Candice Curtis

Candice Curtis

@skipaway2000.bsky.social

Horse racing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Candice Curtis
@skipaway2000.bsky.social

Founder owned some top level race horses... Wonder if the company is named after the Triple Crown winner

Charles Ornstein@charlesornstein.bsky.social

One heck of a story about how oil companies face no consequences for their serious violations in Oklahoma. This Oil Company Is Linked to 1,000 Pollution Incidents and Other Violations. Oklahoma Never Punished It. @nickbowlin.bsky.social @readfrontier.bsky.social

propublica.orgThis Oil Company Is Linked to 1,000 Pollution Incidents and Other Violations. Oklahoma Never Punished It.Staff at an Oklahoma regulatory agency spent over a year building a case against Citation Oil & Gas, a company notorious for oil field pollution. Instead of disciplining the company, agency leaders ch...
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Candice Curtis
@skipaway2000.bsky.social

How is this not a civil rights issue? How can the state allow a dangerous road to separate people from their jobs, grocery stores and homes? And in Memphis the people most affected are Black & poor. I used to drive Union daily when I worked downtown and it has only gotten worse.

Families for Safe Streets@familiesforsafestreets.org

Even the Wall Street Journal is raising the alarm about America's pedestrian safety crisis. "To walk on Union Avenue feels like you’re about to be killed" This story looks at a dangerous stretch of road in Memphis that exemplifies failed planning in the US:

wsj.comThe Deadly 1.5-Mile Corridor That Shows the Fatal Flaw in America’s Road DesignSix lanes and crosswalks a half-mile apart: How American urban-planning is failing walkers.
Candice Curtis
@skipaway2000.bsky.social

I only want odds on horses The horses are honest runners GTFO with this

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social

Scoop from @brettlogiurato.bsky.social: CBS has sold its local election night coverage to DraftKings, stirring more controversy inside the David Ellison-owned company. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-draftk...

status.newsCBS' DraftKings GambleCBS' owned stations will carry DraftKings branding through Election Night, Status has learned, a sponsorship that has stirred concern inside the company.
Candice Curtis
@skipaway2000.bsky.social

Seems like pari-mutuels to meee

Reuters Legal@legal.reuters.com

A legal clash between Kalshi and US states over who should regulate prediction markets could eventually end up at the Supreme Court, CEO Tarek Mansour told Reuters. The states say prediction markets like Kalshi are subject to state gambling laws and gambling taxes reut.rs/486uqsK

reut.rsKalshi could be headed for Supreme Court showdown, CEO saysA legal clash between prediction markets and US states over who should regulate the industry could eventually end up at the Supreme Court, Tarek Mansour, the co-founder of Kalshi, told Reuters.
Candice Curtis
@skipaway2000.bsky.social

Too much money for one person

Philip Bump@pbump.com

That $366 million Elon is spending to try and convince voters that Congress should stay Republican? It's more money than McCain's 2008 campaign spent. But it's also, relative to Musk's net worth, the same as a household at the median income spending $32.

ctinsider.comThe 2026 question: Which is more powerful, money or people?Elon Musk has spent $366 million this election cycle. Philip Bump examines what that kind of money can buy in American politics.
Candice Curtis
@skipaway2000.bsky.social

Some asshole parked in front of the fire hydrant on the block and the car was there all weekend long. I didn't know the driver (none of my actual neighbors would ever do this). I walked the dog by it again this am and got my phone out like I was taking very dramatic pics. Car was gone by end of walk

Candice Curtis
@skipaway2000.bsky.social

Yesterday was a good day racing wise, nice wins and some nice payouts. May it continue today! Also, LUSTERRR

Horse Racing Nation@horseracingnation.bsky.social

Fastest horses: Keeneland winner Chatter leads the top HRN speed figures of Friday. www.horseracingnation.com/news/Speed_f... 📸: Candice Chavez / Eclipse Sportswire

Candice Curtis
@skipaway2000.bsky.social

May his ghost haunt whatever they build on the grounds of Arlington Park He had a bar/restaurant there and Im pretty sure he was at the Million the year I went...

The Associated Press@apnews.com

BREAKING: Longtime Chicago Bear and NFL Hall of Famer Mike Ditka has died at 86.

bit.lyMike Ditka, the quintessential Chicago Bear, dies at 86Mike Ditka, who won NFL titles as a player and coach with the Chicago Bears, has died. He was 86. Nicknamed “Iron Mike” as a player, Ditka helped revolutionize the tight-end position, then moved to the sidelines and took over as Chicago’s coach.
Candice Curtis
@skipaway2000.bsky.social

If that podcaster hadn't got shot last year and the footage posted all over socials this livestream wouldn't even be a discussion. Immediate No.

The Guardian@theguardian.com

UN says Pentagon plan to livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter would amount to torture – US politics live

theguardian.comUN says Pentagon plan to livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter would amount to torture – US politics liveCondemnation comes amid fierce backlash from US lawmakers who branded the move ‘grotesque’ and compared it to actions of some terror groups and oppressive governments * Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed According to rights group Amnesty International, at least 17 public executions are known to have been carried out in 2025 – six in Afghanistan and 11 in Iran. The Death Penalty Information Center says that 135 soldiers have been executed by the US military since 1916. Continue reading...
Candice Curtis
@skipaway2000.bsky.social

Shooting ourselves in the foot (feet?)

Reuters Legal@legal.reuters.com

The US government said on Thursday it is suspending some of the world's biggest tech and IT firms including Microsoft, Cognizant and Capgemini from a key green card program that allows skilled foreign workers to gain permanent residency through their employment.

reut.rsExplainer: The skilled foreign tech workers' green card program under attack from TrumpThe US government said on Thursday it is suspending some of the world's biggest tech and IT firms including Microsoft, Cognizant and Capgemini from a key green card program that allows skilled foreign workers to gain permanent residency through their employment.
Candice Curtis
@skipaway2000.bsky.social

And I know it was PURE DUMB LUCK that there was a global pandemic the next year that fucked things up But I was really considering waiting and saving more for the down payment Instant gratification worked in this situation

Candice Curtis
@skipaway2000.bsky.social

Every day I wonder if it will be the day my BIL is picked up by these people And I hope my nephew isn't with him And the day it does happen they better brace for MY WRATH

Philip Bump@pbump.com

ICE has detained more than 500 U.S. citizens.

projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

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Matt Stahl
@mattstahl97.bsky.social

NEW: The early weeks of the college football season have gotten dangerously hot, and the heat is lasting longer. Shortened games, a band member dead, hundreds of medical calls. With the season moving up, it's a huge problem. And there's not an easy fix www.al.com/sec/2026/10/...

al.comCollege football has a heat problem. There’s no easy solutionThe early weeks of college football season are hotter than ever. Can anything be done to help players and fans?
Candice Curtis
@skipaway2000.bsky.social

It just kills me when I read "first time out of France in 1,000 years" Whistlejacket is also on display over there too... I want to go to there

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Mary Beard suggests ‘tweaks’ to British Museum’s handling of queues to see Bayeux tapestry

theguardian.comMary Beard suggests ‘tweaks’ to British Museum’s handling of queues to see Bayeux tapestryClassicist and museum trustee visited the line after people complained of waiting for hours, with some turned away Mary Beard has intervened in the row about excessively long queues for the Bayeux tapestry by visiting the line and submitting a list of improvements to the British Museum. Beard, 71, is a trustee of the museum and inspected the queue herself after visitors to the tapestry complained that they had to wait for hours for their turn to view it, and some were turned away with no guarantee they would get another timeslot. Continue reading...