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@lathc.bsky.social

Museum Director, learner, designer, writer, maker, teacher and critical technologist. Views my own, or my dog's. oh, and I like cycling and other outdoor stuff.

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Fall colors.

02.11.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump fires federal arts board in charge of reviewing White House ballroom and β€˜Arc de Trump’ White House says it will appoint new Commission of Fine Arts members β€˜more aligned with … America First Policies’

Nope, nothing to see here folks. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

29.10.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This should be seen as what it is: a huge step towards ending free and fair elections.

24.10.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1561    πŸ” 642    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 22

dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience

24.10.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 11991    πŸ” 3381    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 142
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Updating my LEGO White House

23.10.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 47412    πŸ” 11124    πŸ’¬ 784    πŸ“Œ 437
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Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time after record heat Previously the country was one of the world's only mosquito-free zones.

The last mosquito free place outside Antarctica has fallen thanks to climate change. Iceland. bbc.com/news/article...

23.10.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not sure what others saw out there today, but where I was GenZ was less than 1% of the crowds. In the rest of the world that generation is at the forefront of change, but I have not seen that in America. What's holding them back?

19.10.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."

14.10.2025 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1865    πŸ” 672    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 32
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A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

13.10.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 10397    πŸ” 2971    πŸ’¬ 316    πŸ“Œ 202

My appreciation for them declined when I learned that the main job of lighthouse keepers was cleaning the soot off the lenses...

08.10.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I walked out my door this morning and snapped this. And it shows. You win.

08.10.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, we need safer roads for 2 wheelers. As a long time motorcycle rider I have to point out that you are talking about roads. Motorcycles and roads. That's "micromobility" and most of the world does it. Class 3 "e-bikes" are just unlicenced motorcycles.

02.10.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So.... food prices keep going up for Americans and the Chinese won't buy US soybeans because of the unnecessary trade war, and now our tax dollars (raised by tariffs) are going to bail out farmers who are growing food we don't eat? Also Argentina?!?!

02.10.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

300 school streets in 5 years.

It is possible to make rapid change.

29.09.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Imagine if NPR had actually talked to safe streets advocates for this story and learned how the solutions to drivers killing people is not, in fact, victim blaming

25.09.2025 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1294    πŸ” 236    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 81
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Photographer Sally Mann warns of 'new era of culture wars' after art seizure As she reflects on her career in a second memoir, Sally Mann warns of a "new era of culture wars" after police pulled several photographs she took of her children decades ago off the walls of a museum...

On the unprecedented removal of art from a museum exhibition. www.npr.org/2025/09/24/n...

25.09.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sunrise inside the museum. @nordicmuseum.org in Seattle.

24.09.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How AI will be used is 1000 times more scary than what we are seeing with drones.

24.09.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Danish police are now labeling the drone incident at Copenhagen Airport as β€œan attack.”

The UAVs were guided by a β€œcapable operator” showcasing specific capabilities, approached from multiple directions, lights intermittently switching on and off before ultimately vanishing after several hours.

23.09.2025 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 737    πŸ” 249    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 17
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Wildfire smoke is killing Americans. A new study quantifies how much More intense future wildfires, fueled by further climate change, could lead to 70,000 deaths from smoke exposure a year, according to a new study.

More intense future wildfires, fueled by further climate change, could lead to 70,000 deaths from smoke exposure a year, according to a new study.

19.09.2025 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 252    πŸ” 82    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 7
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Exactly this

18.09.2025 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 36848    πŸ” 10659    πŸ’¬ 737    πŸ“Œ 327

When does Ai make things better?

17.09.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 902    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 196    πŸ“Œ 17

New PEN America statement: β€œThe firing and suspension of multiple journalists after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk should alarm anyone who cares about free speech and a free press. Taken together, these measures risk creating a chilling effect that extends beyond those directly targeted..."

15.09.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4839    πŸ” 1407    πŸ’¬ 112    πŸ“Œ 50

I don't think it is understood widely enough what is happening to objective truth under the oligarchical control of our media.

15.09.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Washington Post Fired Me β€” But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced. I spoke out against hatred and violence in America β€” and it cost me my job.

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

15.09.2025 11:07 β€” πŸ‘ 45422    πŸ” 15835    πŸ’¬ 2514    πŸ“Œ 2171
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Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops

The 3-justice dissent was right:β€œWe should not have to live in a country where the government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, [we] dissent.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...

08.09.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3407    πŸ” 1218    πŸ’¬ 201    πŸ“Œ 73

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

08.09.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 14557    πŸ” 5824    πŸ’¬ 203    πŸ“Œ 275
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Opinion | The Clue to Unlocking Parkinson’s May Be All Around Us

Very troubling as my father was a golfer as a teenager in the 1960s and now has Parkinson's. "The Clue to Unlocking Parkinson’s May Be All Around Us" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...

08.09.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Elon Musk's New Optimus Robot Demo Is So Painful It Will Make You Wince Tesla has a long way to go until it can successfully have AI-powered bipedal robots replace human jobs, according to a new video.

I've built robots. Robots are hard. But.... this is pathetic. Elon is the biggest scammer of all time. "Elon Musk's New Optimus Robot Demo Is So Painful It Will Make You Wince" share.google/63abscR8F9c1...

06.09.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Says U.S. Attacked Boat Carrying Venezuelan Gang Members, Killing 11

So, just checking the news and.... so now Trump is using our troops to kill people from countries we are not at war with... as in mass murder? "Trump Says U.S. Attacked Boat Carrying Venezuelan Gang Members, Killing 11" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/u...

03.09.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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