Ashley Merryman

Appeals court, weighing Trump’s Library of Congress takeover, reinstates copyright chief Shira Perlmutter sued the Trump administration following her May dismissal.

JUST IN: #SCOTUS will permit US copyright chief Shira Perlmutter to remain in post for several months more despite Trump's effort to oust her. Thomas dissents as court punts admin's emergency appeal 'til after rulings on FTC/Slaughter & Fed/Cook Earlier: www.politico.com/live-updates...

Walker Prize

@museumofscience.bsky.social

Did anyone lose an engagement ring near Shepherd Park/Colonial Village? If so email me at princeofpetworth@gmail.com thanks

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy

I was on the Santa Monica freeway heading downtown, a route I'd driven daily for years, when one day, the sky was so improved that I could see mountains in the not-so-near-distance.

I had no idea there were mountains over there, and I was so surprised I nearly crashed into a car ahead of me.

Literally just lectured about this!

In the late 1960s, air quality was so bad in several cities they had to turn on the street lights during the day so drivers could see. And yeah, the Cuyahoga River was so polluted it literally caught on fire.

I had the incredible privilege of profiling those chosen by US News as "Best Leaders" in public service, education and health care. (I wrote 23 of the 25.)

Thank you to the Leaders who were generous with their time, and thank you @usnews.com for the privilege of letting me do this!

If you're in line to bat at Game 7 of the World Series STAY IN LINE

If the game hits 2am Eastern the score is reset to an hour before and everyone has to repeat exactly what they did to preserve the space time continuum, thems the rules

How to Get AI Out of Your Google Search Results • The Revelator Three simple keystrokes will deliver search results that consume less energy and water — and probably contain better information.

One of our most-read articles so far this year. Would you like more "green tips" like this?

How to Get AI Out of Your Google Search Results https://therevelator.org/how-to-get-ai-out-of-search-results/

Ninety-nine words for rain in Irish: could it actually be true? Manchán Magan has set out to collate as many weather words in Irish as he can. Bear in mind that it will rain hard if a leprechaun of the ditch comes into the kitchen

It could. www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025... #book #library #Gaeilge #illustrator

The Narcissism of the Angry Young Men What to do about the deadly misfits among us? First, recognize the problem.

Another young loser attacks society, another day where I post this as the manifesto, anger, etc, plays out again and again.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.

Worth a watch:

Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

FYI, it's paywalled now.

Amazing. Respect the lede.

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

I just want a global 'turn all 'ai' off everywhere, categorically, no exceptions unless I individually approve them in triplicate' setting for all my devices

Wow.

Of 14,777 unique articles on the NYT's homepage over the 310 days from 1/1/24 to Election Day, 293 articles–almost one a day–focused on Biden’s age compared with just 27 articles focused on Project 2025, a ratio of 10.9 to one mediabiasdetector.seas.upenn.edu/blog/new-yor...

Same.

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News WATCH: Jamie Raskin Fires Back At GOP Lawmakers Decrying LaMonica McIver By Playing Jan. 6 Video

🔥🔥🔥 @raskin.house.gov is on fire! Powerful speech about the Jan 6th insurrection, & the unconstitutional charges brought by F47's DOJ's Alina Habba against Congresswoman @replamonica.bsky.social. Thank you Congressman. It helps to know & hear you fighting for us. 🙏🔵💪

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGk_...

I'll take phrases that don't mean what you think they mean for $500 @roadshowpbs.bsky.social #antiquesroadshow

Trump fired over 1,000 National Park staff in February, and most still haven’t been reinstated. The $45 million he’s wasting on a military parade for his birthday could have paid their salaries for over a year.

BREAKING:The Supreme Court throws out the 5th Cir.’s decision to dismiss the appeal of a group of Venezuelan nations the gov't designated as terrorists & detained for deportation under the AEA. The justices grant the group an injunction while the case is sent back to the lower court for proceedings.

Another Herblock cartoon with a very 2025 vibe. "What's this about your letting the common people come in here and read books?" Syracuse Herald-Journal, 6/18/1954.

Discover 10 treasures from the Library of Congress Since its establishment on April 24, 1800, the Library of Congress has grown to become the largest library in the world, with more than 155.3 million items in its holdings. Here’s a look at 10 of the ...

And it also includes historic treasures such as Jefferson's draft of the Declaration and Madison's draft of the Bill of Rights. constitutioncenter.org/blog/10-trea...

Fascinating Facts | About the Library of Congress | Library of Congress Origins The Library was founded in 1800, making it the oldest federal cultural institution in the nation. On August 24, 1814, British troops burned the Capitol building (where the Library was housed) ...

Oh, and I guess it's worth saying that it is the world's largest library, which includes copies of everything copyrighted in the US. www.loc.gov/about/fascin...