Thread for the season.

Thread on then and on today.

King Herod THOUGHT he was right. He THOUGHT that protecting his own power was to protect his kingdom. He THOUGHT the murder of children in Bethlehem was justified by the Magi's refusal to tell him the identity of the Christ child. He thought a few lives were a small price to pay for greatness.

Merry Christmas to you all! 😇

In the end, DOGE will be remembered for the many deaths and other forms of misery it needlessly inflicted on the U.S. and the world, not whether it saved any money. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

Imagine being a Republican running UNCONTESTED in a district that went for Trump by 25 points ... and still being in danger of losing. The veneer is off. The emperor has no clothes.

Every single one of these "officers" needs to be held accountable for their actions.

Oh.

So... Trump spent more than $13 million redacting the Epstein files? Huh. You know... I can offer MY redaction services for $1.3m

I can't wait until I'm 80 and can tell all my teen relatives that I come from a time when we could buy McDonalds Hash Browns for $0.25 each and didn't have to take out a Klarna loan to afford a Happy Meal.

God isn't impressed by power; He chooses vulnerability and the margins. As Ignatius taught, we find Him in "all things"—even the messy, daily routines of life. 📸: 100 Cribs at the Vatican Merry Christmas! 🎄

VatiPourOver? #Vaticats

Things are Terrible, but this isn't. Be weird.

There is a LAW stating that I must file my tax returns. Of course, I will be FULLY compliant according to the example set by the DOJ.

I can almost guarantee that when he gets his participation trophy, he'll brag about how ity SO MUCH BIGGER than the Nobel peace prize medallion. www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...

One of the worst parts of growing older is that the simple engineering tasks I used to do in a few minutes now take hours, magnifying glasses, special lights and helping hands because mine shake. T'will come a day when naughty geeks like me to slip about at all.

Wasn't Stefanik once endorsed by Jerry Falwell Jr.? Maybe she can spend time with Jerry... Watching his family.

In 50's US, the top 10% held 35% of the wealth while the next 60% had 50%. (91% tax for the rich) Today, the top 10% hold 70% of the wealth while the next 60% own 25%. (37% tax) It was Mitt & his party that made that happen. So yeah, NOW they say "tax the rich" B/C THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES W/WEALTH!

Hmmmm... #Vatigoats

FCO-ATL is normally a 9-hour flight. But we were fighting strong headwinds that turned it into an 11-1/2 hour trip. But my little buddy "Nal" made it through ok. 😇

The guy behind me has been coughing the entire 11-hour flight. He admitted to a flight attendant that he is sick, but refused to wear a mask because "we've had enough of that". Are we all getting worse? ☹️

I don't know why people are so upset about the renaming of the Kennedy Center. I, for one, am excited to see the opening of the "Trump-Washington Monument", "Trump-Hoover Dam", and the "Trump-Lincoln, except Trump was treated much worse than Lincoln Memorial" /s

Looks like Bondi's DOJ is just about finished with all the redactions/edits.

The lady in 32H has some entitlement issues.

So a single Starlink sat exploded and created its own little debris field of high-speed shrapnel that's large enough to track? I wouldn't be surprised if the explosion was caused by debris puncturing the propulsion system. #KesslerSyndrome

They always seem to know when I'm going away for a while and they become extra affectionate. Perhaps I smell different because before a big trip I'm always exhausted as I try to close all my open projects. #Vaticats

Busted!

To be fair, I'm pretty sure that the wealth of Agrabah came from either Oil or Drugs... both of which Trump is currently bombing. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015...

I think the point I was getting at yesterday is that a full, globe-spanning Starlink will NEVER be profitable as a provider of Internet services. HOWEVER, as a data-gathering service for govs & large corporations (aka "Palantir") it could be EXTREMELY profitable. ... & that's really bad for us.

Ah yes... an elegant weapon for a more civilized age.

Here kitty kitty kitty! 🐈 (She'd make a fine addition to the #Vaticats) 😇

"If you meet someone who knows everything and has understood everything, bid them a fond farewell and take another path." #PopeFrancis #Hope

I need a SpaceX/Starlink expert to fact-check me. Starlink loses a 1-2 satellites of the 8,800+ currently in orbit on a regular day. Once they hit their target of 42,000 they'll be losing 5-10 a day or ~2000-3600 a year? www.businessinsider.com/starlink-tra....

Who could have possible foreseen this? ... EXCEPT FOR EVERYBODY IN EDUCATION THE LAST 20 YEARS.

🎶Makin' my way downtown Walkin' fast Faces pass And I'm homebound Starin' blankly ahead Just makin' my way, makin' a way Through the crowd🎶

Deplorable

I mean... at this point it's cheaper to buy a pre-built 128GB system to upgrade your own desktop!

Whelp... Time to stock up on SSDs. www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-to-h...

Consider: Thanks to Trump's financial policies, including his disastrous trade wars, this is now ~$3000 worth of fast food.

What is up with Republicans wanting their supporters to inject bleach?

tl:dr "They TOLD you what would happen if you didn't become part of the Orange Mafia's plan to grift billions of dollars from hundreds of millions of Americans & YOU didn't give in to their demands. If you think about it, what happens next is on YOU. YOU'RE the bad people for making Trump do it!"

Imagine simping so hard for Trump that when your fellow GOP lawmakers refuse to be extorted into rigging the election for POTUS, you wag your finger at them like THEY are the ones lacking character or sense.

Consider: The Smoot-Halwey Tariff Act of 1930 appeared to improve the economy at first. Industrial production, payrolls & construction starts all rose. But roughly 18 months after the tariffs, the US collapsed into the Great Depression. ... We're at month 11. fortune.com/2025/12/12/t...

Today I was walking through the Vatican when I heard the faint, but unmistakable sound of "Lavish" by Twenty One Pilots. I don't know where it was coming from, or who was listening, but I NEED to find the other TOP fan within these City Walls!

One simple questions to my Catholic brothers and sisters in the United States: Do you believe the example of Christ calls us to hate, or to love?

AI will be the death of us all. 😂

Strip ICE of Qualified Immunity. That will stop these illegal arrests almost immediately.

Hey .. You're awesome and you deserve this. 😇

After having their first indictment dismissed and failing to get another grand jury to reindict her, Trump's DOJ tried a THIRD time to indict... ... I'm pretty sure you've all seen how this episode ends.

Receipts. In real-time.