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@timothyaschuler.bsky.social

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Freelance writer and environmental journalist. Critic-in-residence @placesjournal.bsky.social. Editor at Landscape Architecture Magazine. Fifth-generation Kansan. He/him.

The character Michael from Waking Ned Devine waving goodbye to Jackie’s wife
The cover of Tom Waits’ 1983 album Swordfishtrombones
A beige house with a wall of plants under grow lights visible through a small, central window - in front of which are strung a series of four gourds
Val Kilmer as Madmartigan in the 1988 fantasy film Willow
Concept art for Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show, showing three PlayStation controller-themed stage setup
Screenshot of the Guardian article linked earlier in the thread, reading: ‘It’s Ice’s made-for-TV moment. Inundating all forms of media, including Google search, with stories of mass arrests fits into a strategy of fearmongering, said Lindsay M Harris, a law professor at the University of San Francisco who specializes in immigration and asylum law. “All of that is intended to send a message to immigrants to be afraid and that they’re coming for you,” said Harris. “Regardless of the actual numbers, the optics of these mass arrests throughout the country have very real ramifications.”’
A photo of a computer screen showing a webpage from Facemash. On the page are the photos of two females with the question “Who’s Hotter? Click to choose.”
A Smart Cities Dive email subject line that reads “Using AI to prevent homelessness,” except AI has been crossed out in red and the author has suggested “housing” in its place
A screenshot of a quote from an NBC article about Doug Burgum’s nomination to be Secretary of the Interior that reads: “Nothing’s true till you read it on Truth Social.”
A shot of Samuel L Jackson in Jurassic Park, during the scene in which they attempt to restore power to the park and reactivate the electric fences
A white-flowering tree along a street that’s been heavily pruned to prevent interference with suspended electric lines
The album cover of Neil Diamond The Bang Years 1966-1968, consisting of a black and white photo of a serious-looking young Neil Diamond in a pea coat
Apple Music playlist artwork, showing four album covers, including (clockwise from top left) Joy Downer’s pale blue Chain Reaction, Gossip’s deep blue Real Power, Lucius’s pastel pink Stranger Danger single, and the Ting Ting’s deep red We Started Nothing
Email text reading “Thanks Tim. Start times usually are between 11 and 1 and you can certainly leave by 4:30 even if we are running long, but we often are wrapping up earlier. Acreages vary between 20 and 1000. Depends on the day and projects on the list. Since you aren't KSU affiliated you will have to sign a liability waiver saying we aren't responsible if you get burned up, but we haven't lost anyone yet. “
Screen grab of some article text, reading, “In this house, I’m a fetus, cradled, protected, fed and watered inside these nourishing walls. Four months marooned in the apartment and each day I feel more dependent on this animate carapace. It would be unheimlich if it weren’t so home-like. I pad around in truly hideous house shoes touching faucets and outlets and light fixtures, thanking them one by one, and they all spark joy.”
A photo of an annotated road map inside a laminated plastic sleeve
A meme of a Japanese samurai with a sword in two positions: standing, and kneeling while committing kamikaze. The Samurai is labeled “Microsoft Copilot”
A person wades through floodwaters in the center of a street
A screengrab of a question and answer that's part of an artist residency application. The question is: "Have you spent time in the Flint Hills before? What interests you in this place?" The answer reads: "No." A long space, followed by: "It's my ancestral land."
A photo of shelves of what appear to be old books
Tom Cruise wearing the mask in Vanilla Sky