Amy De La Hunt
@amydelahunt.bsky.social
This is what it looks like when tax cuts are poorly thought through. The blanket property tax cut for seniors, regardless of income, directly hits our K-12 kiddos and our schools. Buying votes this way has real-world impacts. callnewspapers.com/south-county...
South County schools take revenue hits due to senior tax freeze
Editor’s Note: The Dec. 18 print edition of The Call incorrectly published that the number of parcels was instead a dollar amount per parcel due to a misinterpretation of the county report. It has bee...
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December 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This is what it looks like when tax cuts are poorly thought through. The blanket property tax cut for seniors, regardless of income, directly hits our K-12 kiddos and our schools. Buying votes this way has real-world impacts. callnewspapers.com/south-county...
Good for the red team! ❤️🤍💙
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We Put an AI Vending Machine in Our Office. It Gave Away Everything. | WSJ
YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal
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December 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Good for the red team! ❤️🤍💙
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This has been top.of mind for me while traveling in Texas this week.
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ICE's deportation agenda is not possible without state & local collaboration. Learn more from our latest briefing 👇
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December 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This has been top.of mind for me while traveling in Texas this week.
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"Missouri is at the forefront of domestic production of the American elderberry, albeit with only 400 acres estimated in cultivation."
Appreciate this thoughtful approach.
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Appreciate this thoughtful approach.
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Elderberry Is a Sacred Indigenous Plant. Should It Be Monetized?
As demand increases in the US, some producers are exploring whether and how to commercialize a Native staple.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Missouri is at the forefront of domestic production of the American elderberry, albeit with only 400 acres estimated in cultivation."
Appreciate this thoughtful approach.
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Appreciate this thoughtful approach.
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This bot is such a good idea. This URL is not. 💔🤍💙
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December 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This bot is such a good idea. This URL is not. 💔🤍💙
What the actual f***? What kind of morally bankrupt people think like this, let alone say it out loud?
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A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
What the actual f***? What kind of morally bankrupt people think like this, let alone say it out loud?
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Wow. All the more reason not to place all one's trust in these models. 💔🤍💙
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Cryptographers Show That AI Protections Will Always Have Holes | Quanta Magazine
Large language models such as ChatGPT come with filters to keep certain info from getting out. A new mathematical argument shows that systems like this can never be completely safe.
www.quantamagazine.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Wow. All the more reason not to place all one's trust in these models. 💔🤍💙
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Only two more days to join the 10,000+ people who have commented on this!! 💔🤍💙
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Here's the link: www.regulations.gov/commenton/SS...
December 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Only two more days to join the 10,000+ people who have commented on this!! 💔🤍💙
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Here's the link: www.regulations.gov/commenton/SS...
A throwback from two years ago, highlighting the Trail of Tears. Kudos to Missouri Humanities for producing this 10-minute video about a tough topic. ❤️🤍💙 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dMK...
Si Otsedoha (We Are Still Here): Remembering Cherokee Removal
YouTube video by Missouri Humanities
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December 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
A throwback from two years ago, highlighting the Trail of Tears. Kudos to Missouri Humanities for producing this 10-minute video about a tough topic. ❤️🤍💙 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dMK...
This should surprise *no one* who has followed news about either FIFA or the Olympics in the past 50 years. 💔🤍💙
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
2026 World Cup to cost US host cities upwards of $250m after ‘worst deal in history’
The United States federal government may be forced to cover the shortfall caused by a restrictive deal with Fifa
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This should surprise *no one* who has followed news about either FIFA or the Olympics in the past 50 years. 💔🤍💙
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
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"Activists have also raised concerns about how mail scanning is bundled with profit-driven technology contracts that may also include phone calls, which are often paid for by the person on the other end of the call."
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This would have sucked when my ex was in jail. 19thnews.org/2025/12/illi...
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This would have sucked when my ex was in jail. 19thnews.org/2025/12/illi...
Illinois prisons don’t allow physical mail. Mothers are pushing to restore access.
Members of the advocacy group MAMAS argue that handwritten letters matter, especially to people who have been incarcerated for years.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"Activists have also raised concerns about how mail scanning is bundled with profit-driven technology contracts that may also include phone calls, which are often paid for by the person on the other end of the call."
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This would have sucked when my ex was in jail. 19thnews.org/2025/12/illi...
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This would have sucked when my ex was in jail. 19thnews.org/2025/12/illi...
This phenomenon may seem new ... but it has been a thing for a while now in the more affluent and conservative social circles. I lost count of the number of times I was offered a quick Botox injection during hockey mom team bonding events in the 2010s. 💔🤍💙 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Want to be hotter? Try this one weird Republican trick | Arwa Mahdawi
The right has found a new pitch for young women: conservatives are better-looking
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:05 AM
This phenomenon may seem new ... but it has been a thing for a while now in the more affluent and conservative social circles. I lost count of the number of times I was offered a quick Botox injection during hockey mom team bonding events in the 2010s. 💔🤍💙 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I appreciate this very important conversation about killing civilians. "How can we make sure this never happens again?" Is a question we ask and ask and ask. Are we getting closer?? 💔🤍💙
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How Congress Must Respond to Trump's Boat Strikes (with Katherine Yon Ebright)
YouTube video by Brennan Center for Justice
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December 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I appreciate this very important conversation about killing civilians. "How can we make sure this never happens again?" Is a question we ask and ask and ask. Are we getting closer?? 💔🤍💙
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Today I needed a professor breaking things down in a historic context. Grateful for this. ❤️🤍💙 youtu.be/tPKtdmDxxNM?...
This Week in Politics | Explainer
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Today I needed a professor breaking things down in a historic context. Grateful for this. ❤️🤍💙 youtu.be/tPKtdmDxxNM?...
"More restrictions on how mobile phone carriers and apps are allowed to collect and share location data – and on how the government is allowed to obtain and use location information about people – could help protect your privacy."
YES TO MORE RESTRICTIONS! 💔🤍💙
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YES TO MORE RESTRICTIONS! 💔🤍💙
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Yes, the government can track your location – but usually not by spying on you directly
A privacy researcher breaks down how your phone reveals your location, how that data is collected and sold, and how the government gets ahold of it – by simply buying it.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"More restrictions on how mobile phone carriers and apps are allowed to collect and share location data – and on how the government is allowed to obtain and use location information about people – could help protect your privacy."
YES TO MORE RESTRICTIONS! 💔🤍💙
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YES TO MORE RESTRICTIONS! 💔🤍💙
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In talking with immigrant friends from other countries, I have learned that the relative lack of corruption is part of what they value about living in the U.S. We have to fight to keep it. ❤️🤍💙
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Corruption: When norms upstage the law
People with good motives may engage in bribery and worse depending on what society expects of them. A political scientist explains.
knowablemagazine.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
In talking with immigrant friends from other countries, I have learned that the relative lack of corruption is part of what they value about living in the U.S. We have to fight to keep it. ❤️🤍💙
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There's so much going on at the national level that we sometimes forget the power of local journalism -- like this story from the next suburb over from me. callnewspapers.com/ridgewood-ne...
Ridgewood neighbors have preliminary meeting on historic home preservation
It was standing room only at a packed meeting for residents of the Ridgewood neighborhood in Crestwood on Nov. 17. The town hall — which was hosted by Ward 1 aldermen Jesse Morrison and Jim Zavist — a...
callnewspapers.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
There's so much going on at the national level that we sometimes forget the power of local journalism -- like this story from the next suburb over from me. callnewspapers.com/ridgewood-ne...
Last week, my college-age son used the word "bureaucracy" in a positive way, and someone corrected him because they felt it has become an insult. I appreciate this look at why we need professional civil servants. ❤️🤍💙 projectforcivichealth.org/public-distr...
Public (Dis)Trust in Bureaucracy: Impacts on Civil Discourse - Project for Civic Health
We may have heard people complain about bureaucracy; it’s slow, it’s frustrating, it’s confusing! Because bureaucracy serves a central function in making and implementing public policy, it significant...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Last week, my college-age son used the word "bureaucracy" in a positive way, and someone corrected him because they felt it has become an insult. I appreciate this look at why we need professional civil servants. ❤️🤍💙 projectforcivichealth.org/public-distr...
Proud to be a truster!! ❤️🤍💙
People who trust others tend to support international cooperation more than those who don’t
People who trust others tend to support international cooperation more than those who don’t
In many countries outside the U.S., those with higher levels of social trust are also more likely to view several international organizations positively.
www.pewresearch.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Proud to be a truster!! ❤️🤍💙
I hate that Missouri has legalized sports betting. I hate it as the mom of two young men, but also as an avid sports fan and an advocate for mental health. 💔🤍💙 Good reporting here about the sh*tshow that is being unleashed. www.kctv5.com/2025/12/01/l...
As legal sports betting arrives in Missouri, college athletes warn of growing abuse
Missouri is the 39th state to legalize sports betting. As more states continue, the impact on athletes --at both the college and pro level -- continues to grow.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I hate that Missouri has legalized sports betting. I hate it as the mom of two young men, but also as an avid sports fan and an advocate for mental health. 💔🤍💙 Good reporting here about the sh*tshow that is being unleashed. www.kctv5.com/2025/12/01/l...
Heading into this most American holiday weekend ... ❤️🤍💙
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A Survival Guide for Thanksgiving Dinner Conversations About Health and Science
Pass the Potatoes, Hold the Panic
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November 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Heading into this most American holiday weekend ... ❤️🤍💙
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