11) This is #SnarkyPuppy and #Väsen performing "Shapons Vindaloo." I find it amazing that even with that many musicians and rhythms that intricate, their playing is still so tight. It's in 23/16, but imo it doesn't sound at all forced or gimmicky—it just works. #ThreeMinuteThursday #3MT #Music #UnitedStates #Sweden #TimeSignature #Nyckelharpa https://youtu.be/GG34pxW_N4c?si=pzaLSORYlSCXu0O-

10) Today's #ThreeMinuteThursday pick is "Opakování" by #TataBojs. #3MT #Music #Czechia https://youtu.be/0AWLWeX35YQ?si=yD2uFcKWDgxg5szn

9) Today's #ThreeMinuteThursday pick is #ArchyJay and #RohitChawla putting a #Bhangra twist on the traditional Irish song "Toss the Feathers." #3MT #Music #India https://youtu.be/WCS-JDhsYvE?si=MjIaTDnP4GT0MgtL

8) Today's #ThreeMinuteThursday pick is "Invader Invader" by #KyaryPamyuPamyu. #3MT #Music #Japan https://youtu.be/jcIOg_m-bp4?si=tfLFUdPgbAlnuhj_

7) Today's #ThreeMinuteThursday pick is "Viimane vihm" by #MandoTrio. #3MT #Music #Instrumental #Estonia https://youtu.be/tZjJaRI9rQM?si=vYkRjLniGM4H3ig

6) #Namgar performs #traditional #Buryat and #Mongolian #music. Their leader and namesake is lead singer Namgar Lhasaranova, who is from the borderlands of #Russia, #Mongolia, and #China. This is a Buryat traditional song called "Two Yokhors." #ThreeMinuteThursday #3MT https://youtu.be/A8zD2m24Bpk?si=M7Sq1fBWgoHfF650

5) With the passing of Amadou Bagayoko last week, it feels fitting to share an example of the brilliant #music of #AmadouEtMariam, the duo of Amadou and his wife Mariam Doumbia. In 2005, they released "Sénégal Fast Food," a song about the challenges of seeking a better life through #migration, with guest artist and producer #ManuChao. #ThreeMinuteThursday #3MT #Mali #France #Spain https://youtu.be/J43T8rEOg-I?si=hnRPSFqPkdIHzkQ3

4) In Husák's #Czechoslovakia, the poems of #EgonBondy were banned. The #PlasticPeopleOfTheUniverse were not allowed to record/distribute their #music. This didn't stop PPU from recording an album in 1974–75 with lyrics mainly taken from Bondy poems. After PPU's 1976 imprisonment, a Czech in London tried to get the album released abroad. It was released in 1978 in France and England, including the track "Toxica." #ThreeMinuteThursday #3MT #Czechia #PragueUnderground https://youtu.be/4X46rmf8534?si=h_ksZ8_9TD1mm2wI

3) With "Gimme Tha Power," originally released in 1997, #Molotov reminds us that "la gente de arriba te detesta" (the people at the top despise you), but also that "el pueblo unido jamás será vencido" (the people united will never be defeated). #ThreeMinuteThursday #3MT #Music #Mexico #VivaMéxicoCabrones #NotActually3Minutes https://youtu.be/_5DeFKlLbL8?si=flTGszwEbb7zM6mU

2) This week's #ThreeMinuteThursday selection is "Somos Sur," a powerful anthem from 2014 for the #GlobalSouth by #AnaTijoux featuring #ShadiaMansour. Both artists were born far from the land of their parents. Tijoux grew up in #France, where her parents had gone from #Chile to escape the #Pinochet dictatorship. The family returned when she was 14. Mansour was born in the #UnitedKingdom to parents who had left occupied #Palestine. #3MT #Music #NotActually3Minutes https://youtu.be/EKGUJXzxNqc?si=i55o3rhO2hMzrgnN

🎉 Great success for Turku Bioscience Centre at the 3MT competition!

Congrats to Rahul Birdar (@lahesmaalab.bsky.social) for securing 2nd place and Omkar Joshi (@ivaskalab.bsky.social) for being selected to represent @utu.fi in the international 3MT competition by the SANORD network! 👏 #3MT #SANORD https://bsky.app/profile/turkubioscience.bsky.social/post/3ljrqu2t7i22r #utu #yliopisto

1) The inaugural #ThreeMinuteThursday selection is by #Senyawa, an experimental duo of incredible sonic architects from #Java, #Indonesia, who build their own instruments. This song, "Istana," is from their 2021 album #Alkisah, all of which is well worth a listen. #3MT #Music #NotActually3Minutes https://youtu.be/zBCrOTS4dE4?si=YX-Cxg9hvbwGCZR7

I'm interested in trying out #3MT on Mastodon. It won't necessarily be the same selections I share with my family, e.g., since sometimes those are chosen to commemorate family-specific anniversaries and since I keep them PG. But anyway, here goes:

The change in scope was initially motivated in part by craving more geographically variety, so I began adding music from other countries. Over time, I also became more disillusioned with the #EBU, which organizes Eurovision, particularly for its opposition to anyone speaking out for Palestine, so Eurovision became much rarer in #3MT.

A couple years ago, I started a ritual in my family's group chat called #ThreeMinuteThursday or #3MT in which each Thursday (or Friday if I forget), I share a piece of #music. The "three–minute" piece referred to the fact that initially, the songs were from #Eurovision or adjacent contests, most of which impose a 3–minute limit. Over time, I expanded the scope, so selections are sometimes longer, but the name remains.

Cheering on CSD Ph.D. Ananya Joshi as she competes with 9 finalists at CMU for the 3 Minute Thesis #3MT

https://csd.cmu.edu/news/joshi-among-ten-three-minute-thesis-3mt-finalists

#teaching

I scored a spectacular own goal.

In the capstone seminar I told the students to do a #3MT, a Three Minute Thesis presentation. Because that would be fun. They agreed and said I should join too. Yeah, why not.

So I spent several hours today trying to summarize my current research project - twenty years in the making - in about 240 words.

What an emotional journey! At some point I felt that what I'm doing is not expressible, or maybe I'm not doing anything, or whatever... Sure, I recovered from that, but still, it is quite a process.

#SFUEarthSciences student Sarah Aufrère not only won the Ma Thèse en 180 secondes Western Final in French, she was also selected as Audience Choice in the English language 3 Minute Thesis competition. Learn about her work to detect the warning signs of volcanic eruptions: https://www.sfu.ca/baff-offa/en/news-and-events/news/2024/sarah_aufrere.html #SFUScience #volcano #volcanology #earthsciences #geology #3MT

Congratulations to #SFUBPK student Erin Williams and #SFUBioSci student Soobin Yim for winning first place and runner-up at the #SFU Three Minute Thesis competition! #SFUScience #3MT

Feeling a bit emotional watching the final of Vitae’s 3-minute thesis #3MT competition. So much talent amongst our doctoral communities, and real passion for communicating their ideas to wider audiences. The future is bright. #LoveHE