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Christian Sinclair, MD
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palliative medicine doctor in Kansas City trying to make suburban KC more bike and walk friendly, one city council meeting at a time.
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The Tulip Bubble seems to be a popular theme!
Multiple games listed in the website BoardGameGeek with their years of release listed in parentheses below Tulip (2025) Relive the famous 17th-century tulip market bubble. Tulip Bubble (2015) Speculate on the price of tulips before the bubble bursts! Tulipmania 1637 (2009) Fleece Dutch investors through clever manipulation of the tulip market. Tulip & Rose (2022) Buy & sell the most valued flowers in 17th centuryAmsterdam. Prices change a lot!
November 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Have I got the game for you!
Box art for a board game called, “tulip bubble.” The words, tulip bubble are in the center in black on a beige background with four different colored and variety of tulips surrounding it.
November 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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What a free kick from Debinha to tie it up 1-1!

#kcbaby #nwsl
November 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Attending a reading of Poe in a cemetery seems appropriately seasonal. #KansasCity
About 20-30 people sitting on blankets in a cemetery awaiting a stage production for Edgar Allen Poe’s stories. The mausoleum is lit in green.
October 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Try Bluesky moderation menu in settings and select “muted words and tags.”

Lots of options to not see posts based on a word or hashtag. You can even allow ones from people you follow so you get less hashtag crossover.
Showing moderation menu with red circle sound muted words and tags
October 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Caught Royel Otis and bby at the Uptown Theater in KC tonight. Good stuff!!

#kcmusic
The band Royel Otis made up of four men playing drums guitar and keyboard in front of a bright pink screen with the word “moody” in white The band Royel Otis made up a four men playing drums guitar and keyboard. They are on stage in front of a crowd with a screen behind them. The screen is all pink with white lettering that reads “this is Royel Otis live.”
October 4, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Everybody watches women’s sports.
KC current vs Chicago stars with a full stadium in KC. Soccer players in red and black running up the pitch.
September 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Why are there 260 vendors who care what soccer teams I look up?

And if a select few have a “legitimate interest” what am I to think of the ones without a legitimate interest?

#Enshittification

How is tech making our world better?
Screenshot of app asking for permissions Text of screenshot reads: Use limited data to select advertising Advertising presented to you on this service can be based on limited data, such as the website or app you are using, your non-precise location, your device type. View details Consent (181 vendors) (toggle switch) Legitimate interest (79 vendors) (toggle switch)
September 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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@kavi.bsky.social big fan of Urban Stats.

Is there any way I can help map these neighborhood clusters or other political boundaries like school districts?

I’m familiar with Open Streets Map. Would updating it there help?

Or do I need to explore GitHub?

urbanstats.org/article.html...
Map with the arrows pointing to neighborhoods within a city limit
September 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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What’s your civic engagement score?

#Politics #LocalGov

Created this on the fly. I’m sure there are more things, but I just know we need more good people involved locally so we can make good change happen. Stretch your civic muscles. Make those connections. It is too important.

I got 17/17!
Civic Engagement Score - [ ] Voted in a presidential election - [ ] Voted in a city election - [ ] Voted in a special election - [ ] Volunteer for an org within your city - [ ] Volunteer for your political party - [ ] Volunteer for a candidate - [ ] Knock doors to get out the vote - [ ] Phone banked to get out the vote - [ ] Sent mail to get out the vote - [ ] Contacted your Senators - [ ] Contacted your Representatives - [ ] Contacted your State Legislators - [ ] Contacted your City or county reps - [ ] Went to a local government mtg - [ ] Spoke at a local government mtg - [ ] Ran for elected office - [ ] Held elected office - [ ] Only wrote social media posts -100pts
September 12, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Sunset in San Diego.
Gorgeous red-orange sunset with the sun 72.5% gone below the horizon with an ocean in the foreground. I don’t know where it goes when I sleep but it always comes up in the morning, thank goodness.
September 12, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Check your alt text score at cred.blue/alt-text

It’s the Bluesky way
Bluesky alt text score showing 100% for me ctsinclair On 14 posts with images.
September 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Concert at a bar with female singing with a guitar, man with a stand up bass and people two-step dancing in front of the stage.
September 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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At The Bomb Factory in Dallas, TX to see Ethel Cain.

#concert #music
Outdoor of brick building with The Bomb Factory marquee which reads “Ethel Cain 8-24”
August 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Supporting @littlelobbyists.com in #Kansas at Trivia Time hosted at Servaes Brewing.

Support #MedicaidExpansion and #ProtectMedicaid

#KSgov #ShawneeKS #LittleLobbyists
Older distinguished looking gentleman with a beard standing in front of a Little Lobbyists sign.
August 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Just sing the Pink Pantheress song, "Illegal" in your own head. You all know it already.

I can't believe this is real life.

#KCBaby #NWSL @kansascitycurrent.bsky.social
Three panel image First panel: Ally Sentnor celebrating in a USA kit - caption - "My name is Ally and I'm really gad to meet you" Second Panel: Emma Hayes, Caitlin Carducci and Vlatko with the caption "You're recommedned to me by some people" Third panel: Hutton, Cooper and Sentnor (all KC Current players now) celebrating in USA kits. Caption reads: "Hey ooh, is this illegal? Hey, ooh, it feels illegal."
August 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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I cannot behave KC is getting Sentnor. This is incredible.
Three panel comic in black-and-white with a dog In the first panel, the dog has a thought that says "pls new players" while holding a frisbee in his mouth and the Kansas City current ID tag In the second panel, there's a hand coming to get the frisbee and the dog looks a little bit more mean and the coat "NO (all caps) lose current players" In the third panel, the camera is zoomed in and the dog looks even more mean and the quote says "ONLY GET NEW PLAYERS"
August 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Played the City of Six Moons tonight. Very interesting board game experience. Have not figured it all out yet. But would recommend to experienced gamers looking for a puzzle to solve.

Thanks for the rec @shutupshow.bsky.social and Tom Brewster

#CityOfSixMoons #soloBoardGame
#Boardgame
Black and white box cover has three different symbols on it: a diamond a circle and a tower of three rectangles. The title is city of six moons and it says it’s discovered by Amabel Holland. White text on a black box with three symbols from the other picture. The intro of the text begins to read: As near as I can tell, this is an alien civilization-building game for a single player. There only seems to be components and rules for one player, and when I asked them about it, they seemed perplexed. I watched them play it once before they returned into the black, and only one of them moved the pieces, doing so silently while the others chattered. Whether they were playing the game cooperatively, or whether they were merely commentating, I can't say. I chose to translate the title as "City of Six Moons", though I think this is at best a clumsy approximation. This glyph is probably closer to "city-state", but that feels clunky in the mouth It also means "laws" or "rules", it also This probably means "six", as it's nearly identical to the glyph for that number. But those two tiny extra dots are bothersome. Perhaps it's just a stylistic quirk? I don't think it represents a different number - Ive seen their glyph for sixty, and that's not a significant number for them anyway. The only other place I've seen this particular version of the six glyph was on some of the other boxes they brought with them, so it's possible that it also means "game"? I am sure this is moon", but I'm also not sure what is meant by moon. The glyph is also used to denote a passage of time. I'd assume that it correlates to a month, but if so, the match I observed ran for thirty-six "moons" - not six. Perhaps i's a reference to six literal moons? Perhaps each unit of time is the alignment of six moons? COMPONENTS: 28 cards - Canvas Board - Rulebook - 52 wooden piecos
July 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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At #SportingKC
Photo of a soccer field at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas
July 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Americans.

We are a messy people.
Picture of airport carpet in Seattle with crumbs all over the place. I’m also referencing how we are careless with our environment and with caring for each other.
June 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Love it!!
Izzy Rodriguez with hands extending up in celebration
June 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Pretty great Release Radar for once!

#music @lordhuron.bsky.social
@royelotis.bsky.social
@wetleg.bsky.social
Spotify screenshot Release Radar Bag of Bones by Lord Huron Shapeshifter by Lorde davina mccall by Wet Leg Touch Myself by The Beaches car by Royel Otis #Lorde #LordHuron #TheBeaches #WetLeg #RoyelOtis
June 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Love this talk about gut biome effect on chemo-induced peripheral neuropathy.

It’s all in mice but very intriguing.

Talk by Hannah Wardill.

#mascc25 @cancercaremascc.bsky.social
Slide showing a person with the following text Relevance to peripheral neuropathy Antibiotics + medications Dietary changes Mucositis Healthcare system interaction MASCC/IS00 ANNUAL MEETING JUNE 26-28 • 2025 SEATTLE → WASHINGTON, USA Wardill et al., [under review masc.org | isoo.world Slide with the title “Germ-free mice are sensitive to pain, propionate reduces nociceptive excitability” Simplified - mice without the usual microorganisms in their gut were more sensitive to pain. Line and bar graph that are non essential to understanding the graph.
June 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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I had a great time at my first @wnba.com game!

Seattle Storm dominated the Connecticut Sun on Pride night.

BTW I heard it was a done deal that the Sun are moving to Kansas City. We can fix you.

#WNBA
Obligatory picture of the space needle Super big pictures of Seattle storm players in the advertisement in the arena Seattle storm mascot sharing their rainbow colored coat with Megan Rapinoe Crowd getting hyped before the game with the Seattle storm pride flag
June 28, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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My community will be better when I have fewer turns biking to work compared to driving to work.

#BikeCommuter #RideToWork #eBike

(Could this be a metric for ease of bike commute or comprehensiveness of a bike network?)
Tick marks showing 33 turns by bike compared to 5 turns by car.
June 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM