Now this is a role model

You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?" Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.

As somoene who thinks a lot about 'which three things would I take if I got an immediate evacuation order' this as a grim read.

The out of office message is ready to go. I’m going to try and be a bit more offline for the holidays but we will see how that goes.

For Paste’s Best Music Books of 2025 list, I wrote about @nikostratis.com’s The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman and Ben Ratliff’s Run the Song www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-b...

Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas :: Unsanctioned Soundtrack (1977) aquariumdrunkard.com/2016/12/07/e... It’s the 3rd week of December and if you grew up in the 80s, Jim Henson’s 1977 holiday epic really needs no further explanation. Welcome to Frogtown Hollow.

Uhhhhhhh

I still think good things are possible

The ACC 101 citizen's academy launches next year...we'd love for you to book a seat: accgov.com/7407/ACCGov-...

Noooooooooo

Everyone ignores the fact that Gremlins is a Christmas movie.

I'm so fucking tired, if anyone wants to help out a trans guy today just share my stuff- I make jewelry and paint and stuff, take a look at my shop or commission a pet portrait or smth Placecalledbliss.bigcartel.com

Playing 'Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)' with David Bowie on French TV 17 Feb 1997 (show is Nulle Part Ailleurs) early on the Earthling Tour. How I loved this man, and that band. youtube.com/watch?v=3Fwe... #MusicSky #DavidBowie #ReevesGabrels

For readers who are about to lose care, I have been told that the Trans Youth Emergency Project is helping the families of trans youth contingency plan to access that care. www.transyouthemergencyproject.org

this is the most "Get a Job, Stay Away From Her" I've ever felt

Trans kids deserve the world. Trans kids deserve to grow up as themselves and be wrapped in love and support. These bills and legislation are monstrous.

Ive never allowed my husband to watch the extras on our LotR dvds for fear that he will finally know where all my trivia is from.

I brought Sixpence None the Richer to the Tiny Desk for some holiday cheer (and melancholy) @npr.org youtu.be/sSY_w9odHPk?...

all this talk about estrangement between (conservative) parents and their adult children reminds me of an essay by @theradr.bsky.social titled "The Obligations and Limits of Honor": www.lifeisasacredtext.com/the-obligati... and I feel like these parents could stand to learn some shit.

🎂 Join us in wishing a very Happy Birthday to @millsish.bsky.social ! Photos: 1. R. Diamond, 2. D. Belisle, 3. J. Thrasher 4. S. Phipps

"Lazarus" was released as a download 10 years ago today---it feels both like the day before yesterday, and a lifetime ago: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6PU...

Spark of happiness this week: seven of us wandered over to another town for a Pokémon TCG Cup last night and took it down completely. One of my Trainers won the whole thing, myself and another of my Trainers made Top 8, and our other friends all did great. Huzzah Classic City Pokémon League!

Including the Jordan Stepp collection. No lie!

Yup. Feel how you want to about U2 but the band’s interactions with belief and faith and doubt, especially in the 90s, are a great starting point. I mean, Wake Up Dead Man is literally a U2 song

OSSOFF AND WARNOCK WHAT THE FUCK

Received word one of my former coworkers from the libraries passed away this weekend. Jay was exceedingly kind, funny, and a great baker. I didn’t know him well but when he came by our office he was always a welcome sight. May he rest well.

This is one of the first things most trainers did when booting up Pokemon Red or Blue. Ripples of impact, man.

We watched last night. I will never, EVER forget, "That money is but one psalm in the Bible of my bitterness, you fucking child." A line. A whole word.

I don’t know if I can even claim to have survived 2025. Even the small bright spots are so dim in the face of all of this. I accomplished nothing. I lost so much. Maybe one day I can look back and find something to smile about in the wreckage of this year but that’s a long ways away.

Wake Up Dead Man is good. Hot damn

“It is exhausting, living in a population where people don’t speak up if what they witness doesn’t directly threaten them.” —David Wojnarowicz, 1991

"6-7"?! Boy I say boy you gen alpha kids cant be doin' that! Your signifiers need signs boy! You've laid a rhetorical claim to an empty space son! You're creatin' a nihilistic dialectic! Your broccoli hairs obfuscatin' some much needed communication! Find some MEANIN', kid!

This is your annual reminder that if you are in the US and have FSA funds that you won't use, Menstrual products are covered by FSA funds and can be donated to food pantries and shelters.

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ANGELENOS: America's most beloved actor Toby Huss is staging his annual seasonal extravaganza The Rudy Casoni XXXmas Boozebag Revue at Dynasty Typewriter on Wed Dec 17 @ 7:30 (featuring me and a cast of many)! Tix: dynastytypewriter.com. Come, ALL ye faithful!

Gradykat and I sharing the heating pad for our backs

Okay gang, The Onion is 80 sign-ups away from our 60,000th print subscriber. This would put us in contention for the Top 10 most circulated newspapers in the U.S. So! We're giving our 60,000th subscriber a mystery box by our archivist as a nice lil thank you. Sign up now. I'd give it an hour.

Since everyone forgot already, this was the vaunted "promised vote" that Democrats accepted to end the shutdown. The result, as expected, is Democrats accomplished absolutely nothing except giving Susan Collins another free vote to pretend she's a reasonable centrist in her upcoming election.

back in 2012 i self-published a very small book about three weeks on the European Springsteen tour it sold exponentially more than American Canto so has WHY PATTI SMITH MATTERS (still on sale for 40% off w/code UTXGIFTS: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477320112/)

I’m gonna be so aggressively offline in 2026, y’all. At least comparatively.

I trust Bain to run a Deadbeat Club, sure. flagpole.com/featured/202...

Order by December 15th to receive for holiday delivery. Bandcamp: pylonreenactmentsociety.bandcamp.com Strolling Bones Records: strollingbonesrecords.com/pylon-reenac... Thanks for your support! Happy Holidays ❤️

With the recent news of next year’s 25th anniversary vinyl reissue of the ‘O Brother’ soundtrack, I wanted to re-share my chat with national treasure T Bone Burnett that I did for @nodepression.bsky.social back around the 20th anniversary. What a legend! nodepression.org/o-brother-wh...

Please understand how utterly gerrymandered my district is y’all. And we flipped that shit. I will now stop publicly saying not nice things about Oconee County. Good job Dems

LETS FUCKING GO

Holy fuck

The Prima Guide for Pokemon Red & Blue I’m only slightly joking

I’m not overly familiar with that time period but the immediate answer did jump out www.pablopicasso.org/guernica.jsp

The ACC Commission has placed a temporary ban on new data centers in Athens until standards can be developed to regulate their growth. The commission also restricted short-term rentals, approved bike lanes on Barber Street and funded Habitat for Humanity. athenspoliticsnerd.com/commission-p...