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Adam R Sweet
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Musician and Songwriter from Granby Massachusetts. I'm the owner of Granby Music www.GranbyMusic.com
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In 1994, I booked a band from Scotland called the Old Blind Dogs.  My band Woodkerne opened for them.  Their music still rings in my mind.  Here's a song that reminds me of them.
#OldBlindDogs #Woodkerne #IronHorse

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Banks of the Ugee
Today I was thinking of the time I was booking bands at the Iron Horse in Northampton. In 1994, I booked a band from Scotland called the Old Blind Dogs. My band Woodkerne opened for them. Their mus
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November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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When thousands of Massachusetts residents lost their SNAP benefits on November 1, one Holyoke girl decided to take action in her own community. 

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Little Food Bank
When thousands of Massachusetts residents lost their SNAP benefits on November 1, one Holyoke girl decided to take action in her own community. Verse 1 When the SNAP checks stopped on November one,
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November 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Physicists Discover Bizarre “Quantum Pinball” State of Matter Physicists have discovered how to make electrons “freeze” and “melt” into bizarre quantum patterns, forming a new kind of matter where solid and liquid coexist. 

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SoundCloud - Hear the world’s sounds
Explore the largest community of artists, bands, podcasters and creators of music & audio
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November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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A study by researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University College London has found that humans have a form of remote touch, or the ability to sense objects without direct contact, a sense that some animals have. 

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Remote Touch
A study by researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University College London has found that humans have a form of remote touch, or the ability to sense objects without direct contact, a sen
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November 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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What does it mean to be conscious, and why does it feel like something to be you? Consciousness isn’t a mysterious spark but a deeply biological process, one that depends on prediction, perception, and the body’s constant negotiation with the world.

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To Be You
What does it mean to be conscious, and why does it feel like something to be you? Neuroscientist Anil Seth argues that consciousness isn’t a mysterious spark but a deeply biological process, one that
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November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Farmers’ Almanac will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges

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The Almanac
Farmers’ Almanac will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges Verse 1 In the year of eighteen-eighteen a printed page was born, A little book of weather lore, by hearth and fi
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November 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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A plaque honoring Samuel E. Eddy, a Chesterfield resident who received a Congressional Medal of Honor for heroics during the Civil War that included saving his commander’s life, was recently installed at the Chesterfield Gorge where Eddy lived. 

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Hero of Chesterfield
A plaque honoring Samuel E. Eddy, a Chesterfield resident who received a Congressional Medal of Honor for heroics during the Civil War that included saving his commander’s life, was recently installed
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November 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Firefighters battled a massive blaze at an Amherst apartment complex Friday night. Reported at 8:19 p.m., the four-story building under construction was fully engulfed, with flames spreading to nearby structures.

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Three Alarm Fire
Firefighters battle massive fire at Amherst apartment complex. According to a news release from Amherst Fire Chief Lindsay Stromgren, the fire was originally reported by 911 callers at 8:19 p.m. on Fr
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November 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Hampshire Alum and Biologist Phyllis D. Coley 70F Celebrated By The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. She tells an interesting story about her time there, inspired, I wrote a song I call "I Would Know" #hampshirecollege
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I Would Know
Hampshire Alum and Biologist Phyllis D. Coley 70F Celebrated By The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Lissy Coley was one of the first Hampshire college students. She tells an interesting stor
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November 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Archaeologists Found a 5,000-Year-Old Tomb That May Be a Gateway to a Prehistoric Kingdom 

#gateway #archaeology #kingdom

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Time Portal
Archaeologists Found a 5,000-Year-Old Tomb That May Be a Gateway to a Prehistoric Kingdom Verse 1 Under autumn's quiet sky the spade struck earth so cold, In central fields of Henan land a chamber
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November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Light thinks. Light scales. Light is. And in its endless, silent flight— intelligence, at the speed of itself. 

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Light Thinks
Light has learned to think. And now, it will never stop. The photon has become the neuron. The wavefront, the synapse. The propagation, the inference. No power cycle. No thermal death. Only eternal, l
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November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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A research team has unveiled a small molecule that hunts down a cancer-enabling RNA and quietly erases it.

#curecancer #rna #destruction

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Cancer's Destruction
A research team has unveiled a small molecule that hunts down a cancer-enabling RNA and quietly erases it. Researchers have designed a groundbreaking drug molecule capable of precisely eliminating TER
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November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Chaos and lies: Why Sam Altman was booted from OpenAI, according to new testimony.  #OpenAI #ChatGPT #SamAltman 

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Chaos and Lies
Chaos and lies: Why Sam Altman was booted from OpenAI, according to new testimony. Verse 1 In silicon corridors bright with promise, you lit the flame Voices in the lab, dreaming of tomorrow's name
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November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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New England is basically awful for #camping, says ‘Best States for Camping’ list California has claimed the title of America’s premier camping destination in a new report, despite #ranking They're wrong of course. I wrote a song about it:
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New England Camping
New England is basically awful for camping, says ‘Best States for Camping’ list California has claimed the title of America’s premier camping destination in a new report, despite ranking last for safe
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November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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#Bermuda woman finds painting in a #bottle set adrift four years ago by #Greenfield man 

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Greenfield Man
Bermuda woman finds painting in a bottle set adrift four years ago by Greenfield man Verse 1 In a quiet studio on Main Street in Greenfield town A painter set his brush to dream of waters far and w
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November 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Skeleton with brutal injuries identified as duke #assassinated in 1272 The identity of a skeleton buried under a #Budapest convent has been confirmed as Béla of Macsó, a #Hungarian royal murdered in a 13th-century power struggle

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Would Be King
Skeleton with brutal injuries identified as duke assassinated in 1272 The identity of a skeleton buried under a Budapest convent has been confirmed as Béla of Macsó, a Hungarian royal murdered in a 13
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November 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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End of brain surgery? Injectable chips self-implant to treat brain disease safely Microscopic wireless implants from MIT could treat brain diseases by self-implanting through a simple injection. 

#BrainSurgery #Implanting #Injection

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Injectable Brain
End of brain surgery? Injectable chips self-implant to treat brain disease safely Microscopic wireless implants from MIT could treat brain diseases by self-implanting through a simple injection. (V
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November 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Dufresne Park to lose approximately 2,300 trees in next phase for forestry project
#Dufresne #GranbyMA #GranbyMusic
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Dufresne Trees
Dufresne Park to lose approximately 2,300 trees in next phase for forestry project. The first phase, according to the town administrator at the time, Christopher Marin, included the removal of dead a
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November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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I was inspired by all this weather to write a love song for my wife Emily

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Whispers in the Rain
[Verse] The sky is heavy Full of gray But your smile lights the way Drops on my face Can't tell what's tears I’m lost in you No room for fears [Prechorus] Every step The puddles call Every word I let
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November 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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By the beginning of June this year, approximately 38 million tons of #Sargassum drifted towards the coasts of the #Caribbean islands, the Gulf of Mexico, and northern South America, marking a negative record. r. 

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A Foul Odor
By the beginning of June this year, approximately 38 million tons of Sargassum drifted towards the coasts of the Caribbean islands, the Gulf of Mexico, and northern South America, marking a negative r
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November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Ancient DNA may rewrite the story of Iceland's earliest settlers Biochemical evidence suggests #Norse people settled in #Iceland almost 70 years before the accepted arrival date of the 870s, and didn't chop down the island's #forests 

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Norwegian Woods
Ancient DNA may rewrite the story of Iceland's earliest settlers Biochemical evidence suggests Norse people settled in Iceland almost 70 years before the accepted arrival date of the 870s, and didn't
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November 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Archaeologists Discovered a Mysterious Underground Chamber from an Ancient #Civilization The #archaeologists that found the stone-paved chamber, located inside a hilltop fort in #Scotland, still aren’t sure exactly what its purpose was. 

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The Souterrain
Archaeologists Discovered a Mysterious Underground Chamber from an Ancient Civilization The archaeologists that found the stone-paved chamber, located inside a hilltop fort in Scotland, still aren’t s
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November 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Areliz #Barbosa, founder of The #Compassion Project, aims to serve 2,000 meals to those in need this Thanksgiving in #Holyoke, marking the 23rd year of her initiative. 

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Compassion Holyoke
Areliz Barbosa, founder of The Compassion Project, aims to serve 2,000 meals to those in need this Thanksgiving in Holyoke, marking the 23rd year of her initiative. Verse 1 In the heart of the vall
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November 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Native to the arctic waters of the northern hemisphere, the Bowhead whale can live for centuries, and now scientists think they know why.
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Bowhead Lifespan
Native to the arctic waters of the northern hemisphere, the Bowhead whale can live for centuries, and now scientists think they know why. A new study analyzes gene repairing proteins and found that
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November 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Google’s Quantum Computer Unlocks a Strange New Realm of #Matter A team of #scientists has used a quantum processor to create an exotic new state of matter, capturing the strange motion of #quantum particles in real time.

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Strange Matter
Google’s Quantum Computer Unlocks a Strange New Realm of Matter A team of scientists has used a quantum processor to create an exotic new state of matter, capturing the strange motion of quantum parti
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November 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM