
Clay Wirestone
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Opinion editor for @KansasReflector. Once called "more calming and grounding than a bottle of Xanax." Husband of @maxwires, father of 13 year old.
Lawrence, KS
Joined November 2008
Hey, @grok, who was the most famous person to visit my profile? It doesn't need to be a mutual, don't tag them, just say who it was.
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RT @pglonghouse: My friend is single, in his mid-twenties, living off his inheritance in central London, member of the Drones Club and some….
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RT @ettingermentum: One of the greatest running jokes in 21st century American life is how cosmopolitan leftists and suburban liberals are….
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My tribute to @BrianWilsonLive. What an incredible legacy. #ksleg
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Brian Wilson has died. But not his music. And most definitely not his example of persisting and caring, no matter what.
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Thanks to the U.S. Constitution and its First Amendment, we are not required to love, like or even respect our government. We are not required to voice support of its goals. #ksleg
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The Trump administration has put my town — the place my family and I call home — on a hit list for a thought crime.
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Us gay people persist in living across all 50 states, and in every country around the globe besides. We’ve most definitely settled in Kansas. #ksleg
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Us gay people live across all 50 states, in every country around the globe. And we're most definitely here in Kansas.
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RT @GianmarcoSoresi: This kind of shit is how you KNOW the government isn’t hiding aliens from us.
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Could it be that large language models, as we currently experience them, only go so far and work well in limited circumstances? Could it be that the furor we’ve experienced stems mostly from marketing hype and the wishful thinking of tech bros? #ksleg
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The promise that I once wrote about has been replaced by a nagging sense that the technology still falls short and poses profound risks.
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The Kansas Senate Committee on Government Efficiency claims to be working for the good of all by ferreting out waste and bloat in state government. Perhaps it should start with itself. #ksleg
kansasreflector.com
On Wednesday, Kansas Reflector editor in chief Sherman Smith submitted a complaint to the state Attorney General's Office about the delay
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What I appreciate about such bars is that any one person’s political leanings make no difference. The customer might be diehard MAGA or pushy progressive. Regardless, if you insult the bartender or order too many drinks, you’re not welcome. #ksleg
kansasreflector.com
Our conversation about politics fails at least in part because it’s inevitably couched in adversarial terms.
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From earlier this month: School funding task force warns of fearmongering. Kansas K-12 supporters have reason to be afraid. #ksleg
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Republicans who want to strip public schools of funding, impoverish teachers and stunt learning have accused educators of 'fearmongering.'
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Each day now in Lawrence, where my family and I live, I watch the clouds roll in and the rains come. My latest. #ksleg
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The rains come and the world rumbles and my son and I stay indoors and wait for the storm outside our home to pass
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I’ve been thinking about the sex raft a lot lately, because I’m a sucker for hope and we’re living through less-than-hopeful times. #ksleg
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Politicians in Kansas and D.C. believe they can manipulate and persuade members to the public into being their willing dupes.
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RT @sherman_news: I get to work with all my favorite journalists! From a staff photo shoot in the rain this morning at Iliff Commons with (….
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RT @JackHarvel: @RealPatProctor @CJOnline Hi Rep. Proctor, I don't know what other story you're referring to. I quoted and paraphrased this….
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My latest: Your 2025 Kansas Statehouse session: A belly flop into a swimming pool full of curdled milk #ksleg
kansasreflector.com
When do you call failure success? When you have a supermajority of extreme Republicans in the Kansas Legislature.
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