They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?! Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.

In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."

DHS now says it's aiming for 100 million deportations. In an amazing coincidence, there are 104 million Black and Hispanic people living in the U.S. right now.

Democracies cannot function like this. The President is a public servant of the people, not a diety who doles out government services based on perceived personal slights.

This may seem overly simplistic but I think it’s kind of obvious as an adult that that you should be able to choose other adults to fuck or not fuck based on any reason you want without being scolded

Every last Senator & Rep who voted for the Big Ugly Bill owns this and worse. They each voted to fund ICE to the tune of $170 Billion. (link threaded below to one of the many warnings about this before the bill's passage)

File this under “no, not at all suspicious, nope nosiree”

USC band member showing respect to all members of the high school band who opened the show at the Alamo Bowl

This pisses me off more than anything else the pundit class does. Don't say inflation, say "affordability" or don't say "oligarch" or "fascism" because nobody knows what that means... Meanwhile, MAGA is over there making up new definitions: DEI, CRT, socialism, antifa, post-birth abortion. What?!

Desperate Kash Patel Asks Shooter’s Family If They Can Solve Any Other Cases https://theonion.com/desperate-kash-patel-asks-shooters-family-if-they-can-solve-any-other-cases/

marjorie taylor green believed in qanon which means i never have to take her seriously again even if her doctor found the right cocktail

The amount of white dudes who have shot up schools is not insignificant. Had this been a shooter and the daycare workers didn’t react the way they did?

Some extra anger for your morning coffee

Your local librarian here to say that it’s great if you read lots of books this year, alright if you read barely anything, that audiobooks, romance and graphic novels are all valid formats and genres, and that some authors suck but we’re still not stopping you from reading them.

Your daily reminder that being in the USA illegally is a misdemeanor, not a felony.

When John Doar was head of the Civil Rights Division, he quoted from Shakespeare’s RICHARD III in an eloquent closing argument in the case against Klan murderers. The current head is calling podcasters “hoes” for criticizing the president’s cabinet

“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.

We could do this, as a culture, bluesketeers.

Absolutely wild watching every American media org incl progressive ones like NYMag remember Bardot as an animal rights defender and not mention her vicious racism Meanwhile this article from Le Monde English is how I found out she died It's hard to overstate how much American media fails Americans

Feel like it’s important to note here that SCOTUS’s only job here is setting the floor. If future Fed admins don’t want to let this happen, they can put it in the contract. And if POTUS won’t do that, Congress can pass a law that requires pay. This is a case that is easy to negate SCOTUS on.

have someone to blame is strong in the US. It’s a way to sow discontent and confusion, a way to make vaccines sound dangerous. Kennedy and his followers are liars; do not believe anything they say.

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Not long ago, the Civil Rights Division would’ve condemned this kind of thing bsky.app/profile/even...

Speaking of local reporting, here's a good example of local investigation connecting directly to national news.

Fun fact: almost no trade nonfiction books are fact-checked. Unless the author is a rare one who wants to (and can) pay for it out-of-pocket, your favorite books hit the presses full of whatever errors the author may have made. And everyone makes some.

its really just that simple, theres an entire network of well-funded morons that can turn “litter boxes in classrooms” into a giant campaign issue whereas “armed goons sending kindergarten teachers to slave labor camps” gets ignored

My son has dubbed the Pinstripe Bowl between Penn State and Clemson the Disappointment Bowl.

shel silverstein was a prophet

The #Sarmatian gold diadem, unearthed at the Khokhlach burial mound and now preserved in the Hermitage Museum, stands as a striking testament to 1st-century Sarmatian craftsmanship. 👀👑 #Art #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky

My dog and two cats love to throw up on the floor and they represent 60% of the household. As a leader I can't just ignore public opinion so I also throw up on the floor sometimes to stay popular

Gingerbread 2025 Dumpster 🔥

Side note: Sinatra’s mom Natalina “Dolly” Garaventa, a midwife by trade, ran an underground free abortion clinic, chained herself to a fence to fight for women’s suffrage and was an extremely influential organizer for the Democratic Party www.irishtimes.com/opinion/eamo...

12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”

Lots of delays for flights from NYC to Miami this morning…(beyond normal Dec 26 issues). Pilot (who has flown for 40yrs) said there is a huge spike in private planes flying from northeast to Florida and that is causing a big backup for commercial travel. Said this is highly unusual.

One of the few good things about warm Decembers is that we can still enjoy morning coffee on the screen porch with our critters. #northTexas

Juan Crow. That's what this modern American fascism is.

Tenet Media founder Lauren Chen, who secretly took money from two people with ties to Russian state media to involve conservative influencers in an unwitting propaganda scheme, is back in the US after being deported to Canada under President Biden. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I was watching the beavers in Lincoln Park’s South Pond (a Christmas tradition?) when Greg happened to walk up.

We don't have to let like 10 sloplords suck up all the water with soulless facilities that create a negligible amount of permanent jobs, pollute the environment with noise, and drive up electricity prices while the president carries out a fatwa against wind power. My god, everything's so stupid.

When the Nazis came to power in 1933, the German constitution guaranteed freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Through decrees and laws, the Nazis abolished these civil rights and destroyed German democracy. Starting in 1934, it was illegal to criticize the Nazi government.

… were they still in the Mar A Lago bathroom?

This hasn't received much attention but with 2nd seizure of oil tanker of Venezuela it will. The two tankers seized are oil China purchased. Seizures violate International Law. China has taken the issue to the UN. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

A purpled striped jelly fish photographed in Black and White at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. #ArtAdventCalendar

One of the late Obama scandals was his AG meeting with Bill Clinton briefly on a tarmac

Meanwhile House Republicans are targeting civil rights organizations and asylum resettlement programs as massive grifts for doing actually valuable work.

I tell my husband this every year! He is not convinced.

PLEASE note that folks in power decided “we’re not allowed” to see a news segment Not allowed to see a news story about current events. They may disagree w/it. But to entirely censor it? ANTI-democratic. BIG time. We have a right to see & judge for ourselves. W/O the strong-arm of “big brother”

Bee-autifully crafted gold ornament in the form of a little bee 🐝 ❤️ Length 1.90 cm. From Minoan Crete, circa 1700-1600 BC. 📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o... #Archaeology