If any one person saved our republic during the 21st century it was Eugene Goodman and I am sure that he hasn’t been thanked enough.

Caleb! Dude! You medaled! Cheer up! #PrevagenUSChamps ⛸️

"The film exploits an unwholesome theme in a pronouncedly offensive way...But it is further charged that the production distorts history and libels the Negro race, and in this regard is an affront to 10,000,000 American citizens." Springfield (MA) Union, Apr 3, 1915, on "The Birth of a Nation."

Sen. Ruben Gallego says he's introducing a resolution to block Trump from invading Greenland.

tired: tech bros reinventing the bus wired: tech bros reinventing 19th century plantation breeding

Such a good (and sad) piece.

It's never been topped

NEW from me: My dispatch from two different events in DC marking the fifth anniversary of Jan 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Both leaned heavily on religion, and both appealed to divine truths about that day. The thing is: their truths were…very different. religionnews.com/2026/01/06/t...

There’s a “QT this with the TV show you think had the best finale”’ post circulating, and I am VERY surprised by how many people are saying The Good Place. I love The Good Place, it’s one of my all-time favorite TV shows, but the finale was unremarkable.

We covered a pretty wide array of subject matter in 2025, including #StarWars, @brucespringsteen.net, “The Odyssey,” Kendrick Lamar, Amazon’s #HouseOfDavid, and much, much more.

I’m digging the antifa programming today #TCMParty #TheMortalStorm #StormWarning #ToBeOrNotToBe

The constitutional remedy for a president who launches a war of acquisition against an ally is impeachment, removal, disqualification, and ultimately a criminal trial. And the same is true for every member of his cabinet involved in such an illegal undertaking.

For Epiphany, this glorious 1966 illustration of the Three Kings by the great Eyvind Earle (1916 - 2000), best remembered for his enormous contribution to Disney Animation's visual style during the 1950s, particularly Sleeping Beauty (1959).

It’s completely intolerable for these freaks to continue to push the Big Lie. They’ve had 5 years and still haven’t produced even the tiniest shred of evidence anywhere. And to rewrite their own siege as a false flag is disgraceful and these people should all be disgraced into the ether.

“Ohgodohgodohgod dontdropherdontdropgerdontdropher” - My brain during every pairs event #PrevagenUSChamps

my hot take is that I don't think it's this website specifically that's toxic. the Circumstances are toxic and nobody really knows what to do about it so they come online and scream. and if I may offer an alternative: actually going outside and screaming feels better.

Me: Don’t fangirl junior ice dance teams, it's a recipe for heartbreak. Also me: *fangirls multiple junior ice dance teams* #PrevagenUSChamps ⛸️

The internet is great because it allows minorities of all sorts to form communities when normally they would simply be drowned out or segregated. Unfortunately, having an identity be primarily online causes mass insanity.

By the time I'm done posting about Olympic skating next month, people will be BEGGING for political posting to come back. 😁

'Sunny day' a painting by Greta Olga Hällfors-Sipilä (1899–1974), Finnish painter #WinterSun

"You can rebuild it, part of that, though, is really making sure that this current period is both seen and thought of as an outlier." Jonathan Cohn and JVL discuss the damage RFK Jr. is doing and how America may be able to course-correct.

What Christian leaders in Venezuela have said since Saturday: - trust God - trust the Venezuelan people - pray - maybe stay off social media? - don't spread bad information - we can hope for change - opportunistic politicians are scary - be a peaceful presence

Happy 95th to the great Robert Duvall! 🎂

Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them

The stories this jewel could tell. www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

Will Pope Leo XIV follow the progressive example of his predecessor or chart a more moderate course? His work in Chicago and Peru may shed light on his approach. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/nKGg0W

Congrats to interim head coach Marco Rubio

Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond for National Screenwriters Day. An iconic writing partnership, with work like Some Like It Hot and The Apartment.

While vaccines for diseases that no longer carry a universal recommendation will still be covered by federal health insurance programs, RFK Jr’s schedule change will increase confusion and distrust in vaccines, lower vaccination rates, and increase disease and death.

I can’t fully articulate the way my stomach dropped when I saw this headline. Please know the evidence has not changed. The people in charge have changed, and they did not consult any relevant experts or the public. “This new policy has not been vetted with pediatricians, the public, or the ACIP”

Dan Duryea and Barbara Stanwyck sharing a hug on the set of Ball of Fire (1941). #Danuary #DanDuryea #FilmNoir #FilmSky

"I’ve got my country’s 500th anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to murder, and Guilder to frame for it; I’m swamped.”

On this National Bird Day I sit drinking a warm cup of irish breakfast tea and listen to the singing of the birds outside who are so essential to the purpose and poetry of life. Let us pause in moments and celebrate the beauty of nature especially our friends the birds.

LONDON (AP) — Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about the horrors of the Holocaust, has died. She was 96.

Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead

The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.

A functional country would shut Grok down permanently. Like, immediately. Right now. Last week. Whatever. Just flip the switch. Obviously.

I haven't seen a Tom Cruise movie in years, so I don't know how he looks these days, but back in 1988 he always looked like he was trying to pass a kidney stone. #RainMan #TCMParty

I mean…they really have no plan for Venezuela. Zero. Just big, bad faux-warrior shit and then drop a shrug emoji in the group chat that Hegseth will accidentally send to his bartender.

If you think it's bad here, you should see Threads. Like a bunch of raccoons tied together and shoved into a gunny sack.

Best take I’ve heard, IRL: “This operation looks like it was designed by the same people who did the East Wing.”

Pope Leo: “With great concern, I am following the developments in Venezuela. The well-being of the beloved Venezuelan people must prevail over every other consideration and lead to overcoming violence and embarking on paths of justice and peace, guaranteeing the sovereignty of the Country…

Happening now: a protest is underway in downtown Chicago against the overnight U.S. attacks on Venezuela, which included the kidnapping of its President Nicolás Maduro. Protestors are filing into the city's Federal Plaza despite the dark and below-freezing temperatures.

I’m at Times Square, where an emergency “No War On Venezuela” protest just took to the street. Easily a thousand people here in real-feel 20°F weather. “No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!” “No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”

Happy birthday JRR Tolkien! On this day, January 3 of 1892, the author of The Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit was born! I am so thankful for his lifelong devotion to storytelling and world-building, and I am inspired everyday to pursue beauty, goodness, and truth because of him.

Hiding under the bed, probably. #TCMParty

Yeah, I'm with those who don't get why Camelot has to be such a BROWN movie. I'm reminded of Roger Ebert's complaint about how in Hook, Neverland "appears to be in the middle of a drought." #TCMParty #MusicalMatinee

Odd that no one ever attempted a remake of CAMELOT, considering the musical is so popular and the movie is so absolutely terrible. #tcmparty @tcmtv.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social @tcmfans.bsky.social

This is the wild part about the whole Trump experience, even when he says politically disastrous things, reporters rush in to fill in the blanks and steelman his arguments. As soon as they cut away from him saying “we’ll run it,” they cut to someone saying “obviously he didn't mean that.”

The thing #Camelot needs most is a light touch, and that's the one thing Joshua Logan did not know how to give it. #TCMParty