Dr Katherine Williams

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.

Stop using WeTransfer.

@iaspm_official #paris2025 you were brilliant. An awful lot of behind the scenes and on the ground work went into making this conference accessible, diverse, welcoming, and intellectually stimulating, and it did not disappoint. Academic rockstars round every corner. 💪

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Had a great week at Rockfield studios in Monmouth with the Pro7ect team, writing and recording songs. My wordsmith abilities were put to the test with allegedly (day 1), paradoxical intention (day 2), and purgatory (day 3) 😂.

What a beautiful week in the Scottish highlands writing songs with amazing people. Thank you all for sharing your time and space, and for the wonderful music making I’ve been privileged to witness and be part of.

Every April, we celebrate Independent Bookstore Day to remind us how vital indie bookstores are to our communities and society. It’s a day of joy and solidarity, and significant financial impact for these bookstores. This year, Amazon is undercutting that with a “Book Sale” on the same day—a calculated move by a company that has already put half the bookstores in the country out of business, controls over 60% of the market and sells far more books than all indie bookstores combined. The people at Amazon responsible for the timing of their "Book Sale" should be ashamed, but they are shameless.

Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

ALCS day always a happy surprise. Keep reading, folks 😊

So much so that my copy is always on loan to someone I’ve recommended it to. I was never fortunate enough to meet Jonathan in person, but he was always gracious and generous when I reached out over the ether. RIP. Condolences and sympathy to those close to him. 2/2

Farewell to Jonathan Sterne We are very sad to learn of the death of communication scholar Jonathan Sterne, after a long battle with cancer. He was 54 years old. Sterne was James McGill Professor of Culture and Technology at …

So very sad to hear this news. MP3: the Meaning of a Format, and The Audible Past have been hugely important texts to my lecturing over the years. Diminished Faculties has been a touchstone to me as a scholar and personally over the last few years. 1/2

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I had that one! Oh wait. We’re colleagues 😂

We are hiring at St John's! We have an opening for an Early Career Librarian post, 3 year fixed term, salary £27,786, and as part of the role the College will pay the successful candidate's fees and give them day release to undertake a Masters' degree in Librarianship. www.joh.cam.ac.uk/vacancies

I have had lots of feedback already saying how the session helped demystify academic publishing. This was my goal so I’m thrilled 😊

We had an absolutely brilliant @royalmusical.bsky.social Pathways to Publication event yesterday, held at UoBristol’s Victoria Rooms. Thanks so much to the speakers who gave freely of their time and insights, and all IRL and virtual participants who were so attentive and had some great questions.

✨Registration is now open for the RMA Study Day - Everyday Music Scenes: Pubs, Clubs and 'Stutes.✨

And we’re excited to announce that @petebrownbeer.bsky.social, author of Clubland: How the Working Men’s Club Shaped Britain, will be giving our keynote… with a twist!

@royalmusical.bsky.social

🔈 Calling musicians in Cardiff!

Musicians, students and alumni will be gathering tomorrow in a mass protest against the proposed plan to close Cardiff University School of Music

✊ Every young person in Wales should have the chance to benefit from arts education

MA Black Humanities | Study at Bristol | University of Bristol

Applications for the MA Black Humanities are open @brisblackhums.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social.
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Gwlad o (protest) gân: Why closing Cardiff University’s School of Music is cultural suicide Dr Nathan James Dearden My heart breaks – for the current students who are experiencing the wonders of a music degree, for future students who may never have the chance to be part of this special plac...

From the male voice choirs of the Valleys to the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, music is woven into the fabric of Welsh identity - a ‘Land of Song’ whose voice is being ripped out ✍🏻 Nathan James Dearden wp.me/p8Mk4U-V3y

Don't hesitate to feed yourself the good stuff, artistically and intellectually. It's the best antidote to... all this.

Half A Million Students Given ChatGPT As CSU System Makes AI History The California State University system partners with OpenAI for the largest AI rollout in education.

Join me in staring into the middle distance in quiet horror

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Sign the Petition SAVE CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC

Please consider signing in support of our friends and colleagues in the School of Music at Cardiff University. Music and the arts make everything better. This is so shortsighted.

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Thank you Jo! And thank you for everything throughout.

Donned a square hat again today, this time for my MA in Creative Writing from the UoBristol #bristolgrad.
Yesterday heard Jacob Collier and Chris Thile at Bristol Beacon.
Flying visit to Edinburgh earlier this week to examine a PhD. What a week!

Caught a typo on yesterday’s post, so please see again:

@royalmusical.bsky.social students and ECRs!! Please see the below for information about an event about getting published in academia.

Aimed at musicologists, broadly speaking: Tuesday 4th March, 1-4pm, University of Bristol Victoria Rooms.

University of Aberdeen, you are very beautiful. Here for the @royalmusical.bsky.social/BFE RSC.

I am holding networking and ‘how to navigate a conference’ drop in session 9-10 tomorrow, and an ‘Academic Resilience’ workshop 1400-1530.

All in MacRobert 028. Everyone welcome!

🚨Update from RSC organisers 🚨: 'We are looking forward to welcoming delegates to Aberdeen. While there is still snow on the ground and the weather is chilly, we no NOT expect significant travel disruption later in the week and there are NO changes planned to the running of the conference.'

You can't hear it, but University of Tennessee tool 'cloaks' songs to protect music from AI "This is the first of its kind. Before this, there's no tool that can prevent music from being learned by generative AI."

For my musician friends who don’t want their music stolen for genAI www.knoxnews.com/story/news/e...

Galley Beggar Press is hiring!

We need a reliable, book-loving, Norwich-based administrative assistant for six months - starting January, 10 hours a week, and with the possibility of extending:

Closing date: 13 December 2024

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A date for your diary: we're pleased to announce that the 2026 BFE & RMA Research Students' Conference will be hosted by the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire on 6-8 January 2026.

Poem entitled ‘For a Student who Used AI to Write a Paper’ Now Iet it fall back in the grasses. I hear you. I know this life is hard now. I know your days are precious on this earth. But what are you trying to be free of? The living? The miraculous task of it? Love is for the ones who love the work.

Poem by Joseph Fasano. It’s that time of year. H/T to Alice Adams for the picture.