Glass Island Reel youtu.be/ltppNqs-PFg?...

Donald Trump telling Marjorie Taylor Greene not to talk about Epstein because "my friends will get hurt" is an example of how manipulative Donald is. Donald doesn't have any friends. And he only cares about himself. He was trying to manipulate her to protect himself.

Trump commuted the sentence of Philip Esformes, behind a $1.3B Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Florida Senator Rick Scott led a company that paid $1.7B for Medicare fraud. This is the party pretending to care about Medicare and Medicaid fraud.

What is the actual plan for this? AI magically starts producing new industries that don’t exist in the next three months? The unemployed who have never done construction work start doing construction work? Nothing is pointing in this direction, except for elite spending on tennis seats and gambling.

What America Might Look Like Without Immigration. Answer: Terrible. A ghost nation. Economically weak and morally deplorable. Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/b...

Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.

“Putin was very generous” Notice how Trump can’t stop praising Putin, even while Russia is bombing Ukraine. Authoritarians recognize each other.

Americans who believe that their financial well being is worsening, are blaming the White House. Also, Trump hasn’t been able to sway independents. A majority (54%) of independents said their financials are worsening, +9% compared with February’s polling www.theguardian.com/business/202...

35 million Americans live in poverty, and yet, this is what our president is focused on.

Forced removal of ethnic, racial, or religious groups is ethnic cleansing – stop calling it 'deportation'. It's also a crime against humanity.

Save this, it's perfect.

Mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist, the great polymath (omnimath is more like it) John von Neumann was born #OTD in 1903. He considered his quantum mechanics contributions to be most important. To get a sense of the breadth of his work look at his Wikipedia “known for” list. 🧪 ⚛️ 💻 🧮

So to sum it up - what I got 2 days ago is correct - US claims ownership of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Russia runs it and sells energy to Ukraine. That’s why Trump mentioned the “cheap prices” Guarantees are on the Europeans. And if this doesn’t work, Trump says, “they’ll just keep dying”.

At the end of this year, it does us some political good to read some of the really straightforward writing on the state of our domestic politics. Because we have to be honest with ourselves. @radleybalko.bsky.social's writing is exemplary here.

Remember the 22 day gap in the pipe bomber's whereabouts? Trump's DOJ claimed today that they don't have that info because the suspect "wiped" his phone on December 15th. But they were able to get what they needed for January 5th? But then not January 6th? Okay, Jan.

It's been the hardest possible time to make something good happen with my rock & roll love story #TheSoundOfSettling, but that doesn't mean I'm giving up 2026 is the year of Lila & Grady, I'm calling it now #SignTara #BookSky taradublinrocks.com

Today’s reminder: Epstein emails prove that Trump is compromised by Russia

I can see the defense. The contract was with the Kennedy Center, not the new name on the building. Who would want to perform in a building named after a criminal, convicted of sexual assault , defrauding charities, and the State of NY.

Love that a big part of 21st century life is dealing with our oligarchs’ mental illness badfaithtimes.com/learning-to-...

Our heads are literally spinning from the Trump regime, so while we have short holiday break, let's see what good ol' Republican policies do to the US. The lack of legislation on oil and gas wastewater is going to destroy the water supply in Oklahoma. ... 🧵

JD will go down with Epstein Thiel. JD is Thiel’s toy boy and lil MAGA Mush Johnson blocked @wyden.senate.gov’s PETRA bill from coming to a vote after Scott Bessent blocking #PETRA for a year. We need to #PassPETRA www.beltway.news/p/scoop-sena...

When people argue that giving Ukraine too much security from another Russian assault is dangerous you know there is something fishy going on.

If this argument from isolationist "scholars" makes no sense to you, except as a sop to Putin, that is because it is BS.

So Trump says it was Democrats who were involved with Epstein. Guess who was a Democrat back when they were close buddies with Epstein?

Today's programmers? They were raised by finance grifters. They would sit there for 5 hours manually doing a bullshit task that 5 minutes in a terminal would automate away forever. They seize on LLM's because they never learned awk. Awk has been around since 1977.

How Does Trump Psychologically Control MAGA? Psychiatrist and retired decorated Army Colonel Dr. @geoffreygrammer.bsky.social Explains. Does Trump bring out the evil inside of some people? Or does he plant that evil inside of MAGA? www.patreon.com/c/PoliticsWi...

Cynthia is facing a heartbreaking journey with no one by her side.After 36 years of helping others,she now needs our support.Every donation can make a difference. Please Share her story Thank you! Fundraiser by Cynthia Malone : Donate to in Cynthia's Final in share.google/qp5MaOE5OKkO...

Crying 🤣…In August, South Park writer @tobymorton.bsky.social anticipated that Trump will add his name to the Kennedy Center so he purchased the domain names for TrumpKennedyCenter.org and TrumpKennedyCenter.com with plans to troll Trump like he did with his Boebert site thehill.com/blogs/in-the...

Our friends, family members, coworkers, and neighbors have so lost the plot of humanity due to some cocktail of misogyny, political tribalism, self-preservation, or simple cruelty that they are siding with sexual criminals rather than their survivors. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-epstei...

The numbers are in. More people watched the bootlegged 60 Minutes CECOT segment than watched Trump’s Kennedy Center Honors on CBS.

About two years ago, under Biden, I saw "Help Wanted" signs everywhere. They couldn't enough people to fill all the jobs. Now it's layoff after layoff under Orange Julius Caesar. He's a job destroyer, not a job creator.

Oh look - a broad array of right wing, Jesus-free MAGA Christianity & apocalypse porn; and little old me.

Bird in the Gravel youtu.be/MAQq0yj8FIk?...

Started the day with some Glass Island Reel: youtu.be/ltppNqs-PFg?...

"According to the Congressional Budget Office, a non-partisan agency, households in the bottom decile of income distribution will lose about $1,600 per year as a result of the law, while those in the top 10 per cent will see a $12,000 annual gain." www.ft.com/content/4927... Not so beautiful

Britain is not immune. The links between the AfD, MAGA and Reform are clear. They even inform US government strategy. www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

Remains found by a farmer in a long forgotten chamber on the Isle of Bute, Scotland are the remains of 2 people from the Bronze Age. 👇 BBC News - Remains found by island farmer are two people from Bronze Age www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation

Trump wants Greenland exactly the same way a toddler wants the candy in the checkout aisle.

Kaikai and Keeper Joseph were walking in November when she stopped, lifted her tiny trunk, and smelled the wind – turning her head to and fro. Sure enough, Joseph heard wild elephants moving, just out of sight. She's only months old. But already, she's looking out for her family: set.bio/kaikai

Kaikai – a force to be reckoned with Kipekee – tiny but mighty Tytan – the gentlest black rhino Arthi – composed and independent, but bellows at the top of his lungs at feeding time Each adoption helps give these babies the family and the wild future they deserve: www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.o...

1,544 snares lifted. Countless wild lives saved. In October, our SWT/KWS Anti-Poaching Teams patrolled 43,066 kilometres across Tsavo, Meru, the Mau Forest, and Kenya's coastal forests – supporting firefighting operations and helping shepherd elephants safely: www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.o...

Yetu is an entirely wild elephant – born to ex-orphan Yatta in 2012. vYet she keeps coming to show us her babies. On 7th December, she did it again – this time with a brand new daughter. Her name is Yasmin. And just like that, Yatta is a grandmother twice over: www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.o...

Two years ago, a one-day-old rhino was found alone in Tsavo. His mother never appeared. Today, Chamboi is a healthy two-year-old. Black rhinos are critically endangered, and he has years ahead before he can reclaim his place in the wild. Until then, he has us – and you: swt.bio/chamboi