Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.

Sherman went with a more festive sweater.

Absolute horror story of a long-time Apple customer who was locked out of their devices and account with no recourse after redeeming a suspected bad gift card. hey.paris/posts/appleid/ Gift card scams are on the rise & increasingly difficult to spot, and can have devastating consequences.

@latenightseth.bsky.social 👋 recently found/started Corrections 😍, but noticed 3 eps are missing! 💔[Ep 121 after Week of Mon, Nov 11, 2024; Ep 96 after Week of Mon, Feb 05 2024; Ep 81: Week of Mon, Oct 09, 2023] Are they misnumbered? (Or maybe Kenny sold off to offset pool losses?🤭😇) Thank you xx 🩷

“Quietly?” They are literally trying to overturn and undo the Civil Rights Act.

Ursid meteor shower 2025: The longest night of the year approaches. On Dec. 21-22, keep an eye out for "shooting stars" as the annual Ursid meteor shower peaks. www.livescience.com/space/meteor...

This extremely sweet man was brought back from foster today; he's been there several months (may be a sitter stay for the holidays). SNAP HIM UP, Austin! Perfect family boy. Come and get him. www.austinpetsalive.org/adopt/dogs/a...

Quite a view of Dublin's Ha'penny Bridge from the Woollen Mills this evening.

Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!

I met Melissa Hortman in October of 2024. She was smart and kind. I heard about her murder in a LA hotel room and it dropped me to my knees. So I went to Minnesota and talked to her kids, parents, and friends. This is not true crime, this is Melissa in real life. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Yea! The weekend is here and it’s a holiday week too! Lots of time to play and be with my people. I’m so excited I can’t contain myself

US flu activity takes big jump as 2 deaths in kids confirmed www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-ge...

Late job posting: My department is hiring a tenure-track faculty member in microbiology! Please share with anyone interested in working at a PUI. We have a preference for someone who can teach Medical Microbiology, but other than that the focus is open-ended. Happy to answer qs.

The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of

May I recommend a subscription to @theonion.com print edition as a holiday gift, because their ads continue to rule

If you didn't see it or don't live in the area www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Darby hopes you’ve got your Xmas shopping done & also that you got her a snacko

I haven’t sat on my couch since 2022.

With Stuart next door

Foster puppy Nanny is available for adoption. This young lady is one of the sweetest dogs I've ever fostered. doggoneseattle.org/adoptable-do...

Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.

Update 🌞 I'm homebound and battling illnesses-my home is my only safe haven. Losing it would mean losing stability, medical support, and the help that keeps me alive each day. *Every share and gift counts-please help keep a roof safe for someone who truly needs it 🙏🩵 gofund.me/e2f782df4

“I hope you can spare a bit for Traci in the holiday giving time”

If you’re a Californian, there are a few new state laws that you should know will be going into effect in the new year. EFF has worked hard in Sacramento this session to advance bills that protect privacy, fight surveillance, and promote transparency. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

LG tells us that it will let users delete the Microsoft Copilot shortcut it installed on newer TVs recently. Reddit users spotted Copilot getting installed on their TVs last week, with no option to uninstall. That’s changing soon www.theverge.com/news/847685/...

I am never going to stop lolling at all these GenAI projects which get rolled out.. and then the actual customers are like ‘okay, how do I tell it to fuck off?’

My response to anything over the next two weeks

I got an early Christmas present today friends! I guess this is called a “cozy cave!” The human said I seem to like hiding under the bed and burrowing under blankets and her bed-covers I might like this too. #DogsOfBluesky

I love how the cybersecurity community consensus on this story is generally that the company deserved getting compromised for being so abusive and intrusive to their workers. www.tomshardware.com/tech-ind... Monitoring keystroke latency is an ADA complaint waiting to happen.

greatest mural ever? it's in the running

Question, do any of my followers work in sporting goods stores/companies? Or have any contacts within corporate sporting goods companies?

"...super PACs backed by Trump-supporting tech moguls and the social network giant Meta" will "try to use the 2026 midterms to reengineer Congress and state legislatures in favor of their ambitions for artificial intelligence."

The full text tells us that the following exceptions to the immigrant visa restrictions on the travel bans have now been eliminated: - Immediate relatives (children under 21, spouses, parents) of US citizens - International adoptions - Afghan Special Immigrant Visas

The US Administration has banned Americans from *adopting babies* from much of the African continent. Adopting. Babies. What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?

"Profits collapsed. Newsroom morale soared." Amazing piece from @joannastern.bsky.social www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

I voted last night to change the Kennedy Center's name to the Blue Center for Puppies. Let's see if legacy media uses that or if they only adopt made up names for Trump.

Happy Friday friends! The end of year workload has finished up & Scout is pleased to report that his usual schedule of tummy rubs & snacks is now exceeding usual levels, especially now that his favorite college aged human is home for Christmas! Christmas sweater pics will be coming soon!

📣 Stand together: that's how we win. As the number of supporters grows, EFF unlocks larger challenge grants. Help us reach our final goal of 5,000 members by Dec 31! eff.org/yec

Exploiting rage for $$$👇 America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle www.404media.co/americas-pol... "A huge amount of the viral content about American politics & American news on social media is from sock puppet & bot accounts monetized by people in other countries."

Sweet baby Jesus, this was such a fucking good read! 🙌🏽

Want a younger, healthier brain? This type of exercise can help. www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202... "...middle-aged men and women found that those with more muscle mass tended to have younger brains..." #Move #Lift!

NEW: A hacker gained control of 1,100 mobile phones powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok. Then, he shared details of the operation with 404 Media. A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.

Social media companies attempt to detect and remove this type of astroturfing for violating their inauthentic behavior policies, which is why Doublespeed uses a bank of phones to emulate the behavior of real users. @evystadium.bsky.social explains more here: www.404media.co/hack-reveals...

Google’s Dark Web Report feature will shut down on Feb 17, 2026, removing a way you can monitor leaks. If you’re still looking for protection against these kinds of threats, read on 👇 https://proton.me/blog/google-discontinues-dark-web-report

More: The Republican Party is an institution that exists to overthrow our Constitution through corruption and insurrection. As such, according to the Constitution, no Republican can hold or seek appointed or elected office anywhere. They must all be replaced. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Time to escalate my calls: I think something is rotten at Meta, and they are in trouble

Back scritches under the Christmas sweater is a special kind of bliss.

"I can promise I'll never miss another flu vaccine again." You don't have to learn this lesson the hard way. www.voicesforvaccines.org/well-never-m...

Last year, one-term Rep. Anthony D’Esposito lost after adding his mistress to his official payroll. This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

National news, UK.