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“It only costs $5 to subscribe. Compare that your coffee bill!”
People act like making $5k a month is good, but after that $3900 2017 Toyota Corolla payment, and $500 a month on coffee, there ain’t a whole heck of a lot left.
January 27, 2026 at 3:14 PM
I recommend calling these idiot “landlords.” 816-285-3872. It’s straight to voicemail at the moment.
January 27, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Here is some thinking that guides the questions I ask, on NPR and elsewhere.
January 27, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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NEWS: After a rocky start, Bari Weiss plans to announce staff cuts and the addition of a lot of new paid commentators at CBS News.

My story on Weiss's efforts to remake CBS News

www.npr.org/2026/01/27/n...
After rocky start, Bari Weiss to cut staff, add commentators at CBS News
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss came in with a mandate to reshape coverage. She is set to announce plans for newsroom cuts and the hiring of many new commentators.
www.npr.org
January 27, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Sony, like most, is waiting on the AI bubble to burst. Side note: PS5 and Xbox Series X are badass and nearly identical hardware. Microsoft has seemingly given up selling consoles and now sells its games to Sony customers, so buy a PlayStation. Nintendo also has new hardware and makes great games.
ign.com IGN @ign.com · 10h
A recent analyst report has suggested that Sony may push the launch of the PlayStation 6 beyond 2028 and lengthen the PlayStation 5 lifecycle. www.ign.com/articles/hig...
January 27, 2026 at 1:26 PM
KC Star is always way late to report non-sports stuff, but I guess we should be happy they can still publish takedowns of our federal goon squads.
January 27, 2026 at 5:46 AM
POTENTIAL SPOILERS

This a tremendous game. My play through ended in horrible tragedy, and I think the same might occur if I made different choices. My guess is that it almost always ends in tragedy.

Regardless, this game is a great story.
Pentiment is $9.99 on US PSN buff.ly/VADetpX

PS5/Xbox/Switch physical $51 US Dollars at VGP buff.ly/22RXsCW
January 27, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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When billionaires make anything you love into their own personal toy there's a good chance you will lose that thing - social media, a television network, a newspaper.
January 26, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I urge TikTok users to switch to Snapchat.
It’s not a TikTok censorship conspiracy, it’s just broken as hell. (The censorship conspiracy is probably yet to come.) www.theverge.com/news/867625/...
TikTok USA is broken
No, it isn’t just you.
www.theverge.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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The cool thing about digital signage is that you can update it instantly
January 26, 2026 at 3:41 PM
I’m worried about innocent men. It’s been nearly three weeks since we’ve gotten our weekly update.
January 26, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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Amazing statement from the chaplain of the MN Timberwolves, I’m guessing in response to the craven press release co-signed by so many local CEOs today (inc the Timberwolves!) calling for the “deescalation of tensions” here but refusing to assign any specific blame or even *mention* ICE / CBP
January 26, 2026 at 5:31 AM
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The left didn’t make the men you ordered to occupy the city for no reason shoot a man in the back. The left didn’t tell a bunch of masked armed yahoos that they had “total immunity” and you would let them get away with murder if it came to that.
January 25, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Has Tim Cook posted his review of MELANIA on Letterboxd yet
January 26, 2026 at 4:21 AM
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Never let Tim Cook forget this. Gutting his own reputation at the end of a checkered career leading Apple. Below: a post by @moltz.bsky.social from Mastadon
January 26, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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Police Repeatedly Shoot Tim Cook After Mistaking iPhone For Gun https://theonion.com/police-repeatedly-shoot-tim-cook-after-mistaking-iphone-1824184361/
January 25, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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A thread of MAGA protesting with guns and not getting murdered for it...

Arizona, November 2020
January 25, 2026 at 10:22 PM
I’m impressed with KC Star’s ability to embarrass itself. This “guest commentary” is clearly riddled with falsehoods and bad faith. Don’t click.
January 25, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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America should have spent this weekend dunking on the Steelers hiring Mike McCarthy but instead we’re watching lawless idiots defend an obvious murder while the mad king hosts movie screenings for billionaires
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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If you have seen your favorite sex subreddit become abolish ICE overnight please DM me so I can write about it for The Verge dot com ✨
January 25, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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Part of what strikes me about Trump, Noem, Bovino, Miller, et al and their willingness to lie in the face of overwhelming video evidence, is their absolute certainty in the tribal stupidity and cynicism of their supporters—especially on here—who will blindly repeat their lies.
January 25, 2026 at 2:57 PM
This is a lovely piece, but of course the kc star autopublishes shit without updating it with the latest fed execution.
January 25, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Such a fun time to be alive where you brace yourself for a government-sanctioned murder or prelude to a dunk in your timeline every half a second.
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The man of the night is in the building 🌹

Watch Derrick Rose's Bulls jersey retirement following BOS/CHI tonight at 8:00pm/et on the NBA App!
January 25, 2026 at 12:14 AM