George Michael died on Christmas Day in 2016. He will be remembered for his incredible songwriting talent, his gorgeous vocals and for the greatest non-apology video of all time, following his arrest for cottaging.

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Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google. My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence! go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

merry christmas to everyone, except christians who we start persecuting today for real

Is anyone aware of literally one fucking instance of an ICE agent this year quitting in protest

Isn't coal what they give the "bad" children in a bunch of folk Christmas tales?

The federal government abruptly cut nearly $12 million in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics in retaliation for criticizing policies of Health Secretary RFK Jr., the organization alleged in a new lawsuit.

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?!

When rivers turn orange and glaciers destabilize entire watersheds, it’s tempting to call it “rapid change.” Ecologically speaking, it’s debt coming due. apple.news/AdhN6h9q8She...

Both halves of this quote are insane. Yes, the right to record is a thing. But also, buddy, I'm a US citizen. The INA doesn't require me to do shit

Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social. I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI. A few thoughts for your consideration...

Since I started following Tottenham Hotspur, I have gradually begun to forget that San Antonio exists

The internet is revolutionary to free speech because it empowers individuals and citizens to route around censorship in all its forms—even a captured “free” press. This is why private platform governance; law on internet access or online content, and anonymity online will always matter.

okay!!!

Biblically accurate jester

The country’s largest magnesium supplier shut down. Now what?

think the epstein conversation’d be more bearable as a survivor if i thought more people talking about it nonstop were committed to the kind of radical politics that might one day lead to a just society for us but it’s mostly libs using it to dunk on big cheeto the same way they’d use elonia stuff

The level of everyday resistance to this regime has been exemplary and constant

Latest: I asked DHS' public affairs office if it considers recording or following federal law enforcement to be obstruction of justice. DHS response: "That sure sounds like obstruction of justice." reason.com/2025/12/22/d...

This is such an insane proposal. Beyond obviously being a net negative for students capacity to learn, mental health, safety, etc, etc, AI companies are run by, and partnered with, people and organizations who want to destroy public schools and replace your union members with machines.

Crazy isn't it how every website is happy to nuke the 60 minutes piece from orbit, clearly putting dedicated engineer and moderation time into doing it, on copyright grounds, but there's just nothing they can do about AI?

Copyright is about corporate power, repression of information and maintenance of culture monopolies and everyone who thinks it's going to protect them has been sold a bill of goods

The only reason you think zealotry is a bad thing is because the New Testament was conceived in Rome

I need you all to look at the systemic bullshit that drives people to offload cognition onto AI instead of reducing this conversation to individuals please thanks

Just a reminder that Rubio promised to deport immigrants and visa holders who criticized Charlie Kirk.

Despite what you may hear, antifa supersoldiers are not running Portland. (Unfortunately.) For @thebaffler.com, I wrote about Trump's war on the left, NSPM-7, and his administration's new attempts to mobilize the ressentiment of its supporters. thebaffler.com/latest/phant...

my first @theguardian.com: I wrote about this year's "Drag Queen Christmas" tour stop in Pensacola, FL, which from the 1950s-70s hosted America's biggest LGBTQ event; the state AG tried to get the "demonic" show canceled. I talked to Florida drag queens and supporters that refuse to go underground:

Atomwaffen guy arrested on child porn charge www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr... (h/t @grahammacklin.bsky.social)

via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon

Been sued by Proud Boys and their ilk multiple times along with copyright trolls. Even winning an anti-SLAPP is a pyrrhic victory at best.

The linked article below is a great read. Again I find myself almost having to thank Bari Weiss, for highlighting these connections between authoritarian politics and incompetence.

This calls out something I had been trying to place: “Constitutional sheriffs” appear to be trying to return to feudalism, with themselves as the local knight-in-charge.

This means the VA won't cover abortions EVEN in the case of rape, incest, or serious threat to the health of the patient. The DOJ memo was authored by Josh Craddock, one of the chief legal advocates for fetal personhood, i.e. imposing a nationwide abortion ban through the courts.

Wow. Genuinely shocked, and a hugely consequential decision. Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.

A disturbing update to this story: Despite the fact that he was about to be released from a US prison after completing a sentence here, when Kelvin Membreño was deported to El Salvador he was sent to CECOT prison and remains there. The family has not heard from him since.

the least shocking thing in the epstein files that wont get enough attention. police regularly arrest and charge victims to coerce them into participating, often jailing them in conditions that are worse.

Yes, ICE, like every single police agency in the USA, produces propaganda. The same propaganda was being produced by sheriffs across the country and various dark money groups before Trump II, but few people wanted to write about it. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

Orlando Sentinel sues #Florida DOT to get it to hand over records showing why it painted over the Pulse memorial crosswalk in the dark of night. Agency has dragged its feet on public records request dating back to August. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/12/23/o... via @skylerswisher.bsky.social

The people who profited most from the cancel culture/free speech panic were less interested in actual freedom of speech than establishing their own control over public discourse. You don't even have to take my word for it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

people on here will skeet anything. “charlie brown died on the cross for our sins.” no he didn’t. that isn’t true

cartoonishly evil, completely corrupt and bumbling incompetence are, like, *the* defining traits *and trifecta* of this entire stupid era

Prison guards: - Watched a woman experiencing psychosis gouge out her own eyeballs. - Ignored a man’s beeping insulin pump for more than 24 hours before he died. - Left a man sitting in his own feces not eating for weeks, he lost 60 lbs before he died. All in San Diego County, last ~5 years.

If you’re theory about Bari Weiss being terrible hinges on her being terrible you may want to examine your biases…because they’re right!

I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.

And to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die. He was unable to. He still walks among us, cursed to remember in a world where everyone has forgotten. He’s out there now, just beyond the light your lantern throws,

Authorities are currently investigating human remains found in nearly 500 bags spread across nearly two dozen clandestine grave sites. The full story: lataco.com/guadalajara-... By @afroxander.bsky.social

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NEW: A variety of military and intelligence contractors have already signed on to help ICE's immigrant bounty hunter program. A review of procurement data shows 10 companies stand to make up to *ONE BILLION* dollars from the program by 2027. theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...

the gas station check out clerk just bodied me. she asked if i wanted the golden tobacco vapes because they have a deal on six packs and i said “no, those taste like urine.” and she said, ״well, i don’t know what urine tastes like.”

Bari Weiss praised El Salvador's dictator before spiking '60 Minutes' story on his torture prison. new w/ @premthakker.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social @zeteo.com zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss...