📽️ WATCH: After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, which led to 18 million hens being killed and a spike in egg prices, the Department of Agriculture didn’t investigate whether the virus was airborne. But ProPublica did. @natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD

You know that scene in Return of the Jedi where an annoyed R2 D2 chases around an Ewok, mildly electocuting it with his built-in taser because he and his friends had R2 tied to a dolley while they were preparing Han Solo for dinner? Great scene.

A new study of the last 50 years of US pop music shows “a significant increase in stress-related language, alongside declines in positive sentiment and lyrical complexity.”

VP Harris: Both parties have failed to hold the public's trust. People are done with the status quo. In comes Trump, casting himself as the change agent, with empty promises. Trump is a symptom of a failed system. As we plan for what comes after this administration, we cannot afford to be nostalgic.

Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.

WaPo Page One: @washingtonpost.com

“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.

First Mike Pence, then ~20 IN State Senators, not cowed by Trump's death threats.

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

Stephen Colbert comments on Paramount's $108B hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros "Wow ... If my company's got that kind of green ... I'm sure they can afford to un-cancel one of their best shows"

Ryan Coogler on why he declined an invitation to join the Academy “It’s not out of animosity ... I’m not good at judging things, bro. The act of ‘Hey, pick the best thing’ is very stressful for me, even when there’s no stakes involved" (via NY Times)

Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."

Last night marked Kuf Alef Kislev—the 81st anniversary of the Satmar Rebbe's escape from Nazi-occupied Europe. His rescue and founding of Williamsburg's Hasidic community shaped our city. Grateful to celebrate this history with the community and greet the rebbes.

We used to have an agency dedicated to… consumer protection

Star Wars: What If...?

It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launches bid for U.S. Senate in Texas, looking to flip a Republican-held seat.

We must stand up against corruption even when it's hard – or not politically advantageous. From NJ to DC and everywhere in between, Americans deserve a government that works for them, not against them.

This Diddy doc is insane…

So Bondi and Kash make a big deal out of arresting the J6 pipe bomber then the guy confesses that he is a Trump supporter who thought the 2020 election was stolen and his lawyer is arguing that Trump’s broadly-worded J6 blanket pardon applies to him and he should go free. Poetry.

In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.

Sebastian Stan's Winter Soldier programming almost kicked in 😂

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Federal judge orders unsealing of grand jury transcripts from abandoned Jeffrey Epstein investigation in Florida.

The most violent U.S. regions — Appalachia, the Deep South and the old frontier states — are still deeply marked by a Wild West, stand-your-ground ethos, says a new study co-authored at UC Berkeley. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/02/w...

First counties that are done in TN: —Wayne: Van Epps wins it by 70%. (Green had won it by 74%.) —Decatur: Van Epps wins it by 65%. (It was Green by 65%.) —Perry: Van Epps (R) wins it by 55%. (It was Green by 63%.) Early vote was much less red in each. This is really not enough for Dems.

First day at the post office and I walked 15 miles

The Calmest Chaos on Earth is Hawai‘i youtu.be/fOJeGUM_IVI

Spending more now on multimodal transportation options like bikes, buses, and rail can help states save millions or billions in the future that would otherwise be spent on costly car-centric roadway infrastructure. rmi.org/building-sma...

6 Essential Clone Wars Arcs Everyone Should Watch, according to @slashfilm.bsky.social • The Mortis Arc (315-317) • The Umbara Arc (407-410) • The Shadow Collective arc (514-516) • The Rogue Jedi Arc (517-520) • The Clone Conspiracy Arc (601-604) • The Siege of Mandalore Arc (709-712)

"Plan B for us is quite simple. It's increased support for Ukraine, more weapons for Ukraine on the battlefield, more support for their economy, and increased sanctions against Russia" -- NATO diplomat Hey guys, maybe that should be Plan A at this point? Just saying...

IHeartRadio says they won't play AI music on their stations 🎵 "That's a promise"

Nature Begins Reclaiming Chuck Grassley

“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”

“Network” premieres today in ‘76 “.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.” @ditzkoff.bsky.social

can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport

This feels like a plot device for an episode of Doctor Who.

It is wild to me that the largest company on the stock market, one with such incredible prestige and a huge PR team got dog-walked here. Why would you EVER give this ANY oxygen? Now everybody is asking whether NVIDIA is like Enron! This didn't help at all!

“.. This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are — a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.” @cwarzel.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed

oh you GOD DAMN THINK?

CNN: Breaking news… this is big, we have learned that the justice department's case against former FBI director Jim Comey and the New York attorney general have both been dismissed

So last night, I dreamt Secretary @hillaryclinton.bsky.social was following me on Bluesky 🦋✨

Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen

Twitter (X) has rolled out a new update that shows locations for all accounts Many 'American' political accounts were exposed as foreign users pushing controversies