Merry Christmas to everyone in the world who is Christian, and to others who celebrate it — just for the heaven of it. As for the rest of everybody, including Muslims, Atheists, Hindus, Buddhists, Animists, & Jews, Happy Thursday!

Gosh - so shocking something like this has gone sideways www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...

Happy Festivus! 🎉

Kwanzaa Facts 1. Kwanzaa is a made up holiday. 2. So is every other holiday. 3. Anyone can celebrate Kwanzaa. 4. It was created by Black, (mostly American and Christian*) people in the 1970s to celebrate Black history and the influence of African culture in the African diaspora and to assert […]

**Solstice** 10:03am ET — Dec 21, 2025 On this day, Earth's North Pole tips away from the Sun, while the South Pole tips towards it, bringing the first day of Winter to the Northern Hemisphere with increasing daylight, and the first day of Summer to the Southern Hemisphere with decreasing daylight

ATTN MILITARY: That $1776 you’re getting? He’s taking it out of your already approved BHA and putting his name on it. www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...

Happy Impeachment #1 Day to all who celebrate! 🎊

I can confirm that Rob Reiner, 78, has been murdered, along with his wife Michelle, 68, at the Brentwood compound they shared. Truly tragic news. I'll wait to share more details, but it's a sure bet this was a targeted attack. www.nbclosangeles.com/investigatio...

Had a blast participating in the Carnegie Mellon puzzle hunt this weekend with my team! Some really clever and challenging puzzles. Thanks to all the organizers and puzzle writers. 🙏 If you like puzzles: puzzlehunt.club.cc.cmu.edu

Just because it's being passed around a lot: NO, data centers in space do NOT benefit from space being cold. Space is cold in the formal sense we use to define temperature. But it is very bad at cooling. What would you rather have to cool hot metal: a lukewarm water tub or a giant cold atmosphere?

Seasonally appropriate science! ❄️⛸️🧊🏒🧪

There is a direct correlation between how fake your job is and how much value you see in AI

The NWSL says the proposed new contract for Trinity Rodman violates the “spirit of the league” The spirit of the league is not a part of the Collective Bargaining Agreement!

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

First time watching 7v7 soccer. It’s fast and exciting, but I was really hoping they’d fix the one issue 11v11 has: not enough scoring. Nope. It’s a bit better, but not enough. They had a good opportunity there. #W7F

Robin Williams knew ball 😭

Ummm enough of that weird nonsensical spectacle, how about instead we prepare for the 2025 Hey Spirits Awards! We have SIX award categories and will be accepting nominees until our awards episode (TBD). So follow this thread to join in the discussion!

Whoa! Did not expect this. #NWSL @washingtonspirit.com @heyspirits.bsky.social

Why does #USWNT keep having matches in Florida? They have no fans.

Pretty much ANY statistic you see cited to frighten you about vaccines comes from the VAERS database. (Including the recent evidence-free missive from Vinay Prasad). Here's why VAERS can NEVER be a proper source for population-level vaccine risk estimates. Thread [1/9]

Why are there stars above Italy’s crest?? @tntsportsus.bsky.social #USWNT

@heyspirits.bsky.social Any word on why Croix didn’t dress tonight?

Need a minute away from family and cooking and whatnot to destress and experience a moment of wondrous awe? You know I've got you. With the help of the massive Gemini telescope and Hubble as well… and, of course, the universe. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/stars-are-... 🔭🧪

this is not our customer service number. it’s just my voicemail inbox. you’re welcome to call. i hope you do. 216-361-6772.

I finally tracked down a pair of datasets and put them together. This is Deloitte’s 2025 valuation of the wealthiest clubs in Europe, and Forbes’s 2025 valuation of NWSL. Kansas City Current’s estimated annual revenue is bigger than Barcelona & Chelsea combined.

#Cleveland Not making a strong argument for getting a franchise. #NWSL @clevelandprosoccer.bsky.social

Here's the alt text version of how to remove AI settings from Firefox:

Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine. If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again. #sciencematters

There's just no denying it. The injury happened in the 73rd minute, the 10v11 spell let Gotham take some control they hadn't had for the entire 2nd half.

What’s up with field? Players seem to be slipping a lot. #NSWL @heyspirits.bsky.social

IT'S CHAMPIONSHIP TIME 😤 🆚 Gotham FC ⏰ 8PM ET 🏟️ PayPal Park 📺 CBS

Morning Bluesky.

just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management. remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.

chat is it good that the league went on a media blitz to laud the salary cap after being asked about trinity rodman's contract thedistrictpress.com/2025/11/17/t...

Ugh, now we gotta hear about “the rivalry” all game. 🙄 @heyspirits.bsky.social @nwslsoccer.com #NWSL

@washingtonspirit.com That's not Esme:

Science Friday: Einstein's theories of relativity showed that because the speed of light is a constant, the experience of time is relative. Even though physics leaves no room for the dynamic passage of time, it is real to us as a psychological projection. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/14/w...

The difference between the technological and the human seems obvious, but radical postmodernist Katherine Hayles disagrees.| https://bit.ly/3WuLSld She argues that our notion of humanity and its separation from what is artificial, synthetic or ‘computational’, is an illusion. #philsci 🧪 #techsky

Well shit. One less opportunity for Cleveland to get a team.

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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

The 2026 CodeMash theme drops: Code. Connect. Construct. Which one is the most important for YOUR career right now? 1️⃣ Code (Diving deep into skills) 2️⃣ Connect (The hallway track magic) 3️⃣ Construct (Building next-gen solutions) Let us know your vote! 👇 #CodeMash #TechConference #Developers

New York knows how to do Halloween!

No matter the platform you should have your default feed be reverse chron of who/what you follow and curate and diversify that feed. You’ll be better informed and less prone to disinfo and group think. This is a hill I will die on.

Hey folks: Be careful out there tonight. I bought a razor blade and it had a Snickers in it.

why the hell are they confirming trump's judges when trump's speaker of the house won't swear in Grijalva?