Updated living room. I think it looks brighter with the new rug and couch covers.

I’ve faced down the Taliban. I’ve survived war. I’ve seen and heard the worst of humanity. But I still can’t tell a barber “eh, I’m not sure I dig that” when they hold up a mirror and ask me how it looks.

Just got this shot of a tiny bird sitting in a steam vent cover for warmth.

Things you think about when you’re in your late 40s and you pass a stack of pallets. “Dang, those are nice pallets.”

Got on the scale for the 10-day weigh-in for dry January. Down 10.5 lbs so far.

Government by Sicilian mafia credo.

Not a bad morning in the old city.

Jets fans watching the Bears:

I wonder how many of these ICE goons are GWOT vets who couldn’t understand when Iraqis or Afghans were cursing them out and now they can hear it in English and it hurts their feewings.

Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal: “No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle. “What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.” Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.

I’m updating the living room decor including the couch covers. Guess where Jumbo sits.

A kind woman and her husband sheltered their DoorDash driver to keep her from being abducted by ICE in a video that feels reminiscent of something you’d read about in Nazi Germany:

Considering it was formed in 2003 I’d say we just tell people we’ll enforce the law however we did back when LeBron James was a rookie.

Calling someone you just shot a “fucking bitch” is not a response to fear.

Interesting video out of Minnesota. A McDonald’s security guard stopped an ICE raid after the manager gave permission to the agents to search the back but the security guard called the franchise owner, who told the security guard to keep them out, which he does, firmly.

This is a hell of a game between the Islanders and Predators.

Minnesota Timberwolves hold a moment of silence for Renee Nicole Good:

Philadelphia declares it will prosecute and convict ICE agents who commit crimes. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

Scenes from the protest/vigil at city hall in Philadelphia. Thousands showed up.

I’m not saying he’s the cutest dog in the world. I’m just saying you won’t find 10 cuter.

(not so) Fun Fact: The Kent State shootings that left four students dead ultimately resulted in 25 indictments… …of students. The state grand jury exonerated the guardsmen with the governor of Ohio at the time, Jim Rhodes, calling the student protesters “worse than Brownshirts.”

CBS covering 1/6 then and now:

Completely random, but cat owners need to know. This cat litter is amazing. Absolutely no dust. It’s like your cat is shitting on the beach.

This dude is genuinely unhinged.

Reminder:

If I did this in Afghanistan I definitely would have been taken off patrols and probably sent back to the states to be discharged.

Selling someone’s picture on a shirt less than 24 hours after they were murdered is pretty fucking gross. There’s no way the family was involved and I hope nobody buys these.

Protest tomorrow at City Hall in Philly for those in the area.

They didn’t just shoot a woman. They didn’t just turn away a doctor who was already on scene. They blocked the ambulance that responded and made the EMS crew get out and walk. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Was randomly searching local jobs on usajobs.gov and most of them are immigration enforcement and these dumbasses are calling themselves “Homeland Defenders” and the job summary says “protect your culture.”

So how many days until dry January ends?

Frontrunner status to the first candidate who says this when asked which Trump officials will be facing jail time:

Be careful about what you post today. Be as angry as you want. Just don’t be foolish.

I decided to try dry January this year and combine it with just eating better because I’m feeling better. I’ve lost 8.5 pounds in seven days so far.

Gas bill for the first real winter month and it’s 22% higher than last year. I keep the apartment at 68.

Currently watching:

Me: *opens video on bluesky* My phone:

It’s nice that our three branches of government are now Donald, J, and Trump.

If it proves anything it’s that 9/11 trauma and the war on terror was about property damage and not dead Americans.

Well, the men are white. The elves are white. The wizards are white. The horse is even white.

I shoulda boo’d this guy when he showed up at a dumbass pass and review thingy in 2012.

We go to war with Denmark and it’s gonna be a disaster. These make perfect IEDs and you know they have needles in them.

Updated the bathroom to a brighter look to try to brute force this not-being-depressed thing.

Whoever keeps track of Dem messaging via color coded charts needs to move the needle from “concerned” to “disappointed.” A few more invasions and we might reach “miffed.”

If I was rich I’d buy the building on the right and call it the Unethical Society.

Watering hole.

It almost makes you want to root for a crash.

Not that it matters, but this is the most phoned-in Jets game I’ve ever been happier not to watch. I have as many passing yards as the Jets quarterback.