Some good news. File under: No Shit Sherlock. www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/enterta...

“A regime based on terror… deploys violence precisely to reinforce the message that anyone can be subjected to it.” Gift article; h/t @fredgatesdesign.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

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no matter how hard Greg Bovino tries to exude rugged masculinity he always comes off like Don Knotts in a Portlandia sketch

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This is pathetic: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Seriously, @people.com has been meeting the moment better than 90% of publications with direct reporting and crystal clear headlines. This is a good way for the low-information voters who are usually detached from the news cycle to get turned around.

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Uhm *First Things First* isn't working:

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Free family of hyperlegible® fonts designed to improve legibility and readability for people with low vision. H/t @fredgatesdesign.bsky.social. www.brailleinstitute.org/freefont/

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Not being glib: this wags the dog on all "5 year anniversary of January 6 Insurrection" coverage.

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Paul Thomas Anderson “complicates, expands and enriches the stereotypes we as Black women have been subjected to since the dawn of cinema.” – ALEX CHU, in _Ms._ Magazine. msmagazine.com/2025/10/10/o...

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"Norman Rockwell was antifa," his granddaughter says. (Fact check: literally true.) www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...

Congress Passes Law Banning Women From Leaving House Without Makeup https://theonion.com/congress-passes-law-banning-women-from-leaving-house-without-makeup/

From a NY Times article: “According to a recent Gallup poll, 54 percent of Americans say they consume alcohol, down from 64 percent 10 years ago. That is the lowest level since Gallup began tracking alcohol consumption in 1939.” Alcoholic/problem drinker? Get help this New Year! It’s worth it.

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Clear motive: Trump inspired me. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/u...

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