Patricia Wallinga

@KivanBay We got so good at this in the 90s-00s with teen romcoms!

I think what's weird about the "translate classics so they're more accessible to many readers" thing is I agree that should happen, I just don't think AI is the tool for it. Adaptation is a part of the conversation of art and creation and only really works when done by a human

You haven't seen this post yet if you're not on Bluesky (please move, it's where my Posts are now), but here's our concert: youtube.com/watch?v=_RrJhi…

It would mean the world to me if you donate to my beloved International Orange Chorale and shared this link. It's a stellar choir that does so much for the San Francisco contemporary music scene. #GivingTuesday givebutter.com/iocsf/patricia…

I do not remember it telling me about my 10th anniversary here. I am not actually here for my 11th anniversary, I am on Bluesky (@pwallinga.bluesky.social, and also generally the only Patricia Wallinga anywhere). But god, I fucking guess.

Fare cops waiting at the inbound 38 at 30th @UnfareSF

also I have to let the thoughts marinate into a coherent order, and ALSO also get over the embarrassment of telling everyone I knew at the concert "no i know a better bar seriously" and then forgetting it was open mic night. this is a job for Tomorrow Patricia

As I've often done in the past, I will probably make a long, moderately insightful, mildly self-indulgent thread on the newest New Music Concert I Have Emotions About (@gabrielkahan and @caroshawmusic). You gotta go to Bluesky for it, though. (tl;dr i'm so glad this exists)

@theanglishtimes Is "laptop" Anglish?

How long do you leave your reckoner running without switching off and on again?

@ShadowedCipher Not to mention Team Star basically having a member for each letter in "LGBTQ+" and whatever's clearly going on between Hassel and Brassius. Scarlet and Violet are truly for the girls and the gays

Playing pokemon violet and finally got to the most lesbian character ever fucking created Jesus christ wheres your carabiner and chappell hat

@james_f_thomas He thought the speaker was a woman. There was also no rhythmic variation because it was very important to highlight that Adam is walking. This somehow won the department's art song competition.

@pwallinga what…what did they think it was about

second-best horny fan letter to Walt Whitman (the first, which I will post in a reply, was the one from the lady begging him to cum inside her "on a mountain top, in the open air")

@james_f_thomas A composer I went to grad school with wrote an art song that set this poem and was shocked and scandalized when someone mentioned it was gay. I think about that at least once a week.

actually I now find myself relating more to Walt Whitman, as someone navigating the social consequences of developing an entire public literary persona around “I am gay and horny for men and you should be too”

@IDoTheThinking Bobby Newport for ice-bath paleo startup bros

Q: But Republicans are winning because we're going woke? A: Republicans will always be better at being Republicans than Democrats are. Concessions will not save you. Do not comply in advance. DO NOT. COMPLY. IN ADVANCE.

Q: What's with all these pronouns? A: Basic part of speech. I use them, you use them. If somebody tells you they use a pronoun you don't expect, think of it like it's part of their name. Q: But they'll be MAD if I mess up! A: Apologize, correct yourself, move on. It'll be okay.

For those who think we should throw trans people under the bus in the next election, a helpful guide: Q: Why shouldn't we? A: Because they're people, you twat. Q: But I think they're weird. A: Then mind your own business and let them live their lives.

let's be real, we all got CORER wrong a couple of weeks ago (I'm still mad), it's not like there's a long streak to break