Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage insider-gaming.com/indie-game-a...

I've long theorized now that every viral "Bluesky is boring" Twitter post is made by those who are addicted to being rage baited. I finally found someone basically admitting to it. Also OP only lasted 2 days 💀

This is why I'm really starting to hate the data bros. Matty Y: "Dems should focus less on climate change/renewable energy, it's a losing issue." Sean Casten (an actual Congressman): "I won a purple district multiple times by focusing on those issues" Lakshya: "YEAH BUT YOU DIDN'T OVERPERFORM"

That sounds like a reason to not perform in Israel, not sure what it has to do with Saudi Arabia

The Associated Press says at least 16 files from the original Epstein release have been deleted

BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.

This is one of the most "I'm not angry, actually, and actually I'm laughing!" responses of all time

i get why they'd redact evidence of trump in the files before they're released, but going through and deleting the files with pictures of trump that they accidentally forgot to redact post-release is just absurd. we already know they were friends and spent time together. what are you doing

Kids who got new bikes for Christmas, "super excited" to walk them around the city that's too dangerous to ride in. www.creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorec...

A discharge petition to advance a policy ending congressional stock trading was finally moving forward when Hakeem Jeffries sucked the air out of it. By proposing his own bill that no Republican would sign, Jeffries effectively made consensus impossible. From @ddayen.bsky.social:

DHS just shared this video to X with the caption "This Christmas, our hearts grow as our illegal population shrinks." The video is set to a version of Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and has text that reads "Christmas after mass deportations." The end reads "Mirthnuke." Evil shit.

Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas. www.nola.com/news/educati...

Oh there's definitely going to be a "serious incident" involving the Venezuelan military next week

Understated rhetorical question of the decade but how do Democrats NOT impeach him at this point

NEWS: The DNC is killing off its 2024 autopsy. DNC Chairman Ken Martin has decided not to publish a public report, believing that a backward-looking document would be counterproductive as the party has started winning. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

I would point out that the search feature doesn't appear to be working for any parameter. I just entered "photo" and nothing came up. Same with "Clinton," and we know they have a bunch of entries for him!

STRICKLAND: Participate in the UFC White House event? "Just to go hang out with the fucking Epstein list? I'm good, dude."

????? This is why I won't let this go. These people are so fucking proud of themselves. A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A RACIST GRIFTER??

One little thing to add to this: nice accidental reminder that the Beatles fans during the height of their popularity weren’t all white. The band refused to play for segregated audiences in the South too. Probably not what Bari means to invoke by using this imagery though!

Democrats really scored an own goal with the TikTok ban. The company has gone from being owned by China to being owned by China and Trump allies. If the concern was TikTok pushing problematic politics, Dems are actually worse off.

Very cool!

Yo @safety.bsky.app are you all just deleting every single account from Gaza on sight? Because this person hadn’t even heard of Bluesky when I started talking to her- made an account yesterday and made ONE POST. She’s a published journalist by the way.

ICE whistles work.

via Breaking911, here are the radio transmissions from Providence police responding to the Brown University shooting Officers standing outside not entering during the critical moments, allowed the shooter to escape The public wants police to take on risk but there is no incentive for them to do so

I think that there's actually a weird hesitation from specifically older generations - gen x and boomers, specifically - to pay more for jobs or to hire more people for what amounts to ideological reasons. Yes, the illusion of cost cutting and profit, but also hating to admit the Doctrine is wrong.

Protests escalate in Bangladesh after death of student leader Hadi https://aje.io/ozsmg5

What do you consider 'low unemployment' and 'no inflation'. Because unemployment has Risen since last year and inflation is not tamed even by the Feds own admission. What are you talking about?

The US has reached a grim milestone — over 100 killings from strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific. These are extrajudicial killings, plain and simple.

Tucker Carlson says the current GOP civil war is being stirred up by people who are against Vice-President JD Vance’s candidacy in 2028. He’s referring specifically to the Pro-Israel crowd, which includes some Jewish Republicans but also includes non-Jewish Republicans.

Tucker Carlson is asked at AmericaFest whether a candidate can take money from AIPAC and still claim to be “America First.”

Press Release 📣 Twitch, Facebook, YouTube and MediaFire removed Myanmar junta propaganda accounts Big Tech must do more to block the junta from using their platforms. Read more 👉🏽 buff.ly/D5f7in5

Holy crap chart from Gallup

Ben Shapiro: "Today I want to talk about something even more important — how to discern those attempting to speak truth from frauds and grifters…The conservative movement is in danger from charlatans who claim to speak in the name of principle but actually traffic in conspiracy and dishonesty."

Someone walked into a classroom at Brown in broad daylight and committed a mass shooting that killed 2 people and got away. Now, the suspect has been linked to the murder of the MIT physics professor. No one knows who did it and the FBI is completely incompetent and can't catch this person.

Tonight’s briefing is beginning, likely with updates about Salem, NH

Things are nuts at Turning Points AmFest. Erika Kirk taking jabs at Candace Owens. Ben Shapiro taking jabs Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, and Megyn Kelly. All on stage. And Tucker is set to speak soon. Posting clips.

Things are going great over at X, The Everything App

The US TikTok sale has been signed. The company will be controlled by a joint venture including Oracle, Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, Abu Dhabi-based MGX. Adding a UAE company really makes it clear that this was never about national security concerns. www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...

You’ll never guess who else experienced ‘racism’ on the job market despite their unimpeachable academic credentials.

The worst talking point of all time from pro Israel interlocutors is that restricting support to Israel would actually harm Palestinians. Nobody actually believes this and it's a bizarre thing to assert. I find that it in fact undermines their own argument because it is so ludicrous.

Most folks in the Holocaust did not die of gassing or execution. They died of disease and medical neglect. The US is following the same path.

Missed this at the time but in late September, Pete Buttigieg was pushed far more directly on the issue of Israel-Palestine and nonetheless didn't really say anything of note, *except* that he would not sign a new 10 year MOU with Israel on military assistance.

"My daughter opposes genocide and also sexual abuse. Where did I go wrong?"

In 34 paragraphs total, Dan Shapiro devotes exactly one (1) of them to what Israel's responsibilities are in order to keep Democrats from becoming more pro-Palestine. Here's his suggestions:

Nobody involved in US or Israeli politics even questions the idea that Israel has a right to maintain direct military rule over 33% of its population indefinitely, and that is why there is simply no way to even begin a constructive dialogue on this.

A bitter lesson learned again. again. when you sell out to build the power to instigate real change, you sell us all out

One concerning takeaway from this mess with Puka Nacua is that the many of the most popular voices young men are listening to on social media are overwhelmingly, casually racist and antisemitic. And yes, Puka is a grown man who should know better, but we badly need tighter social media moderation.

David Brooks is now the third alleged Jeffery Epstein associate at the New York Times. This potentially includes A.G. Sulzberger, the current chairman of the NYT board. The NYT published this piece by David Brooks about Epstein less than a month ago. Why did their executive leadership allow this?