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Michael McConnell

@hellsgellswells

Kansas City Educator, Activist, Esperantist, and Philanthropist

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01.02.2025 06:26 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

01.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 21302 πŸ” 7218 πŸ’¬ 429 πŸ“Œ 270

9.8% of trans Kansans then.

01.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The news keeps reporting that there are around 1000 trans people in Kansas. Either these stats are inaccurate or I've met like 10% of trans Kansans.

01.03.2026 01:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Tomorrow, Sunday March 1st, the Kansas City Really Really Free Market will be in Brookside Park from 9AM to Noon. According to the weather forecast it seems that the rain will hold off for the morning. We’ll be set up near the intersection of 57th street and brookside blvd.

28.02.2026 22:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's true but we have to prepare for them to try something like this.

- Trump issues EO
- Judges issue injunctions
- SCOTUS Agrees to hear the case but stays the injunctions for now.
- November 4th, 5 to 4 SCOTUS says trump cannot do what he just finished doing.

28.02.2026 02:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Someone held up a sign at the state of the union that says "Black People Are Not Apes" and I have to remind myself that this is not the right time to be a pedant about taxonomy.

25.02.2026 02:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's how they came up with the time estimate. They prepared a bullet point list of 5 talking points and thought "this is going to take that idiot 2 to 3 hours to get through."

25.02.2026 02:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He could do better. It would hilarious if around the 60 minute mark he just started to slur "hebaduh be ahhhhh" then audibly shat himself and collapsed.

25.02.2026 01:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tariffs are far from the most important issue for me. But I think "stop Trump's illegal unconstitutional tax hikes!" would be like candy to low information 'undecided' voters. Democrats should bang that drum for the next 9 months.

21.02.2026 04:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Now that's he's trying every other possible way to try to impose tariffs I think "stop Trump's illegal unconstitutional tax hikes." would be an effective slogan for winning over low information 'undecided' voters.

21.02.2026 04:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Kansas City Really Really Free Market will be at the 816 Bike Collective tomorrow, Saturday February 21st. We will be set up on the second floor from noon until 3PM.

21.02.2026 00:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

He hates trump for crazy nazi reasons. MTG hates trump for mostly bad far right reasons, but also y'know, the pedophilia protection. But who are the 35% of the voters still thinking this is a 'just-right' amount of racism, sexism, and authoritarianism.

19.02.2026 04:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A video of him speaking coherently and having s heartfelt conversation expressing genuine human emotion would be absolutely devastating to his public image.

16.02.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's not 2028.
There is no democratic presidential candidate.
There have been no caucuses.
There have been no primaries.
No one is officially running yet.
But we all need to rally around the shittiest potential democratic candidate.

14.02.2026 03:27 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

DHS shutdown looming? Hell yes.

There is literally no risk in this to me. Most government shutdowns include something crucial that I care about. Fuck ICE, Fuck DHS, just defund and abolish it.

13.02.2026 01:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.

Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.

12.02.2026 17:22 πŸ‘ 19635 πŸ” 7841 πŸ’¬ 217 πŸ“Œ 293

The first post should be redated at year zero.

07.02.2026 17:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Let's "return to tradition" of not having DHS.

06.02.2026 02:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh yeah! Conditions are cold but clear so the the Kansas City Really Really Free Market will be out in Brookside park tomorrow, February First, from 9AM until Noon. We will be near the intersection of 57th street and brookside blvd.

01.02.2026 01:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine if Netflix had a comments sections. *shudders*

31.01.2026 03:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; part of this is conservatives projecting;

and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis"
bsky.app/profile/sara...

26.01.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 427 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

All Cops Are Bastards

...but some are even worse.

24.01.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

RRFM at 816 bike collective today!

The bike collective is still open today (1/24), so we will be there too! We will be set up on the second floor from Noon To 3.

24.01.2026 15:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A noir-style illustrated poster titled β€œThe Case of the Disappearing Copyright.” The Locketteβ€”a cartoon character whose body is an open yellow padlockβ€”cautiously steps out of an open vault marked with a copyright symbol. A strong beam of light shines from outside the frame, casting a large copyright symbol onto the floor. Floating eyes and a magnifying glass with a question mark evoke a detective mystery. Red footprints lead toward the open vault door. Text reads: β€œPublic Domain Day 2026” and β€œJan 21st @10am PT: Virtual.” Illustrated by Freya Morgan. Text to the right reads "Tomorrow! Online Celebration! Watch Worldwide!"

A noir-style illustrated poster titled β€œThe Case of the Disappearing Copyright.” The Locketteβ€”a cartoon character whose body is an open yellow padlockβ€”cautiously steps out of an open vault marked with a copyright symbol. A strong beam of light shines from outside the frame, casting a large copyright symbol onto the floor. Floating eyes and a magnifying glass with a question mark evoke a detective mystery. Red footprints lead toward the open vault door. Text reads: β€œPublic Domain Day 2026” and β€œJan 21st @10am PT: Virtual.” Illustrated by Freya Morgan. Text to the right reads "Tomorrow! Online Celebration! Watch Worldwide!"

πŸ•΅οΈ TOMORROW! Crack open the case as newly liberated books, films & music enter the #publicdomain.

From Betty Boop & Pluto’s debut to β€œGeorgia on My Mind," join us for clips & conversation with artists, librarians & scholars.

πŸ“… Weds Jan 21
πŸ•™ 10:00 AM PT
πŸ“VIRTUAL
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/the-case-o...

21.01.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 131 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine the joy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would feel if he could see the America of 2026 where cops of all races can brutalize & murder people of all races.

19.01.2026 14:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hope the other thing is a real meal.

17.01.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks to the Pitch for this excellent article about the recent disruption to our meal!

14.01.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Video of arrested volunteers brings viral attention to the decade-plus generosity of KC's Food Not Bombs Food service continues for FNBKC. // Photo by Kylie Volavongsa On Jan. 4, handcuffed in the back of a KCPD vehicle, Wolfgang was thinking only about baby formula. He was concerned, in the moment, abou...

The article from Kansas City's "The Pitch" that some fellow Food Not Bombers and I interviewed for released today and DAMN - this is fire!

Thank you so much for your fantastic journalism, Kylie!

@thepitch.bsky.social
#FoodNotBombs

www.thepitchkc.com/video-of-arr...

13.01.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On Sunday, Jan. 4, KCPD arrested 2 members of FNBKC during our weekly meal share on trespassing charges. KCPD forced all FNBKC volunteers to leave & dispersed anyone present for our meal.

Food is a human right. We have the right to public spaces.
We intend to continue sharing with the community.

09.01.2026 22:21 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4