This weeks newsletter: the origin of my Evil Squirrel cartoons, and a little timeline on its evolution:

More clear evidence that #CatsHateChristmas? Jólakötturinn, Iceland’s #YuleCat who eats children. Worst. Pet. Ever. youtube.com/shorts/g9aEE...

Fun Sacha Baron Cohen fact: My mentor and cofounder of my office Marcus Raskin (father of Jamie) got the drop Ali G back in 2003 & became a rock star to young people at @IPS_DC. Notice how half way through, Marc’s seat is suddenly empty. He figured out the guy was full of shit and walked off stage.😂

Oh @ratatosk.bsky.social ... (HT to Wild Green Memes for Ecological Fiends on Facebook)

Might be thinking about eating the Gavle Goat. Corvids are a mystery.

Also a Christmas movie? “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”

The greatest Christmas song since Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer! #ChristmasNeedsSquirrels 🎄🐿️🎼 #ChristmasMusic #Christmas #sqrlpix youtu.be/Sf7IDph0i5I?...

Two weeks ago I said that there were likely millions of uninstalled Blackwell GPUs sitting in warehouses as there is neither the data center capacity nor the power to turn them on. Michael Burry is looking into it and it looks like he’s got evidence I’m right. www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...

“She’s the Man” is a Christmas movie. Why? Because the holidays are the first time I saw it. youtu.be/jf67WlthWXk

I'll say again: we are oddly selective about the government services about which we will say, they operate at a loss. We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money

There are lots of options when choosing more squirrel ornaments to your Yule Tree! 🎄🐿️ #ChristmasNeedsSquirrels #Christmas

Is he afraid to acknowledge the existence of Bluesky, Imgur, Signal, and Mastodon? Is he afraid to admit his own algorithms effectively mute a wide range of Twitter accounts?

Hear, hear!

I'm dreaming of a squirrel filled Christmas. With every feeder that I fill. May your days be merry and bright. And all your Christmas dreams be squirrely at night.

Squirrel of the Day for December 6, 2025 is keeping a close eye on teh hoomins #sqrlpix

Hey @ratatosk.bsky.social we got a guy who hasn't been paying his squirrel tax

Does Christmas need Godzilla? Only if it’s the Shōwa version! #ChristmasNeedsGodzilla #Kaiju youtu.be/bQqelCQ_ONU

I am sadden to deliver the terrible news that penguins have now appeared in this year’s #JacquieLawson Advent Calendar. A polar bear would have made more sense. #KeepChristmasPenguinFree #PenguinNorthPoleInvasion 🇦🇶🐧🐧⚔️🎄🎅🏻🐻‍❄️ #Christmas

Reddit knows that #ChristmasNeedsSquirrels! 🎄🐿️ www.reddit.com/r/squirrels/...

Some people are trying to facilitate a reconciliation between squirrels and penguins at Christmas, but this can only happen when penguins return to the southern hemisphere. 🐧🎄🐿️ #ChristmasNeedsSquirrels #PenguinNorthPoleInvasion #Christmas #SantasCrew

Peanut and Squirrel

There’s still time to add more squirrel ornaments to your Yule Tree! 🎄🐿️ #ChristmasNeedsSquirrels #Christmas

Who will join me now in defending the North Pole and Santa from Antarctica’s penguins? #KeepChristmasPenguinFree! ❄️🇦🇶🐧⚔️🎅🏻🎄❄️ #PenguinNorthPoleInvasion

It’s official, #ChristmasNeedsNarwhals! Probably to help keep penguins away from Santa and the North Pole. #KeepChristmasPenguinFree #PenguinNorthPoleInvasion

All these tell-all pre-Christmas interviews with North Pole insiders, but when will the @newyorker.com do a Q&A with me about the threat penguins pose to Santa’s reindeer? 🎅🏻🦌🎄⚔️🐧❄️🇦🇶 #PenguinNorthPoleInvasion #KeepChristmasPenguinFree

We owe it to the children of #Ukraine who have been abducted by Russia to fight for their return home — and to protect their identity, their language and their culture. @aussenminister.diplo.de

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“Earl the Christmas Squirrel” should be on every store’s playlist. #ChristmasNeedsSquirrels! 🎄🐿️🎼 #Christmas #squirrel #sqrlpix youtu.be/RDNOyNTYiac

Yes, Virginia, #ChristmasNeedsSquirrels! 🎄🐿️🎅🏼 #sqrlpix #Christmas

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There’s always room for another inflatable squirrel for your Christmas decorations! 🎄🐿️🎅🏽 #ChristmasNeedsSquirrels #cats #Christmas

Even as penguins are invading the North Pole, cats continue to attack Christmas decorations, especially Yule Trees! 🎄⚔️🐈 #CatsHateChristmas

That’s right, you #CantTrustElves. Especially during the holiday season.

Does Pingu’s family celebrate Christmas in the Antarctic summer, or have they moved to the Arctic? 🇬🇱 🐻‍❄️ 🎅🏻❄️🎄🐧🐧🐧🇦🇶 #PenguinNorthPoleInvasion #KeepChristmasPenguinFree #Pingu

Clearly I don’t need to do a #SquirrelWatch for this year’s Jacquie Lawson Advent Calendar because on December 1st she’d already prominently featured both squirrels and rabbits! 🐇🎄🐿️ #ChristmasNeedsSquirrels #ChristmasNeedsRabbits

Omggggggg Canada Post has holiday squirrel stamps 😍 store.canadapost-postescanada.ca/store-boutiq.... #sqrlpix

Reporter: “You have made so clear how you want to keep drugs out of the US …” Trump: “Right.” Reporter: “Can you explain why you would pardon a notorious drug trafficker?”

Last but not least, a fantastic fungus was discovered in Scotland! The fossil suggests that fungi might have had an important role to play in helping plants survive on land. Discover more about this microscopic marvel👇 (4/5) www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

Roger Stone is promoting Prospera, a “Freedom City” (per Stone) in Honduras backed by Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen (who once tweeted that “anti-colonialism has been economically catastrophic for the Indian people…”) & Balaji Srinivasan (author of The Network State: How to Build a New Country). 1/

Did you know? You can put festive squirrels outside your home to decorate for the whole holiday season, from December right to #SquirrelAppreciationDay on 21 January! 🎄🐿️❄️ #ChristmasNeedsSquirrels #SquirrelScrolling

Say it again louder for the people in the back: Christmas Needs Squirrels! ❄️ 🎁🐿️🎄🐿️🎅🏻❄️ #ChristmasNeedsSquirrels #Christmas #squirrels

Say it again louder for the people in the back: Christmas Needs Squirrels! ❄️ 🎁🐿️🎄🐿️🎅🏻❄️ #ChristmasNeedsSquirrels #Christmas #squirrels

I would be reluctant to eat any “turtle beans” — much as I would not eat any “rabbit beans” although rabbits seem to enjoy them. 🐢🫘🐇

Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders. What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."

Heard some younger children debating whether the lyrics are “Police Naughty Dog” or “For Lease: Naughty Dog.” 🐶 🚔 #Christmas #misheardlyrics

I know where my squirrel ornaments are!

It’s the start of December. Do you know where your squirrel ornaments are? #ChristmasNeedsSquirrels! 🎄🐿️🎅🏽 #Christmas #SquirrelScrolling

It is time. Unleash the Christmas music. 🎼🐿️🎄 #ChristmasNeedsSquirrels #ChristmasMusic youtu.be/p7CPsH4O3Ck

It’s now Advent, so Yule Trees are going up, and cats are already plotting to take them right back down. 🎄⚔️🐈‍⬛ #CatsHateChristmas #Christmas