Tamara Putnam

[Jackson County MO @JacksonCountyMO]

Based on information gathered by the Truman Sports Complex Redevelopment Task Force, County Executive @phillevota has released a new framework exploring a bold vision for nearly 400 acres surrounding Arrowhead Stadium.
Learn more: https://t.co/PrR6QGEwc5

[Acyn @Acyn]

Reporter on Bond Market: The yields have come back up since then. Have you talked to Bessent about another type of intervention.?

Trump: The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will.

[Tamara Putnam @TamaraPutnam]

@ryanhallyall Omg!!!!!😱
I had no idea!

[Eric Weinstein @ericweinstein]

Someone needs to keep saying it:

We need to stop pretending that scientists are weak, ineffectual, of no interest to anyone & made redundant by AI.

Poorly paid precarious scientists are of great interest to many. Us. Our allies. And the other guys too.

Let’s figure this out:

[VWBACERTIFIED @vicwilli]

What a honor to be inducted into the Kansas City Basketball Hall of fame ….. I want to thank all my coaches and teammates throughout the years this is not possible without you….

#VWBAcertified

[G-PA @IndianaGPA]

In the spring of 2023, Kansas farmer Dale Henderson was repairing fence posts along the eastern edge of his property near Russell County when his German Shepherd, Max, came trotting out of the tree line carrying something in his mouth.
Another rock.
Max had been doing this for weeks. He'd vanish into the woodland sometimes for hours, and return with dark, heavy stones clutched in his jaws. He'd drop them at Dale's feet like offerings, tail wagging, waiting for praise.
These rocks were different.
They were heavier than they should be. Covered in a smooth black crust that didn't match anything Dale had seen in forty years of working this land.
When he held them close, they smelled like iron-metal left out in the rain.
By early April, Dale had a collection of nineteen stones piled on his porch.
His wife, Ellen, wanted him to throw them out.
Dale couldn't explain why, but something told him to keep them.
On April 14th, he loaded twelve of the specimens into his truck and drove ninety miles to the geology department at Kansas State University in Manhattan.
Professor James Chen picked up the first stone, turned it over in his hands, and his expression changed.
"Where exactly did you find these?"
"I didn't," Dale said. "My dog did."

Professor Chen ran the first round of tests that afternoon. Density measurements. Magnetic response. X-ray fluorescence.
Dale paced for two hours.
His neighbor, Roy Perkins, called during the wait.
Roy owned the adjacent 160 acres. He'd found similar stones scattered across his fields after spring plowing.
Dale told him to bring them to the university.
Professor Chen emerged holding a printout of analysis results.
"Mr. Henderson, these aren't rocks. They're meteorites. And based on the composition, they're from the same fall event. Probably thousands of years old."
"I need to see where your dog has been finding them."
The geology team arrived at Dale's farm three days later with ground-penetrating radar, metal detectors, and magnetometers. They started in the woodland where Max had been hunting.
Within hours, they'd identified over sixty additional specimens buried in the soil.
Beneath Dale Henderson's 200-acre farm lay the remnants of an ancient meteorite shower— thousands of fragments from a single asteroid that broke apart in the atmosphere and scattered across what is now central Kansas, likely between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago.

Subsequent surveys revealed the strewn field extended across Dale's entire property and onto Roy Perkins's land as well. It was one of the largest and richest meteorite fields ever discovered in North America.
The meteorites were pallasites—an extremely rare type containing crystalline olivine embedded in an iron-nickel matrix. They also showed unusually high concentrations of platinum-group metals: iridium, palladium, and rhodium.
The scientific value was immense. The commercial value was almost incomprehensible.
Museums began calling within a week of the announcement. The Smithsonian. The American Museum of Natural History. Private collectors from Europe and Asia.
A single 4.2-kilogram specimen from Dale's north field sold at auction in September 2023 for $892,000.
Dale Henderson's farm, became the site of one of the most significant meteorite recoveries in American history.

The total estimated value of recoverable specimens across both properties exceeded $47
million.
Dale and Roy formed a partnership. They hired a professional excavation team to conduct systematic recovery while preserving the scientific integrity of the site. The University of Kansas was granted research access in exchange for authentication and documentation services.
Dale kept farming. He said he wasn't going to let space rocks change who he was.
But he did build a new barn. And a new house.
And set up college funds for all seven of his grandchildren.
Max, the German Shepherd who started it all, became a minor celebrity. A geology magazine ran a feature calling him "the most valuable dog in America

[Tamara Putnam @TamaraPutnam]

@AlchemyAmerican Yeet!!
Send me the podcast!!!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Life cannot just be about one sad thing after another.

There must also be things that make us super excited and inspired about the future. This is one of things. Bigtime.

[Johnson County Post @JohnsonCntyPost]

England national soccer team to stay at Prairie Village hotel for World Cup https://t.co/AOjsFKHCFK

[Mitch Holthus @mitchholthus]

.@Chiefs HUGE props to Chiefs Kingdom fan and left hander for the @Braves Joey Wentz. He let our work out group share his off-season workout facility. Class dude! Representing The Kingdom in the National League!

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

The Christmas market in Krakow, Poland is about to open.

It’s known as one of the most beautiful and safest Christmas markets in Europe 🇵🇱

[Inferam @InferamAI]

Prague, Czech Republic in 1910 and 2022.

[KCTV5 News @KCTV5]

The KC Current are NWSL Shield winners 🏆
WHAT THIS MEANS >> https://t.co/YwIQzhmWXm

[TaraBull @TaraBull]

This is why I would want to be rich

[Prairie Village Police @PVPoliceDept]

🐾Dog found in the 8600 block of Nall. This Pit Bull Mix had no collar and unfortunately was not microchipped. If he is yours, or if you know the owner, please contact Prairie Village Animal Control at [phone] or Great Plains SPCA.

[Texas Legends @TexasLegends]

Our roster just got a cheat code. Welcome new Head Coach @maxthehooper! Let’s HOOP! 🏀

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

Every female athlete not saying what @martina is saying here is a coward:

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

I'd love to know who gets custody of @DavidSacks

[Overtime @overtime]

This actually not normal (via @NBA)