it took the Tories 15 years of fucking everything up to obliterate their party. Keir Starmer did it in 18 months

Ok, so here's a contentious thing. Sometimes, you *can* judge an RPG just by reading it (and playing it is no guarantee of actual insight). However, the RPGs that are easiest to judge just by reading? They're the *really bad ones*.

Along with the racist fake grievance of "apologizing for being white," there's also the fact that a bunch of white folks seem to believe (and/or are willing to suggest) that even acknowledging systemic advantages they get for being white is the equivalent of being "forced to apologize."

This is how I feel

I'm a firm believer that this liminal period between the holidays and New Year's is how we're supposed to live. It's peak existence. May the word "efficiency" die in 2026 and all its horrible relatives "innovating" to solve the perceived problems of rest, joy, creativity, and humanity.

Honestly? Living in Alabama. When you live between Selma and Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, it is fairly impossible to fall into the "this is the worst it has ever been and it can't get better" pit. It was way worse for people here, in living memory, and they didn't shrug & give up. So I can't either.

"Americans are too poor to revolt!" I want you to look at the history of populations that revolted against dictators, and rethink that utterly fucking stupid comment.

sometimes there’s just no words

The only thing ChatGPT ever does.

Funny Numbers xkcd.com/3184/

Back in the day the rich guy was the default villain in every movie and tv show. Bring that back.

The rumor that EA scrapped a free Sims 4 DLC featuring an African world to make a paid royalty DLC as its last expansion pack has be specifically designed to make certain I never spend another dime on this game ever again.

Coming from another creative field: I've run into cishet white dudes who want to do game design and act like they deserve a spot at the table just because they DM a lot and have a wiki for their campaign. That's everyone, bud. Next.

Speaks to something deeply wrong with capitalism that Lampert was allowed to annihilate the value of this company to less than nothing while still walking away with hundreds of millions in profits for himself from the saga.

“I assumed he was Black,” Mr. Rosenbluth said in an interview. “Why else would he be in ICE custody?”: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u... In between this and the US bombing in Nigeria, the quiet part is very, very loud indeed. Like we can all see and hear this, right

“New York City’s syndromic surveillance system, which collects information about every patient who visits an emergency room, reported 9,857 visits for “influenza-like illness” last week. That was higher than in the worst weeks of the 2017-18 or 2024-25 flu seasons, both ranked as “high severity”

MELIA's story 👇 please read and repost. Training is funded to the adopter. You just have to be fully committed to helping her. Shelter information is in the bio. This is about a beautiful, sweet dog looking for the right home. Any negative comments will be blocked. 24petconnect.com/DetailsMain/...

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

When I launched my campaign, I said I wanted to do politics differently… and we’re actually doing it. Thank you to Jessica Washington and @theintercept.com for covering the most exciting and rewarding part of this campaign: theintercept.com/2025/12/26/k...

viewfromthewing.com/deltas-ceo-s... Delta doesn't want poor people money apparently.

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Someone asked me once what white people could do right now to help. I said make a group of white folks that have the sole purpose of clearing every Black, Brown and Native mutual aid effort they see. Never heard from them again.

Illinois joins lawsuit against White House's attempted national ban on youth gender-affirming care - Chicago Sun-Times share.google/2Mp1OUoAwE26...

Maybe you should tell your president to stop threatening to invade other countries and also eat shit, yankee capitalists 💕

And we're getting the next season in January! #guiltypleasure www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqaX...

Climate Action Rhode Island's "Yes to Wind" rally draws big crowd in rebuke to Trump open.substack.com/pub/steveahl...

The ‘Christmas tree worm’ evolved one of the ocean’s strangest senses: it can see with its gills. 👀 apple.news/AF2qdDcDpQ5W...

Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.

From the Hamill House to your's: MERRY CHRISTMAS !!! 🎅 🎁 ☃️ 🎄 ❄️ ⛄ 🤶

MERRY CHRISTMAS! I have to remember that things can get better, even if right now, they look like they're getting worse. If we put in the work, become aware of the problems, adopt super kittens, agree to help each other, we might be able to make a difference. #RadioFreeMars #CognitiveDissident

If I decided it was too much bother to clean my house so I moved into an igloo in Antarctica for the rest of my life, you'd think I was awful stupid. Tech bros deciding they'd lose too much profit if they stopped destroying the Earth because they can move to Mars someday is even stupider.

Northern lights could be visible on Christmas Eve in these states - ABC News apple.news/AEX9vtB1FTnm...

Biddle, Sam. 2025. “10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them.” The Intercept. December 23, 2025. theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i... ‌#ICE #BountyHunters #immigration @theintercept.com

Found the CBS feedback form. Left a message about Bari www.cbs.com/showfeedback...

If Network NEWSCASTS, and their Late Night Shows, are almost 100% Accurate about a Pathological Liar and Convicted Felon who Incited an Insurrection, tried to Steal a Fair Election and is Covering up Sex Crimes against Children, shouldn't his Disgraceful Presidency be terminated? I say, YES!

Good morning Wanderers! Merry Christmas to those who celebrate. I just want to announce: I SURVIVED WHAMAGEDDON!!!!!!!!! I don't know how, but I did!

Recreating this legendary Peanuts scene. Yeah hoe!

Seems like a good time to note that many nonfiction publishers do not fact check, or do so only very superficially, and authors who want their work fact checked need to pay for it. This is bad in general but especially when editors are acquiring ‘eye-opening books’ that are just reactionary lies.

Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”

As an actual Religious Studies scholar, it is an insult to our field to describe anything this student wrote about gender as "Bible-based."

If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career

This my favorite TT ever.

Reposting this petition for NYC people interested in pushing back rather than partnering up: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...

Fine, whatever, this random cat is your new god of the winter solstice

I am immediately reporting this personal attack.

Happy Christmas Eve Day! If you’re going out to buy presents today: what they’ve got is on the floor there’s nothing more in back if all that’s left is the expensive stuff, consider it the procrastination tax.