Happy New Year! #HappyNewYear

We are now sending masked men to daycare centers to kidnap and traffic small children. I guess this makes America great. In case it’s not clear to you: this is Nazi-level shit.

#OnThisDay in 1972, Puerto Rican professional baseball player, the great Roberto Clemente, died in a plane crash at Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, while delivering aid to earthquake victims. He was 38. #OTD #BaseballSky #RobertoClemente

#OnThisDay in 1985, American musician and actor Ricky Nelson died in a plane crash in DeKalb, Texas. He was 45. Photo from Decca Records #OTD #MusicSky #RickyNelson

#OnThisDay in 1930, American singer Odetta Holmes, known professionally as “Odetta,” was born in Birmingham, Alabama. She is often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement.” She died in 2008. Photo by Jack de Nijs #BOTD #MusicSky #Odetta

#OnThisDay in 1948, American singer and songwriter Donna Summer, the Queen of Disco, was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts. She died in 2012. Photo by Francesco Scavullo #BOTD #MusicSky #DonnaSummer #disco

#OnThisDay in 1946, American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author, and photographer Patti Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois. Photo Harald Krichel #BOTD #MusicSky #PattiSmith #PoetrySky

#OnThisDay in 1942, American musician, songwriter, and actor Michael Nesmith, of The Monkees, was born in Houston, Texas. He died in 2021. Photo from NBC Television #BOTD #MusicSky #MichaelNesmith #TheMonkees

#OnThisDay in 1945, English actor, singer, and songwriter Davy Jones, of The Monkees, was born in Manchester, England. He died in 2012. Photo from NBC Television #BOTD #MusicSky #DavyJones #TheMonkees

#OnThisDay in 1901, American modernist painter Beauford Delaney was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. Photo by Carl Van Vechten #BOTD #ArtSky #BeaufordDelaney

My latest for Forbes.com, A look at the 10 biggest stories in American soccer in 2025, with the World Cup looming next year tinyurl.com/93e3pzun

#OnThisDay in 2022, Brazilian professional footballer Pele died in São Paulo, Brazil. He was 82. #OTD #SoccerSky #FootballSky #Pele

#OnThisDay in 1946, English singer and actress Marianne Faithfull died in London, England. She was 78. Photo from deepskyobject #BOTD #MusicSky #MarianneFaithfull

#OnThisDay in 2022, English fashion designer and businesswoman Vivienne Westwood died in Clapham, London, England. She was 81. Photo by Mattia Passeri #BOTD #MusicSky #FashionSky #VivienneWestwood #punk

Excellent to see @theathleticfc.bsky.social podcast use a picture of Volodymyr Zelenskyy on today’s broadcast! Well done! I hope the Orange Turd sees it.

#GVerse ICYMI: Dropkick Murphys blasted a brutal montage of #Shit4Brains and Jeffrey Epstein during their concert. No pundits. No spin. Just receipts on a jumbotron. Make sure every American sees this. #Repost

“World Without Love,” Those Helicopters. youtu.be/TfxfHpNOzwQ

I tire of people who claim that music isn’t as good as [*the time they were young*], and then dismiss contemporary music. There is always plenty of good new music. #music #newmusic

People forget that the @wsj.com is owned by News Corporation. Of course they spiked this story.

#OnThisDay in Saint Tropez, France, a once-famous and much-admired woman died. It is always OK to speak ill of the dead. She was a bigot.

#OnThisDay in 1950, American musician Alex Chilton was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He was a musicians’ musician, respected and revered across the industry. He died in 2010. Photo by Marcelo Costa #BOTD #MusicSky #AlexChilton

Trump’s Christmas Day attacks on Nigeria a complete failure and cost nearly $30 million. Witnesses report the US struck fields and farmland in areas with no history of terrorist activity or presence. On top of that multiple US missiles failed to detonate & sunk into the dirt.

It looks like Epstein is occasionally showing up in the Trump files.

Via NPR ~ Hundreds of celebrities have relaunched a committee to defend free speech that was first formed during the post-World War II Red Scare. It’s spearheaded Jane Fonda, whose father, Henry Fonda, stood against the Hollywood blacklists of the McCarthy era.⁠ ⁠

I wonder how algorithms work. Do they see which #hashtags I follow and then show me related posts? I follow European football and have ZERO interest in the NFL. I suspect my interest in #soccer is causing my timeline to get many posts about American football. I will never know. #algorithm

Yes, it’s true, I oppose people who are “disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.” Those people are stupid. I loathe stupid people. www.dictionary.com/browse/conse...

International transphobe Dave Chappelle has a television special in release on a streaming service. I hope nobody watches. Change the world, tune out. Tank his numbers. #ProtectTransWomen

Finally, a corporation is slashing executive bonuses to reward actual workers. #labor #bonuses fortune.com/2025/12/12/a...

In thinking about what you can do this year, keep this in mind: Showing up at protests has real impact!

International transphobe Ricky Gervais has a television special being released next week. I hope nobody watches. Change the world, tune out. Tank his numbers. #ProtectTransWomen

Happy Boxing Day. Always my favorite rematch! #BoxingDay #Jesus #Santa

The @nytimes.com continues their #zionist campaign to delegitimize, directly or discreetly, the election of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social as the next mayor of New York City. Progressives need to continually push back against the Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/n...

Gruesome post-war Boxing Day discovery in Cardiff. #WarOnChristmas #Christmas #BoxingDay

#OnThisDay in 1945, American folk singer-songwriter, comedian and pioneer of women's music, Maxine Feldman, was born in Brooklyn, NY. She died in 2007. #BOTD #MusicSky #MaxineFeldman

#OnThisDay in 1999, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer Curtis Mayfield, the Gentle Genius, died in Roswell, Georgia. He was only 57. #OTD #MusicSky #CurtisMayfield

#MusicSky #MusicChallenge #20SongsByYear #50YearsAgo 1975 Day 20 - “Feel Like Makin’ Love,” Bad Company youtu.be/TeZqjZ_kvLY?...

The true meaning of Christmas …

Absolutely 💯 True......

Possible crime scene in Los Angeles? #BreakingNews #Christmas #LosAngeles #DieHard

Christmas triple feature. “Female Trouble,” “Die Hard,” and “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence.” #MovieSky #Christmas

A real American Christmas. “Female Trouble,” by John Waters. “These aren’t cha-cha heels,” Dawn Davenport. #Christmas #Divine #DawnDavenport

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle. But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight, HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT! #Christmas #Santa #reindeer

#OnThisDay in 2016, English singer-songwriter and record producer, George Michael died in Goring-on-Thames. He was only 53, and, yes, it was his last Christmas. #OTD #MusicSky #GeorgeMichael

#OnThisDay in 2006, American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, and record producer, James Brown died in Atlanta, Georgia. He was 73. Yes, it was Christmas Day. #OTD #MusicSky #JamesBrown

#OnThisDay in 2008, American singer, songwriter, and actress Eartha Kitt died in Weston, Connecticut. She was 81. And, yes, the woman who recorded “Santa Baby,” died on Christmas Day. #OTD #MusicSky #EarthaKitt #SantaBaby

#OnThisDay in 1958, American baseball player, Rickey Henderson, Hall of Famer and greatest base stealer of all-time, was born in Oakland, California. He died last year. #BOTD #BaseballSky #baseball #RickeyHenderson

#MusicSky #MusicChallenge #20SongsByYear #50YearsAgo 1975 Day 19 - “Born To Run,” Bruce Springsteen youtu.be/ajbJqfNS0aA?...

The Twelve Day War. On the twelfth day of Christmas … #WarOnChristmas #Christmas #nativity

Happy Holidays! A legacy gem. Act Two is what you have been waiting for all year. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #Christmas