Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026…

Aurora Borealis Shining down on Dallas Can you picture that? www.fox4news.com/news/norther...

i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals

I'm good thanks. I think I probably won't move to the country where the authorities pump out neo-Nazi memes and masked militias roam the streets.

“Leave Greenland alone!” Heckler interrupts Star-Spangled Banner at NBA game in London, wins cheers from crowd. (Video via Reddit)

Ah, well. Mass beheadings it is, then.

oh it's going to be a Recession recession

Average Cybertruck parking job, probably.

Wallace Shawn has had a wonderfully varied career: My Dinner with Andre, the Sicilian in The Princess Bride, the Grand Negas on ST:DS9, Mr. Hall in Clueless, and Rex in the Toy Story films. And he's always a delight to watch.

Yeah, man, too bad you don't have anyplace where you can sit and watch the snow... like, I dunno, *the $60 cat condo that is right behind you.*

We experienced a truly incredible moment at the aquarium when this octopus decided to be a total jerk to its tankmate.

BREAKING: This dog is named Susan From Accounting

One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.

Leonardo DiCaprio has stopped using Wikipedia.

I mean, I guess that's an improvement???

Reverse culture shock: a BBC radio documentary about the health benefits of dark chocolate just started with a declaration of each speaker's past and present industry affiliations.

The Hmong are here because they helped us in Vietnam and feared reprisals.

Gotta say, I’m something on the spectrum from irked to bemused to pissed off that any number of people seem to regard accuracy as some sort of irrelevant bourgeois nicety.

The Gordeeva and Grinkov of ducks

I'm being subtle on the bus

WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.

I cannot emphasize how much “be the news” is the opposite of what I was taught about how to be a good journalist and strikes me as an excellent way to churn out elite solipsism that has nothing to do with the public interest and everything to do with self promotion www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...

there is nothing more damaging to your career in elite media than being right before it is acceptable to be right.

*Opens Threads* *Sees rando advising writers to find more synonyms for "said"* *Throws phone out of house*

🎶Mill River You are very small You flow right past the mall To the bay...🎶

Gah, this bit is now old enough to vote. 😭 youtu.be/asJJ2xoWgus?...

Well-tempered claviers seldom make history

if you’re a high military officer and the president orders you to nuke the western alliance and destabilize the entire globe by giving you a literally deranged order to invade Greenland, I think you have a greater duty to perform before god and the world

This agency is out of control if leadership is no longer checking violations of constitutional rights. Congress absolutely must step in before more people are kidnapped/killed.

The thing about the Boston Massacre— the fruits of arbitrary power— was not that the colonists were universally in the right. Things were thrown at the soldiers. But, the presence of a standing army escalated conditions. The use of force that night was not proportional. Citizens died needlessly.

my relaxation guru

That heaviness you feel after events like yesterday is real. We've all accumulated a lot of mental and emotional weight in the first year of Trump's disastrous presidency. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-physic...

So apparently there's a skincare brand called Drunk Elephant? Elephants have tough, wrinkly skin, and I can't imagine having an alcohol problem would help.

For years as a kid I felt like a fugitive from justice because I had somehow made the computer perform an illegal operation.

Terrorizing your own population because you failed to prevent 9/11 25 years ago is not a valid function for a cabinet-level department.

CNN graphics put the asterisk in the wrong place, it appears…

Employer: So what are your stretch goals for 2026? Me:

i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs

This comes from the NYT's analysis of all the available video. Put aside whatever you think of NYT; this is extremely valuable, careful, and absolutely damning analysis that literally step by step debunks every lie fascism may manufacture about this murder. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all

I'll take "Celebrities I Did Not Expect to Get This Radicalized" for $1200.

Portnoy's Complaint, sponsored by Boar's Head

This is a long-delayed reaction, but when I asked one of the hosts of the NYE party I went to if I could stay over, he said, "Of course, you're chill!" And that, my friends, is SLANDER.

why I've become against 'directionally correct' lies. you can't control where this shit goes. here the misapprehension that defense is half the budget is being used (not by OP) to partially *justify* invasion and imperialism. I know it kinda sucks to be the 'actually' guy, but the truth does matter

Or, y'know, get something that tastes nice.

Oh my, the Pangram today. 😳

I find a new way to say it every week but I'm really on board with "guys who want for nothing are terrified of death and making it your problem" as a big factor in all the situations lately

*very facilitator voice* In this space, we don't like hostile verbs like "break," so we won't be doing any ice-breakers. Instead, we are going to do a "warmth-building" exercise.