OMG he was sworn in on a stack of Qurans. MAGA is going to lose its tiny mind ... what there is of it

Does anyone happen to know (or is anyone) a digital artist who'd be willing to discuss their education / career with me, to help me counsel a young man (17) about post-HS possibilities? Especially helpful might be someone autistic or otherwise neuroatypical.

Bizarre Ecosystem Discovered More Than Two Miles beneath Arctic Ocean

Green-Wood Cemetery after a snowfall: even color pictures seem black and white.

my merino wool socks from yorkshire (i know i know) arrived today having mysteriously not been tariffed anyway they're lovely but a trifle big in the foot & absolutely positively not supposed to go in the dryer

trivial eyeroll dept: people who bought "wide-leg" sleep pants 1-starring them bc the legs are loose the same people are complaining that the product photo shows the model wearing a matching top. is the product called a "set"? no it is not. it is called "sleep pants"

New York Gov. Hochul has signed the Horseshoe Crab Protection Act! ABC advocated for this legislation, which will phase out harvest of horseshoe crabs over 3 years, with a full ban in 2029. The crab's eggs are a vital food source for Red Knots & other shorebirds. riverheadlocal.com/2025/12/20/h...

James Talarico: The Bible doesn't mention abortion or gay marriage, but it goes on and on about forgiving debt, liberating the poor, and healing the sick. The closest thing we have to the kingdom of heaven is a multiracial, multicultural democracy where power is truly shared among all people

the best two minutes you'll spend all day 🐾

Why is sex-as-punishment or sex-as-suffering elevated as art, but as soon as you see characters having sex for the pure pleasure of it, it's immediately dismissed? Why do we have so many graphic depictions of sexual assault and sexual trauma and so very few of sexual fulfillment? Rly makes u think

honestly i have no idea how people can bring themselves to explain these things so calmly and patiently. i'm just your basic garden-variety cis queer person and i'm at the point of throwing crockery at the wall

In addition to this administration trying to kill kids, and they're also coming for our binders? OUR BINDERS.

That title alone seems likely to be worth the price of admission! #BookSky

Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet

I hate those fucking things. A flash of claustrophobia every time I go through, esp. if they've also installed the spiky steel walls around. Sincere blessings to every fare evader -- the more of this shit the MTA wastes our $ on, the more success I wish you all.

God how awful would it be if you liked a writer personally but not their books Fortunately i do not find myself in that situation That is, the Wisconsin Gothic series is the bomb Anyway www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #BookSky #BookReviews #RomanceSky

To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care: I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.  Your health care is still legal and protected.  I'll always fight for you.

Oh sure, when it's *your* food bowl it's "too small" and "gives you whisker fatigue" but when it's MY cereal bowl, WHICH IS THE SAME DIAMETER that all suddenly goes away, I see how that is...

gosh the website seems to be having technical difficulties i wonder why that could be

I'd love to review this, but alas, I will never get an ARC from #NetGalley: despite my near 90% feedback ratio I have never been approved by @torbooks.bsky.social -- not even when I've reviewed the author's books from different publishers.

got a medicare handbook in the mail today glaring at it in the knowledge that nothing that comes from the regime can be trusted anymore are republicans lying? (are their mouths moving?) goddammit

I might not have posted this, because I am but a humble peasant with a couple of hundred review followers, but I'm shocked by how few reviews there are on either of Bezos's hellsites, so here goes www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #TheMountainGoats

I always run into Brad Lander around the neighborhood because he's on his way to help people out; Goldman was supposed to be at a community meeting (of mostly elderly folks!) who had all come out to talk with him, and at the last minute, he FaceTimed in from his car instead, and left the call early.

How long do we think before US citizens are also required to disclose social media history before getting on a plane?

fat bear week is good, but don't forget about borb season

If anyone wants to get drunk quickly and inexpensively I highly recommend being quite old.

personally offended that Bari Weiss is a lesbian

I'm just going to post this song as often as possible until it's sweeping the nation. I want to hear this playing in supermarkets.

I fucking wish. The heat pump is fine in the summer, when the dehumidifying function keeps the house cool, but in very cold weather it doesn't circulate the heat well & we either boil or shiver. Might be bc of our old house's layout, but we're not getting rid of the radiators yet.

Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...

n.b. the article includes a link to a gofundme for ferreira's legal fees i cannot believe what fucking scum these republicans are. even after all this time my mind just boggles

recommend recommend recommend recommend that is a complete review of the wisconsin gothic series. i have spoken. #BookSky #Romancelandia

I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.

i have a mantra about this: until the advent of rifled weapons, childbirth was *more* dangerous than combat

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship.

i wouldn't hire this woman as my real estate agent never mind u.s. attorney

shout-out to all the reviewers who somehow quote exactly the passage that lets you know you need never take another look at that book as long as you live #BookSky #BookReviews

Saturday, I went to Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive (HA/HA), 250 Bowery, for an event related to the exhibit “DQNY30: The Drag Queens of New York”…and to see the exhibit itself. Spotlighting #NYC drag queens of the #90s, the exhibit is up through Nov 30. www.howlarts.org/event/the-dr... #photography #LGBTQ

I require an industrial strength helping of pure, uncut Cancel Culture this morning. I want the real deal. Gimme the fully leaded Original Recipe stuff

“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”

@americanprogress.bsky.social How can you justify keeping #LarrySummers as a fellow of your organization, when you know as well as the rest of us that he's a documented sexual predator?

People who would like to be emperors get very excited about historical emperors.

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Let me have breakfast first jfc

From a reddit post discussing ICE moving into Charlotte

Tom Nichols says smart things sometimes (no, I'm sorry, he does -- sometimes!), and his cat is cute, but he actually seems to be certain we'll have free and fair elections in 2026. Such optimism, my goodness.

w/apologies for posting anything that includes cheetolini's face: look at that fucking face. someone else is talking & he's staring into the distance bc other people aren't real to him, it's just meaningless noise also, jfc that mantelpiece *makes gagging noises*

You can think it’s good that Massie and MTG are stirring up shit within the GOP caucus without thinking their politics in general is good. It’s not hard at all in fact?

"ayn rand can burn in hell" is my "cathargo delenda est"

THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks. You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.