Happy birthday, Navckid Keyd!!

Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.

He’s made it! Wishing Dick Van Dyke a very happy 100th birthday! 🎂

It was twelve days in December before I heard Mariah Carey singing about how all she wants for Christmas is me. Very strange--I don't even know her. My endless thanks to everyone who showed up last night. I love you all.

It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted

“News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress. Everything else is advertising.” (Congrats to the CBS advertising department)

@chuckwendig.bsky.social Just got Apple Review #38. The company I work for works with the Midwest Apple Improvement Association, the folks who created this hybrid. If you went to the MAIA website, you've seen some of my handiwork! This also came out earlier this week. www.today.com/food/groceri...

Ex-teacher here. Moved to a basic office job this week. The straw that broke the camel's back was a parent of a 15 year old telling me their well behaved princess would never play up in school. Reader, she stabbed me with a pen so hard I needed stitches.

When I was in grade school, people swore that I was the "Nobody boddas me eeda" kid at the end of the Jhoon Rhee Tae Kwon Do ads. Kids would ask, "Do you know all that kung fu stuff?" and try to pull martial arts moves. I wasn't that kid--it was Master Rhee's son--and I hated hearing it.

The administration is quite literally breaking all the laws of God and man to destroy Kilmar Abrego Garcia as an example to everyone. His freedom is our freedom.

it's not just appropriating someone's artwork (important as that is!); it's also reframing these incredibly sheltered comemierdas, who shift all the risk and consequences from their decisions onto others while hoarding the profits, into this position of casual, almost heroic precarity.

all i'm saying is that there were better options

Kick the weekend off tonight at SAMUEL BECKETT'S right off of 395 in #Shirlington, VA! I'm playing at 9p, but there's so much more here--a wonderful staff, good food and drink, and the visitors that make this place special. This is one of my favorite places to play; you're invited to find out why.

After I read the fess about the husband using Magic Erasers on tea mugs, I wondered if they would work on tea stains on my teeth. Asked my dentist first and he laughed so hard he needed to excuse himself from the room. Needless to say: Do not put Magic Erasers in your mouth.

Time is owned by Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, which is currently trying to sell its AI tool to ICE in order to triple their recruitment. just a thing I think about sometimes while I’m at work, implementing his product for nonprofits.

If Christmas song avoidance games like Whamageddon or the Little Drummer Boy Challenge exist... why is there none for Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas?" (Please note: I love these songs. Well, maybe not "All I Want For Christmas," 'cause it's not my thing, but still. Fair's fair.)

I honestly can't wait to read this. Years ago, I started my own dissection of the John McClane character and ethos with a view to examining how he evolved over the five movies. I got as far as three chapters on the first film alone, but I never picked it back up. Get it going, @jasondashbailey.com!

Back at it

NBC: "Winter storm rips through Gaza, flooding tents and exposing aid shortages." Life is hell for the displaced civilians in Gaza. They rely entirely on our donations to survive and take care of themselves. Please give to my dear friend Tasneem. And to others. ❤️🙏 chuffed.org/project/1587...

If you're in #Shirlington tomorrow night (12/12), please join me at SAMUEL BECKETT'S in raising a glass to my mother (pictured here with my daughter in 2011). She is the reason I've loved music since I was a child; she encouraged me to sing and play the instruments I've learned.

My mother, ladies and gentlemen, as she walked onto the Kennedy Center Concert Hall stage to perform with her senior citizens' group in 2023. Admittedly, it's not the best picture of her, as my phone camera's zoom is teh suck.

Drop a lawyer.

Calibri is "wasteful DEI" because, God forbid, it helps people with visual impairments read more easily. WTF? When can we get rid of these people? I'm so sick of them.

This article exposes the chilling truth: Trump's immigration rhetoric was always a stepping stone to Nazi philosopher Carl Schmitt's vision of ethnic purity. Even legal immigrants who supported him are targets in this illiberal crusade. The mask is off. www.thebulwark.com/p...

YOU HAVE HAD 5 YEARS AND PRODUCED LITERALLY NOTHING

Thank you, mom. youtu.be/hP6QpMeSG6s?...

MAGA Traitors Need to "Go Back" and Leave America If the GOP hates the Constitution, diversity, free and fair elections, voting rights, and the concept of separation of church and state, then maybe it hates America & should leave. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

All I see are actors and above/below-the-line tradespersons cheated out of making a living.

Cops stealing from people they arrest? Why…no wait, I’ve heard of this and have seen hundreds of articles detailing that this is actually part of law enforcement the same way domestic violence and excessive force are When your bushel has more rot than not, can we really talk about a few bad apples?

Fellow Asians & POC: Proximity to White Supremacy is NOT protection. Vance, married to a daughter of Indian immigrants, a path opened by Civil Rights Acts won by Black leaders who taught none of us are free until all of us are. If even the VP's wife is not exempt from racist hate, why think you are?

Good morning! Hope y'all are doing okay. Anyone wants to hang out at SAMUEL BECKETT'S in #Shirlington on Friday night (12/12), you'll find me there from 9 to midnight. We'll definitely be doing my favorite Christmas songs... anyone wanna guess which ones they are?

Ahem

a few good men, a five star three star movie. jack fucking rocks, hadn't seen it in ages.

This is a screenshot from Threads. I've only ever had one post on any platform get numbers like this. All these interactions are really for River Phoenix. That his abbreviated life and career touched so many people like me makes me so happy. So amazed to see I'm not alone in missing him.

TONIGHT! 7p! GRAIN & GROG #Gainesville! Let's make our lives better with each other.

It's my birthday today. 52, blimey. IF YOU FANCY BUYING ME A BIRTHDAY PRESENT, you can join my patreon to pay for the time I put in daily to B3ta, Anon_Opin and Fesshole. Although not listed at top, if you fiddle with options you can make it as low as £1 a month. www.patreon.com/b3ta

There's poetry in the fact that these men are sitting in front of their silhouettes from when they were boys. And at one point, scenes from the movie played while they were on stage. There was something absolutely surreal about that moment. #StandByMe

Fuck you, Trouba.

They left a seat for River Phoenix.

Happy snow morning! Check out my review of KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR over at @dcfilmdom.bsky.social (dcfilmdom.com/2025/12/kill...). Also, after you dig out tomorrow, come on over to GRAIN & GROG #Gainesville for a good time! I play from 7p to 10.

Y'all... SO worth the wait. Go at your earliest convenience. #KillBill #TheWholeBloodyAffair

I was seven years away from being a movie reviewer when KILL BILL VOL. 1 debuted. Consider this a long overdue love letter to KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR. They're showing it in 35mm and 70mm. Go see it and do some pushups at the intermission. @ofcs.bsky.social dcfilmdom.com/2025/12/kill...

Supreme Court reform has to be part of the democratic agenda for 2028. These folks are corrupt, racist f***s.

XXL NEWS! Greg and Alex are coming to America in January 2026 to spread the word of the Taskmaster. Shows in Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and New York! Sign up to the mailing list for pre-sale access. taskmaster.tv/taskmaster-l...

@jennwhovian.bsky.social WE GOTTA GO WE GOTTA GO WE GOTTA GO

SO EXCITED to announce this as a @vulture.com exclusive. the TASKMASTER duo of alex horne and greg davies is coming back to the U.S.! www.vulture.com/article/task...

On his birthday, remembering the great Tony Todd, who played Worf's brother Kurn on #StarTrekTNG and Deep Space Nine, a grown-up Jake Sisko in the DS9 episode "The Visitor," and an Alpha-Hirogen on Voyager. ##Candyman

The first December show kicks off this Saturday (12/6) at GRAIN & GROG in #Gainesville, VA at 7p! We'll all be happy you joined us for the night. I love the staff here, and by the time you leave, you'll love them, too. As it's December, you may hear my two favorite Christmas songs of all time...

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@lyddia.bsky.social You up for this game? If so, what was Dewey saying to Protas after he scored? My lip reading of it: "Prohhh... Prohhhh... Stop that. Stop that." He could be complimenting the pass, though.