Sort of an unusual but necessary contribution to @religionnews.com.web.brid.gy. I'm in their debt on this one for great editorial guidance. religionnews.com/2026/01/09/a...

The fact that JD Vance is the face of the administration’s attempts to smear Renee Good is noteworthy, because they always trot him out to defend whatever they know is indefensible. Both because he’ll say literally anything and because even they hold him in contempt.

Ohio versus Oligarchy. Rooting for Ohio.

The first time Charlie Chaplin spoke onscreen, he implored the people of the world to resist the rising tide of fascism. Nearly 90 years later, it remains a timely message.

Organ tuning books as records of church temperatures over time: www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/too... Thanks to @theabingdontaxi.bsky.social and @superteadrinker.bsky.social for sharing this.

OPINION: "In Ohio, the major power company AEP has a specific rate plan for data centers and other large electricity customers. One element, called a “demand ratchet,” is designed to mitigate month-to-month uncertainty in electricity consumption by data centers," Theodore J. Kury writes.

I'm introducing a new resolution—to recognize January 6th as Democracy Day. That day was a violent assault on our democracy and one of the darkest days in American history. We can't forget what happened. crow.house.gov/media/press-...

The Georgian Lords welcomes in the new year with a post by Robin Eagles on the likely identification of new Black voters in 18th-century London and Hertfordshire: historyofparliament.com/2026/01/05/s... #HistParl #skystorians

My niece in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, has made a snow dalek that's featured in the Aberdeen Press and Journal. #proudaunt

Hello Farage

The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply. I want to make sure this is very clear.

Given everything happening right now, I updated this article with options for weather apps, web forms, and translation services — along with some tweaks to existing categories. I hope it helps your transition off US tech!

I think we all need a timeline cleanse right now…. An adorable #Greek rhyton in the shape of a #cow's head. Vessels such as this one were used in drinking parties. Since they didn't have a base, their contents had to be consumed before the vessel could be put down Dating ca. 460 BC. 🧵1/2 🏺

I have finally found good, solid proof that LLMs can't actually be used to create apps easier than before. Check this graph from www.appbrain.com/stats/number... the number of new apps should have skyrocketed but they absolutely did not. cc @davidgerard.co.uk

Kyrie, eleison. Domine, exaudi orationem meam.

Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation. I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.

O Lord of mercy, look with compassion upon Venezuela in this hour of peril; shield the innocent, restrain the hand of violence, guide the nations to justice and peace, and grant comfort to all who suffer. Guide all your faithful in what you would have us do. Through Christ our Lord. Amen

Calling is better if you can swing it, but if you're phone shy here's a slightly augmented script I made for faxing/emailing/etc (feel free to steal in alt text). Find Your Senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen... Find Your Representatives: www.house.gov/representati...

And here I thought a sinus migraine was the most painful thing I'd be waking up to this morning. Wake up, US congress!

And this is why we can’t have universal health care

writing tip: when in doubt, let your character admire a pretty tree or bird (this is also life advice for 2026)

Signal boost!

North Carolina raising the cost of products sold in state prisons by five cents is a significant increase to incarcerated workers who typically earn between forty cents and $1.25 per day.

USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked

"It’s designed to put out the most mid result..." is my new favorite off-hand dismissal of the Slop Machine.

I managed in my forties to find a way to make a living from doing the thing my brain is broken for, and both I and (I like to think) the world are better off for it. Imagine if I could have done it in my twenties, when I had energy, instead of destroying my health for decades with shitty jobs.

I’ve been in game dev for 26 years and I can’t remember any other time where a specific tech was being insistently and persistently pushed on devs as a group in the public sphere. Why would it? Cui bono? Why would any given dev have an interest in other devs using tech they don’t have a stake in?

I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.

1/ It's a holiday week, and you know what that means: Lots of travel, gatherings, and shared air. So here’s a quick infectious disease “weather report” to help you navigate the next couple of weeks of travel.

SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars. www.404media.co/flock-expose...

Please share this widely. There have been 13 peer-reviewed critiques of the Cass Review, to the extent that academia regards it as pseudoscience, but so far all have been subject to organised censorship by mainstream media. This is the first time one has broken through. Oz Guardian only still.

the epstein files as rick owens fall/winter 2024

Generative AI is a poison that kills everything it touches all so people who are already rich get to be richer while you have to be poorer

"In effect, Trump took to the airwaves, pointed his finger, and said: 'Quiet, piggy'."

Dec 17 Scripture Readings: bible.usccb.org/bible/readin... As we reach the octave before Christmas, the readings will connect Jesus to the line of David of the tribe of Judah, and indeed to Abraham. The genealogy of Jesus in the gospel makes for interesting reading for this. youtu.be/Aq8_J1TDx4c

"i can't explain trans people to my child!!" oh so you're stupid AND bigoted? pick a struggle bitch

Musk wanting people to go back on twitter is like the foxes wanting the chickens to come back to their den. They're all starving, having only each other to eat.

Happy 100th birthday, Dick Van Dyke! 💯👍 Now as the ladder of life 'as been strung You may think a sweep's on the bottom-most rung Though I spends me time in the ashes and smoke In this ol' wide world, there's no 'appier bloke

This is beautiful!

As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet. Forever.

Happy that my haiku has been selected as one of Sense & Sensibility Editor's Nominations for The Haiku Foundation’s Touchstone Award 2025 #haiku a dream of waves why do I still cling to the sand Fatma Zohra Habis #HaikuSaturday #senryu #senryusunday #vss365 #inkMine #poetry sensesensibili

This, I think, is well worth a read. And a share.

A clear analysis:

Which parents are the ones who get "parental rights?" In Bellbrook-Sugarcreek School District (OH), it's those who want to ban books featuring any "sexuality content" or "gender ideology." Inside the school board's educationally-destructive new policy: bookriot.com/bellbrook-su...

We really don’t have to worry about Trump 2028 — he does. Here’s Senile Satan enjoying a meal today at his golf course. #MAHA

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Entering the holiday season, President Donald Trump's Project 2025-tinged vision of America is in full force, with broad support despite its abject moral horrors. Dorothy Dempsey writes that a commitment to Christlike love is needed now more than ever. buff.ly/gTBV4Pa