Talks led by JD Vance were initially positive but experienced “mood swings,” a Pakistani official briefed on the negotiations tells The Washington Post.

Fars News Agency, an IRGC-affiliated Iranian state media outlet, reports Iran has no plans for another round of talks

Sooooo, the Southwest U.S. was more than 5°F warmer than the previous March record high for maximum (daytime) temperatures.... 🫠 Graphic from www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monit...

Iranian state-affiliated media Tasnim News Agency says Iran refused to discuss the Strait of Hormuz or the removal of nuclear materials during talks.

This feels like ticking down 'til midnight on the US empire.

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) spoke out on Saturday against special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner taking part in Middle East diplomatic efforts amid the ongoing Iran war, The Hill reported.

It will be live here www.youtube.com/live/4fwqBgA...

Negotiations have not ended but rather are paused as both sides consult teams of experts and prepare new texts. Negotiations will resume after the pause - Fars (Iranian state-affiliated media)

Negotiations have not ended but rather are paused as both sides consult teams of experts and prepare new texts. Negotiations will resume after the pause.- Fars News

JD Vance press conference in about 5 minutes in Islamabad.

US intelligence indicates China is preparing to deliver new air defence systems to Iran within the next few weeks. There are indications that Beijing is working to route  the shipments  through third countries to  mask their origin.-CNN

Art of the Deal: "Make a deal. Don't make a deal. I don't care."

Trump tells reporters outside the White House that China “will have big problems” if it ships arms to Iran.

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Fars: A source close to Iran’s negotiating team says the US is making excessive demands, especially about the Strait of Hormuz, and is trying to gain in talks what it failed to achieve through weeks of war and pressure. Iran says it will firmly protect its gains.

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IRELAND: A man climbed onto the wing of a U.S. military Lockheed C-130 Hercules at Shannon Airport and struck it with an axe, causing “extensive” damage before being arrested, authorities said.

Trump 2.0's DOJ has dropped thousands of cases across a wide range of crimes. The department has closed a record number of 23,000 cases, with the highest declines in terrorism, national security, white-collar fraud & drug-related crimes. Via ProPublica: investigativepost.org/2026/04/08/d...

❗️U.S. Navy begins clearing the Strait of Hormuz of Iranian sea mines, CENTCOM reports. In an official statement, the command said that the destroyers USS Frank E. Peterson and USS Michael Murphy passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday

BIG - Syrian Ministry of Interior: Authorities thwarted an assassination attempt targeting Jewish rabbi Mikhail Khouri, involving an explosive device planted outside his residence in the Syrian capital, Damascus. The operation led to the dismantling of a five-member cell.

Two days before Hungary’s election, Trump pledges to buy votes for Viktor Orban with US taxpayer dollars.

TRUMP VOWS TO ISSUE MANY PARDONS TO STAFF PRIOR TO EXITING OFFICE.

tbh i want joe rogan to be politically homeless; he’s obscenely wealthy with totally incoherent low information politics, i don’t *want* there to be a party for him

Holy smokes! An incredible start to the 'Wildfire Season' in the US this year - owing to an abnormally hot and snowless winter in some parts of the country.

The secret to stopping a Narita Express train in #Tokyo.

NEW: Governments on all sides of the Iran conflict have sought to censor information coming out of the war. Here's an in depth look at those efforts (and whether they're working). www.npr.org/2026/04/10/n...

⚠️ An account on X purporting to be Amanda Ungaro has been posting threats to Melania, which was the possible impetus behind Melania’s public remarks yesterday:

Europe can't match Russia without Ukraine and Turkey, Zelensky says. If the US leaves NATO, the EU will have to handle its own security – and it's not ready. Russia plans to expand its army to 2.5 million by 2030.

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5) www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

SoH transits from Lloyd’s List:

Trump has to eat crow or he'll just do it again.

Not for children! President DONALD J. TRUMP

An apparent anomaly has occurred at Blue Origins 2CAT testing facility, damaging the roof in the process 📸 Jerry Pike for NSF

The maritime tracking firm Kpler tells NBC that the Strait of Hormuz "remains closed," only one non-Iranian tanker has transited since the ceasefire, was carrying a "very little crude [oil]"

Trump: "There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait — They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now!"

So who has the pending breaking news story on Melania?

2/ Heard of ADINT aka ADvertising INTelligence? Your apps don't just show ads. They stream of info about your GPS location + a unique identifier to HUNDREDS OF BROKERS EVERY SECOND. The industry swears the data is "anonymous" but it's actually a Spies-eye-view. Of everyone.

BREAKING: You checked the weather this morning. And you just told a surveillance company where you sleep. Meet #Webloc, used by ICE, cops & foreign govs to track 500m+ phones. No warrant required. Our @citizenlab.ca investigation + how to protect yourself 🧵/1 citizenlab.ca/research/ana...

Everybody should watch this insane presser. It's like a bad scene in a Netflix thriller right before shit is about to go down.

Melania: “I never had a relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell.”

NATO is willing to play a role in a possible mission in the Strait of Hormuz, Secretary-General Mark Rutte says.-Reuters

Conservative influencers are still taking foreign money to spread bullshit propaganda? Color me SHOCKED. None of these people have any real policy positions on anything. It’s all transactional.

Why did I make a map of small drone attacks on civilians, and why am I emphasizing the "small" and "short-range" attacks? Read my rationale and much more information in this newsletter post:

Iran will allow no more than 15 vessels a day to pass through the Strait of Hormuz under the ceasefire agreement it agreed with the United States, Russia's state TASS news agency quoted an unnamed senior Iranian source as saying on Thursday.-Reuters

Despite the White House’s claims, as of Wednesday, the situation in the Strait of Hormuz remains essentially unchanged. thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2...

Iran is warning: if Israel does not halt its strikes in Lebanon within hours, it will walk away from the negotiations.

NEW: A Department of Defense official has confirmed to @rns.org that the much-discussed meeting between the papal nuncio and military officials at the Pentagon (mentioned below) DID happen — but they're disputing the Free Press' assessment.

Did…the Trump regime lowkey threaten to kill the pope?

It is hard to capture what a sweeping strategic defeat the war in Iran has been for the United States. I’m going to thread here some of the posts today that try to capture those effects. Here’s the first: