I don't know who needs to hear this but *noise resonating at a frequency that can only be perceived by ancients summoned to unleash retribution on those whose souls require purging*

The good dude @lukeoneil47.bsky.social let me write about the 20 best books that I read in 2025. If you're wondering "what should I read?" here's your list www.welcometohellworld.com/20-books-you...

the only thing Matt Yglesias is good at is getting everything wrong. if he says it's not going to rain, bring an umbrella. beyond that, ignore and/or shame him, that's absolutely it.

This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...

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only option now is lock him in and make it his tomb

feminism has failed many young women by interrupting and slowing their natural and absolutely vital progression into misandry

Mitt Romney wants us to tax the rich. Mitt Romney is still very much on the right. Proud, devoted centrists: please note that your new "moderate position" must be guillotines (but not eating the rich, that's way too far left) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...

I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons

Everyone who is having a pleasant holiday season because they aren't in the Epstein files, step forward. Not so fast, David Brooks.

Dr Oz wants to make sure that we all know he spends a LOT of time thinking nonstop about children's genitals. In fact it's pretty much all he thinks about. What does that child have in their pants and what does it cost for me to get near it??????

strange statement from a person who visually seems to have fallen into the gaping genderless hole that formed in their own logic

*smashes the buzzer so hard it shatters into a million pieces* WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU’D SAY IN BED

it's vaguely comforting to know that no one around trump is even capable enough to manage him in any way -- they're not manipulating the brain dead rage monster, they're being manipulated by him and when he's done they'll all fall like the lifeless puppets they are

to guess a recap in advance: Trump rants about the economy, immigration, foreign countries. A few moments sounded lucid but most were rambling, angry, and largely incoherent. The tone could be described as "bad translation of an evil cartoon character trying to destroy the world in a cheap cartoon."

Congress passes the I Love Adolf Hitler And Touching Kids Act 2025 by one vote; four Republicans voted no and the tie was broken by the honorable Rep. Gaylord "Moneybags" Corruptionlover (D-TX)

every person pushing AI fundamentally believes that they, personally, are superior to AI, but that AI is superior to each one of the rest of us

I hate the inevitability that at some point, without any desire, nor any doubt, I will absolutely wind up seeing Ella McCay.

Four Republicans choose to do basic, bare bones politics. CNN: *NUCLEAR OPTION*

We are failing our kids

getting a compliment is so complicated because how do you politely say I’m so sorry you seem to be very stupid and unable to perceive reality! not your fault, I promise! I fool people regularly!

The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."

I know that Trump's death won't magically fix everything but I do think that the collective wave of global joy that when we all get the news will be powerful enough to at least save an endangered species of something

I understand that time is a construct and days move into each other with no care for the boundaries we have set in order to count them. Tomorrow is built from a 1000 yesterdays, not from its arbitrary designation on a calendar. But nevertheless - fuck 2025.

Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.

you do not have the unalienable right to the pursuit of happiness if you live in a country that keeps you in a constant state of fear

just tried on a pink dress and said I look like the ghost of christmas ham if you're in need of more holiday themed insults

there is an entire world of cover songs you heard first and loved until you found out they were covers and you heard and loved the original so much more and the pretenders stop your sobbing is on that list for me #xpncountdown

The internet's pal @kevinmkruse.bsky.social said a thing the other day that got me thinking about the dissembling rhetoric of white flight being ripped out of GOP discourse at about the same rate that an adult reasoning capacity is being stripped from Trump's brain and how shitty reality is for it.

Also, talk to your less online friends about AI. They might mostly be hearing from their workplace and all the rich-guy bullshit marketing that AI is vital, great, and adored! Make your scorn known!

The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar

hotel rooms and I have fundamentally different ideas about what mirrors are used for

the one guarantee you have from me is that nothing I post will ever be AI: if I confirm your opinion, it's because I genuinely agree; if I tell you to kill yourself, it's because I care

Olivia Nuzzi is an utter and complete piece of evil garbage and anyone defending her is also trash and likely trash with their own evil fucking agenda. And that's all there is to say about that.

based on the flashing lights and alarms, I'm pretty sure I was able to FINALLY get a philly street parking spot because the car that left was a getaway car

in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company

I worked for Frank Gehry. Because of him, I went to The Simpsons Halloween party, had a key to the Disney Concert Hall, met amazing artists. Frank was wonderful to me. When I left his office, he said you'll do big things, just try to stay out of politics. Sorry, Frank. Your memory is a blessing ❤️

Here we go, for the 5th year in a row, my TOP 5 HERBS AND SPICES of 2025 (lot of change from last year): 5. basil 4. cumin 3. ginger 2. oregano 1. smoked paprika

got the absolute best package -- @jasonnarducy.bsky.social's new book, which is incredible. be as happy as I am, order it here: www.porchlightbooks.com/products/mos...

Billionaires have been spending vast amounts of money to keep rigging tax policy so that the rest of us have to pay to support them. Meanwhile, I'm reading my community's angel tree list where 12 year old children are asking for "a warm blanket" as their whole holiday wish list.

For everyone who contributed to my cover songs playlist -- WXPN kicked off their listener generated 885 greatest cover songs playlist this morning. You can listen and follow along here: xpn.org/wxpn-playlis...

Want to show love to your artists while also calling out Spotify for airing I.C.E. ads? Welcome to Spotify Unwrapped, get your downloadables here: spotifyunwrapped.net

Strong floor, no ceiling (on corruption)

I don't care what the LA Times said. The LA Times is not your mother, I am, and I said you absolutely do NOT have permission to give terrible people your time or money.

2026 is going to be a *great* year to run for office. @runforsomething.net will help you. Filing deadlines are coming up fast - it's just barely not too late to get started. runforwhat.net

I'm not a religious person but no one who promotes AI has a soul

republicans who think you have a safe seat: no you don’t

Ds don't seem to be getting what they need out of Nashville. But if the margin lands at R+3, that's a D+19 shift from 2024 -- we're not talking a wave, we're talking tsunami

uh oh just got super angry. not sure what to do with it. might start a riot, might go to bed.