This is giving me a much needed endorphin rush youtu.be/I5XR48KLE8I?...

I'm just sitting here, trying to figure out how to threat model for armed, masked thugs who may kidnap you off the street, then steal, and possibly sell your phone.

🚨 Columbus, OH 🚨 Members of the Neo-Nazi groups Blood Tribe and CORE attended an anti-ICE protest on the 8th. More information below. 👇

Just putting this out there www.quincetreepress.co.uk/product-page...

Playing the “Blade Runner” score in Apple Music on iOS 26 and —— OH GOD WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON

Personal finance expert you say?

My latest, for @clevelandmag.bsky.social: clevelandmagazine.com/articles/gin...

We’re not a serious country

Another day, another gazillion false claims by bigots against Americans from Somalia who take care of children. Bigot: Look at 40+ centers open the same date! That has to be fraud! Governor: That’s when we updated our software, dim-iot. www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...

It's fascinating to see the changes in one company's logo over the years.

Aka, The Portman Principle

On Epoch’s map there’s a green circle over New Albany, Ohio. Click the circle and it’ll take you to a satellite view of the business complex where Meta is constructing its "Prometheus" datacenter. According to Epoch, the total cost of construction is $18 billion and it uses 691 megawatts of power.

Not only a perfect denouement, it was the end of an era. Thirty years ago today, this strip was published.

A selection of songs from my recent Bowery Ballroom show in New York have just been uploaded to YouTube. Love and thanks to everyone who came along to shows in 2025, see you in 2026! youtu.be/w0QatPrAatU

My annual Fluxblog survey playlist is here, a time capsule of the best and most notable music from 2025. Need to catch up, get a sense of what’s been going on? You’re not going to find a better resource anywhere! fluxblog.substack.com/p/fluxblog-5...

Bryan Cranston returns to his greatest role! I’m really looking forward to this Malcom in the Middle short reboot. I’d hoped that they were able to capture the vibe of the original show and the trailer seems to confirm.... https://micro.oshaughnessy.org/2025/12/29/bryan-cranston-returns-to-his.html

Heist by Nashville.

Happy 91st to Columbus’ king of the late night airwaves, Frederick Peerenboom aka Fritz the Nite Owl!!

Vintage catalog page (Peanuts for JCPenney):

I’ve been infuriated by this since the release of WatchOS 26. Running without phone has been my main workout For a few years now. Hopefully this gets the issue some traction with people at Apple who can fix it. The calls to support and the huge Apple Support Community thread haven’t helped.

Dying at this review of Richard Linklater's Slacker

During an extended serious of raids in Columbus by ICE goons, a Facebook positive from our local (and very public) page satirizing the private neighborhood groups—disclosing the names of people who try to post pro-ICE bigotry anonymously:

A meditation 🧘🏾‍♀️: One minute and five seconds of kah-kah-kah (there was a woodpecker outside) with Periwinkle and Neptune.

As I’ve said before — the economy is astrology for men.

WE HAVE A KNEECAP BALACLAVA SIGHTING IN CLEVELAND!!!

☘️ Wilfried Nancy’s Celtic through five games: Avg. possession: 67% Shots for/against: 83–61 xG for/against: 12.63–6.03 Goals for/against: 6–11 Big chances missed: 12 Wins: 1 The performances have been significantly better than the results.

“Send her to Valalla 🖤” 😢🫡

The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.

Does anyone wanna see a really good Getty image of Rita Moreno and Sam The Eagle having dinner in 1979?

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New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..." Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.

Christine (1983, dir. Carpenter)

1. Wow 2. Shocked not shocked

30 years ago today, Don Brodka (that’s right, Don Brodka) banned Bart from the Try-N-Save for attempted theft. “Marge Be Not Proud” first aired December 17, 1995.

Columbusicans of a certain age, thanks to a loan from Curt Schieber you can take a nostalgic tour of indie concert and music of the 80’s in the Library’s Columbus Memory collection. digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/c…

Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."

Buy Jello Biafra's car www.hemmings.com/auction/1989...

Shout out to Apple, pushing to prod in a Friday afternoon.

'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.' Photograph by Daniel Ibanez

working for fox news or the white house must be so easy. any failing can be blamed on immigrants. "sorry for the late reply, an immigrant had my gmail password." "need an extension on this assignment, an immigrant deleted my file." "sorry i didn't pay the bill. immigrants."

Was delighted to hear Columbus Metropolitan Library had digitized its 2 millionth item. Was even happier that it was a c 1910 scrapbook with photos of the neighborhood!! Kids at Indianola Jr High, the pool at Indianola Park, the boat livery at Olentangy Park.

This sent me to Linda Fiorentino’s Wikipedia page. I was always intrigued by what happened to her career and remembered her reputation as being “difficult”. Reading it, I see where some of the “difficulties” may have stemmed from.

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

In the 1970s, Mulholland Dr. between Laurel Cyn. & Coldwater Cyn. was the peak of illegal racing. Racers handed out this cheeky business card to lure Van Nuys cruisers up the hill to challenge them. The Valleyites, unversed in the road's nuances, often plunged over its cliffs.

Polish advance theatrical poster for The Empire Strikes Back from 1983 featuring the Starship Enterprise #StarWars #FilmSky

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Ofc today—OF ALL DAYS!—Fifa decides to present a shambolic award to Trump when we’ve had our award ceremony scheduled FOR MONTHS! Well, their shameless display shouldn’t overshadow the humanitarian work of our honoree. We are proud to announce Guy Fieri as our 2025 GCGBAG World Peace Prize winner!