Connie Palacioz, Wichita’s own Rosie the Riveter, remembered as ‘a true legend’ In 1943, Connie Palacioz was a teenager working at a Newton laundry when she joined Boeing to help the war effort as a riveter.

rosie the riveter died yesterday at 101. rip connie palacioz

www.kansas.com/news/local/n...

This headline has great energy for a semifinal run at least.

After Trump’s A.I. Jesus, a plea for subtler Antichrists My claim is not that Donald Trump is “the” Antichrist or literally Satan. My claim is that just as people like Robert Prevost—or Dorothy Day or Óscar Romero—can “image” Christ, can show us glimpses of...

"How obvious it seems to me now. Cold, grasping, bleak, graceless, and dull; unctuous, sleek, pitiless, and crass; a pallid vulgarian... the devil is probably eerily similar to Donald Trump…."

www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-re...

Serijously?

“Report”? It’s honestly never occurred to me to do that!

I may be biased because the "kid" here is five years older than my mayor.

I don't think today's younger blue-collar voters respond that well to "Only I can bring home the bacon" argument. Nor to the idea that a 39-year-old is a "kid" with "no experience, no leadership, no accountability," as Lynch puts it.

Or "last visionary"? "Only visionary"?

Theres nothing more "Im an American conservative" than deciding the solution to child hunger isn't feeding the children, but more people in jail.

Hmm… self-reported data. Where’s the chart of cities where people lie the most?

I love that this, starting with a post by @dansinker.com, has blown up a bit. As said earlier, I learned about the old electric interurbans from Prof John Stilgoe many years ago.

FACT CHECK! "In the 1950s the Catholic Bishop Fulton J. Sheen had a half-hour prime-time TV show... To everyone’s surprise, its ratings frequently beat its competitor, Milton Berle’s No. 1 variety show."

I am certain that this is not true.

I'm OK with "earn votes by appealing to the common good."

I’d sure hope this Louisville bridge toll debacle is at least mentioned to students…

cityobservatory.org/how-to-solve...

Dear JD Vance: The Iran war is very much Pope Leo’s business. JD Vance appears to see delighting in death and making genocidal threats as not matters of morality—and thus something the pope should just keep quiet about.

"Mr. Vance, in his remarks, wants to put a neat little box around Catholicity and leave out a wide variety of matters such as war, peace, international politics, migration policy and much more."

www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2...

Art memorializes nuance. I’m big on nuance.

Nuance is worth it. daviddark.substack.com/p/art-memori...

Cliches did exist before AI, though

Heartwarming

Why was the link to the PressGazette story censored here?

“God helps those who help themselves” (extremely wrong answer)

I think it’s reasonable to presume there will be a bloc of voters on the far left that the Democrats can never win as long as they nominate someone who can win overall. Could be 1% of the electorate, bad news if it’s 5%.

"Hungary's center-left and progressives chose to forgo their own shot at power in the short term to empower Magyar. But it’s because they were completely clear-eyed about the stakes." And they knew that a narrow win (like Biden's in 2020) wouldn't be enough to actually take power.

How The Times Covers Attackers, Suspects and Victims of Violence

"This is a frequent complaint of readers: Why are we describing people accused of heinous crimes in a normal way? I actually think it’s important to include those descriptions...to show how your ordinary neighbor could be responsible for horrible things."

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/i...

I RELATE!

And that also goes for the "Family" sketches on The Carol Burnett Show.

Member Councilmanic courtesy, aldermanic courtesy, member deference—in all its forms it is institutionalized vehicle designed for NIMBY of racial and/or class exclusion. NOT “community control.” Yields inequitable results incompatible w/ Fair Housing & sound land use. E.g 75% of land zoned SF-only.

Bluesky World

You mean a "Great Replacement," but for the Catholic Church?

The Times headline seems both truthful and effective in making Vance look ridiculous, a nice combination!

Wednesday

Kids in ICE Detention Up 10x in Trump’s Second Term Advocates warn trauma from detentions will cause kids lifelong damage.

ICE has detained over 6,200 children during President Donald Trump’s second term, according to recently released numbers analyzed by the Marshall Project.

Advocates warn trauma from detentions will cause kids lifelong damage.