Reminders.

"Pull yourself up by your bootstraps" is the ultimate example of entitled people purposely misunderstanding and appropriating an idea. It came from a late 1800s physically c's book which asked why it is IMPOSSIBLE to pull yourself up by your bootstraps (uselessetymology.com/2019/11/07/t...)

Merry Christmas & Happy Hannukah, for some.

Alarm over ‘exploding’ rise in use of sanctions-busting shadow fleet www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Yikes

The volunteers putting their bodies between Israel settlers and a Palestinian village www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Yesterday played out exactly as many expected a cover-up. When 119 pages of grand jury documents are released entirely redacted, that goes far beyond protecting victims’ identities. A court ordered these records released, yet what the public received was effectively nothing.

I’m over useless skincare. But how can I take care of my face? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Oh, for heaven's sake!! www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Today's "Thought I Woke Up With And Can't Shake": where does the Yule Cat stand on thrifted clothes? My spouse is AMAZING at thrifting and always goes hunting for great finds for our niblings this time of year, but since they are only new *to them*, would those protect our niblings in Iceland?

Always fun to play "Count The Deceptions" when he speaks. abcnews.go.com/Politics/fac...

Oh this absolute douche!

Ew

Every time you point a finger, there are three pointing right back at you.... 👉

Is it weird they would ONLY do this for Trump and the Bush family? Not if you follow the money... popular.info/p/breaking-p...

Excessive and unnecessary. www.404media.co/hack-reveals...

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

Here's an idea: Rob Reiner's daughters should sue Trump for $20 billion dollars (evidently Trump's favorite number) for slander, defamation, inciting violence, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Legend

Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.

Ewww www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

He stood for, to me, the every man who stands up when everyone else looks away. This is just another example.

Thinking of the guy who said he didn't need "Obamacare" because he had coverage under "ACA". Obamacare expiration will have ‘death spiral’ effect on US healthcare – experts www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Yup