Merry Christmas, Mr. President!!

“Many thought 2025 was the year Pierre Poilievre — the whiniest, most power-hungry party leader Canada has ever seen — would become prime minister. Alas for Pierre, it was not to be.” cultmtl.com/2025/12/2025...

a true american would see that it’s literally just costplus but bigger, and bigger is better

Christmas customs have really evolved since I left America

Seattle Man Leaves Out Plate of Cheese for When St. Rat Comes Up Through Toilet Tonight: tinyurl.com/nhf8cr8s

Throwback to last month when government 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria initially included instructions to go to German food banks. www.404media.co/army-tells-s...

Merry Christmas! Please enjoy the opening to this Japanese Christmas concert special that I watch every year. As far as I can tell, this has otherwise been scrubbed from the internet

grubhub’s ai assistant chatbot just lied to me that i had been refunded (after i loosely described it as a $50 order) and sent me a $10 credit instead

I'll say it as often as it takes to sink in - a huge, HUGE part of the bitter loathing that "AI" is generating is due to this culture of no opt-out, no consent, just "fuck you, I've decided and you can't stop me." Maybe we can't! But we can hate your fucking guts lol

We do a tradition of opening one gift (each) on Christmas Eve which is always a book, and then we read together for a bit. I don't post my kid's face online so you will simply have to imagine a supremely adorable child lighting up with joy as he opens his new Truck Book :D

Ironically we undervalue our greatest superpowers exactly because they come so easily to us. So we don’t think it’s impressive, special, or interesting. But it is the fact that it’s so easy for us that makes them superpowers.

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, where the shadows lie, One Tim to rule them all, One Tim to find them, One Tim to bring them all, and in the darkness, bind them.

oh my god?

Santa Claus is now authorized to make his deliveries in Canada 🇨🇦 I showed this video to my 8 year old son and he is pumped 😂 🎄🎅🏼🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🎄🎅🏼 🎄🎅🏼 🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🎄🎅🏼

A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty: My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media. Huh? When did I say that?!

"Even after accounting for the upfront costs and delayed benefits, enrolling marginal applicants to public universities generates substantial net returns for society, the marginal students themselves, and the government budget." Public Universities FTW!

It is unimaginable that we’re coming up to four years of this stupid war of aggression. How does Russia expect any other state to take it at its word or to be a trusted member of the international community again?

CBS destroying a brand they built up over the course of like 100 years for one criminal idiot is a pretty funny bit

“Raped” “Murdered” “Disposed of body” “Infanticide” Next to the President’s name. The WH has now taken over the social media account of the DOJ to protect him. Asking MAGA and Republicans —When is it enough? Why are you silent?

Alan sitting at home like "Ah yes, it's Christmas Eve - time to let everyone know that nobody wants to spend the holiday with me by firing up my laptop and posting a long article about the notorious sex trafficker I used to hang out with constantly"

?????

You have to respect his dedication to writing the same article over and over again regardless of context, relevance or accuracy www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Tennessee Republicans are planning to take over control of Memphis schools from local leaders: tennesseelookout.com/2025/12/24/h...

Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you? Caller: I am eight

Just had a guy on reddit tell me "you don't need accuracy in your field, it's just life that things are inaccurate sometimes" lol He does not even know what I do! But still felt confident in asserting that anyway, which really captures the vibe of these dudes (it's always dudes)

I love @davidjroth.bsky.social's writing for a lot of reasons but one of the main ones is, he loves the world. There's nothing rarefied about his intellect, his humor, his humanity. Just makes me want to keep on living basically. Here he is on Hallmark movies flaminghydra.com/issue-468/#h...

Politics in a chart. This should be framed in some poli sci Louvre.

Government press releases that talk about spending a gazillion billion dollars mean nothing to voters. Voters don't doubt the ability of governments to spend money, they doubt the ability to see tangible results. More here: pollarastrategicinsights.substack.com/p/say-it-right

This is a lot of words to say that DOJ is in violation of the statutory deadline and will take even longer to produce records that were due last week.

The way this shit has been shoved into EVERY application without regard for anyone's consent or risk tolerance has been so fucking reprehensible. You can tell none of these techbro CEO assholes ever think about their children tbh.

"R began to sob and seemed frightened. 'Did you look at Character AI?' she asked her mom. H didn’t know what that was...At the time, H was far more focused on what her tween might have encountered on social media. In August 2024, H had never heard of Character AI..." #GiftLink #GiftArticle

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The FBI was supposed to deliver all the Epstein files to @AGPamBondi's desk by 8 AM on Feb. 28, 2025. That's almost ten months ago. This seems like something @JusticeOIG would need to dig into www.justice.gov/ag/media/139...

This is yet another chilling example of how far the Trump administration will go in service of his billionaire enablers. Hate speech and harm to kids online have exploded, and now the administration is targeting those working to combat it. Their greed knows no bounds.

“On Tuesday, however, Ms. Loomer said nothing about the newly released materials, which showed, among other things, that federal prosecutors had determined that Mr. Trump had flown on Mr. Epstein’s private plane more times than they originally knew.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

low stakes posting today reminds me that 1) Facebook is for talking to people you know IRL but don’t like and 2) microblogging sites are for talking to people you don’t know but do like. we forget these things at our peril

It’s not “losing money” any more than air traffic controllers or public highways or street lights or fire departments are “losing money.” It is a government service. It’s not SUPPOSED to make money. It’s supposed to reliably deliver to anywhere in the US, even the unprofitable places.

Looks like Elon Musk, Bondi and now Rubio are conspiring to protect X now in its qwest to undermine Western democracies. I say this because what is happening is conspiratorial against CCDH and European leaders for standing up against algorithmically tricked out white nationalist propaganda. 🧵

The funny thing is that the alt right + CodePink left will talk about the West as a cabal of elites orchestrating color revolutions in former Soviet states - meanwhile the ruling party of Georgia is largely bankrolled & run by one man who happens to be the richest guy in the country

Happy Holidays, Toronto! ✨ We’re going to be a bit quieter over the next couple of days but we’ll keep you updated if there’s anything important you need to know. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy Kwanzaa to all who celebrate. Warmest wishes, Your City 💙

Why is "there'll be scary ghost stories" a line in a Christmas carol

Oh did someone go to the guest bathroom in Mar A Lago and stumble on them

OH JUST NOW??? YOU JUST FOUND THEM RIGHT NOW????

Sneaky 😂 #uspoli

Merry Christmas, here’s a line you just read because of me

As a holiday treat, @davidpomerantz.bsky.social and I are dropping ten free offsketes down your chimney. Guaranteed additional, permanent, etc. Happy posting, everyone!

Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair." One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."

Hamlet: and I, Hamlet, vow to honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and ... Ghost: wait ... did you say Hamlet? Hamlet: yes? Ghost: not Scrooge? Hamlet: ... no? Ghost (scrolling increasingly desperately through Google calendar) oh shiii..