TIL there's a Taco Bell on the edge of Rapid City, South Dakota that's known as the Liminal Space Taco Bell

A bird who should be in a warm climate found winter. This Painted Bunting, very rare for #NewBrunswick, #Canada is surviving at a home feeder in Bayside, NB. Thanks to the homeowners for taking care of this beauty and putting up with birders coming for a peek. #birds #wildlife #bunting #nature

You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.

The board should give itself a Pulitzer for this.

*me, DJing the worst holiday party you can imagine* Now clap your hands! *clap clap clap* Now stomp your feet! *stomp stomp stomp* Now turn around! *turn turn turn* Now—

Wife just walked into the room and said 'what the hell is going on' lmao

This is such a great 15-minute documentary. Paul did such a nice job interviewing the dads and the families in the parking lot of the L.A. concert. Stick around for the dad who speaks Spanish at the 14:00 minute mark. He's pretty much a poet.

Every year around this time I compile a list of lists of the best books of 2025 and put them into a shareable Google Doc. Here's the 2025 list. Bitly & QR code available in the doc. Happy reading, everyone! bit.ly/bestbookslis... 📚

Three ways of looking at the iconic Christmas Tree Cluster, 2700 light years from Earth. What the universe looks like depends on how we look at it. These views highlight infrared (left), x-rays (middle), and red emission from hydrogen gas. Beautiful in three different ways. 🧪🔭

@john-larue21.bsky.social the aforementioned Halloween decorations at a neighborhood house repurposed for Christmas. I especially like the witch’s cauldron being a Christmas tree holder.

Who called them candy cane flavored peeps and not Peepermints

Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅🍻

“Nothing's impossible for Rickey. You don’t have enough fingers and toes to count out Rickey.”  -Rickey Henderson

The Trek tree.

“You will be visited by three spirits” The spirits:

And The Dude, who DID abide

Breaking: The ATA picked up an unexpected signal… turns out it was Santa, piloting a saucer through the Saturn system. He was navigating the icy fractures of Enceladus to deliver presents to any single-celled residents who might be hiding in its subsurface ocean. 🎅🪐🛸 Happy Holidays!

six months ago Reader’s Digest asked if they could purchase the publishing rights for this elaborate shitpost I wrote a year ago now wherein I pretended to be the elf equivalent of David Brooks at the North Pole. Thought it was maybe a phishing scam but it’s real LMAOO

Merry Christmas exclusively to the two guys on a ladder hanging lights at the drive through liquor store at 9 pm on Xmas Eve.

If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career

Every Christmas Eve, Iowa Public Radio plays the 3-hour production of "A Christmas Carol" with every voice done by former broadcaster Doug Brown. I love listening to it, especially when the ghost takes Scrooge to the mine under the moor & the lighthouse to remind us joy can be found everywhere.

The end of the year tends to bring out all the negative stories, so let's flip that. Quote-post or reply with a positive story, something good that happened or that you're proud of, a moment of joy, etc.

Edward Hopper, Christmas card, 1928 whitney.org/collection/w...

Went to the gym a little later than usual, which meant there were different shows on the flatscreens. And that's how I learned there's a pop-trial show called HOT BENCH.

Ok that's a great use of this meme. St. Louis folks #iykyk www.instagram.com/p/DSpfzeQjX6...

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, was present at the end of the universe, having witnessed every black hole evaporate and every proton decay. Even so, Death would not come.

We are quite literally Back.

The people who showed up to vote for a write-in dem candidate in a Trump+50 special election 2 days before Christmas are democracy's strongest soldiers.

Not now, haunted Victorian shoes

As a conservative college student, it’s my firm religious belief that the correct answer to every question, in this test or any other, is C, and if you don’t give me full credit then you are taking away my freedom of religion and secret police should take you away to protect free speech.

Don't start texts with "hey." We use that word to get someone's attention in a real, physical space that contains other sounds and distractions. If you're looking at a text someone sent you, then they already have your attention. #Festivus #AiringOfGrievances

How I'm turning up at the Bluesky Christmas Party

Stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders -Carl Sandburg

1/ Last week, you probably heard about RFK Jr.'s sudden plan to move the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule to Denmark’s. He was supposed to have a press conference on Friday, but it was canceled for legal and political concerns. For now, that move is off the table, but this idea isn’t going away...👇

NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Share the victories, however big or small they are. We need people to see them. apnews.com/article/supr...

I want to see a cross-referenced spreadsheet of the states to find out which phrase gets rejected most nationwide blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/22/i...

Upper Midwest problems www.kcci.com/article/fort...

This is an amazing Reddit post and I'm sad we didn't get to run this at FanGraphs. www.reddit.com/r/baseball/c...

#STLCards fans: Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social did an AMA on the Cardinals subreddit. Check it out. www.reddit.com/r/Cardinals/...

Deep Space Meatball Sub

It’s time for SHARING A RANDOM OLD PICTURE

"the researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers"