For years, people have wondered why Andy Williams's description of Christmas includes "scary ghost stories." The answer: Andy Williams is cool

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

I can't overstate how much I love this video. Doomerism is the enemy of progress. Documenting how things actually improved is crucial if you want to keep making incremental progress. @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social youtu.be/3eDqC87zpXU?...

finally, an expert

The best Christmas album of all time is John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better

NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader. So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.

every article about Elon that doesn’t start with the fact that he starved thousands of children to death is malpractice this man should not be walking around free let alone as a respectable member of society

Trump, on the phone, begging for praise: Did you watch it? Melania: I did not. I'll see it on the news

Ah, the good old days of "meritocracy" that institutions are told endlessly that they must jettison DEI programs for

I kid, of course. Literally cannot WAIT to try this thing

Not only can it give students a better understanding of the plot and characters in Macbeth, but it can also give them a better understanding of what it is like to be beheaded or unseamed from the nave to the chaps www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

This is so true

The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff

Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.

wherein Liam Neeson ruins another suit

omg THIS this SO HARD

Oh, I love this

Ok Tom but the boat they were sitting or standing on was floating helplessly in the water, so

10/10 for the title alone

The Trump of it all aside… FIFA handing out a peace prize is like getting Dracula to run your blood drive

I had fun designing the art for this week's Kremlinology of the Trump administration. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/a-league-o...

Let me set the scene. Britney is singing at 100 beats per minute

wait is he talking about Megyn Kelly bsky.app/profile/shar...

If Megyn Kelly were ever bitten by a vampire, he would immediately die of poisoning

THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS

Holy crap, I cannot believe that I missed this. This is 🔥 Incredible work @benjaminjriley.bsky.social

I guess my favorite is Karoline Leavitt, because she has like 40 years of unemployment and prison to look forward to

this is terrible timing, he’s due to cut the ribbon on a deep fryer tomorrow

If you see this I IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation

Yeah, I'm still seeing my books challenged and banned FOR BEING AN OUTSPOKEN ANTI-CENSORSHIP ADVOCATE. I only wish big media gave half a shit about this kind of censorship happening. It's been happening directly to me–and thus my contributors!–for 3 years now. Retaliatory book bans.

Happy to support this shameless capitalist plug. I don’t know Todd Alcott. Never talked to him. But god damn, I love his art. It’s just so cool

I'm not an expert, and I really appreciated this thread

yeah just roll ahead, full steam, it’ll probably be fine

I contain multitudes Oh Oh shit My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance

disbar

I just listend to @pablo.show's podcast about Riley Gaines, and this strikes me as similar: Repeating a story publicly over and over, refining it, adding to it, leaving details out until your narrative is low on accuracy but guaranteed to get you niche group membership and their claps and hugs

Grok, show me the saddest man alive

If people don't hate you as much as you deserve, Grok can help you get hated the exact right amount in a much shorter time #efficiency

Americans need to eat fewer ultra-processed foods and more dubious powders

This is why I have hope for the future ChatGPT would never have thought this up

The Beaverton has been killing it all week

Today is Holodomor remembrance day, one of the worst human rights atrocities of the 20th century. If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social

Hey y’all this is a make or break weekend for a lot of artists and makers. So your assignment this weekend is: like , repost, comment on artist posts that you see. And maybe even buy some great presents from the independent artists of Bluesky!

this is what will show up if you invite me to your ai & copyright law conference

gross wait is MTG trying to have a demented "your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married" moment

I think this book might have been written specifically for me