John E. Parker Jr.
@johneparkerjr.bsky.social
I like to study life, the universe and everything! I’ve got three kids and they come first. I love skiing and going to Jamaica. I love systems analysis and problem solving. Music and life are the same thing.
This was pop music at its peak for me. Simple yet powerful. Gender bending before it was popular, showing us the way. The lyrics say everything, and they use more than three hundred characters.
Missing Persons - Words
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February 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This was pop music at its peak for me. Simple yet powerful. Gender bending before it was popular, showing us the way. The lyrics say everything, and they use more than three hundred characters.
Rubio said some sane and rational things on these issues. He seems to have empathy for migrants the world over. It is the first rational and humane thing I’ve heard from this administration.
That said, the idea of sending people to El Salvador for imprisonment is incredibly cruel.
Ugh.
That said, the idea of sending people to El Salvador for imprisonment is incredibly cruel.
Ugh.
Rubio says El Salvador offers to accept deportees from US of any nationality, including Americans
President Nayib Bukele said El Salvador has “offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system.”
www.stltoday.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Rubio said some sane and rational things on these issues. He seems to have empathy for migrants the world over. It is the first rational and humane thing I’ve heard from this administration.
That said, the idea of sending people to El Salvador for imprisonment is incredibly cruel.
Ugh.
That said, the idea of sending people to El Salvador for imprisonment is incredibly cruel.
Ugh.
This is my most unlikely three yet. I think I’m into a rhythm of sorts with this game. Maybe I can have more 1-3 than 5-6. That would be something!
The answer is usually 42!
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February 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This is my most unlikely three yet. I think I’m into a rhythm of sorts with this game. Maybe I can have more 1-3 than 5-6. That would be something!
The answer is usually 42!
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It’s simply amazing how much pain, suffering and death this administration is going to cause. I did not like the move to put Harris over Biden, but I would have voted for anyone over Dump. If one didn’t vote for Harris, thus helping to install this lunacy, one is partly to blame for this.
USAID staffers told to stay out of Washington headquarters after Musk said Trump agreed to close it
Musk, Trump and some Republican lawmakers have targeted the U.S. aid and development agency, which oversees humanitarian, development and security programs in some 120 countries, in increasingly strid...
www.stltoday.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It’s simply amazing how much pain, suffering and death this administration is going to cause. I did not like the move to put Harris over Biden, but I would have voted for anyone over Dump. If one didn’t vote for Harris, thus helping to install this lunacy, one is partly to blame for this.
I thought for sure I had a three, but I’ll take the four.
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February 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I thought for sure I had a three, but I’ll take the four.
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This short article shows how dysfunctional our mayor has been in managing the jail system. Tishaura has blood on her hands with this one. Jennifer is gone, likely having moved far away from here. But Tishaura is the one who hired her, and Tishaura is still the mayor.
Messenger: A bad prosecution haunts St. Louis as it tries to fix its broken jail
St. Louis is still prosecuting someone who warned about, and tried to explore, poor conditions at the city jail. Why?
www.stltoday.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This short article shows how dysfunctional our mayor has been in managing the jail system. Tishaura has blood on her hands with this one. Jennifer is gone, likely having moved far away from here. But Tishaura is the one who hired her, and Tishaura is still the mayor.
Getting a two is so damn lucky. It’s strangely the luckiest thing I’ve ever done. Three seems like a bit of skill, and certainly solving it in six or under continuously is skill, but two is just luck.
But, as my dad used to say, better lucky than good.
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But, as my dad used to say, better lucky than good.
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February 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Getting a two is so damn lucky. It’s strangely the luckiest thing I’ve ever done. Three seems like a bit of skill, and certainly solving it in six or under continuously is skill, but two is just luck.
But, as my dad used to say, better lucky than good.
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But, as my dad used to say, better lucky than good.
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Okay, so this is how you publish a story longer than 300 characters on this site. I'm learning the maze that is social media.
KDHX: A Love Story
Kelly Wells killed a radio station!
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Okay, so this is how you publish a story longer than 300 characters on this site. I'm learning the maze that is social media.
Yeah, buddy! I got me a Cadet!
I am very proud of this kid. He has big dreams of playing ball there, but mostly it’s just great to be able to go to a good school equidistant from his mom’s house and my house. The school is a good fit for him. He’s happy.
Time to get ready for Cadet basketball!
I am very proud of this kid. He has big dreams of playing ball there, but mostly it’s just great to be able to go to a good school equidistant from his mom’s house and my house. The school is a good fit for him. He’s happy.
Time to get ready for Cadet basketball!
February 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Yeah, buddy! I got me a Cadet!
I am very proud of this kid. He has big dreams of playing ball there, but mostly it’s just great to be able to go to a good school equidistant from his mom’s house and my house. The school is a good fit for him. He’s happy.
Time to get ready for Cadet basketball!
I am very proud of this kid. He has big dreams of playing ball there, but mostly it’s just great to be able to go to a good school equidistant from his mom’s house and my house. The school is a good fit for him. He’s happy.
Time to get ready for Cadet basketball!
Had a good chance at another three, but I’ll never be upset with a four. No twos at all in this streak. It’s so tempting to think about “goals”, but that wouldn’t do me a bit of good.
Nines and threes are wild!
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February 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Had a good chance at another three, but I’ll never be upset with a four. No twos at all in this streak. It’s so tempting to think about “goals”, but that wouldn’t do me a bit of good.
Nines and threes are wild!
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I wrote a long, very personal perspective on the seven year arc of this story on the Facebooks. It’s a tragic tale of the destruction of a once great radio station.
Kelly Wells destroyed KDHX.
Somehow, one person destroyed a damn radio station!
Crazy.
Kelly Wells destroyed KDHX.
Somehow, one person destroyed a damn radio station!
Crazy.
KDHX in St. Louis to stop broadcasting live content amid financial troubles
Radio station KDHX, roiled in controversy since several DJs were fired, will stop broadcasting live content. Prerecorded programming will continue.
www.stltoday.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I wrote a long, very personal perspective on the seven year arc of this story on the Facebooks. It’s a tragic tale of the destruction of a once great radio station.
Kelly Wells destroyed KDHX.
Somehow, one person destroyed a damn radio station!
Crazy.
Kelly Wells destroyed KDHX.
Somehow, one person destroyed a damn radio station!
Crazy.
This is getting embarrassingly stupid. This woman’s whole life and future is being paraded around and toyed with. Tishaura is gonna fire her no matter what, but at least Tishaura is being exposed.
We need new leadership.
Support Cara Spencer for mayor!
We need new leadership.
Support Cara Spencer for mayor!
Hearings show limits of St. Louis mayor’s power over city bureaucracy
Mayor Tishaura O. Jones has been trying to fire one of the most powerful people in city government for half a year. The hearings may be ceremonial.
www.stltoday.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This is getting embarrassingly stupid. This woman’s whole life and future is being paraded around and toyed with. Tishaura is gonna fire her no matter what, but at least Tishaura is being exposed.
We need new leadership.
Support Cara Spencer for mayor!
We need new leadership.
Support Cara Spencer for mayor!
Interesting that wind, solar and nuclear are all producing around 3,000 TWh right now.
This image really does show how simple the whole thing is. Back in the early 90's when I started studying this, I never thought we would be at this point. I also didn't think we would be at 423PPM CO2.
This image really does show how simple the whole thing is. Back in the early 90's when I started studying this, I never thought we would be at this point. I also didn't think we would be at 423PPM CO2.
January 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Interesting that wind, solar and nuclear are all producing around 3,000 TWh right now.
This image really does show how simple the whole thing is. Back in the early 90's when I started studying this, I never thought we would be at this point. I also didn't think we would be at 423PPM CO2.
This image really does show how simple the whole thing is. Back in the early 90's when I started studying this, I never thought we would be at this point. I also didn't think we would be at 423PPM CO2.
More drama.
Sure, water is a priority and it could be separated from the controversy pretty easily, so that’s not dumb.
Megan may have overreached on this one. Plus, shouldn’t we wait until after the mayoral election? Why rush now? It stinks of politicization.
Sure, water is a priority and it could be separated from the controversy pretty easily, so that’s not dumb.
Megan may have overreached on this one. Plus, shouldn’t we wait until after the mayoral election? Why rush now? It stinks of politicization.
Rams deal falters in St. Louis. Aldermanic president abruptly ends meeting.
The turnabout, plotted in secret over the course of the week, upended sweeping plans from Mayor Tishaura O. Jones and Aldermanic President Megan Green.
www.stltoday.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
More drama.
Sure, water is a priority and it could be separated from the controversy pretty easily, so that’s not dumb.
Megan may have overreached on this one. Plus, shouldn’t we wait until after the mayoral election? Why rush now? It stinks of politicization.
Sure, water is a priority and it could be separated from the controversy pretty easily, so that’s not dumb.
Megan may have overreached on this one. Plus, shouldn’t we wait until after the mayoral election? Why rush now? It stinks of politicization.
Fire Toni Cousins. Replace everyone on the board. When you fail that miserably, you deserve to be fired. Period.
Did St. Louis school board president enable superintendent’s spending spree?
Credit card statements and interviews paint a picture of close friendships and improper perks among St. Louis school administrators and board president Antionette “Toni” Cousins.
www.stltoday.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Fire Toni Cousins. Replace everyone on the board. When you fail that miserably, you deserve to be fired. Period.
I sort of stupidly like that my fives are catching my threes
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January 31, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I sort of stupidly like that my fives are catching my threes
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What is crazy about this is the timing. Tishaura might be out in early April. This trial will take every bit of Feb. In March, if they let Tish fire her, the commission will have to start the process of picking 3 candidates for the mayor to choose from. That might not be done by early April.
Personnel director wants St. Louis mayor to testify at termination hearing
Personnel Director Sonya Jenkins-Gray’s lawyer wants to call a number of high-profile witnesses in her pre-termination hearing, including the mayor, comptroller and city counselor.
www.stltoday.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
What is crazy about this is the timing. Tishaura might be out in early April. This trial will take every bit of Feb. In March, if they let Tish fire her, the commission will have to start the process of picking 3 candidates for the mayor to choose from. That might not be done by early April.
I wake up, eat breakfast and listen to great music every day. Coffee, music and news. It’s a nice routine.
January 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I wake up, eat breakfast and listen to great music every day. Coffee, music and news. It’s a nice routine.
Another charter school bites the dust. Charter schools in the area have failed 50% of the time.
In school grading systems, 50% is an F. Charter schools have failed.
In school grading systems, 50% is an F. Charter schools have failed.
Momentum Academy to close one south St. Louis charter school
The Gravois Park campus has 91 students in kindergarten through fifth grades, filling less than half of the school's capacity.
www.stltoday.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Another charter school bites the dust. Charter schools in the area have failed 50% of the time.
In school grading systems, 50% is an F. Charter schools have failed.
In school grading systems, 50% is an F. Charter schools have failed.
Anyone in the city should be furious about Jefferson City doing their annual BS. If this happens, it will be the worst overreach in the country. For a “small government, local autonomy” party, this is the height of hypocrisy. It’s disgusting and insane and is purely political.
Shame!
Shame!
St. Louis police chief: Politicians are ‘moving the goal posts’ in state takeover
Under his leadership, Chief Robert Tracy said the department has seen improvements in everything from officer morale to crime rates. Nevertheless, he said, state lawmakers aren't backing off.
www.stltoday.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Anyone in the city should be furious about Jefferson City doing their annual BS. If this happens, it will be the worst overreach in the country. For a “small government, local autonomy” party, this is the height of hypocrisy. It’s disgusting and insane and is purely political.
Shame!
Shame!
Had a good chance at two but got the three. I’ll take it.
Got to 93% on the board with this streak! Now I’d like to get to a true 93%. That won’t be for a week or so.
The threes have my attention. Could I catch my fours with my threes?
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Got to 93% on the board with this streak! Now I’d like to get to a true 93%. That won’t be for a week or so.
The threes have my attention. Could I catch my fours with my threes?
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January 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Had a good chance at two but got the three. I’ll take it.
Got to 93% on the board with this streak! Now I’d like to get to a true 93%. That won’t be for a week or so.
The threes have my attention. Could I catch my fours with my threes?
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Got to 93% on the board with this streak! Now I’d like to get to a true 93%. That won’t be for a week or so.
The threes have my attention. Could I catch my fours with my threes?
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Let the time of “the dumbass in charge” begin.
White House rescinds Trump's funding freeze after massive backlash
It's an astonishing reversal by the Trump administration.
www.axios.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Let the time of “the dumbass in charge” begin.
Because we need good news once in a while, articles like this, at this time, are essential reading. Science gives us another great solution to a vexing problem and gives aquafarming a big boost in terms of being an ecosystem friendly and global warming friendly solution to our need for protein.
Here’s how fish farms could double as a climate solution
A new study analyzes a potential win-win solution for fish health and carbon capture. The critical ingredient is something you might not expect.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
January 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Because we need good news once in a while, articles like this, at this time, are essential reading. Science gives us another great solution to a vexing problem and gives aquafarming a big boost in terms of being an ecosystem friendly and global warming friendly solution to our need for protein.
Maybe Mongolia and Italy should lose their membership with the ICC.
International Criminal Court has no trial scheduled as Trump piles on pressure
Trump, on his first day in office, reinstated an executive order from his previous term sanctioning court staff.
www.stltoday.com
January 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Maybe Mongolia and Italy should lose their membership with the ICC.
I used to get it in four all the time. It feels good to get it in four. It feels normal, which is definitely not how I feel about the world right now.
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January 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I used to get it in four all the time. It feels good to get it in four. It feels normal, which is definitely not how I feel about the world right now.
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