Author and illustrator @rosemarymosco.com loves molting cardinals so much that she once made a comic featuring one, which she named Bloödcheëp. Hear her recount the details: buff.ly/3hFQVr0

My first bird this year was an American Robin. A very common bird, but not very common in my yard specifically, so it was a notable appearance first thing on the 1st.

Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza. It's 25 degrees outside. Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!" Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."

Anti-war march in NYC, organized overnight. Happening right now, 8th Ave. People care.

happy new year!

In 2026, I resolve to use more stickers.

Happy New Year friends! If you’re so inclined, join me in paying attention to the first bird you see on the first day of the new year, something I started doing 6 years ago amalelmohtar.com/a-new-years-...

I know it's hip to be cynical and state that time is meaningless but two years ago on Jan 1 my mom stopped drinking and never drank a single drop again. You are capable of positive change and if a date helps you then awesome.

4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day. On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga

If you didn’t see this thread on the bad place, and you missed it here when Shiv reposted it, please read it now. You won’t regret a minute of it, and you’ll laugh so hard. 🤣

BREAKING Zohran Mamdani has been sworn-in as the 112th Mayor of New York City.

New York City has a new mayor

One last fucked up 2025 scoop—FEMA has begun issuing termination notices to CORE staff (appointed under the Stafford Act, ordinarily extended for 2 years) effective Jan 2, agency sources tell me. Sr leadership was asked if they could be given more notice but Acting Administrator Karen Evans said no.

Gonna just tiptoe quietly into 2026 and hope no one notices

So, the frog stopped the National Guard from coming to Portland, along with astute lawsuits by Oregon. Only part of what's happening, but hard to understate how fundamentally the Portland Frog changed perceptions and helped morale. Humor, imagination, courage, savvy.

When you get the reputation of being the guy with the encouraging words on New Year's Eve, it can start to come through as a little pressure -- what if the situation on the ground is worse than usual? what if people are more scared than they usually are, and with cause? what use are good vibes then?

The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

I have to admit, I also always had kinda the wrong idea about Norman Rockwell until I saw the piece "Murder in Mississippi" as a teen in art history class

They are trying to drive as many people into debilitating debt as quickly as possible

One of my favorite works this year was this illustration of a pigeon on a hero's journey, commissioned by my MFA program as this year's student/staff shirt. I later made a risograph print of the image!

Also I'm sorry, but before we can have this conversation, we all need to sit down and carefully untangle the marketing that has conflated every possible use of machine learning with ChatGPT. And not in a "well you ignorant people don't understand the difference" way. The confusion is deliberate.

LeMonde said, not on our watch

If you are a Portlander (OR) please sign the petition at SaveLloyd.com We’re trying to save this magnificent structure that is home to cool & weird businesses plus a magnificent ice skating rink. It’s one of the few large indoor spaces with free admission to walk during rainy winters & hot summers

Happy Boxing Day! Here's a She-Hulk pinup I did for Marvel's Winter Break Special, out earlier this week.

America, there's something you should know. The top three kinds of books that young people (under 25) offer to sell me on Dec. 26 are: - "Chicken Soup for the _____" - "Oh, the Places You'll Go" - Books of New Yorker cartoons I'm just saying. Keep it in mind for graduations and birthdays, too.

🧵 Our mutual aid hub has been a HUGE draw for our immense volunteer base, many of whom have never wanted to be involved politics before now. This model isn’t just about the immediate impacts: It’s about showing our values, building a community, and reaching voters — without selling our soul!

Bsky can be hard for people to get started on because it doesn't spoon feed you engaging rage bait and it's entirely what you make it. Take control of what you're seeing. Cultivate your feeds. Remember when it gets "boring" that's okay because then you sign off and do better things with your time.

Happy Starlight~🎄 #ffxiv #🐍🐱

The Netflix and Amazon broadcasts are a great reminder that live sports is a deeply, deeply difficult type of TV that requires huge crews of profoundly skilled and experienced people who have worked together for a long time to look natural

I hope everyone finds some kind of comfort today. It’s a hard time. I pray today isn’t.

Merry Starlight and Happy Holidays! 🎄🌟 #FFXIV #wolraha #art

Happy Hogswatch to all who celebrate. Ho! Ho! Ho!

Tintin magazine, dated December 25, 1947.

Peace, my friends.

Thousands of baristas are still on ULP strike across the country, and we're not going anywhere! Stand with striking baristas and don't buy Starbucks ANYWHERE. Get that peppermint mocha (and those last minute gift cards) at your local coffee shop instead! #NoContractNoCoffee

"Told through letters, folktales, diary entries and more, short story collection Seasons of Glass and Iron from [...] @amalelmohtar.com is a restlessly inventive masterclass in speculative fiction writing." So looking forward to this one! Signed preorder: www.waterstones.com/book/seasons...

The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse? You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.

The news that AI was being trained on stolen works? It was broken first about the BooksCorpus, on May 11 of 2021, and it was discussed in major news media thereafter. Romance authors talked about it. A lot. The first archive they stole was largely romance. arxiv.org/abs/2105.05241

[ …But tonight she is alive and in the western field. It is a perfect winter evening: the comet passing over the Holy See, the wind in her ears. And as she stares into the sky, remember, that she had once lived. ] [ #art ]

Alright nerds, who wants to play some Dungeons and Dreidels with me

When Hannah’s pharmacy began filling her tacrolimus prescription with a generic version, the lung transplant patient didn't know something very important: Months earlier, an FDA-commissioned study concluded that this generic was not equivalent to the brand drug -- and that her life was at risk.

I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons

Once again a reminder: We can have trans rights, bodily autonomy, gender nonconformity, and freedom of expression, or we can have none of these things. There’s no third option.

Toad sipped his tea. “Frog,” he asked, “are you making this up?” “Maybe yes and maybe no,” said Frog.

An important addendum to "look for the helpers" is "and then join them."

I want to elaborate on this a little: For both kids AND adults, sometimes one of the hardest things to do in a big crisis is figure out where and how to help. And often, the best answer to that isn't "reinvent the wheel," it's "find existing efforts and join in."

Two corollary things to remember when you genuinely want to help: -You don't have to do this alone. -You are probably not the hero of this story.