Spooky 👻 Luke Ranker🚶♂️
@lukeranker.bsky.social
No two people live in the same city. Tell me about yours. Urban planner & Kansas Citian. Jayhawk & Wolverine. Once upon a time, a journalist. Probably walking somewhere. Opinions mine.
Imagine being able to sit down while waiting for your bus
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Kansas City activists build DIY bus stop benches to help riders — in defiance of transit agency
About 75% of Kansas City bus stops don't have anywhere to sit while you wait, and the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority keeps removing benches despite complaints from riders. Sunrise Movement ...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Imagine being able to sit down while waiting for your bus
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For a $50 fee, you could put your Kansas City home on Airbnb during the World Cup
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For a $50 fee, you could put your Kansas City home on Airbnb during the World Cup
The city could pass new rules that would allow short-term rental registrations for a limited time during a major event, like the World Cup.
www.kansascity.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
For a $50 fee, you could put your Kansas City home on Airbnb during the World Cup
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Is this the perfect crime? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
A Man Took a Bus for a Joyride. Turns Out, He’s Not a Bad Driver.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Is this the perfect crime? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
“After demolition, the hospital intends to initially use the 1.9-acre site for additional campus parking, with long-term plans yet to be determined.”
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Large Country Club Plaza-area hotel will be demolished after recent closing - Kansas City Business Journal
A Country Club Plaza-area hotel will be demolished after owner Saint Luke's found reusing the property unfeasible.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“After demolition, the hospital intends to initially use the 1.9-acre site for additional campus parking, with long-term plans yet to be determined.”
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FBI Director Kash Patel had a whirlwind week during the government shutdown, including a trip on the bureau jet to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ in Texas.
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Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation and squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
FBI Director Kash Patel had a whirlwind week during the government shutdown, including a trip on the bureau jet to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ in Texas.
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Municipal debt is a secret American pastime, defining—and dividing—suburbs across the United States. The U.S. is one of the only countries where municipalities raise money primarily through bonds & their treatment on the market has quietly driven inequality.
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www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
American Suburbs Have a Financial Secret
Municipal bonds have become an unavoidable part of local governance—and their costs divide rich towns from poor ones.
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Municipal debt is a secret American pastime, defining—and dividing—suburbs across the United States. The U.S. is one of the only countries where municipalities raise money primarily through bonds & their treatment on the market has quietly driven inequality.
www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims.
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Trump’s America.
Is this good? It doesn't seem good.
"Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners."
"Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners."
Walgreens Cuts Pay for Hourly Store Workers After $10 Billion Buyout
Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners.
www.bloomberg.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Trump’s America.
Deported to El Salvador, KC immigrant describes the violent ordeal: ‘I lost everything’
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Deported to El Salvador, KC immigrant describes the violent ordeal: ‘I lost everything’
“For months, masked immigration agents have brought terror to communities across the U.S., arresting parents in carpool lines, dragging people into unmarked vans,” the ACLU contends.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Deported to El Salvador, KC immigrant describes the violent ordeal: ‘I lost everything’
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Mr. Braun is at least the eighth convict to whom Mr. Trump granted clemency during his first term who has since been charged with a crime. Several others pardoned after being convicted of crimes committed during attack on the Capitol have also run into trouble
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Felon Freed by Trump Is Sentenced Again, This Time to 27 Months
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November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Mr. Braun is at least the eighth convict to whom Mr. Trump granted clemency during his first term who has since been charged with a crime. Several others pardoned after being convicted of crimes committed during attack on the Capitol have also run into trouble
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establishment journalism's abject failure to express that this man has absolutely no idea how anything works should never be forgiven or forgotten
Trump: Our groceries are way down. Everything is way down. So I don't want to hear about the affordability.
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
establishment journalism's abject failure to express that this man has absolutely no idea how anything works should never be forgiven or forgotten
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
Look at this Van Halen-inspired RideKC bike I rode this morning. We have fun here
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Look at this Van Halen-inspired RideKC bike I rode this morning. We have fun here
Masked, heavily armed federal immigration agents arrested a US citizen in the parking lot of a Los Angeles Home Depot store, then entered his car and drove away with his toddler, who is also a US citizen, in the backseat.
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Armed US immigration agents drive off with toddler after arrest of father
‘Devastated’ family demands answers after two-year-old driven by armed agents from LA Home Depot parking lot
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Masked, heavily armed federal immigration agents arrested a US citizen in the parking lot of a Los Angeles Home Depot store, then entered his car and drove away with his toddler, who is also a US citizen, in the backseat.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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It’s so depressing to see how far journalism has fallen.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It’s so depressing to see how far journalism has fallen.
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A toddler shouldn’t know what a tear gas canister is.
“I don’t know how to explain this to my kids.”
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“I don’t know how to explain this to my kids.”
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Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns
In Chicago, children and families have been traumatized by an immigration enforcement action involving tear gas.
apnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A toddler shouldn’t know what a tear gas canister is.
“I don’t know how to explain this to my kids.”
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“I don’t know how to explain this to my kids.”
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The collapse of a superpower into a regime of bullies and mean girls and comic-book guys explains much about why American democracy is on the ropes, reeling from the attacks of people who in a better time would never have been allowed near the government.
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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The collapse of a superpower into a regime of bullies and mean girls and comic-book guys explains much about why American democracy is on the ropes, reeling from the attacks of people who in a better time would never have been allowed near the government.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Arcadia Publishing built its empire on small-town storytellers. Now it wants to sell their words to an A.I. company no one will name.
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You’ve Seen These Books in Every Gift Shop. You Won’t Guess Who Wants to Buy Them Now.
Arcadia Publishing built its empire on small-town storytellers. Now it wants to sell their words to an A.I. company no one will name.
slate.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Arcadia Publishing built its empire on small-town storytellers. Now it wants to sell their words to an A.I. company no one will name.
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slate.com/technology/2...
Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, shop given 10-day notice to vacate store
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November 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, shop given 10-day notice to vacate store
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The KC area will see 650,000 World Cup visitors but has only 65,000 hotel rooms. Short-term rentals will help, but it's unclear how it will play out
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KC expects 650,000 World Cup visitors but has 65,000 hotel rooms. Where will they stay? - Kansas City Business Journal
With short-term rentals on yellow or even red cards in some cities, and with a gap in available hotel rooms, KC must sort out where the hordes of World Cup visitors will stay.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The KC area will see 650,000 World Cup visitors but has only 65,000 hotel rooms. Short-term rentals will help, but it's unclear how it will play out
www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/n...
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Lawmakers agreed on a tax package to stave off a $200 million-plus fiscal cliff next year that would likely result in major cuts to bus and rail service at the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace.
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Illinois lawmakers approve $1.5B legislative package to buoy mass transit
Lawmakers agreed on a tax package to stave off a $200 million-plus fiscal cliff next year that would likely result in major cuts to bus and rail service at the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pac...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Lawmakers agreed on a tax package to stave off a $200 million-plus fiscal cliff next year that would likely result in major cuts to bus and rail service at the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace.
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State officials promise large-scale involuntary addiction and mental health treatment at Salt Lake City’s edge. Critics see “a prison, or a warehouse.”
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In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
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October 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
State officials promise large-scale involuntary addiction and mental health treatment at Salt Lake City’s edge. Critics see “a prison, or a warehouse.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
The nation’s largest employers have a new message for office workers: help not wanted.
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Tens of Thousands of White-Collar Jobs Are Disappearing as AI Starts to Bite
Companies ranging from Amazon to Target are sending workers into an unwelcoming market.
www.wsj.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The nation’s largest employers have a new message for office workers: help not wanted.
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
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Scientists are using mushrooms to create sustainable insulation for housing in Alaska’s extreme climate, which sees parts of the state swing from minus-78 degrees Fahrenheit to 100 degrees throughout the year.
Are mushrooms the future of insulation?
Scientists in Alaska are working to develop a sustainable and affordable fungus-based solution for insulation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Scientists are using mushrooms to create sustainable insulation for housing in Alaska’s extreme climate, which sees parts of the state swing from minus-78 degrees Fahrenheit to 100 degrees throughout the year.
Edelman invented the fossil fuel narratives, and now it’s running communications for COP30. All the while, frontline communities are telling very different stories.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Edelman invented the fossil fuel narratives, and now it’s running communications for COP30. All the while, frontline communities are telling very different stories.
www.thenation.com?post_type=ar...
www.thenation.com?post_type=ar...