People have no idea what a premium we have enjoyed and what losing it will cost us

Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.

Don’t forget to leave a brick out for Ben Folds this morning

I guess this means he'll get renewed for another season

The target audience for AI is people from 1990s infomercials who literally can’t do anything, people who open a cabinet and 50 Tupperware containers come tumbling out at them before they slip on a banana peel and can’t get up again.

Learned today about Eugene Greytak a Los Angeles based real estate broker who realized he looked like John Paul II & just transitioned to playing him in movies & TV

Defector's annual holiday list of "what did people shove inside of themselves" is out. defector.com/what-did-we-...

I know I keep saying this, but the Republicans are so far up their own assholes they either don't know or don't care how off-putting they are. But according to the "liberal media," it's the Democrats who are out of touch.

you will be visited by three spirits

I just wanna apologize to everyone who knows me, or met me, or wanted to meet me

Love Me, I'm a Neo-Liberal

What

staffer: you talked to the little girls? trump: sure did, real fuckin creepy just like you asked staffer: what

EXTRY EXTRY READ ALL ABOUT IT

"Catchy TV" is running Christmas sitcoms today. I just watched "Happy Days" and now "Laverne & Shirley." TIL those shows were fucking terrible. I don't know how drunk/high I would have to be to find this funny. Is there a reason we shouted every punchline in the 1970s?

I woke up this morning wondering what I drunk-skeeted last night but actually it deserves a boost. Nevertheless, don't drunk-skeet, kids.

Not enough attention paid to the very direct right wing pipeline Substack promotes. Enough that Platformer and Casey Newton elected to switch to another service rather than support a platform that pushes and promotes hard right, conspiracy, and neo Nazi content www.platformer.news/why-platform...

DID YOU KNOW? In Pittsburgh and other parts of Western Pennsylvania, it's traditional on Christmas Eve for Santa Claus to come down the chimbley. #Yinzer #Pittsburgh

Santa, underrated climate hero: 1. Spreads anti-coal message to impressionable young hearts and minds 2. Flies on 100% carrot-powered sleigh 3. Works from home 364 days of the year

I just got home from an extremely boozy dinner with a trans woman friend of mine who's unemployed and having trouble finding a new gig, and I'll tell you what I told her: That's bullshit, because trans people are some of the most resourceful people I know. Any company would be smart to hire them.

because of woke

"Donald Trump is a brilliant man with lots of well thought-out, practical ideas. He's ensuring the financial security of this country for years to come ... Oh, yes, and his personal hygiene is above reproach."

Have to go out into the world today to spread Christmas cheer, stay the fuck out of my way

"He knows nothing about cars and has no interest in how they’re produced, but he knows one thing for certain: The line will be named after himself." — @radiofreetom.bsky.social Ladies and gentlemen, the U.S.S. Homer:

Interesting insight here

the person who wrote 12 days of christmas

I had this feeling about our municipal election last month. For most of my life, it didn't matter what party the tax collector or auditor was in a borough of 2,000 people. But this year, several people sought write-in nominations as Republicans, and it felt like it was saying something about them.

there is one and only one political strategy, and that is: “hang trump like an anchor around the neck of every single elected republican and the party itself.” no ‘friends across the aisle.’ no ‘the fever will break.’ anyone not on board with that has to go. no exceptions

One of the more important stock-taking moments to watch a bootlegged news program censored in your country.

congrats to CBS

Keep the U.S.S. Defiant's name out of your mouth, son

Be right back, I'm re-writing "Route 66": 🎵 You go through St Jote And Oakland Missouri And Lageles City looks mighty pretty See Aldquaque Sacramento, New Mexico Freso, Ohio Don't forget Bakesotoe Hond, Reeno and Seattle Franerisco 🎵

He should send a telegram with this idea back to 1930 when it might still have been relevant

I appreciate the confidence of the Ford Motor Company that they think this car is going to last until well into the 23rd Century. Maybe with regular oil changes and if I keep up with the rustproofing. I don't think I'm going to be around to drive it, though

It's just not Christmas until Divine (John Candy) sings "Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me" And those Juul Haalmeyer Dancers! #SCTV

I wish I had been considered a "general menace." The most I ever achieved was "localized nuisance."

Welcome to 60 Minutes. Our top story tonight is Snakes: Nature’s Spaghetti

New York Times Not Be Shitty for One Day Challenge

Fun day yesterday. Did some late Christmas gift shopping with a friend, then we went to the solstice celebrations at Grim Wizard Coffee for dessert and the parade. Then went bowling for the first time at Aresenal Lanes (h/t to @jaythurber.bsky.social for posting his DJing oldies night), good times

The unfolding Bari Weiss scandal is yet another example that we’re living through the Golden Age of people who don’t know shit trying and failing to do things that require people to know shit.

Weiss was put in charge to destroy the news division and she's doing it at speed.

Bari Weiss not afraid to ask the tough questions: "Mr. Trump, your presidency seems to have the momentum of a runaway freight train. Why are you so popular?"

*stopwatch ticking* how christmas was stolen from the grinch: tonight on 60 minutes

Bari Weiss going from purported brave defender of free speech and open debate to chief censor of reporting about a federal concentration camp is so grimly hilarious