DoomsdaysCWApr 25

Healing the ground we broke

By Celia Llopis-Jepsen, David Condos, Mackenzie Martin
Published July 1, 2024

"After Europeans colonized America, their descendants plowed their way across the continent, seeking prosperity through farming. But breaking up the soil – that had built up over many thousands of years – made it wash away. So some farmers are retiring their tilling equipment. Amble through #Kansas prairies and cornfields as we learn how treasuring the ground beneath our feet can lead to farms that better withstand #ClimateChange, use less #fertilizer and suck carbon out of the atmosphere."

Listen:
https://www.kcur.org/podcast/up-from-dust/2024-07-01/healing-the-ground-we-broke

#SolarPunkSunday
#ClimateChangeAdaptation #TopSoilLoss #BetterFarming #SustainableFarming #Resiliency #ClimateChangeGardening #GardeningChallenges #KCUR

Healing the ground we broke

After Europeans colonized America, their descendants plowed their way across the continent, seeking prosperity through farming. But breaking up the soil – that had built up over many thousands of years – made it wash away. So some farmers are retiring their tilling equipment. Amble through Kansas prairies and cornfields as we learn how treasuring the ground beneath our feet can lead to farms that better withstand climate change, use less fertilizer and suck carbon out of the atmosphere.

KCUR
DoomsdaysCWApr 25

Between land and water: Tribal relocation and resistance

By Celia Llopis-Jepsen
Published April 6, 2026

"#ClimateChange is altering the land, and #Indigenous communities are on the frontline. This episode takes you to #Alaska, where rapid permafrost thaw is threatening the Native village of #Nunapitchuk. Then, we head to #Louisiana, where the #PointeAuChien Indian Tribe is losing its land to rising #SeaLevels. These tribes are forced to make a difficult decision between staying and adapting or leaving their ancestral homes. (This episode comes to us from the environmental podcast #SeaChange.)"

Listen:
https://www.kcur.org/2026-04-06/between-land-and-water-tribal-relocation-and-resistance

#SolarPunkSunday #IndigenousCommunities #ClimateChangeAdaptation #SeaLevelRise #AncestralLands #ClimateCrisis #KCUR

Between land and water: Tribal relocation and resistance

Climate change is altering the land we live on, and Indigenous communities are on the frontline. In this episode, we bring you to Alaska, where rapid permafrost thaw is threatening the Native village of Nunapitchuk. Then, we head to Louisiana, where the Pointe-Au-Chien Indian Tribe is watching their land disappear underwater due to sea level rise. These threats are forcing these tribes to make the difficult decision: to stay and adapt, or to leave their ancestral home. (This episode comes to us from the podcast Sea Change.)

KCUR
DoomsdaysCWApr 25

Less lawn, more #wildlife! Here’s how to ditch turf for #NativePlants

By Celia Llopis-Jepsen
Published May 6, 2025

"So you’ve been thinking about getting rid of your lawn, or at least having less. You’ll attract birds and bees and you won’t have to mow as much. Nice! But where to start? Master gardener Paula Diaz gives us the scoop on how to kill grass, where to look for the right native plant species to replace it, and how to start laying out your flower beds. Come learn from someone who’s been winning over her neighbors to give native plants a shot."

Listen / Learn more [includes a list of
mentioned in the podcast]:
https://www.kcur.org/2025-05-06/less-lawn-more-wildlife-heres-how-to-ditch-turf-for-native-plants

#SolarPunkSunday #GardeningForPollinators #Gardens #LessLawns #KCUR #NPR

Less lawn, more wildlife! Here’s how to ditch turf for native plants

So you’ve been thinking about getting rid of your lawn, or at least having less. You’ll attract birds and bees and you won’t have to mow as much. Nice! But where to start? Master gardener Paula Diaz gives us the scoop on how to kill grass, where to look for the right native plant species to replace it, and how to start laying out your flower beds. Come learn from someone who’s been winning over her neighbors to give native plants a shot.

KCUR
7sleepersmusicApr 17
#CurrentlyListening to the groovy cosmic eclectics of #NightTides with our apparently dormant #FediFriend @NightTides via #KCUR in Kansas City 🎵🎶🌙🌌🪐👍️😁 #Music #Ambient #NewAge #Electro #ElectroAcoustic #Instrumental #Chill https://www.kcur.org/show/night-tides
Night Tides

Night Tides is an eclectic blend of contemplative instrumental & electronic music that combines upbeat grooves and dubs with soothing melodies that whisper softly to the soul. Host Renée Blanche is a native of Detroit, Michigan. She stumbled into radio after ending her military career in El Paso, Texas. Her skills as a volunteer announcer were honed at community radio station KXCR during a three-year stay. Commercial radio was the next stop as a weekend announcer for adult contemporary stations K-LITE and B-94 FM. Renée moved to Kansas City in 1993 and was hired as the midday announcer for KCUR and as a traffic reporter for Metro Traffic Control. Her role as host of the Night Tides program began in September 1994. You can contact Renee at [email protected].

KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
PrivacyDigestFeb 3

#Kansas Town Uses #LicensePlateReaders to Go After Man Who Wrote Op-Ed

Police in #Lenexa , Kansas used automated license plate reader ( #ALPR ) technology to pursue a man who wrote a critical op-ed about the police department, according to reporting by Kansas public radio station #KCUR. This is a rare public example of exactly the kind of #abuse that we’ve long warned against when it comes to mass-surveillance systems like #licenseplate readers.
#surveillance #privacy

https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/alpr-against-op-ed-writer

Kansas Town Uses License Plate Readers to Go After Man Who Wrote Op-Ed | ACLU

Targeting followed opinion piece critical of town’s police and anonymously posted anti-ICE fliers

American Civil Liberties Union
Show threadcricket_baconNov 11

@pluralistic

"talk to your local booksellers!"

Will do!

Hopefully we will be able to get you here:

Rainy Day Books is Kansas City's oldest Independent #Bookstore in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. Since 1975, Rainy Day Books has been more than just a bookstore. They are a catalyst for positive change in our community.

https://rainydaybooks.com/

And while you are in #KC, hopefully you can appear on our #NPR affiliate: #KCUR.

https://www.kcur.org/

Home Page

Rainy Day Books
Indie Tech NewsNov 3, 2025

Thought the police could do no wrong, as everyone assumes?

LE is really just a criminal

#Hack reveals years of police misconduct
#GiglioList #DDOSecrets

Operation Sticky Fingers
#DOJ #AG #Corruption
https://www.kcur.org/news/2025-11-03/former-and-current-kansas-city-kansas-police-officers-on-hacked-misconduct-list
#Wired #KCUR #NPR #SCORE #SWAT #RobbedBySecurity (by #police not just DHS) #KansasCity #KC #Kansas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giglio_v._United_States

they must have found out what Vader was up to in #KCMO . . .

Hack exposes Kansas City, Kansas, Police's secret officer misconduct list

A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arrest.

KCUR
The Subliminal PressNov 3, 2025

Thought the police could do no wrong, as nearly everyone seems to assume?

#Hack reveals years of police misconduct
#DDOSecrets

Operation Sticky Fingers
#DOJ #AG
https://www.kcur.org/news/2025-11-03/former-and-current-kansas-city-kansas-police-officers-on-hacked-misconduct-list
#Wired #KCUR #NPR
settled the #SCORE #SWAT #RobbedBySecurity (by #police not just DHS) #KansasCity #KC

#GiglioList
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giglio_v._United_States

Hack exposes Kansas City, Kansas, Police's secret officer misconduct list

A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arrest.

KCUR
JL Johnson Jul 23, 2025

How about some good news? KCUR, #KC's NPR affiliate held an emergency funding drive following the slimy Republicans axing money that was approved bipartisanly just a few months ago.

The drive seems to have been a success.

Wouldn't it be great if #PublicMedia turned out stronger after this trial? I'll tell ya what, as a recurrent donor to various public media entities, I have a vested interest in them all. Seems I'm in good company.

#KCUR #Missouri #NPR

Moos-a-dee 🫎Nov 18, 2024
KCUR blip about federal spending is playing the Chocobo Theme as the background music... #KCUR