Breathtaking: "On Saturday, Trump began selling access to his social media posts to Wall Street trading firms milliseconds before they go public, permitting them to buy and sell with insider information. The cost for this service, according to Marina Dunbar of The Guardian, is up to $100,000 a […]

"Bryan Stevenson, who leads the E.J.I., is a litigator whose clients have included Black men on death row and children tried as adults and sentenced to life in prison. He came to feel, however, that the change he could achieve in the courts was not enough. “The real evil,” he told me — the […]

"Ultimately, the goal here isn’t to force your family into ideological agreement. It’s to end a pattern of erasing parts of yourself and violating your integrity by making secrecy the price of belonging." #GiftLink […]

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@fullyabstract/117026032569307979 The playlist for today's (8/3/26) episode of Not Brahms and Liszt can be found at https://alleystoughton.us/not-brahms-and-liszt/#show528 And a Samply link (good for 2 weeks only, downloads not allowed) to the high-quality audio file […]

Alley Stoughton@fullyabstract.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 3d ago

Music for Bang on a Can by Michael Gordon, David Lang & Julia Wolfe - featuring Theo Bleckmann / Attacca Quartet, Eighth Blackbird, Kronos Quartet & an ensemble of twelve flutists - on Not Brahms and Liszt Monday (8/3/26) 4-5:30pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in #GlobalWarming - Global warming has sped up since around 2015, according to a new analysis from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). After removing the effects of natural temperature swings, researchers found the first statistically […]

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@fullyabstract/117026032569307979 Ninety minutes of varied music by the Bang on a Can co-founders (this past weekend was their annual LOUD Weekend at Mass MoCA) this (8/3/26) afternoon beginning at 4pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM streaming on https://wmbr.org […]

Alley Stoughton@fullyabstract.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 3d ago

Music for Bang on a Can by Michael Gordon, David Lang & Julia Wolfe - featuring Theo Bleckmann / Attacca Quartet, Eighth Blackbird, Kronos Quartet & an ensemble of twelve flutists - on Not Brahms and Liszt Monday (8/3/26) 4-5:30pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Music for Bang on a Can by Michael Gordon, David Lang & Julia Wolfe - featuring Theo Bleckmann / Attacca Quartet, Eighth Blackbird, Kronos Quartet & an ensemble of twelve flutists - on Not Brahms and Liszt Monday (8/3/26) 4-5:30pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Cool lighting effect at Maya Beiser's performance of Michael Harrison's "Just Ancient Loops", with film by Bill Morrison. #BangOnACan #MassMoCA

Imperfectly symmetric. #MassMoCA

First night of #BangOnACan LOUD Weekend at #MassMoCA. The All-Stars playing a new arrangement of Philip Glasses Glassworks.

#GiftLink https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/duress-password-phone-wipe-charge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.yRXG.iGo2d-T-z8LM&smid=url-share

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/emily-wilson/an-uncomplicated-man

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@fullyabstract/116982312552116027 The playlist for today's (7/27/26) episode of Not Brahms and Liszt can be found at https://alleystoughton.us/not-brahms-and-liszt/#show527 And a Samply link (good for 2 weeks only, downloads not allowed) to the high-quality audio […]

Alley Stoughton@fullyabstract.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 2w ago

Music by David Bird, Marcel Castro-Lima, Farzia Fallah, Brittany J. Green, Robyn Jacob, Noah Meites & Steve Reich - featuring Brightwork New Music, Rebekah Heller, Hypercube, Mivos Quartet, Daniel Schreiner & SHHH!! Ensemble - on Not Brahms and Liszt Monday […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Well, OK then!

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@fullyabstract/116982312552116027 Ninety minutes of modern classical music - including Rebekah Heller's recording of Brittany J. Green's "Righteous Rage" for eight multi-tracked bassoons - this (7/27/26) afternoon beginning at 4pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM streaming […]

Alley Stoughton@fullyabstract.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 2w ago

Music by David Bird, Marcel Castro-Lima, Farzia Fallah, Brittany J. Green, Robyn Jacob, Noah Meites & Steve Reich - featuring Brightwork New Music, Rebekah Heller, Hypercube, Mivos Quartet, Daniel Schreiner & SHHH!! Ensemble - on Not Brahms and Liszt Monday […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

A band of Bang on a Can faculty, fellows and guests gave an outdoor pop music show on the Porches Studio 9 lawn yesterday day evening, and it was a blast. Here's a short clip - love how the dancers come into the frame! #BangOnACan #Studio9 #NorthAdams

Well, shit, this is not a feel good story about the US legal system. I hope this publicity helps, but it seems clear this person is not guilty. https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-justice/how-a-chinese-immigrant-driver-got-entangled-in-a-drug-bust

How a Chinese Immigrant Driver Got Entangled in a Drug Bust

In early 2025, a man from Queens arranged to pick up a passenger in New York’s North County. He’s been in jail upstate ever since.

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Music by David Bird, Marcel Castro-Lima, Farzia Fallah, Brittany J. Green, Robyn Jacob, Noah Meites & Steve Reich - featuring Brightwork New Music, Rebekah Heller, Hypercube, Mivos Quartet, Daniel Schreiner & SHHH!! Ensemble - on Not Brahms and Liszt Monday […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

I'm a huge fan of the Belgian band K's Choice and singer Sam Bettens. Sarah transitioned to Sam, after two solo albums that gave us a hint of changes to come, with songs like "Pave the Way" and a cover of Amy Ray's "Put It Out for Good". But I've always wondered if Bettens wrote or talked about […]

Each week, for 10+ years, I write a script for my radio program in LaTeX. I take the previous week's .tex file, edit out the contents, and adapt it. Frequently, I think that I really should write a program to generate the skeleton for a show form the show's title and the summary information […]

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.

Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

washingtonpost.com

1. In an incredible new landmark review, the Health Council of the Netherlands has declared that gender-affirming care for trans youth works, reducing wait times is "morally urgent," and regret is rare. It is the latest of many Euro countries to advance care. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Landmark Official Dutch Review Recommends Trans Youth Care, Call For Expanding Treatment

The review finds that wait times must be shortened, that few people detransition, and that trans youth care has enormous benefits.

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At first I didn't even notice the moon in this photo from near the end of my evening walk yesterday. #NorthAdams #Berkshires

A few people have asked for sources for further reading on election security concepts, like Software Independence and RLAs. Here are few to get you started: Rivest and Wack on Software Independence: https://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/pubs/RW06.pdf Stark and Linderman, Gentile Introduction to […]

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@fullyabstract/116943580120724058 The playlist for today's (7/20/26) episode of Not Brahms and Liszt can be found at https://alleystoughton.us/not-brahms-and-liszt/#show526 And a Samply link (good for 2 weeks only, downloads not allowed) to the high-quality audio […]

Alley Stoughton@fullyabstract.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 3w ago

Chamber music by Ryota Ishikawa, JacobTV (Jacob ter Veldhuis), Jennifer Higdon, Terry Riley / Samuel Clay Birmaher, William Susman & George Tsontakis - featuring Ames Piano Quartet, Claire Chase / JACK Quartet, Dylan Hamme, Laura Lentz, Luminae Trio, Otis […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Having an in person international or national event in America? Are you weighing factors like lodging and transport? Cool stuff to do? Here’s a map to consider if any of your attendees may possibly, even remotely be LGBTQIA. And you care about them.

Classic Trump.

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@fullyabstract/116943580120724058 Ninety minutes of modern chamber music - including Jennifer Higdon's 2003/2016 "Piano Trio Color Through" - this (7/20/26) afternoon beginning at 4pm ET on WMBR Cambridge 88.1 FM streaming on https://wmbr.org #Cambridge #Boston #Radio […]

Alley Stoughton@fullyabstract.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 3w ago

Chamber music by Ryota Ishikawa, JacobTV (Jacob ter Veldhuis), Jennifer Higdon, Terry Riley / Samuel Clay Birmaher, William Susman & George Tsontakis - featuring Ames Piano Quartet, Claire Chase / JACK Quartet, Dylan Hamme, Laura Lentz, Luminae Trio, Otis […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Finally!

Please don't show us Pres. Cheeto again!