Update from Luke Broadwater

TACO DONNY! www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

UK law school is ignoring faculty, risking its accreditation | Opinion The University of Kentucky College of Law chose a federal judge as the next dean, bypassing faculty objection and risking our accreditation.

Evidently there are concerns about law school accreditation! www.aol.com/news/uk-law-...

UK faculty opposed naming federal judge dean of law school The University of Kentucky named U.S. District Judge Greg Van Tatenhove as the dean of its law school, despite objections from law faculty.

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To be clear, this is a welcome intervention from the perspective of a great many UK faculty.

Beshear ‘losing confidence’ in management, decisions made at University of Kentucky Kentucky’s governor made a rare statement about the management of the state’s largest public university.

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New dean of Rosenberg College of Law announced University of Kentucky Provost Robert S. DiPaola has named Greg Van Tatenhove as the new dean of the J. David Rosenberg College of Law, pending Board of Trustees approval.

And this is the new Dean, evidently chosen without the support of the law school faculty uknow.uky.edu/campus-news/...

UK athletics director to retire in June before taking on ‘new role’ with $950K salary • Kentucky Lantern Mitch Barnhart is retiring as University of Kentucky athletics director after 24 years and moving into a new post at the university.

The $1 million is a no work job for retiring AD Mitch Barnhart kentuckylantern.com/briefs/unive...

Huh. Well, this is kind of a big intervention. @govandybeshear.bsky.social

How a Kentucky county uses flowers to fight stigma around mental health • Kentucky Lantern The nonprofit promotes mental health through Hope Gardens, which encourage communities to come together and plant and care for a garden of yellow tulips.

How a blooming good idea brought international recognition to a Kentucky social worker.
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It's rank idiocy. It does no favors to progressives in the rest of the country when we have to apologize for how stupid California is.

See also the ongoing catastrophe of New York state politics.

Author @gilduran.com was just banned from “free speech absolutist” twitter for criticizing the Palantir CEO’s manifesto— so here’s his upcoming book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

CNN put together a montage of Trump saying as far back as March 9 that his war against Iran "is going to be finished pretty quickly," then him saying that same thing over and over for the past six weeks

stay away from the boobz they have the plague

hahahahahah Bluesky labeled this "adult content" because it includes Michael Sweerts Plague in an Ancient City, which depicts boobz

Actually I think a good audiobook is the best way to ingest Thucydides.

Was the Plague of Athens Just Fake News? - Lawyers, Guns & Money Did these chucklefucks miss the part of Thucydides that involved the massive plague? I feel like T-Diddy would have been a vaccine advocate if he’d had the chance: Not many days after their arrival in...

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Did these chucklefucks not bother to read the part of Thucydides that involved a horrific plague?

As @spyhistorian.bsky.social notes - the spread of the 'Spanish' Influenza Pandemic can absolutely be attributed to the movement of soldiers during the First World War.

It's also worth remembering that one of the first forms of mandatory innoculation was within George Washington's army for smallpox

Every year I do the "is this the last time I pick up both of my daughters at the same time" and given that they're both over 110# it's become a helluva strain.

Even worse, his pseudo-engagement antagonizes the other government and kills off the possibility of real diplomacy later. When the Hanoi summit fell apart, it convinced Kim that negotiating with the U.S. was pointless. There have been no talks since then.

Given recruitment difficulties and losses from disease, George Washington literally mandated smallpox inoculation for all troops in 1777

How Long Shall Fire Remain Ceased? - Lawyers, Guns & Money Everyone is sitting and waiting to see if there’ll be an extension of the cease-fire beyond tomorrow evening… given that the first cease-fire included little actual negotiation I’m not sure we’ll know until we’re right on top of the deadline. In the meantime, the answer to the question “what are Iran’s militias up to?” is […]

How Long Shall Fire Remain Ceased?

This Scammer Used an AI-Generated MAGA Girl to Grift ‘Super Dumb’ Men A med student says he’s made thousands of dollars selling photos and videos of a young conservative woman he created using generative tools. He’s not alone.

Given the longstanding right-wing scam economy milking the conservative rank-and-file for every spare dollar they've got, this is definitely a growth area for entrepreneurs with a Grok account and a dream

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Germany Is Reinventing Itself as a Weapons Factory As autos and heavy manufacturing falter, Berlin is steering factories, workers and capital toward rearming Europe.

On German Rearmament www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Carrier Tracker As of April 20, 2026 Second American carrier strike group enters Central Command area of responsibility, third en route.

Carrier Tracker As of April 20, 2026 www.twz.com/sea/carrier-...

Australia-Japan Ink Deal for Mogami-class Frigates Canberra and Tokyo continue to build closer links with each other, with a shared understanding of the strategic environment, and a high degree of trust

Australia-Japan Ink Deal for Mogami-class Frigates thediplomat.com/2026/04/aust...

Types of Board Game

Types of Board Game xkcd.com/3235/

I regret only that we gave it away too easily. Visible steps towards inclusion could have increased Russia’s willingness to accept a negotiated settlement.

First Series-Produced KF-21 Fighter Rolled Out In South Korea Taking a less-orthodox approach to developing a new fighter means that Seoul’s KF-21 has made rapid progress. Taking a less-orthodox approach to developing a new fighter means that Seoul’s KF-21 has m...

First Series-Produced KF-21 Fighter Rolled Out In South Korea www.twz.com/air/first-se...

i ain't reading all that. im happy for you tho, or sorry that happened.