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Explosions rock Dubai, Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait as war spreads across Middle East War launched by US and Israel on Iran has quickly escalated prompting anxiety and concern in whole region

My heart goes out to all my friends in Dubai and across the region. Also, impeach and arrest immediately. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

$100 Uber to the airport from Ballard, midday in no traffic. the most expensive rideshares in the country are in Seattle. I understand the need to pay drivers better, but it's a huge cost for those of us that mostly cycle, and the transit option is an extra hour or more.

Annoyed but also pleased with myself. After our cheap electric car (BMW i3) bricked over the weekend I was able to diagnose it to the 12v battery, order one delivered today and an OBD2 reader, install it and reset code. $200 total and an hour of work. Oh, we live on an island with one car.

‘I’m happy to defend my country’: meet Greenland’s Olympian defying Donald Trump Ukaleq Slettemark is a beacon of hope at a time when even the Greenlandic sports minister worries ‘Trump is crazy’

‘I’m happy to defend my country’: meet Greenland’s Olympian defying Donald Trump

They will not honor any deal. You should know that. But ...

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
George Orwell, 1984

I love that museum. Enjoy.

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

I was so sad to hear about the death of a cyclist due to a hit-and-run on Beacon Ave. Allie was a beloved community member, avid biker, & advocate for safer transit & streets. My condolences to their family and friends. But condolences are hollow if we don’t take action to prevent the next tragedy.

"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts

"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe

Fall colors.

Trump fires federal arts board in charge of reviewing White House ballroom and ‘Arc de Trump’ White House says it will appoint new Commission of Fine Arts members ‘more aligned with … America First Policies’

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

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

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

Updating my LEGO White House

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...

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?

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."

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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

I walked out my door this morning and snapped this. And it shows. You win.

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.

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?!?!

300 school streets in 5 years.

It is possible to make rapid change.

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

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...

Sunrise inside the museum. @nordicmuseum.org in Seattle.

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

Danish police are now labeling the drone incident at Copenhagen Airport as “an attack.”

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

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.