Cholera surges across the continent show why water systems are central to public health resilience. 2025 is the worst outbreak in 25 years. As Somaliland braces for drought, we must invest in safe water and WASH — not just emergency plans. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

The joys of people finding out who Biff Poggi is 😂

united states military

U.S. prosecutors in Chicago are dropping another case tied to Operation Midway Blitz, "without prejudice." It's USA v. Nathan Griffin. Below is the motion, followed by excerpts from the complaint. The feds don't say why they're dropping it, but they had until today to secure an indictment.

A 22% drop in deadly fine particle air pollution in NYC after traffic congestion pricing is astonishing. Meanwhile, Trump‘s EPA has moved to kill a safer health standard for fine particles & reinstate an unsafe standard, & the House GOP votes today to take away Americans’ right to safe, clean air.

Have a thing in my to do list that is just "open bank" and I'm pretty sure I left out some words there

beer bars are needed just in time for all of them to have closed

some other pics he took, with Tucker Carlson, Dave Ramsey, Colby Covington and uh Jelly Roll

The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.

As things stand now, the NWSL isn’t fighting for Trinity Rodman. It’s fighting against her, and shadowboxing with its own potential in the process. A column, at @theathletic.com: www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...

Not hurting enough people fast enough

ending your resignation letter with “you can take the girl out of New Jersey, but you cannot take New Jersey out of the girl” should be considered an actionable true threat.

judi dench. horrendous disappointment. but what're you gonna do?

There's a second front in the conservative war on the Department of Veterans Affairs. In addition to privatizing health care, Trump is now taking aim at veterans’ disability benefits, which serves 7 million Americans. Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon report. prospect.org/2025/12/08/t...

get in loser we're doing tv timeouts for soccer

"I am Spartacus" but for sex pests

The damage done by MRA/PUA culture and it's sub-genres since continues unabated. The male loneliness crisis is just men listening to shitty men as teens.

I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30

Sad times ... flip.it/-v9iwY

Might be the most successful of the cabinet secretaries in doing what he wanted, to this point

The proliferation of AI-generated cute animal videos is a great reason to follow animal rescues, and donate to them as long as you're doing that. For the care of the animals and also creating a space for reliably authentic videos of baby skunks skittering across hardwood floors

ok look Henry Cuellar sucks but this is pretty funny he took the pardon now Trump has no leverage over him so he filed to run again and Trump is losing it

december vibes

This man did a photo opp of himself destroying homeless people's last possessions.

NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones! My guide:

Since 1995, Madrid's Metro has added 107mi (172km) Since 1987, Boston's MBTA has added 4.3mi (6.9km) Boston's system has 39.5mi of heavy rail and 26.7mi of light rail. Madrid has 184.3mi of heavy rail and 17.3mi of light rail - 3x more! I wonder what it's like living in a functional society 🤔

new video shows Kit Kat did not “dart underneath” the vehicle as waymo originally claimed. he was sitting under the car in front of the right wheel before it just ran him over. someone even approached the vehicle to try and get him to move seconds before it happened. missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...

Pretty weird how this exact same thing keeps happening

smearing a dead guy by starting a rumor he was homosexual... they really are the intellectual heirs of william f buckley jr

Sipping coffee, watching Everton winning 2-0 with a cat on my lap

Gonna tell my kids this was Roar

IMO not enough scrutiny directed at VF's Mark Guiducci, who hired Nuzzi. The RFK affair was disqualifying on its own ofc, but the fact that it happened (it's RFK Jr!) was an obvious sign more ethical lapses + embarrassing stuff was floating around. Reflects poorly on an EIC to not anticipate as much

Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.

Right wing grift circuit next up. Or maybe Bari Weiss will put her in it WH.

I wish Grant Wahl was here rn

A "FIFA peace prize" is definitely the sort of honor that guy is worthy of, we can say that much

yeah see, Larry Ellison is pressuring Trump to intervene in the Netflix Warner Brothers acquisition. And seeding the idea in friendly right wing media that the Netflix acquisition is an antitrust concern, but it's of no worry if instead, the planet's second richest man owns the entirety of media

A ridiculous coda to this story: A USTA source tells me that Trump wanted to hand out the trophy to the winner of the US Open men's final but the organizers said no and compromised by displaying the trophy on the balcony of the Rolex suite where he was sitting.

Duolingo announced it was going “AI-first” just over six months ago. Since then its stock is down 64%.

when we rebuild public health in the US, make sure there's mention of how the final nail in the coffin was hammered in by Dr. William Cassidy, Senate Health Committee Chair and Resident Senior Coward

this is your fault, Bill personally, specifically, your fault you could have blocked this guy, you more than anyone had the power, and you chose not to do it you own this and I hope you choke on it

and as an owner of the only shares that currently matter in his company, no one can ever get rid of him until he wants to leave. feel like zuck's arrangement caused a run on such arrangements in start-ups in the future and a desire for that kind of power from everyone else in his class.

I would wager you'll see something similar here in a week or two; probably starting with FCC Brendan Carr announcing he's opening an inquiry into certain "bidding irregularities" and talking about Netflix ownership being "against the public interest"

I would be surprised if you don't see some performative "antitrust" action by Trump's FCC and DOJ to try and redirect Warner Brothers to Larry Ellison and CBS/Paramount

This is such a powerful image

As you can guess: this is not a failure for hydrogen in any sense of the word. The goal was not to use hydrogen in gas grids, it was to offer a cynically fabricated promise of a solution to allow for more time to kill regulations and fight electrification. And it absolutely worked:

They should also invent a minute that's not always last minute