One of the earliest-ever modern portrayals of Santa Claus features him gifting Union soldiers with a jumping-jack doll of Jefferson Davis dangling from a noose - as drawn by political cartoonist Thomas Nast. www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

I don't know what to do with this other than share it with you all

There is only one working class, the professional managerial class, and there is only one working class party, the Democratic Party, and there is only one working class paper, the financial times

I knew "Meat Moot" was fun to say but that smoked lamb neck was fun as hell to eat also.

Watch it before it gets pulled.

Goddamm that's good.

The Dead of Winter by Sarah Clegg @readingartefacts.bsky.social is an absolutely perfect book for this week. And the audio version is the perfect length for complimenting those holiday errands or cooking. Excellent stuff. Highly recommended.

I'd like to learn more about megalake Parathethys so could one of you all get to writing a book please? I'll even preorder it and talk it up to others. Thanks.

Facts

this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.

Ways and Means by Roger Lowenstein is the book on financing the Civil War that I didn't know I needed. It's excellent and has that pace and drive you'd expect from a good military history but it's about bonds and taxes and such. Really excellent. Can't recommend enough.

Too much. There's too much fucking perspective.

This entire weekend

a friend made this and because i am not selfish i am now sharing it with you, namaste

Stealworkers

I’m kind of new to the Democrats, but I thought we were FOR respecting the legal process, and also that we were AGAINST political corruption. And that it was especially important to hold to these principles at this time. But I guess there’s some insider memo I didn’t get that would set me straight?

News you probably can't use. Saddest marine mammal edition.

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

If we ever do get to the point that we can understand sperm whale communication we are not going to like what they have to say about us.

TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that? We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to

non-brits and young folk: don't sleep on this. Arena was an incredible documentary series on arts and culture. Hard to imagine how it could exist today. If you know Paris is Burning, that was an Arena doc. So was the Wisconsin Death Trip film. So much gold here.

News you can use- taking over an ant colony edition.

unfathomably based spanish railroad worker's union poster from 1937

A twofer! Marine mammal and squid news you can use.

PEPO. FOR. PUSKÁS. 😤 Pedro de la Vega's golazo v. Cruz Azul has been short-listed for the FIFA Puskás Award! VOTE ➡️ sndrs.com/gd2crgr3

What do we make of this email, sent from Epstein to himself a week before he was arrested with the subject line “List for Bannon Steve” with just a list of names.

Qanon believers, you are in for a hell of a plot twist.

In a world where the incumbent president bowed to pressure and stepped aside, it doesn’t seem like such a monumental ask to switch minority leaders.

no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy

Fucking monkey's paw

God damn it Sounders

I've been taking my drinks neat, T. Because fuck ICE.

Well there's my post Thanksgiving tv viewing all sorted

Looking good.

Every banking regulation is written in blood and it’s dope as hell that they want the sugar rush of bankrupting the economy again.

Thought I lost this very weird horse burd mini. Still know nowt about it. Anyone able to help me ID it? @cerberusxt.bsky.social

One side of this ivory "memento mori" features a human face crawling with worms and insects; the other side shows a skull - the flesh eaten away. Date unknown. This unusual object is from the Wellcome Collection in London.

I forgot speeches could be that good

Eugene Debs for your opening quote for your victory speech!!!