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A 13,600-year-old mastodon skull is unearthed in an Iowa creek (www.npr.org)

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Very fascinating find!

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Books dumped en masse at Florida's New College, sparking controversy (www.wphm.net)

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cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/15832268

The New College of Florida is under fire after what appears to be hundreds of books that have been wiped from its collection and discarded on the street.

The right-wing war on knowledge continues to be a five-alarm fire for American (and world) Democracy and getting worse by the day...

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Judge who authorized Kansas newspaper raid escapes discipline with secret conflicting explanation • Kansas Reflector (kansasreflector.com)

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Another sign of a broken system...

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Project 2025 is coming for the BWCA (midwest.social)

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Reposting this image from r/Minnesota:.

A vote for Trump is a vote for the end of the BWCA as we know it; tailings and copper pollution from the mining would ruin the environment and be a drag on tourism.

Hacktivists release two gigabytes of Heritage Foundation data by mautamu in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

A Heritage spokesperson told CyberScoop after publication that the organization was not “hacked.” Instead, the spokesperson said “an organized group stumbled upon a two-year-old archive of The Daily Signal website that was available on a public-facing website owned by a contractor. The information obtained was limited to usernames, names, email addresses, and incomplete password information of both Heritage and non-Heritage contributors, as well as article comments and the IP address of the commentor.”

At least they're admitting to being incompetent...

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Whatever you call the encroaching political darkness in Kansas and America, it's not democracy • Kansas Reflector (kansasreflector.com)

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A call to action, to be sure.

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Kansas AG Kris Kobach accuses Pfizer of misleading vaccine marketing in lawsuit • Kansas Reflector (kansasreflector.com)

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What a total waste of tax money...

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Some Wichita churches stand with the LGBTQ+ community as allies during Pride Month (www.kake.com)

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Thousands attend Kansas Pride event at state fairgrounds (www.kake.com)

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Makes you very happy to see this!

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Hutchinson-based company purportedly had white supremacist message on their vehicles (www.hutchnews.com)

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Absolutely ridiculous...

A work vehicle bearing the saying that supports a white supremacist group was spotted in Hutchinson and reported to social media.

The slogan, according to the ADL, was coined by David Lane, a member of the white supremacist terrorist group known as The Order.

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A Kansas paper and its publisher are suing over police raids. They say damages exceed $10M (apnews.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13826334

A weekly central Kansas newspaper and its publisher filed a federal lawsuit Monday over police raids last summer of its offices and the publisher’s home, accusing local officials of trying to silence the paper and causing the death of the publisher’s 98-year-old mother.

The lawsuit did not include a specific figure for potential damages. However, in a separate notice to local officials, the paper and its publisher said they believe they are due more than $10 million.

The lawsuit from the Marion County Record’s parent company and Eric Meyer, its editor and publisher, accuses the city of Marion, the Marion County Commission and five current and former local officials of violating free press rights and the right to be free from unreasonable law enforcement searches guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit also notified the defendants that Meyer and the newspaper plan to add other claims, including that officials wrongly caused the death of Meyer’s mother the day after the raids, which the lawsuit attributes to a stress-induced heart attack.

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When Kansas House lobbyists ask for new laws, their names go on bills (fox4kc.com)

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Glad to see Kansas doing this and trying to bring some transparency back to the statehouse!

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Biden administration picks airports for nearly $1 billion in terminal upgrades - Ohio Capital Journal (ohiocapitaljournal.com)

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cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/8862176

Painesville, Cleveland, Gallipolis, and Dayton will all see some of the money.

Minneapolis is also on the list!

Kobach, coalition demand Biden drop EPA lead pipe rule; Hays survey underway by mautamu in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Even if they had, they're hoping their voters never did or have forgotten. :(

Kobach, coalition demand Biden drop EPA lead pipe rule; Hays survey underway by mautamu in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Exactly!

Former Marion police chief had ‘pizza party’ after raid, turned off body cam, new lawsuit says - Kansas Reflector by mautamu in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Absolutely despicable! Thank you for summarizing all of these details, this story has such sprawl it's difficult to capture just how all the issues factor into one another anymore. Really hope that justice starts to play out in the long term, but I'm not convinced that will happen on account of the corruption emanating from the State; the Kansas Bureau of Investigation decided to involve CBI in the matter, indicating the rot likely permeates much of the state bureaucracy as well.

There's also the attempt to undermine Kansas' 2016 Open Records Act in preventing the release of pertinent communications by officials and court records during and shortly before the raid (which many anti-transparency activists in the Kansas GOP are trying to use to get rid of the KORA (1 and 2)).

Trader Joe’s argues National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional — and other labor news - Minnesota Reformer by mautamu in c/[email protected]

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Most definitely!

At least where I am, they're in the most uptown bougie strip mall they can get into; same situation with Whole Foods. Starting to shop exclusively at the two state-wide/local stores that don't have these issues, but wish more folks had access to quality local grocers who pay well and support unions.

Customs agents seize box of giraffe poop at Minneapolis airport by mautamu in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

That's a good question, never heard about this before now...

What's everyone's opinions on the bike lanes downtown Appleton? by mautamu in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It will be interesting to see what becomes of them!