Rick Hellman
@rickhellman.bsky.social
Husband, father, brother, son. Publicity at KU News Service, rick_hellman@ku.edu. Founder KC Rock History Project (kcrockhistory.com). Content's all mine & doesn't reflect KU's views.
What passes for genius these days ...
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What passes for genius these days ...
Good story in LJW by Bremen Keasey on latest study from @universityofkansas.bsky.social friendship expert Jeff Hall. Anybody else want a crack at this? HMU to speak w/ #kuexperts www2.ljworld.com/news/2025/no...
Study challenges narratives about loneliness in youth
In recent years — especially since the onset of the unique social changes sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic around the start of 2020 — the topic of feelings of loneliness and disconnection experienced ...
www2.ljworld.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Good story in LJW by Bremen Keasey on latest study from @universityofkansas.bsky.social friendship expert Jeff Hall. Anybody else want a crack at this? HMU to speak w/ #kuexperts www2.ljworld.com/news/2025/no...
It's the estuary dividing Brooklyn, Queens. Writers, HMU to interview a very interesting artist. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Body of water, body of work
Exhibition features Elise Kirk’s deep photographic dive into Newtown Creek
news.ku.edu
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
It's the estuary dividing Brooklyn, Queens. Writers, HMU to interview a very interesting artist. news.ku.edu/news/article...
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Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
Wherever you live, it's always New Town. HMU for images, interview with @universityofkansas.bsky.social photography prof Elise Kirk about new show. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Body of water, body of work
Exhibition features Elise Kirk’s deep photographic dive into Newtown Creek
news.ku.edu
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Wherever you live, it's always New Town. HMU for images, interview with @universityofkansas.bsky.social photography prof Elise Kirk about new show. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Opening tonight at Wash U STL's Weitman Gallery. HMU to interview the artist about "eco noir" exhibition. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Body of water, body of work
Exhibition features Elise Kirk’s deep photographic dive into Newtown Creek
news.ku.edu
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Opening tonight at Wash U STL's Weitman Gallery. HMU to interview the artist about "eco noir" exhibition. news.ku.edu/news/article...
LOL "Halligan, ex-White House aide & personal lawyer to Trump who is working on the first criminal case of her career. ... Speaking for Comey, by contrast, was Michael R. Dreeben, a former deputy solicitor general who has argued 100+ cases in front of the SupCo." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
LOL "Halligan, ex-White House aide & personal lawyer to Trump who is working on the first criminal case of her career. ... Speaking for Comey, by contrast, was Michael R. Dreeben, a former deputy solicitor general who has argued 100+ cases in front of the SupCo." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
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Losing it at women reporters is definitely the way to tamp down accusations of abusing girls.
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Losing it at women reporters is definitely the way to tamp down accusations of abusing girls.
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Gil is right: South Park gets it. NYT, WSJ, WaPo haven't got a clue... or are afraid to talk about it.
November 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Gil is right: South Park gets it. NYT, WSJ, WaPo haven't got a clue... or are afraid to talk about it.
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You can oversee the bloody dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist with a bone saw, and the president of the United States will smile, shake your hand and threaten to pull the license of a news outlet whose reporter asks you a question about it.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing
The de facto Saudi ruler was branded a pariah in 2018 after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Now, U.S.-Saudi relations are approaching a high point.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
You can oversee the bloody dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist with a bone saw, and the president of the United States will smile, shake your hand and threaten to pull the license of a news outlet whose reporter asks you a question about it.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Story about a different New Town TK ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxzU...
The Slits - New Town (John Peel Session 1977)
YouTube video by DaisyPumpkin23
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November 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Story about a different New Town TK ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxzU...
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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Trump says MBS is entirely innocent of the Khashoggi torture and murder, and attacks the reporter for bringing it up. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
Reporter: Is it appropriate for your family to do business with Saudi Arabia while you’re president? The us intelligence concluded you orchestrated the murder of a journalist…
Trump: Who are you with?
Reporter: ABC News
Trump: Who are you with?
Reporter: ABC News
November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Trump says MBS is entirely innocent of the Khashoggi torture and murder, and attacks the reporter for bringing it up. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
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"things happen"; sometimes people are just randomly dismembered with bone saws. especially journalists who ask me mean questions.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"things happen"; sometimes people are just randomly dismembered with bone saws. especially journalists who ask me mean questions.
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A former Palantir exec just published an extortion letter in the Washington Post: Democrats must fund tech oligarchs, abandon antitrust, and create 15 deregulated corporate zones—or “lose.”
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
Silicon Valley’s Extortion Letter to Democrats
Ex-Palantir Exec Warns Democrats to Bow Down or Lose the Future
www.thenerdreich.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A former Palantir exec just published an extortion letter in the Washington Post: Democrats must fund tech oligarchs, abandon antitrust, and create 15 deregulated corporate zones—or “lose.”
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
Total common sense. I've been marveling at some that remain in a parking lot near my home in JoCo. www.kansan.com/news/ku-to-r...
KU to remove emergency blue light phones, citing modern safety technology
The University of Kansas plans to retire its 22 blue light emergency phones, a campus safety fixture since the 1970s.
www.kansan.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Total common sense. I've been marveling at some that remain in a parking lot near my home in JoCo. www.kansan.com/news/ku-to-r...
OK, I'm in. www.youtube.com/watch?v=igo3...
The Beatles Anthology | Official Trailer | Disney+
YouTube video by The Beatles
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
OK, I'm in. www.youtube.com/watch?v=igo3...
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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holy shit -- the disclaimer CNN hosts read whenever they bring up Epstein is getting longer
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
holy shit -- the disclaimer CNN hosts read whenever they bring up Epstein is getting longer
#kuexperts Jeff Hall makes news. You can, too, if you HMU for an interview with him about his latest research. news.ku.edu/news/article...
Lonely yet connected: The state of young adulthood
Ambivalence can often be put down to ‘growing pains,’ scholar says
news.ku.edu
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
#kuexperts Jeff Hall makes news. You can, too, if you HMU for an interview with him about his latest research. news.ku.edu/news/article...
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New from me: “working the refs” has come for Wikipedia. The same type of attacks alleging anti-conservative bias that right wing politicians have make about social media are coming for the encyclopedia — because of its critical role in shaping AI answer engines.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Right-Wing Attack on Wikipedia
The free internet encyclopedia is widely used to train AI. That’s why conservatives are trying to dethrone it.
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
New from me: “working the refs” has come for Wikipedia. The same type of attacks alleging anti-conservative bias that right wing politicians have make about social media are coming for the encyclopedia — because of its critical role in shaping AI answer engines.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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I'm waiting to hear some Turley type telling me it's not that Trump is worried about what's in these documents. It's about preserving the institutional statutory rape prerogatives of the office for future presidents.
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I'm waiting to hear some Turley type telling me it's not that Trump is worried about what's in these documents. It's about preserving the institutional statutory rape prerogatives of the office for future presidents.
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We used to have the Bureau of Labor Statistics collect inflation data but under Trump we’ve outsourced it to DoorDash
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
We used to have the Bureau of Labor Statistics collect inflation data but under Trump we’ve outsourced it to DoorDash