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Get yourself someone that looks at you like this

I do get the sense that Bardot obituaries (whether pre-write or newly written) struggle to identify Bardot’s long-time far-right politics as extremist because Front Nationale (since rebranded) has ascended in popularity

2025 was just as busy as 2024, so we’ll forgive you if you missed some of our articles at @boltsmag.org! Our team chose just 10 of our favorite pieces of the year. It was very hard to choose—but these are articles I'd love for you to not miss. (And: thank you for reading us!) 🧵

it has single-handedly shifted me from "🥺 hmm if you think the bubble is about to pop remember the future is undecided and we don't know what is going to happen" to "this is what is going to happen in the next 6 months"

reminder that caldwell’s most recent book argues that the civil rights act of 1964 was something akin to a constitutional abomination that produced a world of white subordination

i think what gets overlooked is that part of the humor and charm of edits like these is that you're perfectly aware that someone sat down and spent their own time making it. they chose to do something cool or silly or stupid or genius, regardless of the results that human element elevates the work

if there's one thing we all remember sauron for, it's the impenetrability of his security

It today's Grave You Didn't Ask To See, we have Gwendolyn Brooks. She's buried at Lincoln Cemetery in Blue Island, & rests under an incredibly cool book-shaped marker.

this monorail salesman lookin ass think he mark ruffalo

163 stories and counting! basically one per week for three years!

wow, sorry. Deleting now. I didn’t know she was French

No fuck you me and my friends were just having some lighthearted fun and we weren't strangling culture to death what the fuck

Also: the Biden administration investigated it years ago and dozens of people have already been convicted

Just remembered how the first apartment I moved into in NYC had the hot and cold water lines swapped for a couple months so if multiple people used the toilet it would become The Hot Seat

“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever." - Dept. of Education to ProPublica's @megomatz.bsky.social "Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."

This week’s #EditorsPick, from Senior Acquisitions Editor Richard Carlin, is a great read to enjoy over the holidays as you explore the life and times of the country’s most celebrated performing seal. #ReadUP tinyurl.com/57kyfvv7 #HolidayReading #AmericanHistory #NYHistory #PerformingArts

Going into Monday Night Football, the Rams are on pace to finish as the No. 6 best team in DVOA history. They have the No. 7 best offense since 1978. They are also the sixth-lowest team ever in terms of game-to-game variance. Ridiculously consistent.

not too late for a flu shot btw, flu historically often peaks in february and by all accounts it is pretty bad this year

I was really happy to see Sugar Land as the focus here. It's such a vibrant community and I think represents so much of what makes immigration great.

We’re just innocent men

rip, a great song and one of the all time great samples www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/o...

personally I think the Dune 3 title is entirely appropriate

The “historic” Kokomo, Ind., gas tower didn’t even make it 50 years. But like other tall local beacons such as water towers, its looming presence gave it an importance for locals beyond its function. www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=214904

NEW: A steep drop in homicides in the 12 South and West side neighborhoods that had ShotSpotter sensors lasted a full year after Mayor Brandon Johnson scrapped the city’s controversial gunshot detection system, an updated analysis of Chicago crime data shows. @wttw.bsky.social

It's remarkable how low COVID deaths have fallen in the last year. The 2024 summer wave peaked at 1,358 deaths per week; the 2025 summer wave peaked at 466 deaths per week. www.cdc.gov/covid/php/su...

This frustrates me so much. There were teams across government trying to do just this! I’ve worked with them! I’m married to one of them! Yes it was slow but it was happening! But it was literally the first work stopped by DOGE and it’ll take ages to bring it back online.

i heard that phrase on the radio so many times growing up, i didn't know he got $1.2m a year for it

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

[NEW] Psychosis affects 3% of Americans. For those living with it, holistic care can offer stability across daily life. But finding such support often feels like navigating a maze. We examines how the U.S. continues to fail people living with psychosis.

snow before Christmas: ✨ walking in a winter wonderland ✨ snow after Christmas:

ultimately a lot of these guys have the personality trait where they encounter dipshit bullying (which is what a lot of anti-masking sentiment is) and their natural reaction is to make sure the bully thinks they are cool and shouldn't get lumped in with the rejects and losers.

i think he's ok!!!

this game rules

homage to a former bills legend

INBOX: @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, an investigative reporter at @miamiherald.com who has covered Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking story for nearly a decade, accuses the Trump Department of Justice for tracking her flight history in 2019 and releasing them partially unredacted in the Epstein files

Touchdown Tom dressing like this with one glove makes him look like a hitman

A man ICE accused of riding in a van that rammed agents had actually been picked up earlier so was in *ICE’s vehicle* when the incident happened, an attorney for the family says www.thebanner.com/community/cr...

Now archived @wfmu.bsky.social Let the Spirit Out: Kahil El’Zabar Interview STREAM ▶️ wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

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A Hampton Inn in Asheville just canceled my family's reservation because our address (incorrectly) showed Asheville—and the hotel bars locals within 50 miles. When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies. This is outrageous.

ahahaha shedeur beat capn ivermectin

I mean c’mon

<$250k grants from Tyler Cowan and the Stripe founder guy if you can come up with a “new aesthetic” for the 21st C. Hmmmmm ok! Hope one of my friends gets this weird money. newaesthetics.art

64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz. Our team fanned out to cover the before, during and after of the federal government’s months-long raid on an American city. This is worth your time to understand the United States today www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...

Bird Hunted To Near Extinction Due To Infuriating 'Fuck You' Call

Looking good, Chicago.

I enjoyed reading Paul Musgrave on lunch in Qatar. Remembering again when I expressed an interest in what is now called "Food Studies" and was told by Prof. Steve Ozment: "Miss Spang. This is Harvard. You can't study Home Economics." musgrave.substack.com/p/a-lunch-in...