My God. That man is a walking piece of shit. people.com/donald-trump...

Tatiana Schlossberg’s death is such a loss, to herself, her family and the environment. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Today’s wholesome content is the dancers losing it as they celebrate the traditional final snow drop of the Sacramento Ballet’s Nutcracker run. www.instagram.com/reel/DSnlWXy...

Leaving a Circus Flora performance attended by Britt Lower of Severance. Our eyes met on the way out of the big top and we nodded at each other. I think I said “great job” or something.

Husband’s grandparents used to go to midnight mass on Christmas Eve, then invite their friends over for a party full of whiskey and gin, pass out some time around sunrise, then get up with the kids and put on Christmas Day. They were made of stronger stuff than I.

Hey, JD Vance. People don’t dislike you for being white and Christian. It’s because you’re a douchebag.

Today’s wholesome content is football player Fozzy Whittaker playing Mother Ginger in his daughter’s ballet school production of the Nutcracker. (Apparently, some conservos just learned that a man typically plays Mother Ginger 😂) www.instagram.com/reel/DSV_xIc...

Today's wholesome content is this video from Seattle University, encouraging people to call someone they love for Christmas. (P.S. tissues recommended) (P.P.S. this is what long-distance telephone service commercials used to be like.) youtu.be/Eh2osRNR62k?...

PBS FRONTLINE's "Surviving CECOT" is incredible, disturbing, moving, and they didn't self censor.

Bari Weiss doesn’t want us to see even the promo for the 60 Minutes CECOT story, so definitely don’t share this far and wide.

At the point in Heated Rivalry where I’m going to be disappointed if any hockey players are NOT gay.

Elf on the Shelf Support Group!!!!!! screeeeeeming!!!!!! #snl

Today’s wholesome content is Gurdeep Pandher joyfully Bhangra dancing in minus 40 temps in the Yukon. youtu.be/5gl1IKiGRS8?...

The problem with the anti-trans laws and policies isn't just blocking access to care, it's making trans people feel like shit because they hear the leaders of their country and states say horrible things about them over and over for years on end.

Today's wholesome content is the trailer for something called Sheep Detective, which involves Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a sheep, solving a murder. www.upi.com/Entertainmen...

I was at my cross stitch group’s annual Christmas cookie exchange, so is there anything I missed? Is there a good summary?

He'll be declaring our first national Festivus celebration: I gotta lot of problems with you people and you're gonna hear about it!

Too many violent tragedies happened this weekend. Thinking of the people of Brown, Bondi and the Rob and Michele Reiner. No one should be murdered where they study, where they worship or where they live.

I really hoped these two crazy kids were gonna make it.

Today’s wholesome content is this ferret getting a tummy rub.

“Before we hated immigrants, we like immigrants. And then we hate them again. We hate them, so we can like them later.”

St. Louis folks: Visiting Santa at Oakland House in Affton is much saner than the mall--and cheaper. $7 pp, take your own photos. You also get a puppet show and sweet ladies give out cookies. oaklandhousemuseum.org/santas-house/

Bright spot for today: I disputed a parking ticket, and it was canceled. It’s the little things.

St. Louis people: how are the roads? Especially surface streets in south city/south county/webster area?

Keri Russell must play Amy Coney Barrett in the movie version of this time.

Today's wholesome content: 50 supposedly easy Christmas candy recipes: www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking...

Genuinely loved this one! The poster story totally got me teary.

Honest question: does he seriously think he can “hereby” on his social media and that will suffice? And does he understand that “thank you for your attention…” is a hilarious meme by now?

May her memory be a blessing. This is not how life should end for our young people.

<whispering because I don’t want to make too big a deal of this> my 13 year old wanted to participate in my Thanksgiving tradition of playing Alice’s Restaurant … and she even sang along with the chorus a few times.

Today’s wholesome moment: my household’s resident Nonna bopping along with Jack White and Eminem.

We all know he ate that turkey after he pardoned it, right?

You either use myriad as an adjective or as a noun, but you don't do both.

Today's wholesome content, the Fred Hill Briefcase Drill Team in Detroit's Thanksgiving Day Parade. youtu.be/YnMjnVYxf0A?...

Don't be ridiculous. Raccoons won't be living with humans as pets. They'll be living in their own homes with their own schools, businesses and self-government.

High school theater is the best theater, and the people who do high school theater are the best people. In that regard, enjoy the Crucible Cast Party: youtu.be/nkjjtX83-Cc?...

Lovely piece on the @midcoastvillager.bsky.social from CBS Sunday Morning. Local news is the best news. www.cbsnews.com/video/in-mai...

47 is looking at Mamdani the way Melania looks at Justin Trudeau.

I'm signature-gathering for the anti-gerrymandering referendum. I have ancestors who fought in the American Revolution. Come for me, Hanaway. This will be a hoot!

Today’s wholesome content is this auction of Jim Henson related memorabilia. I MUST have the Muppet Show style guide!

Watching Come See Me in the Good Light and understanding that we got to share time on this planet with Andrea Gibson and they left us with their incredible art is unbelievably healing. youtu.be/t0B8sjxR7Mo?...

Chadwick Boseman still devastates me.

Today’s wholesome content is @kenlburns.bsky.social discussing the best pop ever—Vernors Ginger Ale—and its significance to his mother. youtube.com/shorts/Unci6...

I’m really not trusting that we’re going to get the full, undoctored Epstein files. The administration has had their mitts on them for too long, unsupervised.

Today's wholesome content: Malala Yousafzai handling the Jennifer Hudson Spirit Tunnel in the most demure, chill, yet gracious way possible. www.tiktok.com/@jenniferhud...

The Panera folks still don't grasp that the appeal of OG St. Louis Bread Co. was that it served 1) simple, fresh food, 2) at a reasonable price point, 3) in a cozy atmosphere. That's it. That's all it was. Had lines out the door. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/p...

Local news is the most important news.

Because he said it plainly and clearly and with a satisfied sneer on his face. He knows he can do and say whatever he wants with no consequences.

I'm gonna call it. Epstein files ain't gonna do nothin to this guy. He's still gonna be our president in 5 years.

Remember Jamal Khashoggi.