Joe Blues celebrates Mavis Staples... She recently won a pair of Grammys, but she deserves a whole showcase to her excellence! Tonight 9 to 11 on 91.3 or streaming wuky.org Make a friend and join the listening party!

Misinformation about climate change can look convincing. Here’s how to tell what’s real – and what’s not – when you see it online.

What happens when a high-stakes Kentucky scandal meets the world of undercover female spies? The newest podcast from Kentucky Chronicles features Professor Elizabeth De Wolfe to discuss her book Alias Agnes. 🎧 https://youtu.be/ycB9D4J_2QQ #KYHistory #TrueCrime #WomenInHistory

In the aftermath of the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, a Kentucky pastor joined a contingent of more than 1,200 clergy members who traveled to the city to bear witness to the ICE crackdown.

Big fan of this bill-progress checkbox my pals @kentuckylantern.com have been attaching to their stories on moving legislation.

This Beef Fat Cosmetics bill passed out of committee with no discussion. Look for coverage to come on Kentucky's pore health. #kyga26

22 Kentucky law enforcement agencies currently participate in programs that pay bonuses for locating ICE targets. House Bill 47 and Senate Bill 86 would require participation statewide. #KYGA26 From @claywallace.bsky.social

i know that complaining about memes is a poison that turns you into The Oldest And Grumpiest Man Alive and i know that making moral judgments based on disgust is reactionary. but. the current facebook trend is feeding chatgpt the prompt: "create a caricature of me based on what you know about me"

I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy. www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...

I was not paying attention when I left @anabelrose.bsky.social's house after band practice yesterday...

liam and his dad are home! and someone please get rep. castro a coat!

Now, with the best opportunity to upset the GOP supermajority they may ever have, Kentucky Democrats have taken a different approach: www.lpm.org/news/2026-01...

Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept." Astonishing thing for a judge to do.

Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome

This, other race science screeds released in prior batches, and the 4chan revelation shows it wasn’t just about the pedophilia, it was a specific, continuous plan to spread race science and white supremacy across elite culture and then to wider society from the bottom up

so... billionaires and wanna-be billionaires orchestrated the implosion of Everything because they wanted to continue their individual and institutional exploitation of children, the poor, and the global south, without consequence... and they used /pol/ to do it.

Israel bombed tents in Gaza today, killed at least 30 people including children, and the death toll is likely to rise www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

In an interview with MPR News, Liam's mother gave an update on her son and her own safety. She said Liam asks again and again, “Mommy, why don’t you pick us up?” Or “Mommy, we don’t want to be here anymore. This place is ugly.”

Don Lemon speaks outside of the courtroom after release: "I have spent my entire life covering the news. I will not stop now ... I will not be silenced."

Children being held at an ICE detention center in Dilley, Texas, are "despondent and depressed," Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, said after a visit there this week. https://to.pbs.org/3Z9u14w

“You cannot be neutral about the dismantling of our democracy and still expect to be protected by it,” Georgia Fort told CJR days before her arrest. “If the Constitution fails to protect US citizens, it will fail to protect the media, the free press.” www.cjr.org/news/astonis...

The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:

Mayor Craig Greenberg is standing by a 2025 policy change that orders Louisville's jail to hold inmates wanted by ICE for up to 48 hours beyond their scheduled release. The mayor doubled down on the decision, which he says has helped prevent an ICE surge from occurring in Louisville.

Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)

A list, in no particular order, of just some of the moves that the Trump administration has made in its ongoing campaign to suppress and deter journalism essential to democracy: Arrest Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for covering an anti-ICE protest. Raid the home of a Washington Post reporter, ...

Nearly 2,000 people in Kentucky were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement between January and October of last year, and the number is expected to increase, according to new data.

Open ask - if you're in Lexington or central Kentucky, participating in the general strike tomorrow, and are willing to give a quick interview, please either DM me here or shoot me a message on Signal! Thanks!

As the CDC removes vaccines from its childhood schedule, vaccination rates decline and measles spreads, parents are trying to figure out how to keep their children safe — including, in some cases, by limiting their activities or seeking vaccinations early. I talked to a number of them. Gift link:

RAND PAUL: If a country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, & blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war? RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!

Riders who have had to board buses street-side on Martin Luther King Boulevard since April 2025 are now able to wait for the bus indoors.

The U.S. has now killed 126 people in boat strikes.

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

NEW: Remember when we reported that a Chicago ICE facility accused of human rights abuses said they "lost" two weeks of surveillance footage? Turns out, they never actually recorded anything. This is in response to a class action lawsuit where detainees say they were held in subhuman conditions.

Eastbound I-64 between Frankfort and Lexington is shut down due to a major accident. This may take several hours to clear. Please avoid the area. If you are traveling today, please go slow and remember roadways are still slick. Give our KYTC crews plenty of room to work. Stay safe, everyone.

This was a while ago, but while going through photos of past years' MLK Day marches, I found one other photo of Liz. I had thought the one at the station with Karyn and DeBraun had been the only one. Missing her warmth today.

Two pals opened an all-ages music venue in the basement of Frank's Donuts - named, you guessed it: The Donut Dungeon. The city shut it down recently for code violations. I talked to the owners and several under-21 youth about why an all-ages space is important. www.kentucky.com/news/busines...

Frankfort's Baptist churches are really something else. A different Baptist church, Immanuel Baptist, was the one of the first in town to vocally support marriage equality and LGBTQ membership.

"The conversation was: are we risking betraying our neighbors who we love and who we want to feel safe in our community if we take this money?" explained Rev. Amanda Smith, First Baptist Church co-pastor.

Respectfully, if I can't subscribe by pasting an RSS feed into my podcatcher, it's not a podcast.

ICE has kidnapped another Indigenous person in Minneapolis. This is the fifth member of the Očhéthi Šakówinnto be taken this month. Statement from Standing Rock:

I spoke to Waco's Kaleb Blain, a transgender pitmaster working to create space for trans people in Texas BBQ. After being doxxed, attacked online and let go from Terry Black's, he's now forging his own path: "I have to do this for the rest of my life." www.chron.com/culture/arti...

Sen. Rand Paul wants testimony from heads of ICE and CBP

City offices, garbage collection… yeah, that’s still a no. But city council is going video teleconference.

Interview with me about Murderbot and the upcoming Platform Decay at www.space.com/entertainmen...

Good read from @anabelrose.bsky.social about how six central Kentucky counties partnered up to draft a shared climate action plan. Most Kentuckians understand climate change poses a risk to their homes, families, and futures - this is one way communities empowered themselves to act.

i will not be on air tomorrow bc my household has covid feeling fine but UGHH boo hiss 👎😑

DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:

The Kentucky General Assembly will not convene Monday because of severe winter weather. @mckennahorsley.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/briefs/kentu...