Andrew Donaldson

Talking roads and who know what else with the great @radiomonroe.bsky.social here in mere moments. Listen at the link
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"I watched TikTok clips of Landman, here is my expert opinion on the oil market" hot takes are going to be intolerable today...

For those of you who didnt grow up in the mountains, my father reports this is what morning looks like Up Yonder, West Virginia, USA after it was 78 degrees yesterday.

This is every bit as bad as Biden malfunctioning & blurting out "we finally beat Medicare" but its entertaining and drives ratings so wont be covered that way

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Friendly reminder that never in the history of ever has social media accounts correctly identified a false flag operation before it happened.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk

Khakis and Airwalks like its the 90s again for today adventures in adulting

Eating wing at my desk while working at 1030am because Im an adult and such...
#blueskysupperclub

Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

Said it from the jump, because it was glaringly obvious, and will keep saying it: DOGE was expressly and singularly about data mining the federal government. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

WV House Energy approves watered down version of bill loosening regulations for storage tanks • West Virginia Watch The House Energy Committee passed an amended version of a bill that, if enacted, will loosen regulations for certain aboveground storage tanks.

The only way this bit of @westvirginiawatch.com headline writing could have gotten any better is if @caitycoyne.bsky.social had figured a way to work "Elk River" into it... westvirginiawatch.com/2026/03/10/w...

98th Oscars Projections: And The Oscar Goes To - Ordinary Times For reference, my past records predicting winners are 65% in 2020, 91% in 2021, 70% in 2022, 74% in 2023, and 78% last year.

Oscar pics by @mendezmovierpt.bsky.social "Outside of the battle between these two behemoths, my predictions for categories where neither One Battle After Another nor Sinners is favored. But for the most part, I expect a night dominated by the two films trading wins back and forth"

Save Us From the SAVE Act - Ordinary Times Whether the SAVE Act is a sinister plot or just a poorly written piece of legislation, the effects will be the same.

SAVE Act thoughts from @mendezmovierpt.bsky.social "It should always be a red flag when either party tries to pass a law to make something illegal that is already against the law. That’s especially true when there is no loophole creating a crisis." ordinary-times.com/2026/03/09/s...

Bill offloading West Virginia’s troubled foster care to private company clears hurdle in House • West Virginia Watch A bill to shift the majority of West Virginia's foster care system to a private company has cleared a hurdle in the House of Delegates.

I'm skeptical that a state where the government & people who historically consistently failed to hold themselves accountable on this issue in even the most basic ways is going to do any better holding a 3rd party accountable on this issue

Cause we won't
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Pentagon says about 140 troops wounded, 8 severely, in war with Iran The vast majority of the wounded had minor injuries, a Pentagon spokesman said. The toll is higher than previously disclosed.

State a clear objective, achieve it, and let's get out of there before the butcher's bill gets higher www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Working up a piece on AI, not from the policy or pundit or tech bro hype angles that are all over the place, but from watching/experiencing how AI is being taught, used, regulated, and practically applied at the community college I'm enrolled at. Think folks will be surprised

One of those "on this day" photos popped up, so one of my bulk meat distro/storage days from 2020. Massive savings breaking down your own chickens, pigs, and things
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How it started, how it was going nearly a half century latter, my maternal great grandparents edition from Up Yonder, West Virginia, USA

1909 vs 1954, taken 45 years and about twenty yards apart in what is now my folks' front yard

Happy Anniversary to that time Michael Avenatti ('member him?) slid into my DMs to curse/block after I criticized his appearance on CNN

To his point, I understand how justice system works enough that between the two of us I'm not the one incarcerated at FCI Terminal Island for the next 2 decades...

Pale green soup in pink and white bowl.

Made a classic from the NYT food archives, Florence Fabrikant’s cream of fennel soup. Chop 1 1/2 lb. bulb fennel, sauté w/ 1/2 C chopped onion for 20 mins in 2 T butter. Purée in blender w/ 3 C stock, rewarm, add 1 C heavy cream & 2 T anisette, adjust salt/pepper, serve. #Foodsky #BlueskySupperClub

Every other Monday night, I bring/make dinner (tonight Aldi gigantic thin crust tavern style sausage and pepperoni pizza) at my daughter’s, have a bottle of wine, do facial masks and watch a few episodes of Only Murders in the Building #blueskysupperclub

I’m tired of pancakes, waffles, or eggs and bacon for breakfast, so I whipped up a crustless broccoli quiche #blueskysupperclub

Chicken enchiladas that are not pretty but pretty tasty. #blueskysupperclub

Evenin'

Proud of my Cato Institute colleague David Bier who stood his ground at a hearing today and talked back to bloviating Sen. John Kennedy (R-Louisiana). David responds to the clip and furnishes receipts. @cato.org

Leftover taco stuff means we be having a nachos night with various accouterments. I went pork, salsa, cheddar jack, Cojito, cilantro, and gringo'd it up with sour cream
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In Trump’s Washington, Congress has little power left Trump’s second presidency has accelerated the growth of executive power at the expense of the legislative branch, raising concerns about the balance of powers.

Interesting photo choice there. Rand Paul is in a cranky mood and hasn't been getting the attention he always seeks lately, so watch for him to take it out on Markwayne Mullin-who he has legit heat with-during hearings to solve two problems with one shot www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Self-Induced Cluster Injuries Mount For President Trump Applying our core principle of "things don't happen in a vacuum, they happen in a sequence" to stop reacting to the news cycle and understand what comes next.

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This Republican put a nail in the coffin for Noem. His next target: Stephen Miller Thom Tillis may be on his way out. But, writes Eric Garcia, he’s not leaving quietly and has taken on Trump by going on the attack against members of his White House

This is a great read. Our friend @ericmgarcia.bsky.social career from J school at UNC until now has tracked along with the rise and fall of Thom Tillis, so fitting he gets to write the epilogue here as the man with quite a few political pelts hunts one last big one

Group Activity: President Trump's Combative, Contradictory Presser - Ordinary Times Watch and discuss the full questions and remarks by President Trump as he fielded questions from the press in Florida for 35 minutes.

Watch President Trump's news conference in full and discuss @ordinarytimes.bsky.social ordinary-times.com/2026/03/09/g...

Save Us From the SAVE Act - Ordinary Times Whether the SAVE Act is a sinister plot or just a poorly written piece of legislation, the effects will be the same.

"It should always be a red flag when either party tries to pass a law to make something illegal that is already against the law. That’s especially true when there is no loophole creating a crisis. At such times, it’s prudent to ask what is really in the bill" writes @captainkudzu.bsky.social