Andrea KP
@iamandreakp.bsky.social
Just some lady living in Arkansas.
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Andrea KP
@iamandreakp.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Just a brief intro:
- lifelong Arkansan
- interrupted by 20 years as an Army spouse
- pro-choice
- 🌈 🩷💜💙
- married for 25 years
- mom to 2 teens
- Marvel/LEGO/Video game/all-around nerd
- knit and crochet to keep my hands busy
- civically active
- cat co-habitator
- lifelong Arkansan
- interrupted by 20 years as an Army spouse
- pro-choice
- 🌈 🩷💜💙
- married for 25 years
- mom to 2 teens
- Marvel/LEGO/Video game/all-around nerd
- knit and crochet to keep my hands busy
- civically active
- cat co-habitator
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On July 22, an NCAA staffer emailed Cincinnati's AD and asked him to lean on a congressman to back the SCORE Act.
That same day, the congressman got a donation. From the PAC of the lobbying firm the NCAA employed to pass the bill.
FOIAball has ALL the deets.
www.foiaball.com/p/ncaa-score...
That same day, the congressman got a donation. From the PAC of the lobbying firm the NCAA employed to pass the bill.
FOIAball has ALL the deets.
www.foiaball.com/p/ncaa-score...
Go behind-the-scenes of the NCAA's SCORE Act lobbying
FOIAball found out who the organization leaned on.
www.foiaball.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:53 PM
On July 22, an NCAA staffer emailed Cincinnati's AD and asked him to lean on a congressman to back the SCORE Act.
That same day, the congressman got a donation. From the PAC of the lobbying firm the NCAA employed to pass the bill.
FOIAball has ALL the deets.
www.foiaball.com/p/ncaa-score...
That same day, the congressman got a donation. From the PAC of the lobbying firm the NCAA employed to pass the bill.
FOIAball has ALL the deets.
www.foiaball.com/p/ncaa-score...
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can't help but think there is probably a corrosive effect of having sex trafficker-elite emails unveiled for months on end as one of the biggest cultural/news stories of the last year— unearthing an inexcusable moral rot in the upper echelons of power—but without any real accountability/justice
February 5, 2026 at 6:03 PM
can't help but think there is probably a corrosive effect of having sex trafficker-elite emails unveiled for months on end as one of the biggest cultural/news stories of the last year— unearthing an inexcusable moral rot in the upper echelons of power—but without any real accountability/justice
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Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
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Every time someone gets on this website and says "lol they voted for it" about a state that has been slowly bleeding out since they gutted the VRA and signed off on doing All The Overt Racism Again?
Those were the times you should have been fighting this ongoing fight.
Start now, please!
Those were the times you should have been fighting this ongoing fight.
Start now, please!
February 4, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Every time someone gets on this website and says "lol they voted for it" about a state that has been slowly bleeding out since they gutted the VRA and signed off on doing All The Overt Racism Again?
Those were the times you should have been fighting this ongoing fight.
Start now, please!
Those were the times you should have been fighting this ongoing fight.
Start now, please!
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4. As the Walton family — which owns 50% of Walmart stock — cheers its obscene wealth of over $500 billion, remember that all that loot was stolen from small businesses, workers, and you. You are paying for this monopoly in inflated grocery prices, lower wages, food deserts, and dead main streets.
Beacon Press: Big-Box Swindle
An expert's in-depth exploration of the enormous impact of mega-retailers-and what communities and independent businesses can do A Book Sense Pick and Annual Highlight
www.beacon.org
February 4, 2026 at 1:15 PM
4. As the Walton family — which owns 50% of Walmart stock — cheers its obscene wealth of over $500 billion, remember that all that loot was stolen from small businesses, workers, and you. You are paying for this monopoly in inflated grocery prices, lower wages, food deserts, and dead main streets.
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Minimizing the window where I read about how our world is a joke and we're at the mercy of megalomaniacal evil perverts. Logging on to the work zoom. "Heyyyy I'm good! How are you?"
February 4, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Minimizing the window where I read about how our world is a joke and we're at the mercy of megalomaniacal evil perverts. Logging on to the work zoom. "Heyyyy I'm good! How are you?"
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School pickups, diaper runs and mutual aid funds are central to how many Minnesotans are challenging the militarization of their state.
‘We have to keep showing up for each other’: In Minnesota, caregiving is a form of resistance
School pickups, diaper runs and mutual aid funds are central to how many Minnesotans are challenging the militarization of their state.
19thnews.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:10 PM
School pickups, diaper runs and mutual aid funds are central to how many Minnesotans are challenging the militarization of their state.
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30 days from now just happens to be our primary election.
Via @arkansasadvocate.com: Nearly 1,300 Arkansas voters who were also registered in Alabama or Tennessee were sent undated form letters from the state lacking official letterhead telling them they may be removed from voter rolls if they didn’t respond within 30 days. #arpx
tinyurl.com/577eayyt
tinyurl.com/577eayyt
Arkansas voter verification letters sent by state lacked date, official letterhead | Arkansas Advocate
Nearly 1,300 state voters who were also registered in Alabama or Tennessee were sent undated form letters from the state lacking official letterhead telling them they may be removed from voter rolls i...
tinyurl.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:30 AM
30 days from now just happens to be our primary election.
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Lost in all the other news today . . .
More than 1,500 active-duty troops from Alaska & North Carolina had been on standby to deploy to Minnesota, but were quietly taken off heightened alert over the weekend.
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More than 1,500 active-duty troops from Alaska & North Carolina had been on standby to deploy to Minnesota, but were quietly taken off heightened alert over the weekend.
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Northern Command Tells N.C., Alaska Troops to Stand Down on Possible Minnesota Deployment
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Lost in all the other news today . . .
More than 1,500 active-duty troops from Alaska & North Carolina had been on standby to deploy to Minnesota, but were quietly taken off heightened alert over the weekend.
Gift link => archive.ph/js8AQ
More than 1,500 active-duty troops from Alaska & North Carolina had been on standby to deploy to Minnesota, but were quietly taken off heightened alert over the weekend.
Gift link => archive.ph/js8AQ
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Right-wing media figures are asserting that whistles should be “considered a violent weapon” and that their use is "inteference" with immigration enforcement operations or even “assault.”
Right-wing media figures are furious at activists for using whistles during ICE activity
Right-wing media figures are lashing out at community members in Minnesota for using whistles to alert others of federal immigration enforcement in the area, asserting that whistles should be “conside...
www.mediamatters.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Right-wing media figures are asserting that whistles should be “considered a violent weapon” and that their use is "inteference" with immigration enforcement operations or even “assault.”
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The Defense Department is "near a final agreement" with Scouting America to continue providing support from the U.S. military, provided the organization "implements the common-sense, core value reforms," the department’s chief spokesman said Monday on social media.
Pentagon near ‘final agreement’ with Scouting America on DEI policy, spokesman says
Sean Parnell said DOD wants to continue providing U.S. military support for Scouting America, provided it “implements the common-sense, core value reforms.”
www.stripes.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:31 AM
The Defense Department is "near a final agreement" with Scouting America to continue providing support from the U.S. military, provided the organization "implements the common-sense, core value reforms," the department’s chief spokesman said Monday on social media.
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Today is the deadline to register to vote in Arkansas' March 3 primary. Our Arkansas Explained feature explores voter registration in the state.
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February 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Today is the deadline to register to vote in Arkansas' March 3 primary. Our Arkansas Explained feature explores voter registration in the state.
buff.ly/wL72HkW
buff.ly/wL72HkW
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Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
February 2, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
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Black History Month.
Entry about Sister Rosetta Tharpe for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas by the late William McNeil & me. It also appears in the “Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music.”
encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/sist...
Entry about Sister Rosetta Tharpe for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas by the late William McNeil & me. It also appears in the “Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music.”
encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/sist...
"Sister Rosetta" Tharpe (1915–1973) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Arkansas native Rosetta Nubin Tharpe was one of gospel music’s first superstars, the first gospel performer to record for a major record label (Decca), ...
encyclopediaofarkansas.net
February 1, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Black History Month.
Entry about Sister Rosetta Tharpe for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas by the late William McNeil & me. It also appears in the “Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music.”
encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/sist...
Entry about Sister Rosetta Tharpe for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas by the late William McNeil & me. It also appears in the “Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music.”
encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/sist...
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This Black History Month I’ll be posting about some important Arkansas artists.
Here’s an entry on bluesman Cedell Davis I wrote for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
It also appears in the “Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music.”
encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/elli...
Here’s an entry on bluesman Cedell Davis I wrote for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
It also appears in the “Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music.”
encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/elli...
Ellis CeDell Davis (1926–2017) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Ellis CeDell Davis was a blues musician and recording artist who helped bring blues from its rural Southern roots into the twenty-first century. He ...
encyclopediaofarkansas.net
February 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
This Black History Month I’ll be posting about some important Arkansas artists.
Here’s an entry on bluesman Cedell Davis I wrote for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
It also appears in the “Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music.”
encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/elli...
Here’s an entry on bluesman Cedell Davis I wrote for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
It also appears in the “Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music.”
encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/elli...
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My #ConsciousLanguage Newsletter is out! The most popular articles so far:
• We’re Talking About AI All Wrong. Here’s How We Can Fix the Narrative
• Words Matter, Including “Fat,” “Obese,” “Curvy,” and “Heavy”
• Why “Biological Sex” May Not Mean What You Think
Follow 👉 @consciousstyleguide.com
• We’re Talking About AI All Wrong. Here’s How We Can Fix the Narrative
• Words Matter, Including “Fat,” “Obese,” “Curvy,” and “Heavy”
• Why “Biological Sex” May Not Mean What You Think
Follow 👉 @consciousstyleguide.com
The Conscious Language Newsletter: January 2026
What language do people in larger bodies actually prefer?
mail.consciousstyleguide.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:56 PM
My #ConsciousLanguage Newsletter is out! The most popular articles so far:
• We’re Talking About AI All Wrong. Here’s How We Can Fix the Narrative
• Words Matter, Including “Fat,” “Obese,” “Curvy,” and “Heavy”
• Why “Biological Sex” May Not Mean What You Think
Follow 👉 @consciousstyleguide.com
• We’re Talking About AI All Wrong. Here’s How We Can Fix the Narrative
• Words Matter, Including “Fat,” “Obese,” “Curvy,” and “Heavy”
• Why “Biological Sex” May Not Mean What You Think
Follow 👉 @consciousstyleguide.com
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For the love of god do not use biometrics on your devices. Law enforcement cannot compel you to divulge a password or code but they can absolutely have you show your face or use your thumb.
The FBI was able to access Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's Signal messages because she used Signal on her work laptop. The laptop accepted Touch ID for authentication, meaning the agents were allowed to require her to unlock it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 1, 2026 at 12:22 AM
For the love of god do not use biometrics on your devices. Law enforcement cannot compel you to divulge a password or code but they can absolutely have you show your face or use your thumb.
I don’t know if anyone here watches Bridgerton but I’m watching the newest season and I have some opinions. Namely that Ever After did this storyline better.
January 31, 2026 at 11:06 PM
I don’t know if anyone here watches Bridgerton but I’m watching the newest season and I have some opinions. Namely that Ever After did this storyline better.
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Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
![Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
_________________________________________________
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
[photo of Liam]
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
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January 31, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
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Really bad timing on this too: During a rare 35 year interlude when Arkansas is terrible at football.
Top Razorbacks booster calls "BS" on AD Hunter Yurachek's claim that he wasn't aware of controversial plan to shift athletic program costs onto the backs of U of Arkansas students before it was presented to trustees for approval.
#arpx #arnews
www.bestofarkansassports.com/arkansas-foo...
#arpx #arnews
www.bestofarkansassports.com/arkansas-foo...
Top Razorback Booster Doubts Official Line about Program Breaking Ranks with Nation
The UA Board of Trustees approved a seismic change this week. A prominent Arkansas booster isn't buying one aspect of the timeline.
www.bestofarkansassports.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Really bad timing on this too: During a rare 35 year interlude when Arkansas is terrible at football.
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NEW: School hallways are silent. Grandparents patrol outside in shifts. Two more kids taken from Liam Ramos' school.
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
ICE Is Circling Minnesota Schools, Looking For Children to Take
Liam Ramos, 5, isn’t the only child in detention. Teachers and parents describe kids being hunted by federal agents.
www.huffpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:32 PM
NEW: School hallways are silent. Grandparents patrol outside in shifts. Two more kids taken from Liam Ramos' school.
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
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Federal agents arrested Ian Austin, an Army veteran and ICE protester who was featured in a recent viral Mother Jones video.
Austin was among the dozens of protesters who, nearly two weeks ago, interrupted a service at a church in St. Paul, where a local ICE official serves as a pastor.
Austin was among the dozens of protesters who, nearly two weeks ago, interrupted a service at a church in St. Paul, where a local ICE official serves as a pastor.
Federal agents just arrested an Army veteran—after he protested ICE outside a church
Ian Austin was part of the group that interrupted a St. Paul church service.
www.motherjones.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Federal agents arrested Ian Austin, an Army veteran and ICE protester who was featured in a recent viral Mother Jones video.
Austin was among the dozens of protesters who, nearly two weeks ago, interrupted a service at a church in St. Paul, where a local ICE official serves as a pastor.
Austin was among the dozens of protesters who, nearly two weeks ago, interrupted a service at a church in St. Paul, where a local ICE official serves as a pastor.
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CLOWN SHOW!
NOON!
STATE CAPITOL!
🎪🤡🎪🤡🎪
Featuring these freaks:
💃A Longneck Bearded Lady!
🙉 Flappy Ears!
🤑 Gollum, the governor's gimp!
👀 The Googly Eyed Goofus!
Watch them bend over backwards to kiss ass!
YOU WON'T BELIEVE THE LIES!
Invite your friends! Join the protest!
#arnews #arpx
NOON!
STATE CAPITOL!
🎪🤡🎪🤡🎪
Featuring these freaks:
💃A Longneck Bearded Lady!
🙉 Flappy Ears!
🤑 Gollum, the governor's gimp!
👀 The Googly Eyed Goofus!
Watch them bend over backwards to kiss ass!
YOU WON'T BELIEVE THE LIES!
Invite your friends! Join the protest!
#arnews #arpx
1/31/26 | LR, AR
DC bigwigs come to town? 🗣️ Let’s greet 'em.
🚨 NOON: Capitol Action
📍 500 Woodlane St.
🧊 2 PM: ICE Out LR
📍 8801 Geyer Springs Rd
See you in the streets, Little Rock. ✊
#ARX501 #ThePeoplesProtestsAndMarchesAR #LaVozDelPuebloAR
DC bigwigs come to town? 🗣️ Let’s greet 'em.
🚨 NOON: Capitol Action
📍 500 Woodlane St.
🧊 2 PM: ICE Out LR
📍 8801 Geyer Springs Rd
See you in the streets, Little Rock. ✊
#ARX501 #ThePeoplesProtestsAndMarchesAR #LaVozDelPuebloAR
January 31, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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It hasn’t gone unnoticed that all four people arrested today, including two journalists, were Black.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.
January 30, 2026 at 10:02 PM
It hasn’t gone unnoticed that all four people arrested today, including two journalists, were Black.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
Lifeguarding
Zoology
Movie Music
Lichens & Their Cryptogamic Allies
Environmental Psychology
(extra credit: guess my major)
Lifeguarding
Zoology
Movie Music
Lichens & Their Cryptogamic Allies
Environmental Psychology
(extra credit: guess my major)
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
Human Sexuality
Survey of Art History I
The Renaissance
Abnormal Psychology
Learning and Motivation
Human Sexuality
Survey of Art History I
The Renaissance
Abnormal Psychology
Learning and Motivation
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
World War II
X-Ray Diffraction and Crystallography
Traditional Asian Cultures
Electronics Packaging
Corrosion
World War II
X-Ray Diffraction and Crystallography
Traditional Asian Cultures
Electronics Packaging
Corrosion
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
Lifeguarding
Zoology
Movie Music
Lichens & Their Cryptogamic Allies
Environmental Psychology
(extra credit: guess my major)
Lifeguarding
Zoology
Movie Music
Lichens & Their Cryptogamic Allies
Environmental Psychology
(extra credit: guess my major)