It is unfortunate that the president most like Hitler is also, separate from that, maybe the funniest one.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Trump: "Japan has been very good to us with the exception of Pearl Harbor"

Battlefield 6 is fun but God damn it's annoying basically having to play engineer every map to counter vehicles.

Trib Ed board deciding how to react to young people downtown

Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · last wk.

From the Editorial Board: Sparkly, semiattired Lolla kids are this weekend swarming around such oft-deserted environs as Van Buren Street, Jackson Boulevard and State Street. Welcome. Your presence and youthful energy could not be more timely.

God dammit, outbid on a ho scale NASA switcher again. Like the 4th one I've lost out on in the last 5 seconds.

Been doing a little bit of light reading recently. Just finished Challenger this week and started on Comm Check.

Humanity has been saved! The events of the past 48 hours will be taught, discussed, researched, and celebrated for thousands of years. It is the single greatest achievement in the history of mankind and I'm not sure what's third, because...

We are getting numerous reports across North America of a massive meteor shower all over the sky. The mothership in orbit was obliterated and these are the pieces of the ship colorfully burning up in the Earth's atmosphere. Talk about #IndependenceDay fireworks!

UNBELIEVABLE: The rescue party has found Captain Hiller and David Levinson in the desert, unharmed, having landed their spacecraft. Each are proudly strutting along the sand smoking cigars.

Makes me sad the KCS FP9s are likely getting redone. One of my favorite liveries.

The White House is openly saying they want to eliminate a minority group and people still want to say this is about sports.

Is there even a single instance of a trans athlete getting an athletic scholarship in America right now? Like even if you assume trans women aren’t deserving of going to college, as Glusenkamp-Perez does here, is this something anyone has actually observed?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Gluesenkamp Perez: "At town halls, what I saw was the people who were the most upset had spent the last 12 years driving their girls to sports practice & they view their best shot of their student going to college as an athletic scholarship. So when we rush to moralize we miss some of the nuance."

What these people are actually supporting is total and complete removal of anonymity from the web, and cutting off millions of vulnerable kids lifelines and ability to get news and information abt the world, all for zero benefit and lots of harm

Majority of Americans support banning social media for kids under 16

Across major demographic and partisan groups, more Americans support than oppose banning those under 16 from using social media.

pewresearch.org

The term "biological sex" was adopted widely only in the last decade as a reaction to mainstream acceptance of trans people. It was rarely if ever used before that. By any metric, from legislative usage to search query usage, it's plainly evident this is a novel term only made popular by the right.

Jessica Kant@jessdkant.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I think people think we're exaggerating when we say the widespread use of the term "biological sex" as a term itself isn't organic. This data isn't anomalous, it comports with everything we've seen about the specific use of the term.

It's really hard to convey just how massive the scale of legislation has been to target trans people. From a few dozen pieces of legislation in 2015 to over a thousand in 2025. It started with sports bans in 2020 and now we're here. it was never about sports.

I just know if the Trump admin tries to force colleges to adopt a trans bathroom ban, I'm going to have a bunch of cis colleagues saying, you can just use the single stall bathroom! No, I'm not going back. I'm not accepting any "compromise" for something I've had no issue with for 10+ years.

I Travel Like Sound Dog@chadstanton.blacksky.app · last mo.

I remember North Carolina having to back off its bathroom bill after a concerted pushback and its been wild to witness the wholesale abandonment since.

The fact that any justices ruled the president can overrule the constitution with an executive order isn't a victory. It is a damming indictment of the federal court system and yet another reason that it needs major reforms if not complete dismantling and reconstruction.

Chuck Schumer@schumer.senate.gov · last mo.

Despite Trump’s best efforts to bully them, the Supreme Court just reaffirmed that if you are born in America, you belong in America.

I will donate the legal maximum to any serious Dem who challenges Schumer in 2028. He has to go. This cannot be the response to a 5-4 decision on birthright. It's completely feckless.

Chuck Schumer@schumer.senate.gov · last mo.

Despite Trump’s best efforts to bully them, the Supreme Court just reaffirmed that if you are born in America, you belong in America.

Seems like a normal thing to do trying to force this through before voters can have any say......

Field of Schemes@fieldofschemes.bsky.social · last mo.

A Royals stadium rezoning hearing is set for Aug. 19. K.C. Mayor Quinton Lucas wants all elements of the deal — including $1.35B or so in public funds — approved by November so he can forestall a possible ballot measure allowing voters to block the plan.

A Royals stadium rezoning hearing is set for Aug. 19. K.C. Mayor Quinton Lucas wants all elements of the deal — including $1.35B or so in public funds — approved by November so he can forestall a possible ballot measure allowing voters to block the plan.

Royals prepare rezoning plan for new stadium district, even as $1.35B in public money remains up in air

Kansas City Royals execs have submitted a rezoning plan for their proposed new stadium development at Crown Center, which Fox4KC, citing the team's application, describes as "a vibrant mixed-use desti...

fieldofschemes.com

Here are the locations of the Flock cameras that are publicly known goo.gl/maps/cncbu1K...

KC Metro Fixed LPR Cameras - Google My Maps

Plotting out all of the locations where fixed ALPR cameras are mounted by various municipalities for law enforcement purposes. A star icon on the map indicates that the cameras have been noted for th...

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KCUR (Kansas City's best news source)@kcur.org · last mo.

With an estimated 94,000 automated license plate readers in America, police and federal agents can almost track your movements from coast to coast. The cameras have been controversial and misused by law enforcement in cities across Kansas and Missouri.

STS 93: Launch of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory

A Trans woman in Kansas changed her license to M because of the gender marker ban passed earlier this year. She gets pulled over and they didn't believe the license was hers. They later charge her for driving with an invalid license. She complied with the law and was still charged criminally.

Aleksandra Vaca@transiticsnews.com · 2mo ago

1. She changed her ID to comply with Kansas’ new anti-trans law. Now, the state wants to put her in jail for having an inaccurate license. Kris Ripper is being charged with driving with an invalid license—a class B misdemeanor—after a cop refused to believe the ID the state forced on her was valid.

Made a Lego KH-9 Hexagon to go with the Lego space shuttle. Originally the shuttle was planned to recover these satellites to restock the film but the mission never happened after the Challenger loss and digital spy satellite being built. Really happy with it and I got the scale pretty darn close.

This FTC lawsuit against WPATH shows how anti-trans institutions rely on each other for circular validity. NHS cites Hungary and Finland to commission the Cass report. Cass gets cited by the FDA. FDA cited by the NHS for pullback jusitifications.

Neat new release from Walthers. Price is on the high end for me. $55 for the SRB flat cars and $45 for the clearance/buffer cars. A 5 car train would be $245. Found some 3d print files for these a while ago might be an idea to 3d print the clearance cars and buy some booster cars but who knows.

Lego Columbia and Buran Columbia with it's STS 109 payload which it serviced the Hubble Telescope. Buran with a Mir Core Module

Columbia payload done up for STS 109 it's Hubble service mission. Also did some work on the tail to add the SILTS pod and additional black heat tiles.

Made a Mir Core module for Buran. Used a KSP mod for colors as it's not super easy to make out from photos.

CB&Q Fanatic 🏳️‍⚧️@cbq-fanatic.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Just got parts for the vertical stand finally. Columbia and Buran. Have parts for STS 109 payload which was Columbia's visit to Hubble. Would like to make a Mir Core Module for Buran as well as a payload.