I am seeing so many seemingly reputable websites infected with this junk. censys.com/blog/errtraf...

Describe your bsky account in a single image

The Athletic is hiring Barry Svrluga, Adam Kilgore, Candace Buckner, Ava Wallace, Spencer Nusbaum and Jason Murray www.nytco.com/press/the-at...

It’s finally over

@bsky.app @pfrazee.com is there any way to remove a feed from my feeds when it is not currently pinned? First image is the ellipsis menu on the feed. The second is the “unpin” options. Only the second seems to do what I want.

Interesting - I'm familiar with critiques of **populism**, but this essay instead takes on **popularism**: > a politics drained of content and fixed values, and driven mostly by issue polling. The critique here is not of a lack of *correctness* (right now) but of a lack of *coherence* over time.

Testing the new feature jillianaversa.bandcamp.com/album/origins

Yikes! A super nerdy physics joke has somehow made its way into The FoxTrot Store! Behold: UV Bull signed prints... store.foxtrot.com/products/sig...

(sea monster bio) You've probably seen my writhing in The Atlantic

Hemingway was once bet that he couldn’t write the world’s happiest short story in just 5 words. He replied,

On a gray day, the perfect soundtrack to my Tuesday that's really a Monday is Origins, by @jillianaversa.bsky.social jillianaversa.bandcamp.com/album/origins

Pitchers and catchers report for spring training tomorrow. And so do I. Welcome to Nats Journal. Hope you'll join me on this new endeavor, and hope you'll help spread the word! natsjournal.com/p/welcome-to...

many beautiful women named zendesk are trying to get my attention

Livid at every single person who knew about this post and didn’t tell me

> The Chinese companies themselves are happy to sell directly to consumers. ... She would happily sell me 10,000 20-milligram vials a month at $13.50 a pop. “We are airlifted. Don’t worry about customs,” Yara wrote. “We will give you a refund if you are detained.” 😦 nymag.com/intelligence...

Some good news. > Reported levels of 11 of the 13 offenses covered in this report were lower in 2025 than in 2024; nine of the offenses declined by 10% or more. Drug crimes were the only offense category that increased. counciloncj.org/crime-trends...

> My first marital argument was over the existence of aliens. thedispatch.com/newsletter/d...

John Allen, legend of Vatican/Catholicism reporting, has died of cancer. cruxnow.com/church/2026/...

If you watched this movie and enjoyed it, please consider taking up Rian's recommendations to: 1. Watch / rewatch CALVARY 2. Read the Father Brown mysteries

You'll like my indie game if you played these games: - Wolfenstein 3D dphrygian.itch.io/schloss-der-...

My son is fundraising for his robotics team at school. They’re hoping to use the funds to get tshirts and materials for the next round. tinyurl.com/roboticscadets

"Blue Phosphere" is glitchy, ice planet electro in the best way possible. The album also shows off some rave-y house action and glassy-eyed drum n bass across an eclectic collection of tunes from the LA-based producer. maudevos.bandcamp.com/album/astral...

On MLK Jr Day, I am grateful for the Christian witness of Greek Orthodox primate Archbishop Iakovos, who marched with King in Selma. His example challenges all Christians today to continue to affirm the human dignity of every member of the human family against brutal laws and brutal law enforcement.

Sweet weeping George Washington what a boondoggle

Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating

Wikipedia is 25 today.

> We have had a political order designed to maximize lifestyle choices. ... What I want to propose is a political order that regards human contingency and dependence as normal, and recognizes that much of what makes human life enjoyable and pleasant is bound up in the giving and receiving of care.

> When one adopts an ideology, one usually accepts it as a whole, not examining each of the conclusions it entails. People accept their beliefs as a package. If you know what they think about climate change, you know their position on abortion, though there is no logical connection between the two.

Every time I go to Popeyes we play a little game. I ask if they have sweet and sour sauce yet. They say yes. I say “oh that’s awesome”. Then they give me sweet heat sauce.

My 5 favorite books that I read for the first time in 2025: - Attached to God, Krispin Mayfield - Laurus, Eugene Vodolazkin - Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl - Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir - Tattoos on the Heart, Fr. Greg Boyle

Status: Currently watching ad “3 of 2” on a streaming platform.

"'It’s like the mild annoyance when your neighbor has family over for a birthday' is such a depressing sentence."

Interesting. Hopefully GOG can continue to be awesome and receive investment in this new structure.

Oh my great shame. Today my boys, their cousin and I played Scotland Yard (boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43...). I was the suspect. They caught me - *on location 67*.

Jokes you can hear

Merry Christmas Eve, y'all! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WNC...

Just passed a very old man quietly singing “baby, it’s cold outside” as he wrapped a jacket around his very old wife in a wheelchair

My head canon is that these are the same guy

> In all kinds of ways, as ancient animals diversified into predators and herbivores, “we had to adapt our bodies and life strategies … to supply this permanent hunger for essential amino acids.” knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

I'm shocked, SHOCKED to find that obliviousness is going on in here.

It would be hard to find a better 1-2 punch on cinematic 2D platformers than this, for less than some cups of coffee. store.steampowered.com/bundle/53692...

4 player co-op Nuclear Throne is absolutely nuts. This is why I have a big screen TV y’all.

Some of my most-used words in 2025 on BlueSky were: "church" (10×) "windows" (9×) "brain" (5x) "president" (5x) My most-shared domains in 2025: 1. "thedispatch.com" (5×) 2. "wapo.st" (4×) 3. "religionnews.com" (4×) 4. "davidsmedberg.me" (4×) 5. "plough.com" (3×) See yours here: anisota.net/harvest

> Because there is no legitimate war between the two sides, killing any of the men in the boats “amounts to murder,” said Todd Huntley, a former military lawyer who advised Special Operations forces. wapo.st/49KbUJ1

> Catholicism also gave [Rian Johnson] enough distance to explore ideas drawn from his evangelical upbringing without feeling as though he were re-creating it directly. “[The Catholic setting] gave me...distance so that I felt like I could speak more directly without just hitting it on the head.”

> But when you start being grateful for, and taking delight in, small things, you find yourself rewiring your brain and looking through life through a new lens—until it is contagious. www.millersbookreview.com/p/shemaiah-g... HT: Dappled Things magazine