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My holiday hot take: forget DIE HARD; this is the only great Christmas movie.

a very merry Christmas to this guy in particular

A real text exchange I had with my sister, who I nicknamed "Dorcas" because she's a dork. (She did offer a laughing emoji after I called her "Ebenezer Scrooge.") 🤣

idk, i think it’s eggnog

Be merry, be merry.

Every year when I was young my mother and father would invite one or two sailors from a nearby Navy base, who had (for whatever reason) no place to spend the holiday, to share Christmas dinner with our family. It was a fine example of my parents' good hearts and I loved them for it.

Wishing you and your #dogs a season filled with health and joy. Happy Holidays from The Dog Aging Institute. 🎁Your #gift this season fuels cutting-edge research that helps dogs live longer, healthier lives everywhere: buff.ly/9wzMXqI

My grandparents on a long-ago Christmas morning in the 1950s. Grandpa is sporting Mickey Mouse ears. 🤣 They stand in front of their fireplace, which has a large mirror above it decorated with sprayed-on "snow" for the season. I loved them and I miss the many holidays we spent with them.

Christmas Day, mid-1950s. I am the baby, held by my mother as my father looks on. Photo taken on my grandparents' front lawn, probably by my grandfather.

Christmas, 1959. My father, with my sister and me in front of a white Christmas tree (evergreen Christmas trees spray-painted in pastel colors were a fad back then; we also had pale blue and pale pink trees during the early '60s). Another sister would come along later. And Mom took the photo.

'Tis the season hahahaha

With the help of Monsieur Steve I'm getting ready for the Bluesky Christmas party everyone's talking about 😁

The Ship of Lost Soles

Best alt text ever. Accurate.

- Housebroken - Great with kids and adults - Thrice-divorced - Masters in English Literature - Marxist - Loves to cuddle

How I’m turning up to the BlueSky Christmas party.

MAGA is freaking out about the fact that I am running for Congress to fight for LGBTQ people and other vulnerable communities. When extremists and bigots attack you, it usually means you are doing something right. Their anti-endorsements are a badge of honor. I will never be intimidated by hate.

my first @theguardian.com: I wrote about this year's "Drag Queen Christmas" tour stop in Pensacola, FL, which from the 1950s-70s hosted America's biggest LGBTQ event; the state AG tried to get the "demonic" show canceled. I talked to Florida drag queens and supporters that refuse to go underground:

🤣👍

Are the Kansas City Chiefs moving from Missouri to Kansas to make Trump seem less stupid?

“Strong consumer spending on healthcare services” is a lovely way to say that insurance subsidies have expired and now premiums are now costing individual consumers thousands more per month

I'd rather drink goat's blood.

I'll say this again, as I say every year: San Francisco celebrates Christmas in a big way. (We also celebrate a lot of delightful holidays belonging to non-Christian cultures, but right-wingers only focus, weirdly enough, on the "radical left's" supposed hatred of Christmas.)

One of the weirdest things about living in rural Québec in the 1970s was how these monstrosities would show up every hunting season. Usually the moose head would be left on the hood all winter long and, despite the generally arctic temperatures, by spring they would be disgustingly rotten.

The Cracker Barrel thing was THIS YEAR. We have three more years of this shit. Anybody who makes it to 2028 without looking like Nosferatu will be required by the state to start a skincare brand.

Afore God, a mad host.

Gang, we are not watching the Kennedy Center Honors tonight. Watch a Rob Reiner movie instead.

Back in December 2020 I was talking with an online friend about ugly Christmas sweaters and mentioned that I didn't have one. A week or so later a package arrived in the mail with a note that read I DARE YOU TO WEAR THIS IN PUBLIC—AND GET PROOF. Note how Dottie is trying to get away from me 🤣

...and by "musical number" they mean "Broadway show tune." I have been properly caught, skewered, and roasted. 🤣👍

Huckleberry Youth Programs is a worthy organization and if any of you have a bit of extra funds this holiday season I know they would appreciate a donation of any size. Read this to see how they helped "Mia" (not her name), just one of many. It's inspiring. fundraise.givesmart.com/e/VWRnfQ?vid...

Next Dem president can rename it from USS Defiant to USS Deviant at minimal cost.

The only time "Trump" and "class" belong in the same sentence is when the latter word is preceded by "utter lack of."

Save the date for a day of memories, music, and mementos honoring the life and legacy of Claude, San Francisco’s beloved albino alligator. Join us for a free community celebration on Jan. 18 11am-1pm in Golden Gate Park, or worldwide via livestream. bit.ly/ClaudeForever

This account looks superficially interesting until you see that EVERY POST stops mid-sentence and then says "Continue reading on Facebook" and sorry, but that's an automatic block from me.

I see I’m not the first to make this joke

Added bonus: all those views generating zero ad revenue for CBS. I love that for them 🤣

Mirrored here for when that gets taken down: archive.org/details/3mam...

There’s an essay entitled “Thomas Paine: America’s Founding Shitposter” just waiting to be written for the 250th anniversary of Common Sense. bsky.app/profile/seth...

4) Jill Lepore, WE THE PEOPLE: A HISTORY OF THE US CONSTITUTION (Liveright) I went in skeptical but ended up loving it. This book, which centers the importance of amendments & incorporates a broad range of voices, meshes Lepore’s skills while also mediating her previous flaws.

While it’s certainly dark times, I found lots of joy from brilliant scholars last year. So to celebrate & promote them, I’m counting down my “Ten Favorite Books in US History from 2025.” Caveats: I’m not claiming these as “best,” as I’m just one biased voice. Plus, I haven’t read everything. /1

Earlier this year, we celebrated SINGIN' IN THE RAIN entering the #publicdomain—but it was just one moment in a much bigger story. ☔️ On January 1, 2026, even more culture joins the public domain. Want to celebrate what’s next? Join our events ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... #PublicDomainDay

I have 8 or 9 different recordings of Handel's MESSIAH and have been listening to all of them this month. And as a former music major at university I have thoughts. /1

And there goes MAGA’s latest talking point.

And YET ANOTHER small quake near San Ramon. 😬 bsky.app/profile/cali...

Good morning, beautiful friends! Thanks for following Mama Dragons. Because everything is better with rainbows!

if social media has taught me anything... i’m unaware of it

I don't know who Dido is tbh but I think she's a singer(?) and the only musical Dido I do recognize is the one whose achingly beautiful "Lament" comes at the end of Purcell's opera DIDO AND AENEAS (circa 1688), performed here by a superb San Francisco ensemble. 😁 #EarlyModern #Baroque

RE: citrus and winter, the people next door to me used to have a lemon tree that overhung the edge of my back garden and I would gleefully pick a few when they ripened, usually in February. 👍

As always: Turn around. Don’t drown. Do not attempt to drive across flooded roadways. Stay safe. Stay dry.