Lara Fors

[Lara Fors @LaraFors]

Top of the 5th and 3 homers already. We are still at bat.

[Lawrence Police @LawrenceKS_PD]

Snow storms in Lawrence: A thread.

1. If you're leaving your house because you have to work, just be careful. If you're leaving your house for a mango rhubarb slushee, first of all, gross, second of all, you don't need it.

[Lawrence Police @LawrenceKS_PD]

That's all for now. Stay warm, stay safe, and stay home (if you can) this weekend.

[Secretary Deb Haaland @SecDebHaaland]

Every community deserves access to clean water. Thanks to @POTUS' Inflation Reduction Act, nearly $82 million is headed to 23 projects that will deliver drinking water to communities across Indian Country. https://t.co/99Evm2nBX3

[Jason Kander @JasonKander]

A quick personal story about our next POTUS:

I became friends with @KamalaHarris and @DouglasEmhoff in 2015 when she and I were both preparing to run for Senate. She won her race and I didn’t but we remained friends and I would visit her sometimes during trips to DC.

We were friends, but not super close, which is pretty common for friendships in politics.

In 2018, after I dropped out of the 2020 presidential mix and then out of public life for a while to go to the VA for PTSD therapy, she called and checked in on me regularly.

She would sometimes call just to catch up, or sometimes she had a big speech or meeting coming up with a veterans or national security group and I’d be a sounding board.

I don’t know how much she actually needed advice about that stuff when she asked for it, and I don’t know how much I helped, but her asking made me feel valuable at a time when I’d sort of given the world permission to forget about me, and I appreciated that gesture a lot.

I remember once in 2020 I was standing in Costco when she called. She had her veterans policy person on the line because she wanted to run some language by me. Once that was done, she thanked that person and then politely asked they go ahead and drop off the line so she could catch up with me.

She wanted an update on how I was doing and we talked for a couple minutes, then I told her I was thinking about doing some TV surrogate stuff for the campaign.

It was kind of a big deal decision for me at the time because I’d been out of the mix almost 2 years by then. She then spent a couple minutes describing in great detail how to set up my home office to make cable hits easy and comfortable.

I still use the ring light she suggested.

Anyway, my point in sharing this admittedly uneventful and humdrum anecdote is that I’m excited about her not just because she’s smart and capable and hard working and believes in the right things. I’m also excited because - in my experience - she’s a downright decent person who shows people respect and makes sure they feel seen.

And I’m not trying to do some humblebrag flex either because I’ll be the first to tell you we’re not close friends. We’re friendly acquaintances. But that’s my point.

She is the type of person who is thoughtful enough to treat a peer like a peer even when they’ve tapped out and are - professionally - no longer really a peer.

And that’s the kind of everyday decency I believe she’ll bring to the presidency.

[Lara Fors @LaraFors]

@libertymopd @MoDOT_KC @MSHPTrooperA That makes me sad

[Lara Fors @LaraFors]

@NoContextHumans 4

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

In 1948, Swiss pharmacologist Peter Witt studied the effect of drugs on spiders. He conducted an experiment in which he dosed the spiders by feeding them drugged flies or by giving them a drop of a drug in water. He then photographed their webs before and after the drugs were administered. These were the results.

In 1957, researchers noted that spiders on low doses of LSD were "unaware of outside influences and concentrated on the job." Their webs showed consistent regularity. On depressants, "they 'forgot' to finish what they had started and the result was a very ineffective food gathering device."

[Cindy Blackstock @cblackst]

Breaking News! The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has just approved the $23.4Billion compensation agreement for children, youth and families affected by Canada’s discriminatory conduct towards First Nations children, youth and families. Link to decision coming soon!

[Delores Schilling @DelSchilling]

I have been tweeting this every day.

Will you join me?

Over 5700 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women #MMIW

#MMIWG2S

#MMIP.

[NDNSPORTS.COM @ndnsports]

Happy Jim Thorpe Day!

In 1973, President Richard Nixon proclaimed April 16th "Jim Thorpe Day" in recognition of his accomplishments. Thorpe (1887-1953) was Sac & Fox/Potawatomi.

He won Gold Medals for the Pentathlon and Decathlon at the 1912 Olympics.
#NativeAthlete #SacFox

[Lara Fors @LaraFors]

@gnuman1979

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

At 16, Yvette Stevens joined the Black Panther Party. She was responsible selling the Black Panther newspaper & helping start the free breakfast program for children.

You might know her by another name: CHAKA KHAN!

Happy 70th Birthday to Grammy Award winning singer Chaka Khan!

[Lara Fors @LaraFors]

Awesome! Too bad it’s not the Beastie Boys with him! #fightforyourrighttoparty https://t.co/L1XVOjQd6y

[Lara Fors @LaraFors]

@KCChiefs_Matt Where can I get one of those hats?!?

[Lara Fors @LaraFors]

@ScottJKyle1 Looks good!!

[Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg]

56 wolves have been killed so far in Montana's controversial wolf hunt.

They were killed for fun + selfies.

MT's wolf policies are void of ethical considerations + scientific merit.

Retweet to call on the @interior to enact an emergency listing to protect them. #RelistWolves

[Lara Fors @LaraFors]

Pretty powerful. It’s not visually graphic but has some upsetting audio.

[Jordan Betts @Jord_Betts]

If you thought you loved Jason Sudeikis before, listen to what he said last night post Emmy win when I asked about his hometown. “Kansas City is part of my soul”💙 #Emmys2022 @KSHB41 @jasonsudeikis

[Lara Fors @LaraFors]

@PizzutiSharon How beautiful!!