So with stun-sail piled on stun-sail, we sailed along, driving these leviathans before us

Quiet history: No matter what you've heard, US tax rules on Social Security remain exactly the same as the rules that were in effect before the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Benefits become partly taxable once a filer has income of $25k & up.

youtube.com/watch?v=Takd... the beaver could save the world

Derrick Henry for President

Sea Shells, 1920 #opart #escher

Kid is overdressed

Compositions II, 1964 #americanart #newyorkart

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Ravens and Packers set the tone in a cool minute.

Lost in translation: the New Math

Insert inspirational quote here, like Marcus Aurelius or Popeye

Mountain Loop Road near the Deer Creek gate. This is good snowshoeing territory when the snow piles up.

Jack’s excellent snow day, Stillaguamish River, Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington. America’s public lands are a wonder.

America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth. The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%. Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.

A “Pirate Pete” Hegseth-directed bombing on a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Ecuador destroyed all the evidence that was crucial to the prosecution of the survivors, according to a damning Washington Post report.

quiet history...From billion-dollar giants to mom-and-pop shops to everyday individuals, bankruptcies are piling up across the US this year, with large corporate bankruptcies already hitting their highest level in 15 years; surge in bankruptcies highlights growing financial pressures. / bizinsider

Kyiv. Life after the night attack. Water is back. Heating’s better. Air raid alert again. No power. Generators sing about hope. This city stands – wounded, but stands.

Fabulous Beast II, 1913 #franzmarc #cubism

Proud to have hosted the Essex Boxing Day Hunt yesterday! The dogs soon picked up the scent. A Louis Vuitton Monogram Pégase Légère case was soon ripped to shreds, an Aspinal cabin bag was mauled beyond recognition and many savaged economy passengers made it a roaring success.

for Caturday

sometimes people have so much fun at the beach, they leave stuff behind

no context shipwreck

my son gifted me a certificate to the local Banya, where dad will be frozen, boiled and beaten with branches, plus vodka. heroyam slava.

Kyiv is under missile attack. It’s loud. Friday night in Ukraine.

www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/12/26/s... “There’s so much waste generated from building surfboards.”

Introducing Narco Rubio

San Sebastian, Spain

Looking back at Jack's most popular posts in 2025, exclusively on bluesky. Remember NoKings Day?

Welcome aboard new bluesky people, especially the Christmas Eve surge you can see here, and artists fleeing X, and our friends in Japan. Please locate your life jacket on the way to your cabin. Bskycheck.com/stats.php

Why am I enjoying Bad Santa 2 even more than Bad Santa? Something is wrong with me.

amazing Ukraine

Somewhere up there tonight, suspicious interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS has passed earth (12/19) at a distance of about 900 light-seconds; this deep exposure captures the comet from another star system as it swept across a faint background of stars in the constellation Leo about 4 days earlier.

Inequality is damaging the cohesion needed to fight climate change.

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Diary of a Madman

what watching now? half-hour history of pacific northwest oystering. waterman thing youtu.be/oLlRrkJe_3I?...

Christmas aboard Calypso

Ugliest, scariest sweater on earth

www.npr.org/2025/12/21/n... new species could include crabs, sponges, ascidians or sea squirts, as well as new gorgonians, a type of coral.