UPDATE: in point of fact there is not an innocent explanation for this.

LOL "Bari killed this meticulous story because it was unfavorable to the Trump administration" is literally the story they're giving to their stenographer

It got Bari’d.

Looks like sending it through Byers didn't have the intended result

To write about 20th century newspaper comics, I went to four university special collections, used material from three printing/type museum/archives, visited three artists’ studios, and bought 100 or more items from eBay!

Very disappointed with the Hanukkah candles that we wound up with this year! Bad wax, bad wicks. Our family menorah has about a 3/8 inch candle base. What is your go to Hanukkah candle? I want to buy them before I forget for next year!

Tommy Robinson Right Wing hate monger deported from Dubai over insults towards Muslims after Dubais authorities were alerted to his hate filled tweets. Massive respect for Clifton Ty Mitchell for getting the ball roiling by confronting Tommy face to face.

The rate of return here is crazy: for a few hundred thousand dollars, this lab produces literally billions of oysters and supports a seafood industry worth hundreds of millions. And the Trump administration is just like "fuck all that, it's wasteful spending, you're fired"

Amazing work from whoever was up in N6914W over Ohio … www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

Watch it before it gets taken down 60 Minutes CECOT video. www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...

The hypocrisy is just so blatant.

Bari Weiss going from purported brave defender of free speech and open debate to chief censor of reporting about a federal concentration camp is so grimly hilarious

As the child of what used to be called a ‘mixed marriage’ I can’t imagine how I’d have felt if one of my parents was advocating for white nationalism.

Bari Weiss meets 60 Minutes

Not to be too conspiratorial, but this story would undoubtedly portray the Trump admin in a bad light (they sent innocent people to be tortured through a process the Supreme Court unanimously held lacked due process) and now CBS isn't airing it on time.

weiss is not a particularly clever or subtle propagandist

Things are Terrible, but this isn't. Be weird.

Worked hard to get this into Guardian Oz & big props to @fiercemum.bsky.social for setting it up & Melissa Davey for publishing it. She will doubtless get loads of hassle from transphobes for it, but it needs to be out there. Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.

started / going

JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"

I forgot that Tiger Mom convinced JD to write it. www.theatlantic.com/business/arc...

I worked at South End Press in the 90s and met/hung out with Chomsky a few times. A lot of professional leftists are prickly, under-socialized, and/or annoying. Chomsky is just a jerk. He wouldn’t notice Epstein’s flaws because, fundamentally, he’s also just an arrogant white dude.

Thinking today about this sentence: "Every $100 increase in median rent is associated with a 9 percent increase in the estimated homelessness rate, according to a 2020 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office."

Chomsky (and Stephen Hawking) being friends of Jeffrey Epstein seems like a wild choice but nobody shows class solidarity like the rich.

It would be hilarious if the first use of Congress's inherent contempt powers in half a century is by an R Congress against an R DOJ

TPUSA recreated the booth where Charlie Kirk was shot and killed, and attendees lined up to take selfies in it. So weird.

They also got rid of the mandate that made the pool larger and healthier, which would have kept costs down as well.

LANKFORD: In 2010, before Obamacare kicked in, the normal healthcare premium was $215. HUNT: Right. But insurance companies could refuse to cover you for a preexisting condition LANKFORD: That's true.

the house I live in didn't have indoor plumbing until like the 1930s, we live in an age of wonders

"We need more diverse views on Harvard's campus!" The views: Hitler worship, nazism, misogyny, antisemitism, racism, Islamophobia etc. Every time.

My write up about ligatures and this broken joke from 2020: glennf.medium.com/dont-coffin-...

THE SOLSTICE OCCURRED @ 20251221 10:03 AM UR ASTRONOMICAL WINTER HAS JUST BEGUN THO UR METEOROLOGICAL WINTER BEGAN 12/1 BUT UR DAYS WILL NOW BEGIN 2 GET LONGER CONGRATS U MADE IT

“Traffic lights across the city were down, seemingly confusing the driverless cars — and halting them in their tracks. Riders and pedestrians posted videos of Waymos stuck at intersections, long lines of drivers behind them.” missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...

BRENNAN: What are you going to do to force DOJ to comply? MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.

labour mp like @tomhayesmp.bsky.social using language like 'inclusive culture' when his government is about to introduce segregation policies bcos a bunch of whiny bigots in the press are demanding it. you're banned from the pub? maybe now you labour twats will get a taste of how trans ppl feel.

suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research: they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.

Those thumps I heard on the roof earlier make sense now 😂 Washing my hands, minding my own business when I hear aggressive squeaking on glass noises. Looked up to see these two raccoons rubbing their paws on the glass lol

I did not tree that coming.

Jury acquits L.A. man who towed immigration agent's car during TikTok influencer's arrest

Shapiro and Bari Weiss and a range of other Jews on the right believed that they could make a deal with the christofascists on the basis of shared whiteness/ shared hatred of Palestinians/Muslims/shared hatred of the left. 1

months of coverage like “mayor mamdani? some jews fear the worst” and my man is out there enjoying some latkes with inigo montoya

This is my Christmas gift to my homeless neighbors, to the volunteers who get great joy from helping them…and, yes, to myself. Merry Christmas to all! 🧵 9 of 9

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

next time you get imposter syndrome remember that NYT columnist @kevinroose.com exists. you can't be more of a fraud than that fucker.

Mr. Beastbeard the Pirate, coming soon to Netflix.

I don’t want to watch a video of terrible men experiencing violence in a boxing ring. But I appreciate that they explicitly demanded this and were willing participants in being beaten to their respective pulps.

Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place. Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.