2025 Through the Lens: Santa Fe New Mexican staff photographer Gabriela Campos shares some of her favorite images of the year. sfnm.co/4jbELbG

Merriam Christmas

Wemby locked in to take down these “what a pro wants” Thunder is a gift I didn’t know I needed

You will be visited by three spirits, and it will feel good.

Telluride Ski Resort to close Saturday due to strike www.telluridenews.com/news/article...

Xmas clouds and cactus

For every bowl of posole I eat from now until Jan. 1 I’ll share a picture from the camera roll. Posole counter: 3

Posole counter: 2

For every bowl of posole I eat from now until Jan. 1 I’ll share a picture from the camera roll. Posole counter: 1

I always thought the first time I had a chance to see and photograph the Aurora it would be somewhere like Iceland, or Alaska. I was wrong. It was in New Mexico! 😂 And if you look closely, you can see a bit of the Milky Way up above as well. #on1pics #photography #astrophotography

This was fun man in the wild reportage. Camped in the forest to fish type of assignment. Ran into the deer in the lede during a hike before the graduation. www.hcn.org/articles/cla... This one came from a new style and process I want to grow into 2026: www.hcn.org/issues/57-5/...

Griswolds mentioned what’s good

The video has been taken down from YouTube. You can still download it here: is.gd/paU8Ko

I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:

Over at @cipolicy.bsky.social, I published two stories on CECOT/El Salvador. In May, @mpaarlberg.bsky.social made the case that CECOT's primary function is a way for the corrupt Trump admin and the corrupt Bukele admin to scratch each other's backs, disappearing political problems out of courts.

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

Solstice Eve blue sky sunset

Same reason why people watch debates

North of North is still so good and still hits a bit too personal at times

That and the pardons

U.S. tricentennial is gonna ramp up all this Heritage talk in 2026. Many looking back will find an empty silo with a lot of dried blood.

Can’t believe what Jake Paul did to boxing

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go. Hell yeah, finally gonna get that self portrait painting I’ve always wanted.

Tribal sovereignty and prosperity are tied to gaming’s sovereign source of income.

"A new study has found that eating 50g or more of high-fat cheese a day correlates with a lower risk of developing dementia. That means all cheeses with more than 20 percent fat content, including brie, gouda, cheddar, parmesan, gruyere, and mozzarella." www.sciencealert.com/cheese-linke...

NEW: A Texas district in which Black students were allegedly taunted with monkey noises. An Arizona school where students admitted saying “slavery is good.” These are some of the incidents Trump’s Education Department has ignored:

BREAKING: Judge Hannah Dugan found guilty of felony obstruction in federal trial wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/18/f...

Widow receives husband's immigration approval letter 2 months after he was killed in ICE office shooting: people.com/widow-receiv...

Robot didn’t need to come with next karate kid intro. Got what it deserved. Kyrie leads again.

Just look at whats happening in the Borderland bsky.app/profile/shau...

Aside from the obvious critiques, I find it funny that when you call BoA to talk you get automated voice lines

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Divests Its ICE Contract nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/...

bluminarias

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Fires Executives After ICE-Related Contract Sparks Outcry nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/...

ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33

We're having a function with Native News Online tonight, join us! Angeline Boulley is on now sharing about finishing the latest draft for her new book. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D24_...

The $43.9 billion tribes reported last year accounts for nearly 40% of the nation’s $115 billion in gaming revenue. New research shows nearly every tribe in the US may be exposed to various aspects of the industry whether they directly operate a casino themselves or not. www.hcn.org/issues/57-12...

Amen

In 2020, executive director and environmentalist Emma Robbins founded The Chapter House, now home to an annual drag show, Indigenous art galleries, and improv comedy events. The full story: lataco.com/the-chapter-... By Julianne Le

Ohio State/Miami first round, make it happen committee

We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over

Project Jupiter could emit more than 14 million tons of greenhouse gases per year. By comparison, Albuquerque and Las Cruces emit a combined 6.7 million metric tons of greenhouse gases annually, according to both cities’ climate action plans. sourcenm.com/2025/12/05/d...

"I like standing up and saying things."

the judge on this blown glass show just reminded me there might be pictures of me in high school wearing a hoodie under a blazer

LeBron is descending into the second best LeBron on the Lakers this season

releasing on Tuesday: a bunch of tiny stories that are like the nematodes on SpongeBob, just mindlessly gnawing at the edges of the world. and making their own sound effects.

in any case i’d describe coogler (like peele) as very much being the children of stephen spielberg and if they were white this would be abundantly clear

Sinners is a religious musical with vampires and Jim Crow racism. The first scene before buddy shows up bloody to church set up a ceremonial view, which always includes songs and life lessons. Fate and free will conflict between voo doo, blues and vampires that all lead to an immortality outcome

light snow morning stillness