W.A. Foster, IV
@wfosteriv.bsky.social
Financier. Explorer. Building Forest Markets for the State of New Mexico. Founder, Mariana Nexus and Generations. Proud HBCU Alumnus: VSU. PVAMU. Cigar, Steak, & Wine are a perfect day. Arsenal. New-ish New Mexican.
I really have to stop engaging HBCU athletic conversations with alumni. The lack of economic understanding makes the conversations impossible to have.
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I really have to stop engaging HBCU athletic conversations with alumni. The lack of economic understanding makes the conversations impossible to have.
Randomly. The more I watch clips of Suits the more I am glad I did not finish watching the show.
October 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Randomly. The more I watch clips of Suits the more I am glad I did not finish watching the show.
I need to spend more time on Bluesky. It seems to be the only sane place on Al Gore and Beyonce's internet these days.
October 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I need to spend more time on Bluesky. It seems to be the only sane place on Al Gore and Beyonce's internet these days.
If my grandmothers saw the way I just folded that fitted sheet they would make me go outside and get a branch off the tree.
September 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM
If my grandmothers saw the way I just folded that fitted sheet they would make me go outside and get a branch off the tree.
But what of love? What of truth?
Inspired by 2023: Bruch Violin Concerto - Bomsori Kim
Inspired by 2023: Bruch Violin Concerto - Bomsori Kim
September 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
But what of love? What of truth?
Inspired by 2023: Bruch Violin Concerto - Bomsori Kim
Inspired by 2023: Bruch Violin Concerto - Bomsori Kim
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New: Polish officials provided additional clarification on the impacts of the September 9-10 Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace. (1/6)
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar091125
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar091125
September 12, 2025 at 3:57 AM
New: Polish officials provided additional clarification on the impacts of the September 9-10 Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace. (1/6)
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar091125
Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar091125
In mid-July, HBCU Poltiics posted this very article regarding Kirk's incendiary tweet, “Stay armed. Stay vigilant. We have no idea how many sleeper cells are inside the United States. It’s an unforgiveable weakness Biden left this country with. Stay alert. Pray.” hbcupolitics.com/2025/07/21/n...
No Consequences, No Conscience: Why Charlie Kirk’s Dangerous Rhetoric Demands Religious and Civic Accountability
Charlie Kirk’s June 22nd tweet, cloaked in nationalism and evangelical language, was not a warning—it was a provocation. His calls to “stay armed” and “pray” under the guise of patriotism dangerous…
hbcupolitics.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
In mid-July, HBCU Poltiics posted this very article regarding Kirk's incendiary tweet, “Stay armed. Stay vigilant. We have no idea how many sleeper cells are inside the United States. It’s an unforgiveable weakness Biden left this country with. Stay alert. Pray.” hbcupolitics.com/2025/07/21/n...
The GOP will come out and speak about how they abhor violence - as it relates to Charlie Kirk's death - while goating on the violence and terror that ICE flood communities with everyday.
A Secretary of DEFENSE who is wasting $1 billion on a name change (perhaps it is easier to spell when drunk).
A Secretary of DEFENSE who is wasting $1 billion on a name change (perhaps it is easier to spell when drunk).
September 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The GOP will come out and speak about how they abhor violence - as it relates to Charlie Kirk's death - while goating on the violence and terror that ICE flood communities with everyday.
A Secretary of DEFENSE who is wasting $1 billion on a name change (perhaps it is easier to spell when drunk).
A Secretary of DEFENSE who is wasting $1 billion on a name change (perhaps it is easier to spell when drunk).
The GOP has (again) allowed itself to be hijacked by domestic terrorist that presents itself as a political movement.
The Christian Right, Tea Party, and MAGA are just the latest in a long line of descendent institutions still fighting the Civil War.
The Christian Right, Tea Party, and MAGA are just the latest in a long line of descendent institutions still fighting the Civil War.
September 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The GOP has (again) allowed itself to be hijacked by domestic terrorist that presents itself as a political movement.
The Christian Right, Tea Party, and MAGA are just the latest in a long line of descendent institutions still fighting the Civil War.
The Christian Right, Tea Party, and MAGA are just the latest in a long line of descendent institutions still fighting the Civil War.
This is the foolishness I mean. There is no way we can begin to act like the political violence we are experiencing is "Fair and Balanced" and both sides. It is NOT.
I am a moderate so I have no problem calling out both sides when it is justified. This is NOT one of those times.
I am a moderate so I have no problem calling out both sides when it is justified. This is NOT one of those times.
September 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This is the foolishness I mean. There is no way we can begin to act like the political violence we are experiencing is "Fair and Balanced" and both sides. It is NOT.
I am a moderate so I have no problem calling out both sides when it is justified. This is NOT one of those times.
I am a moderate so I have no problem calling out both sides when it is justified. This is NOT one of those times.
Charlie Kirk was not a conservative or an activist. He was very much a domestic terrorist and media outlets treating his legacy with kid gloves is part of the reason we are in this situation.
Continuing to allow space and credence to those sowing violence should be shuddered to the shadows.
Continuing to allow space and credence to those sowing violence should be shuddered to the shadows.
September 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Charlie Kirk was not a conservative or an activist. He was very much a domestic terrorist and media outlets treating his legacy with kid gloves is part of the reason we are in this situation.
Continuing to allow space and credence to those sowing violence should be shuddered to the shadows.
Continuing to allow space and credence to those sowing violence should be shuddered to the shadows.
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PPI is not as soft as it appears (and the president wishes). The trade services component is margins for wholesalers and retailers. They largely declined and the overall trade services index was -1.7%, suggesting middlemen absorbed tariff costs. That drove the big decline in the overall index.
September 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
PPI is not as soft as it appears (and the president wishes). The trade services component is margins for wholesalers and retailers. They largely declined and the overall trade services index was -1.7%, suggesting middlemen absorbed tariff costs. That drove the big decline in the overall index.
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HBCU B-Schools’ Leadership Still Embarrassingly Lacking In HBCU Alumni
"HBCU B-schools continue to be led by individuals who are not products of these institutions, and in many cases, are fundamentally disconnected from the unique economic and cultural needs of the African American community."
"HBCU B-schools continue to be led by individuals who are not products of these institutions, and in many cases, are fundamentally disconnected from the unique economic and cultural needs of the African American community."
HBCU B-Schools’ Leadership Still Embarrassingly Lacking In HBCU Alumni
The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself. — Thales By any reasonable historical standard, Warren Buffett’s rejection by Benjamin Graham is more than a quaint anecdote; it is a pow…
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September 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
HBCU B-Schools’ Leadership Still Embarrassingly Lacking In HBCU Alumni
"HBCU B-schools continue to be led by individuals who are not products of these institutions, and in many cases, are fundamentally disconnected from the unique economic and cultural needs of the African American community."
"HBCU B-schools continue to be led by individuals who are not products of these institutions, and in many cases, are fundamentally disconnected from the unique economic and cultural needs of the African American community."
I think being/looking ridiculous is the playbook.
Donald Trump’s push for a Gaza peace deal was thrown into doubt after Israeli strikes hit negotiators in Qatar.
“Let’s be blunt,” Jack Blanchard says on #playbookpod, “This makes President Trump look absolutely ridiculous.”
🎧 Listen: ow.ly/UYZ850WUuW2
“Let’s be blunt,” Jack Blanchard says on #playbookpod, “This makes President Trump look absolutely ridiculous.”
🎧 Listen: ow.ly/UYZ850WUuW2
September 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I think being/looking ridiculous is the playbook.
How is this fiscal conservatism?
West Virginia Governor says he’s deploying WV National Guard to Washington DC
He says they’ll be “providing mission-essential equipment, specialized training, and approximately 300-400 skilled personnel as directed. The mission will be funded at the federal level.”
He says they’ll be “providing mission-essential equipment, specialized training, and approximately 300-400 skilled personnel as directed. The mission will be funded at the federal level.”
August 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How is this fiscal conservatism?
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In January 2025, Senior Editor @kanishktharoor.bsky.social spoke with the political economist Nicholas Eberstadt about the global crash in fertility rates and the looming prospect of depopulation. Listen to the conversation here:
Best of: Is the World Ready for the Population Bust?
A Conversation With Nicholas Eberstadt
www.foreignaffairs.com
August 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
In January 2025, Senior Editor @kanishktharoor.bsky.social spoke with the political economist Nicholas Eberstadt about the global crash in fertility rates and the looming prospect of depopulation. Listen to the conversation here:
I have called for states who still believe in objective data and objective institutionalism to come together and provide these services through a consortium so that truth may have a chance to live on the other side of this nightmare.
The Firing of The BLS Commissioner Reaffirms: President Trump Only Believes In Fake Facts
"Instead, it was an overt signal: when facts contradict the leader’s narrative, the facts must go."
"Instead, it was an overt signal: when facts contradict the leader’s narrative, the facts must go."
The Firing of The BLS Commissioner Reaffirms: President Trump Only Believes In Fake Facts
The moment truth becomes inconvenient to power, it becomes endangered. When President Trump dismissed the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner for delivering an honest—albeit politically unfavor…
hbcumoney.com
August 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I have called for states who still believe in objective data and objective institutionalism to come together and provide these services through a consortium so that truth may have a chance to live on the other side of this nightmare.
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A hunger strike at a South Florida immigration detention center state officials have named “Alligator Alcatraz” enters its tenth day, as detainees protest what they call inhumane and dangerous living conditions.
‘Alligator Alcatraz' detainees on hunger strike for 10th day, protesting conditions
One of the detainees, Pedro Hernández, was hospitalized during the strike but continued to refuse food, he said on Thursday.
nbcnews.to
August 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A hunger strike at a South Florida immigration detention center state officials have named “Alligator Alcatraz” enters its tenth day, as detainees protest what they call inhumane and dangerous living conditions.
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NEW: The United States sanctioned Senior Supreme Leader Adviser Ali Shamkhani’s son and his multinational shipping network on July 30 for generating tens of billions of dollars in revenue for the Shamkhani family and the Iranian regime. 🧵(1/4)
Read more: isw.pub/IranUpdate07...
Read more: isw.pub/IranUpdate07...
July 31, 2025 at 11:48 PM
NEW: The United States sanctioned Senior Supreme Leader Adviser Ali Shamkhani’s son and his multinational shipping network on July 30 for generating tens of billions of dollars in revenue for the Shamkhani family and the Iranian regime. 🧵(1/4)
Read more: isw.pub/IranUpdate07...
Read more: isw.pub/IranUpdate07...
This is certainly fiscal conservative and responsible.
The government is paying more than 154,000 federal employees not to work as part of the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program, according to two administration officials. wapo.st/3U6zcj6
July 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is certainly fiscal conservative and responsible.
Thank you for all you did, Brotha. Some holes can not be filled, but may we all carry just a little more of the light you gave our community.
A Letter To Malcolm
From our Editor-In-Chief to our "cousin" Malcolm Jamal-Warner.
From our Editor-In-Chief to our "cousin" Malcolm Jamal-Warner.
A Letter To Malcolm
I’ve always been a poet. My dad went to Lincoln University with Gil-Scott Heron, so I came out of the womb listening to Gil-Scott Heron. – Malcolm Jamal-Warner Dear Malcolm, I will neve…
hbcumoney.com
July 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Thank you for all you did, Brotha. Some holes can not be filled, but may we all carry just a little more of the light you gave our community.
The unintended consequences of human politics. Because thoughts of our natural ecosystem are rarely considered when policy is considered.
A Trump administration plan to build an extension of the border wall in Arizona would block one of the largest and most important remaining wildlife corridors, according to a report by a conservation group.
A New Border Wall in Arizona Would Block a Key Wildlife Corridor
The barrier, in a remote part of Arizona, would threaten one of the most important remaining animal migration routes on the state’s southern border, according to a new report.
nyti.ms
July 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The unintended consequences of human politics. Because thoughts of our natural ecosystem are rarely considered when policy is considered.
As I contemplate my own exit....daily.
The American Brain Drain: Could the Next Superpower Rise from U.S. Talent Exodus?
"Which nations might inherit America’s intellectual capital—and potentially its mantle? Only a handful, those with welcoming immigration regimes and ambitious national strategies, are poised to benefit."
"Which nations might inherit America’s intellectual capital—and potentially its mantle? Only a handful, those with welcoming immigration regimes and ambitious national strategies, are poised to benefit."
The American Brain Drain: Could the Next Superpower Rise from U.S. Talent Exodus?
“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” – Michael Jordan America’s diversity leaving Ellis Island. (AI) The 20th century bore witness to a dra…
hbcumoney.com
July 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
As I contemplate my own exit....daily.
Why on Earth is this not given to space agencies for research?
Sotheby's in New York will be auctioning the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.
The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York
Sotheby's in New York will be auctioning the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.
n.pr
July 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Why on Earth is this not given to space agencies for research?
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From Classrooms to Cleanrooms: What HBCUs Must Do to Compete with PWIs in Deep Tech and Semiconductor Innovation
"Not because HBCUs lack talent, but because they lack the systemic infrastructure to harvest, incubate, and capitalize on that talent."
"Not because HBCUs lack talent, but because they lack the systemic infrastructure to harvest, incubate, and capitalize on that talent."
From Classrooms to Cleanrooms: What HBCUs Must Do to Compete with PWIs in Deep Tech and Semiconductor Innovation
The semiconductor battlefield is no longer theoretical—it is institutional, financial, and existential. HBCUs are not merely in competition for recognition or respect; they are engaged in a quiet w…
hbcumoney.com
July 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
From Classrooms to Cleanrooms: What HBCUs Must Do to Compete with PWIs in Deep Tech and Semiconductor Innovation
"Not because HBCUs lack talent, but because they lack the systemic infrastructure to harvest, incubate, and capitalize on that talent."
"Not because HBCUs lack talent, but because they lack the systemic infrastructure to harvest, incubate, and capitalize on that talent."