Andrea KP @iamandreakp.bsky.social · 3hMy extended family is learning today that my daughter is a grown adult with opinions. I feel sorry for them because she’s also very well educated and eloquent. I couldn’t be more proud. 010
Reposted by Andrea KPJames O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 15hHoly shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source. Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update. getartcraft.com/appsgetartcraft.comCrafting Apps: open-source creative toolsImage editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics and page layout: seven native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use. 17839321128
Reposted by Andrea KPnilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 8hwww.theverge.com/2024/9/24/24...theverge.comDon’t ever hand your phone to the copsEven if you’ve got nothing to hide. 141472520
Reposted by Andrea KPMother Jones @motherjones.com · 14hThe Trump administration's effort to bring back execution by firing squad, one veteran death penalty lawyer told @hurwitz.bsky.social, is in line with "their attraction to brutality. It’s characterized by their affection for causing visible harm to people." motherjones.comThe truth about Trump’s plan to bring back execution by firing squadA veteran death penalty lawyer says it is part of the administration’s “brutality trip.” 2021394
Reposted by Andrea KPHannah Alexander Artwork @hannahartwork.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Moth 🔦 first picture in my October series! 3086572647
Reposted by Andrea KPDr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 23h“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” ~President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936. Image: Universal History Archive/Getty Images. 6790213
Reposted by Andrea KPGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 06/10/2026Water prices rose 1.6 times faster than overall inflation between 2015 and 2025. Consumer prices increased 39% during that period, compared with a 62% jump in water bills, according to the study. Water costs also rose more than twice as fast as groceries, which increased 30%.theguardian.comUS households pay 62% more for water than they did a decade ago, study findsFor-profit water corporations, federal cuts and climate crisis are ‘supercharging water rate hikes’, study co-author says 22516
Andrea KP @iamandreakp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Not a single condolence or acknowledgment that he even knows what it means to be a Gold Star family. Disgusting. 010
Reposted by Andrea KP19thnews @19thnews.org · 06/10/20261/ Last week we shared the findings from our poll, done in partnership with @today.yougov.com In our poll, we asked questions rarely asked by other pollsters and the findings showed us how voters are thinking about issues like affordability, immigration and childcare ahead of the midterms. 🧵 197
Reposted by Andrea KPProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026The breast cancer center appealed thousands of Blue Cross reimbursements for being too low. At trial, the insurer revealed that it had never considered any of the appeals — and that they were pointless: “An appeal is not available to review an underpayment.” (Published April 2025)propublica.org“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over DoctorsBlue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million. 24941497
Reposted by Andrea KPElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 56119413540
Andrea KP @iamandreakp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Keeping it honest, these were our everyday plates growing up. We used Noritake when we had company. 220
Reposted by Andrea KPNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 05/10/2026There’s a lot of talk about reports of sexual violence on college campuses. Here’s a quick thread on what a “report” is—and the system schools have created to ignore them. 16628
Reposted by Andrea KPNWArkProgressive @arkprogressive.bsky.social · 05/10/2026TODAY IS DEADLINE! find one person in #arkansas that you know that isn't registered and get them registered -here how arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/30/a...arkansasadvocate.comArkansas Explained: How to register to vote in the midterms | Arkansas AdvocateOct. 5 is the deadline for Arkansans to register to vote in the Nov. 3 general election. 023
Reposted by Andrea KPJosh 🐯 Hill @joshtigerhill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Estimates are that upwards of 25% of Black men in Virginia and some other (mostly Southern) states (e.g. Florida) are ineligible to vote because of laws like the below. 375
Andrea KP @iamandreakp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026One of my son’s garage band mates is in a band that was signed by a label! I’m so excited for them.kark.comLittle Rock teen death metal band releases EP through international labelLITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Emerging from central Arkansas’ extreme metal scene, a trio of teenage musicians from the Natural State has released its unique brand of technical death metal to a global … 010
Reposted by Andrea KPHelen Rye @helenrye.bsky.social · 02/10/2026www.alphaxiv.org/abs/2607.14729alphaxiv.orgThe Misclassification of Autistic Writing as AI-GeneratedRecent findings suggest that detection models for artificial intelligence (AI) cannot accurately identify AI-generated text and may exhibit bias against certain minority groups. In the present... 374
Reposted by Andrea KPc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The smallest bat in North America is the canyon bat (Parastrellus hesperus), also called the western pipistrelle or American parastrelle. They weigh about 3–6 grams, the weight of a US penny, sheet of paper, or teaspoon of sugar. In flight, they're sometimes confused for moths or butterflies. 14582182
Andrea KP @iamandreakp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The kids and I went and had a grand old time at the Little Rock Greek Food Festival. First time I’ve been since moving back to Arkansas. Still amazing food! Time and money well spent. Glad the kids still enjoy doing this stuff with their old mom. 020
Reposted by Andrea KPBrant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I Completely Agree, Coach! 16849961265
Reposted by Andrea KPCharles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NEW: We’re Reporters, Not Teachers. We Were Able to Start Private Schools Anyway. With our pals at @mtnstspotlight.bsky.social @arktimes.bsky.social @theassemblync.bsky.socialpropublica.orgAlmost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur... 0279
Reposted by Andrea KPDavid at FOIAball @foiaball.com · 02/10/2026And all these price hikes are coming at a time when normal fans are feeling it the most, hit the hardest by the economy. But you look everywhere, and it's very clear that sports teams don't want normal fans anymore. 4318
Andrea KP @iamandreakp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026#criticalrole #c4static.klipy.comThe Real Bros Of Simi Valley: Not Having A Good TimeAlt: The Real Bros Of Simi Valley: Not Having A Good Time 030
Reposted by Andrea KPKristin Netterstrom Higgins @knetterstrom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“deaths of their babies, and harms to their women and girls” The state claims to own me and my child. This sentence is the abortion medication lawsuit is so cringe and disgusting. stateline.org/2026/09/30/r... 162
Reposted by Andrea KPhammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow 358208285021
Reposted by Andrea KPDr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago 202100172461
Reposted by Andrea KPHourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Rider of the Purple Sage - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2jmBrzN 017327
Reposted by Andrea KPFlame Zindabad @flamezindabad.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“I am Jane Doe” isn’t survivors stealing her identity. It’s survivors refusing to let her carry it alone. You cannot preach survivor autonomy while deciding for survivors what their solidarity is allowed to look like. 05114
Andrea KP @iamandreakp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Barbaric. No human should have to endure torture like this. 020
Reposted by Andrea KPMatt Campbell @bluehogreport.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I know Sarah Sanders thinks all press is good press, but getting absolutely demolished by the worst parts of the online right for an ad that takes credit for something she had no part in is certainly a choice. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...arktimes.comFact-checking Sarah Sanders’ claims about Brad, the welfare queen - Arkansas TimesHer obstinance is hardly surprising — refusing to ever acknowledge a mistake is a load-bearing part of Sanders’ public persona. What is a bit surprising though is Sanders’ willingly taking all this fl... 3104
Reposted by Andrea KPMother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/10/2026Abortion rates were expected to tank after Roe was overturned. Instead, medication abortion became easy to get – and it changed everything. Our latest package explores the surprising resilience of the abortion access movement—and how abortion opponents are doubling down on their hardline agenda.motherjones.comLife after RoeHow the Dobbs decision gave rise to legions of pill smugglers and abortion abolitionists. 418152
Reposted by Andrea KPJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026BREAKING: Republican attorneys general from Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas have filed two sweeping lawsuits targeting dozens of providers who ship abortion pills—and the blue states that protect them. 16436248
Reposted by Andrea KPMississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 30/09/2026Artificial intelligence giant xAI is offering buyouts to residents of Southaven, Mississippi, if they agree not to join a class-action lawsuit brought against the company for alleged “nuisance-level harms.” buff.ly/VKQtPHImississippifreepress.orgxAI Looks to Buy Out Southaven Residents Who Agree Not to Sue It, Letter ShowsArtificial intelligence giant xAI is offering buyouts to residents of Southaven, Mississippi, if they agree not to join a lawsuit against the company. 02212
Reposted by Andrea KPDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I love that the U.S. government now has ideas so dumb that the fact checks are simply “yeah this isn’t a parody, it’s real” 6854496907
Reposted by Andrea KPCaroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Emma Sulkowicz attended Columbia University. She graduated in 2015. Columbia has been protecting rapists for a long time. 04315
Reposted by Andrea KPArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 178124632671
Andrea KP @iamandreakp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I, too, do not like bananas. I completely understand these faces. 010
Reposted by Andrea KPmerr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 30/09/2026we fucked up bigtime when the internet slipped from the utopian promise of being able to connect with ANYone into the hellscape of being connected to EVERYone 112399366
Reposted by Andrea KPStars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Army Casualty Assistance Center is urgently reminding people that military honors at funerals are at no cost, and no one will ever call seeking payment or a deposit for those services.stripes.comArmy warns of scammers targeting grieving families during veteran funeral planningThe Army Casualty Assistance Center is reminding people that military honors at funerals are free and no one will call seeking payment or a deposit. 02712
Reposted by Andrea KPPostcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I want to read your memoirs. 616824
Reposted by Andrea KPVoteVets @votevets.org · 29/09/2026Donald Trump started a war with Iran that he said would end in about two weeks. That was more than 212 days ago. Since then, at least 19 American service members have died, and more than 800 have been injured. Dozens of US aircraft have been damaged or destroyed. See it all at AboutTwoWeeks.com. 312463
Reposted by Andrea KPArkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026How can doctors save the lives of pregnant women in distress in states where abortion care is banned? The question is particularly poignant as the first hearing in Waldorf v. Arkansas challenging the state's abortion ban is underway. No paywall arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...arktimes.comHigh-risk pregnancy doctors publish new standards for care under state abortion bans - Arkansas TimesHow can doctors save the lives of pregnant women in distress in states like Arkansas, where abortion care is banned? 092
Reposted by Andrea KPProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026DraftKings has argued that its ‘responsible gaming’ system provides adequate safeguards to protect customers from spiraling out of control. So I decided to find out: If I bet like a compulsive gambler, would DraftKings stop me? by Jake Pearsonpropublica.orgI Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro... 12594212
Reposted by Andrea KPMaanvi Singh @maanvisingh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What is ICE up to now? The agency is now anywhere and everywhere, embedded in all corners of everyday life. Here's our latest interactive piece on ICE 2.0 – w/ @wcraft.bsky.social Andrew Witherspoon & Julius Motaltheguardian.comGone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than everAfter public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere 68459
Reposted by Andrea KPArkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 28/09/2026Arkansas Advocate wins national award for series on prison overcrowding arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/28/a...arkansasadvocate.comArkansas Advocate wins national award for series on prison overcrowding | Arkansas AdvocateThe Arkansas Advocate won first-place honors in the National Federation of Press Women’s National Communications Contest for its series on prison overcrowding. 1166
Reposted by Andrea KPThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Skeleton Crew ruled. Tons of fun. The problem is, as I’ve said before, Star Wars fans are very good at articulating what they want and very bad at wanting what they’ve articulated. 1519525