tatzanx

@tatzanx.bsky.social

A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…

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the part that gets me is he didn't empty it into like a bag or a box or something and then put that in his backpack. he just dumped it right in. so now all his clothes or whatever else he had is all covered in loose duck food crumbs

update on this: someone who bears a strong resemblance to this man appears on my neighbor's security camera late last night huffing some paint and then emptying all the loose duck food out of her free duck food vending machine (for her ducks) right into his backpack lmao

we have elizabeth at home@spindlypete.bsky.social · 16h ago

update on this: we went back to the library this evening and saw the same guy, this time clothed, pacing around. brian said "hey that's the guy who was strafing me for several blocks the other day. he was wearing a SCUBA diving wetsuit which i then found abandoned in the woods later"

Kansas is the only red state where Democratic appointees are a majority on the state Supreme Court, and it will stay that way for years to come after voters rejected this GOP power grab in a landslide. Kansas voters have repeatedly rejected Republican attempts to ban abortion since the Dobbs ruling

New York Times election results graphic for Kansas's Amendment 1. Explanatory text notes the measure, introduced by Republicans frustrated by the appointed court's support of abortion rights, seeks to overhaul how Kansas Supreme Court justices are selected. If passed, the seven justices would no longer be appointed by the governor and would instead be elected to six-year terms.

Latest results from 6:01 AM ET, with more than 95% of votes in, from AP. "No" is marked with a check as the winner, with 375,355 votes, or 61.3%. "Yes" has 236,800 votes, or 38.7%. Total reported: 612,155.

Below, a county map of Kansas shades results from teal for Yes to orange for No, with the darkest shades indicating margins of 70% or more. Topeka and Wichita are labeled. The map is closely divided county by county, with teal and orange counties interspersed across the state; most shading on both sides is in the lighter, roughly 60-percent range. Teal predominates somewhat in the western half. The darkest orange counties, at 70% or more for No, cluster in the northeast around and east of Topeka. Sedgwick County, containing Wichita, is shaded orange.
Stephen Wolf@stephenwolf.bsky.social · 17h ago

NEW: Voters have rejected Republicans' scheme to unseat the Kansas Supreme Court's Dem-appointed majority and overturn abortion rights. Amendment 1 would have let the GOP replace the system of a nominating commission, gubernatorial appointment, and retention elections with direct partisan elections