The Kennedy Center is ending the year with a new round of artists saying they are canceling scheduled performances after President Donald Trump's name was added to the facility. n.pr/4qx6Ts7

Patti Smith turns 79 today.

Someone gave me a 6x6" canvas, so...

Mitch McConnell Vows To Continue Falling Down Stairs In Face Of Fascist Takeover https://theonion.com/mitch-mcconnell-vows-to-continue-falling-down-stairs-in-face-of-fascist-takeover/

Yesterday's Xmas dinner. Once a year I make them from scratch.

TV Network Refuses To Air ‘Miracle On 34th Street’ For Outdated Depictions Of Hope, Joy https://theonion.com/tv-network-refuses-to-air-miracle-on-34th-street-for-1848159248/

Merry Christmas 🎄 🎁 youtube.com/watch?v=qzQD...

The British Museum has launched a long-term loans program that sent 80 Greek and Egyptian antiquities to India in “a rebranding exercise that preserves colonial power structures while pretending to dismantle them,” writes Emiline Smith.

Woman Struggles To Put Down Bags While Holding Coffee Like Dog Trying To Fit Stick Through Door https://theonion.com/woman-struggles-to-put-down-bags-while-holding-coffee-like-dog-trying-to-fit-stick-through-door/

The Kate Bush Christmas Special feat. Peter Gabriel (1979) aquariumdrunkard.com/2023/12/21/t... Amongst the plethora of classic televised Christmas specials are lesser-known outliers that haven’t become ubiquitous holiday viewing. Case in point: The Kate Bush Christmas Special (1979).

Happy 85th Jorma! youtu.be/WjBi0dwChx8

Will there be a memorial service for Nicki Minaj's career? (Asking for a friend.)

Work in progress

Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020. n.pr/3MKbmJH

BGS [The Bluegrass Situation] Our third Ol’ Hoss Session is out now. Watch Billy Strings pay tribute to Doc Watson, playing “John Henry” on Watson’s legendary 1968 G-50 Gallagher guitar.

When you start SO low, how do you sink any lower? Maga: Hold my beer

Filmmaker Ira Sachs and actor Ben Whishaw bring Peter Hujar back to the front of the cultural consciousness www.wallpaper.com/art/film/pet...

Sitting with this today

One of my favorite shows 💕 youtube.com/watch?v=_oBv...

A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds 70% of Americans say things have become too unaffordable and have a dim outlook on the economy and President Trump's handling of it. n.pr/4oUB8rT

I stand with Jack White ✊🏻💙

Zohran Mamdani took a leaf from Marina Abramović’s “The Artist is Present” by staging a daylong appearance at the Museum of the Moving Image, where he had one-on-one conversations with more than 100 constituents.

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens https://theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-regularly-happens-3/

Trump continues to be the mean, evil, filthy, heartless prick he's always been. Happy Holidays.

Just received my health insurance bill and it appears that my monthly premium has more than doubled! How can this be?? I definitely cannot afford this.

Work in progress

Graham Nash playing the guitar he gifted Jerry Garcia after the CSN&Y album Déjà Vu, which features Garcia on pedal steel. Jerry put the sticker on it & it became forever known as Alligator. #DeadHeadLife

Trump Calls Groceries ‘A Hoax’

Watch: Billy Strings Makes NPR ‘Tiny Desk’ Debut, 12 Years After Submitting Audition Tape relix.com/news/detail/...

Work in progress, oil/canvas

Detail views of a work in progress. #workinprogress #oiloncanvas #portrait #christophersousa

FDA Approves New Drug  That Reverses Effects Of Narcan

As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine. n.pr/3McwKqG

U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat https://theonion.com/u-s-military-carries-out-strike-on-scuffy-the-tugboat/

American Express Launches Small Sweatshop Saturday https://theonion.com/american-express-launches-small-sweatshop-saturday/