Again, getting a meeting with the sitting US VP was already a major win for Iran and unforced error by the Trump Admin in attempting to negotiate. He never should have gone in the first place. Now Iran's POV is "we can jerk around the admin's on-paper #2 person" www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
Fear mongering nonsense that prevents working on the legitimate issue
Coward
Lets get our remedial community college math on
Mornin' you stark raving heathens
Its an important option to expand yes but the limit is when you get into med management there has to be at least some in person there
Important reporting from @lorikerseywv.bsky.social here "The Mountain State only has 5.7% of the adequate supply of psychiatrists needed to serve the state’s population, which is the lowest percentage of any state in the nation" westvirginiawatch.com/briefs/wvs-s...
Watch the latest @heardtell.bsky.social here where @jackrowlett.bsky.social joins from the UK for reaction to the Mandelson/Epstein hot mess
YouTube youtu.be/wEVLWBB-Vus
iTunes podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/3bUg...
iHeartRadio www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...
You find out real quick who is down to protect & serve and who just wants a paycheck and their first responders discount when its time to stack up on a door irregardless whats on the other side because it has to be done.
But waiting keeps everyone's positions secure & pensions intact and so forth
Evenin'
What a great conversation w/ @jackrowlett.bsky.social right as breaking news in the UK briught us PM Starmer's rough session in the Commons, why the Mandelson/Epstein scandal broke Labour, US-UK relations, the Trump affect, energy policy, young brain drain, & more
open.substack.com/pub/heardtel...
Via Ariana Figueroa: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will step down from her post, the Trump administration announced Monday, following multiple reports alleging work misconduct including misuse of funds and more.
We react to UK PM Kier Starmer's no good, horrible, very bad day before the Commons, the Mandelson/Epstein scandal that is ripping Labour apart, ecnomic struggles, world events, energy crisis, US-Uk relations in Trump's second term & more w/ @jackrowlett.bsky.social
Watch the whole episode here
Four cheese grilled cheese on multigrain
#blueskysupperclub
You can see the money streams in politics if you look really hard
Hear your dont even need to more than glance
Lolz
In the south, this kind of a public roasting is called a pig pickin'
Lordy, PM Starmer is in trouble here
news.sky.com/watch-live
There is a hopping news day Over Yonder in the UK today as PM Keir Starmer is neck deep in the Peter Mandelson/Epstein scandal on top of unpopularity in general, Iran, fussing with USA, & more @jackrowlett.bsky.social joins us live at 1pm ET to discuss it all.
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
WATCH: Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
The guided tour of depression-era tech is both fascinating to see, impressive that it still works, and worrisome that it is still there doing the work in the first place www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reporting @amelianews.bsky.social "(GOP) supermajority introduced multiple bills to update the school funding formula...When they gaveled out in March, none of those measures made it to the governor’s desk; the clock ran out the last night on one of the bills"
westvirginiawatch.com/2026/04/20/l...
I believe school choice has a place in an all-of-the-above educational policy, but its wearisom how buzzwordy this is: less than 3% of WV students getting subsized educational funding for what 90% of them were doing anyway is not regionally revolutionary
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
If it weren't for the Godfather, my first name would be Herman, instead of Michael, and I would never have survived elementary school. So ... to me it is the greatest film of all time.
Evenin'
Blue Le Creuset pot on black stove with soup, wooden spoon laid atop.
Small flat dish with half dollar sized crackers with scalloped edges.
One of our favorite soups, combining asparagus, chickpeas and parsnips, from Mimmetta LoMonte’s book Classic Sicilian Cooking (1990). No stock needed and it’s vegan as well as currently seasonal. With homemade soup crackers, some spiced or flavored and some not. #FoodSky #CookSky #BlueskySupperClub
From Cato colleague Brandan Buck: In no subsequent era in American history has constitutional liberty come under as much pressure as in World War I. A new book recounts the Wilson administration's vicious propaganda campaign against three anti-war groups as well as Sen. Robert LaFollette.
