seizing people's pensions amid 'sedition' charges, now where have we seen that before #USChinaConvergence

Everything about this moment in time is surreal and absurd.

France at the UN Security Council: "The military operation which led to the capture of Nicolas Maduro runs counter to the principle of peaceful dispute resolution and the principle of non use of force. Violations of the UN Charter... chips away at the very foundation of the international order."

A decent nudge for 2025: 225 workouts with Strong app, an average of 4.3 per week.

So many sick people returning to the office after the holidays. smh. Stay. At. Home.

“They have no shame, do they? They don't even bother to lie badly anymore. I suppose that's the final humiliation.”

It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize

Well,

Looks like I missed an all time great darts semi final

Please note: you must post your 2026 Bingo cards by 11:59pm EST tomorrow night or you won't be allowed to claim things weren't on them.

Absolute bonkers darts from Hood. 11/11 on the doubles so far

50 ICE agents swarming a public library to arrest one person. This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle. Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities. This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

👀👀👀

If you don’t understand why so many Hongkongers are not satisfied by a handful of arrests and do not feel like justice has been done or that the system is working — read this.

Funny Numbers xkcd.com/3184/

I’ll take things I didn’t expect for $200 please Alex #TheAshes

Having a normal Christmas morning

On Christmas Eve 1968, in Lunar orbit, the Apollo 8 crew took this photo: “Earthrise." I'll never forget how inspiring the Apollo missions were to my brother and me as kids. They showed us what our country and humanity can accomplish when we work together toward a common goal.

Little by little

“We are trading 50 years of ‘gold standard’ reputation for a single week of political quiet.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

Congrats Oz. Gave England a lesson in test cricket. In every aspect of the game. #TheAshes

between a quarter and a third of all the tickets at Ally Pally have been sold to Germany. they are everywhere! how did a country with no darting heritage and zero major winners go mad for the darts? I tried to find out! www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...

Ooft.

god damn the opposite camera's views of each of their faces is peak schadenfreude

Nebuchadnezzar, by William Blake, 1795-1805 (flipped) #NetflixPartner

How the office feels today

Miles still not refunded. One response from CX in the last three weeks, only to say my case was being reassigned to someone new, who has since completely ignored me.

Cricinfo gone a bit wonky. No commentary. Ball numbers wrong. And we’re having a super over apparently.

Trump is giving a $1,776 bribe to everyone in the US military so they will be okay with committing war crimes for him when he launches his invasion of Venezuela. I served on active duty for six years. This is not normal for the US military.

He seems nice

I think we can all agree that that review that no one asked for followed by dodgy Snicko opens the door for an England moral victory #TheAshes

Snicko having another shocker #TheAshes

The BBC there with some traditional British understatement #TheAshes

A 16-year-old boy has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for conspiring to commit secession by "actively participating" in a Taiwan-based group that advocates Hong Kong independence. In full: buff.ly/rWjOHQN

Sounds familiar. eVeRYthINg Is nATIonAl seCuRitY

Surrounded by an armada, according to POTUS

Bigger than Operation Neptune? (D-Day landings). WOW

I’d also like to point out that you cannot surround Venezuela with an armada.

Trump oversees 'completely surrounding Venezuela with an armada'.

not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize

Frites restaurant in Tseung Kwan O, one of the shop fronts destroyed by Super Typhoon Ragasa in September, is nearing reopening. 🌀 📸 : @HKFP

utterly incapable of grace

It’s official, the Hong Kong release of AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH has been postponed until 2026, as a mark of respect for the those who suffered in the Tai Po fire disaster.

I wondered why I couldn’t get tickets to the new AVATAR