Brian Amos
@brianamos.com
Political science at Wichita State. ike-lab.com for Kansas elections, VEST for nationwide precinct data. WI native.
Motto: "not the John Brown you're thinking of"
January 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Motto: "not the John Brown you're thinking of"
Just getting this joke
January 11, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Just getting this joke
I didn’t look at the back cover of this book closely when I checked it out, and I don’t think I would have ever guessed what was on there.
January 11, 2026 at 1:00 AM
I didn’t look at the back cover of this book closely when I checked it out, and I don’t think I would have ever guessed what was on there.
Birchbark is owned by Louise Erdrich, who won the Pulitzer for Night Watchman, and her next book, The Sentence, has the main character working at Birchbark (and Erdrich herself is a side character) during the George Floyd protests. Worth a read!
If you’re in Minneapolis and need a place to just BE right now, Big Hill Books and Birchbark Books & Native Arts are both open and ready to welcome you with open arms.
January 8, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Birchbark is owned by Louise Erdrich, who won the Pulitzer for Night Watchman, and her next book, The Sentence, has the main character working at Birchbark (and Erdrich herself is a side character) during the George Floyd protests. Worth a read!
Looking tough for Kansas Republicans to gerrymander Davids out of her seat.
sunflowerstatejournal.com/hawkins-on-r...
sunflowerstatejournal.com/hawkins-on-r...
January 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Looking tough for Kansas Republicans to gerrymander Davids out of her seat.
sunflowerstatejournal.com/hawkins-on-r...
sunflowerstatejournal.com/hawkins-on-r...
Shoot, still writing 2025 on my checks
January 1, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Shoot, still writing 2025 on my checks
Getting “20 years ago” memories on Facebook and dissolving into dust
December 31, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Getting “20 years ago” memories on Facebook and dissolving into dust
Love clowning on Chicago, but our local pizzeria growing up in the Green Bay area also did tavern style
again chicagoans need to grow a set and stand up for themselves. deep dish is the superior pizza, you don’t have to do this cowardly whimpering “oh actually we like thin crust that’s cut into squares for no damned reason” thing. this is why the rancid packers have been clowning you for 30 years
Pope Leo canonically prefers Aurelio’s. www.tastingtable.com/1857955/pope...
December 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Love clowning on Chicago, but our local pizzeria growing up in the Green Bay area also did tavern style
the #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go
oh hell yeah, making lifelong friends, growing as a person, lots of jokes along the way
oh hell yeah, making lifelong friends, growing as a person, lots of jokes along the way
December 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
the #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go
oh hell yeah, making lifelong friends, growing as a person, lots of jokes along the way
oh hell yeah, making lifelong friends, growing as a person, lots of jokes along the way
What else could I be referring to when I say Beantown
December 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
What else could I be referring to when I say Beantown
Kansas election trivia - out of all the elections last year, who got the most votes?
Top Vote Getters - 2024
ike-lab.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Kansas election trivia - out of all the elections last year, who got the most votes?
I use the aggregator bookmarks.reviews a lot to find new books to read, and I’ve never seen a ratings spread like this lol
December 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I use the aggregator bookmarks.reviews a lot to find new books to read, and I’ve never seen a ratings spread like this lol
You see results this and want to know what the small town drama is. One candidate on the ballot, but they only get 6% of the votes
December 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
You see results this and want to know what the small town drama is. One candidate on the ballot, but they only get 6% of the votes
that's right
December 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
that's right
My wife and I both assumed we had seen the 60s Frosty the Snowman cartoon a bunch as kids, but putting it on for our daughter, we both have no memory of it. Turns out we were both picturing the narrator of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
December 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
My wife and I both assumed we had seen the 60s Frosty the Snowman cartoon a bunch as kids, but putting it on for our daughter, we both have no memory of it. Turns out we were both picturing the narrator of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Villa are going to win the league
GOAL - Buendia
Aston Villa 2-1 Arsenal
Aston Villa 2-1 Arsenal
December 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Villa are going to win the league
Interesting — a veto override in Kansas can only handle a few Republican defections, and it sounds like there might be more than that in the House who won’t back a gerrymander in the spring.
Hawkins signals uphill climb for new congressional map | Sunflower State Journal
sunflowerstatejournal.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Interesting — a veto override in Kansas can only handle a few Republican defections, and it sounds like there might be more than that in the House who won’t back a gerrymander in the spring.
AVCX is great! They put out a really fun variety puzzle last night that was perfect to do during a middle-of-the-night baby feed.
It was also my first time solving a pdf in the books app, which worked surprisingly well.
It was also my first time solving a pdf in the books app, which worked surprisingly well.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
AVCX is great! They put out a really fun variety puzzle last night that was perfect to do during a middle-of-the-night baby feed.
It was also my first time solving a pdf in the books app, which worked surprisingly well.
It was also my first time solving a pdf in the books app, which worked surprisingly well.
Instilling American pride in my daughter by insisting she call it “pepper pig”
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Instilling American pride in my daughter by insisting she call it “pepper pig”
Now that's a competitive countywide race, a 15-way tie
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Now that's a competitive countywide race, a 15-way tie
As one of the ~15 people who had a Seeso subscription, I watched this when it came out, and it’s so good
Hello, just dropping in here to let you know that all episodes of my show HIDDEN AMERICA is now available for free on YouTube thanks to @800lb-gorilla.bsky.social youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
As one of the ~15 people who had a Seeso subscription, I watched this when it came out, and it’s so good
Backlash to the failure to call a special redistricting session in Kansas. Seems like a strong signal they’ll go to the mat for it in the regular session. sunflowerstatejournal.com/house-speake...
House speaker reassigns committee leadership after special session drive falls short | Sunflower State Journal
sunflowerstatejournal.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Backlash to the failure to call a special redistricting session in Kansas. Seems like a strong signal they’ll go to the mat for it in the regular session. sunflowerstatejournal.com/house-speake...
It’ll be interesting to see the dynamics of tackling this in the regular session.
Some good redistricting news: Kansas Republicans have abandoned trying to hold a special session to re-gerrymander their congressional map & eliminate Dem Rep. Sharice Davids.
They could try again in January's regular session, but they apparently lack the votes in the state House, at least for now
They could try again in January's regular session, but they apparently lack the votes in the state House, at least for now
Kansas Republicans drop push to enter nation's widening redistricting battle
Top Kansas Republicans have given up for now on forcing a special session of the Legislature to redraw the state’s U.S.
apnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
It’ll be interesting to see the dynamics of tackling this in the regular session.
Reposted by Brian Amos
Some good redistricting news: Kansas Republicans have abandoned trying to hold a special session to re-gerrymander their congressional map & eliminate Dem Rep. Sharice Davids.
They could try again in January's regular session, but they apparently lack the votes in the state House, at least for now
They could try again in January's regular session, but they apparently lack the votes in the state House, at least for now
Kansas Republicans drop push to enter nation's widening redistricting battle
Top Kansas Republicans have given up for now on forcing a special session of the Legislature to redraw the state’s U.S.
apnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Some good redistricting news: Kansas Republicans have abandoned trying to hold a special session to re-gerrymander their congressional map & eliminate Dem Rep. Sharice Davids.
They could try again in January's regular session, but they apparently lack the votes in the state House, at least for now
They could try again in January's regular session, but they apparently lack the votes in the state House, at least for now