Words from the last 30 minutes 🧭: 1. Thanksgiving 2. Happy thanksgiving 3. Turkey 4. Thankful 5. Trump 6. Holiday ⬆ 7. Grateful 🆕 8. Celebrate 9. The turkey 🆕 10. Pie Ad: @terraprotege.bsky.social.

This is Bear. He is in charge of supervising Thanksgiving dinner preparation. Appointed himself to the role, but takes it very seriously. 14/10 (TT: emileebellant)

This is Bolt. He just learned how to speak. Thinks it works best when he uses his whole body. 12/10 (TT: gavi_570)

You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)

This is Scotchy. He is here to collect the belly rub toll. Would like to remind you that failing to pay results in a fine of even more belly rubs. 12/10 (TT: scotchythedoxie)

This is Teena. She has heard your cotton ball jokes and is not impressed. 12/10 (IG: bichon_punta)

Macquarie Dictionary announces ‘AI slop’ as its word of the year, beating out Ozempic face

As I wrote in my review of Max’s The Pitt, it feels as if the collective bingeing of shows like ER and House during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic has finally paid off in a resurgence of the medical genre on television.

A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.

Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago. Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑

Russia drafted a 28 point surrender plan, handed it to the Trump team, and the regime delivered it to Kyiv unedited, demanding Zelensky sign it by Thanksgiving or lose all US support. Trump and Vance then promoted the plan exactly as Russia wrote it, verbatim, on TV, online, and in person.

Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #JaredPadalecki #LeightonMeester Jared Padalecki and Leighton Meester To Lead Netflix’s Steamy New Holiday Rom-Com

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Netflix has given a straight-to-series order to an A24-produced crime drama, Trigger Point, starring Joel Edgerton.

A near-pristine copy of Superman No. 1 just sold for 9.12 million dollars, smashing the all-time comic record. It tops the 6 million dollar sale of Action Comics No. 1 from just last year. bit.ly/489GsBf

Grand opening, grand closing. X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.

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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based. Here’s an “influencer from Texas”

completely outside of politics, this is so charming

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

Jared Padalecki and Leighton Meester's 'The Bodyguard' Movie: What to Know bit.ly/43E6CuH

Seems pertinent @cbstvstudios.bsky.social (This sounds like the core of Jared Padalecki 's new show...and a real issue for folks.) #LFG

I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.

This is Scotty. He is not chasing his own tail's shadow. If you'll notice, he actually has it cornered. 13/10 (TT: lifewithscotty)

Gustav Klimt portrait sells for $236.4m, making it the second most expensive artwork ever sold at auction

Me: Well, no matter what, no matter how much the world goes to shit, I'll still have my emotional support extremely long-running drama to rewatch again and again, yay Supernatural [opens up Neflix] "Last day to watch on Netflix (US) Dec 17" me:

mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one

This is Mack. In his head he absolutely crushed this agility course. Who are we to tell him otherwise. 14/10 (TT: adventuresof.mack)

We only rate dogs. This is a Baked Alaska Arctic Wolf. Genetically a cross between a grey wolf and a toasted marshmallow. Please only send dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: eastcoasttails)

This is Dino. He is not just "going through a dinosaur phase." Obviously, it is a lifestyle. 12/10 (IG: dinoandluka)

Nintendo has shared a first look at Bo Bragason and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Zelda and Link in the upcoming live-action Legend of Zelda adaptation 👀 The film will release in May 2027.

Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house

i just read something about grief from C.S. Lewis and his book, “A Grief Observed” basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again. i feel that with my dad.

British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo #ShareGoodNewsToo

WeRateDogs turns 10 years old today! A very silly idea to numerically objectify dogs has become one of the kindest and most powerful online communities ever. Thank you for joining us over the last decade. I never knew what this could be until you all showed me. Here's to many more good dogs ❤️

It costs nothing for you to share this. For every dollar you donate to your local food pantry you’ll be providing up to 10 meals to families in need this holiday season.

Australian investment in green projects surges despite drastic US policy reversal, report shows

Meg Donnelly, known for her roles in Disney's "Zombies" and ABC's "American Housewife," has made her Broadway debut in "Moulin Rouge!

Hey Megyn Kelly, 14-year-old Eloise would like a word: “If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good… because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.” Sound up! 🔥🔊 1/2

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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Stirm was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for five years. When he was freed & arrived home at Travis Air Force Base in 1973, an iconic photo captured his daughter running toward her father. He passed away on Veteran's Day, 11 Nov 2025.

CBS is opening a development room for Jared Padalecki (Supernatural, Walker) and Showrunner/EP Anna Fricke's untitled Texas medical drama. / #JaredPadalecki #SPNFamily #Supernatural #Walker