I would never say it can't get worse. This game is too hard to play. There's always something lurking around the corner. Quote from Buddy Bell: I would never say it can't get worse. This game is too hard to play. There's always something lurking around the corner.

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At the risk of violating the Buddy Bell rule, it can hardly be worse.

Say what you will about the worst members of the Roberts Court, but they all make sure their wives are in on the grift.

Jane Roberts, Martha Alito and Ginni Thomas are equal partners with their husbands in the grand project of destroying the United States and enriching themselves in the process.

Rush laid the foundation

Psychology says people who don't have a lot of good friends often want to reverse it, but just don't know how I used to think I was the only one who didn’t have a set crew of people. I’d scroll through social media and see groups of friends laughing, celebrating, going on trips together. I’d wonder how they f...

Jeff Hall's "Friendship Hours" survey cited once again here. Not sure I believe the 200 hours part, but the gist of it - that you must put in a lot of work to be a good friend - yes. www.bolde.com/psychology-s...

Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears Alarm caused by posts of Alex Karp, tech firm’s CEO, championing US military dominance and of AI weapons

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Surveillance has evolved beyond Orwell’s “Big Brother.”
Today’s reality is a network of governments, corporations, and data brokers—each collecting and leveraging personal data at scale. Laws can constrain governments. Controlling private power is far harder. #AISurveillance #Privacy @ec.europa.eu

Use scare quotes around "Justice" Department

Journalists who need a long, honest perspective on presidential rhetoric, HMU to speak with #kuexperts Robin Rowland. www.c-span.org/person/rober...

Winners of the ‘LA Times’ Book Prizes Are Revealed | Kirkus Reviews The newspaper’s awards were announced Friday at the University of Southern California.

I've known & worked w/some fine sci-fi/fantasy writers at @universityofkansas.bsky.social - O.G. James Gunn, Kij Johnson - & @silviapark.bsky.social builds on that tradition brilliantly here with her win for "Luminous" (Simon & Schuster). www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...

Ahead of midterms, Trump’s DOJ is targeting voting in three of the most pivotal swing-state counties "They're basically acknowledging they got nothing," one elections expert said. "It's going to be used for propaganda and PR. And DOJ's law enforcement powers aren't supposed to be used for propaganda ...

With the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) last week demanding 2024 election records from Wayne County, Michigan, the Trump administration is now aggressively targeting the voting process in perhaps the country’s three most pivotal voting jurisdictions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Winners of the ‘LA Times’ Book Prizes Are Revealed | Kirkus Reviews The newspaper’s awards were announced Friday at the University of Southern California.

Congrats to @universityofkansas.bsky.social English Prof Silvia Park on winning the LA Times Book Prize for sci-fi/fantasy for their novel "Luminous." www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...

De-MAGAfiction

Steven Spielberg Drops First Trailer for His Mysterious UFO Movie with Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson and more star in Steven Spielberg's new movie 'Disclosure Day,' in theaters June 2026.

I feel like a UFO movie set in Kansas City is gonna be big hereabouts. people.com/steven-spiel...

Court "unpacking"

The Impressions - We're a Winner YouTube video by WatchSoul

Or this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLMR...

In Article About Horrific Shooting That Killed Eight Children, Forbes Lets Readers Place Bets About Gun Control In a story about a mass shooting that left eight children dead, Forbes is encouraging readers to bet on the news with fake money.

Forbes is gamifying news about the horrific mass shooting in Shreveport, LA this weekend, encouraging readers to bet on the likelihood of gun regulation with fake money via its "ForbesPredict" feature.

Eight children were murdered in the shooting.

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Live Nation CEO Sentenced To 10 Years In Online Queue

Live Nation CEO Sentenced To 10 Years In Online Queue

A lifesaving gift, times seven, in San Antonio A South Texas cattle rancher received a lifesaving liver transplant through a rare seven-pair living donor exchange at University Hospital.

Great story about this amazing gift by @universityofkansas.bsky.social prof Robert McDonald. sanantonioreport.org/kansas-city-...

RFK Jr ‘cut off a dead raccoon’s penis’ US politician’s antics about a “freezer full of roadkill” and “weird family” told in new book

Totally normal stuff. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...

Mamdani needs to have this team make movie poster-style subway ads with these quotes

How is TJ Maxx not getting in on "looksmaxxing," riding it hard for a fiscal quarter of advertising campaign, then walking away with the satisfaction of having murdered the trend.

So the media is a bunch of villainous Jews and Trump is Jesus. I fully expect the NYT to sanewash this antisemitic lunacy. So far, they’re ignoring it.

not at all the point but this is why an image made in Photoshop is better than AI

Spielberg teases new alien film 'Disclosure Day' as 'more truth than fiction' Steven ​Spielberg described his 1977 UFO film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" as ‌his own "speculation" about intelligent life on other planets.

I can connect journos who HMU with #kuexperts on Spielberg, Greek drama (Chris Nolan's "Odyssey" hits screens in July). I'll even tell you my own Spielberg story.
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You have done a great job. My sincere condolences.

'Listening bars' bloom as hottest new nightlife trend Not quite like a gig or going clubbing, but there's a new night out spreading in cities around the world: an evening at a "listening bar".

I have enjoyed KC's Listyning Room. www.france24.com/en/live-news... www.centerforrecordedmusic.org/listyningroom

2026 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists Congratulations to all of the Locus Awards top ten finalists! These results are from the February 1 to April 1 voting by readers on an open public ballot. The Locus Awards winners will be announced…

Congrats to @universityofkansas.bsky.social prof @bogiperson.bsky.social for being shortlisted for Best First Novel! locusmag.com/2026/04/2026... Here's KU News Service release on "Song of Spores" for more: news.ku.edu/news/article...

These are adjudged terrorists.

What a United-American merger would mean, from antitrust hurdles to airfare United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby reportedly floated a potential merger with Trump administration officials earlier this year.

Speaking as a consumer, I miss antitrust. www.cnbc.com/2026/04/14/u...