Nailed it MAGA ego was bruised

I’m watching Ross vs Par, Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 football. It’s snowing, stands are empty, but play continues. In regular kit.

Republicans promote “The Sopranos” as governance.

Governor, I think some housekeeping is in order. This is egregious.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's owners announced Wednesday the paper will be shutting down in a few months, citing financial losses.

An old toll house near Stanton Drew, Somerset. #littlethatchedhouse #tollhouse #hdr #photography #thatched #house #quirky #oldbuilding #old

In the United States you can now travel to Greenland to get US citizenship plus $100,000 from Donald Trump, instead of paying $100,000 for an H1-B visa.

The far S of England (excluding Cornwall) really dodged a bullet last night. A 132mph gust was observed just over channel in Cherbourg Peninsula in Normandy. The concerning thing also how poorly forecast the intensity of storm until the day itself, and in some cases still didn’t go far enough.

After Andrew Michael Chugg published a new article about Antinous, I've written up an essay about what we know for certain about the death of Antinous and the nearly 2,000 years of speculation that have been passed off as the various "true" stories. www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/human-s...

All these news are dragging me down, can't wait for #Caturday...

Trump threatens $50 million in funds for NC roads over immigrant concerns

This is what the world thinks of us. "America isn't the way it is because he's president, he's president because America is the way it is." -Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2026.

The Next Cold War open.substack.com/pub/nickande...

Ok City. Let’s get serious.

Well done Liverpool

Jaycee's image 'A Fisherman's Life's reminded me of this shot I took in the San Blas Islands off of Panama. The Kuna still use their dugout canoes for fishing. 2007. Hot and steamy. #panama #kuna #sanblas

The Constitution explicitly gives Congress the power to declare war for a reason, that's why I voted 'yes' on today's war powers resolution. It's time my colleagues started taking this president at his word and acting before he recklessly drags us into war.

51S, 94W: we have a new guest on board - a Nazca booby! Usually found near the Galapagos, this guy is far out of his typical range. Aptly, our stowaway is hanging out on the crow’s nest. Photo by Pablo Cohn.

Far Side

"Men fear women will laugh at them; women fear men will kill them." -- Margaret Atwood, Waterloo University, February 1982

Come on Liverpool.

Reform UK's Tom Pickup, has been suspended by the party after posting in a far-right Whatsapp group where other members posted calls for Keir Starmer to be shot. Don't just like it, share it. national.thelead.uk/p/reform-wat...

Always a bit puzzled when a government admits it got something wrong, tries to correct it then gets hammered for doing a turn. Grown ups admit to their mistakes. They deserve praise for it not blame. Better than carrying on regardless www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The fix is in.

This ICE news lying is difficult to watch.

amentenofre Egyptian Religious Calendar - 7 January 2026 It is the 19th day of “the Month of the Swelling of the Emmer” (𓈙𓆑 𓇣𓏏), the fifth month of the Egyptian Lunar Calendar.

Thou Shalt Arrest The ICE Murderer of a 37 year old Mother open.substack.com/pub/thegodpo...

In the United Kingdom, the fate of lobsters awaiting deathl is about to change. The gov will ban the culinary practice of boiling lobsters, shrimp, crabs and langoustines alive, recognizing their capacity for pain. <continued >

Open The Tongass to roads and logging and you don’t “manage” it….you flip it from carbon sink to carbon source. From old growth to degradation. Once that happens, there is no restoration timeline that matters. www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...

#StreetArt By GardPam in #Brazil.

Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles. Absolutely vile.

JUST IN: Urgent manhunt after mass shooting at funeral in Utah last night. Two people were killed and six others injured in a shooting outside a Salt Lake City church Wednesday night while mourners were attending a memorial service inside, police said.

Colbert’s cold open last night. @colbertlateshow.bsky.social @latenightercom.bsky.social

Big. This is BIG.

Minneapolis is out in the streets to show the disgust and the rage its citizens feel against ICE. Police joined protesters to make a maximum of noise outside the hotel where the ICEstapo is housed.

The works of Plato are now being banned at schools in the United States. Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔

People fatally shot by UK police in 2024/25: 2 People fatally shot by US law enforcement in 2025: 1280

Pedo war mongering President Donald Trump has repeated his claim that Tylenol/Paracetamol is unsafe for expecting mothers having previous linking the drug to rising rates of autism. The claim is widely debunked by medical and pharma professionals.

The beautiful castle of Josselin, Brittany.🩶

@ncgovernor.bsky.social Our electric bills are going up at an alarming rate. Help please.

Tiny 14C St Mary’s Church, Yorkshire, just 18 ft (5.5m) long, probably built as a chapel for long-gone medieval manor, & rescued in 1931 by local group of ramblers who organised its rehabilitation. Nearby is the site of a decisive battle in the Wars of the Roses

Met this cute little minou whilst out and about today S France

The God Horus as a Falcon (Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 26-30, 664-30 BCE) Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

Paris #photography #blackandwhite

Trip Report: Japan Airlines First Class, Chicago to Tokyo (ORD-HND) altitudeyes.com/trip-report-...