BREAKING: Epic Games lays off roughly 50% of Bandcamp amidst its sale to Songtradr.

The Fortnite maker purchased the music platform just last year but is now spinning it off amid massive cost cutting.

The Paris Review mourns the loss of Louise Glück (1943-2023). In celebration of her life and work, we’ve unlocked her poems from our archive.

theparisreview.org/authors/26185/…

UAD have made the LA2A compressor free till halloween :0

This is beyond fucked up; and the only reason it gets out is because of local journalism. Have really been appreciating Ben's work since moving to Rhode Island.

Mike Pessoa spent 19 years as a Fall River cop until he was caught on camera beating a civilian. His personnel file was full of similar allegations that had been dismissed. I'm sharing a few of those here to show how the Fall River Police Department handles civilian complaints

At various points Gee has said mass firings are: b/c of the budget/not b/c of the budget; happening fast/ been in the works for years; what everyone is doing/is not what anyone is doing. The lies are just endless. It's almost like he doesn't know people can research things.

🚨 Kentucky residents: TODAY is also the last day for you to register to vote in November's election.

Gov. Andy Beshear's challenge to AG Daniel Cameron headlines that, but there's plenty of other races.

Kentucky allows people to register online:
vrsws.sos.ky.gov/ovrweb/

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Ok so here is the official announcement that Stony Brook University is starting an initiative in Native American and Indigenous Studies, with a new Minor, and five (!!!) new hires. Yours truly as the inaugural director. news.stonybrook.edu/university/sbu…

We have at least 5 senior faculty who accepted early retirement. For example, Professor John Goldwasser who has several teaching awards accepted early retirement to save young faculty like me. Idk what to say, but I am definitely not cheerful about this situation :( So very sad.

Provost Reed says that only 69 faculty are being RIFfed because the remaining 74 of the 143 RIFs agreed by the BOG chose to leave. More data manipulation! 143 people have been forced out of their jobs; some just sacrificed themselves. Disgusting spin.

The NID Tapes: Electronic Music From India 1969​-​1972 highlights the brief but fertile period, more than 50 years ago, avant-garde electronic music took root in India

Our review ↓ p4k.in/Jg31wgj

Have you ever wondered how discrete Fourier transform might be used to analyse complex harmonic flavour? 'No, lol', you say? Well... It's quite interesting, I promise! Sign-up to this workshop Royal College of Music sma.ac.uk/2023/09/societ…

“Cassettes are no longer the dominant medium, but ‘High Bias’ reminds us of their cultural currency, and the lasting power of analog media and its myriad emotional connections.”—Geeta Dayal on Marc Masters 🌵’s new book about the history of the cassette tape 4columns.org/dayal-geeta/hi…

“It doesn’t matter what DAW you use” is bad advice

This is a most satisfying recording and I recommend it.

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