This piece is worth every minute you spend with it: "Go to a bar in Finland and shout: 'Who can shoot an anti-tank weapon?' All the men will stand." @liamdenning.bsky.social and @louiepalu.bsky.social embed with the NATO-backed army preparing for war with Russia www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

“Go to a bar in Finland and shout: "Who can shoot an anti-tank weapon?" All the men will stand up.” Come to NATO’s Arctic frontier in Lapland with me and @louiepalu.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

"If there’s one lesson America and Israel should have learned in recent decades, it’s that military success doesn’t usually translate to political victory — in Gaza, Afghanistan or, now, Iran," David Ignatius writes. "The adversary keeps coming back." https://wapo.st/4rDFJAk

My latest work with @opinion.bloomberg.com @liamdenning.bsky.social in Finland

Finland is NATO’s Arctic bulwark - and offers a masterclass in self-defense for European allies caught between a revanchist Russia and ambivalent America My latest Arctic collaboration with @louiepalu.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Finland is ready for Russia. Is anyone else? @liamdenning.bsky.social and @louiepalu.bsky.social went to the Arctic to embed with the Finnish army preparing for war 🎥

This is where the West ends. Finland's border with Russia is NATO's newest Arctic fault-line. I went there in winter with @louiepalu.bsky.social to see what a nervous Europe can learn from a country that "for 109 years stared to the east without blinking an eye" @opinion.bloomberg.com (1/6)

Excellent safety checklist @poynter_institute my philosophy is keep a low profile and don’t wear any safety gear (helmet & vest) that makes you look like a security forces, don’t fly drones where security forces are flying them www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

Breaking news: As President Trump pushed U.S. oil companies to commit to invest $100 billion in Venezuela at a White House meeting, the CEO of ExxonMobil warned the company is far from enlisting and said that Venezuela is “uninvestable.”

In the 60 years since the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Alabama lawmakers have adopted district maps that reduce Black voting strength, effectively stealing political power from Black voters. But advocates are pushing back against court-ordered state Senate district voting maps: https://bit.ly/4qemRrp

“My father once dragged me waist-deep into an icy lake in November and said, “Now you know how cold it is.” Brutal, but unforgettable.”
 Climate change is an existential threat. The Arctic is the clearest warning signal we have—if you know how to look. www.hot-mirror.com/edition-19/l...

My 2025 lecture at the School of Visual Arts in New York City youtu.be/cPwH0rL7XXw?...

Attacks on press freedom are rising — from arrests and assaults on journalists to retaliatory lawsuits, covert surveillance, and sweeping secrecy measures. But we’re prepared. Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social explain how we’re fighting back — and join us. freedom.press/donate

Me on the Hot Mirror www.hot-mirror.com/edition-19/l...

Many former prison sites draw on the spooky and salacious to entertain visitors, especially during October. “It turns human suffering into a spectacle," as one criminologist put it. But some businesses are having second thoughts.

Discover the 2022 awarded project, 'Political Year Zero', by @louiepalu.bsky.social: worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo-contest/2022/louie-palu/21

I guess AC/DC’s Back In Black (1980) is not classic. There is Van Halen & Aerosmith’s catalogue & more. Very unclassic Neil Young’s 1989 song Keep on Rocking In The Free World, a classic rock musician releasing a classic rock song

Without photojournalism, the news stays out of sight. @nppa.org fights to protect the lens that keeps the public informed. Their work is more important than ever, but they need your help. Read about their work and support them if you can.

Grantee @louiepalu.bsky.social is taking an alternative approach to political photography. "What might be gained by revealing the architecture behind these constructed moments of political life?” Learn more in this “visual column” for the @vqr.bsky.social. 👉 bit.ly/44w7TVt

In “Seeing Political,” @LouiePalu.bsky.social’s political photography goes in search of the imperfect picture, deconstructing the photo op to perfect it. Read the rest of his #VQRTrueStory in partnership with the Pulitzer Center from our centennial issue: www.vqronline.org/spring-2025/...

Breaking news: “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, CBS said in a statement. The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.

New York City Mark your calendar I am coming in for lecture Sept 9 at School of Visual Arts Free and open to the public, we'll be talking about the Arctic, conflict and more... register here www.eventbrite.com/e/i3-lecture...

Then that would be the best time to go

"That is not leadership. It is not principled service. It is a misuse of military force." From a naval corpsman and combat veteran who spent their enlistment service with the Marine Corps: wapo.st/4e3fePB

Just a reminder that Secretary Hegseth's giddy suggestion of deploying active duty Marines to LA would require invoking the Insurrection Act. Without that, it violates the law to utilize active duty forces for domestic law enforcement.

We are thrilled to partner with Photoville to present “Distant Early Warning” by @louiepalu.bsky.social at this year’s festival! Join us at the opening weekend on 6/7 in Brooklyn Bridge Park. ✨ Learn more: www.photoville.nyc

BALTIMORE DC DMV friends! This Saturday join Chloe Coleman and I for an afternoon of talking about photography at UMBC umbc.edu/event/archiv...

Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...

This reminds me of when Trump 1.0 wanted to pay E&Ps to keep their oil in the ground and call it part of the SPR (an oldie via @opinion.bloomberg.com) www.bloomberg.com/view/article...

Musk's stock is falling and Trump has noticed @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Filling the SPR while trashing trade with Canada is like filling a couple of jerry cans with fuel while also setting a match to your local gas station @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

"All these changes are gifts to Russia and China, whose goal has been to weaken America’s power and presence in the world," @fareedzakaria.bsky.social writes. wapo.st/3FcJtpI

A 4-year-old female dog died Friday during the Iditarod, the famous long-distance sled dog race. A dog has died in 37 of the 53 editions of the race, which spans more than 1,000 miles in Alaska.

Cyber warfare is a crucial battlefront for the US and Hegseth and Trump are retreating. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...

COMO is pleased to announce the Long-term Projects Workshop in May 2025. Join photographer @louiepalu.bsky.social and photo editor @chloecolemanmedia.bsky.social for this two-day workshop on developing and sustaining long-term creative projects. Visit here for details: www.comoartspace.com/workshops

A Mississippi judge ordered a local newspaper to take down an editorial criticizing its mayor and city council, in a move that has alarmed free-speech advocates across the country and aggravated a years-long feud between the paper and the city’s mayor.

Holocaust Remembrance Day, serves as a solemn reminder of the necessity for marginalized groups, particularly Jewish people, to retain agency over their histories and narratives. Read more: www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...

Canadian oil vs. Trump: Weapon of mass reduction @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Canada's Pierre Poilievre vows to expand the country's Arctic military presence if elected PM Here's what Canada's Arctic defense actually entails. My report from Resolute Bay with @louiepalu.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/feat...

Somebody who’s very ill-informed is hankering for a judicial confrontation and a constitutional crisis.

See you soon Berkeley! My Arctic exhibition & lecture this week! events.berkeley.edu/events/event...

Why would Paramount, CBS’s parent company, consider settling Trump’s frivolous lawsuit against CBS News and 60 Minutes? It has a merger in mind that will need the Trump administration’s approval, reports the WSJ: www.wsj.com/business/med...

I am there because of your support !

“The candy-colored clown they call the Sandman” What a filmmaker

I see @louiepalu.bsky.social

Looking forward to seeing you all in Berkeley

Todays office #capitolhill

A Christmas Eve toast to art, mischief, and holiday cheer! Merry, merry!🎄🤠📸🍷 📷: Ansel is shown performing double-duty behind the lens—and behind the wassail bowl—for the Ahwahnee Hotel’s legendary annual Yuletide pageant in Yosemite National Park, in the late 1930s.

Ansel Adams and Jimmy Carter www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Thank you @pulitzercenter.bsky.social for including my work in Finland in your Year In Photos!