i bought these shoes when i was hired as a library department head. they always bring a smile to my face.

I’ve never seen this Van Gogh before… I hate that because it’s 2026 I have to check that it’s not AI…

This is Minneapolis: -drop the kids off for a day with their grandparents -go to brunch with your wife -get a text from neighbors who don’t have enough food & can’t leave home or they might be abducted by fed govt -get groceries as helicopters roar overhead -deliver food & this vehicle passes you

every once in a while i remember this door

Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.

What’s the point of writers’ festivals — or, for that matter, writers — if they can’t discuss issues that matter? Australian arts administrators would rather destroy the whole sector than allow Palestinians to speak about genocide. It’s beyond shameful.

AI just phoned my Australian number (!) to ask if I’d like to receive SpaceX share prospectus. Ugh.

A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve. Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body. This is not new but it is expanding.

See a Fox! Post a Fox! m.youtube.com/watch?v=f98D...

In his 2019 memoir The Threat, former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe quotes first-term Trump saying Venezuela was “the country we should be going to war with, they have all that oil and they’re right on our back door.” zeteo.com/p/venezuela-...

If Nicolás Maduro stands trial in the United States and gets convicted of 34 felonies, does that mean he’s qualified to be our next president now? Just checking what the standards are these days.

hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison

How can you bomb a country, kidnap its leader and *not* be at war with them?

Lest anyone for a single moment thinks this latest coup is a somehow a dramatic breach of long-term US foreign policy.

Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.

I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

Our AUKUS partner showing off the shared values Richard Marles loves to talk about

“Rama wore a vintage Balenciaga coat & archival earrings, rented during a single marathon day [in NYCs] best small, circular fashion businesses… I love that she’s added a new chapter to garments that have already lived many lives—and that the next wearers will get to share in this piece of history.”

I can’t verify what’s in this confession, but it certainly seems plausible. “I'm a developer for a major food delivery app. The 'Priority Fee' and 'Driver Benefit Fee' go 100% to the company. The driver sees $0 of it.” Loathsome manipulation and exploitation.

I’m just at the point where if we need a freaking royal commission into one awful and tragic attack carried out by two extremists, why can’t we have one into the scourge of domestic violence that takes pretty much one woman’s life each week…carried out by “he seemed like a pretty good bloke”

Happy Hogmanay my loves, should auld acquaintance be forgot etc. Miraculously home before 1am. If you’re up early, tune into Radio National for my movie spot xx

pour one out to an icon www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In the Issue 115 Special Dossier with My Formative Queers, @rohanspong.bsky.social examines how the music videos of Kylie Minogue have shaped her image over time, "and how these images have influenced and been influenced by her queer fan base." buff.ly/WReMkYi

Roebourne Jail still has no air-conditioning and it gets up to 53⁰c inside. UN gave them until last year to amend it but they refused to allow the follow up visit. Australia shamelessly ignores International Law and Human rights.

Have you heard of Wikiflix, a Netty-style streaming site but for public-domain films? wikiflix.toolforge.org

LeMonde said, not on our watch

Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here

It doesn’t fix things, but it really does bring me comfort to know how miserable some of the worst people are. Donald Trump tweeting over 200 times on Christmas. Billionaires fighting with strangers online during the holidays. Everything about Elon Musk

The PLURIBUS finale reminds us of the trouble with groupthink, the disaster of AI, that breakups can feel like the end of the world and, most importantly, once the streaming services go away, you'll still have your Golden Girls DVDs. Please tell me season two isn't far away.

Each Christmas, Bob Dylan shows up at Keira Knightley's door with the cue cards from 'Subterranean Homesick Blues'.

I think a new rule the government should have is: If you are photographed signing any kind of ammunition that could end up killing civilians, you do not get permission to enter Australia.

Imagine pulling down a column as generous, kind and giving as this?

A few thoughts on Harris Dickinson’s debut directorial feature, Urchin, and documentarian Raoul Peck’s latest, Orwell 2+2=5 ab.co/3NgQ2vm

“Who wants to hear me yodel?!” Patti Lupone’s chewing of the scenery in PALM ROYALE season 2 is magnificent.

The light in the desert after a storm and with a spottily clouded sky is wild.

Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot

A large orb spider head built a web on the balcony overnight. It’s her balcony now. I named her Nikki Webster.

The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff

12 dead at a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.💔 A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice. Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️

If I had a Tim Minchin I would go back and turn off autocorrect.

‘Like a rock star’: the global reverence for Martin Parr’s class-conscious photography

HE IS RISEN 🙏

I have a very bad feeling about this...

Another banger dropped from our soundtrack! Subscribe to Gabe to get them as soon as they’re released: youtu.be/1elHYagdGVg?... This one has big Halloween vibes.