Ryan Conrad
@rlconrad7.bsky.social
#Dad to 3 awesome kids. Husband to the man of my dreams. KU #Jayhawks fan. Progressive #Christian. #ESFJ. Resurrection UMC member. #LGBTQ #gaydad https://linktr.ee/rlconrad7
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Sen. Thom Tillis calls his vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth his “biggest regret” and says Hegseth should resign.
October 5, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Sen. Thom Tillis calls his vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth his “biggest regret” and says Hegseth should resign.
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Let books be.
Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, an annual observation started more than 40 years ago in response to a sudden surge in attempts to censor or remove books in libraries, schools, and bookstores. Sound familiar?
Find ways to get involved and spread the word: https://bit.ly/4yvixbB.
Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, an annual observation started more than 40 years ago in response to a sudden surge in attempts to censor or remove books in libraries, schools, and bookstores. Sound familiar?
Find ways to get involved and spread the word: https://bit.ly/4yvixbB.
October 4, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Let books be.
Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, an annual observation started more than 40 years ago in response to a sudden surge in attempts to censor or remove books in libraries, schools, and bookstores. Sound familiar?
Find ways to get involved and spread the word: https://bit.ly/4yvixbB.
Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, an annual observation started more than 40 years ago in response to a sudden surge in attempts to censor or remove books in libraries, schools, and bookstores. Sound familiar?
Find ways to get involved and spread the word: https://bit.ly/4yvixbB.
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They say they hate “woke,” but they really hate Black people, and any meaningful lingo we produce to critique and challenge white supremacy
October 4, 2026 at 12:44 PM
They say they hate “woke,” but they really hate Black people, and any meaningful lingo we produce to critique and challenge white supremacy
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We will be tabling and joining the celebration at JoCo Pride for their Coming Out for Community Event! Join us!!! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Saturday, October 10th | 10am to 1 pm | Grace United Methodist Church Olathe | johnsoncountypride.org
Saturday, October 10th | 10am to 1 pm | Grace United Methodist Church Olathe | johnsoncountypride.org
September 29, 2026 at 3:12 PM
We will be tabling and joining the celebration at JoCo Pride for their Coming Out for Community Event! Join us!!! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Saturday, October 10th | 10am to 1 pm | Grace United Methodist Church Olathe | johnsoncountypride.org
Saturday, October 10th | 10am to 1 pm | Grace United Methodist Church Olathe | johnsoncountypride.org
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1/ On @lastweektonight.com, John Oliver cited our reporting w/ @texastribune.org about how Ken Paxton appeared to have violated Texas law. Paxton used an address where his estranged wife said he no longer lived while voting in 6 elections in the past 2 years: www.propublica.org/article/ken-...
September 28, 2026 at 6:12 PM
1/ On @lastweektonight.com, John Oliver cited our reporting w/ @texastribune.org about how Ken Paxton appeared to have violated Texas law. Paxton used an address where his estranged wife said he no longer lived while voting in 6 elections in the past 2 years: www.propublica.org/article/ken-...
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That's the new business model, When you "buy" a game for your Playstation, or a book for your Kindle, or an album on Spotify, you don't "own" it.
The owners of the platform can revoke or restrict your access, at any time.
I can see a return of paperbacks, and cds.
Screw the Broligarchy.
The owners of the platform can revoke or restrict your access, at any time.
I can see a return of paperbacks, and cds.
Screw the Broligarchy.
September 28, 2026 at 5:33 PM
That's the new business model, When you "buy" a game for your Playstation, or a book for your Kindle, or an album on Spotify, you don't "own" it.
The owners of the platform can revoke or restrict your access, at any time.
I can see a return of paperbacks, and cds.
Screw the Broligarchy.
The owners of the platform can revoke or restrict your access, at any time.
I can see a return of paperbacks, and cds.
Screw the Broligarchy.
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Executives working on AI at Microsoft and OpenAI admitted what its critics have been saying all along: LLms are predatory pieces of technology that have been built on what a Microsoft executive called “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
www.404media.co
September 27, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Executives working on AI at Microsoft and OpenAI admitted what its critics have been saying all along: LLms are predatory pieces of technology that have been built on what a Microsoft executive called “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
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You won't want to miss this. 📺
September 28, 2026 at 6:04 PM
You won't want to miss this. 📺
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“Johnson and Rivera used their own money—often earned through sex work—to fund food and rent for those living in the shelter. STAR House was of personal importance to Johnson and Rivera, as they had both spent much of their youth experiencing homelessness and destitution.” #HispanicHeritageMonth
September 28, 2026 at 6:04 PM
“Johnson and Rivera used their own money—often earned through sex work—to fund food and rent for those living in the shelter. STAR House was of personal importance to Johnson and Rivera, as they had both spent much of their youth experiencing homelessness and destitution.” #HispanicHeritageMonth
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#HispanicHeritageMonth: Sylvia Rivera, LGBTQ rights pioneer and along with Marsha P. Johnson co-founder of the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, one of the first organizations addressing the needs of unhoused LGBTQ youth ✨
September 28, 2026 at 5:58 PM
#HispanicHeritageMonth: Sylvia Rivera, LGBTQ rights pioneer and along with Marsha P. Johnson co-founder of the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, one of the first organizations addressing the needs of unhoused LGBTQ youth ✨
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JD Vance's Christianity is unloving, inhumane, and Jesus-less.
He and his morally inverted brethren have been bending the knee to their vile, belligerent, spray-tanned savior so long that the actual teachings of Jesus aren’t really a concern at this point.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/jd-vance-e...
He and his morally inverted brethren have been bending the knee to their vile, belligerent, spray-tanned savior so long that the actual teachings of Jesus aren’t really a concern at this point.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/jd-vance-e...
JD Vance Embodies MAGA's Heretical, Heartless, Jesus-Less Christianity
JD Vance claims to be a follower of Jesus.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
September 28, 2026 at 6:06 PM
JD Vance's Christianity is unloving, inhumane, and Jesus-less.
He and his morally inverted brethren have been bending the knee to their vile, belligerent, spray-tanned savior so long that the actual teachings of Jesus aren’t really a concern at this point.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/jd-vance-e...
He and his morally inverted brethren have been bending the knee to their vile, belligerent, spray-tanned savior so long that the actual teachings of Jesus aren’t really a concern at this point.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/jd-vance-e...
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"Action by Watchdogs: Organizations like Public Citizen stated that taxpayer-funded political advertisements violate anti-propaganda laws and the Hatch Act."
Not the Roberts FREAK SCOTUS-Not a subservient and cowardly Republican congress will protect the American people.
"Action by Watchdogs: Organizations like Public Citizen stated that taxpayer-funded political advertisements violate anti-propaganda laws and the Hatch Act."
Not the Roberts FREAK SCOTUS-Not a subservient and cowardly Republican congress will protect the American people.
Trump administration begins airing 2024 Trump campaign ad in latest taxpayer-funded messaging
The Trump administration is using taxpayer funds to air a television advertisement from Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign in the latest in a series of ads promoting the president ahead of the ...
abcnews.com
September 28, 2026 at 5:14 PM
abcnews.com/Politics/wir...
"Action by Watchdogs: Organizations like Public Citizen stated that taxpayer-funded political advertisements violate anti-propaganda laws and the Hatch Act."
Not the Roberts FREAK SCOTUS-Not a subservient and cowardly Republican congress will protect the American people.
"Action by Watchdogs: Organizations like Public Citizen stated that taxpayer-funded political advertisements violate anti-propaganda laws and the Hatch Act."
Not the Roberts FREAK SCOTUS-Not a subservient and cowardly Republican congress will protect the American people.
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ok ... good chat
September 28, 2026 at 5:08 PM
ok ... good chat
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Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche outlined plans to move towards autonomous AI labs to speed up research and development discovery.
Company said it is on track for its AI tool Target Nexus to contribute to 80% of research portfolio decisions by the end of 2026.
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche outlined plans to move towards autonomous AI labs to speed up research and development discovery.
Company said it is on track for its AI tool Target Nexus to contribute to 80% of research portfolio decisions by the end of 2026.
Roche outlines plans to move towards autonomous AI labs
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche outlined plans to move towards autonomous AI labs to speed up research and development discovery at its pharma investor day on Monday.
www.reuters.com
September 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche outlined plans to move towards autonomous AI labs to speed up research and development discovery.
Company said it is on track for its AI tool Target Nexus to contribute to 80% of research portfolio decisions by the end of 2026.
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche outlined plans to move towards autonomous AI labs to speed up research and development discovery.
Company said it is on track for its AI tool Target Nexus to contribute to 80% of research portfolio decisions by the end of 2026.
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Americans can’t afford food, gas, housing, healthcare. This tired GOP playbook is a fail. VOTE
September 28, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Americans can’t afford food, gas, housing, healthcare. This tired GOP playbook is a fail. VOTE
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The Trump tax is real.
We’re all paying for his pointless war.
We’re all paying for his pointless war.
September 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The Trump tax is real.
We’re all paying for his pointless war.
We’re all paying for his pointless war.
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If approved by voters on Nov. 3, Missouri Amendment 3 would repeal abortion rights guaranteed in the state Constitution. It also would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth — something that's already prohibited by state law.
Missourians will vote again on abortion in November
If approved by voters on Nov. 3, Missouri Amendment 3 would repeal abortion rights guaranteed in the state Constitution.
www.kcur.org
September 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM
If approved by voters on Nov. 3, Missouri Amendment 3 would repeal abortion rights guaranteed in the state Constitution. It also would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth — something that's already prohibited by state law.
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Trump on his Iran war: "You have a higher gas -- it's a very inexpensive price to pay for what we've done. Remember that. It's a little more. Frankly, even if it was a lot more."
September 17, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Trump on his Iran war: "You have a higher gas -- it's a very inexpensive price to pay for what we've done. Remember that. It's a little more. Frankly, even if it was a lot more."
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The cost of diesel fuel has increased by nearly 100% since Trump attacked Iran
“What we’ve done” is lost 18 troops, injured 813 more, spent about $35 billion and depleted our munitions-while conceding the Strait of Hormuz and crippling our economy
And STILL we don’t have Iran’s nuclear material
“What we’ve done” is lost 18 troops, injured 813 more, spent about $35 billion and depleted our munitions-while conceding the Strait of Hormuz and crippling our economy
And STILL we don’t have Iran’s nuclear material
Trump on his Iran war: "You have a higher gas -- it's a very inexpensive price to pay for what we've done. Remember that. It's a little more. Frankly, even if it was a lot more."
September 17, 2026 at 4:12 AM
The cost of diesel fuel has increased by nearly 100% since Trump attacked Iran
“What we’ve done” is lost 18 troops, injured 813 more, spent about $35 billion and depleted our munitions-while conceding the Strait of Hormuz and crippling our economy
And STILL we don’t have Iran’s nuclear material
“What we’ve done” is lost 18 troops, injured 813 more, spent about $35 billion and depleted our munitions-while conceding the Strait of Hormuz and crippling our economy
And STILL we don’t have Iran’s nuclear material
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Ron White to Joe Rogan: Talarico didn't cost this state $6 million in fines and lawsuits, and that happened with Ken Paxton. Guess who paid that $6 million? You and me paid the $6 million for his bribery. His own party impeached him. He's a criminal. He's a piece of shit.
September 16, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Ron White to Joe Rogan: Talarico didn't cost this state $6 million in fines and lawsuits, and that happened with Ken Paxton. Guess who paid that $6 million? You and me paid the $6 million for his bribery. His own party impeached him. He's a criminal. He's a piece of shit.
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🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Help prevent a Constitutional Crises on January 3rd: Ask your U.S. Representative to publicly commit NOW, and until January 3rd, to a PEACEFUL transfer of power and certification of elections in their respective states. newrepublic.com/article/2151...
The Final Battle for America’s Democracy
Forget November 3. It’s January 3 when Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans might bury our democracy once and for all. Here’s how.
newrepublic.com
September 16, 2026 at 9:12 PM
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Help prevent a Constitutional Crises on January 3rd: Ask your U.S. Representative to publicly commit NOW, and until January 3rd, to a PEACEFUL transfer of power and certification of elections in their respective states. newrepublic.com/article/2151...
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To every reporter who stands there as Trump shouts down one of your (almost always female) colleagues with insults and bullying behavior without standing up for them -- you know the rest of us can see and hear you, right?
Q: On the checks, we have $40t in debt. If your economic policies are working, why do you need an incentive for people to turn out to vote?
T: I'm doing it as a reward for having to put up w/Biden
Q: You also offered tariff refunds--
TRUMP: Not you
Q: And that didn't happen
T: You're the worst
T: I'm doing it as a reward for having to put up w/Biden
Q: You also offered tariff refunds--
TRUMP: Not you
Q: And that didn't happen
T: You're the worst
September 11, 2026 at 1:26 PM
To every reporter who stands there as Trump shouts down one of your (almost always female) colleagues with insults and bullying behavior without standing up for them -- you know the rest of us can see and hear you, right?