mainewitch.bsky.social
double doctor & music studies lecturer; freelance violist; in my k-pop era; reylo sleeper agent; free palestine 🇵🇸
I have a blog: mainewitchonpop.com
I have a blog: mainewitchonpop.com
Made it back to the Midwest with hours to spare before the first snowstorm hits. But while I was back east I was blessed by the Doodle, so I shouldn’t be surprised.
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Made it back to the Midwest with hours to spare before the first snowstorm hits. But while I was back east I was blessed by the Doodle, so I shouldn’t be surprised.
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[observing someone’s obsessive passion project] wow i really like whatever’s wrong with that guy
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
[observing someone’s obsessive passion project] wow i really like whatever’s wrong with that guy
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Absolutely screaming.
She's fancasting the next Hallmark Christmas movie in her head and also being like "I'm a brick house! LOL"
She's fancasting the next Hallmark Christmas movie in her head and also being like "I'm a brick house! LOL"
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Absolutely screaming.
She's fancasting the next Hallmark Christmas movie in her head and also being like "I'm a brick house! LOL"
She's fancasting the next Hallmark Christmas movie in her head and also being like "I'm a brick house! LOL"
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There is no moral way to meet racism and xenophobia halfway. Every cultural argument against immigration is based in white supremacy. And there aren't a whole lot of good practical arguments against it: immigration benefits the US far more than it harms the US.
November 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
There is no moral way to meet racism and xenophobia halfway. Every cultural argument against immigration is based in white supremacy. And there aren't a whole lot of good practical arguments against it: immigration benefits the US far more than it harms the US.
Uhhhh I’ve seen very few “pop” concerts tbh but
- Laura Marling (x2)
- Suga/Agust D
- James Taylor
- The Indigo Girls (x2)
- 아이들 (i-dle) (x2)
- Laura Marling (x2)
- Suga/Agust D
- James Taylor
- The Indigo Girls (x2)
- 아이들 (i-dle) (x2)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
(Only five?!?! I’m dying over here)
Madonna (x10)
Tori Amos (x6- including once at the Sydney Opera House)
Prince
Florence + The Machine (x3)
Christine & The Queens
(Only five?!?! I’m dying over here)
Madonna (x10)
Tori Amos (x6- including once at the Sydney Opera House)
Prince
Florence + The Machine (x3)
Christine & The Queens
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
In the order they occur to me:
Lorde
Leonard Cohen
Hozier (2x)
Sarah McLachlan
Janelle Monae (3x)
In the order they occur to me:
Lorde
Leonard Cohen
Hozier (2x)
Sarah McLachlan
Janelle Monae (3x)
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Uhhhh I’ve seen very few “pop” concerts tbh but
- Laura Marling (x2)
- Suga/Agust D
- James Taylor
- The Indigo Girls (x2)
- 아이들 (i-dle) (x2)
- Laura Marling (x2)
- Suga/Agust D
- James Taylor
- The Indigo Girls (x2)
- 아이들 (i-dle) (x2)
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A HUGE part of the problem is that the "A.i." industry markets this tech as a flawless solution for everything - in search for example. The marketing implies "A.i." gives true answers when "truth" has nothing to do with its process and it consistently delivers bullshit. That's INCREDIBLY dangerous.
July 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
A HUGE part of the problem is that the "A.i." industry markets this tech as a flawless solution for everything - in search for example. The marketing implies "A.i." gives true answers when "truth" has nothing to do with its process and it consistently delivers bullshit. That's INCREDIBLY dangerous.
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took this stance real early on, have been paying close attention, and i have yet to see a single thing that manages to challenge that opinion even a little bit, rather than solidifying it into diamond-hard conviction
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
took this stance real early on, have been paying close attention, and i have yet to see a single thing that manages to challenge that opinion even a little bit, rather than solidifying it into diamond-hard conviction
Okay this is fascinating: denpaarchive.neocities.org/yaoi
Yonezawa Yoshihiro On “Yaoi”: Why Did Girls Give Up Ordinary Love for Boys’ Love? (1991)
denpaarchive.neocities.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Okay this is fascinating: denpaarchive.neocities.org/yaoi
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People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
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Israel’s two-year assault on Gaza has left a catastrophic death toll that is even worse than most official estimates, according to European researchers. A study released on Tuesday estimates that “the current violent death toll” in Gaza is between 99,997 and 125,915.
Gaza Death Toll From Israeli Genocide “Likely Exceeds” 100K, Study Finds
The new research also found that Israel’s war led to a precipitous plunge in life expectancy in the Gaza Strip.
truthout.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Israel’s two-year assault on Gaza has left a catastrophic death toll that is even worse than most official estimates, according to European researchers. A study released on Tuesday estimates that “the current violent death toll” in Gaza is between 99,997 and 125,915.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
You think everything is terrible (headache) but then there’s this creature and also you found a deeply cute Spider-Man AU for your favorite rarepair
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 AM
You think everything is terrible (headache) but then there’s this creature and also you found a deeply cute Spider-Man AU for your favorite rarepair
Woke up because I felt weird. Had some water, shuffled around some blankets. Then it happened. I looked at the pill pod on the bedside table, and I realized.
I took the morning pills instead of the night pills.
I took the morning pills instead of the night pills.
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Woke up because I felt weird. Had some water, shuffled around some blankets. Then it happened. I looked at the pill pod on the bedside table, and I realized.
I took the morning pills instead of the night pills.
I took the morning pills instead of the night pills.
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A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
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“Political prescription isn’t the point; teasing out the humanity of these people is.”
An incredible critique by @angelicabastien.bsky.social’s via @vulture.com that looks at the faults of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER without negating the agency of its Black actresses.
An incredible critique by @angelicabastien.bsky.social’s via @vulture.com that looks at the faults of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER without negating the agency of its Black actresses.
Black Actresses Are Carrying One Battle After Another
Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, and Regina Hall propel the film’s most conflicted ideas, for better and worse.
www.vulture.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“Political prescription isn’t the point; teasing out the humanity of these people is.”
An incredible critique by @angelicabastien.bsky.social’s via @vulture.com that looks at the faults of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER without negating the agency of its Black actresses.
An incredible critique by @angelicabastien.bsky.social’s via @vulture.com that looks at the faults of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER without negating the agency of its Black actresses.
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I will add the following: our students lack the research skills required to audit an LLM essay for errors. They don’t arrive on campus with these skills; we teach it to them over four long years. So throwing freshmen in the deep end and saying “swim your way to a shore of rectitude” is folly.
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I will add the following: our students lack the research skills required to audit an LLM essay for errors. They don’t arrive on campus with these skills; we teach it to them over four long years. So throwing freshmen in the deep end and saying “swim your way to a shore of rectitude” is folly.
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This is not the way, and @cnygren.bsky.social and I lay out in detail why it isn’t in this essay here. static1.squarespace.com/static/55577...
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This is not the way, and @cnygren.bsky.social and I lay out in detail why it isn’t in this essay here. static1.squarespace.com/static/55577...
Hello from my baaaaaby
November 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Hello from my baaaaaby
a movie that takes place where I’m from
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
a movie that takes place where I’m from
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Americans need to eat fewer ultra-processed foods and more dubious powders
And yes, the swag bags. Attendees received MAHA-branded tote bags with:
- Packets of creatine
- Beef tallow potato chips ($79 for a 6-pack!!)
- Mouth tape
- RFK Jr's biography
- Beef protein bars
- Packets of creatine
- Beef tallow potato chips ($79 for a 6-pack!!)
- Mouth tape
- RFK Jr's biography
- Beef protein bars
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Americans need to eat fewer ultra-processed foods and more dubious powders
The airplane legroom situation is getting so dire that even I, at 5’5 on a very good day, am noticing it
November 23, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The airplane legroom situation is getting so dire that even I, at 5’5 on a very good day, am noticing it
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One of my fave posts from the other site
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
One of my fave posts from the other site
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bolsanaro reportedly upset about going to prison because it’s taking him away from his true passion, going to the hospital
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 AM
bolsanaro reportedly upset about going to prison because it’s taking him away from his true passion, going to the hospital
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Just saw someone described as an "ontologist" and now I want Clinical Ontologist to be a job title.
Welcome to the Department of Clinical Ontology. Let's go over your chart. I see that you are. Are you still as you were or are you otherwise? For your case of being, I prescribe becoming.
Welcome to the Department of Clinical Ontology. Let's go over your chart. I see that you are. Are you still as you were or are you otherwise? For your case of being, I prescribe becoming.
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Just saw someone described as an "ontologist" and now I want Clinical Ontologist to be a job title.
Welcome to the Department of Clinical Ontology. Let's go over your chart. I see that you are. Are you still as you were or are you otherwise? For your case of being, I prescribe becoming.
Welcome to the Department of Clinical Ontology. Let's go over your chart. I see that you are. Are you still as you were or are you otherwise? For your case of being, I prescribe becoming.