The gestapo must be harshly crushed by any means necessary.

I've been reading my editor's selections for upcoming episodes of It's Storytime. I expected them to be great (they are) but what I didn't expect was how *different* they would all be. Y'all, if these authors say yes, we're gonna bring you such a wonderful variety of speculative fiction in 2026!

I've been reading my editor's selections for upcoming episodes of It's Storytime. I expected them to be great (they are) but what I didn't expect was how *different* they would all be. Y'all, if these authors say yes, we're gonna bring you such a wonderful variety of speculative fiction in 2026!

We aren't boycotting the arts; we are refusing to entertain fascists and white nationalists. Cry harder about it while you listen to Kid Rock and try so hard to pretend it isn't basic, boring, uninspired tripe.

Heads up: SmartTube was compromised earlier this month. If you, like me, didn't know this until now, you probably want to read this, uninstall it, and replace it. www.ghacks.net/2025/12/01/s...

The system is down. The system is down. The system is down.

It drives me nuts when a terrible person dies, and we are all supposed to pretend they were great, like telling the truth is somehow uncouth. Brigette Bardot was a truly despicable racist, homophobe, bigot, and lifelong supporter of fascists. Acknowledge her work, I guess, but don't celebrate her.

Evergreen skeet.

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

Holy shit. New York, you gotta go see this because I can't.

It's such a beautiful day in Los Angeles, after a few days of heavier than usual rain. The air is clean and crisp, the sky is blue with a few clouds, birds are everywhere, and the temperature is just perfect. Today is already a great day, but one headline could make it so much better. Maybe today.

Quick primer: @wilwheaton.net is amazeballs at - and a high enough level he may be immune to - most things, but is vulnerable to @scalzi.com wielding burritos. Will Stancil, OTOH, is an intellectual vacancy in the incel hivemind that is vulnerable to actual knowledge about women. Do not confuse!

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Everybody is looking forward to the next No Kings Day in the spring. The official date will be announced once we land this with the full No Kings coalition, but trust us that it’s coming. And we can’t wait, either. ❌👑

even if the Supreme Court says we can never touch Trump for any of this shit, the next admin should go after everyone involved in buying and selling pardons and they should do it loudly and aggressively

Worth repeating this with every new Epstein document drop. The party of Denny Hastert is the party of Jim Jordan is the party of Matt Gaetz is the party of Donald Trump. Looking the other way and protecting child predators from the law is their brand.

In the tune of The Moody Blues, Nights In White Satin

The top is after Trump’s DOJ redactions below is without, I can almost figure out who they are protecting

One good thing about me is that my brain works and I don't fall for Orwellian, propaganda nonsense like this. The Israelis are breaking the ceasefire and NBC News is actively running interference to support the Israeli government (as are most other American corporate media outlets).

merry christmas, my gf got us a print sub to @theonion.com and gave it to me like this

The alt text is the christmas present you didn't know you wanted.

This is a really good point that I had not run into before: these "creators" have no further insight into their alleged creation than the average audience member and that is why it cannot be called art (besides all the other obvious reasons).

A few excerpts from Darmok's Christmas Story: Ralphie and Flick, at the flagpole. Randy, his arms down. The Old Man, when the lamp broke. Santa and Ralphie, on the mountain.

Fantastic. I have always unironically loved this song.

Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals.

“Rain smacked Los Angeles. It splattered on the palm trees, sizzled on the neon, gurgled down the dirty boulevard. The town was sick. They hadn’t seen sunlight in almost a day. But I had the cure. A fifth of magic and a sack full of cold, hard joy. ‘Ho,’ I said once. It was enough.” -Noir Santa

Shoutout to everyone who is scrambling to put the thing together Very meaningful eye contact to those who just realized they don't have and can't get the right batteries Strength to those who are putting together a thing with so. many. stickers. You're making magic happen, and I love you for it

Tiny Tim, who did NOT hit her. He did not. Oh hi, ghost

O holy night

My kids are home for Christmas, and our family has been playing the shit out of Flip 7. It actually knocked Sushi Go out of first place, where it's been for 12 years. It's a simple press your luck game that is way more fun than a press your luck game has any right to be. I highly recommend it.

Total elapsed time from the moment I put the empty can of pumpkin into the recycling, to the first time I took it out to look at the label again: approximately fifteen seconds. Another personal best.

Sigh. Once again, if you are warning us about fascism while posting on Substack you’re asking us to do work YOU 👏 ARE 👏 NOT 👏 WILLING 👏 TO 👏 DO.

via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon

Yo Los Angeles! LA Taco is not only the best reporting on where the most amazing food in town is hiding, they have been way out in front of everyone with their reporting on ICE and CBP thugs. This is the kind of independent, local, media we all need to support. I'm proud to be a member.

A Peter Sellers double bill in 35mm! Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) & Hal Ashby's Being There (1979) screen January 27th - 29th. Tickets: buff.ly/uzj3DH2

Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.

This is what the ENTIRE GOP is trying to hide. Again, Congress has been briefed on this. Congress knows this, has known this for some time. The entire GOP is covering this up. They know. They do not care about victims. They are accomplices after the fact and they all belong in prison next to Trump

An amazing interpretation of 2 compositions by 12th century prioress and polymath Hildegarde von Bingen, by two contemporary Ukrainian musicians from very different traditions music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Weissand Effect

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

PSA: We heard about this thing called ENCHANT out in Arcadia. It's billed as a holiday lights thing with food, mini golf, a ferris wheel, a maze, ice skating! Sounds fun! The reality: you pay over $40 to walk around a parking lot carnival with hour-long waits for everything. It's terrible.

The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.

This where we are: On Thursday Trump made a multi billion dollar PERSONAL bet on a competing energy source and Monday he straight attempted to cancel potential competition. It's incredible how inured the world has become to his naked corruption.

I read this story earlier this morning, and it's horrifying. The panopticon is here.

There are plenty of obvious reasons to do this: Nobody under the age of 30 actually uses the site! You're rewarding Elon Musk! But the most important thing is that some politicians and consultants are stewing in bot-driven, expensive Nazi propaganda, and it's giving them really bad, cruel ideas.

Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email. It must be read:

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

Blessed Yule to all who celebrate. May the longest night of the year renew your strength and restore your peace.

I was trying to figure out why the widow Kirk seems so familiar to me, and then