If you can quote some Austen and talk some football you are my people.

The Johnson County Emergency Communications Center is in system overload. This means they're receiving 911 calls faster than they can dispatch units to respond. Each fire department has assigned an overflow officer to keep tabs on calls received for their department and send units to handle them as appropriate.

If you’re against building a broad coalition of educators across the political spectrum, remember how phonics was politicized - and kids paid the price. More importantly, don’t lose sight of who matters most. Kids don’t care who voted for whom. They need great instruction.

Late spring/early summer front porch. Ready for 250th!

World Cup 2026 Day 4: A day exploring Kansas City, which is a charming place. I’m counting down until I can get to a BBQ restaurant. We then went to the fan park to watch USA’s game with Paraguay. Watching ‘soccer’ with Americans is quite the experience.

Nobody talks about the teacher who kept the deadline when nobody else did. She wrote the referral. Nothing happened. She called home. Nobody answered. She held the grade. She got called into the office. She held it anyway. That is not stubbornness. That is the job.

At 87 years old, every bag is still handmade with care, one flower at a time. Whether you're treating yourself or surprising someone you love, this isn't just a bag—it's a story woven by real hands. Give a gift that truly means something 🌸

UPDATE: Kansas City, MO police confirm two people of interest are in custody connected to a theft of #England team equipment. KCPD is investigating where exactly the items were stolen. The theft was only noticed when the vehicle got to KC Friday. @kmbc kmbc.com/article/police-inve…

I worked as a cashier at a grocery store when I was in high school. I was not judging, just trying to accurately punch in codes or prices 😆. Give Nobunaga a follow.

Unfortunate, hope the stolen equipment is recovered and returned. share.google/kyTMF0WdzesCLju…

8-ish months and this will be the permanent sunset view…blessed!

ダラスに着いて初めての外出はセブンへの買い物 Googleマップで表示された道は約10分だったけど歩道ないし歩いてる人誰もいないし、法律的にも歩いていい道なのかわからず別のセブンへ歩いていきました 治安は良いはずだけどやっぱりどこか怖さもありつつ無事に帰ってこれました セブンで水とサンドイッチ買った。水はコンビニが安い。明日は可能ならスーパーに行きたい。 セブンの会計画面で携帯ナンバー求められたけど日本の番号だと入力できないしどうしようか迷ったけど、店員さんが優しくて本当に良かった 洗濯もしたし、時差ボケも治ってきたし少しずつ少しずつ、、、

Elon just created 4,400 millionaires in a single day. 400 of them are now worth over $100 million. These aren't VCs. They're SpaceX employees, and the list includes welders, technicians, and cafeteria staff, because for two decades the company paid every level of the workforce in stock instead of higher salaries. Juan Hernandez immigrated from Mexico and took a $28 an hour contractor welding job in 2015. He says he didn't even know what SpaceX was. The company gave him a $10,000 equity grant and let him buy more shares through payroll deductions. That stake is now worth $880,000. Trevor Hise's parents wanted him to take a stable job at General Electric. He picked SpaceX instead, stayed 12 years, and accumulated over 100,000 shares. At the $135 listing price that's $13.5 million. He's 37 and semiretired. His words: "The magnitude of this has been ridiculous." The most telling detail came before the listing. Over 100 employees quietly banded together and negotiated a group wealth management deal covering up to $5 billion, because none of them had ever needed a wealth manager before. Software IPOs have minted millionaires for 30 years. This is the first one where the money went to the factory floor.

Hoping KU Freshman dorm selection next week goes as well as the Algerian community practice last night. Rock Chalk!❤️💙

Was so cool for when the Algerian National Team toured our facilities yesterday, and it sounds like the practice was a major hit. KU and Lawrence have really stepped up as kind and diligent hosts, and everyone I met on the team was friendly.

It takes 6,000 to 9,000 caterpillars to raise a single brood of chickadees. The parents have to gather a caterpillar every few minutes, dawn to dusk, for weeks. Caterpillars are baby-bird food, so next time you spot one chewing a leaf, consider leaving it. It's a pest, but it's also the next generation of birds at your feeder.

One of my best friends is an accountant. He knows about as much about medicine as I know about double entry bookkeeping, which is next to nothing. Early in the COVID pandemic, he asked me about the rules. He was not trying to make a political point. He was trying to make sense of what he was being told. Why did he need to wear a mask while waiting for a table at a restaurant, but not while eating? Why did his two year old need to wear a mask at daycare, but take it off to nap? Why were playgrounds locked up? Why could people exercise on the beach, but not sit there with their family? And perhaps most damaging of all, why was protest described by many as a public health imperative, while keeping a business open was treated as reckless? That is when a lot of ordinary people started losing trust. Not because they suddenly became anti science. Not because they were too stupid to understand public health. Because they could see the inconsistency, the hypocrisy, and the moving goalposts. I understand why physicians are frustrated by partisan ideology. I do not administer vaccines, but I can imagine this is a miserable time to be a family medicine doctor who does. But pieces like this are part of the problem. The breakdown in trust did not begin with Trump, RFK Jr., or Casey Means. The Casey Means nomination was unfortunate, but it was a symptom of the disease, not the cause. In California, Gavin Newsom ordered sweeping restrictions on businesses and ordinary life, then was caught dining at the French Laundry with executives from the same California Medical Association that published this piece. People remember that. So maybe we should stop pretending trust was destroyed only by the other tribe. It was also destroyed by leaders and institutions that demanded sacrifice from everyone else, then acted as if the rules were optional for themselves. But rebuilding trust will require honesty, humility, and a little less partisan finger pointing. Pieces like this do not rebuild trust. They remind people why they lost it.

Honestly coming away struck by the nature of Algeria's community session. Just an incredible night filled with smiles all around. A unique combination if KC/Lawrence community and Algerian pride and passion. So cool to see the way this sport unites people. #LesVerts

So it seems like the ordinary folks of all these countries—Europe, Japan, South Africa—like each other very much. Lies from our elites keep us from enjoying our own and each other’s culture as much as we should. When I go to Germany, I want German culture. When I go to Ireland, I want Irish culture, when I go to Japan, I want Japanese culture. I don’t want everywhere to be the same with enforced multiculturalism that feels like no particular place.