the first 3 words you see will define your 2026 😭 Hope Rich Wine Let’s goooooooo

A 1974 study from Purdue University asked 10th-12th graders their feelings about book bans and lo and behold, those who opposed censorship got better grades, read more, and had stronger vocabularies than their peers. (Psst: it's the same today because this IS about intellectual access)

shel silverstein was a prophet

I always thought Plato was pretty pollyannaish on this point, but this is decent evidence for the view that a man of bad character will therefore be unhappy even with every external trapping of success and good fortune.

Whatever will we do if billionaires start trying to figure out ways to avoid paying taxes, we should definitely not anger them so that they will continue their long track record of willingly paying their fair share

I'm once again politely asking Bluesky developers to allow us to attach multiple photos and videos in one post.

Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.

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This pup wishes you good tidings.

Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals! 🎄🎅🏻

I have been trying to explain what a journalist is, what they do, and why, and why they are different from talking heads, pundits, influencers, commentators, activists and politicians. This is a journalist.

Bing Crosby, a devout Catholic, almost passed on the role of Father Chuck O'Malley because he felt uneasy playing a priest. GOING MY WAY ('44) brought him a Best Actor Oscar and made him Hollywood's No. 1 box office attraction.

Most accurate 2025 map I’ve seen yet

Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot

BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.

The one who came on the Mayflower was the first one to die, almost immediately after they landed. The one who founded Hartford was, along with his wife, chief provocateurs (and jury members) of the CT witch trials, leading to the execution of 11 women and a copycat panic in Salem 30 years later

Having watched some of these cheesy American Christmas films while flicking through the TV channels, this is so true. #ChristmasFilms

CATO INSTITUTE: Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡 www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...

The #1 movie when you were 10 is how your 2026 is going to go. Ummm. But also Fatal Attraction was #2. 😳

Senator Wyden from the top rope...

“Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!”

Oh.

Congress approved a housing assistance payment to troops months ago. Trump stole it from housing, turned it into checks in a symbolic amount, and pretended it was all his idea. Typical Trump. Gold plated, not solid gold.

The Kennedy Center right now

Interesting to consider that if you were to go and deface the Kennedy center by removing Trump’s name, you’d be arrested and charged with a crime, but your act would be no more unlawful than what they’re doing right now.

“That’s Holocaust shit. Come on.” 👑

The "poverty penalty." Excellent points.

Feels to me like the last quote here is more devastating and incriminating than even the birthday book and the photos and the rest.

This made me genuinely laugh out loud.

SNL's Lazy Sunday is now closer in time to the Challenger explosion than to the present day

1. Wow 2. Shocked not shocked

This inflation data is a big mess with clear downward bias from methodological assumptions by BLS (essentially assuming zero inflation in Oct)

Where did you study all this goodly speech?

MY 4-YEAR OLD: *calmly, while coloring a picture of the Grinch* If baby grinches die, we can eat them. If they’re clean. That’s ok

People say you’re driving a moral panic, that you’re blocking good regulation, that there’s no point in resisting. And then you enforce a phone ban and miracles happen (qualitatively): nymag.com/intelligence...

I suppose.... I mean, what evidence is there that Ms Wiles knew she was speaking to a reporter for a major article in Vanity Fair?

very grimly ironic that our government run by podcasters sucks at true crime

Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.

Isn’t the Brown University mass shooter STILL AT LARGE? Wth?

Missouri’s referendum system exists to ensure lawmakers can’t insulate themselves from accountability. When 300,000 people sign their names to challenge a law, they aren’t offering a suggestion. They are exercising a constitutional veto belonging to the voters alone. #moleg #mogov

Rob Reiner was a good man who understood how absurd and wonderful and confusing the human condition is. President Trump continuously shows how little he understands about how to be genuinely human. Be like Rob -- be kind.

when you’ve been waiting 18 minutes for the shredded cheese for your fajitas

The moment when AI news summaries accidentally create the murder mystery we deserve

The kind .. you find … in a second hand store

Music Playing In Bar Could Stand To Be Louder, Worse https://theonion.com/music-playing-in-bar-could-stand-to-be-louder-worse-1819576412/

Can confirm as others have noted that this is maximum Minnesotan rage.

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To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.

As a climate scientist, the most charitable thing I can say is that this guy's a fucking moron.