KCUR (Kansas City's best news source)

@kcur.org

In early April, the Kansas City council passed an ordinance removing a 75-year-old rule that required businesses to provide a certain number of parking spots. Residents and visitors say the new ordinance will exacerbate an already frustrating parking situation.

David Swerdlick

@swerd.bsky.social

Today's gift link. "This argument rests on the false premise that most Americans are equipped to evaluate these complex, opaque investments. They are not." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/opinion/trump-retirement-private-equity-401k.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gFA.kFT6.fX1go8D1p070&smid=bs-share

@eu-entertainment.bsky.social

The pot and Peru mystery of a Neil Young 1970 masterpiece

https://https://www.europesays.com/uk/938032/

Credit: Far Out / Alamy After the Gold Rush, as a title in itself, was a highly beguiling…

The Economic Misfit

@theeconomicmisfit.bsky.social

🌾 PhD Student in Agricultural & Resource Economics

The Chair of Production and Resource Economics at the Technical University of Munich is offering a PhD position focused on empirical research in agricultural and resource economics.

Read more here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/05/04/a...

Man With A Spleen

@manwithaspleen.bsky.social

Welcome back to another installment of the 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘖𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳. It's another moody one, full of minor keys... dissonance... lyrical themes of alienation... Who knows what could have possibly inspired such a tone? [gestures out across the American hellscape]?

https://www.mixcloud.com/LordAlgae/hour-of-power-5526/

kim_harding ✅

@kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy

Ask.com, former home of search butler Jeeves, closes just as conversational search comes back
https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/04/askjeeves_closes/
Like actual butlers, this relic of the first dotcom boom has been a quaint anachronism for decades

Lavie Tidhar

@lavietidhar.bsky.social

filled in a publisher's author questionnaire for the first time in years. I forgot what a tortuous experience that is but I hope I handled it with great kindness, grace and humility. Or at least, you know, a bit more good-natured humour than I would have before.

Jeepson Trading

@jeepson.co.uk

Despite geopolitical storms and oil price spikes, NZD remains anchored by a booming dairy sector and a resolute RBNZ. With record trade surpluses and massive commercial buying, Kiwi is primed to sail higher once the risk-off clouds clear. 🇳🇿🥛📈
https://www.jeepson.co.uk/p/new-zealand-nzd-and-dairy

@us-ca-nb.bsky.social

CATHOLIC GUILT Will Return to The Elysian Theater for One Night Only in LA

https://https://www.newsbeep.com/us-ca/300620/

🎭 NEW! Los Angeles Theatre Newsletter Get all the top news & discounts for Los Angeles & beyond.…

Spax 🔜 FWA [🐟🦎🫟]

@spax.zone

where is my face in candid space