The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.

Cavs lost but that 3 by Mitchell at the end to put them within 1 was sick. Still bitter at my home state team for letting this guy slip away. www.youtube.com/watch?v=whcn...

I kind of wish the 12 days of Christmas spanning from Dec. 25 to the feast of the Epiphany on Jan 6th was celebrated more widely. But maybe since those Mariah Carey piano notes start playing on the radio well before Thanksgiving these days, I can see why people are ready to move on by Boxing Day.

Just made this recipe yet again, probably my favorite pancake recipe. Sharing in case anyone is looking for Christmas holiday breakfast ideas. www.pbs.org/food/recipes...

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

And now someone has uploaded a version that wasn't filmed off a TV. There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.

"The Montclair authors note, 'In the last five years, the term has gone from being nearly unused on Twitter (later X) in 2020 to being prominent in the current context.' I don’t think we know yet how the cruelty online is going to translate into schools and other communities, but I’m not optimistic"

A nice little low-budget Christmas movie starring someone who looks like a young Robert Redford. www.imdb.com/title/tt1109... Free on Prime (under a different title: Noelle) if you're looking for something different to watch. www.amazon.com/Noelle-David...

Always great when your alma mater makes it into an SNL skit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVYD...

You oughta know that Alanis Morissette just released her rendition of 'Ave Maria.' Nicely done. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r-b...

Someone with more graphics skillz than me needs to make a Dan Scavino version of this.

American Academy of Pediatrics has grants cut by HHS [Gift link] wapo.st/48U8yB2 1/3

"Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect." - Rob Reiner #RIP Rob Reiner and Michelle Singer 🕯🕯

Most daycares and private preschools won’t enroll children with disabilities. Especially for low income families, Head Start is their *only option*.

Time Person of the Year isn't a person (AI). Pantone Color of the Year isn't a color (White). Dictionary's Word of the Year is a number (6-7). We have jumped the shark.

Fun with Word Clouds I made this word cloud based on the titles of NIH R01 grants from fiscal year 2025. 1/2

Marco is changing Calibri to TNR. If ever there was an action taken by this administration that was symbolic of their general inability to accomplish anything meaningful or useful for everyday people, this would be it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

...which was modeled after "Romneycare." American politics is a flat circle.

👋 Breastfeeding & infant feeding expert here! All babies need safe, accessible nutrition. Most people already want to breastfeed and 84% start out doing so but can’t realize their goals. What we need are *policies* that make it possible to breastfeed for all who desire to do so and…

...says a guy who's nipples don't lactate.

We need a stronger response from the media instead of downplaying & bothsiding the dismantling of American public health. The current ACIP is not engaging in “scrutiny” or a “rethink” - they’re playing politics w/ people’s lives www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c...

Man, that FIFA peace prize is something. To quote the great Manu Chao in a different context: "...para gritarle a la FIFA que ellos son el gran ladron!" (they are the big thief) www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0KC...

Yesterday, we sent this message to the @viralemergence.org team, bringing a (hopefully temporary) end to our project three years into what started as a decade of planned work. /1

Pretty wild stuff here. How did the peer reviewers not realize that the figure was total nonsense? This is a Nature journal, for pete's sake

Why do babies need a hepatitis B birth dose? We answer this question in full here. www.voicesforvaccines.org/answering-ke...

Watched Oh. What. Fun., it was entertaining and good for some laughs. Best part was when Dominic Sessa's character breaks out this song on the guitar. Sessa, by the way, is in an even better holiday movie called The Holdovers that you should totally watch this month. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsDw...

This 10-minute documentary about an adult with special needs is worth a watch. Produced by Brendan Fraser. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjVL...

NEW: I heard from a bunch of NREL employees after the announcement of a name change yesterday. They're not thrilled. "Morale is bad. Funding is tenuous.... I've been through two W administrations, many R congresses, and [the first] Trump admin. This is the worst."

Thanksgiving win: invited new neighbors over for pie and we chatted at length about 90s rock and a house they used to live in that was haunted. Extended family is far away but good to meet new people. Hope your holiday has been fulfilling in unexpected ways.

Happy Chompsgiving!

I'm roasting a chicken for Thanksgiving instead of a turkey don't try to stop me. (it's just a few of us and we don't like turkey enough to eat a whole bird for weeks to come)

My home state came up with this logo for the 2034 Olympics. Did they ask AI to generate a font that looks like Moab? Maybe. But in any case, I honestly kind of like it. It's intended to be a temporary logo to use during the planning stages, as I understand.

I'm pretty sure that if I showed up to a party and pulled out my phone then asked grok to do a vulgar roast of someone there, I would be the one who ends up getting roasted and I would deserve that.

Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE. “They’re failing all of us,” his mom said. thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...

every AI advocate is like "look out specific industry, AI can now create a weird facsimile of what your specific industry makes, very poorly... looks like it's over for your industry"

Fantastic new video here from @dec.ny.gov about biodiversity in New York's Hudson Valley. As someone who writes about the local ecology in this region, I really enjoyed this. #hudsonvalley www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_2L...

Let's make some predictions for where MTG will pop up in 2026. Here's mine: she'll team up with Kristen Sinema for a podcast. Olivia Nuzzi will be their first guest. apnews.com/article/marj...

Mamdani has received mega attention, but Katie Wilson's trajectory is similarly fascinating. Fun fact: her parents are both professors at my former university in NY, studying evolution and social behavior. Didn't know them really, but very interesting people. www.axios.com/local/seattl...

JAMA study: NIH grant terminations disrupted 3.5% of active clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 patients and resulting in a $1.81 billion funding loss. More than 115 active cancer trials were disrupted. www.ajmc.com/view/nih-gra...

Would be great if everyone of Trump's posts on Truth social or whatever got flooded with "Quiet piggy" in the responses. Because objectively speaking, he does kind of have a porcine appearance.

I need to build a list of online primary source databases and digitized archival collections for post-1877 Native American History. Please post your favorites in the comments. Or, if you already have a list I can build from, please send me a message! 🗃️

Neonicotinoids are great for agriculture but not so great for the food chain because they remain in soil and waterways for decades. Europe has enforced bans with evidence now of ecological benefits, but the US has been slow to even talk about these pesticides. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In this season of mosses, bryologist (that is, moss-scientist) and storyteller Robin Wall Kimmerer on the magic of moss and how it awakens us to the wonders of life at all scales – gorgeous, gorgeous read www.themarginalian.org/2015/05/13/g...

This is a great post:

From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."

Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.

Other important Epstein news yesterday: a Science journal report on how the Epstein-Barr virus causes lupus. Really great NIH-funded research. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...