what a gift to snl cold open writers

3/ News account tomorrow need to make clear that this is a public display of mental breakdown.

Seriously, what is Trump on right now? He’s talking a mile a minute like the auctioneer from hell. Something is seriously wrong here.

take a drink every time he says "nobody has ever done it before"

This wild shit, folks. Like a future president in a 1980s cyberpunk dystopia.

Someone come get grandpa he’s yelling again, and we’re concerned

If you lost your country to Donald Trump you probably don’t have be the best threat assessment capabilities when it comes to Russia.

Always around this time of year, I begin to understand why the Neolithic druids on Salisbury Plain stood around a bunch of stones saying “when the *fuck* is the sun coming back?”

There was a NEST of ‘em at my client’s house last summer! I called them The Council. This was the last day of the job. They all came out to see me off and also poop at me.

Happy Hanukkah x 1 חג אורים שמח Never let them steal your joy.

This makes THE BEST French toast.

Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.

Beckwith’s now deleted post was a reply to this post from Heritage.

It puts the lotion on the skin, Or else it gets the hose again.

It is time for my Christmas cookie fave

Stay safe out there, ya hear?

Warming of December temperatures in the #Arctic by decade. The rate of Arctic amplification is quite large during this time of year and is radically transforming this landscape. Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...

Cottage cheese, mozzarella, Everything bagel seasoning and honey, toast.

Indy photojournalist Avery Craig grabbed by NYC cops. Displaying official City of NY press credentials around his neck means nothing to these cops. Just holding two small books and no protest regalia or slogans. Onlookers repeatedly yell, "He's press!" Charges dropped. Obvs because illegal arrest.

Holy shit. Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Chivalrous comes from Old French for chevalier - medieval knight. You know, the one who rides in on a white horse? You might not have a horse but you can still have the quality. In fact, getting down off your high horse might be the first step to becoming what you want to be. #vss365 #chivalrous

“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.

day 1 is "penzeys revolution blend" and i cant stop laughing at "we have to GET RID of this lying, cheating, CORRUPT SCUMBAG PRESIDENT!! RESIST! REVOLT! REVOLUTION NOW!! good on roast poultry and carrots"

Train in vain

There is no constitutionally legitimate scenario in which we are being de facto governed by the White House Deputy Chief of Staff using a half-dead president as his sock puppet. We went out of our way to amend the Constitution on precisely this point.

When the algebra hits

There is literally no reason for the military to be in D.C.

A bangers & mash night! Pork sausages. Yes, it was covered in gravy when served. Perfect on a chilly night. #bsngers&mash #porksauages #letscook #home

Wifey cooked up some magical apple pie

If you are interested in the methodology behind the Data Workers' Inquiry Project (@dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social), this is the paper for you. Research doesn't have to be exploitative.👇🏽

No longer #relevant with ageism prevalent headed to pasture they say I’ll throw you a bone since before they were born I’ve been rocking the world night and day Like fine wine and aged cheese I’ve matured and given up being demure certainly no longer unsure and I do it my own fucking way. #vss365

Wanna know how bad the Arizona legislator's petition forgeries were? Here's the examples from the Austin Smith indictment. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...

Wha’s Doctor Wha? Wha better kens nor he that jouks the yetts and rides the birlin wheels o time and space, shape-shiftin as he reels through endless versions o reality… —James Robertson, “Doctor Wha” in WHERE ROCKETS BURN THROUGH (2012) , ed @russjoneswrites.bsky.social A #poem for #DoctorWhoDay

This makes us unbelievably happy 😊 #DoctorWhoDay #StandingStoneSunday www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/2564341...

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

Is Piggy referring to his attempted coup on January 6th?

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

Courtesy of Scott Newstok in his wonderful book How to Think Like Shakespeare

Kind of feel bad for the Foucault-pilled scholars who've spent years being like "you see, power imposes itself subtly on the people" and now have to contend with a federal government with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer

just sharing here as I was reminded it's on github, in case people wanna make copies: github.com/oliviaguest/... the cogsci hexagon: A visual depiction of the connections between the Cognitive Sciences

Can the next please dear God can the next interviewer ask MTG about oh I don’t know January 6th etc before we keep pretending she found politics Jesus

"you can do it out of spite" 🙏🏻

I’m sorry, but when E. Gordon Gee leaves a university in better shape than he found it, then I will consider his thoughts about the state of American higher education.

I’m back. substack.com/@sarahkendzi...

According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally. Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.

azhdarchid.com/against-metr... I really do hate the term 'metroidbrania'. I think so do many of you. Let's nip it in the bud before it becomes something people are financially invested in.