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The Taco Bell 50k Ultramarathon was run in Denver over the weekend. Competitors must eat at 9 out of 10 Taco Bells along the route. “By the 4th stop, all entrants must have consumed at least one (1) Chalupa Supreme or one Crunchwrap Supreme…” [tacobell50k.com]

E-Bike Rebates Learn how to qualify for a rebate for an electric bike (e-bike) from a participating bike shop. A limited number of e-bike rebate vouchers are available every other month. Plus, learn how to use your ...

Denver’s e-bike rebate program is a massive success story with 10,000+ new e-bikes riding around Denver and over 1,000,000 ebike trips that replaced car trips. That’s 1,400+ tons of greenhouse gas emissions saved every year!
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I'm in the paper today discussing why deploying the national guard to New Orleans is an unnecessary step that will hurt local businesses. I don't mention in the piece, but it will also be expensive and polling shows it's already very unpopular.

KIMMEL: “That sonofabitch… I never imagined we’d have a president like this, and I hope we never have another president like this again… celebrating hundreds of Americans losing their jobs - he took pleasure in that. The opposite of what a leader is supposed to be.”

As D.C. turns out the lights, Kansas politicos double down on performative dumbness • Kansas Reflector The Kansas Republican delegation in Washington, D.C., has beclowned themselves with shutdown rhetoric both partisan and incoherent.

Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: As D.C. turns out the lights, Kansas politicos double down on performative dumbness #ksleg

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Headshot of a smiling Tim Gill

New episode up! We talked with researcher Tim Gill about how we need to make our cities safe for children, not cars. "Children are basically living very captive and kind of contained lives, and that's just not healthy."
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New Orleans has had the fewest murders this year since 1970. Carjackings are down 80% relative to 2022, vehicle burglaries are down 70%, shootings are down 63%. This is a wholly unnecessary stunt that will hurt local businesses.

When you get defensive about feedback, you fail twice. You fail to learn today, and you fail to encourage people to keep teaching you tomorrow.

If you can't handle the truth, people stop telling you the truth.

A key to growth is showing that you're coachable.

YouTube video by okansas Headcam orienteering - short sprint orienteering practice in Bergen

Headcam orienteering video from a training course (no controls) in the streets of Bergen. I'm still mixing jogging/walking. youtu.be/qhQDjtt6Z8g?...

Today’s orienteering. Loads of fun. Tough forest.

Some sprint orienteering practice today.

Walking with a sprint orienteering map. Fun despite being worn out from the travel.

Orientering: Tove Alexandersson står över EM Satsar i stället mot OS

Tove Alexanderssons beslut: Står över EM
https://www.svt.se/sport/orientering/tove-alexanderssons-beslut-star-over-em

Kansas lawmakers in D.C. would rather work the refs than answer tough questions back home • Kansas Reflector Republicans across the country want to persuade voters that they have delivered. Unfortunately for them, the bill polls terribly.

Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: Kansas lawmakers in D.C. would rather work the refs than answer tough questions back home #ksleg

Not a surprise but still disappointing.

Between this and politicizing levee boards, it's just wild to see all the lessons learned being wilfully unlearned.

Busch ber om ursäkt efter felcitering – skyller på AI Citerade krönikör under partiledartal i Almedalen: ”Kommer arbeta annorlunda framåt”

Busch ber om ursäkt efter felcitering – skyller på AI
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/busch-ber-om-ursakt-efter-felcitering-skyller-pa-ai

Q&A: Two years after police raid on Kansas newspaper, editor eager to set example with lawsuit • Kansas Reflector Two years after police staged a chilling raid on the Marion County Record, the newspaper's owner-editor remains committed to the hard-hitting journalism that made him a target.

Q&A: Two years after police raid on Kansas newspaper, editor eager to set example with lawsuit | via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social #ksleg

YouTube video by okansas Headcam orienteering Burcham Park August 9, 2025

Headcam video from yesterday's orienteering at Burcham Park in Lawrence. youtu.be/17fSg3iIlhI?...

I developed mRNA vaccines. RFK Jr is endangering US public health Katalin Karikó says the health secretary’s decision to pull research funding for the technology is akin to ‘dropping a bomb on the US’

The US government has dropped a “bomb on themselves” by pulling $500 million in funding for developing mRNA vaccines, the Nobel-prize winning scientist behind the technology has warned

This is truly fabulous!

The FBI has released updated documentation on NIBRS. The manual is a 192 page guide to using NIBRS which is pretty boring and mundane, but it has pretty huge news:

Agencies will now be able to track non-fatal shootings formally for the first time ever.

YouTube video by okansas Headcam orienteering - short sprint practice course July 27 2025

I jogged/walked a short orienteering practice on a warm and humid day. Here's the headcam video: youtu.be/adOuIRyd9RQ?...

Invasive honeysuckle for Kansas.

YouTube video by okansas Headcam Orienteering Sunflower State Games 2025

Headcam orienteering from today's Sunflower State Games orienteering event at Gage Park in Topeka. Still mixing 1 min jog then 1 min walk. youtu.be/3d6h7r2MEOY?...

Mid-walk/jog break for a coffee and to watch a bit of the WOC relay tracking on my phone.

"Trump has a pronoun problem. He keeps saying he's imposing tariffs on they/them. But he's actually imposing them on us."