Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times." Bovino was there. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

DHS now confirming in a. statement that an ICE officer did shoot and kill someone at the site of a raid.

How dare you keep harping on a decades-old child sex-trafficking scandal when OUR GREAT NATION IS AT WAR.

Not sure which I find more disconcerting: 1. That the US AG is criminally charging the PRESIDENT OF ANOTHER COUNTRY with possessing machine guns, or, 2. That she doesn’t know “machine guns” is two words. 😐

This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets. polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...

Million-dollar idea:

New year, new members of the fam. I’d introduce you, but we’re waiting to get to know them before naming. Have a safe NYE, and a happy New Year, all.

The abandoned White House Wax Museum #ThatBlink

We’re on to the jigsaw portion of a lazy Christmas afternoon.

Fun holiday season fact: If every church in the US committed to finding a home for just *two* homeless people, we’d run out of unhoused people long before we ran out of churches. 💰💰💰

Fascism is having to watch a bootleg version of a news program produced in your own country.

If I walk back downstairs, will it help me to remember why I just came upstairs

Sending Christopher Anderson as the photographer was definitely not a random choice. Sitting in front of Christopher Anderson not knowing what was going to happen was probably less informed of a choice

Christopher Anderson (📷) doing the Lord’s work for Vanity Fair today. 😘👌

I am shockingly easily entertained

A reminder that the Epstein files are legally due to be released on Friday. #WeaponOfMassDistraction www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/p...

One day, not too long from now, I’m going to walk into Lidl and buy milk. And that half-gallon of milk is going to be around for longer than Trump. ⌛️

For anyone holiday shopping for someone who is (or is becoming) interested in cooking: If they don’t yet have a food scale, this is a no-brainer. Broadly useful (far beyond cooking) and stupid cheap. (This one is $8: amzn.to/4pFIZec)

the hat on shein vs the hat they deliver

[Me] Man, this iOS autocorrect is lame [Autocorrect] Here is what you really typed: “Schdsynvsgninxxxbhr”

Dick Van Dyke: 💯 🙌

First Chipotle I’ve ever been to that is not sporting classic Klipsch Heresy horn-loaded speakers. This is the sonic equivalent of Coke swapping out cane sugar for high-fructose corn syrup. Booooo.

Trump, to U.S. citizens:

So, we’re just straight-up pirates now? And, not even the cool kind? SMDH

Anosognosia A neurological condition in which a person is unaware of their own illness, deficits, or impairments, even when these are obvious to others. Often seen in Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. This unawareness is often confused w/denial and poses unique challenges for care.

I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.

Bluesky only letting me like this once, for some damn reason.

Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment

Music discovery engines, as opposed to most algorithms, are an example for which I will happily submit. This year has been a serendipitous journey, leading to many surprising places. (Via Spotify Wrapped, 2025)

Not sure what to think of these vintage camera lamps. (But I am pretty sure this is probably the best possible use of one of those dreadful Nikkor 43-86mm f/3.5 zooms.) 📷: Rednote user 东野

The Mall in Columbia — the only indoor shopping mall in Howard County, MD, pop. 350,000 — can’t even fill the lower lot in the parking garage on a *rainy* Sunday after Thanksgiving. This does not bode well for Q4 2025 numbers.

Secretary of Defense -> Secretary of War -> Secretary of War Crimes.

Timeline cleanse: Monte, the resident screech owl at the Howard County Conservancy, enjoying his daytime sleep on a chilly day-after-Thanksgiving.

Manhattanhenge Sunrise above 42nd Street, Thanksgiving Day morning in New York City #newyork #newyorkcity #nyc #sunrise #manhattanhenge

PSA: Aldi Turkey and Stuffing flavored rippled potato chips. Probably seasonal. So, best make haste. You’re welcome.

Just started our open enrollment, and looks like our health insurance will be going *up* by $900-$1,000/mo. for 2026. I have to believe that broadly distributed gut punch will echo at the ballot box next year. And, if it does, the extra expense will have been worth it.

The sun rises along 42nd Street ahead of this week's sunrise Manhattanhenge, Monday morning in New York City#newyork #newyorkcity #nyc #sunrise

How am I just now finding out about Jesse Welles? 10/10; You go, man. youtu.be/61I4hlig78w?...

Last night in Hanoi; time for a night walk. (St. Joseph Cathedral)

McDonald’s, bending the knee to local coffee culture in Hanoi. (Although, to be fair, you’d be an idiot to choose McD’s for your coffee here.)

$6,300 list, back in the day (2001). Or, about $11,400 in 2025 dollars. 5.3 glorious megapixels. My main body in early BaltSun days.

Perfect rainy morning in Hanoi. Last XPeds in the books. Gonna miss this city — and this coffee. maps.app.goo.gl/o4xMBLA2Td6Z...

Like, I’d be happy with any of these. For Gary, it’s just a normal daily drop. 🐐

Beer run 🇻🇳

“Big Beautiful Bill”

Your alarm app, a week into an XPeds workshop ☕️☕️☕️💤 ☕️☕️☕️💤 ☕️☕️☕️

Friday morning Hoan Kiem Lake walk tally: Interviewed by high school student: twice Had picture taken w/students: once Surreptitiously sketched: once