Lovely essay from @ivystone.bsky.social about her summer trip to Canada, and how our neighbors are feeling about the current situation. www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-e...

Snaky saga is over: Powell paramedic cleared of saving life without correct license www.kentucky.com/opinion/lind...

A friendly reminder: US billionaires have gained $968 billion in wealth so far this year—that’s 30X the annual cost of ACA subsidies Congress is fighting over in the shutdown talks. That $968B is enough to send every single US household a $7,300 check.

Donald Trump’s decision to invade Portland on the basis of video from five years ago raises new questions about Joe Biden’s mental state.

A well-deserved scorcher of a column by @lblackford.bsky.social. Fayette County Public Schools leadership has flunked Public Trust 101. www.kentucky.com/opinion/lind...

"The sheer number of American elites willing to acquiesce to the destruction of democratic institutions is demoralizing. But it’s worth noting that many ordinary people seem to be made of sterner stuff." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Just unbelievable, like so much these days.

really interesting to me that pete hegseth — who incidentally was accused of domestic abuse — is obsessed with war crimes

Let's hope all the tax breaks rich people get on racehorses will give them more leeway to make these horses find homes after the track and don't end up in kill pens. Owners can make sure it doesn't happen. www.cnbc.com/2025/09/25/r...

Linda Blackford: The diocese, which stretches across 50 counties in Central and Eastern Kentucky, defies politics to face climate realities.

When people suffer, so do animals www.kentucky.com/news/state/k...

This is just one small chip in the erosion of our voting systems, but it's worth keeping track of www.kentucky.com/opinion/lind...

Among the months-long FCPS budget drama has been one frequently asked but unanswered question: how exactly did the District get to this point? @lblackford.bsky.social's piece today seems to me the first thorough and reasonable answer to that question. www.kentucky.com/opinion/lind...

A pleasure to speak with Anna Richardson White about her new film about home, family and @appalshop.bsky.social www.kentucky.com/opinion/lind...

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

Was the Dred Scott case decided incorrectly? This Federalist Society judge isn't so sure.

I keep typing words and then deleting them because none of them are sufficient to capture how utterly fucked up and unacceptable this is. And yet it won't move a single Republican to give a damn.

The truth has a known liberal bias, so this checks out

Just consistently the worst people in the world

High, hard truth from @lblackford.bsky.social www.kentucky.com/opinion/lind...

If you have trouble finding dates, spare a thought for Ned, a perfectly nice snail with dire romantic prospects.

A great honor and great fun to talk to @silashouse.bsky.social about publishing TWO new books this fall www.kentucky.com/opinion/lind...

The US Administration has decided to destroy a top network for clinical trials to test new treatments for children with brain cancer. This is another atrocity that will harm Conservative and Liberal Americans, long after the politicians responsible are gone.

Tonight at 8/7 on KET's "Comment on Kentucky," it's Alex Acquisto of the Lexington Herald-Leader, Ryland Barton of NPR and Liam Niemeyer of the Kentucky Lantern.

I had some thoughts about @fcpsky.bsky.social meeting last night www.kentucky.com/opinion/lind...

@lblackford.bsky.social interviews the departing Washington Post fact-checker @glennkessler.bsky.social (a former Lexington resident) about the decline of truth in the age of Trump. An important read. FREE LINK www.kentucky.com/opinion/lind...

On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵

New opinion piece on UK football with bonus video of the Stonehenge scene from Spinal Tap. If you need a laugh today www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-e...

An update on the Breathitt County horses --time is running out for them www.kentucky.com/opinion/lind...

I've gotten a lot of reaction to my most recent column on the wild horses of Eastern Kentucky and their possible slaughter. If you'd like to help, please contact the Appalachian Horse Project, a nonprofit on the ground trying to help them. appalachianhorseproject.org

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

Central Kentucky's rural Black hamlets are being remembered www.kentucky.com/opinion/lind...

Our politics are so corrupted at every level, it's hard to know if they can ever be cleaned up. Great but depressing stuff from @austin-horn.bsky.social www.kentucky.com/news/politic...

Skunk funk in your Lexington neighborhood? Here’s why it may be prime skunk real estate.

Another puzzling move from @fcpsky.bsky.social www.kentucky.com/opinion/lind...

I'd be happy to "look at" @universityofky.bsky.social for $400,000 a year. www.kentucky.com/news/local/e...

Under pressure from the White House, the Smithsonian has removed Trump from the impeachment exhibit at the History Museum. The exhibit now says that “only three presidents have seriously faced removal,” referring to Johnson, Nixon, and Clinton. The exhibit now looks the way it did in 2008.

On a scale of 1-10, how surprised are you that Ky's Legislation Ethics Commission has not specific rules against sexual harassment? www.kentucky.com/opinion/lind...

What Will It Cost to Renovate the ‘Free’ Air Force One? Don’t Ask. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...

Excellent up-close look at what immigrants trying to play by the rules are going through right now www.kentucky.com/news/politic...

Really good story about the unintended consequences of a bill that was trying to curb inappropriate texting between teachers and students www.kentucky.com/sports/high-...