AI as an attorney? Student uses ChatGPT, Gemini to sue UW over alleged racial discrimination A California man is using AI as a team of lawyers, claiming colleges who rejected his son's application, including the University of Washington, did so based on racial discrimination.

Using A.I. as your lawyer. www.kuow.org/stories/ai-a...

New ways to sleep on long-haul flights in the economy cabin - Stuck at the Airport Air New Zealand introduces bunk bed-style sleep pods on long haul flights. Adding to United's Relax Row, ANZ's Skycouch and ANA's Couchii.

Sleep seats in economy for kids and adults? Sign me up. stuckattheairport.com/2026/04/15/n...

Bright Lights, Big City #neonmuseumlasvegas

‘A Mass Disaster Nonstop’: Inside the Turmoil at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s C.D.C. Forty-three current and former C.D.C. employees on the changes they say are replacing science with ideology — and making Americans more vulnerable.

A long must-read on how RFK and Trump are destroying American health care. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Seattle Art Museum Beyond Mysticism. Now showing @seattleartmuseum #art

Bill Reid Gallery. Haida artist, CBC broadcaster #billreidgallery #vancouver

Robert Frank’s Rodeo - new York City Grokked

Cirque du Soleil Echo 2/5/2026 Marymoor Park Redmond Wa

Grokking M.O.M.A.

Mercer Labs NYC. Immersive video light show. Impressive!

Image claiming to show Renee Nicole Good's car aimed at ICE officer isn't what it seems Credible videos of the shooting showed the wheels of Good's car were turned away from the agent when she moved forward and he shot her.

SNOPES: Image claiming to show Renee Nicole Good's car aimed at ICE officer isn't what it seems www.snopes.com/fact-check/r...

Scott Adams on the Donald. FROM NYT “In 2015, he gave Donald J. Trump...a 98 percent chance of winning the next year’s presidential election, based on his powers of persuasion. “His complete ignoring of facts are actually part of the persuasion because he doesn’t give you targets."

Senioritis What is it? Why is it? What is to be done. www.rossreynolds.com/rossophonic/...

Australia Kicks Kids Off Social Media + Is the A.I. Water Issue Fake? + Hard Fork Wrapped

Concerned about A.I. and the environment? This is a must-listen You can hear it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/p...

Why Everyone Got Trump’s Tariffs Wrong The president predicted a manufacturing renaissance. Economists forecast recession and runaway inflation. None of it has come to pass.

Trump and his critics missed on tariff predications. www.wsj.com/economy/why-...

Why Sound Transit is waging a ceaseless battle against birds Millions are spent to clean up after the birds and to install spikes and nets to keep them from fouling transit stations and bridges. Are birth control pills next?

People v. Pigeons
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Parenting a Trans Kid in Trump’s America

I was deeply moved by the New York Times 'The Daily' podcast today. It's a parents story of how far they've had to go care for one of their six children.  Parenting a Trans-child in Trump's America
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...

Transcription Services The one I like

My review of the transcription service I've been using open.substack.com/pub/rossrey/...

Some say a public radio call-in program could ever seriously address the question 'what is the meaning of live?'. Some are wrong! See why at rossreynolds.com. I finally put that expensive philosophy degree to work.

Hop harvesting Morrier Ranch Yakima

The 1967 satirical book, Report from Iron Mountain, became a real-world conspiracy theory. Written as a hoax, decades later, conspiracists used it as "proof" that environmentalism is a government plot. Learn more in Ghosts of Iron Mountain by Phil Tinline. HIghly recommended

Donald Trump is unpopular. Why is it so hard to stand up to him? Republicans are servile. Courts are slow. Can the Democrats rouse themselves?

Donald Trump is unpopular. Why is it so hard to stand up to him? Republicans are servile. Courts are slow. Can the Democrats rouse themselves?www.economist.com/leaders/2025/09/04/donal...

Putin’s petrostate faces a kamikaze petrol crisis Drivers queue as Ukraine’s drones take out 20% of refining capacity

Putin’s petrostate faces a kamikaze petrol crisis
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

What the Cracker Barrel backlash shows about Maga’s influence on US culture What likely started as a routine refresh spiraled into a political storm that went all the way to the US president

Cracker Barrell was too damn woke for Trump. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Brazil offers America a lesson in democratic maturity It is a test case for how countries recover from a populist fever

Where do we go from here? Look to Brazil www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

The Mystery of the Strong Economy Has Finally Been Solved Turns out it wasn’t actually that strong.

Gravity exerts its pull on Trumpian fake-onomics. www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...

Laurie Anderson 1993 — Ross Reynolds Performance artist Laurie Anderson from 1993 on her first 20 years as an artist.

It's incredible that in 1993 Laurie Anderson wrote a book about her first 20 years as an artist. Enjoy this interview with transcript.
www.rossreynolds.com/rossophonic/...

Jackie Venson cookin’ at Harbor Steps Seattle

Five charts explain Trump’s cuts to foreign aid If Congress approves, the cuts would save less than Americans think—and risk countless lives

When pollsters ask (Americans) to estimate what proportion of its budget the federal government spends helping people abroad, the average answer is 26%. In reality it is about 1%, 0.25% of America’s GDP. www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

CIA historian Tim Weiner: ‘Trump has put national security in the hands of crackpots and fools’ The longtime chronicler of the spy agency on his Legacy of Ashes follow-up and what keeps him up at night

I’m not known as a great defender of the CIA but neither am I a defender of willful ignorance." #TheGuardian www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...