The most New England thing I’ve learned about living in New England is that snow storms are actually the Protestant God’s way of giving one an opportunity to compete with the neighbors in rising early to plow the street in front of their houses as well as one’s own.

we are watching the quintessential christmas movie: twink anthony hopkins vs twink timothy dalton overseen by scheming peter o’toole and katherine hepburn

the lion in winter

got some books

won $2 in the traditional stocking scratch ticket

we got like a foot and a half of snow last night

just finished one of the books i was reading, probably the last before the end of the year, which brings my total to 12. definitely read way more than last year, and a few of them were extremely long, so feeling pretty good about it!

Tell me again how schools are biased against boys? "Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled" apnews.com/article/scho...

rewatching its a wonderful life, and this time around i think i have to strongly disagree with the reading of it as somehow pro-new deal / socialist. its just not at all!

Picking a fight with a sitting congressman about electability as some asshole with a substack is real getting high on your own supply shit.

you should have to actually win an election before you describe something as a "skill issue"

I am honored to receive the endorsement of Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social—a friend, fellow democratic socialist & fierce advocate for Queens—to succeed him in the State Assembly. Together, we’ll defend working families, fight the rising tide of fascism, and deliver an affordable NYC.

This was found in the batch of Epstein files the DOJ released today.

Trump is covering up the Epstein Files (because he’s guilty of crimes).

The Epstein Files, everybody!

lmao

To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care: I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.  Your health care is still legal and protected.  I'll always fight for you.

Gender affirming care for trans people is safe, effective, and has a lower regret rate (4%) than almost any major medical procedure. It saves lives. These are facts. The right's talking-points are recycled "they are coming for your children!" scare tactics well over fifty years old at this point.

The Trump administration is expected to announce several moves Thursday that will have the effect of essentially banning gender-affirming care for transgender young people, even in states where it is still legal. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

pretty interesting run down of the recent debates over chi and alexa and what they say about the future of the nyc left

As any organizer knows, victory can be exhilarating, but it can also be disorganizing. @danielgoulden.bsky.social writes about the debates roiling the New York City left in the wake of Zohran's victory. powermapmag.com/the-entropy-...

[email protected] made me the organizer I am today.🌹✊🏾 During Trump's first term, DSA gave me hope that a better world was still possible. That hope guides my campaign for a Ward 1 with rent caps, free childcare, union jobs, and everything we need for a life of dignity and joy.

[email protected] : Do you think you could beat JD Vance in a head-to-head race for president, as polling suggests? AOC: I would stomp him.

the full speech is something to see & is one of the reasons it is good to have a trans member of congress youtu.be/5LqVMCW4e0c?...

I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI. The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.

unpopular authoritarian regimes launching wars to try to save their legitimacy notoriously does not work, its not gonna work for trump (let alone in this particular moment when most of the public is against foreign intervention generally)

If Trump launches an illegal war against Venezuela without congressional authorization Congress must impeach him immediately. He has no legal authority to start a war. It’s insane, unconstitutional, and criminal.

finally trivia of 2025 time to lock in

I could watch a million Benoit Blanc mysteries

Gov. Mills will allow bill limiting police collaboration with ICE to become law

INCREDIBLE STORY: Rural Ohio trans candidate nearly drops out of race after being targeted online, wins seat in Republican stronghold. thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/12/15/a...

i found the new knives out to be very moving. it was very good, maybe better than the first film

the fact that today is the anniversary of sandy hook. just. jesus fucking christ.

Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah. Praying for his full & speedy recovery. And so deeply inspired by his example.

went to bed with a mass shooting, waking up with a different mass shooting

Hello friends, I recently lost my health insurance + benefits & am currently looking at a bill of over $16,000 for which I cannot pay. This would not necessarily be an issue if I were not visually impaired and currently out of full time work, but I am humbly asking for assistance now. Any bit helps.

Today, I spoke with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife, Jennifer. In April, when I met with him in El Salvador, Trump said he would never set foot in the U.S. again. This case has never been about one man alone; if the govt can violate the constitutional rights of one, all our rights are threatened.

when the server delivers breadsticks to the table

the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport

Did the Mamdani-Trump meeting preview a new kind of “bottom vs top” politics? Does Marjorie Taylor Green transcend political labels? Is it time to move beyond "left vs right" entirely? No! Organizer @blimpjuice.bsky.social on the only two sides there are: powermapmag.com/it-is-about-...

BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc

Public ownership of our energy utility, Central Hudson, is not an end, it’s the means—to keep rates low, empower workers, and get us a 21st century grid. A new study estimates it would also save us money immediately! hudsonvalleypowerauthority.com/feasibility/

I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress

I am not a fan of the CCP by any means but why has every liberal and Democrat embraced the "We need to compete with China" framing created by Donald Trump in his first term? We're getting trade wars and rising hostility to Asian Americans with seemingly no upside?

mills continues to decline to support trans kids

Gonzales is likely to be the most credible Senate primary challenger that the US will see in 2026. Hickenlooper is a fossil with one of the worst legislative records amongst Senate dems. Gonzales has been behind nearly every progressive reform passed in Colorado in the last 8 years

Maine’s Somali legislators speak out after Trump’s latest attacks mainemorningstar.com/2025/12/05/m...