It's National Maple Syrup Day 🍁🧇😊

You've heard of Elf on the Shelf but how about

Music Break: Joel Paterson, Hi-Fi Christmas Guitar 🎅🎸

While Amazon is investing billions of dollars to expand AI, independent bookstores are hosting community events, personally recommending books to readers, and providing a space that is safe and welcoming during a time when we need them most. Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.

Forever one louder

This year I did not hear That Mariah Carey Song until December 14th, a personal record 🏆

How Gloucester celebrates Christmas

🔥 The Army-Navy alternate uniforms are always so good. The Navy helmets in particular here are incredible.

It's a little known fact that back in the old days, girls liked to celebrate #Christmas by walking about in threes.

“The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world.” -Russian historian, writer, and Nobel laureate, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, born on this day in 1918. #WriterSky #BookSky #History #BOTD

City snowfall isn't best for driving, but streets in Montreal look pretty tonight. #Montreal #Snow #Winter #photography Literally #streetphotography 🤓

A new #TinyDesk concert with the incredible #BillyStrings🔥 youtu.be/WgqaxMOKfnI?...

Happy #NationalLagerDay 🍺

RIP #RaulMalo of the Mavericks. A one of a kind voice. I absolutely wore out this CD in the '90s.💔 youtu.be/QVcZALxO7f8?...

Steelers victory squirrel 🙌

It's Hockey Night in #Canada and the #Surfrajettes do a killer cover of the theme song🍁🏒 🎸 youtube.com/shorts/Xqj5F...

NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones! My guide:

Carrick. Brownsville at Wynoka Street. Caller said a transformer just exploded, the lights went dark, and his pants went brown.

An amazing tale of solving the mystery of the unknown illustrator of the cover of "A Wrinkle in Time." #BookSky

The Black Mambas are the world’s first all-female anti-poaching unit. This dedicated team patrols 20,000 hectares within South Africa’s Greater Kruger National Park--and have achieved a 63% reduction in poaching incidents in their area of operation since inception (2013). #WildlifeConservationDay

Nativity scene, Dedham, Massachusetts #ICE

🗃️ pssst go behind the scenes of American history and hear @jqadams-mhs.bsky.social tell all! JQA is always an excellent follow 😉

Music Break: Just Fine, Thanks 👍🎶 youtu.be/zfG_DF251G0?...

By me: ‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival www.theguardian.com/environment/...

OTD in 2018, chef Dominique Crenn became the first woman in the US to receive Michelin's highest distinction of 3 stars--for her San Francisco restaurant, Atelier Crenn. Globally, there are 8-10 three-star restaurants led by female head chefs (sources differ). #foodie www.yahoo.com/news/micheli...

Remember when Amazon held a sale during Independent Bookstore Day in an effort to undercut indie bookstores? We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.

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A screenshot from the Peregrine Networks Live Peregrine Falcon Feed3 (Manchester, NH) on YouTube #BirdSky

stick season shenanigans

Who was first to brew an espresso in space? #NationalEspressoDay☕ Astronaut, pilot & engineer Samantha Cristoforetti. First Italian woman in space, she holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight of a European astronaut. Pic: 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵 #coffee break in history! #WomenInSTEM #Italy

This NPR Tiny Desk Concert with Robert Plant is really good! Just what I needed this week. ❤️🎶 youtu.be/gHL5ApOqMQc?...

X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based. Here’s an “influencer from Texas”

Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door. This is who it was:

Since flipping the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2015, the Democratic majority has struck down a Republican gerrymander and upheld mail voting against conservative attacks. Three Democratic justices were retained in this month's election.

#ProudBlue #Pinks #ResistanceUnited Good morning, friends! Listen to your body. Pay attention to yourself. Your higher self sends you signs. Pay attention. #Jaye’sMorningLight

Less than 24 hours after the shutdown ended, every dollar in SNAP benefits owed to Massachusetts families was loaded onto their EBT cards. That only happened because of the incredible, around-the-clock work of the DTA team. In Massachusetts, we take care of each other.

"A Ukrainian guitarist has undertaken a huge repair job to revive a Gibson Les Paul #guitar that was left completely charred after a Russian drone hit her hometown of #Kyiv."

Powerful.

NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst. It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

History shows that a foundation built on hate and manufactured conflict can never hold. A movement designed to attack outsiders will eventually run out of targets, and then it turns inward. ​We are seeing this play out in real-time.

Karoline Leavitt

50 years later, the Edmund Fitzgerald still haunts the Great Lakes — a tale of mystery, loss, and the power of nature that refuses to fade. Story from @kdailey.bsky.social #mihistory #EdmundFitzgerald

Merriam-Webster cannot define narcissism better than this photo does

Amarillo is one of the reddest towns in Texas. But I showed up because our campaign is not writing off any community. It was standing room only.

Holy cats this looks hilarious 😂 #FackhamHall

Honestly, this was my favorite news of the night.

A good night for Dems. I've learned to savor every win. Brick by brick, we will get our democracy back. 🌊✊️

🎉 Orlando, that's a flip! Tom Keen's victory shows that the pendulum is swinging in our favor as we flipped the final Republican seat on the Orlando City Commission!

A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.

Palate cleanse. Some humans are terrible, but more of us are great.