The “fun” thing about the kennedy center freakout is that conservatives have been carving out “creative” exceptions to anti discrimination laws so they can be bigots to ordinary people just trying to make a purchase, but if actual artists don’t want to perform for the god king they must be punished

Really looking forward to seeing (hearing) what Steven does with this.

Thrift store find: 1000-piece Marvel puzzle (UK).

Seems like this is mostly expectation driven. Might have been minimalized with better communication from DC about the change.

Harry Caray's driver almost ran me over with Harry in the back.

"Norman Rockwell was antifa," his granddaughter says. (Fact check: literally true.) www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...

Top 5 2025 lists I haven't made: 1. Best movies I saw in 2025 2. Favorite books I read in 2025 3. Top albums of 2025 ...I didn't finish this list either😊

The audacious irony of the visual conceit ending Al Feldstein & Wally Wood's "Fall Guy" is delightfully improbable. Danny's forgotten the fake name he needs to access the loot. As he falls to his death, he smashes some letters in the neon sign. The remaining letters spell out the forgotten name.

Going to admit a bias here: I kind of just lose big chunk of whatever existing interest I have in an artist once they become a billionaire. variety.com/2025/music/n...

🏈 on the TV, Ahmad Jamal on the sound system.

If you're a creator who is available...

In truth, asking an artist to draw Jack of Hearts is a borderline war crime.

One of the highlights of this holiday season for me has been how much my 70-something in-laws enjoyed watching Bad Santa for the first time.

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/

Universities embracing generative AI be like:

Now how long before the expression "like a bad penny" is obsolete?

Well...we tried.

Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Hurricane Helene. Not one has been approved.

Here’s to 2026

Villagers say Jabo, which was one of the cities Trump ordered a strike on in Nigeria, is not known for terrorist activity and that local Christians coexist peacefully with the Muslim majority. www.cnn.com/2025/12/26/a...

Actual 2025 tariff rates are, to date, far less than statutory rates, but the costs of the tariffs are mostly borne by the US – estimated tariff pass-through to US prices in 2025 is 94%. Tariffs on imports act like a 1 to 2pp tax on US manufacturing. brentneiman.com/research/GN2...

It's Mick Jones's birthday. To commemorate, here he is, solo and at his maximum '80s: youtu.be/TzfTaCXlFag?...

🚨 Liverpool starting XI vs Wolves: Alisson; Frimpong, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Jones; Chiesa, Mac Allister, Wirtz; Ekitike. Subs: Mamardashvili, Woodman, Bradley, Gakpo, Robertson, Nyoni, Ramsay, Ngumoha, Lucky. #LFC #LIVWOL 🔗

When things suck, read a damn poem. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers

Finally watching this one.

Music for the ride home.

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched December 26th edition

Winsor McCay

They're coming to your town, they'll help you party down...

Merry Christmas! This is the earliest recorded DJ set I know of. open.substack.com/pub/michaela...

And to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, but was relaunched in Ultimate Tiny Tim #1, which takes place after Amazing Tiny Tim #332 and All-New Tiny Tim #200, and don’t forget to read the Scrooge / David Copperfield / Great Expectations crossover event minis otherwise the Miss Havisham bit won’t make sense

Listening to "Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas"

Have a holly jolly Dolly Christmas.

Merry Christmas, everybody!😱

Latest read: I love McCullers writing & love unconventional nonfiction. Jenn Shapland uses McCullers' story to explore her own: "this book takes place in the fluid distance between the writer and her subject, in the fashioning of a self, in all its permutations on the page."

Polar Bear finally out there. 🐻‍❄️ youtu.be/Q6C1Or554PI?...

Hello from somewhere off I-80! This is the project I work on all year long with NPR’s research librarians (aka RAD). It means a lot to me to remember these musicians, producers and industry folks who make our lives so much better.

NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

i don't know if i've ever posted about the 1959 project here but it's one of my biggest accomplishments to date i think the1959project.com

Straight-up Gosteleradio stuff going on at CBS News now.

Happy Festivus, y'all!

Well, autocorrect just changed the "al " in et al. to "AI"...so there you go.

The fact that this government gives billions to ranchers and farmers is another reason why it's an insult that this government is also reducing the wages of farm workers to put more money in the pockets of ranchers and not in the pockets of farm workers. #WeFeedYou

Doing a little festive year-end unfollowing.