!! there's now a wiki page for reactionary centrism en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactio...

meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years. we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this?? between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright

Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over

a little more on one of my favored analogies youtu.be/Msz2daPeTyg

Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta. Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.

When the 'old-time' movies have the best messages....

Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin were both the sons of Italian parents. Back in that time, the racist Stephen Millers of the time didn't regard Italians as Anglo-Saxon enough to be welcome as immigrants to the United States.

Merry Christmas!!

Santa Doom!

I always forget that The Thin Man (one of the greatest films ever made) is technically a Christmas movie.

'Zat You, Santa Claus? Louis Armstrong & the Commanders #pungentradio #musicsky #musicchallenge youtu.be/cqIpxPvhb_8?...

My mother shared this video earlier today: The owner of a German farm vehicle business has a Christmas tree cannon. The audio's all in German (I was able to grok most of it), but the visuals should make it easy for people who don't know the language at all to get the gist: youtu.be/Y5kwnis6nXc?...

"Right on cue, here they come with their cancel cudgels—it’s the intolerant left trying to cancel me for the 'thought crime' of farting (loudly) at the height of my sax solo and then getting dizzy (from saxophone exertion, NOT farting exertion) and crashing into nearby scaffolding."

i was especially struck by these paragraphs, which rang very true to me. libs who grew up around conservatives aren't embarrassed to be liberals--or confused about what conservatives want. there's a certain kind of elite media man, on the other hand--

I have to get more Laurel and Hardy on the schedule. We’ve never needed them more

Rob Reiner’s early television appearances.

Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.

Happy Big Fluffy Cloud Caturday 😺☁️

In a HUGE win for federal workers, our essential services, and working people across the country, the bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act has passed the House! The fight continues in the Senate. When we fight, we WIN!

This year everyone is getting a tail sock!

'Let it Snow' with all the positive lines removed

Late night ink dropper sketch

This is FIERCE J.R. "Bob" Dobbs energy.

philosophy (n.) the art of finding ingenious ways to make the facts fit your intuitions

An afternoon well spent, teasing the neighbour's cat 😅 Meow is it? 😼 #cat #play #peekaboo #fun

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia from ICE custody ‘immediately’

The Youths have abandoned Twitter completely

On Tuesday, Pritzker signed a bill that makes it easier for Illinois residents to sue federal immigration agents for up to $10,000 if they believe their rights have been violated, and also restricts those agents from enforcement outside courthouses.

Continuing to rediscover my CD collection and thinking, "oh yeah, that long silence doesn't mean the CD is over, it means THERE'S A SECRET."

12 years ago today the world lost a legend

when someone hasn't heard, or heard of music you like, your reaction should be "this is a fantastic day for you, this is the day you get to hear this for the first time." the first time hearing new music you love is the best part of listening to music. how lucky you are to share this with someone

Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.

The only surefire way to stop oligarchs buying up the things we love is to drop those things the moment oligarchs buy them & that requires changing habits and massive self-discipline. It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient. It’s really hard. But there it is.

pals you gotta quit spotify

new paper by Sean Westwood: With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research

Philosophy in a Foxhole - existentialcomics.com/comic/632

The classic Ealing Studios 🇬🇧British black comedy crime film "THE LADYKILLERS" directed by Alexander Mackendrick and starring Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warner and Katie Johnson was released #OnThisDay in 1955 in London 🎬 The Rank Organisation

The emergence of Claude, who survives winter by having a grandma who knits:

If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows

🇺🇸 trifectas get <one> shot at doing something Obama chose policy (ACA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem Biden chose policy (ARP/IRA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem The platform must be <immediate> institutional reform next time. Right from the start, as @dhnexon.bsky.social said

Baby Os Mutantes #musicsky #music

#JazzParty, #MusicChallenge youtu.be/lqvLsLew-3Y?...

youtu.be/QI8VrXkffcg?... #musicsky

you know how i know im a 44yo dad? how much i laughed at this shit

This is a really smart piece by @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social, which echoes something I've long thought. The American right is simply better at creating an ecosystem of social mobility for intellectuals than the left broadly is... www.vox.com/on-the-right...

Here, kitty… Porto, Portugal #Photography #StreetArt #Mural #Porto 📷

The White House surrenders at 138 million views. Sabrina wins.

Americans’ Growing Noncooperation with Federal Abuses of Power www.justsecurity.org/125639/us-ab...

How The Feds Used Propaganda To Frame Their ‘War’ On Chicago: ‘They’re Lying Constantly’ blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/04/h...