I just found out that kids don't get snow days anymore. They have virtual instruction. What have we come to? Seriously.

This makes my blood run cold.

Now that's a wrap

Do you have AppleTV? Do you enjoy discomforting vintagey psychological drama/horror? You should watch this. My brother directed it. His wife stars. tv.apple.com/us/movie/som...

I cancelled premium a month ago. Now that I have my wrapped, I can cancel my account.

I've been a casual listener for awhile. Apparently this is the year I became a big fan. @gregoryalanisakov.bsky.social

Season's greetings. (Illustration from Mill Dust & Dreaming Bread by @scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social)

Sociopolitical binaries invariably serve to maintain power structures or further aspirations of power. They are never empowering for the people who buy into their narrative.

This film was directed by my brother, and my sister-in-law (who you might recognize from Orange is the New Black) stars in it. It's being released on AppleTV and a few other streaming services in a couple days. rue-morgue.com/exclusive-tr...

Hot off the keyboard and gifted: Hegseth has to go. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

"I need a new job"

As an American, can confirm. I've even had people not-so-subtly repeat their (incorrect) pronunciation as though to correct me. ...still the fares better than "Edinburgh" though

Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.

"BBQ is like sex. If you do it right, you don't need sauce." -Dan Gill, Something Different (Urbanna, VA). By Dan's metrics, Deep Run Roadhouse is BBQ done right. An underrated contender in RVA's brisket scene, they're consistently impressive. Occasional day old brisket keeps them from ZZQ level

Sadly relevant today.

#Barbecue youtu.be/eFJ2jxIe4CQ?...

And thus we arrive at the last page of the calendar I had made from our honeymoon pictures. The Eiffel tower does look rather festively arboreal in the context of December. With all the sweet sadness that implies.

In case you're looking for a break from the relentless familial gluttony of the season www.chowhound.com/2036349/most...

Apparently there's a trend in which parents are saying they wouldn't take a life in order to save that of their kids. Just freely admitting to that. Voluntarily.

Politicians love to talk about "kids safety" until you ask them to do something that would actually keep kids safe like fund housing, healthcare, education, outdoor spaces, arts programs, etc. That's because most of them use "safety" as a euphemism for surveillance, control and domination.

I / have grown tired of so much that used to entrance me Mark Strand

"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record. Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal

A fantastic read from @newyorker.com on ancient Orkney www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Ask what this void cries for now, wash it to us. Until a naked bud outside this sea spores into my skin, you will be bird. Always bird in a black, black, sorrow of a night. (From ‘Insomnia’, 2024)

Can't wait until he's convicted of murder. 💥

Weather it’s Joe Biden pardoning kids who were caught with a couple ounces of weed or Donald Trump pardoning the Honduran president who smuggled in 400 tons of cocaine, both presidents were soft on drugs.

A big day for space weather, with the BBC reporting that a Mexico-to-USA flight in October experienced a 'sudden drop in altitude', likely caused by *solar energetic particles* from the Sun. Here is an explanation and some thoughts as a solar astrophysicist (a thread): 1/8

You can just pick pretty much any placename in Ireland or the UK and put "terrier" after it, and people will probably believe it's a real thing.

This one’s a new one for me - right in downtown Portland. Pretty gorgeous. #Photography #StreetArt #Mural #Portland 📷🐸

"There's a lot of bad isms floating around this world, but one of the worst is commercialism."

Thanksgiving has started with my wife pulling an almond Bundt cake out of the oven right after midnight.

This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

My Brain: "Psst, here's a great idea for your book." Me: "I'm busy. I'll write it down later. I'll remember it." Morgan Freeman: "But he did not remember it, for his brain soon moved on to wonder how cottage cheese gets made." #WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky

Just gonna leave this here

Fred says tis the season.

I get emails from the Institute for Poetic Medicine, and every time I see "IPM Newsletter" I think, Integrated Pest Management? What marketing is this?

This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.

Trade you. 😘 youtu.be/LKbHsnmWpFo?...

It's the day before Thanksgiving. That is all. youtu.be/W0rziFfVMrY?...

So if all these MAGA influencers were foreign trolls, how exactly did he flip every battleground state. And by significant margins?

This is my first Christmas as a homeowner and father. I went pretty hard on the decor for Halloween. My neighbor has hired professional exterior holiday decorators. Challenge accepted, neighbor. Challenge accepted.

Cranachan, where have you been all my life?

Years ago, my wife's best friend and I used to hate each other. Turned out we're just remarkably similar people and that was offensive to us for awhile. Anyway, she brought me this today. And if there's ever a measure of true friendship, it's certainly cured ham.

It had been so long since I'd made hollandaise that I had to look up a recipe (those "quick and easy" kitchen hacks ain't it, by the way). Pleased to report that I still got it. Perfectly silky, tangy, rich, utterly delicious.

It's difficult to acknowledge these things within a fundamentally death-denying culture. End the stigma.

The streetcar was invented in Richmond, VA, and so was the streetcar suburb — a distinct phenomenon of walkable density and mixed-use greater metropolitan area living. They're a perfect blend of urban accessibility and breathable green space. And some of them are still somewhat affordable.

I don't know why it's suddenly everywhere but this Sia Christmas song needs to die in a fire

Basically, if you didn't get the joke when they called it "orwellian butter" and are buying it up because you saw it on TV (not because Thomas Keller called it the best in the world), I hate you and you're the worst.