I have quite a lot of questions about ghosts. 👻 I’ve decided to make them into a thread in case anyone who knows about ghosts can provide some information. Thanks in advance.

Really need new publicity photos! The ones I keep using are 12 years old. So I also need someone to take the photos and ideally do this without my knowledge or I’ll look weird. If anyone has come up with the answer to this dilemma please let me know.

Seeing the Unseeable | Public discussion w/Rachel Bearon, Emily Howard, Elaine Chew, Marcus du Sautoy & Lauren Redhead 📆 Mon 24 Nov 2025 🕖 7-8:30pm 📍Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre KCL 🔗 marc.kcl.ac.uk/2025/11/seei... @kingsnmes.bsky.social @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social @laurenredhead.bsky.social

November Noise Upstairs This Thursday!

c.org/qZcXBxHHGG Sign to show your anger and disappointment in the decisions taken at the University of Nottingham, where Music and Modern Languages are being cut.

Horrific, stupid news from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social — they are closing their music department. Apparently they all found out suddently in a meeting yesterday. It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The news about Nottingham Music is awful. I hope the means to resist this can be found. I feel like every day in HE we’re dealing with some decision or other that is part of this whole picture. What will be left when everything is cut? It’s impossible.

Today is a synth day! Been looking forward to this for a while: capstone.hope.ac.uk/whatson/levi...

This petition has nearly 10,000 signatures: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73... You could help this by signing, if you aren’t a terrible person who hates animals

It’s the time of year where for weeks on end I get to spend my evening calming down the dog who is beside himself at every loud bang. Yes, we have every single ****ing thing marketed to calm down dogs. The thing that would work is banning fireworks. There’s no argument in their favour.

Statement on the Proposed Cancellation of the Initial Teacher Training Bursary for Music https://www.rma.ac.uk/2025/10/31/statement-on-the-proposed-cancellation-of-the-initial-teacher-training-bursary-for-music/

this Ozymandias thing: do I want to understand or should I not ask?

Big thanks to The Quietus for the support and kind words. Here's a little interview and feature preview of Boundaries...Share it if you can. Cheers G

Since allowing the dog to sleep in the bedroom I’ve discovered that the reason he spends his whole day sleeping in different dog beds is that he definitely doesn’t spend the night sleeping. And now he goes in the bedroom at night it’s going to be work to make him go back in his dog bedroom.

NOVEMBER NOISE UPSTAIRS!

This captures my sentiment today

Using ChatGPT

Thanks to Stephen Weigel for having me on his podcast! (The picture is not of one of my instruments) youtu.be/oB8Wh4hJovw?...

Manchester half marathon this morning. I lost 6 weeks of training due to a hamstring injury and spend last week feeling ill and run down - I wasn’t confident in my goal of Having A Nice Time. Nevertheless I had a lovely run at a better pace than predicted so I am happy.

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

I’ve received an AI-written email response. I suspect this because it mostly repeats the email that I wrote first back to me. Even worse, no reply was needed or if the person wanted to they could have just written “thanks.” This is how the robots get us: by wasting our time until we die.

Music and/as Process deadline has been extended to Sunday 5th Oct. (midnight). #MusProc2025 takes place across 2 dates/venues in November: Goldsmiths (7/11), Edinburgh Napier (8/11). Info via website: musicandasprocess.org/conference-2... Submission form: shorturl.at/njhmC #practiceresearch

October. I see I haven’t written anything since the rapture. I’m out of things to say. #rrecommit

Oh I think I’ve missed the rapture. Today was a bit busy.

The internet connection has been down for 5 days. The internet provider also claims their system that would allow them to check if anyone is fixing it is also down. So no-one knows why is wrong, why, if anyone can or will fix it, or anything else. No, you don’t get a refund for this.

All of the insomnia advice says don’t go to bed earlier to make up for the lack of sleep but none of it says how you are supposed to keep awake?

Went to see @samaverycomedy.com in the Lowry…a very good end to my terrible week! Go to see him if you can, before he becomes too famous and the tickets are too expensive. Which seems sure to happen soon.

I’m not sleeping well and worried while awake in the night how is get up for my long run. Thankfully nothing will wake you up like the sound of your dog being sick. I feel like I’ve got on the wrong bit of the universe at the moment.

I have today moved office into the right but also sort of wrong office and so now I’m office-less because I can’t go back to the original office either. And it turns out this is just the one thing too many that I can’t deal with.

Monday morning, here we go. I’ve had to change everything about this week yesterday and it’s made all of those tasks more filled with dread than originally expected. On the other hand, the stars still didn’t come off my face so I’ll be sparkly while I do them. #recommit

10km race completed! Sparkly race face. Next task for today is to make a back up video of a presentation and of course I think the sparkles may not come off. Maybe I’ll wear the medal in the video too just to make the point 😂

Is anyone a whizz at making breakout groups in teams? I’ve asked people if they want to avoid the tube strike by moving an event online and now it seems they do want that and I don’t know how to do it. Please help.

This is more fun and involved than you’d think: whatsaltareyou.com

Yuzu Jaffa cakes do not taste enough of yuzu. End transmission.

Which departments are Oxford and Cambridge doing to be encouraged to close, then? Or is it only the rest of us who will be expected to identify our — doubtless market-oriented — specialisms?

I’m trying to avoid admitting it is Autumn, but so far I’ve already used the slow cooker twice and bought a mug that looks like a green woodland pumpkin.

First day back and the main task is “get all the snakes back in the box”. There are a lot of snakes and no obvious box.

This performance in between the Hundred final matches is terrible. And given the threat of rain, why is time being wasted on this rather than getting on with cricket? If it ends up with an abandoned/DLS result because this had to be broadcast that’s a disaster.

Today has got a lot of back to school energy, that I’m not really here for.

North Yorkshire National Trust sites have better ice creams that North West ones. This just for info.

There is no other winter programme like this ANYWHERE in the UK. A feast of top tier masters of their craft alongside some of the most exciting modern artists performing today. Its a line up full of deep variety, exciting ideas & maverick methods. Tickets from only £15! musiccity.uk/whats-on/bou...

How much stuff do you think 2 humans and 1 dog need to go camping for 5 days? No, more than that. Moar.

Universities make a loss on home teaching. They make a loss on state-sponsored research. Now they will make a loss on international students. So there will be no activities at all that even break even. In those circs you cannot continue: the end. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/deficit...

Every time I compromise my principles and book a flight with Ryanair I come to regret it.

I like Steven Finn as a commentator. He manages to cram quite a lot of info into his descriptions in a concise way, which is good for imagining what’s happening.

Oh god it’s already Wednesday. Finally listening to the new NIN tune a month too late.

Car has its MOT today. Thoughts and prayers for the car. (we need to go on holiday in the car next week)

I have to return to work for 3 days before I am on leave again. For some reason this seems more difficult than the whole of the autumn term will.

Just ordered lots of special food for the dog so he can have nice things on holiday. I am not sure if dogs understand this concept or if he just thinks that every so often special food comes out. Either way I think it’s important for dogs to have holiday experiences too.

This is tonight! It’s now a trio with me, @azaldua.bsky.social and Henry McPherson - we’ve got field recordings, moss, deconstructed 17thC fugue, an accordion, free improv. Looking forward to making some sounds!