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***** This issue is archived at <http://www.risks.org> as <http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/34.74> The current issue can also be found at <http://www.csl.sri.com/users/risko/risks.txt> Contents: Tom Lehrer was living proof that when satire becomes reality (Lauren Weinstein) A very personal view of Tom Lehrer (PGN) Trump wants to mess with Texas' Congressional Maps ( China-backed hackers used Microsoft flaw in attacks, defenders say Researchers Bypass Anti-Deepfake Markers on AI Images Tesla Testing if Its Robotaxis Can Be Hacked Remotely Paramount-Skydance merger approved after payment to Trump clears Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 10:29:13 -0700 From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Subject: Tom Lehrer was living proof that when satire becomes reality, reality becomes satire. Here are just a few that illustrated Tom's incisive satire: * The Vatican Rag * National Brotherhood Week (with examples of equal-opportunity hatred) * The Irish Ballad about the lass who killed her entire family * The Old Dope Peddler (way ahead its time) * I Got It from Agnes [I heard him sing the precursor of that in the Freshman Smoker in 1951, as *John Gave it to Mary, and She Got It from George ...* It was one of the few songs that he nursed along over the years.] * Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel (there were three famous ones that she married and God knows how many between) * The Hunting Song (precursor of the anti-gun movement) * Poisoning Pigeons in the Park * I Hold Your Hand In Mine (and take a bite of your dainty finger tips) * Pollution -- Don't drink the water and don't breath the air.