Clay Wallace

Spend the evening with me and support a great library system.

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move slow and repair things

This trans teacher has no choice but to leave Florida: 'I can't defend myself' Saoirse Stone says state policies have turned her daily life in an Orlando high school classroom into a series of quiet humiliations.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Mar 6 Advocate
The insanity of what it's like being a trans teacher under FL Don't Say Gay/Trans law where you can't use your correct name or pronouns with students or otherwise indicate that you're female while in school.

Where things stand with the Department of War A statement from Dario Amodei

I think one of the most staggering industry shifts in my 16 years as a tech reporter is that it’s not become a question of “should our product help the government kill and/or surveil people?” but “to what extent?”

www.anthropic.com/news/where-s...

Thomas Massie tells @premthakker.bsky.social Trump’s war on Iran is “at least costing $1 billion a day,” and warns that Congress may send even more straight to the “military industry complex.”

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Kentucky GOP congressmen stake out opposing positions on Iran, mirroring lopsided split in party The Trump administration's military action in Iran has deepened the divide between two prominent Kentucky Republican congressmen.

The Trump administration's military action in Iran has deepened the divide between two prominent Kentucky Republican congressmen.

From @joshjameswuky.bsky.social

whoa and it's bowed. did he play it like a drone instrument the whole set? that rules.

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

Cory Doctorow, author and journalist | Techtonic with Mark Hurst on WFMU The descent of Big Tech platforms into exploitative and unethical behavior prompted sci-fi author Cory Doctorow to coin a new term, something like “enfecalization.” Cory explores the idea in his upcom...

Happy to see @doctorow.pluralistic.net on Bluesky. He explains how he's here, but not bound by Bluesky's T&C:
pluralistic.net/2026/03/05/e...

And here is my most recent interview w/Cory on Techtonic:
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My research institute, the Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment, is rolling out a new flagship program: the Tracy Farmer Scholars!

UKY undergrad, grad, and professional students can apply for up to $6,000 in research funding. Apps due 3/27.

research.uky.edu/tfise/scholars

Chart showing in many countries, people see their fellow citizens as morally good.

We asked people around the world to rate the morality and ethics of others in their country.

The U.S. is the only place we surveyed where more adults describe the morality and ethics of others living in the country as bad than good. See our full morality report here: www.pewresearch.org/...

The Mario 64 intro scene with a letter from Princess Peach, reading: Dear Mario. Please come to the castle. I'm down bad. Yours truly-- Princess Toadstool (Peach)

CATS from the video game Zero Wing (the All Your Base Are Belong To Us game), saying: "I am Locutus of Borg. Resistance is Futile"

Dracula from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, saying to Richter "Get out of my house"

The transportation advisor from SimCity 2000, saying "YOU CAN'T STAY ON TWITTER! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!"

My big project: The Death Generator.
It's a tool for making fake video game screenshots, just fill in new text and it'll give you a (generally) pixel-accurate image back, the correct fonts and everything.

deathgenerator.com

the shakes are impossible to drink with a straw ... but their hushpuppies and cheese curds are very good.

Interview w/ @anabelrose.bsky.social where she breaks down how the city's partnership with Undue Medical Debt uses $1 million in city funds to forgive $90 million of medical debt.

Blasts that killed 26 men in a Kentucky coal mine still echo 50 years later • Kentucky Lantern In March 1976, two explosions over two days rocked the Scotia coal mine in Eastern Kentucky, killing 26 men. Fifty years later, it’s worth remembering.

Scotia 50 years on

Blasts that killed 26 men in a Kentucky coal mine still echo 50 years later.

By Bill Bishop and Earl Dotter

kentuckylantern.com/2026/03/05/a...

Next week marks the 50th anniversary of the Scotia Mine Disaster, one of the deadliest mining disasters in US history. The tragedy occurred in Letcher Co, KY and has left a lasting impact on our region.

Now find all of our content about Scotia in one playlist on YouTube: https://loom.ly/xw5FxW0

Rand Paul the only GOP senator to vote for it

Violating it would be a Class A misdemeanor, which is punishable by up to 12 months of jail or a $500 fine.

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Kentucky Sen. Gex Williams files SB 351 targeting transgender teachers’ licenses - Queer Kentucky | Kentucky's Only LGBTQ+ Newsroom Kentucky Sen. Gex Williams files SB 351, targeting transgender teachers’ licenses..

More on Senate Bill 351 in my latest for Queer Kentucky 👇 #kyga26

queerkentucky.com/kentucky-sb-...

The bill also requires that the standards board investigate allegations against teachers who exhibit "easily identifiable behavioral signs or symptoms characteristic to a listed disorder."

KY SB 351, filed this week, would revoke education professional certifications from those "treated or diagnosed with a disorder that is excluded from the [ADA] Act of 1990;" it could effectively bar transgender people from teaching. #KYGA26

wow. and, by my reading, anyone who has ever been diagnosed or treated for a personality disorder.

Hang up, buddy. It’s obviously a fishing scam.

Florence ICE detainee dead after untreated tooth infection, official says An ICE detainee, who had been at a Florence detention center for four months, died Monday following an untreated tooth infection.

Emmanuel Damas, 56, died in ICE custody on Monday. Damas came to the US from Haiti seeking asylum. After six months in ICE custody—the last four at CoreCivic's Florence Correctional Center—he died from complications from a tooth infection, according to ICE. A tooth infection. He's death number nine.

A map showing casualties. Iran – killed: 1,045, injured: hundreds Israel – killed: 11, injured: hundreds US soldiers – killed: 6, injured: 18 Bahrain – killed: 1, injured: 4 Iraq – killed: 2, injured: 5 Jordan – killed: 0, injured: 5 Kuwait – killed: 4, injured: 35 Lebanon – killed: 50 injured: 335 Oman – killed: 1, injured: 5 Qatar – killed: 0, injured: 16 Saudi Arabia – killed: 0, injured: 0 United Arab Emirates – killed: 3, injured: 68

Al Jazeera has a useful tracker of who is getting killed and injured.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

Kentucky GOP bill would rework Kentucky commission that sets electricity rates The makeup of the Kentucky Public Service Commission, which regulates utility companies, would change and the governor’s appointment power would be weakened under Senate Bill 8.

This bill that would largely block groups advocating for the environment and low income housing from participating in utility rate cases has a hearing at 10 a.m. this morning. www.lpm.org/news/2026-03...

The first comic slide of “reasons to wear a mask 2026” depicts a person wearing a white mask who says “Hell yea!” Around them are bright pastel colors and cute but ominous looking SARS-CoV-2 viruses. Text reading “a lil manifesto about taking care of yourself and others- with over 50 citations! By Gillian Levine.”

This comic slide from “why you should wear a mask 2026” by Gillian Levine extends playful the Long COVID fest concept and depicts a hand holding a sheet from a music festival with facts about Long COVID facts and prevention, stating that everyone is vulnerable and that there is no cure, among other facts.

This comic slide from “why you should wear a mask 2026” by Gillian Levine shows ways to prevent COVID-19 and Long COVID, focusing on the importance of masking.

This comic slide from “why you should wear a mask 2026” by Gillian Levine playfully gives reasons of why to wear a mask using a Monopoly board. Each square represents a different reason to mask, from protecting yourself and others to protecting yourself from other airborne virus. Dice and game board pieces are scattered around.

Artist Gillian Levine recently wrote and illustrated a comic sharing reasons to continue masking in 2026. She kindly gave us permission to republish it.

😷 Read the full comic at The Sick Times: bit.ly/4rVqQdp

happily, friend! good work!

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Explainer from @anabelrose.bsky.social on how Lexington's medical debt relief uses municipal funds to wipe the slate clean - and how organizers in Paducah are pursuing the same partnership via a crowdfunding campaign.