SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.” ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.” Via Alpha News

"Freedom of assembly is not a gift governments grant their citizens; it is a right that protects citizens from their governments. Look to Hungary. Britain should not have to learn that lesson the hard way." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

Masked government agents are killing people in the streets, abducting people from their homes in the middle of the night, and arresting those who speak out. If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said. That is called murder when they do that. Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.

AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.

"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato." surreal times dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...

The painful questions for Nato and the EU as Trump threatens Greenland (America, its time to officially question the mental health of your President. Please do it before this madness goes too far!) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"The only flags Farage and Starmer have been waving this weekend are white." Written for the Metro 👇🏼 metro.co.uk/2026/01/05/z...

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On January 3rd, 1892, J.R.R. Tolkien was born! We are grateful for his life and the great tales he gave us to enjoy over and over. Happy birthday, Professor!

Today is J.R.R. Tolkien's birthday! Born in 1892, Tolkien paved the way for modern fantasy literature and his creativity continues to inspire the minds of many to this day. ✨ 📸 | Tolkien, Bournemouth, July 1965 Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS. Tolkien photogr. 7, fol. 75r (c) Tolkien Trust, 2015

Today is J.R.R. #Tolkien's 134th birthday! Happy Birthday Tolkien! As Frodo did for Bilbo, we continue to celebrate Tolkien's birthday in his absence with our #TolkienBirthdayToast. Our tradition: at 9pm your time raise a glass and toast, "The Professor!" www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolki...

"I am [a] person of small importance even in my profession, except for the fact that my two books about the imaginary history of the Third Age ... have had, and still increasingly have, an enormous success, to my delight, but still more to my great amazement." Happy birthday, Professor. 🎂

Tomorrow is J.R.R. #Tolkien's 134th birthday! As Frodo did for Bilbo, the Tolkien Society continues to celebrate Tolkien's birthday in his absence with our #TolkienBirthdayToast. Our tradition: at 9pm your time raise a glass and toast "The Professor!" www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolki...

Never forget this: The forces undermining our democracy, rigging our economy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. We must keep fighting in 2026 and beyond.

This being New Years Eve, it's also the feast of St Sylvester, a 4th Century Pope probably best known for convening the Council of Nicaea in 325. He's on the right on the west front of Notre Dame, Paris, along with St John the Baptist, St Stephen and St Genevieve.

Compilation of all #TheRingsOfPower leaks so far if anyone is interested. From @fellowshipoffans.com , @khalil-24.bsky.social , and @ringsofpowerera.bsky.social Thank you Reddit user agitating_idiot for putting this all together. www.reddit.com/r/LOTR_on_Pr...

Happy Endangered Species Act Day to all who celebrate. Here are some bald eagles today on the North Fork of the Nooksack River.

“I remember well the splendour of their banners ... It recalled to me the glory of the Elder Days ... so many great princes and captains were assembled. And yet not so many, nor so fair, as when Thangorodrim was broken, and the Elves deemed that evil was ended for ever, and it was not so."

Ther insatiable greed is killing us. Literally.

#Woodensday #AdventAngels Archangel Gabriel, your work is done. Rare and wonderful Angel of the Annunciation: oak, gilded and polychromed, 1415-1450 Northern France. Sweetly smiling in earlier style of sculptures eg at Reims, points up to God or Holy Spirit, probably held scroll in left hand. V&A

Merry Christmas from all of us at the #Tolkien Society! As the Fellowship set out on Christmas Day, The Lord of the Rings could be said to be the ultimate Christmas story! And you can treat yourself or a loved one with membership of the Tolkien Society at www.tolkiensociety.org/join

Kult and The Old Ways play through team two great things that go together.

Nothing says Happy Holidays from The Old Ways like Kult! We all want something special, that one unique gift, and we'll do anything to get it.

Somewhere I would love to visit.

Matthew Bowles works for the IEA. Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco. Times up. Merry Christmas! Join.greenparty.org.uk

People are sharing some great archive stories today and I just wanted to note that caches of papyri and parchment scrolls are called “archives.” And many of the Dead Sea scrolls were kept in large ceramic jars such as this one, now at the Walter’s Art Museum. art.thewalters.org/object/48.20...

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Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?

:D made me chuckle... #epsteinfiles #trump #potus #pantone

If your house of worship is silent about the cruelty and the attacks on your neighbors by ICE, you’re at the wrong church, mosque, synagogue, temple, or gurdwara. Powerful ad by Interfaith Alliance — a plea for humanity.

As a general reminder, there are tons of people you know who are battling things they do not talk about. These things take many forms and shapes, but can be exacerbated by the holiday season for a multitude of reasons. Take time and be kind. Listen if someone confides in you. It costs you nothing.

I think this is a spectacular picture. A skydiver against the sun. The other pictures in the Nature best science pictures of 2025 are similarly amazing. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Signs that another electorate might be about to make a poor choice. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Reminded me of the story of Rebbetzin Rachel Posner, the wife of Rabbi Akiva Posner, in Kiel, Germany, during the rise of Nazism.

Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more... 🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍

The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined. 56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people. Read that back.

So this morning we arrived to find this little ball of fur asleep on a pile of boxes on our forecourt. Small, cold, very skinny and hungry. Of course we will do all the vet things & see if theres a chip but if anyone locally knows of a missing black cat we would be glad to hear

"The big question for Europe is: when are you gonna fight back, guys?" ask former Obama staffers Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes. "He doesn't respect you, he's interfering in your political affairs, he's talking shit...at some point stop lathering him with praise" open.spotify.com/episode/6USY...

How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!! No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣

It really is shocking that Americans are allowing their government to behave like this. I guess I really bought the vision of America that was sold by the West Wing. Bartlett really should be the standard that Americans hold presidential candidates to.

50 seats... Time to grow the Green Party even more. Let's go. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.

Apart from Hegseth, the officers who carried out his “kill them all” order should be court martialed and imprisoned for life.