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@timothyaschuler.bsky.social
Freelance writer and environmental journalist. Critic-in-residence @placesjournal.bsky.social. Editor of NOW at Landscape Architecture Magazine. Fifth-generation Kansan. He/him.
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if you’re a journalist who wants to talk about how embarrassing this week has been for our profession (the michael wolff, landon thomas jr, nuzzi/bernstein of it all) message me on signal
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
Does it tell billionaires to give away all their money
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Does it tell billionaires to give away all their money
Josh Tillman is the Knausgård of music isn’t he
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Josh Tillman is the Knausgård of music isn’t he
Love to be a freelance journalist in the year of our lord 2025
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Love to be a freelance journalist in the year of our lord 2025
Same, Vince. Same.
Vince Gilligan: “I have not used ChatGPT, because as of yet, no one has held a shotgun to my head and made me do it.”
Fair.
Fair.
‘Pluribus’ Includes “Made By Humans” Disclaimer In Credits Amid AI Discourse
As artificial intelligence becomes less discernible and more prevalent, Vince Gilligan is setting an example about transparency with 'Pluribus'.
deadline.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Same, Vince. Same.
Would be very interested to know if any landscape architects are working on the AI data center issue— e.g. mapping the amount of land they’re taking up, visualizing their impacts on air and water, etc. Shoot me a message if so.
November 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Would be very interested to know if any landscape architects are working on the AI data center issue— e.g. mapping the amount of land they’re taking up, visualizing their impacts on air and water, etc. Shoot me a message if so.
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You know what? There's actually a tested solution to this! it is brilliantly simple, and it WORKS.
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
You know what? There's actually a tested solution to this! it is brilliantly simple, and it WORKS.
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
From landscape restoration to landscape reconciliation www.hcn.org/issues/57-10...
Inventing habitats - High Country News
Reconciliation means meeting a landscape on its own terms.
www.hcn.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
From landscape restoration to landscape reconciliation www.hcn.org/issues/57-10...
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AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
I wrote about Grupo de Diseño Urbano's momentous Oberlander Prize win and what it means that the award has gone to a firm, rather than an individual, for the first time, and in particular to a firm that has long been committed to the people of Mexico landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/2025/11/05/f...
“For All of Latin America”: Mexican Firm Celebrates Its Oberlander Prize | Landscape Architecture Magazine
What landscape architects need to know. The honor for Grupo de Diseño Urbano reflects founder Mario Schjetnan’s focus on immigrant issues and his country’s “mosaic of cultures.” By Timothy A. Schuler ...
landscapearchitecturemagazine.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I wrote about Grupo de Diseño Urbano's momentous Oberlander Prize win and what it means that the award has gone to a firm, rather than an individual, for the first time, and in particular to a firm that has long been committed to the people of Mexico landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/2025/11/05/f...
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Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.
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can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.
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In India the gods and goddesses have had enough of your shit. At least they’re taking it seriously because I haven’t heard much from the monotheistic gods on this
November 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
In India the gods and goddesses have had enough of your shit. At least they’re taking it seriously because I haven’t heard much from the monotheistic gods on this
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*laughs in millennial*
“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”
archive.ph/2TI8J
archive.ph/2TI8J
October 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
*laughs in millennial*
Have reached the eating-a-corndog-alone-in-my-car stage of the kiddo being sick, aka Day 7
October 30, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Have reached the eating-a-corndog-alone-in-my-car stage of the kiddo being sick, aka Day 7
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“Chicago has long been a laboratory for policing. From the repression of labor movements in the early 20th century, to COINTELPRO surveillance, to Jon Burge’s torture regime... the city has been central to testing and refining state violence.”
-Ilā Ravichandran
truthout.org/articles/thi...
-Ilā Ravichandran
truthout.org/articles/thi...
This Isn’t the First Time Chicago’s Been Used as a Laboratory for Policing
Ilā Ravichandran says the current anti-immigrant policing in Chicago builds on attacks on Black Lives Matter protesters.
truthout.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“Chicago has long been a laboratory for policing. From the repression of labor movements in the early 20th century, to COINTELPRO surveillance, to Jon Burge’s torture regime... the city has been central to testing and refining state violence.”
-Ilā Ravichandran
truthout.org/articles/thi...
-Ilā Ravichandran
truthout.org/articles/thi...
So if yesterday was Day 0…
October 29, 2025 at 7:06 AM
So if yesterday was Day 0…
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One thing that is clear from the kicker to this excellent WSJ story on the WH ballroom is that Trump himself can't believe how easy it is to run roughshod over rules and traditions.
There's probably a metaphor in there somewhere.
Free link: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
There's probably a metaphor in there somewhere.
Free link: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
October 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
One thing that is clear from the kicker to this excellent WSJ story on the WH ballroom is that Trump himself can't believe how easy it is to run roughshod over rules and traditions.
There's probably a metaphor in there somewhere.
Free link: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
There's probably a metaphor in there somewhere.
Free link: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
Nearly 42 million people in danger as federal government shutdown continues and Snap funding to end 1 November
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
“Nature is all about harmony’”
These videos of a rat hunting and eating bats will haunt my dreams.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
“Nature is all about harmony’”
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Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as #climatecrisis warms country
- only Antarctica now free of the insects
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- only Antarctica now free of the insects
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the only places in the world without the insects
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as #climatecrisis warms country
- only Antarctica now free of the insects
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- only Antarctica now free of the insects
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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But! People are ALREADY WORKING ON THIS and HAVE BEEN FOR A LONG FUCKING TIME.
The UAW has been organizing a massive strike for years...to take place in 2028.
The UAW has been organizing a massive strike for years...to take place in 2028.
The Call Is Out for Mass, Simultaneous Strikes in 4 Years
These labor leaders are organizing for 2028. Cooperation across unions and sectors—if carried out on a large scale—would be unprecedented in the 21st-century United States.
www.thenation.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:07 AM
But! People are ALREADY WORKING ON THIS and HAVE BEEN FOR A LONG FUCKING TIME.
The UAW has been organizing a massive strike for years...to take place in 2028.
The UAW has been organizing a massive strike for years...to take place in 2028.
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This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
October 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
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This is a quiet, humble, reflective manifesto, but it is a manifesto nonetheless
"What we needed was not more education, but more spaces for witnessing. For presence. For turning toward and tending to each other."
Bravo @panthealee.bsky.social
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"What we needed was not more education, but more spaces for witnessing. For presence. For turning toward and tending to each other."
Bravo @panthealee.bsky.social
panthealee.substack.com/p/what-softn...
what softness makes possible
on giving form to ideas, making spaces to meet each other, and going beyond gestures...
panthealee.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This is a quiet, humble, reflective manifesto, but it is a manifesto nonetheless
"What we needed was not more education, but more spaces for witnessing. For presence. For turning toward and tending to each other."
Bravo @panthealee.bsky.social
panthealee.substack.com/p/what-softn...
"What we needed was not more education, but more spaces for witnessing. For presence. For turning toward and tending to each other."
Bravo @panthealee.bsky.social
panthealee.substack.com/p/what-softn...