Latest feature for The New York Times explores new technologically focused avenues in experimental music that incorporate disability and neurodivergence into the creative process, with fascinating, intriguing results. nytimes.com/2022/11/03/art…

I'm sick with covid, and my ankle that I broke 7 years ago is really hurting. It hurt sometimes for a couple years after I broke it, but hasn't hurt for 5 years. Is this a thing? Covid re-awakening old aches and pains?

This is pretty massive - Creative Scotland are pushing back implementation of new Regular Funding for organisations by at least 12 months. No info on how current RFOs treated. If stable they will have been funded for c. 7 years and no option for new ones creativescotland.com/what-we-do/lat…

This is way bigger than Birkbeck - though that's appalling enough to make you to sign. No job cuts in English at Birkbeck, University of London! - Sign the Petition! chng.it/L46zhCcR via Change.org UK

As many of you know, this impacts on me personally but this really is an extraordinary department, world leading in research and teaching and, vitally, in widening participation. My heart is breaking 💔 change.org/p/no-job-cuts-…

Great to have Kate Moore - Music back in the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland to work with our composers again this week #Glasgow #Scotland

Ugh: covid #3! Please send me cheery dog photos (or anything else you find cute) and/or recommendations for gripping TV! (So far I just feel like I have a really bad cold -- I hope that will be all it is this time!)

Who should I be reading about Bell Labs and spectrograms?

What was that book about silence (from an acoustic ecology-ish perspective), written by a guy about 10 years ago. I think his name started with G, but maybe not. Please help me out, twitter!

Austerity is what is gutting our arts organizations/HEIs/educations/social safety nets/gender equality/human rights, yet I see ppl (some of whom think they are left wing) blaming variously amateurs, postmodernism, diversity, trans ppl, & immigrants. It makes absolutely no sense!

Almost ALL staff on BBC Local Radio have been placed at risk of redundancy today. Many may be moved to new roles. ALL presenter roles are closing. Presenters will have to re-apply for new on air jobs. I think it would be fair to say we are stunned and upset here.

Revisiting this beautiful (aurally and visually) score by Ruta Vitkauskaite before our soundwalk on 20th Nov with Gemma McGregor Emily Doolittle Dawn Wood and Jo Nicholson for Book Week Scotland youtu.be/78Nhqfktmf0 Link is on video info.