I finally got around to editing the footage from this whole encounter, definitely the most beautiful moment of the year in nature for me. Video taken across a 12 minute period, sunset lit water fans will REALLY like this one! Uncompressed: youtu.be/VwQTwF8WlI0 🦑

Today I scattered heirloom pepperbox poppy seeds in my flowerbeds. They were harvested from plants I can trace back at least 75 years to my Grandmother Will’s house in Leavenworth, Kan. Tradition says to plant the seed on Christmas Day. If they make it, I’ll have crimson and pink flowers in June.

Merry Christmas, one and all!

“This is Hillsboro, Oregon, in the year 2025. For Shirley and Jasmine, and the people they serve, it’s an era of code names, secretive deliveries, encrypted messages, and concerns about government surveillance.” From Alejandro Figueroa & @hbarth.bsky.social:

"Samuel" sent us this photo from where he is pruning apple trees in WA State. "Holding up the pruning shears up all day is hard on your arms, shoulders, and back. But it's the type of work we have at this time of year and it feeds my family" #WeFeedYou

Last year I wrote my favourite thing I’ve ever written, and this year I am matching it with the equivalent rage against the tech industry - stage 4 of Enshittification, when the platforms begin to enshittfy shareholders. Out Monday if all goes to plan. www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...

"All of us are receding into history; if we are lucky, we will live to see ourselves become unnecessary, and to hear the kids laugh about how passé and embarrassing we were. They will throw away anything we've done that they can't use, which means that they will throw away most of it"

I .... I mean "“I am aware that the timing could not be worse,” the US Attorney’s Office leadership wrote on Tuesday. “For some the holidays are about to begin, but I know that for others the holidays are coming to an end.”"

Hello, my name is Jonathan, but in Washington state I go by DEUSJZ MEMORIAL BIKE BRIDGE for legal purposes

This is so cool 😎 Hey KitchenAid, please sponsor my disabled ass 😂😂 I need one

This is my mixer and I love it. It mixes/kneads all kinds of things for me and also feeds my charcuterie making with a great aftermarket grinder. If you don’t bake, it shreds cold chicken and such for meal prep with just the paddle. My previous mixer was a 1937 model Kitchen Aid.

NEW: Supreme Court, on a 6-3 vote, rejects Trump's effort to deploy National Guard in Illinois for now. More than two months after DOJ asked for "immediate" relief, the Supreme Court said no on Tuesday. Also: A Kavanaugh note on Kavanaugh stops. Tonight, at Law Dork:

got this ink blue baby a few years ago for christmas

... that only two Justices (Alito/Thomas) gave any credence to the SG's absurd argument that courts had to defer to a *fictional* (and implausible) "determination" by Trump that the Army actually is "unable" to effectively execute the law in Chicago. [2]

Noteworthy that *no* Justices thought that the SG's unconvincing alternative argument that Trump had properly invoked the *rebellion* provision of 12406 was even worthy of discussion or refutation; and ... [1]

From majority 6-3 Sup Court opinion - which the 9th Circuit has been waiting to rely on for guidance in the govt's pending appeal of Oregon's US District Judge Karin J. Immergut's opinion blocking Guard deployment here.

Sup Court denies Trump's attempt to deploy Nat. Guard troops to Chicago, interpreting 'regular forces,' to mean military. So, the president must be unable w/ active MILITARY to 'execute the laws' of the US before sending the Guard into federal service. Bkgd: bit.ly/496osZ5 Opinion: bit.ly/45nVFOu

The law Trump used to federalize the National Guard requires him to be "unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States." The Court today agrees with Professor Lederman that "regular forces" means the U.S. military, which used to be called "the regulars."

Wow. Genuinely shocked, and a hugely consequential decision. Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.

scotus ruling denying stay: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

BREAKING: Huge loss for Trump administration at Supreme Court, which rules that the Trump administration had lacked authority to federalize and deploy the National Guard to execute laws in Illinois. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

NEW: @hrcberkeley.bsky.social says they were "shocked" to learn CBS pulled its 60 Minutes segment INSIDE CECOT "just hours before broadcast" after it "had already cleared CBS’s legal review and editorial standards," and directly respond to Bari Weiss' question about their students' analysis

Friends, it is minus-43 C today (minus-53 with the windchill), nearly everyone is hunkered down, many things are canceled or closed, and yet, a postal worker just delivered my mail. I had to put a mitten on to grasp my iced-up door handle to open the door and get my mail and yell a thank-you! Wild.

Your boy talked to notable Blueskyer @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ---> talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...

Golden State Ballet has a Tony Hawk skateboarding cameo in their Nutcracker production btw. I feel the need to tell everybody this. They put a skate ramp on the stage

lollll the redaction thing is at least somewhat true, try it with this one www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...

Rivers is putting it on the numbers if he and his receivers wee the same age

Rahm Emanuel was mayor most of my life growing up in Chicago and his mayoralty was the longest sustained assault on working class communities and communities of color since the era of Boss Daley in the 50s and 60s

The Seahawks and Broncos have the best record in football, the Cowboys are missing the playoffs and Philip Rivers is carrying the team while they all do their best to lose the game, NFL's back in 2013 again

Archivists/librarians please share the coolest thing in your collections that will never be digitized.

I kind of love this.

I have viewed the reporting on the overseas torture camps which you we're trying to bury for obvious political reasons forgive me the facts were so damning and now you're so complicit

So Weiss failed to 1) protect her newsroom and reporters 2) understand public perception 3) comprehend the impact of her own actions 4) REALIZE THEY ALREADY SENT THE EPISODE TO CANADA WHERE PEOPLE HAVE THE INTERNET AND CAN BROADCAST IT TO THE REST OF THE WORLD

Come for the costumes, stay for the fascinating historical deep dive and academic rigor that one can always expect from @hannahgais.bsky.social

Since the Internet Archive has popped back into relevance tonight, just an FYI: It's one of a handful of tech nonprofits that have low-key become super important *in general* over the years, and perhaps especially this year.

Read this thread on the 60 Minutes CECOT episode that aired in Canada despite Bari trying to bury it. Some horrific details and revelations. And keep in mind that the US is sending people to torture and concentration camps.

BREAKING: Judge James Boasberg rules for those deported under the Alien Enemies Act on March 15 — certifying a class, finding the U.S. maintained constructive custody over them at CECOT, finding they were not given due process, and ordering return or that such process be given by Jan. 5, 2026.

Can confirm: Pulled 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT” segment on the El Salvador mega prison housing hundreds of Venezuelan deportees sent by the U.S. is on Global TV’s free app

this story has been designed in a lab to confuse foreigners

"Ava" shares, "This is how the almond fields in CAs Central Valley look at dawn when we arrive to pruin the trees. They are shrouded in fog and the air is full of moisture. The weather is cold but we work hard despite the elements. This is how we feed our families." #WeFeedYou

i always look back on this email as predictive of where she was heading

Religious studies folks, a request: I'm writing some text for a public-facing description of our department. (Literally public-facing--on the wall outside our office.) How would you explain what religious studies is about to passing students in a way that would make their ears perk up?

Without a doubt, the best part of 2025 for me was publishing this book. I'm insanely proud of it and am eternally grateful to all who read it, reviewed it, told a friend, listened to an audiobook, sold it in their store, read it for their book club, etc. Now I have to figure out my next one...

Bill Clinton's spokesperson says release everything in the Epstein files “What the Department of Justice has released so far, and the manner in which it did so, makes one thing clear: someone or something is being protected,” Ureña said in the statement. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

This piece is the latest in our investigative series on Flock cameras in Spokane County, which can be found in full here:

a note from @lawdorknews.bsky.social to @npr.org: here is my quick search results on the npr website for the professor you singled out and two other professors carl tobias - 207 results jonathan turley - 434 results josh blackman - 778 results

Unlike the Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) which is invasive in the #GreatLakes, Ohio lamprey have evolved with host fishes in their native range + rarely kill them. Ohio lamprey are also much smaller than sea lamprey (max length = 15 in for Ohio lamprey vs. 47 in for sea lamprey) #25DaysofFishmas

Part of the Ichthyomyzon genus of North American lampreys, the Ohio lamprey’s scientific name comes from ichthys = “fish” + myzon = to suck, while bdella comes from the Greek for “leech” - very apt for a smallish (<15 in long), wriggly worm-looking fish #25DaysofFishmas

"Or some coal! Coal can be an amazing gift. Timeless. Classic. She is the moment, to quote something the Department of Energy actually posted on X."