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Mary Beth Toole

@cosmicpiano.bsky.social
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Cosmic Piano-Music and Sound Meditation ✨🎹 Podcast creator and host-Sonic Earth Expeditions Former TV News Producer - @NBCNews, Sound recordist - @CBSNews

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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 04/09/2026
The Hugging Face incident may turn out to be one of the most important milestones/warnings in technological revolution now underway. History may look back at this moment/point to it. Everyone should be reading ab it and thinking about it. Here are a few good pieces: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/t...
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Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I. (Gift Article)
The attack by an aggressive “collective” of OpenAI agents shows the danger of artificial intelligence systems that organize themselves.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/08/2026
The ear witness: Turner-winner Lawrence Abu Hamdan and his ‘sound evidence’ exposés of human rights abuses
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The ear witness: Turner-winner Lawrence Abu Hamdan and his ‘sound evidence’ exposés of human rights abuses
From killings in Gaza to the alleged use of a sonic weapon on a vigil in Belgrade, the Lebanese-British artist reveals how his work for activist group Earshot is inseparable from his art
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 14/08/2026
They used to call this malware.
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ChatGPT just learned to watch everything you do on your Mac
ChatGPT Computer History tracks your Mac activity to build a searchable timeline, no screenshots involved.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/08/2026
Astronomers discover a new kind of cosmic object – a black hole star
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Astronomers discover a new kind of cosmic object – a black hole star
The body is the size of the entire solar system and glows with a brilliant red light about 30bn light years from Earth Astronomers claim to have discovered a new kind of cosmic object, a black hole star, which is the size of the entire solar system and glows with a brilliant red light. The international team made the breakthrough after focusing their attention on a mysterious red spot in images of the early solar system captured by Nasa’s James Webb space telescope. Continue reading...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/08/2026
Because the threatened billionaires are directing the media they own to split the opposition.
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Notice that Trump has now totally dropped the pretense that what he's building in that big hole next to the White House is a ballroom. A month ago he called it a “Great National Security Facility and Ballroom” (with "drone ports"). Now it's just a "Military Center". Trump is building a bunker. 1/
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 31/07/2026
I highly recommend watching the scenes from Silicon Valley that take place in a data center. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM3V...
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
U.S approves a giant space mirror to test ‘sunlight on demand.’ Now they want to keep it bright during the night too The light will disrupt circadian rhythms of plants, animals and humans Reflect Orbital plans to have more than 50,000 satellites in action by 2035 theconversation.com/the-u-s-just...
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The U.S. just approved a giant space mirror to test ‘sunlight on demand.’ Low Earth orbit is getting weird
From space hotels and artificial meteor showers, to a new giant mirror that reflects sunlight to Earth — low-Earth orbit is getting weird.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Thousands of Americans are getting sick from a foodborne parasite, and federal regulators have still not publicly identified the source. So what's been happening in the federal government over the past year that might be a factor in this outbreak? 🧵⬇️
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
If the Republicans ever succeed in repealing Obamacare’s protections for preexisting conditions, your smartwatch & health monitors could be the snitch that documents all of your preexisting conditions and costs you your health insurance coverage & possibly your life! Much worse than Luigi imagined.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/07/2026
A study concluded that the uninhibited pumping of groundwater by farmers, cities and corporations around the world now accounts for 68% of the total loss of fresh water at the latitudes where most people live. (Published July 2025)
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“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 07/07/2026
You do not have to give people “due process” before you choose not to vote for them. You can just be like “oh word the guy who wrote rape apologia and had allegations just got another serious allegation? Guess he doesn’t need to be my senator.”
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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Trump spends a lot of time whining about NATO, and more Americans are now convinced NATO wouldn’t help us than in any other NATO country The reality outside the US goop info environment? We are the ally that is unreliable, and it has consequences for our national defense and defense industries: /1
senior economist advising Andy Burnham as he prepares for No. 10
Downing Street has criticized the U.K.'s longstanding reliance on the U.S.A series of deals due to be signed at today's NATO Defence Industry Forum would shift some production and maintenance of U.S.-designed weapons systems to Europe, according to planning documents obtained by POLITICO.NATO to acquire "up to" 10 Saab GlobalEyes for E-3 replacement, says
Secretary General
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Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Healthcare should not be linked to your employment. That’s why we must fight for Medicare for All.
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Everyone who is scared of cities and multiculturalism is a loser.
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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Assuming this killing was done in Venezuela with the consent of the government there, the possible *US domestic laws* it likely violated are the Assassination Ban of E.O. 12333 and the murder prohibition in UCMJ Art. 118. If anyone still cares about such things ... .
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Mary Beth Toole @cosmicpiano.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
www.youtube.com/live/aAhm880...
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LIVE: See Donald Trump’s name come off the Kennedy Center as it happens
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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Look if you really don’t understand by now that it’s about the misogyny, then probably you — men and women alike — are part of the system that preserves American misogyny as wildly out of alignment with, and now helping to subsume, our democracy There’s no “yes but” It’s a national embarrassment
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ACLU @aclu.org · 01/06/2026
“We live in fear of these strikes, and because of that, many people have stopped going out to fish.” The Trump administration’s boat strikes have killed over 200 civilians and upended the livelihoods of coastal communities across South America. This illegal bombing campaign must be stopped.
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The U.S. Boat Strike Campaign Has Now Killed Over 200 People
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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
As horrifying as this campaign of premeditated murder is, what might be even more disturbing is the utter indifference of Congress, the public and our allies to such a shocking and unapologetic obliteration of the many laws and norms against targeting civilians. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/w...
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The U.S. Boat Strike Campaign Has Now Killed Over 200 People
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This is what Trump's done to the people's house: A third of it is rubble. Another third is a cage match. What a metaphor.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/05/2026
It’s VERY IMPORTANT that corporate media NOT frame this as a judicial settlement. Trump DROPPED the suit this morning. There is no lawsuit, and therefore, no settlement. you can’t settle a suit that doesn’t exist. This is just pure theft.
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singlecatlady23.bsky.social @singlecatlady23.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The Sargent at Arms blocks Representative Justin Pearson from Memphis from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represents.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
You can apply lots of normalizing frameworks or you can just make a timeline of his calls with Putin. We don’t have a sovereign foreign policy. We have superpower suicide.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
> @sarajacobs.house.gov
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The EPA is recommending that states test their water for abortion pills & birth control, labeling them as potential "contaminants" The move comes after years of anti-abortion pressure—and clears the way for Republicans to restrict abortion & contraception under the guise of environmental protection
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The EPA Tells States to Test the Water for Birth Control and Abortion Pills
The government just cosigned the anti-abortion movement's craziest claim
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Joshua Cherniss @jcherniss.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Schubert's Hungarian Melody, played by Andras Schiff, who has been refusing to return to his native Hungary under Orban (out of principle, and also b/c pro-regime elements were threatening to break his hands if he returned). www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm39...
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András Schiff - Schubert - Hungarian Melody in B minor, D 817
YouTube video by Classical Vault 1
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 07/04/2026
Come on then, and remove him.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Sickeningly evil. Donald Trump must be impeached.  When will it be enough for my Republican colleagues to grow spines and remove him from office?
Trump truth social post: A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Just crazy that this is the background for possible Armageddon.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 07/04/2026
Completely unstable and perilous. The House must bring up impeachment articles, and the Senate needs to remove a president who wants to commit war crimes. We cannot sit idly by as Donald Trump threatens to end an entire civilization.
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Trump warns ‘a whole civilization will die’ if Iran doesn’t make a deal
The president had issued a deadline of 8 p.m. Eastern time for Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz, pledging destruction by midnight if leaders don’t comply.

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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
When the US admits that they killed any “military-aged men” who walked within 3km of a downed pilot they mean any boy lanky enough to be a teenager and any middle-aged man able to walk unaided with a cane got shot in the head for the crime of walking.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
We are seven months away from the most consequential midterm election in US history. Meanwhile, we are fighting a war. These are the structural conditions for a coup attempt in which a president tries to nullify elections and take permanent power as a dictator. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...
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The Next Coup Attempt
And How to Stop It
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
A month ago, Brad Lander put a great video calling for the expansion of the Supreme Court. I (impertinently) responded “This but 29.” Today at 1:00, I’m hoping on Lander’s substack live to talk about court expansion, 13, 29, and all the reforms in between. Should be fun.
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Brad Lander | Substack
Dad Lander. Former Councilmember Lander. Former Comptroller Lander. Running for Congress because we need to fight, not fold. 🥊
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/04/2026
None of this had to happen. Republicans can stop it all right now, but they won’t.
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
So Pam Bondi was pushed out for not dismantling the US justice system fast enough... by the Russian-born Boris Epshteyn, who used to help New Yorkers invest in Moscow, was part of Trump's Russia-linked inner circle in 2016, then was a central Jan 6 figure, indicted for the fake elector scheme. 1/
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
All right, live whatevering of Trump v. Barbara, the birthright citizenship case. Arguing for the bad guys is US Solitictor General John (voice is an immutable characteristic so let's show some respect) Sauer. For the plaintiffs it's ACLU legal director Cecillia Wang.
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Mary Beth Toole @cosmicpiano.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 22/03/2026
Deliberately and explicitly targeting civilian infrastructure is a war crime under the Rome Statute of the ICC. ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treat...
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
There’s a reason I make a big fucking deal out of every single batshit bill—because more often than not the antiabortion legislation everyone ignores or dismisses ends up a major legislative trend. People need to wake up and realize conservatives are floating trial balloons CONSTANTLY
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Trump told NBC News that he is not ready to make a deal with Iran, and suggested he might continue bombing Kharg Island – a critical island for Iran’s oil exports – “just for fun.” Trump made his plea as he warned the US will continue “bombing the hell out of the shoreline” of Iran.
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Iran-US war latest: Trump vows to ‘bomb the hell’ out of Iran shoreline
US president urged the UK, China, France and others to send ships to end the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I cannot adequately explain how fucked up the World Cup situation is wihen the president of a host nation *threatens the safety* of one of the participants (Iran). The USA should be removed as a host nation and if it's not, the games shoud be boycotted and ANYONE WITH A MORAL CENTER should see that.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire. 1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Unconscionable. Congress needs to aggressively reassert its authority. Stop this illegal war from becoming even more deadly. Now we know it was likely a U.S. bomb that caused mass casualties at the girls' school in Iran. No more of our taxpayer dollars funding this savagery.
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State Department Bypasses Congress to Send Israel More Than 20,000 Bombs
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