Capitalizing on the World Cup, the Kansas City Indian Center put out even more billboards this year calling on the Kansas City Chiefs to change their name and stop stereotypical practices like the “tomahawk chop.”

Seeing more ‘Stop the Chop’ signs around Kansas City? Campaign to rename Chiefs goes even bigger

Capitalizing on the World Cup, the Kansas City Indian Center put out even more billboards this year calling on the Kansa

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El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

The anti-redistricting group People Not Politicians filed a lawsuit just two hours after Hoskins' announcement that he was rejecting a ballot referendum as unconstitutional. (@stlpublicradio.bsky.social)

Hoskins rejects Missouri congressional redistricting map referendum, setting up court fight

The GOP Secretary of State's decision was expected. Proponents of placing the GOP-leaning map up for a statewide vote wi

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NEWS — Haley Stevens has endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan U.S. Senate race against Republican Mike Rogers.

Two years post-release, I'LL HAVE WHAT HE'S HAVING has hit the USA Today Bestseller List again...not sure how or why but I'm endlessly grateful and so excited that new readers are finding Farzan and David.

This is rough but I think it talks about a lot of what is missing from the Cunningham/WNBA discourse. Namely, that trans people are not hypothetical thought experiments. They are real people who are being genocided by our government & any coverage that doesn't center that reality misses the mark.

the answer is always to disavow it

Would you let the Proud Boys march in and sit courtside?

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I have finished RIDE OR DIE when do we get the next season!!!

HECK YEAH

Missouri voters reject Amendment 4, say no to making it harder to amend the state constitution

Because voters rejected Amendment 4, proposed state constitutional amendments brought by the public will still require a simple majority to pass once on the ballot.

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Amendment 1 is often cited as the funding mechanism through which Missouri can provide free admission into its state parks. (@kbianews.bsky.social)

Missouri voters overwhelmingly approve Amendment 1, funding state parks for another decade

Amendment 1 is often cited as the funding mechanism through which Missouri can provide free admission into its state par

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Election day in MO and my local polling place was PACKED. 70 folks in four lines. I know my spot services multiple districts but still I have NEVER seen it this busy except for a presidential election.

6 summers in Kansas City = 6 @kclibrary.bsky.social Summer Reading pint glasses!

One thing I will add to @maris.bsky.social excellent rant: The easiest thing publishers could do about the tragedy of AI in books is...NOT FUND THE FUCKING TECH COMPANIES THAT MAKE IT BY USING IT THEMSELVES!!!! You were fine without it a year and half ago!!!!! Just fucking do that!!!!!!

The Maris Review, vol 116

The theme of the week is how AI is making the world (more) stupid What I read this week The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams What to do with this frustrating, brilliant novel! I almost wanted to t...

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Our own @becalzada.bsky.social points out that vendor tools can be helpful but also lead to increased censorship. Thoughtful communication between vendors and librarians matters.

Publishers Weekly@publisherswkly.bsky.social · 2d ago

School librarians and the companies they work with are developing new strategies for collection development in an era of book bans.

This thread is updated. "What can I do to let people know what's happening with book censorship?" "How can I change the tide of book censorship?" "What's happening with book censorship." I've got over 5 years of posts on this. I've threaded here a selection of crucial ones answering those ?s.

kelly jensen@heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 2y ago

A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education. This is updated regularly!

Missouri friends: tomorrow is Election Day and I'm sure you already know to vote NO on amendments 4 and 5 to preserve our citizen-led ballot measure process and prevent a huge statewide sales tax hike, but please also vote YES on 1 to preserve an existing tax for parks and conservation too!

Done and done, voted early. If you're a MO voter and you haven't voted yet, VOTE TODAY

Sandstone@quartzen.bsky.social · 2d ago

Missouri friends: tomorrow is Election Day and I'm sure you already know to vote NO on amendments 4 and 5 to preserve our citizen-led ballot measure process and prevent a huge statewide sales tax hike, but please also vote YES on 1 to preserve an existing tax for parks and conservation too!

More than 65,000 people have been displaced by the Spokane Complex Fires — and hundreds have lost their homes. If you have even $5 to go towards short and long term assistance, here's a trusted community source: innovia.org

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Learn how you can bring your whole community together through the power of a shared meal. APPLY FOR A GRANT Find an event What is your America at 250? Join the mosaic, host a meal, share a story, and ...

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It's Election Day Kansas City! Here's your guide to the multiple consequential ballot issues, primaries for U.S. House and Senate seats, and local and county-level races appearing on your ballots.

Kansas City election guide 2026: What Kansas and Missouri voters need to know about their ballots

On Aug. 4, voters in Kansas and Missouri will decide multiple, consequential ballot issues, vote in primaries for U.S. H

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And for the really bad news? They've put a target on VPNs. Sites are required to identify (and age-verify) any US citizen, regardless of whether they're using a VPN. In fact, the default is to get the ID and biometrics of EVERYONE unless you can somehow prove their not a US citizen.

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d ago

"VPNs are a privacy and security tool used by millions of internet users every day, and their use should not be treated as suspect. It is particularly galling that the SCREEN Act forces users who intentionally take steps to protect their privacy to identify themselves."

The SCREEN Act is not just another age-verification bill — it goes much further than anything passed at the state-level or in other countries. 1. The bill doesn't just target porn sites. It goes after *any* site that allows material "harmful" to minors. You'd have to scan your face to use Google.

so many bugs would live so much longer if they didn't buzz RIGHT BY MY EAR and therefore initiate a bughunt

Back in April 2000, I had barely started my transition. I was just starting to go out in public. I got drawn into an on-the-street interview for a local talk show, made by trans people for trans people. That's when my landlord (who didn't know I was trans) showed up! buttondown.com/charliejane/...

Watch Me Come Out To My Landlord Back In 2000

I'm so excited for y'all to see this video! (Scroll down.) But first... I am writing a Star Trek comic called Star Trek: Zero Point, published by the...

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It’s fun to mess around with your style

I just wrote a line in The Mercy Makers #3 that is so unhinged re: Iriset and sex that I can't even look at it without giggling hysterically and fighting down a hot flash. SO you all have that to look forward to.

Honored to have been on the selection committee for the @nationalbook.bsky.social teacher fellows cohort this year- what amazing projects and important work! Check out their bios and see what thoughtful teaching is happening across the country: www.nationalbook.org/announcing-t...

Announcing the 2026/27 National Book Foundation Teacher Fellows - National Book Foundation

New York, NY (July 29, 2026) – The National Book Foundation (NBF) today announced the 2026/27 cohort of Fellows selected for the NBF Teacher Fellowship, an initiative that supports and celebrates 6th–...

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So Queen Demon is a finalist for a Dragon Award for fantasy novel! Yay! Congrats to all the other nominees! awards.dragoncon.org/2026-ballot/

extremely frustrating to ask for a drink "for here" and receive a paper cup

I am so SO excited to announce my next sapphic historical romance, YOUR LIPS ON MINE, coming January 5th, 2027 with @avonbooks.bsky.social!! Gorgeous cover is designed and illustrated by @lenikauffman.bsky.social! Available for pre-order in print, ebook, and audiobook everywhere you get books!

How headlights got brighter, whiter, and more blinding after dark arstechnica.com/cars/2026/08...

How headlights got brighter, whiter, and more blinding after dark

Automotive lights are better than they've ever been, but there's a trade-off.

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