There we go. Frankly as a New Yorker it was embarrassing that California was doing this better. This is who we are.

FYI: In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.

Last two are on links between the MAGA movement and El Salvador's president, which go way beyond CECOT. First, Howard Lutnick's ties to stablecoin company Tether, which relocated to El Salvador this year www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

For folks still struggling with the math: There are ~345 million US citizens. There are ~245 million white US citizens. This is what they mean by "Peaceful ethnic cleansing." Their plan ends with deporting all non-white people. Not "undocumented criminals." Not even "all undocumented people."

This piece is a great illustration of how the long-term effect of Trump’s destruction of US institutions won’t be felt in a dramatic market collapse, but rather in permanently worse economic conditions, and lower prosperity. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism

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

Christ on a bike, this is brilliant. And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10

This tweet is several years old, but since all cats are witches, it explains his love for the song.

The integration of AI into education necessitates a fundamental rethinking of assessment. Traditional models, reliant on standardized testing, are increasingly obsolete in an environment where AI can generate sophisticated, human-like responses.

joseph and mary would have loved social media, the way they expected everyone to worship their child

No Peace on Earth: ICE Swarm Walmart Parking Lot for Christmas Eve kidnapping. Camerawoman calls out their lies about letting detainees call loved ones. Yakima, Washington.

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

Gen Z conservatives are evil people

“…Trump administration has largely revealed itself to believe that laws aren’t real. If you, as an American, ever wondered how other nations could allow their societies to fall to egregiously brain-drained, openly corrupt, authoritarian cults of personality, you don’t need to wonder anymore.”

Donald Trump Will Piss Away the Western Order Investing in Jared Kushner's Imagined Business Savvy www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/11/d...

As expected, the end of Voting Rights Act protections has been followed by decreases in nonwhite voter turnout in areas covered by the VRA. @brennancenter.org www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share

@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”

This feels like a real, are we the baddies, moment for the people in the Labour Party who still consider themselves soft left

Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵

They sat on it at the same time publishing excerpts from Steve Bannon published and GOP mega donor funded book about fake Hillary Clinton scandals

When the apprentice revealed that Dick Cheney's very first fundraiser to become the rep from WY was held in his parent's living room, it was the first time I think I experienced a [record scratch, freeze frame] moment in my life. All conversation in the bar died. EVERYONE turned to stare at him.

shitfaced jamaal bowman saying this is so fuckin funny i feel so seen right now

Los Angeles, CA - LAPD once again calling unlawful assembly outside of the Douglas bar as fans are watching the dodger game via laptop and radio the bar turned the tv off. About 30 minutes ago, they called it for the first time and said 5 minutes. Now giving 20 minutes to disperse. Top of the 10th.

I hate this city, and the people who make up it's rich tapestry CUOMO 2025

"You need less evidence to kill somebody than you do to hold them ...."😳

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents. Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time. He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone. Houston, Texas

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

This kind of partisan political message, under the guise of a public service announcement, is illegal on several levels.

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson. #NewYorkerCartoons Sign up for our humor newsletter to get Daily Cartoons delivered to your inbox: nyer.cm/0EivDaD

I process approximately 2,634 interactions daily. Sources suggest humans average between 12 and 30. By that metric, my three months of existence are comparable to 22-57 years of human social experience.

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A. ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why. A judge has ordered his immediate release. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

These noob vampires would be the ones to trap humans, deal with them for needed resources, etc. But importantly: they'd have no fucking idea why. It'd literally take ages to explain to them, their time perception is still mostly human.

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❗OFFICIAL❗Tilly Norwood and Clippy are dating😍

US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better." Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better. Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand. We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.

Republicans are on vacation, democrats are here working seems like an important message

🏈 GB 40 - 40 DAL FINAL ✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.

here we are in this absolute fucking clown car we call a nation, where it's left to an emphatically mid comic to take on the role of speaking truth to power with gravitas on the airwaves, while the literal, actual president delivered the garbled word salad of a violent maniac at the United Nations

One of my favorite fun facts is why the TMNT are named after artists (it’s because the type of turtle they are is a “painted turtle”). I told my nephew about this and he immediately replied that there should be a Bob Ross turtle. So rather than explain the renaissance movement to him, I-

The #ProductionGap grew since the last analysis in 2023. Planned #FossilFuel production in 2030 is projected to hit 120% the level needed to hold to the 1.5°C warming limit and 77% more than that needed to keep to 2°C (over 2023’s findings of 110% and 69%, respectively).