For today's #ArtAdventCalendar, a portrait of 4 black birds for my book, Roadkill. This raven, magpie, crow, and rook get the last words in that tale of woe. It makes me happy that I can offer original art along with my words, I say jauntily, as I draw 52(!) illustrations for my current project. 😅

The empathy gap

Krampus hand painted linocut printed wooden tree decoration. matpringleillustration.bigcartel.com/product/kram...

Distortion. Newsday.com/matt

This vaccine shows strong signal for reducing or delaying dementia! And who wants to get shingles? Get this vaccine!

Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things

Fan Created

On the one hand, conservative media exists largely to make you, the reader, upset, and fisking every bad blog would be a full-time job that would leave me no space to write anything else. On the other hand, this Washington Post editorial sucks, and it is my solemn duty to explain to you why.

wallybin Demarcus James Witchcraft • Dead End Day 104- Cold Enough to Listen 😌

It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.

I know we're all focused on the other insane shit he spewed today, but considering his claims that Canada is "flooding" the US with Fentanyl...

You know that feeling when you find some money in the pocket of a jacket, shirt or pants you've not warn in a while. Feels good, right? How about sending that good feeling to Bobby so he can continued to pay for the housing while doctors do their thing to heal him!

Sadly, Rob Reiner

Talarico: The first bill I want to vote on in the Senate is comprehensive political reform Undecided voter: What is that specifically? Talarico: I want to ban Super PACs. I want to cap campaign contributions. I don’t think members of Congress should be allowed to buy and sell stocks

Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."

If I've said anything smart on Palestine in the last couple years its likely cause @diplomatofnight.com has offered insight and analysis freely and generously. I'm going to pitch in, and if you have the means I'll encourage you to do so as well.

Best baritone lead singers, go

Trump’s visible decline is reshaping the GOP into a movement defined by chaos, cruelty, and cultish loyalty.

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Congressman Thomas Massie is very popular with and supportive of today’s Birchers. bsky.app/profile/seth...

This is so perfect. In 2012 CPAC banned the John Birch Society. In 2023 they were welcomed back into the fold. And now here they are working together with TPUSA.

I’ve seen a few people making this comparison and it made me think how odd it is that we haven’t see any pics of Trump playing with Caligula Jr. given how into kids he is

Neighbors handing out whistles and zines to protect neighbors against ICE as part of @handsoffnyc.bsky.social's Weekend of Community Action! They're at 5th Ave. & 13th St. in Brooklyn until 3:30 pm! For more events around the city this weekend, visit handsoffnyc.com !

i've written about FIRE before, but the thread below is a good primer on my critiques

I put a limited amount of 2026 Cryptid Calendars and Cryptid Ornaments in my store! The rest will go up after Crafty Wonderland! I'll do my best to get orders shipped out before this weekend! korybing.storenvy.com

As the ACA deadline sneaks up a reminder to my fellow Texans: 1) Texas "silver loads," so gold plans are MORE AFFORDABLE (see @charlesgaba.com for more on this) 2) BaylorScott&White is a great bet for a large network 3) Don't at me but found ChatGPT to be very useful for comparing plans!

URGENT Please SHARE #Dogsofbluesky Let's find Melia a home for Christmas! She has lived in the Hampstead Animal Shelter for almost THREE Years - Which is 3 years too many! 3320 Beltagh Avenue Wantagh, NY 516-785-5220 Please hit SHARE and let's find Melia a home #dogs #AdoptADog #ShelterDog #HelpSky

OLNN will be sold out soon -- my campaign manager @glennf.com tells me that we have < 10% of books remaining. If you want to make a late pledge and reserve a copy, you should do that asap! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

IT'S ALL ABOUT OIL

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Republicans successfully goaded Jasmine Crockett into running for Senate in Texas. They think they're playing 3D chess, but they are underestimating how chaotic the voters are feeling right now. Whether she wins or loses, I bet they regret this. www.salon.com/2025/12/12/g...

As I shamelessly do on all of my posts that get some traction: I’m an underemployed journalist who’s currently pursuing my MLIS (concentrating on archivism), and am always looking for editorial work. If you or anybody you know has any leads, I’d be eternally grateful to connect in some way ❤️

Be a Dave

Devolution

Trump gives his economic policies high marks: A+++++. Here's a diagram of his economic policy. Most voters don't agree with Trump's self-flattering assessment. #Trump #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #ImpeachTrumpNow #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace #Affordability #AffordabilityCrisis

FAO Time Magazine

Cold Cash. Newsday.com/matt

NEW: I dug deep into new top drug regulator Tracy Beth Høeg's record at the FDA so far, talked to agency staff, and even found some old and interesting blog posts, to get a sense of how she'll lead the drug center. TLDR, staff are worried. More here: www.statnews.com/2025/12/11/t...

Tim is a good dude, and being evicted in the dead of winter is a special kind of hell. This fund is almost at goal— can you help?

12/12/2025- Pirate of the Caribbean www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/de...

Donald Trump is a racist douchenozzle. #Trump #RacistTrump #somalis #TrumpIsGarbage #TrumpMRI

Trump wants to plunder the booty. #Trump #Venezuela #Somalia #Pirates

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Dumbday #325 May he be continually visited by ghosts

We all should take the time to comment on this oppressive new data-vacuuming policy proposed by DHS/CBP, here's the information on how to do it: And if you think it's no big deal because it applies only to foreigners, I urge you to read Niemoller's Elegy... www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Everyone Must Get Droned: Soon, foreign missiles will be killing us in America. rall.com/2025/12/11/e...