FFS, just go ahead and ban ALL the best people, why don't you.

The Putin imperial march continues. Robert Magyar Reports his drone unit alone wiped out a whole Russian battalion in one day. That’s anything up to 1,000 enemy Russian soldiers

My bro sent me some pics of downtown Sultan, WA this evening from a canoe! Flood waters slowly creeping up from the Skykomish river. Fortunately his house is about 30ft above the river, but I feel bad for the folks stacking sandbags this evening.

I'm so used to telling people "you're not interesting enough to be targeted by spies", but ever since DPRK went all in on state-sponsored cybercrime, now it's more like "no, actually it's entirely plausible the dude who stole your Roblox works for a foreign intelligence agency".

“According to a source Ms. Halligan became enraged when a grand juror told her that the word ‘indict’ is pronounced ‘in-DITE,” not “in-DICKT.”

Here’s our wrap-up of the massive public response to @USPTO’s proposed patent challenge restrictions.

ABBOTSFORD: “An evacuation order remains in place for 371 properties in Sumas Prairie West and evacuation alerts remain in place for 1,069 properties in Sumas Prairie East and West.” globalnews.ca/news/1157372... - Global News #Abbotsford #AtmosphericRiver #BCFlood

Gov. Bob Ferguson declares statewide emergency as flooding closes 31 highways across Washington - double the number from Wednesday night. "It's a very serious situation.

This has to be the most reckless thing Disney has ever done with their IP and I cannot wait for them to figure out what a bad idea this is.

“The City of Abbotsford issued a new evacuation order for 82 properties in Huntingdon Village, up to 2nd Ave. and Sumas Way.” globalnews.ca/news/1157372... - Global News #Abbotsford #AtmosphericRiver #BCFlood

I saw a clip of an old sitcom with a canned laugh track. That’s what generative AI feels like. Taking something vital & organic and making it hollow & mechanical. Here’s hoping AI’s fate will be the same as laugh tracks. A mocked relic of a time people accepted soulless absurdity for true emotion

The group most likely to be harmed by anti-DEI policies when it comes to college admissions is white men. It’s almost like expertise actually matters and they should have listened to those of us who warned against this. Instead, they’re hurting the very group they tried to protect.

👋🇺🇦Hello everybody! I am Kostiantyn Lavreniuk. Served for 1 year in #ZSU. Now I am demobilized for health reasons. But the war does not let go. Therefore, together with Yulia Kovalchuk, I created the "Sergeant Kit (ENG: Cat😼)" Public Organization...👇 🫡💛💙

Maternal mortality in Ukraine rose by almost 40% during war, UN reports www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

Roman generals gifted kittens and piglets to their pet monkeys www.popsci.com/science/roma...

Fellow terrorism researchers, see below 👇

This country's being run by the kind of emotionally spavined subnormals who want to leave NATO because they had to see a sign language interpreter on the teevee

Ah! Sweet, sweet youth... (...and a goodly chunk of my 20s) 🎧🛹🥾🎶

Nothing says “we’re not war criminals” like threatening the ICC.

Yeah, well, all things considered, I’m actually pleased for Sir Roger Daltrey. Can’t say he doesn’t deserve it - and look at his wee lil face.

Some new leech-fueled nightmare fuel for you: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Jordan Peterson's School Isn't Accredited. Smith Offered Alberta's Help via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

omfg

Our friend the Thick-skinned Harlequin Frog is a critically endangered toad who lives at high altitudes in the Andes mountains of Ecuador and Peru! They are also known as Schmidt's Stubfoot Toad, named after Eduard Oscar Schmidt, who first described them as a species in 1857! (photo by Jasmin Odar)

#Fellas It’s time for Christmas portraits! Donate any amount to the following, and get your fella in a holiday meme as a thank you. Be sure ti let me know who you supported in the comments so I know you want a meme.

Mike Benz, who does not know which finger is his pinky, is now a "special government employee" at USAID, where he is attempting to investigate its "pernicious influence." You'd think this guy would be too dumb even for the Trump regime. Nope!!! Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Monstrous sentence against Yehor Kuch, a young Ukrainian accused by Russian invaders of ‘spying’ for his own country khpg.org/en/1608815342

Senator Stan Kutcher, a supporter of the russian embassy protesters, asks the question, “We’ve talked about allyship. What should the allies, who uphold democratic values, in the reality that the United States has walked away from them, what should the allies do?” www.readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurne...

Bit of technical difficulties - today's daily Advent fella reveal is a bit delayed.

I cannot stress how scary RSV was when my firstborn contracted it and how quickly he went from normal to incredibly ill (2 hours!) Re-sharing this excellent piece from @melodyschreiber.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #MedSky #PedSky #PublicHealth #VaccinesCauseAdults

Finally, an administration willing to rank fonts by wokeness

main economic message from the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it

Widespread significant river flooding has already developed across western Washington as a series of extremely warm & moist #AtmosphericRivers move slowly across the region. This flooding will further worsen tomorrow as strongest part of AR moves ashore. #WAwx [1/3]

I know

Ottawa to fast-track permanent residency for foreign doctors who have worked in Canada for more than a year over the past three years. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... via @theglobeandmail.com

Lowest Suicide Rate Is in December but Some in Media Still Promote Holiday-Suicide Myth www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/lowest-suici... via @asc.upenn.edu "...media outlets that spread the false myth that suicides increase during the holidays."

ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows

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Being a strictly tropical fruit the banana is not the natural enemy of British shipping, but like all predators, when given an opportunity its natural instincts will kick in... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Last commercial flight over Kyiv before Russia’s full-scale invasion.

Tardifellas Advent Calendar and Riffle! Included in 2nd and 3rd prizes are some real special LEGO sets we found for you. 2nd prize features a 3:1 LEGO set with a flamingo, 3rd prize includes a 3:1 LEGO set with a seal. See quoted post for all details. #NAFO #NAFOCatsDivision

Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department. One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone. When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?

RIP

Before universal newborn vaccination for Hep B, only about 1/2 of newborns who contracted Hep B got it from the birthing parent. The new ACIP recommendations will needlessly expose those infants for 2 months, and 90% of those who get Hep B will be at risk for liver cancer and cirrhosis. MAHA ftw

My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.” Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?

Thinking a lot about this moment from literally the first chapter of "1984."

“We look brave,” said Frog. “Yes, but are we?” asked Toad.

This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.