"Move fast and break things," say the people who, in an uncanny coincidence, are responsible for breaking the entire planet at a terrifying speed.

The Etsy curse writers finna have a busy year

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Always worth a post

“South Africans like Dr. Booley have found a remedy for power cuts that have plagued people in the developing world for years. Thanks to swiftly falling prices of Chinese made solar panels and batteries, they now draw their power from the sun.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...

As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.

My latest comic breaking down the “generosity” of billionaires is live! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/the-genero...

Our pups have seen so much family and had so many toys and treats...they were both looking around today like "so is it toy o'clock? When does Mimi get here?" Sorry girls, back to our regular schedule of harsh New England winter ❄️

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Money: Donated to NAACP, held fundraisers for MLK Jr. and other civil rights leaders, hired Black people. Frank Sinatra was effectively accused of being woke back in 1958. And his response was to tell people, "Shut up. I'm Frank Sinatra. I do what I want. Stop being such a hateful little jerk."

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Not now, haunted Victorian shoes

Congressional retirements at a historic pace in both chambers. Per @ballotpedia.org , 50 Members have now announced. ballotpedia.org/List_of_U.S.... I gather it’s a miserable era to be in Congress for many incumbents.

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We have 526 scientists signed up for spring semester. We try to get that to about 1000 scientists before unleashing the teachers on the database. Wanna connect a class of kids with science this spring? Sign up!

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passivhaus mandates. simple building forms. no roof eaves. fire-smart landscaping. low, solid fences. cars not parked in or next to homes. shutters.

“Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.” ― Kurt Vonnegut

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Oh wow, absolute power corrupted you absolutely? That’s so weird, I got absolute power last year and my subjects say I’ve only gotten wiser and more virtuous

🚨 New Pub! 🚨 Our augmented reality museum installation about data surveillance & rights in Aotearoa NZ used by 128,000x visitors over 2 yrs — we interviewed visitors & present conclusions on how to get the public thinking about problematic technologies! doi.org/10.1145/3706... #OpenAccess #chi2025

Choose kindness. Choose love. Choose books, both fun & powerful. Choose a vehicle capable of outrunning the law, and fill it with banned books and friends who excel at a certain kind of mischief.

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In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)" news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett has filed paperwork to place her name on the March primary ballot for U.S. Senate.

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I'm going to keep saying this in my effort to speak it into reality: Supreme Court should have at least 100 Justices with rotating panels (and maybe an en banc option). No single Justice should have so much power and they shouldn't be names everyone knows.

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He was very weary; the day had been long, and full of dragons.

JOURNALIST REQUEST: I'm writing a story about how organizing/joining resistance movements can build community and fight loneliness, particularly in the US. If you or someone you know has had this experience, I'd love to hear from you! whitney dot bauck @ gmail. Signal boosts appreciated!

Ground has been broken at what will be Canada's largest new co-operative housing project in over 30 yrs, with 612 rent-controlled homes. Kennedy Green designed by Henriquez Partners Architects for CreateTO, Civic Developments, Windmill Developments and the Co-Operative Housing Federation of Toronto.

If you can't embrace and understand differences--inc gender differences--and you can't fully support the basic human rights of all individuals, or you are too cowardly to speak out against attacks on transgender people, Black, Brown, and immigrant or other vulnerable communities, don't run as a Dem.

Touchdown! #onwisconsin

Farewell to a modern great Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88 www.bbc.com/news/article...

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EDITOR'S NOTE: "When we teach the next generation of journalists to ask better questions, examine their own biases and approach each story with both depth and empathy, we are shaping the future of our civic life," Torsheta Jackson writes.

This report is well-written and I think fairly accessible - it is worth digging into the weeds a bit to understand what is going on here.

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Two weeks into a new program that gives New Mexico children free childcare, officials are opening up about the surge that happened day one & how it’s been moving forward. In just a short time, the state said thousands of children are now enrolled in free childcare, & daycares are lining up to join.

It’s been a year to the day we bought (and then didn’t, for reasons we still don’t fully know) InfoWars. We’re still trying. In the year since, we built The Onion into one of the biggest newspapers in the United States. I’m so proud of this place. I’m proud we do hard stuff. Thank you for caring.

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ouroboreos

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Due to the current unreliability of SNAP, my company has donated $1,000 to the Community Foodbank of New Jersey who is asking for emergency donations to keep up with the increased need.