Thinking about your resolutions for 2026? ✨ Consider keeping your neighbours healthy by making a donation to Donate A Mask. Your donation of $20 will provide a box of #masks to a household, helping them stay safe in the new year. 💙 donatemask.ca/donate #Masks4All #NewYear #NewYear2026 #Resolution

The church tried to co-opt it. The Soviets tried to ban it. Today, Ukraine's oldest New Year's celebration, Malanka, is making a comeback. It's a night when social scripts are flipped. Men dress up as women, the dead come to visit, and what's forbidden is allowed.

Amplifying this because Sulzberger and company deserve Consequences for this editorial pivot towards performative cruelty. #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Every one of these deals exceeds the severity of the Clinton Foundation and Hunter Biden controversies by orders of magnitude. And there are already dozens, probably hundreds.

People you know &maybe even once respected for implicit convictions can sometimes be so disappointing&self-interested. I keep letting myself be surprised by that for some reason. Anyway, all of this appeasement bc harming trans people—& esp trans children—is a totally acceptable bargain it seems

Damn right, we sign it.

Here we go. 2026. Good luck to us all.

Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

Danielle Smith, if you insist on having this divisive and economically damaging referendum on Alberta’s unquestionable place in Canada, bring it on, but make sure to ask the first approved question, condoned by nearly half million #ForeverCanadian Albertans. youtu.be/M51Rsv8U6Zc

Just finished reading the Jack Smith transcript. I've highlighted what I consider to be stand-out moments, and our team at MSW Media will be cutting together a highlight reel for you. Stay tuned!

It is kind of wild that no big media outlet has busted open the story of who is making DHS' posts on X. Whoever that may be is certainly plugged into hardcore white supremacist internet propaganda with a harder edge. "Groyper" would be underselling it. This is Daily Stormer-tier sludge.

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@kathleenpetty.bsky.social This got my attention over on Twitter tonight about a certain resignation in the #Alberta cabinet:

This may also have had something to do with it…….

Please say “ethnic cleansing” when posting this stuff because that’s what they’re broadcasting. They’re broadcasting plans to engage in ethnic cleansing.

Noting the uncomfortable phrase “for now”. You *know* someone in the regime has been tasked with finding a way around the Supine Court he thought he’d bought and paid for. :/

Supposedly some of the materials may be “disposed of” in 60 days. Spox says it will be by “established method”. Who knows where the NASA surplus office is? Is there one at Goddard? Because there are LOTS of scientists with basements and garages in easy driving distance of Greenbelt. We can do this.

Please note that this response does not preclude the possibility that the Department of Commerce has learned of kaiju in the past 11 years.

In 2026: Generative AI is not inevitable. You can say no. You can refuse. You can reject the disgusting lukewarm slop that the richest and worst people in the world are trying to force-feed you. You can tell them to eat shit and die mad. You can break the machine

Brothers, sisters, neithers, and in betweens, I beseech thee, join the Moopsy Monotheism! We welcome all with cookies and bones! @counselor-sunna.bsky.social @thomasthecat.bsky.social please pass my gratitude to those who brought us the Moopsy hoodie

Zym, son of T'ai, 2269. Zym - State Advisor, Warden of the First City and Treasurer to Chancellors L'Rell, Sturka and Kesh - was the intellectual power behind the Sturkan period of Governance, even if he opposed many of it's most notorious acts.

The #StarTrek TOS writer of "Trouble With Tribbles" (and much more) needs some help this #Christmas gofund.me/c29e82796

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This is fascism

Jack Smith: I'm not going to be intimidated. legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

The more you know…

Corporations are calling in militarized police to crush dissent. From fossil fuel protest laws to the crackdown on #StopCopCity, this 2023 story connects environmental defense, corporate power, and the criminalization of protest.

Probably a good idea to mask up when necessary as well....

Chapter 24 – The Battle of Cheron: Death in the Field The Romulans began this war under the childish delusion that...no one would ever bomb them back. We shall disabuse them of such notions – High Speaker Ristide ch’Breeyan intheraptorsclaws.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/c...

”Take your life as it exists today. Now imagine no Canadian passport. Imagine border checks to visit family in B.C. or Manitoba. Imagine your pension, healthcare, trade agreements, currency, and mobility all thrown into uncertainty, overnight.” open.substack.com/pub/colenotc... #ableg

Update: I emailed the opt-out address listed on their website and got a reply. But, I never. Should. Have. Had. To. Opt. Out. I’m so tired of these tech companies & their entitlement. DoorDash putting small restaurants on their apps w/o permission, AI scraping our sites, & now this? It’s exhausting

The #RideauCanal in Ottawa did partially open at 0800 hrs this morning as advertised, but the open part of the surface is rated as "poor" and "fair", which in my books is not good enough for #skating on. Map: ncc-ccn.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/in... We will get out there for a #skate, not today.

Tossed? WTF

Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

WE NEED SOME ORCAS We're holding out for some orcas till the end of the night They gotta be strong and they gotta be fast And they gotta be smooth black and white

⚡️Finland detains Russia-linked ship suspected of sabotage. Early in the morning on Dec. 31, an undersea communications cable linking Finland and Estonia was reported damaged. The cargo ship Fitburg, sailing from Russia, may be responsible, authorities said.

orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing

Canada's dependency on professional services firms is scandalous www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/31/o... #cdnpoli

Here are the nearest 20 galaxies to us, including the Milky Way #iTeachPhysics #Astronomy 🔭 #Science 🧪

THREAD: Verified videos of anti-establishment protests currently unfolding in Iran Protesters push back police and security forces on Tehran's Jomhouri Street. Location: maps.app.goo.gl/LKZH6YbnT2WE... @geoconfirmed.org

Looking back on 2025: Some progress, some setbacks 2025 has been another pretty slow year for me in terms of getting stuff published. My short story collection Aleyara's Descent and Other Stories was finally released in July, a year later than hoped, and my second Aleyara story, "Aleyara's…

As we look back at 2025, CPJ holds deep gratitude and honors the courageous Palestinian journalists reporting from Gaza. Despite Israeli targeting, they continue to report and bring the world vital coverage from the Strip. cpj.org?p=538024 #2025Highlights

Perseus Molecular Cloud (PerMCld) has dark, reflection,and emission nebulae plus star clusters. This photo covers part of the cloud and contains Omicron Persei Cloud (IC 348) on the left and the Embryo Nebula (NGC 1333) on the upper right. Exposure 7 hours, 12/17/2025 #astronomy #astrophotography

Not only a perfect denouement, it was the end of an era. Thirty years ago today, this strip was published.

New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows. A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j

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