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Adam R Sweet

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I have a Masters in Ethnomusicology. I've been playing, teaching, composing and writing songs for over 40 years. I teach mandolin and violin online. https://adamrsweet.bio.link

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Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 13d

Support a local musician! Or just keep me caffeinated. ☕
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I'm a semi-retired artist from Boston, Massachusetts, struggling to make ends meet. I sure would appreciate it if you support my art here. Thank you if you do!

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 1d

I love these cute little 6 second videos you can make with AI now

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Nice day for a walk

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 2d

I have type 2 diabetes. I would love for somebody to come up with a line of sugar-free snacks that are high in protein. I think one of the most delicious flavors is tomatoes so tomato bars or something like that makes a lot of sense to me

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 2d

Nice day for a walk

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 2d

I'm launching an offer on @whopio! Check it out: whop.com/sweetsongs/

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 3d

The US Mint is honoring Steve Jobs by putting him on a $1 Innovation coin The coin features a young Jobs with California landscape in the background.

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Heads and Dreams

The US Mint is honoring Steve Jobs by putting him on a $1 Innovation coin The coin features a young Jobs with California landscape in the background. Verse 1 From Cupertino's sun to the Bay's cool

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 3d

Time crystals are an enigmatic phase of matter in which a quantum mechanical system displays repetitive, observable motion – they spontaneously break the time translation symmetry.

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Time crystals are an enigmatic phase of matter in which a quantum mechanical system displays repetitive, observable motion – they spontaneously break the time translation symmetry. Verse 1 In a

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 4d

The Lucentia Suite — three movements tracing the journey from shadow into light.
Ancestral strings, organic rhythm, and luminous calm.
Listen: Fire in the Clear → The Resonant Path → Transparence.

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Lucentia Suite No. 1

Fire in the Clear. The Resonant Path. Transparence. Three movements tracing the journey from shadow into light, from the first spark of awareness to the quiet radiance of clarity. The Lucentia Suite

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 4d

"Shine Down Lucent Light" is full of joyful energy, celebrating the #Lucentia spirit — revelation through light, inner clarity, and shared illumination.

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Shine Down Lucent Light

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 4d

Lucentia posits that consciousness is fundamentally luminous — not merely darkened by ignorance, but inherently bright. Our task is to polish ourselves into transparency, so that the world may pass through us and reveal its deeper harmonies.

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Walk in the Lucent Way

Lucentia begins with light as metaphor and reality. We posit that consciousness is fundamentally luminous — not merely darkened by ignorance, but inherently bright. Our task is to polish ourselves int

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 4d

With autumn looming on the horizon, the leaves on some trees have already begun the transition towards the vibrant hues of autumn. Whilst this change may outwardly seem like a simple one, the many vivid colors are a result of a range of chemical compounds

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Alchemy of Autumn

With autumn looming on the horizon, the leaves on some trees have already begun the transition towards the vibrant hues of autumn. Whilst this change may outwardly seem like a simple one, the many viv

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 4d

Astronomers detect a cosmic “heartbeat” in pulsar signals Researchers analyzing pulsar data have found tantalizing hints of ultra-slow gravitational waves.

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Heartbeat of the Cosmos

Astronomers detect a cosmic “heartbeat” in pulsar signals Researchers analyzing pulsar data have found tantalizing hints of ultra-slow gravitational waves. Verse 1 Far beyond the veil of light, Whe

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 4d

The Belchertown Police Department stated that a disabled train has blocked off the Bay Road intersection at approximately 1:45 p.m. on Wednesday. The delay is expected to be significant before the road reopens.

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Belchertown Breakdown

The Belchertown Police Department stated that a disabled train has blocked off the Bay Road intersection at approximately 1:45 p.m. on Wednesday. The delay is expected to be significant before the roa

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 4d

Everybody knows I'm a fiddler, but few people know that I teach fiddle. I recently wrote a song about how much fun it is to play the fiddle.
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Everybody knows I'm a fiddler, but few people know that I teach fiddle. I recently wrote a song about how much fun it is to play the fiddle. Verse 1 When the morning breaks and the dew's still new,

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 4d

Here's a song I wrote in 1997 when I was playing fiddle with Woodkerne: "Emerald Eyes". Produced by Sweet Songs in Granby, MA with yours truly on violin, Elizabeth C on harp, Mia W. vocal.
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[Verse] Sunrise creeping through the glen Emerald eyes that haunt me when I'm far away across the sea Do you ever think of me [Prechorus] Oh I know I left you standing there With wind swept through y

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 5d

Ford Cuts Production Of Even More Vehicles After Aluminum Supply Shock The fallout from the Novelis aluminum mill fire in Oswego, New York, which shut the plant down until early next year, continues to worsen for Ford Motor.

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Ford Cuts Production Of Even More Vehicles After Aluminum Supply Shock The fallout from the Novelis aluminum mill fire in Oswego, New York, which shut the plant down until early next year, continues t

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 5d

Using 11 years of magnetic field measurements from the European Space Agency’s Swarm satellite constellation, scientists have discovered that the weak region in Earth’s magnetic field over the South Atlantic – known as the South Atlantic Anomaly.
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The South Atlantic Anomaly has expanded by an area nearly half the size of continental Europe since 2014 Using 11 years of magnetic field measurements from the European Space Agency’s Swarm satellite

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 5d

Satellites are leaking private messages and sensitive military data A new study reveals that half of global satellite signals leak unencrypted data—including military, telecom, and corporate communications.
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Satellites are leaking private messages and sensitive military data A new study reveals that half of global satellite signals leak unencrypted data—including military, telecom, and corporate communica

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 5d

Researchers used ultra-powerful lasers to smash photons particles of light together, triggering a reaction that produced actual particles of matter and antimatter: electrons and positrons. This is known as the Breit-Wheeler process
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Scientists create matter from pure light, proving Einstein's 120-years old theory E = mc², right in the lab. Researchers used ultra-powerful lasers to smash photons particles of light together, trigge

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 6d

Tensors for High-dimensional Object Representation (THOR) AI framework, the system uses tensor network algorithms to efficiently compress and analyze vast configurational integrals and partial differential equations.
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Tensors of Creation

Tensors for High-dimensional Object Representation (THOR) AI framework, the system uses tensor network algorithms to efficiently compress and analyze vast configurational integrals and partial differe

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 6d

Interoception is a little-known process through which the nervous system constantly monitors and interprets internal signals to keep essential body functions stable.
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How does your brain recognize when it’s time to take a breath, when your blood pressure has fallen, or when your body is fighting an infection? The key lies in interoception, a little-known process th

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 7d

Effort afoot to boost numbers of purple martins in WMass The birds have been slow to return to Western Massachusetts, in part because the purple martin's natural habitat is being decimated.

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Where the Martins Used to Fly

Effort afoot to boost numbers of purple martins in WMass The birds have been slow to return to Western Massachusetts, in part because the purple martin's natural habitat is being decimated. Verse 1

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 7d

The Warwick Fire Department stated that crews were called to assist police officers with a loose animal on Saturday. Law enforcement provided traffic control on Route 78/Orange Road until the bull, named Carl, was successfully corralled and put back in his pasture.
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The Warwick Fire Department stated that crews were called to assist police officers with a loose animal on Saturday. Law enforcement provided traffic control on Route 78/Orange Road until the bull, na

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 8d

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force has made its first known deployment of GJ-11 Sharp Sword unmanned stealth fighters, which are stationed at Shigatse Air Base in Tibet
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Sharp Sword Stealth

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force has made its first known deployment of GJ-11 Sharp Sword unmanned stealth fighters, which are stationed at Shigatse Air Base in Tibet marking the first o

Adam R Sweet @adamrsweet.bsky.social · 8d

Light’s complexity—its ability to carry quantum states like entanglement, squeezing, polaritons, or skyrmions—makes it far more than a classical signal. It’s a dynamic medium for encoding, processing, and transmitting data with unmatched efficiency and security
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Light Beyond the Lattice

Light’s complexity—its ability to carry quantum states like entanglement, squeezing, polaritons, or skyrmions—makes it far more than a classical signal. It’s a dynamic medium for encoding, processing,