Lath

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.

Exactly this

When does Ai make things better?

New PEN America statement: “The 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..."

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

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced. I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — 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...

Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops

The 3-justice dissent was right:“We 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...

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

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...

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...

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...