15 grafs in: "Analysts also cite recent economic challenges related to President Trump’s tariffs. A backlash from Canadian consumers and provinces, which control alcohol sales, has virtually stopped the sale of American whiskey in what was once among the industry’s biggest export markets."

prolonged and exhausting

I wrote about Bari Weiss doing the hard work of defending the rich and powerful www.thenation.com/article/soci...

You've gotta hand it to Bari Weiss -- she's got people excited about watching 60 Minutes again

What's sad is that this is the most attention anyone is going to pay to CECOT.

I'm still able to download it, but just in case I've re-uploaded it here drive.google.com/file/d/1GRcg... and here drive.proton.me/urls/X8C14W3...

Avatar, the cure for perimenopause sleeplessness. 😆

Asking this seriously: has Bari Weiss ever in her career reported out an investigative story?

CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was. You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...

To cap what has been a terrible year, we now must also contend with another Avatar movie.

“Kash Patel of journalism.”

Predictable, yet nonetheless an absolute disgrace. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.

Argentine novelist Mariana Enríquez on New Orleans cemeteries: bombmagazine.org/articles/202...

Interesting piece in El País about the wave of literature, film and TV that contend with the punitive, homophobic policies of the Franco era in Spain. elpais.com/babelia/2025...

How your email found me.

Donald Trump has destroyed the economy and set American science back 15 years. But I heard my liberal neighbor said "Latinx" yesterday. I have never felt more politically homeless.

11th-great grandfather fell into bog while arguing with horse 7th-great grandfather fell headfirst into beer barrel 4th-great grandfather shot by solider for mumbling in irish me (heritage american) 6th-great grandson killed by terminator 9th-great grandson subsumed into computer consciousness

I love heritage American pork sausage for my holiday dinners.

The Trump administration says it will dismantle a key climate-science center, while salvaging its forecasting capabilities. “Today, predicting the weather without considering the climate would be meteorological malpractice," Michelle Nijhuis argues.

Whoa ... Saludos to Blair Kamin!

Did Costar hire Olivia Nuzzi or

Hyperallergic rounds up the best shows around the world and I've got a coupla contributions! With dispatches from LA and Houston... hyperallergic.com/the-best-art...

The Sistine Chapel of the New Deal. newrepublic.com/article/2042...

Early on during the pandemic I read a book about the plague in Europe and the author described this period AFTER the plague where everyone just went crazy and I guess this is where we're at?

The part where the AI orders Manichewitz and a live fish...💀 www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

Always love an interview with Zadie Smith but I dug learning that she is the daughter of a parents with a big age gap. (Me too.) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

"With other men, Mr. Epstein might discuss tax shelters, international affairs or neuroscience. With Mr. Trump, he talked about sex." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

Dems about to learn of this phenomenon known as the Barbra Streisand effect.

Of course they have. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Go figure that actual governance is harder than talking trash on a podcast. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...

To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care: I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.  Your health care is still legal and protected.  I'll always fight for you.

Operation Condor 2.0 elpais.com/argentina/20...

Inuk artist Pitseolak Ashoona, Girl chased by dog, 1961 #WomensArt #ArtAdvent

My favorite thing about these is the disconnect between what he’s rambling about and the chyron at the bottom. Trump: “I have beautiful calves. Did you know that? Meaty, muscular calves. They glisten in the light when I oil them up.” Chyron: “Trump addresses meeting of firefighters’ widows.”

Forget Veneuela. I somehow ended on British Chinese food Tok and I think we may have to stage a military intervention.

as the hosts hint that they would like to be invited to watch the movie at the white house, one asks "is there a movie theater in the white house?" no, dumbass, there is not. It was in the east wing.

This about sums it up. defector.com/cbs-news-hit...

I was captivated by Salomón Huerta’s enigmatic still lifes of food and guns at Marc Selwyn. 🍊 The story behind them is wild. 🍊 And it’s the subject of this week’s Art Insider for @kcrw.com 🍊 Do not miss. email.kcrw.com/salomon-huer...

A status update from my dog:

The Trump Administration is shooting pangas in the Caribbean. Meanwhile, traffickers are building semi-submersibles that depart from the Pacific Coast. El País has a documentary (which has been dubbed in English). elpais.com/espana/2025-...

An entertaining read on Frank Gehry from Martin Filler: www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

I'm here for all Bob the Drag Queen related content, but am especially here for this interview in which he imitates Ira Glass. youtu.be/DD_6Fkhyxvw?...

The ways in which AI is being forced upon us... www.404media.co/anthropic-ex...

god bless rob reiner for spinal tap

He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.

Gonna watch Princess Bride and pour one out for the inimitable Rob Reiner — and everyone else who died a senseless death over this horrible weekend.

Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.

The Arc de Triomphe was commissioned to honor Napoleon in 1806. By the time construction had really begun in earnest, Napoleon had suffered a disastrous military defeat and had been forced into exile.