Kyle Yarber
@kyleyarber.bsky.social
Automotive-related social historian, playwright, theatre director, improvisational monologist, daughter father, general contrarian, and would-have-been Harris elector
MAGA parenting advice: Parents, if your child wants more dolls, encourage them to develop the real-world skills to cultivate rich friends.
May 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
MAGA parenting advice: Parents, if your child wants more dolls, encourage them to develop the real-world skills to cultivate rich friends.
The problem with the MDP.
MDP IT guy: "It's simple. Just use this Google app."
Me explaining for five minutes why I don't use Google anything.
MDP IT guy: "Well, then Google this instead."
MDP IT guy: "It's simple. Just use this Google app."
Me explaining for five minutes why I don't use Google anything.
MDP IT guy: "Well, then Google this instead."
April 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The problem with the MDP.
MDP IT guy: "It's simple. Just use this Google app."
Me explaining for five minutes why I don't use Google anything.
MDP IT guy: "Well, then Google this instead."
MDP IT guy: "It's simple. Just use this Google app."
Me explaining for five minutes why I don't use Google anything.
MDP IT guy: "Well, then Google this instead."
When did up become down, and down up? I missed the day when that was decided.
April 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
When did up become down, and down up? I missed the day when that was decided.
PBS and NPR bend over backwards, go too far, in my opinion, to counter the biased issue and give equal messaging opportunity.
But it's more fun to make it a punching bag for politicians wearing boxing gloves, and label those trying to be fair "biased" and those clearly biased as "fair and balanced."
But it's more fun to make it a punching bag for politicians wearing boxing gloves, and label those trying to be fair "biased" and those clearly biased as "fair and balanced."
April 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
PBS and NPR bend over backwards, go too far, in my opinion, to counter the biased issue and give equal messaging opportunity.
But it's more fun to make it a punching bag for politicians wearing boxing gloves, and label those trying to be fair "biased" and those clearly biased as "fair and balanced."
But it's more fun to make it a punching bag for politicians wearing boxing gloves, and label those trying to be fair "biased" and those clearly biased as "fair and balanced."
How come every statement from Elon Musk sounds like when a superhero gets a supervillain monologuing?
March 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
How come every statement from Elon Musk sounds like when a superhero gets a supervillain monologuing?
Justice Roberts, did you not fathom that, when you were loading Trump down with all kinds of immunity and special powers, you were handing him the means by which to replace you?
Do not expect the Constitution you gutted for Trump to save you.
Do not expect the Constitution you gutted for Trump to save you.
March 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Justice Roberts, did you not fathom that, when you were loading Trump down with all kinds of immunity and special powers, you were handing him the means by which to replace you?
Do not expect the Constitution you gutted for Trump to save you.
Do not expect the Constitution you gutted for Trump to save you.
Is this what they mean in car commercials when they say your mileage may vary?
March 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Is this what they mean in car commercials when they say your mileage may vary?
continued --
So stop with the "They'll understand when..."
Because, no, they won't. They won't really ever understand. That requires the ability to connect dots.
And everything is being done to make this a world where no one connects dots.
So stop with the "They'll understand when..."
Because, no, they won't. They won't really ever understand. That requires the ability to connect dots.
And everything is being done to make this a world where no one connects dots.
February 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
continued --
So stop with the "They'll understand when..."
Because, no, they won't. They won't really ever understand. That requires the ability to connect dots.
And everything is being done to make this a world where no one connects dots.
So stop with the "They'll understand when..."
Because, no, they won't. They won't really ever understand. That requires the ability to connect dots.
And everything is being done to make this a world where no one connects dots.
continued -- All that truth changed maybe 10,000 votes in a race in which 350,000 votes were cast.
It will be even harder now, after another decade and a half of indoctrination and obedience training.
It will be even harder now, after another decade and a half of indoctrination and obedience training.
February 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
continued -- All that truth changed maybe 10,000 votes in a race in which 350,000 votes were cast.
It will be even harder now, after another decade and a half of indoctrination and obedience training.
It will be even harder now, after another decade and a half of indoctrination and obedience training.
How about we stop already with all the "They'll understand when..."
When it hits closer to home?
When they're personally affected?
No, they won't.
They won't understand any better.
I talked about rural hospitals and access to health care and the social safety net to voters of Missouri 15 years ago.
When it hits closer to home?
When they're personally affected?
No, they won't.
They won't understand any better.
I talked about rural hospitals and access to health care and the social safety net to voters of Missouri 15 years ago.
February 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
How about we stop already with all the "They'll understand when..."
When it hits closer to home?
When they're personally affected?
No, they won't.
They won't understand any better.
I talked about rural hospitals and access to health care and the social safety net to voters of Missouri 15 years ago.
When it hits closer to home?
When they're personally affected?
No, they won't.
They won't understand any better.
I talked about rural hospitals and access to health care and the social safety net to voters of Missouri 15 years ago.
Surprised that the administration can't get back in touch with fired nuclear-stockpile officials whose contact information was already deleted?
You shouldn't be.
There are kids who haven't seen their parents since 2018 because records weren't kept then either.
You shouldn't be.
There are kids who haven't seen their parents since 2018 because records weren't kept then either.
February 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Surprised that the administration can't get back in touch with fired nuclear-stockpile officials whose contact information was already deleted?
You shouldn't be.
There are kids who haven't seen their parents since 2018 because records weren't kept then either.
You shouldn't be.
There are kids who haven't seen their parents since 2018 because records weren't kept then either.
Staring at 25 feet of familiar chronology in the U.S. History section of a mall bookstore used to fill me with pride in the slow deliberate-but-always-challenged progress towards living up to the ideals this country was founded upon.
Now it just feels like the past 250 years was all for nothing.
Now it just feels like the past 250 years was all for nothing.
February 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Staring at 25 feet of familiar chronology in the U.S. History section of a mall bookstore used to fill me with pride in the slow deliberate-but-always-challenged progress towards living up to the ideals this country was founded upon.
Now it just feels like the past 250 years was all for nothing.
Now it just feels like the past 250 years was all for nothing.
When talking with elected officials, ask them to articulate in their own words what exactly they see the function of government to be.
Do they as individuals elected to government offices have any responsibility except to those making the biggest monetary contributions to getting them elected?
Do they as individuals elected to government offices have any responsibility except to those making the biggest monetary contributions to getting them elected?
February 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
When talking with elected officials, ask them to articulate in their own words what exactly they see the function of government to be.
Do they as individuals elected to government offices have any responsibility except to those making the biggest monetary contributions to getting them elected?
Do they as individuals elected to government offices have any responsibility except to those making the biggest monetary contributions to getting them elected?
We're all just stepping stones for someone else's ambitions. And that we feel like that shows both how inept they are at persuasion, and also that we're not considered worthy of the effort.
February 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We're all just stepping stones for someone else's ambitions. And that we feel like that shows both how inept they are at persuasion, and also that we're not considered worthy of the effort.
A naive part of you just wants it out, all of it. All the systemic corruption. Cut it out. Chemo it. Whatever it takes.
But the smarter, more-knowing, the we've-seen-this-movie-too-many-times-to-not-admit-how-it-ends part of us confesses that we know it really won't make a difference at this point.
But the smarter, more-knowing, the we've-seen-this-movie-too-many-times-to-not-admit-how-it-ends part of us confesses that we know it really won't make a difference at this point.
February 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A naive part of you just wants it out, all of it. All the systemic corruption. Cut it out. Chemo it. Whatever it takes.
But the smarter, more-knowing, the we've-seen-this-movie-too-many-times-to-not-admit-how-it-ends part of us confesses that we know it really won't make a difference at this point.
But the smarter, more-knowing, the we've-seen-this-movie-too-many-times-to-not-admit-how-it-ends part of us confesses that we know it really won't make a difference at this point.
How to describe what this moment in time feels like for the human race:
It's like discovering that there's cancer in every organ of your body.
Every response is justified.
It's like discovering that there's cancer in every organ of your body.
Every response is justified.
February 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
How to describe what this moment in time feels like for the human race:
It's like discovering that there's cancer in every organ of your body.
Every response is justified.
It's like discovering that there's cancer in every organ of your body.
Every response is justified.
Our supposed side feels like as much of a con game as the other, only with far less in the way of beneficial results. Just like we need nonprofit healthcare and education, we need a nonprofit political party.
February 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Our supposed side feels like as much of a con game as the other, only with far less in the way of beneficial results. Just like we need nonprofit healthcare and education, we need a nonprofit political party.
I've been very actively involved with the Party for a decade and a half. The only time I witnessed the rhetoric and action change was with the Bernie supporters, and both times the Party jumped hard up and down on the other side of the scale to squash that, which drove young people away.
February 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I've been very actively involved with the Party for a decade and a half. The only time I witnessed the rhetoric and action change was with the Bernie supporters, and both times the Party jumped hard up and down on the other side of the scale to squash that, which drove young people away.
18 Attorneys General are suing Costco to drop their DEI policies. One of the few places we can still shop. So much for the right's let-markets-decide fascism-posing-as-capitalism bullshit.
February 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
18 Attorneys General are suing Costco to drop their DEI policies. One of the few places we can still shop. So much for the right's let-markets-decide fascism-posing-as-capitalism bullshit.
Is there any point any longer worrying about SSN breaches?
February 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Is there any point any longer worrying about SSN breaches?
I don't wish good luck. Luck implies that you may or may not have what it takes. I wish you success. Now go do what I know you can do.
February 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I don't wish good luck. Luck implies that you may or may not have what it takes. I wish you success. Now go do what I know you can do.
Writing is a matter of concentration and discipline, transforming the soup in ones head into words on a page that brick-by-brick brings an image into view, like shooting a cannon you hope reaches the moon...
February 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Writing is a matter of concentration and discipline, transforming the soup in ones head into words on a page that brick-by-brick brings an image into view, like shooting a cannon you hope reaches the moon...
With the exceptions of the Honda Civic, the Mazda MX-5, and the Subaru BR-Z, there are no genuine cars anymore.
Everything is a car pretending to be a truck. Even trucks pretend to be bigger trucks...
Everything is a car pretending to be a truck. Even trucks pretend to be bigger trucks...
January 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
With the exceptions of the Honda Civic, the Mazda MX-5, and the Subaru BR-Z, there are no genuine cars anymore.
Everything is a car pretending to be a truck. Even trucks pretend to be bigger trucks...
Everything is a car pretending to be a truck. Even trucks pretend to be bigger trucks...
I just learned the 2025 Kansas City Auto Show is cancelled.
The last one I covered, in 2016 for KC Car Action magazine, I questioned how much longer it could continue. The theme of the article: "Where are the young people?"
Last year, the vehicle I took the most pictures of was a 1923 Duesenburg.
The last one I covered, in 2016 for KC Car Action magazine, I questioned how much longer it could continue. The theme of the article: "Where are the young people?"
Last year, the vehicle I took the most pictures of was a 1923 Duesenburg.
January 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I just learned the 2025 Kansas City Auto Show is cancelled.
The last one I covered, in 2016 for KC Car Action magazine, I questioned how much longer it could continue. The theme of the article: "Where are the young people?"
Last year, the vehicle I took the most pictures of was a 1923 Duesenburg.
The last one I covered, in 2016 for KC Car Action magazine, I questioned how much longer it could continue. The theme of the article: "Where are the young people?"
Last year, the vehicle I took the most pictures of was a 1923 Duesenburg.
When in the midst of putting together my next book, to receive a note this morning from a fan who'd just read my last book (from ten years ago) was an added little bit of encouragement.
January 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
When in the midst of putting together my next book, to receive a note this morning from a fan who'd just read my last book (from ten years ago) was an added little bit of encouragement.