One reason I hate death penalty cases is that capital punishment is incredibly stupid and irrational. It's cruel, expensive, and serves no deterrent effect. It's rarely imposed, except against a tiny minority of unlucky defendants—and in those cases, racism almost always plays a role. Just end it.

I say without hyperbole that this is the most brazenly corrupt action in US Presidential history. That it does not immediately lead to impeachment is a dangerous sign of how far the rule of law has declined.

some wisdom from james wilson, framer. "The truth is that, in our governments, the supreme, absolute, and uncontrollable power remains in the people."

I’ll vote for whichever 2028 candidate promises reconstruction 2.0 at this point

Modern technology could learn from older stuff that does what it's supposed to and doesn't bother you. My toilet just works and never sends me emails like "Good news! Flush® is now Floosh®"

Class in the US is entirely a matter of aesthetics now. Rich suburban kids are “country”. Beard Dudes who look like they love IPAs are “working class.” Teachers who make $32,000 a year but have to dress up sort of nice in JCPenney clothes are “elites“. None of these words mean anything anymore.

It's 2030. The House is frozen at 217 seats that are over D +15 and 217 seats that are locked at over R +15. There is a single competitive seat in Iowa. Both parties spend $20 billion on it.

One of the most clarifying passages I've ever read on what "polarization" actually means in the U.S."

Reagan actually got shot at the same hotel and never asked for a ballroom

Amtrak announces opening of long-distance coach fleet procurement, an order of more than 800 cars with selection announcement expected by the end of 2027

Cities: Remember to take public transit to World Cup matches! Parking's going to be crazy! Public transit:

an absolutely gigantic piece of this is that “house” and “car” keep getting bigger and better while still counting in our heads as “one house” or “one car”

Yesterday, Kansas City eliminated outdated minimum parking requirements across much of the city. The old rules drove up construction costs, kept storefronts empty, and made it harder to build affordable housing. This is how we build a more walkable, more affordable Kansas City.

"add protein to your Starbucks" what the fuck are we doing

There are now 10 toilets in Space International Space Station: 4 Crew Dragon Docked at ISS: 1 Soyuz Docked at ISS: 1 Tiangong Space Station: 2 Shenzhou Docked at TSS: 1 Artemis II on way around Moon: 1 This will be the first time a toilet has left low earth orbit!

It's always hilarious when a petitioner runs into this version of Gorsuch

SCOTUS hears arguments about Trump's EO on birthright citizenship today, a dispute no more valid than "can the President prohibit the free exercise of religion?" Anything other than 9-0 against Trump is a grave injury to the very idea of having a written Constitution, to the very idea of America.

Eat shit, lol, and long live The Onion.

2-0 for Howard and Prairie View A&M means $4 million going from the NCAA to the two HBCU conferences, you love to see it!

Tau leptons are electrons but heavier, but unlike electrons they are unstable and create many different detector signatures. So, #machinelearning This #CMSpaper describes how we use convolutional #neuralnets (that's ones that do image recognition!) to better see tau leptons arxiv.org/abs/2511.05468

this means it is not open for transit

For decades, Kansas City has made it mandatory to provide a minimum amount of parking spaces for restaurants, businesses and apartments. Planners and advocates say that the high price has prevented empty storefronts from being filled. (@thebeacon.bsky.social)

Italy's espresso machine has the numbers of everyone who hits a homer on it

today at the World Metaphors Classic the leader of the USA didn't bother to find out the details of the situation his team was in and blindly assumed they would win a matchup they ended up losing, jeopardizing their long-term standing for no good reason

Italy and Mexico tomorrow night knowing they can both advance with certain scorelines: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disgrac...

83 Points for Bam Adebayo is going to go so hard as a sports bar mid-level trivia question for the next 3 decades

@dieworkwear.bsky.social you seen this one yet?

just accidentally poured a couple of dots of bird seed into my mouth while filling an elevated bird feeder. did not taste good at all, no clue why those little dudes are going so crazy for this stuff

Never forget that this what The Washington Post said when Noem was nominated.

Kansas City is blessed with a robust bistate heavy rail network that brings you to the core of our community, to the surrounds, and cities far beyond. Commuter rail regionally should benefit from that legacy. Working to see how it can come to be.

4 Minnesota guys

windows 11 update: for the first time in my life, simply right clicking a file has a load time. unreal

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I think neighborhood-based Buy Nothing groups are the last remaining good and correct use of Facebook. If they ever shut those down so that they can serve 5 percent more AI slop videos, that’s when we as a society must invade Palo Alto with hammers

This is blackout poetry to me

I’d be so embarrassed as a bus driver if I was late

"Hello, I need help. My friend has reached Nirvana and now he won't close his cabinets"

Twin Cities (Empire Builder/Borealis) Albert Lea Mason City Des Moines Chariton (California Zephyr) Kansas City (Southwest Chief/MO Rail Runner) Would be a great corridor with great connections!🛤️🚆 www.bizjournals.com/twincities/n...

Will I understand this Super Bowl if I haven’t seen the first fifty-nine

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Shaun White after each of the 92 countries entered the Olympics: “You know I was just there…”

nevermind spanish, some of you have three days to learn how to dance

turns out when Bezos suggested "democracy dies in darkness" it was a goal, not a slogan

Someone suggested this should be our 2-sided Olympic rings for tomorrow, but honestly, I'm at a loss about what to do.

Preparing to write this book review by brushing up on archaic anti-Italian slurs

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