Is anyone/does anyone on the fedi know string instrument players ( #cello mainly, but also #violin ) in #london interested in joining a #stringquartet? Alternatively is any almost-quartet looking for a #viola player? Asking for partner :) #music #classicalmusic :boost_requested:

Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots How I managed to give an exam while giving the students the choice to use a chatbot or not. And what I learned in the process. https://ploum.net/2026-01-19-exam-with-chatbots.html

Northern Lights over Hamburg #northernlights

I combined two of my hobbies at the weekend - the 3rd bassoon/contrabassoon part in Bruckner’s 8th symphony has quite a few bars rest so I took my knitting along to the rehearsal. #knitting #bassoon

A multilingual #caturday! #cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #humor #humour

Master #yoda? ‘The Smithfield Decretals’ (Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria), Toulouse ca. 1300, illuminations added in London ca. 1340. British Library, Royal 10 E IV, fol. 30v. #medieval #medievalart

Visiting my cats-in-law over the holidays #Caturday

I received an excellent selection of books this year!

Academia wasn’t built for deaf scholars—but what if it was? Our new paper uses #DrDeaf as an example of alignment in action: how deaf ways of knowing and teaching reconfigure academic space and becoming. With tensions, yes—but also with a distinct deaf rhythm. academic.oup.com/jdsde/advanc...

The mysterious black fungus from Chernobyl that may eat radiation https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251125-the-mysterious-black-fungus-from-chernobyl-that-appears-to-eat-radiation