CTH
clk724.bsky.social
CTH
@clk724.bsky.social
Nature photographer, urban hermit, heritage interpretation consultant
Reposted by CTH
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Reposted by CTH
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Reposted by CTH
Senator Jeff Merkley, Democrat of Oregon, concluded a marathon speech on the Senate floor Wednesday evening after 22 hours and 37 minutes, saying he was “ringing the alarm bells” on the arrival of authoritarianism under President Trump.
Senator Merkley Warns of Authoritarianism Under Trump in Nearly 23-Hour Speech
The Oregon Democrat achieved a goal of topping the previous longest speech by a senator from his state.
nyti.ms
October 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Reposted by CTH
Please remember that the disgust people have over Christopher Columbus is not based on some modern, 21st century “woke” ideology, but rather on contemporaneous accounts of atrocities that make many modern genocides appear quaint in comparison.

Below, are the accounts of Bartlomé de las Casas.
October 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Reposted by CTH
Memphis crime stats should be easy to get because we have historically been one of the few midsize cities reporting it properly to the FBI. We have always been a popular straw man for crime arguments because we actually collect the stats to begin with.
October 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Reposted by CTH
The first Peanuts strip by Charles M. Schulz was published on October 2, 1950.
October 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Reposted by CTH
Just watched The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), a harrowing look into the darkness @ the heart of American lynch-mob injustice. 82 yrs later we saw this almost play out on our phones by a buncha remorseless podcasters & crooked politicos who instead of reflecting on their hate are movin on to new targets.
September 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Reposted by CTH
I believe this 1000%

Showing students how we got here.

Teaching them how to evaluate evidence for themselves.

Enabling them to evaluate the present for themselves.

SO important right now.

Understanding the past is our future.
It does feel meaningful to be teaching history right now. We do what we can.
September 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Reposted by CTH
Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).
September 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Reposted by CTH
The victims range in age from 17 to 22, police say.
One dead, 5 wounded by gunfire at Florida apartment community, police say
The victims range in age from 17 to 22, police say.
bit.ly
September 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Reposted by CTH
Twenty-four years ago, our nation was attacked on September 11.

Today, we honor the memory of all those who lost their lives and the bravery of our first responders.
September 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Reposted by CTH
This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.
Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman remembered as funny, savvy and 'a true leader'
Friends and colleagues remembered her as grounded, kind and compassionate.
www.pbs.org
September 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Reposted by CTH
If u watch the whole clip here this is about as good as you’re gonna get from a Republican leader rn; contrast it with the myriad other prominent conservatives in politics and media calling for blood, gore, and preemptive blame games
Spencer Cox: "Our nation is broken. We had political assassinations recently in Minnesota. We had an attempted assassination on the gov of Pennsylvania. And we had an attempted assassination on a president. Nothing I say can unite us as a country. Nothing I can say right now can fix what is broken"
September 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Reposted by CTH
For your situational awareness.
DOJ Deputy Chief Joseph Schnitt admitted that the government will "redact every republican" and "leave all the liberal, democratic people” on the Epstein client list.

He also said Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum securithy prison as "a benefit to keep her mouth shut."
September 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Reposted by CTH
Catastrophe.
What a shame. "WGBH … has laid off the 13 people who worked on the history series 'American Experience' and announced that no new documentaries will be produced for the show until further notice." (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/a...
As PBS Stations Confront Cuts, American History Takes a Hit
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Reposted by CTH
August 25, 2025
August 25, 2025
This morning, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Reposted by CTH
YES 🔥🔥🔥🔥

We are the real Americans!

Nicole Collier is a real American!
August 20, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Reposted by CTH
August 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Observed today at the DPS headquarters in Austin: a few hundred blue shirted individuals in riot gear going through close order drills. Chilling as we keep seeing signs of a deliberate turn toward a police state by the current state and federal administrations.
August 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Reposted by CTH
Don’t let this die. Keep elevating this.
Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”
August 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Reposted by CTH
People in Los Angeles have been protesting 24 hours for 2 weeks straight and no news outlet is covering it!
8/8/25
August 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Reposted by CTH
Casar: "Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in American history. Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in Texas history. And the two of them are working together on the most corrupt scheme I've ever seen. What they're trying to do is insulate Trump from any accountability for his crimes."
August 2, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Reposted by CTH
Casar: "If Donald Trump succeeds in ending the protections of the Voting Rights Act for people of color here in Austin, then pretty soon he could succeed in ending those protections for people across America."
August 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Reposted by CTH
NEW: As #txlege weighs disaster policies, experts say they're is overlooking part of what made the July floods so devastating: unregulated development in flood-prone areas.

Our interactive map shows some impacted sites in the Austin area were directly in floodways. www.statesman.com/story/news/l...
Experts say Texas is ignoring root cause of deadly July floods: unregulated development
Our analysis of FEMA flood maps in the Austin area show many homes devastated by July floods were in high-risk areas. Experts say the state must …
www.statesman.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM