Decided to put some thoughts on paper for this "anniversary" of January 6th

The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made

Are they still playing Swan Lake? Or was that about Venezuela?

fuck me sideways

NEWS: Maduro pleads 'not guilty' in court, telling the judge, “I'm innocent. I'm a decent man. I'm the President of Venezuela. I consider myself a prisoner of war. I was captured at my home in Caracas.”

Mark Kelly blasts Hegseth attempting to lower his military rank and pension. Saying "If Pete Hegseth, the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in our country’s history, thinks he can intimidate me with a censure or threats to demote me or prosecute me, he still doesn’t get it."

"America is an oil company with an army." —George Carlin

NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.

The Mayor of New York City @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has released a statement:

babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes

When people argue that renewable energy sources are too expensive, remember that we don’t invade countries to seize wind farms and there are no solar cartels. Fossil fuels have enormous geopolitical, public health, and climate externalities.

MS NOW confirms that Maduro will be taken to Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), the same facility—with horrific conditions—that held prominent prisoners like El Chapo, Sam Bankman-Fried, and Sean Combs, as well as ICE detainees.

Do something shocking, absurd, back off Do something shocking, absurd, back off Do something financially shocking, absurd, back off Do something financially shocking, absurd, back off Do something socially shocking, absurd, back off Do something militarily shocking, absurd, back off See the pattern?

RFK Jr. ordered the CDC to terminate their flu vaccination ad campaign immediately after taking office. Just in case anyone was curious about his silence in the face of what is emerging as an unusually severe flu season and why he’s not out encouraging vaccines. www.bmj.com/content/388/...

2025 was a good year for music for me. A less is more kinda year. 2026 will be another year of music and so far it's pretty dope.

Gill on Epstein Files: I reached out to sources and they say that not only did New York send over everything they had in March, but that the entire review process—using roughly a thousand analysts from the FBI’s Information Management Division—was specifically to review the files from New York

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Can someone of an archeological bent answer some questions I have about coprolite? Thanks. #coprolite #ancientpoo #poop

This made me cry in the best way.

Look, this person doesn't understand what process is and how keeping it writer-based supports style and narrative, period. Thus, several things she suggests harmless if AI-driven are actually harmful. Also, the fallacy that AI is inevitable belies evidence of a bubble 1/2 file770.com/erin-underwo...

This is a shit show & *dangerous*, as others have pointed out. I don't find the SFWA board convincing in their actions and I find their survey to be a way of passing the buck, at best. Also, we're going to find that the amateur nature of SF media will not be up to the task of parsing all of this 8/8

I don't think I'll be renewing my SFWA membership.

Newly unsealed docs show DOJ moved to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia for smuggling only after it became clear Trump might not be able to deport him. Sure looks driven by a desire to punish him for fighting back against Trump/Miller lawlessness. Trump had to be right. www.cbsnews.com/news/abrego-...

What no fuckin ziti?

He threw President Biden under the bus and now that the country is in 5 alarm fire, has the privilege of wealth to move to another country. GTFOH, Temu Batman.

This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.

I had no idea when I crashlanded here 57 years ago I'd die on the planet of shitty hot takes.

I think it's really worth noting that literally ZERO mainstream media outlets were talking about Trump claiming a land strike on Venezuela until a few others and I noticed this post here on Sunday and started asking questions. That goes completely unacknowledged in coverage.

koru recharging through the power of megaliths

Number eight in the global dub techno charts!!!! 😘 (aka 61 plays 😔) Everyone should give this a listen, share, comment and so forth.

All Labyrinth / No Minotaur by @crt.bsky.social conditionhuman.bandcamp.com/album/all-la...

ROBERT LOGAN EXPOSES HIS WILDEST FANTASIES AND WEIREDST KINKS LOL www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPKj...

Hatewatching “Landman” and this episode should be called “Everybody’s Fuckin’” #landman

Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy

@chuckwendig.bsky.social quick question: when did your people anglicize your name? I mean originally it was Wendigo I’m certain. Wendigo is Italian right? Right? What part of the boot is that?😎

#XMasBreakCore @crt.bsky.social & I go back to the 1990s, when I reviewed his first album "Subzero Sensei." He's a friend and collaborator. Containment is his D&B alter ego. Maximalist rinsing of the breaks & atmospherics. conditionhuman.bandcamp.com/album/the-ro...

The evidence against Trump’s participation in Epstein’s crimes isn’t rock solid. There is much more investigation that’s needed. But, the question isn’t “what did Trump know,” but “what did Trump do?” That’s a much, much more serious problem.

Five days *after* the deadline to release all Epstein files, the Trump regime is telling us it has “uncovered over a million more documents.” Obstruction, incompetence or both?

Thinking about this a bit, it feels real fake. And the kind of thing that'll get pointed to as way to undermine any truth claims. FWIW.

Charli XCX Does Line Of Coke With 11-Year-Old Make-A-Wish Fan https://theonion.com/charli-xcx-does-line-of-coke-with-11-year-old-make-a-wish-fan/

It's hard to believe, but our recent history has shown that, YES, there ARE people who have no idea of how a vaccine works. So, here, in colorful language that the low-informational-challenged can understand, is how it's done:

As if we didn't know. Weiss said it was b/c the WH hadn't commented. But as correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi noted, "If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a 'kill switch' for any reporting... www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...

“‘My most daring idea is to refuse,’ she said to applause.”

New York, this moment belongs to you. Please join us for the Inauguration of a New Era on January 1, 2026.

Funny how in the ring wearing only shorts is where Andrew Tate is most comfortable hugging men.

“The Supreme Court decided not to have a Christmas party for 12 straight years because the justices couldn’t agree on whether to invite the Court’s Black employees” is about as tidy an encapsulation of the Supreme Court’s whole deal as I can think of

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The collective delusion here is useful in that it has provoked conservatives to dispense with decades of bootstrap rhetoric and reveal what they would say if they thought black people were people, that is to say, if these things were happening to them